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Turnitin named in Inc.’s 2024 Best in Business and the GSV 150 lists

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Edtech company recognized for business excellence and service to the educational industry

OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Turnitin, the global leader in upholding academic integrity, announced its inclusion in two top-tier lists, the Inc. 2024 Best in Business List in the education category for its innovative AI writing detection capabilities and 2025 GSV 150. Inc. Magazine’s annual Best in Business list celebrates the exceptional contributions of companies that have made a profound impact on their industries and on society at large, while GSV 150’s annual list features the top 150 private companies revolutionizing digital learning and workforce skills on a global scale.

These milestones recognize Turnitin’s commitment to helping everyone involved in the learning community – students, educators, publishers and academic institutions – maintain the integrity of research and academic writing, supporting the credibility of original work and fostering authentic learning experiences for students.

“These recognitions are a testament to the team’s collective efforts and the impact we are making for our customers,” said Chris Caren, chief executive officer, Turnitin. “From product development through customer engagement, our team is continuing to raise the standard in providing solutions that meet the needs of the education community.”

Updated Time for Class study data published

Tyton Partners’ latest research,* found a marked increase in AI writing usage this year, with 59% of students surveyed saying they are using AI writing tools at least once a month (compared to 43% in spring 2023*). These findings underscore the need for AI writing detection tools to help educators maintain academic integrity, support student writing and learning, and engage in best practices.

Turnitin empowers educators with new offerings

In response to the use of AI writing used in the classroom, and educator requests for products that help them focus on cultivating students’ minds and less on time-intensive administrative work, Turnitin unveiled a variety of new features and expanded capabilities throughout 2024, including:

New Paper to Digital add-on for Turnitin Feedback Studio helps provide faster and more consistent online grading for paper-based assignments. It also helps eliminate unintended bias while streamlining customized feedback for students and improving the grading process overall.Enhanced Similarity Report helps educators identify unoriginal or improperly cited student writing, facilitating productive conversations on proper citation practices and accidental plagiarism. The new report makes it easier for educators to interpret and use as a formative learning tool to strengthen academic writing skills.AI paraphrasing detection feature enables educators and publishers to identify when AI paraphrasing tools may have been used to modify AI-generated text to avoid detection. It is integrated within Turnitin’s AI writing capabilities as an Originality add-on.AI writing detection feature for Spanish language submissions, like its English counterpart, is embedded within the existing Turnitin workflow and provides an overall percentage of likely AI-generated content.

Turnitin marks one-year anniversary of its AI writing detection feature

In April of 2024, Turnitin celebrated the one-year anniversary of its award-winning AI writing detection feature. In a year of rapid AI adoption and integration in the classroom, this milestone comes on the heels of significant company and product announcements.

Industry award recognitions

In addition to being named in Inc.’s Best in Business and GSV 150 lists, Turnitin received numerous other accolades throughout the year for the company and its innovative product portfolio, including:

Winner: Tech & Learning Back to School in the “Higher Education” category for its Paper to Digital add-on for Turnitin Feedback Studio.Honorable Mention: SmartBrief Education Readers’ Choice Award in the “Hardware and Technology” category for its AI writing detection feature.Shortlisted: GESS Awards 2024 in the “Best Digital Education Resource/Product” category for its AI writing detection feature.Shortlisted: QS Reimagine Education Awards in the “Education” category for its AI writing detection feature.Shortlisted: BETT 2025 for the “AI for Teaching and Assessment” and “Bett Innovation Award” categories.

“At Turnitin, we’re prioritizing the needs of our customers – and these achievements emphasize the creativity, ingenuity and innovative spirit of our employees who inspire, guide and build our products. It’s an honor to receive these industry recognitions and it demonstrates just how important our work is – the ongoing market demand for tools that help educators navigate ever-evolving technologies, like generative AI,” said Annie Chechitelli, chief product officer, Turnitin. “In 2024, we expanded on our existing product portfolio to continue our mission of upholding academic integrity and offering transparency for both students and educators. In 2025, we’re excited to build off of this and launch even more features that support every member of the educational community – students, educators and administrators.”

*Turnitin was a partner in providing compensation to conduct Tyton Partners’ research and reports: Time for Class 2023, Time for Class – Fall 2023 Update and Time for Class 2024.

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About Turnitin
Turnitin is a global company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education and meaningfully improving learning outcomes. For more than 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Turnitin products are used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and professionals to do their best, original work.

Turnitin has offices in Australia, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, The United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. Over 16,000 customers in 185 countries use Turnitin services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft by Turnitin, ProctorExam and Ouriginal.

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ATTOM ENHANCES RENTAL AVM WITH AI-POWERED MODEL COVERING NEARLY 100 MILLION U.S. HOMES

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Enhanced model expands coverage by about 40% and delivers a 5.9% median error on homes not yet listed for rent

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered intelligence, and real estate analytics solutions, today announced enhancements to its Rental AVM, introducing an AI-powered model that estimates current monthly market rent for nearly 100 million U.S. single-family homes, condominiums, and townhouses, an increase in coverage of about 40%. The model delivers a 5.9% median absolute error on homes before they are listed for rent, helping businesses evaluate rental potential and make more informed decisions.

“Estimating rental values is difficult because leases are private and many homes have no rental history,” said Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM. “With these enhancements, we’re extending the same approach driving ATTOM Intelligence, combining trusted property data with advanced AI and analytics, to many more homes, so customers get more meaningful insights and can make better-informed decisions.”

Key Enhancements Include:

Expanded Coverage: Rental estimates for nearly 100 million single-family homes, condominiums, and townhouses across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, a coverage increase of about 40%.Improved Accuracy: A 5.9% median absolute error on homes before they’re listed for rent, with calibrated low and high values that tighten as the evidence behind an estimate grows.AI-Powered Modeling: Multiple machine-learning models evaluate property characteristics, property value, rental history, and recent rental activity, weighing each based on the available evidence for a property.Listing-Based Training: The model is trained and benchmarked on observed rental listings, cleaned to remove duplicates, placeholder rents, and unrealistic prices.

“Our enhanced Rental AVM evaluates multiple sources of rental information and adapts to the evidence available for each property,” said Aaron Wagner, Head of Data Science at ATTOM. “That adaptability is what allows us to estimate rent for homes with no rental history and extend coverage to nearly 100 million properties, while keeping the ranges calibrated to the strength of the evidence behind each estimate.”

Built for Real-World Applications
ATTOM’s enhanced Rental AVM supports a range of business needs, including:

Real Estate Investors and Rental Operators: Screen acquisitions, evaluate rental potential, compare rental income with property values, and support rent-setting decisions.Mortgage Lenders and Insurers: Assess rental income for investment-property and DSCR loans, monitor portfolio exposure, and support loss-of-rent analysis.Real Estate Portals and AI Developers: Integrate rental estimates into property listings, investment tools, and AI-powered applications through ATTOM’s MCP Server.

Updated monthly to reflect new rental activity and changing market conditions, the enhanced Rental AVM is available through ATTOM’s APIs, bulk data licensing, Snowflake, Databricks, and MCP Server.

To learn more about ATTOM’s enhanced Rental AVM, visit the Rental AVM landing page or download the Rental AVM White Paper.

About ATTOM
ATTOM delivers AI-driven property intelligence built on the nation’s most trusted property data repository, covering 160+ million U.S. properties—99% of the population. Our engineered, multi-sourced, semantically rich real estate data spans property tax, deeds, mortgages, foreclosure, environmental risk, property conditions, natural hazards, neighborhood insights, and geospatial boundaries, rigorously validated for advanced analytics. ATTOM supports analytics, AI applications, and AI agents through flexible delivery options including APIs, bulk licensing, cloud delivery, and the MCP Server for AI-powered, agentic access to engineered property data, enabling organizations to automate analysis, power intelligent workflows, and scale property intelligence across industries.

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Staypineapple to Donate to American Humane Society’s Pups4Patriots™ in Honor of Veterans Day

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Hotel brand will donate a portion of November bookings to help veterans and retired first responders receive service dogs

KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In recognition of Veterans Day, Staypineapple, the national boutique hotel brand, is supporting American Humane Society’s Pups4Patriots™ program. Throughout the month of November, Staypineapple will donate up to $5,000 on behalf of its guests from every Pineapple Pup Package booking and every booking made with military or government rates. The initiative supports the placement of specially trained service dogs with veterans and retired first responders living with post-traumatic stress (PTS) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI), at no cost to recipients.

In recognition of Veterans Day, Staypineapple will donate a portion of November bookings to the Pups4Patriots program.

“Dogs have an incredible ability to bring comfort, connection and a renewed sense of purpose to our lives,” said Dina Belon, President of Staypineapple. “We’re proud to support American Humane Society’s Pups4Patriots program and help more of our nation’s heroes access the companionship and support of a service dog. We hope our guests will join us in making a difference through booking a stay this November.”

Pups4Patriots helps remove financial barriers to obtaining a specially trained service dog, matching eligible veterans and retired first responders with dogs trained to support their specific needs.

The impact of the program can be seen in the bond between Russell, a retired U.S. Army veteran and law enforcement officer, and his service dog, Nico. Through Pups4Patriots, Nico has become an important source of support in Russell’s life. As Russell shared, “Nico has brought me a renewed sense of living that I was very much struggling to find before meeting him.”

Through this initiative, Staypineapple hopes to help connect more of America’s heroes with life-changing canine companions to those who have served our country and communities.

To learn more or book a stay, visit Staypineapple.com.

About Staypineapple
Staypineapple is a brand of boutique hotels in urban markets across the U.S., managed by Staypineapple Hotels Inc., based in Kirkland, Wash. Known for personalized service and a warm welcome for people and pets alike, Staypineapple creates unique guest experiences that offer more than just a place to stay. It is a place Where Stays Become Stories. For reservations or more information, visit Staypineapple.com or call (866) 866-7977. Follow Staypineapple on Instagram, Threads, TikTok and Facebook.

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Terakeet’s Mac Cummings Named to ADWEEK Innovator 50 List

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Recognition honors Cummings’ leadership in transforming Terakeet and building a new model for enterprise reputation management in the age of generative AI

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ADWEEK today announced that Terakeet CEO & Co-Founder Mac Cummings has been named to the 2026 ADWEEK Innovator 50 list, which recognizes leaders driving innovation and shaping the future of marketing, media and technology.

Cummings was recognized for his leadership and vision in anticipating how generative AI would reshape enterprise reputation and positioning Terakeet to address the emerging challenges facing the Fortune 100 and its executives.

Over the past year, Cummings has led Terakeet’s transition from enterprise search marketing to global reputation management. The shift expanded the company’s focus beyond search visibility to the ways brands and executives are represented across search engines, generative AI platforms and the broader digital ecosystem.

“AI has changed what’s at stake for the Fortune 100,” said Cummings. “Reputation risk now moves across search and AI at the same time, and most brands don’t have the infrastructure to manage it. We built the Reputation Operating System to give them the technology, intelligence and expertise to understand those risks and strengthen their position before issues escalate.”

To better serve these customers, Cummings directed investments in proprietary technology, expanded the company’s expertise in cybersecurity and reputation risk, and established new strategic partnerships.

The recognition comes as Terakeet celebrates its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter century of evolution alongside major shifts in technology and the digital landscape. Cummings co-founded Terakeet in 2001 and has led the company through each stage of its growth, from its origins in search to its current focus on enterprise reputation management.

“The responsibility of a leader isn’t to protect the business model that worked yesterday but to recognize where the market is going and build for it,” Cummings said. “For Terakeet, that has meant looking past short-term fixes and building the infrastructure enterprises need to understand risk and protect trust in the AI era.”

About Mac Cummings

Mac Cummings is the CEO and Co-Founder of Terakeet. He co-founded the company in Syracuse, New York, in 2001 and has led its evolution across search marketing, digital strategy and enterprise reputation management. Today, Cummings oversees Terakeet’s business strategy and the continued development of its reputation management capabilities and technology.

About Terakeet

Terakeet is an enterprise reputation management company that helps brands and executives understand and manage how they are represented across search engines, generative AI platforms and the broader digital ecosystem. Founded in 2001, the company combines proprietary technology, intelligence and strategic expertise to support enterprise reputation programs.

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