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MintNeuro and Motif Neurotech Partner to Advance Miniature Brain-Computer Interface Therapy for Mental Health

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Strategic partnership combines MintNeuro’s purpose-built neural sensing and stimulation chips with Motif’s ultra-miniaturised therapeutic implant platform — enabling precision neuromodulation and real-time response monitoring

LONDON, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MintNeuro, a pioneer of scalable, low-power semiconductor technology for neural implant applications, and Motif Neurotech, a therapeutic brain-computer interface (BCI) company developing miniature implants for mental health, today announced a new strategic partnership that will unite MintNeuro’s specialised neural interface chip technology with Motif’s clinical-stage therapeutic implant platform – accelerating the clinical availability of therapeutic BCIs for mental health conditions.

The collaboration gives Motif access to MintNeuro’s highly miniaturized, purpose-built sensing and stimulation integrated circuits, with chip development closely aligned to Motif’s clinical device roadmap. With this formal alliance, MintNeuro gains a direct pathway to clinical application, including real-world system validation and a continuous feedback loop on chip requirements from one of the most demanding device programmes in the sector. The partnership is underpinned by a multi-year commercial supply agreement, securing access to MintNeuro’s neural interface ICs for Motif’s pre-clinical, early clinical, and pivotal study phases.

Motif Neurotech is developing the world’s first fully implantable brain stimulating and recording technology designed to address mental health conditions, like depression and bipolar disorder. Motif recently received FDA approval to begin a US clinical trial to treat treatment-resistant depression. The DOT, a device roughly the size of a blueberry, can be placed in a 20-minute outpatient procedure without exposing or touching the brain. MintNeuro’s compact, ultra-low-power ICs enable the critical neural sensing and stimulation functions within the system, meeting the extreme miniaturisation requirements demanded by these next-generation devices. Advanced sensing capabilities enable continuous monitoring of neural activity during therapy and may provide clinicians with rapid feedback on stimulation parameter effectiveness, and risk of relapse, laying the foundation for transformative closed-loop therapeutic approaches.

The two companies have been closely collaborating for over a year, progressing from joint system architecture definition through to active hardware validation. MintNeuro’s sensing chip has already been successfully integrated into the Motif’s devices used in pre-clinical work. Going forward, the partnership roadmap will align successive MintNeuro chip generations with Motif’s clinical development programme, beginning with high-performance sensing and advancing toward fully integrated stimulation capability.

“MintNeuro is a core technology partner for Motif as we advance delivery of our BCI device roadmap,” said Steven Goetz, Chief Technology Officer of Motif Neurotech. “MintNeuro’s specialised ICs combine compact form factor, high performance and ultra-low power. These are the leading-edge capabilities needed to achieve our shared strategic vision of delivering neuromodulation therapy to the brain with the smallest and safest devices possible.”

“Every design decision we make is ultimately about how quickly and safely we can reach patients who have run out of options. MintNeuro’s technology has already proven itself in our pre-clinical work, and formalizing this partnership means we have a chip roadmap that’s tightly coupled to our clinical program,” said Jacob Robinson, Co-Founder and CEO, Motif Neurotech.

Dorian Haci, CEO and Co-Founder of MintNeuro added: “We really value working together with Motif to deliver world-first BCI-enabled therapies. Motif is a visionary partner that is pushing the boundaries of what is technically and clinically possible in this emerging space, and that is exactly the kind of collaboration our technology is built for. Our formal co-operation is also a clear signal that the treatment of mental health conditions is moving into a phase where scalable, chip-based platforms can start to be applied commercially at scale, and play a central role in enabling new therapies that can improve quality of life for patients everywhere.”

The partnership builds on successful project grants awarded to both companies as part of the UK government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) Precision Neurotechnologies programme. The Brain Mesh project, a £4.7 million collaboration involving teams from both MintNeuro and Motif Neurotech, is developing distributed networks of ultra-small wireless neural implants for mental health applications. The ground-breaking work achieved under the project framework has accelerated MintNeuro’s chip miniaturisation roadmap and led Motif to establish a UK subsidiary that employs UK-based software engineers and data scientists that can work more closely with their UK partners.

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About MintNeuro (www.mintneuro.com)

Founded as a spinout from Imperial College London, MintNeuro is a semiconductor company focused exclusively on advanced integrated circuits for neural implants. The company designs purpose-built, low-power sensing and stimulation ICs that enable medical device developers to build smaller, smarter, and more capable implantable systems. MintNeuro’s modular chip platform addresses applications across neurology and mental health, including epilepsy, movement disorders, depression, and cognitive conditions. With a robust intellectual property portfolio and strategic partnerships with leading research institutions and neurotech companies, MintNeuro is at the forefront of the emerging neural implant and brain-computer interface sectors.

About Motif Neurotech (www.motifneuro.tech)

Motif Neurotech is building the world’s first therapeutic brain-computer interface (BCI) to treat drug-resistant mental health conditions. The company’s first product, the DOT, is a blueberry sized implantable neural device delivered in a 20-minute outpatient procedure and does not contact or expose the brain. The extreme miniaturisation of the device is made possible by patented wireless power technology invented at Rice University by the founders and exclusively licensed by Motif. The company received FDA approval in April 2026 to begin a clinical trial for treatment-resistant depression, and is also exploring applications in other neuropsychiatric conditions. Since its founding in 2022, Motif has raised over $30M in venture capital from Arboretum, KdT, and Dolby Family Ventures, and non-dilutive funding from ARIA, DARPA, ARPAH, and the NIH.

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Quickplay Launches Live Operations, Bringing AI-Enriched Orchestration and Operational Control to Live Broadcast Channels

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Operators can now control distributed stations, enforce standards network-wide, transform newscasts into social and vertical content, correct station errors in real-time all via a single console

AMSTERDAM , Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Quickplay, the Content to Value Operating System for media and entertainment, today announced Live Operations, a cloud-native, centralized management control plane for managing live broadcast and OTT channels. With it, operators can now manage scheduling, signal control, ad decisioning, clip production, and monitoring and observability from one console. AI is distributed across entire live broadcast workflows, enabling newsrooms to apply intelligence in completely new ways including across editorial. Quickplay will publicly debut Live Operations at IBC 2026, Hall 5.G86.

Ideal for broadcasters and streaming operators running live-linear and FAST channels, news organizations managing distributed stations without full-time on-site engineering staff, sports rights holders with regional blackout requirements, and multi-channel operators running multiple simultaneous channels, Live Operations provides operational control at scale. At a time when broadcasters spend approximately 75% of their time on technical workflows, this capability unchains them from those responsibilities so they can focus on delivering the high-quality live programming viewers depend on.

Most operators manage live across a stack of tools that don’t share signals: scheduling in one system, signal control in another, ad break management in yet another, with clipping handled as a separate post-production workflow entirely. When something breaks, teams find out late and must work across multiple systems to fix it.

“Many broadcasters today use AI to do smart things in metadata, in packaging, in ad decisioning, each creating individual value, yet completely disconnected from the others. With live programming, the time needed to connect these dots is time operators simply don’t have. Viewers will have moved on, as will the revenue,” said Paul Pastor, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Quickplay. “AI at a single step creates value. But AI orchestrated across every step, across an entire broadcast network, creates compounding value. At IBC, we’re showcasing the power of this live AI workflow and highlighting the success Television New Zealand (TVNZ) and Gray Media are seeing with it.”

What Live Operations Does

Live Operations is the operator-facing control plane inside the Content to Value Operating System. From a single console, operators control:

Scheduler and EPG Management: Enables operators to manage metadata, and build and manage all content from one, centralized location including live events, VOD assets, slates, and replays. Unscheduled gaps and schedules conflicts are flagged and corrected before going live.Live Channel & Signal Control: Gives users control over what’s on air at each moment including input switching, slate insertion, fallback triggering, stream acquisition, and channel start and stop operations, all from a single dashboard.Ad Break and SCTE-35 Management: Enables users to automate ad break timing through SCTE-35 cues. Users can also view real-time metadata to improve ad decisioning, a revenue protection feature for ad-supported channels.Live Disruption and Fallback: Delivers automated and manual fallback protection for signal loss and unexpected disruptions. When the live input drops below configured health thresholds, the platform automatically routes output to a pre-configured looped VOD fallback asset without operator intervention. Fallback at any time can proactively be triggered at any time, and is local to the Quickplay platform, never dependent on an external signal source.Live-to-VOD and Clip Factory: Transforms each newscast into a catalog of distributable content automatically. AI analyzes live event recordings and packages it into a series of branded short clips, complete with new metadata, ready for verticalization and syndication, removing the burden of responsibility from producers and reporters. Monitoring & Observability: Ensures real-time visibility into every layer of the live delivery chain via a unified dashboard.

“Live has no margin for error,” said Juan Martin, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Quickplay. “Live Operations challenges today’s status quo by eliminating the need for disconnected systems so that if something breaks down during a live broadcast, teams are notified and a fix is in process in real-time. No dead air, no missed SCTE cues, no failed signals. This is AI doing what it should do, backed by the assurance of a Content to Value Operating System purpose-built to support transformation.”

Live Operations is a part of Quickplay’s Content to Value Operating System which connects every step of digital media production and monetization into one smart system, built on five engines: Stream, Enrich, Activate, Engage, and Maximize. Live Operations lives within Stream, which delivers broadcast-grade, scalable streams for live, VOD, catch-up, and virtual channels. As a part of the larger system, Live Operations is inherently connected to other engines, bringing the value of true orchestration to the entire workflow of a broadcast network.

Quickplay will showcase Live Operations at IBC 2026 in Hall 5.G86. Schedule your meeting here.

About Quickplay

Quickplay is the Content to Value Operating System for media and entertainment, connecting every stage of the content lifecycle, from creation to monetization. By applying intelligence where it drives measurable impact, Quickplay enables broadcasters, sports operators, streamers, and creators to turn their catalogs into revenue. Quickplay powers 2.5 billion streaming minutes per month, with 5 billion ad impressions served and 99.999% streaming uptime.

Quickplay was founded by four innovators with deep media and entertainment technology experience from AT&T, McKinsey and Company, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Headquartered in Toronto, the company has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chennai, and throughout Europe. For more information, visit quickplay.com.

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L.A. Works Brings Angelenos Together for Week of Service Marking 25th Anniversary of September 11

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — This month, L.A. Works will bring Angelenos together for a week of hands-on service opportunities marking the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, supported by the 2026 9/11 Day Grant Program, administered by the nonprofit 9/11 Day in collaboration with AmeriCorps.

L.A. Works joins a nationwide movement to transform the anniversary of 9/11 into America’s Day of Doing Good, reclaiming the day as an annual moment of national reflection, unity, and action. With more than 100 million Americans now having little or no personal memory of September 11, 2001, local service projects ensure future generations remember not only the tragic events of that day, but also the extraordinary compassion, courage, selflessness, and spirit of unity that emerged in its aftermath.

Through projects supporting first responders and Eaton Fire survivors, L.A. Works is giving Angelenos a tangible way to honor those who were lost and those who responded to the tragedy while fostering a stronger sense of connection and shared responsibility across our communities.

The week’s flagship events include:

September 9: Beautification at the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center for emergency service heroes with fire engine restoration, painting and plantingSeptember 13: Fire mitigation at Barnsdall Art Park by clearing high risk invasive plants and disposing of brush

“September 11 was a terrible day of loss, and twenty-five years later, we have an opportunity to honor those who were lost and put in harm’s way by choosing service,” said Deborah Brutchey, Executive Director of L.A. Works. “When people come together to care for their neighbors, we strengthen the connections that hold us in community. That’s something we can choose to carry forward.”

Learn more at www.laworks.com.

ABOUT L.A. WORKS
Since 1991, L.A. Works has united Angelenos and inspired action for a more equitable LA. As the only nonprofit in Los Angeles that mobilizes tens of thousands of volunteers each year across a wide range of interconnected issues, L.A. Works organizes and recruits volunteers to directly impact vulnerable communities while strengthening the fabric of civil society. In 2025, L.A. Works volunteers gave more than 175,000 hours of service, which represents $7,024,500 in added capacity for nonprofits across Los Angeles County. More at www.laworks.com.

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AI Transformation Firm SoftSnow Named an OpenAI Select Partner

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SoftSnow, an AI transformation partner that helps mid-market organizations build AI-first operating models, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.

CHICAGO, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — SoftSnow, an AI transformation partner that helps mid-market organizations build AI-first operating models, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.

“Being named an OpenAI Select Partner reflects the way SoftSnow already works with clients: bringing OpenAI’s frontier models to organizations and building them around how each team already works,” said Reid Valfer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, SoftSnow.

The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships while equipping them with resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact.

As an OpenAI Select Partner, SoftSnow will continue working with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively. This work will help organizations get more useful work from every token and stronger performance per dollar with GPT‑5.6, while using ChatGPT Work to turn ambitious goals into finished work. By integrating strategic planning, precise technical execution, and structured change management, SoftSnow transforms AI from concept into a tangible catalyst for measurable growth and lasting cultural change.

SoftSnow supports organizations across financial services, professional services, real estate, construction, marketing, and manufacturing as an embedded operator, building AI agents and workflows around how each team works and guiding adoption from there. Its work includes automating supplier pricing and estimating workflows for a construction products distributor and delivering agents for a marketing and advertising agency to speed up new-business responses, among other engagements.

Looking ahead, SoftSnow plans to expand its OpenAI-related offerings, invest in talent and enablement, and scale customer deployments, helping customers translate AI ambition into business outcomes.

Learn more about the OpenAI Partner Network: https://openai.com/business/partners/

About SoftSnow

SoftSnow is an AI transformation partner that helps mid-market organizations build AI-first operating models. Working as embedded operators, the SoftSnow team maps where AI creates the most value through its AI Opportunity Matrix™, then builds the role-specific agents and workflows that turn those priorities into daily work. The team also guides the change management and training that make adoption last. SoftSnow is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Learn more at https://www.softsnow.ai.

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