Connect with us

Technology

Marketing Maven Graduates from SBA 8(a) Program, Poised for Continued Growth and Success

Published

on

100% Native American Indian Owned Marketing and Advertising Agency Graduates from Prestigious Federal Program After Years of Empowering Small Business Growth

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Marketing Maven, a nationally recognized full-service marketing and communications agency, is proud to announce its successful graduation from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program. This milestone marks the culmination of a nine-year journey that empowered Marketing Maven to achieve exceptional growth, win key contracts, and expand its services across both public and private sectors.

The program has been instrumental in our growth, providing valuable experience and fostering strong partnerships.

The SBA 8(a) program is designed to help small disadvantaged businesses compete by providing access to federal contracts, business development training, and mentoring. Marketing Maven’s participation resulted in major accomplishments, including securing contracts with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) (ID SBAHQ17C0025) and the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) (ID 73351019P0060). The agency continues to build on this success with a focus on new opportunities across multiple industries.

“Graduating from the SBA 8(a) program is a tremendous achievement for Marketing Maven,” said Lindsey Carnett, CEO and President of Marketing Maven. “The program has been instrumental in our growth, providing valuable experience and fostering strong partnerships. As we move forward, we are eager to apply the knowledge and relationships we’ve built to pursue new opportunities and drive even greater success for the company.”

In addition to its graduation from the 8(a) program, Marketing Maven holds several prestigious certifications that further solidify its position as a leading agency, including:

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) – Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) CertifiedU.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) – Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) CertifiedSAM.gov – Native American Business Enterprise (NABE)SAM.gov – Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)SAM.gov – Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)SAM.gov – Small Disadvantaged Business (SBE)SAM.gov – Women Business Enterprise (WBE)SAM.gov – Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)California Department of General Services (DGS) – Small Business (SBs) and Micro Businesses (MBs) CertifiedLA Metro – Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Certified

The agency, which is also 100% Native American-owned, remains well-positioned to pursue new federal contracts while continuing to serve clients in industries such as healthcare, technology, consumer goods, and government services.

“The relationships and opportunities we’ve developed during our time in the program have laid a solid foundation for our next phase of growth,” added Carnett. “We are excited to continue delivering innovative, results-driven marketing solutions for both federal and commercial clients.”

Marketing Maven remains committed to helping clients navigate an increasingly complex marketing landscape, offering cutting-edge strategies in social media, influencer partnerships, digital advertising, and more. As a graduate of the SBA 8(a) program, and with continued WOSB status, the agency looks forward to forming new partnerships with both federal and commercial clients.

Marketing Maven’s services are defined by its extensive expertise, reflected in its primary and secondary NAICS codes, which include:
541820 – Public Relations Agencies (Primary)
512110 – Motion Picture and Video Production
519130 – Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
519190 – All Other Information Services
541430 – Graphic Design Services
541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting
541613 – Marketing Consulting Services
541690 – Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
541810 – Advertising Agencies
541830 – Media Buying Agencies
541840 – Media Representatives
541890 – Other Services Related to Advertising
541910 – Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
611710 – Educational Support Services

For more information about Marketing Maven and its services, visit http://www.marketingmaven.com/government.

About Marketing Maven Public Relations, Inc. (Marketing Maven):
Founded in 2009, Marketing Maven is a full-service marketing and communications agency specializing in integrated marketing strategies, including marketing research, public relations, digital marketing, and advertising. Known for its data-driven approach, Marketing Maven delivers measurable results that drive business growth. The agency is SBA-certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and has been recognized for its innovative solutions across diverse industries and its commitment to client success.

Media Contact

Shayne Wells, Marketing Maven, 3109557061, shayne@marketingmaven.com, https://www.marketingmaven.com/

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prweb.com/releases/marketing-maven-graduates-from-sba-8a-program-poised-for-continued-growth-and-success-302241018.html

SOURCE Marketing Maven

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Technology

/C O R R E C T I O N — Applied Intuition, Inc./

Published

on

By

In the news release, Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets, issued 30-Apr-2026 by Applied Intuition, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows, with additional details at the end:

Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets

Deployment brings intelligent, vehicle-based autonomy to Australia, establishing a new operating model for construction and mining environments.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ — Applied Intuition, Inc., a leader in physical AI, today announced its collaboration with Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions, to deploy autonomous haulage systems for Heidelberg Materials’ quarry operations, starting at a site in Australia.

Applied Intuition will provide its Self-Driving System (SDS) for Construction to support autonomous haulage operations within Heidelberg Materials’ fleet of construction and mining vehicles in Australia. The deployment marks the next real-world application of Applied Intuition’s autonomy platform in industrial environments. Upon successful completion, it will support the expansion of autonomous operations within Heidelberg Materials’ broader Australian network.

The collaboration also challenges the standard industry model. While autonomy solutions traditionally target the largest quarry sites, this system is designed for smaller operations, including those running just two 40-ton trucks, making it deployable across quarry sites of varying size worldwide.

“No two quarry or construction sites operate the same way, with different layouts, constraints and economics,” said Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “We’ve built our platform to adapt to that reality. This partnership shows we can take the same core system used in large mining operations and apply it to smaller, infrastructure-constrained quarry sites, scaling it across hundreds of unique locations.”

For Heidelberg Materials, the partnership is aimed at enhancing safety and operational performance. It also reflects the need for an autonomy solution that can operate at large sites and smaller ones too, whereas traditional autonomous haulage systems are often too infrastructure-heavy or costly to scale. For Applied Intuition, it serves as a proof point that its autonomy platform is designed not just for one-off deployments, but for global scale across construction, quarry and mining environments of any size.

Applied Intuition’s system runs directly on the vehicle, with integrated perception, decision-making and safety systems onboard, enabling reliable operation without constant connectivity or heavy site infrastructure.

The collaboration builds on Applied Intuition’s growing presence in construction and mining autonomy and reinforces its broader physical AI strategy. The same core platform has already been deployed in other industries, including trucking and defense, with learnings from each domain contributing to continuous system improvements. Applied Intuition’s SDS platform strategy also enables the company to bring technologies proven in other domains into construction and mining, helping accelerate development and deployment.

Through this project, Applied Intuition demonstrates the range of its autonomy platform, from some of the largest mining trucks in the world to smaller quarry vehicles operating in constrained, lower-infrastructure environments. Together, these deployments highlight the company’s approach to building scalable autonomy for construction and mining from the ground up.

To learn more about how Applied Intuition is building the future of construction autonomy, visit applied.co.

About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Gothenburg, Sweden; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

Correction: An earlier version of this release incorrectly stated the location of the site noted in the first paragraph.

View original content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/applied-intuition-collaborates-with-heidelberg-materials-to-advance-innovation-in-quarry-operations-with-autonomous-haulage-fleets-302758224.html

SOURCE Applied Intuition, Inc.

Continue Reading

Technology

MOREH Demonstrates Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy, Achieving DGX A100-Class Performance with Improved Cost Efficiency

Published

on

By

Reduces HBM Costs with GPU–Tenstorrent Heterogeneous Distributed Serving
First unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, in San Francisco on May 1

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moreh, an AI infrastructure software company, led by CEO Gangwon Jo, announced that it has successfully validated LLM inference performance on the Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole system using its proprietary ‘MoAI Inference Framework.’

Based on tests across leading Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models—including GPT-OSS, Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek—Moreh achieved LLM inference performance on Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole matching or surpassing NVIDIA DGX A100-class systems, demonstrating a compelling alternative to conventional GPU-centric AI infrastructure.

Moreh also improved cost efficiency by implementing a disaggregated serving architecture that combines GPUs with Tenstorrent Wormhole chips. By utilizing Tenstorrent processors as dedicated prefill accelerators, the company reduced reliance on high-cost HBM and lowered overall infrastructure costs.

The results were first unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, held on May 1 in San Francisco.

As a strategic partner of Tenstorrent and a major external contributor to Metalium, Moreh showcased a live LLM inference demo at the event. Building on its experience operating AMD GPU-based production environments in real-world data centers, the company presented its latest technical achievements in ‘Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy.’

MoAI Inference Framework is a disaggregated inference solution that enables unified operation of heterogeneous GPUs and NPUs—including NVIDIA, AMD, and Tenstorrent—within a single cluster. This allows enterprises to build flexible AI infrastructure strategies without vendor lock-in.

Moreh CEO Gangwon Jo stated, “Achieving production-grade LLM inference performance and stability on Tenstorrent-based systems marks a significant milestone,” and added, “We will continue to enhance performance through deeper optimization across heterogeneous architectures and closer integration with Tenstorrent NPUs.”

Moreh is developing its own core AI infrastructure engine and, through its foundation LLM subsidiary Motif Technologies, is building end-to-end capabilities spanning both infrastructure and model domains. Simultaneously, the company is making its mark in the global market through collaborations with key partners such as AMD, Tenstorrent, and SGLang.

View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/moreh-demonstrates-production-ready-llm-inference-on-tenstorrent-galaxy-achieving-dgx-a100-class-performance-with-improved-cost-efficiency-302760562.html

SOURCE Moreh

Continue Reading

Technology

US Startup PerZeption Inc. Announces Collaboration with Alcon Research

Published

on

By

BOSTON, MA, May. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advancements in vision correction evaluation require methods that offer both precision and efficiency in detecting clinically meaningful visual differences. Addressing this need, PerZeption is set to present new data validating its AIM+ CSF modeling technology at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting.

Attendees are invited to learn more about this innovative approach during the poster session on May 4, 2026, from 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM, at posterboard #0941.

“We are very excited to collaborate with Alcon, one of the largest companies within the Ophthalmology sector worldwide. “, Dr. Jan Skerswetat said. “The results, presented by Dr Derek Nankivil, indicate that our technology enables rapid, repeatable, and highly sensitive assessment of contrast vision.”

The abstract, titled ‘AIM+ CSF modeling enables efficient detection of clinically meaningful visual differences,’ outlines how PerZeption’s technology supports sensitive, low-burden visual assessment for vision correction evaluation. Data indicates that with approximately six adaptive displays of stimuli and two repeats, studies show around 20 subjects can achieve 90% power to detect a 1 JND (Just Noticeable Difference) change in AULCSF (Area Under the Log Contrast Sensitivity Function). This research also demonstrates AIM+ CSF’s stable repeatability in less than 3 minutes, absence of bias, and robust performance, validating its role as an effective tool for objective visual performance evaluation.

This joint effort highlights a shared dedication to advancing ophthalmology research and developing precise tools for visual assessment. The ARVO annual meeting serves as the world’s foremost event for ophthalmology research, offering a vital platform for sharing scientific breakthroughs and fostering dialogue within the global vision science community.

“In addition to all the exciting research presentations that leverage PerZeption technology at this years’ ARVO meeting, we are also proud to be showcasing PerZeption’s battery of functional tests at our booth, #4027.” Dr. Skerswetat added and noted that there will be opportunities to try out our technology.

This presentation at ARVO represents a significant step in the validation and recognition of PerZeption’s contributions to advanced visual assessment technologies.

About PerZeption Inc
PerZeption delivers vision testing with a rapid, self-administered, and adaptive psychophysical platform delivered via cloud-based software on standard tablets or all-in-one computers. Our flagship platform, Angular Indication Measurement (AIM), enables testing of over 20 visual functions. Our novel approach equips researchers and clinicians with a comprehensive range of visual functions and introduces new tests for which there are no currently available devices. We reduce chairtime. Self-administered tests on a single device in combination with proprietary methods that rapidly assess vision, reduce user’s burden and require minimal training or space, unlike bulky, specialized single-use devices. Finally, cloud-based delivery supports secure in-clinic and remote testing, ensuring consistent, trackable results for clinicians and pharmaceutical companies. 

View original content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-startup-perzeption-inc-announces-collaboration-with-alcon-research-302760563.html

SOURCE PerZeption

Continue Reading

Trending