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MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC. REPORTS FISCAL 2025 FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END RESULTS

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MIND Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIND) (“MIND” or the “Company”) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and year ended January 31, 2025.

Revenues from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 were approximately $15.0 million compared to $12.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and $13.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024.

The Company reported operating income from continuing operations of approximately $2.8 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to operating income of $1.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and operating income of $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. For the full year of fiscal 2025 the Company reported operating income from continuing operations of $6.8 million compared to $518,000 in fiscal 2024. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 amounted to approximately $2.0 million compared to $1.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. Fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 net income attributable to common shareholders was $2.0 million, or $0.25 per share compared to $494,000, or $0.35 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was approximately $3.0 million compared to $2.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and $2.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, which is a non-GAAP measure, is defined and reconciled to reported net income (loss) from continuing operations and cash used in operating activities in the accompanying financial tables. These are the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.

The backlog of Marine Technology Products as of January 31, 2025 related to our Seamap segment was approximately $16.2 million compared to $26.2 million at October 31, 2024 and $38.4 million at January 31, 2024. However, subsequent to January 31, 2025 the Company has received orders totaling approximately $15.9 million.

Rob Capps, MIND’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are very pleased to report another solid quarter and continue our trend of profitability. While there will undoubtedly be quarterly fluctuations going forward, our backlog and pipeline of business and the general market tailwinds give us belief that this trend will continue into fiscal 2026. In the fourth quarter, we once again generated positive cash flow from operations and ended the quarter with cash on hand of approximately $5.3 million. Such measures underscore our solid financial position.

“I am very pleased with where MIND is positioned today. We have stabilized the company, restored it to profitability and positioned ourselves to take advantage of opportunities within our existing and future markets,” added Capps. “However, we are still a small company, which presents certain challenges. We believe that to maximize stockholder value, MIND needs additional scale. We have identified organic growth opportunities that could help grow the Company. However, we also believe there are several other ways to achieve additional scale, including acquiring assets or businesses, combining with other organizations, or even an outright sale of the Company. All of these options are open to us, and we intend to investigate and analyze them. To assist us with this effort, we have retained Lucid Capital Markets LLC.

“We currently do not see a need to raise additional capital and have no near-term plans to do so. However, we do think it prudent to prepare ourselves should a need arises in the future, such as in connection with financing internal growth projects or the purchase of assets or a business. Therefore, we intend to file a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the very near future. This will allow us to move quickly and efficiently should circumstances dictate,” concluded Capps.

Any offer, solicitation or sale of any of the securities registered under the registration statement will be made only by means of the prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement once the registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor may there be any sale of the Company’s common stock or other securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement with the SEC and registration or qualification under the securities law of any state or jurisdiction.

CONFERENCE CALL

Management has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time) to discuss the Company’s fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and year-end results.  To access the call, please dial (412) 902-0030 and ask for the MIND Technology call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time.  Investors may also listen to the conference live on the MIND Technology website, http://mind-technology.com, by logging onto the site and clicking “Investor Relations”.  A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through April 30, 2025, and may be accessed by calling (201) 612-7415 and using passcode 13751817#.  A webcast archive will also be available at http://mind-technology.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.  For more information, please contact Dennard Lascar Investor Relations by email at MIND@dennardlascar.com.

ABOUT MIND TECHNOLOGY

MIND Technology, Inc. provides technology to the oceanographic, hydrographic, defense, seismic and security industries.  Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, MIND has a global presence with key operating locations in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.  Its Seamap unit designs, manufactures and sells specialized, high performance, marine exploration and survey equipment. 

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements and information in this press release concerning results for the quarter and year ended January 31, 2025 may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, our business strategy and plans, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could” or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature.  These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us.  While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate.  All comments concerning our expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on our forecasts of our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions or dispositions.  Our forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, reductions in our customers’ capital budgets, our own capital budget, limitations on the availability of capital or higher costs of capital, and volatility in commodity prices for oil and natural gas.

For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results, please see our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, unless required by law, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Certain statements and information in this press release contain non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP.  Company management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items that may, or could, have a disproportionately positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. Company management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the ability of investors to analyze the Company’s business trends and to understand the Company’s performance. In addition, the Company may utilize non-GAAP financial measures as guides in its forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning processes and to measure operating performance for some management compensation purposes. Any analysis of non-GAAP financial measures should be used only in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP.  Reconciliation of Backlog, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, is not included in this press release due to the inherent difficulty and impracticality of quantifying certain amounts that would be required to calculate the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

-Tables to Follow-

 

MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

January 31,

2025

2024

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

5,336

$

5,289

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $332 at January 31, 2025 and
2024

11,817

6,566

Inventories, net

13,745

13,371

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,217

3,113

Total current assets

32,115

28,339

Property and equipment, net

890

818

Operating lease right-of-use assets

1,320

1,324

Intangible assets, net

2,308

2,888

Deferred tax asset

87

122

Total assets

$

36,720

$

33,491

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

2,558

$

1,623

Deferred revenue

189

203

Customer deposits

1,603

3,446

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

1,245

2,140

Income taxes payable

2,473

2,114

Operating lease liabilities – current

577

751

Total current liabilities

8,645

10,277

Operating lease liabilities – non-current

743

573

Total liabilities

9,388

10,850

Stockholders’ equity:

Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; 2,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and
outstanding at January 31, 2025 and 1,683 shares issued and outstanding at January
31, 2024

37,779

Common stock $0.01 par value; 40,000 shares authorized; 7,969 and 1,406 shares
issued at January 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively

80

14

Additional paid-in capital

135,666

113,121

Accumulated deficit

(108,448)

(128,307)

Accumulated other comprehensive gain

34

34

Total stockholders’ equity

27,332

22,641

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

36,720

$

33,491

 

MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

For the Three Months
Ended January 31,

For the Twelve Months
Ended January 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

Revenues:

Sale of marine technology products

$

15,044

$

13,378

$

46,863

$

36,510

Cost of sales:

Sale of marine technology products

8,494

7,137

25,896

20,539

Gross profit

6,550

6,241

20,967

15,971

Operating expenses:

Selling, general and administrative

2,986

2,982

11,291

12,142

Research and development

562

654

1,914

2,133

Depreciation and amortization

220

286

944

1,178

Total operating expenses

3,768

3,922

14,149

15,453

Operating income

2,782

2,319

6,818

518

Other income (expense):

Other income (expense), net

(80)

(80)

240

(280)

Other (expense) income

(80)

(80)

240

(280)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes

2,702

2,239

7,058

238

Provision for income taxes

(671)

(748)

(1,984)

(1,338)

Income (loss) from continuing operations

2,031

1,491

5,074

(1,100)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

(50)

1,374

Net income

$

2,031

$

1,441

$

5,074

$

274

Gain on Preferred Stock conversion

$

$

$

14,785

$

Preferred stock dividends – declared

(946)

Preferred stock dividends – undeclared

(947)

(2,256)

(2,842)

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

$

2,031

$

494

$

17,603

$

(3,514)

Net income (loss) per common share – Basic and diluted

Continuing operations

$

0.25

$

0.39

$

4.32

$

(3.48)

Discontinued operations

$

$

(0.04)

$

$

0.98

Net income (loss)

$

0.25

$

0.35

$

4.32

$

(2.50)

Shares used in computing loss per common share:

Basic

7,969

1,406

4,078

1,406

Diluted

7,969

1,406

4,078

1,406

 

MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Year Ended January 31,

2025

2024

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

5,074

$

274

Depreciation and amortization

944

1,516

Stock-based compensation

235

261

Gain on sale of Klein

(2,343)

Provision for inventory obsolescence

68

341

Gross profit from sale of other equipment

(457)

(476)

Deferred tax benefit

35

(153)

Changes in:

Accounts receivable

(5,246)

(3,343)

Unbilled revenue

(7)

25

Inventories

(441)

(3,601)

Income taxes receivable and payable

360

635

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities

45

(334)

Prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets

1,897

(847)

Deferred revenue

(1,856)

3,078

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

651

(4,967)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of property and equipment

(437)

(290)

Sale of other assets

457

476

Proceeds from the sale of Klein, net

10,832

Net cash provided by investing activities

20

11,018

Cash flows from financing activities:

Net proceeds from short-term loan

2,947

Payment on short-term loan

(3,750)

Refund of prepaid interest on short-term loan

214

Preferred stock conversion transaction costs

(619)

Preferred stock dividends

(946)

Net cash used in financing activities

(619)

(1,535)

Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

(5)

(5)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

47

4,511

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

5,289

778

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

5,336

$

5,289

 

MIND TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Reconciliation of Net Loss From Continuing Operations and Net Cash Used in Operating Activities to EBITDA and

Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

For the Three Months
Ended January 31,

For the Twelve Months
Ended January 31,

2025

2024

2025

2024

(in thousands)

(in thousands)

Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
from continuing operations

Net income

$

2,031

$

1,441

$

5,074

$

274

Interest expense, net

$

$

98

$

$

634

Depreciation and amortization

220

286

944

1,516

Provision for income taxes

671

742

1,984

1,355

EBITDA

2,922

2,567

8,002

3,779

(Income) loss from discontinued operations net of depreciation and
amortization

54

(1,729)

Stock-based compensation

95

(3)

235

261

Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations (1)

$

3,017

$

2,618

$

8,237

$

2,311

Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by (Used In) Operating
Activities to EBITDA

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

2,058

$

657

$

651

$

(4,967)

Stock-based compensation

(95)

3

(235)

(261)

Provision for inventory obsolescence

(1)

(318)

(68)

(341)

Changes in accounts receivable (current and long-term)

2,411

2,681

5,253

3,318

Interest paid

98

634

Taxes paid, net of refunds

243

230

1,654

847

Gain on sale of other equipment

91

457

476

Gain on the sale of Klein

(50)

2,343

Changes in inventory

(3,503)

427

441

3,601

Changes in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current
liabilities and deferred revenue

1,621

(2,674)

1,811

(2,744)

Changes in prepaid expenses and other current and long-term assets

179

1,413

(1,897)

847

Other

9

9

(65)

26

EBITDA (1)

$

2,922

$

2,567

$

8,002

$

3,779

1.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA is defined as net income before (a) interest income and interest expense, (b) provision for (or benefit from) income taxes and (c) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA excludes non-cash foreign exchange gains and losses, stock-based compensation, impairment of intangible assets, other non-cash tax related items and non-cash costs of lease pool equipment sales. We consider EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to be important indicators for the performance of our business, but not measures of performance or liquidity calculated in accordance with GAAP. We have included these non-GAAP financial measures because management utilizes this information for assessing our performance and liquidity, and as indicators of our ability to make capital expenditures, service debt and finance working capital requirements and we believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are measurements that are commonly used by analysts and some investors in evaluating the performance and liquidity of companies such as us. In particular, we believe that it is useful to our analysts and investors to understand this relationship because it excludes transactions not related to our core cash operating activities. We believe that excluding these transactions allows investors to meaningfully trend and analyze the performance of our core cash operations. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures of financial performance or liquidity under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities or net income as indicators of operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. In evaluating our performance as measured by EBITDA, management recognizes and considers the limitations of this measurement. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our obligations for the payment of income taxes, interest expense or other obligations such as capital expenditures. Accordingly, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are only two of the measurements that management utilizes. Other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable with similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

 

Contacts:

Rob Capps, President & CEO

MIND Technology, Inc.

281-353-4475

Ken Dennard / Zach Vaughan

Dennard Lascar Investor Relations

713-529-6600

MIND@dennardlascar.com

 

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Workday Adaptive Planning Achieves FedRAMP Moderate Authorization to Support Federal Workforce and Budget Planning

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New Milestone Helps Federal Agencies Plan Workforce and Budgets in One Secure, Modern System

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Workday Government, a wholly owned subsidiary of Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT, today announced that Workday Adaptive Planning has achieved FedRAMP Authorization at the Moderate Impact Level. The authorization confirms that Workday Adaptive Planning meets the security and compliance standards required to handle sensitive, unclassified federal data, giving agencies a secure, compliant foundation for modern planning.

Federal agencies are under pressure to do more with less, manage costs, and maintain clear records of their decisions. Yet disconnected data, legacy systems, and manual spreadsheet work can make it hard to understand how organizational decisions affect the workforce. Workday Adaptive Planning helps agencies modernize planning by bringing workforce planning, budgeting, and forecasting together so agencies can plan with connected workforce and financial data.

“Federal agencies must align their people, funding, and priorities to deliver their missions effectively,” said Lynn Martin, general manager, Workday Government. “With FedRAMP Moderate authorization, Workday Adaptive Planning gives agencies the secure foundation they need to unify workforce and financial planning. This clarity allows leaders to evaluate trade-offs, allocate resources with impact, and prepare confidently for what lies ahead.”

With Workday Adaptive Planning, agencies can model and assess the workforce implications of organizational change, such as hiring freezes, budget reductions, or reorganizations, to understand the potential effects on headcount, costs, project timelines, and mission readiness. Agencies can also use workforce data to identify talent trends and skills gaps. Finance teams can evaluate competing program requests, allocate costs across funds and programs, monitor budgets throughout the procurement lifecycle, and identify potential overruns earlier. Built-in audit capabilities and FIPS 140-3 compliant security help agencies strengthen fiscal discipline, maintain compliance, and make faster, better-informed decisions.

“Federal agencies need a planning tool they can trust to protect their data and still move fast,” said Ben Pierce, general manager, Workday Adaptive Planning. “With FedRAMP authorization, Workday Adaptive Planning gives them a secure, modern way to make budgeting and workforce planning less painful and a lot more useful.”

As part of Workday Government Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning works alongside Workday human capital management and financial solutions, helping agencies plan with connected data. By bringing planning into the same platform that powers HR and finance, Workday Government helps agencies move beyond systems that simply record work to a modern, connected foundation for planning safely and collaboratively.

Workday Adaptive Planning is expected to be available to Workday Government customers in early 2027.

For More Information

Explore how Workday Adaptive Planning gives government organizations the power to plan, budget, and forecast the future here.Learn about the mission of Workday Government here.

About Workday Government
Workday Government is a wholly owned subsidiary of Workday, the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance, and IT. Workday Government is dedicated to serving the U.S. government by unifying HR and finance on one intelligent platform with AI at the core, empowering agencies at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver on their missions. Workday Government supports a range of agencies across the civilian, defense, and intelligence communities. For more information about Workday Government, visit workday.com/federal. For more information about Workday visit workday.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding Workday’s plans, beliefs, and expectations. These forward-looking statements are based only on currently available information and our current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. If the risks materialize, assumptions prove incorrect, or we experience unexpected changes in circumstances, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not rely on any forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not limited to, risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our most recent report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K and other reports that we have filed and will file with the SEC from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release, except as required by law.

Any unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to change at Workday’s discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services should make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.

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ZURICH, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ontinue, a leading MXDR partner providing nonstop managed security operations through its Agentic SOC, today announced it received a Gold Stevie® for Technology Excellence Award, recognizing the innovation behind its ION MXDR platform and Agentic SOC. The award was presented in the New Product of the Year – Information Technology (Cybersecurity) category, honoring Ontinue’s continued advancement of AI-powered security operations.

Ontinue was recognized for pioneering the Agentic SOC, a new operating model that treats security decision-making itself as software: governed, measurable, and built to scale with attackers who now operate at machine speed. Rather than layering AI onto existing workflows, Ontinue re-engineered its ION MXDR platform around a multi-agent architecture, with specialized agents spanning threat hunting, investigation, response, and posture hardening, that reason over each customer’s accumulated context and progressively take on more decision-making as trust is earned, while Ontinue’s Cyber Defenders retain governance and accountability throughout.

Ontinue defines an Agentic SOC as a security operations model in which software agents progressively assume responsibility for security decisions and actions, under continuous human governance, using accumulated context, policy, and learned behavior. In December 2024, this model went live in production for every ION MXDR customer, extending autonomous investigation to Tier 2-level incidents for the first time in the industry. The result is a platform that acts less like a tool and more like a team.

Ontinue’s Agentic SOC, by the numbers:

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For Ontinue’s customers, that translates directly into business outcomes, such has stronger Secure Scores, security teams freed from alert fatigue, and hundreds of analyst hours returned to work that actually moves the business forward.

“The cybersecurity industry doesn’t need more AI features, it needs a fundamentally better way to operate security,” said Moritz Mann, Chief Executive Officer at Ontinue. “This recognition validates the work our teams have done over the past two years to transform AI from an assistant into a trusted operational capability. It’s recognition of an operating model that is already delivering measurable outcomes for customers every day.”

“We congratulate all of the winners in the third annual Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence for their outstanding achievements,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “Their innovations are helping shape the future of technology across every industry, and we look forward to celebrating their success on October 28.”

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors. More than 700 nominations from organizations of all sizes in 37 nations and territories were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of tech-related categories. More than 180 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s honorees.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the list of 2026 Stevie winners are available at http://Tech.StevieAwards.com.

About Ontinue
As a leading provider of AI-powered managed security operations, Ontinue is on a mission to give every organization the freedom to focus on what they do best; by making nonstop security excellence accessible, not just aspirational. By combining advanced AI with deep human expertise, Ontinue delivers managed security operations that are tailored to each organization’s unique environment, operational needs, and risk profile.

Ontinue’s ION SecOps Platform integrates AI-driven insights, automation, and real-time collaboration to continuously prevent, detect, and respond to threats. With deep expertise in Microsoft security technologies, Ontinue helps customers maximize the value of their existing investments while achieving stronger, more scalable security outcomes.

Continuous protection. AI-powered Nonstop SecOps. That’s Ontinue.

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CONTACT: Alison Raymond, araymond@ontinue.com 

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Nearly half would let AI negotiate their salary, while 76% have never heard that AI can provide biased career guidance

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Artificial intelligence has become a mainstream source of career and financial advice for American workers, according to a national survey of 2,131 U.S. adults conducted by The Harris Poll in collaboration with Ruth AI, the AI career strategist built for women.

The full study, The Trust Gap, is available at https://ruthapp.ai/research and has already drawn coverage from Fast Company.

Nearly half of Americans (45%) have used an AI platform such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for career or work-related advice. That rises to 66% of Millennials and 63% of Gen Z. One in three U.S. adults has used AI for advice about money at work, including salary, raises, bonuses, or negotiating pay.

Americans are also increasingly willing to let AI act on their behalf. Eighty-one percent would be comfortable having an AI agent handle at least one part of a job search, climbing to 90% of Millennials. A majority would let AI search for jobs (67%), conduct pre-interview research (67%), update their resume (65%), or apply for jobs outright (55%). Nearly half would let AI negotiate their benefits (49%) or salary (47%).

Yet awareness of the technology’s documented limitations remains low. Three in four Americans (76%) had never heard that independent research has found AI can produce biased career and salary guidance. Seventy-two percent agree that AI can sound confident even when its advice turns out to be wrong.

“Americans are handing AI some of the most consequential decisions of their working lives, from the job search to the salary ask, while most have never heard that the guidance can carry bias,” said Valerie Chapman, founder and CEO of Ruth AI. “We are delegating faster than we are asking questions. The responsibility now falls on the people building AI to earn the trust users are already giving it.”

About the Survey

The survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll from June 11-13, 2026, among a nationally representative sample of 2,131 U.S. adults, including 420 Gen Z adults, 620 Millennials, 519 Gen X adults, and 572 Baby Boomers. Data were weighted to the U.S. general adult population. Some questions were asked only of respondents who had used AI for the relevant purpose. References to research on biased AI guidance refer to external academic research (Sorokovikova, Chizhov, Eremenko & Yamshchikov, 2025; arXiv:2506.10491) and are not findings measured by this survey.

About The Harris Poll Thought Leadership Practice

Building on more than 60 years of experience pulsing societal opinion, The Harris Poll Thought Leadership Practice designs research that is credible, creative, and culturally relevant, driving thought leadership and uncovering trends for today’s biggest brands.

About Ruth AI

Ruth AI is an AI career strategist built for women, on a mission to close the $1.6 trillion gender wage gap. Based in San Francisco, Ruth AI is building a suite of AI agents that help women build personal brands, negotiate their worth, and launch their businesses. Learn more at https://ruthapp.ai.

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Founder and CEO, Ruth AI
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