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Leading rural ISP Conexon Connect celebrates milestone tenth fiber network completed within four years of business launch

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Nationwide reach continues to expand throughout rural America with completion of Sac Osage Electric Cooperative partner network in Conexon headquarters state of Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Conexon Connect, the internet service provider (ISP) formed by rural fiber broadband leader Conexon, continues to extend access to high-speed internet across rural America. The company recently completed its tenth broadband project in four years, the Connect, powered by Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

Launched in partnership with Missouri’s Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, this accomplishment was completed less than 150 miles from Conexon’s Kansas City headquarters, marking the second FTTH network project completed in Missouri. The network, finished in less than three years, continues the rapid expansion of the ISP’s nationwide infrastructure that has marked its success since launching in 2021. 

“Witnessing the community-changing power of Conexon Connect fiber broadband that now spans 10 co-ops is truly humbling,” said Randy Klindt, Conexon Founding Partner and co-CEO. “The demonstration of what we can achieve together through hard work and partnership keeps us moving forward in our commitment to advancing connectivity across rural America.”

Today, Connect has more than 20 projects in seven states and is on track to deliver multi-gigabit internet access to more than 500,000 rural homes and businesses upon completion.

The 2,100-mile, all-fiber, Connect, powered by Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, network reaches 100 percent of the El Dorado Springs-based co-op’s 9,000 members across nine rural Missouri counties. Announced in mid-2021 with neighboring Missouri co-op Osage Valley Electric Cooperative’s FTTH project, the Sac Osage Electric project timeline was quickly accelerated to meet the overwhelming demand of co-op members.

“From the beginning of our project, we were confident Conexon would handle our fiber build and members the way electric cooperatives would, and that made all the difference,” said Aaron Ash, General Manager of Sac Osage Electric Cooperative. “Conexon Connect sees fiber internet service the same way as we do electricity—delivering the most reliable service at the lowest possible cost.”

“Connect, powered by Sac Osage Electric Cooperative, is making a difference in ways that just weren’t possible before. We are proud of what our co-op has accomplished with Connect and thrilled to be delivering the best service available to simplify all parts of our members’ daily life.”

The innovative Connect partnership model allows co-ops to leverage Conexon’s experience and breadth of resources as one of the nation’s leading rural fiber broadband providers and provides them with the assurance of a shared commitment to serving all members. The first Connect FTTH network built in partnership with a co-op was completed with Georgia’s Southern Rivers Energy in fall 2023.

About Conexon
Conexon is an industry-leading broadband network design, construction and operations firm working with electric cooperatives, communities and other entities to deploy fiber to the home across rural America. Since its inception a decade ago, Conexon has collaborated with electric cooperatives across 80 markets to launch and deploy fiber-to-the-home networks in their territories, with more than 20 projects now reaching 100 percent of members. The company’s internet service provider, Connect, today delivers multi-gigabit speed internet across many of those markets. Through Conexon’s work with its partners, nearly 3 million rural Americans now have access to fiber to the home, with more than 1.1 million connected. The company has designed more than 200,000 miles of fiber, and builds more than 50,000 miles annually. With more than $2 billion in federal, state, and local grants and subsidies funding for FTTH projects, Conexon and its partners have collectively secured more federal broadband funding for fiber construction than any other group in the country.

About Conexon Connect
Conexon Connect is an emerging local broadband leader in rural communities across the country. Connect works predominantly with electric cooperatives and communities, building networks using Conexon’s proven methodology and architecture that leverage existing infrastructure to power reliable and affordable 100 percent fiber broadband service for rural homes and businesses. Connect currently operates in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri.

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913-526-6912
Cindy.Parks@conexon.us 

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WorkVue Launches YourVue: The Career Platform Built Around What Makes You Irreplaceable

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LONDON, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The job market is broken. Not because people lack value, but because the systems designed to recognise it were never built for them.

WorkVue is changing that. Today, the company launches YourVue, an AI-powered career navigation platform that helps people understand exactly what they bring to the world of work, and find the clearest path to where they want to go next.

The timing is deliberate. As AI, automation, and large-scale layoffs continue reshaping industries globally, millions of professionals are navigating a market that has never felt more disorienting. One candidate with 25 years of experience applied to nearly 300 roles, tailoring every application, and received almost no meaningful response. Others are screened out by automated systems before a human ever sees their name. “Job hunting in 2026,” one user told WorkVue, “can be very dehumanising and make you feel small.”

YourVue was built for them. And key features of YourVue include:

AI-powered transferable skills analysisPersonalised career mappingSkill gap insights and next-step guidanceLabor market-informed recommendations

Unlike generic job platforms or one-size-fits-all tools, YourVue maps users’ skills, values, and lived experience against real labour market data, surfacing transferable skills, career paths they may never have considered, and concrete next steps grounded in who they actually are.

“After founding Gapsquare, I saw firsthand how data could shine a light on what people bring to work,” said Dr. Zara Nanu MBE, Co-Founder of WorkVue. “YourVue takes that further, closing the gap between what people know they’re capable of and the opportunities available to them.”

Launching alongside the platform is WorkVue’s Keep Hiring People campaign, a direct response to its viral We Asked AI series, featuring real professionals and the human qualities no algorithm can replicate: judgment, adaptability, empathy, resilience, purpose.

The qualities that make people irreplaceable have never been in doubt. They just needed a platform that could see them.

YourVue is available now at app.workvue.io

About WorkVue WorkVue is a career technology company helping people navigate the modern world of work with clarity, confidence, and control. workvue.io | contact@workvue.io

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Fortune Launches Inaugural Fortune Crypto 100, Ranking the Most Influential Companies and Protocols in the Global Digital Asset Ecosystem

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The Fortune Crypto 100 highlights leaders across 10 categories spanning traditional finance, decentralized finance, venture capital, mining, stablecoins, DATs and ETFs, and more.The ranking recognizes both crypto-native leaders and traditional financial institutions, reflecting the rapid institutionalization of digital assets and their growing importance to investors, businesses, and markets worldwide.Fortune also debuts the Fortune Crypto Innovators list, recognizing emerging companies and protocols advancing the industry through breakthroughs in technology, infrastructure, security, and adoption.

NEW YORK, June 11, 2026 /CNW/ — Fortune today unveiled the inaugural Fortune Crypto 100, a definitive ranking of the companies and protocols shaping the digital asset ecosystem. The ranking recognizes both crypto-native pioneers such as Coinbase and Uniswap and established financial institutions including JPMorgan and Robinhood, reflecting the industry’s growing reach across global finance.

The list of 100 companies and protocols spans ten categories ranging from Fintech to Venture Capital to Mining. The categories each feature individual rankings from 1 to 10. Together, the companies featured in the 10 categories illustrate how digital assets and blockchain technology have become increasingly integrated into Wall Street, global capital markets, and the broader financial system.

“This list is a testament to the people and companies who built on the initial vision of Satoshi Nakamoto, and created a major new industry, often in the face of government hostility. The list also comes at a critical juncture for a digital asset industry that is increasingly being defined by Wall Street and big business,” said Fortune Crypto Editor, Jeff John Roberts. Read the intro to the list here.

In the tradition of the iconic Fortune 500, the list was independently compiled by the editorial team at Fortune Crypto. The list is based on a series of rigorous methodologies, and is informed in part, by a survey of top crypto professionals. The results also reflect financial and technical analysis by Inca Digital, which provides data, analytics, and expertise to the world’s leading exchanges, financial institutions, regulators, and government agencies.

“Evaluating digital assets means looking past the trends and analyzing the data that isolates real signals. Inca brought financial and technical analysis across markets, sentiment, and on-chain activity to the Fortune Crypto 100 list. This is what a higher benchmark for tracking the industry looks like,” said Adam Zarazinski, CEO of Inca Digital.

For the full rankings, methodology and category definitions, and to read about the companies on the Crypto 100 list, go to: https://fortune.com/ranking/crypto/2026/.

Category

Ranked #1

CeFi (Centralized Finance)

Coinbase

TradFi (Traditional Finance)

Franklin Templeton

Fintechs

Robinhood

DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

Hyperliquid

Venture Capital firms

Andreessen Horowitz

Stablecoins

Tether

Crypto Services

Chainalysis

DATs & ETFs

BlackRock

Mining

Mara

Blockchains and Protocols

Bitcoin

Along with the Crypto 100, Fortune is also debuting the inaugural Fortune Crypto Innovators list, recognizing organizations that are helping to advance the digital asset ecosystem through breakthrough technology, infrastructure, security, research, adoption, and other meaningful contributions to the industry. While the Crypto 100 highlights the sector’s most influential companies and protocols, Crypto Innovators shines a light on the builders, enablers, and pioneers whose work is helping shape the future of blockchain and digital assets beyond traditional measures of scale.

The Fortune Crypto 100 and Fortune Crypto Innovators lists recognize 130 companies and protocols shaping the future of digital assets. While the Crypto 100 is dominated by U.S.-based organizations, reflecting the scale, maturity, and institutional adoption of the American market, the companion Crypto Innovators list highlights emerging leaders from across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.

Collectively, the two lists underscore a defining characteristic of the ever-evolving blockchain economy: while market leadership remains concentrated in a handful of established hubs, innovation is increasingly global, with new technologies, infrastructure, and business models being developed around the world.

About Fortune:
Fortune is the premier global media company for global business leaders, built on a 96-year-old legacy of trusted, award-winning journalism. Independently owned, Fortune tells the story of business, spanning legacy companies to the world’s new generation of innovators. Fortune measures corporate performance through rigorous benchmarks, and holds companies accountable, in regions around the world. Its iconic rankings include Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Most Powerful Women, and World’s Most Admired Companies. Fortune builds world-class communities by convening industry thought leaders for exclusive summits and conferences, including the Fortune Global Forum, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, and Fortune Most Powerful Women. For more information, visit fortune.com.

About Inca Digital:
Founded in 2019, Inca Digital is a digital asset intelligence firm serving financial institutions, asset managers, and governments. We conduct investigations, drawing on on-chain data, social media, and dark web intelligence to build the complete picture no single source provides. We turn complex data into intelligence our clients can act on, fast enough to matter. Explore our work at inca.digital.

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DataDasher Appoints Industry Veteran Kevin Beard to Advisory Board

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Veteran industry executive and Atria Wealth Solutions co-founder also invests in the wealthtech advisor AI platform

SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DataDasher AI, an artificial intelligence platform built for financial advisors, today announced that wealth management executive Kevin Beard has joined its advisory board and made a significant investment in the wealthtech company.

Beard brings more than 30 years of experience across advisor recruiting, enterprise growth strategy, and broker-dealer leadership. He co-founded Atria Wealth Solutions.

“For more than three decades, I’ve watched administrative work pull advisors away from clients and growth, and now AI providers promise to change that dynamic,” Beard said. “But most AI solutions are vaporware, offering limited efficiencies and surface-level intelligence. DataDasher is built around the actual work advisors do every day, so it addresses that problem in a way the whole firm benefits. DataDasher is becoming foundational to how serious advisory firms operate.”

DataDasher helps advisory firms automate meeting preparation, client summaries, and follow-up workflows while surfacing relevant client insights across their existing systems. The platform integrates with Redtail, Orion and Bento Engine, giving advisors a centralized workflow layer across meetings, notes and follow-up. It is SOC 2-certified.

“Kevin has spent decades helping shape how wealth management firms grow and operate,” said Alexander Kearns, CEO and co-founder of DataDasher. “He understands what advisors need on the ground and how enterprises evaluate technology at scale. His decision to invest in DataDasher, both as an advisor and as an investor, reflects where serious operators see this industry heading.”

Beard co-founded Atria Wealth Solutions, where he served as chief growth officer, helping grow the firm to nearly 2,500 advisors and close to $1 billion in annual revenue before its acquisition by LPL Financial. He has held senior roles at AIG Advisor Group, Royal Alliance Associates and Rehmann. Wealth Solutions Report named Beard a top Black leader in wealth management in both 2022 and 2026, while InvestmentNews recognized him as a top figure in wealth management innovation in 2023.

About DataDasher
DataDasher is an AI-powered platform designed specifically for financial services professionals. Based in San Francisco, DataDasher helps financial services firms realize AI-enabled operational as well as cost efficiencies and save 15+ hours per week per user by automating workflows, reducing administrative work and turning every interaction into organized, actionable insights that help firms strengthen client relationships and deliver advice more efficiently. Firms can book a demo or request a sandbox trial environment by visiting www.datadasher.ai/demo.

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mmanning@haventower.com

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