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Charge Enterprises Appoints Spencer Bolgard as Chief Executive Officer

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NEW YORK, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Charge Enterprises, a leading electrical, broadband, and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Spencer Bolgard as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Bolgard brings a wealth of experience in the electrical, automation, electronics, energy efficiency, and EV charging sectors with 40 years of experience and a track record of delivering strategic execution and revenue generation across the electrical, automation, electronics, and energy savings sectors. He joins Charge Enterprises from MaxLite, a leader in energy-efficient lighting, lighting controls, and EV charging solutions, where he served as President and CEO for the past six years. Prior to MaxLite, Bolgard held senior leadership roles at Phoenix Contact, Cooper Industries, Generation Brands – Lighting, Affiliated Distributors, Motorola, Leviton, and General Electric. He was additionally an Armored Cavalry Officer in the US Army.

Charge Enterprises is dedicated to driving the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable future by developing essential infrastructure for widespread electrification. With expertise in electrical and wireless infrastructure, as well as the design and construction of EV charging, solar, storage, and lighting solutions, Charge empowers a diverse range of clients. These include auto OEMs and dealer networks, hospitality groups, U.S. military and government installations, municipalities, REITs, and retail and Charge enables them to enhance energy efficiency and seamlessly transition away from fossil fuels.

Charge portfolio companies have successfully completed $1.3B in projects across 46 states providing turnkey infrastructure solutions. The company is advancing the integration of Greenspeed Energy Solutions, BW Electrical Services (BW), and Advanced Network Services (ANS) while unlocking new commercial opportunities.

Greenspeed is expanding into adjacent verticals, leveraging its product portfolio to establish recurring revenue streams beyond systems integration and construction. By bundling EV, solar, and lighting solutions Greenspeed is creating a comprehensive, one-stop platform for sustainable infrastructure. This strategy aligns with regulatory mandates, corporate ESG goals, and incentives for clean energy adoption, enabling customers to modernize aging infrastructure while achieving operational cost savings.

BW is extending its union footprint into high-growth markets Columbus, OH, and Albany, NY, where significant infrastructure investments are underway. The surge in data centers, commercial real estate, healthcare, and public infrastructure projects is driving demand for skilled union electrical contractors. BW’s union status positions it favorably for large-scale electrical infrastructure deployments that require highly trained labor. Its proven model and track record in large development with access to skilled labor pools provides a scalable growth platform.

ANS is sharpening its focus on in-building wireless (DAS) deployments, which generate recurring post-construction revenue. Regulatory requirements, the increasing dependence on mobile devices, and the technical limitations of 5G coverage are fueling demand for DAS solutions. Municipalities must comply with first responder legislation, while commercial real estate owners are investing in enhanced indoor coverage to ensure seamless connectivity in buildings. These dynamics, and ANS’ unique ability to solve those problems, positions it for strong future growth.

The collective reach and capability of Charge’s portfolio companies combined with Mr. Bolgard’s proven leadership has the company well positioned for the future.  With a proven track record of driving innovation, growth, operational excellence, and high-performance team development, Bolgard is well-positioned to build upon the success and leading market positioning of Charge Enterprises, as it enters its next chapter of expansion. His deep expertise in energy solutions and commercial strategy will be instrumental in advancing Charge’s mission to build and scale the infrastructure essential for the electrified future.

“We are thrilled to welcome Spencer as CEO of Charge Enterprises,” said Vincent DeVito, Managing Director–Asset Management for Arena and its affiliated special servicer, Quaestor Advisors, LLC. “Spencer’s leadership, industry expertise, and strategic vision align perfectly with our long-term goals. His experience in scaling businesses and executing growth strategies will accelerate our impact in EV infrastructure and power solutions.”

About Charge Enterprises
Charge Enterprises, a portfolio company of Arena Investors, LP,  is a leading provider of next-gen infrastructure in electric vehicle (EV) charging, solar, storage, lighting and 5G wireless networks. The company partners with best-in-class technology providers to deliver a diverse group of public and private customers cutting-edge infrastructure solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability. Charge Enterprises is laying the foundation for a world powered by clean energy. See www.charge.enterprises for more information.

About Arena Investors, LP
Arena Investors, a subsidiary of Arena Investor Group holdings, is an institutional asset manager founded in partnership with The Westaim Corporation (TSXV: WED). With approximately $3.5 billion of invested and committed assets under management as of December 31, 2024, and a team of over 180 employees in offices globally, Arena provides creative solutions for those seeking capital across all corporate, real estate, and structured finance investment areas, at all levels of the capital structure, and in all developed markets, alongside operational capabilities to manage and improve businesses.  The firm brings individuals with decades of experience, a track record of comfort with complexity, the ability to deliver within time constraints, and the flexibility to engage in transactions and business operations that cannot be addressed by banks and other conventional financial institutions. See www.arenaco.com for more information.

About Quaestor Advisors, LLC
Quaestor Advisors, LLC (“QA“) is the affiliated servicer for Arena Investors, LP, providing risk-reducing and return-enhancing asset servicing. In addition to offering loan operations and accounting services, QA’s mandate is to stay ahead of potential problems, preserve value, and add value through surveillance, relationship management, strategic management of assets, and productive workouts when needed. With over 100 professionals across North America, Europe, and Asia dedicated to special-situations asset servicing, the Firm has serviced hundreds of complex transactions totaling billions of dollars of capital. For more information on QA and its services, visit www.quaestoradvisors.com. These services are provided to a select group of third-party asset owners by Arena affiliate Quaestor Consulting Group (“QCG“). To learn more about QCG, visit www.quaestorconsulting.com.

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Charge Enterprises
Matthew Chee
mc@charge.enterprises 

Arena Investors:
Parag Shah
ir@arenaco.com 

Prosek Partners:
Joshua Clarkson
pro-arena@prosek.com 

 

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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.

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

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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.

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US Startup PerZeption Inc. Announces Collaboration with Alcon Research

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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. 

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