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Hippocratic AI Launches LLM Model Training Residency for Top Engineers Interested in Career-Shaping Work

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June 12, 2026

Engineers will fine tune models, run experiments and engage directly with Polaris – HAI’s patented constellation model – during six month sprint

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jun 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hippocratic AI, the generative AI company building the only model clinically safe and fast enough for patient-facing voice AI in clinical settings as benchmarked against major frontier models, today launched the LLM Model Training Residency. The six-month program is designed to move experienced software engineers into frontier LLM training while on the job, through focused work on Voice AI challenges, as represented in this recently authored paper and blog.

Hippocratic AI launches LLM Model Training Residency to move software engineers into LLM training while on the job.

The program is designed to be open to more than just current Hippocratic AI engineers. Engineers joining the company become eligible for the residency after just six months. The program offers an innovative way for software engineers to develop advanced model training skills and do career defining work while on the job. Program description.

“This is a chance to do career defining work while getting real-time LLM Model Training. We believe healthcare deserves the best engineers on the planet, so that is who we hire, and who we have designed this program to attract,” said Vishal Parikh, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Hippocratic AI. “If you are a top engineer who has spent years building systems that scale and ship — and you want to point that talent at voice AI that actually improves patient care, there is now a path to do it here, on our infrastructure, with our model org, on the constellation of models people in this field are watching most closely.”

Program Scope

The residency is not a lecture series. Work during the residency has the potential to shape the next generation of the Polaris model, contribute directly to patient outcomes, and be featured in white papers and industry publications. Residents fine-tune models, run experiments on Hippocratic AI’s NVIDIA H200 and B300 GPU cluster, ship a real capstone, and work 1:1 with senior ML engineers from the team behind Polaris – the company’s patented constellation LLM. The residency is extra-curricular — roughly 10 hours per week alongside the resident’s primary role.

Engineering at HAI

Hippocratic AI’s engineering team comes from top environments – Stanford, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, IIT, and the handful of programs where the bar is set globally. They cite the same reasons for choosing HAI:

AI for good, at scale. Models that talk to real patients, expanding access to care.Training our own frontier models. Engineers pretrain, fine-tune, and ship every release cycle — not wrappers, not prompt layers.The hardest open problems in voice AI. Empathy, conversational quality, sub-second latency, and 99.9% accuracy — in the most regulated environment in tech.Small team, extraordinary access. Engineers work directly with co-founders and senior ML leaders.A platform to lead. Engineers publish white papers, speak on panels, and shape the public conversation.Series C momentum. One of the fastest-growing AI companies in healthcare — trusted by leading health systems, invested in by top VC firms.A serious partner network. Direct collaboration with NVIDIA, Google, DigitalOcean, and Modular.

The engineering and model training work at Hippocratic AI is specific and challenging. A frontier base model is not enough for clinical voice AI. Base-model accuracy in healthcare tops out well below the 99.9% bar that medical, patient-facing AI demands. Polaris is constellation architecture pairing a primary conversational model with specialist support models for medication, labs, dosage, social determinants, privacy, compliance, and safety. The specialists check the primary in real time, deterministically, on every clinical claim. Polaris also drives the speech stack: low-latency, empathetic, interruption-aware voice at clinical speed. (See the LinkedIn newsletter “Why a Frontier Model Isn’t Enough: Engineering 99.9% Accuracy” and the Polaris white paper for the technical detail.)

“This is one of the few places in the industry where an engineer can build voice AI from the model layer up, on production hardware, in a domain that demands real safety guarantees,” said Subhabrata Mukherjee, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer. “Empathy, conversational quality, sub-second latency, and 99.9% accuracy are not solved problems. We are solving them through Polaris’s constellation architecture, through speech models tuned for clinical conversation, and through evaluation infrastructure designed for the regulated environment we operate in. Residents step directly into that work, alongside the team that built it.”

Applications

Applications for the next LLM Model Training Residency are open to HAI employees. Apply here: hippocraticai.com/careers.

It is the company’s second residency, alongside the Agent DE Residency for early-career engineers.

About HAI

Hippocratic AI is a native generative AI company on a mission to address the global shortage of clinicians and deliver healthcare abundance. As a global leader and pioneer in safety-focused generative AI agents for healthcare, the company built a patented safety constellation architecture, Polaris, enabling non-diagnostic AI agents to support patients through natural conversations across a range of use cases.

Tested by over 7,500 clinicians with 200M+ patient interactions completed, a 99.9% clinical safety record, and 1,000+ validated use cases across 60+ enterprise partners, Hippocratic AI delivers clinical Voice AI at the speed, complexity, empathy, and safety that healthcare requires.

Polaris 5.0 is a 5-trillion-parameter constellation powered by a 700-billion-parameter core model, allowing Hippocratic AI to add new clinical skills and upgraded features that make it the most medically advanced voice AI agent in healthcare.

Across more than 50 benchmarks, Polaris 5.0 is able to outperform leading voice-deployable models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google on the clinical, regulatory, and conversational tasks required to safely manage real patient voice interactions — while running at speeds the frontier thinking models (GPT 5.4 Pro, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3.1 Pro) cannot match. View all benchmarks.

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Purchasers of Standalone Storage Device or Computer for resale in the United States from January 2003, through May 2016, may be affected by a class action lawsuit

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June 12, 2026

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A class action antitrust lawsuit was filed on behalf of Reseller Plaintiffs and End-User Plaintiffs against Defendants TDK Corporation, Hutchinson Technology Inc., Magnecomp Precision Technology Public Co., Ltd., Magnecomp Corporation, and SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd. (together, “TDK Defendants”), and NHK Spring Co., Ltd., NHK International, NAT Peripheral (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd., NAT Peripheral (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., and NHK Spring (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (together, “NHK Defendants”). This Notice only applies to Reseller Plaintiffs. The Reseller Plaintiffs are Now Micro, Inc., Integrated Technical Systems, Inc. d/b/a Network One, It Worx, Inc., Stephen Arvay, and Michael Medeiros, (together, the “Reseller Plaintiffs”). The lawsuit alleges Defendants conspired to fix prices of suspension assemblies (“SAs”), a component contained in hard disk drives (“HDD”). SAs are a necessary component of HDDs and are found in products such as laptop and desktop computers, and computer servers. The Reseller Plaintiffs bought and resold HDDs that included SAs. Reseller Plaintiffs assert prices were higher as a result of the supracompetitive prices initially charged by Defendants to HDD manufacturers, who “passed on” those price increases to the Reseller Plaintiffs.

The Court “certified” a Reseller Class defined as: all persons or entities in the Indirect Purchaser States, except original equipment manufacturers, who, during the period from January 2003 through May 2016, purchased a Standalone Storage Device or Computer for resale, which included as a component part one or more SAs that were manufactured or sold by Defendants, any current or former subsidiary of Defendants, or any co-conspirator of Defendants, or who indirectly purchased a SA, for resale, that was manufactured or sold by Defendants, any current or former subsidiary of Defendants, or any co-conspirator of Defendants.

The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. There is no money available now, and no guarantee there will be. However, if you are a member of the Reseller Class described above, your legal rights are affected, and you have a choice to make now.

Class Members who want to keep the possibility of getting money or benefits from this lawsuit in the future do not need to do anything now. By doing nothing, they are staying in the Reseller Class and if the Reseller Plaintiffs obtain money or benefits in the future, they will be notified about how to get their share. Class Members who do nothing now will not be able to sue or continue to sue Defendants—as part of any other lawsuit—about the same legal claims in this lawsuit. Class Members will also be legally bound by the orders and judgments. If they do nothing now and there is a settlement or judgment in the future, they may not be allowed to exclude themselves from the lawsuit.

Class Members who want to sue Defendants on their own regarding the same legal claims in this lawsuit or already have their own lawsuit against Defendants regarding the same legal claims in this lawsuit and want to continue with it, need to ask to be excluded from the Reseller Class. Class Members who exclude or remove themselves from the Reseller Class— sometimes called “opting-out” of the class— they will not get any money or benefits from this lawsuit even if Reseller Plaintiffs win at trial or there is a settlement. However, those who opt-out may be able to sue or continue to sue Defendants on their own. Class Members who exclude themselves will not be legally bound by the Court’s judgments in this class action lawsuit. The deadline to opt-out is September 2, 2026.

Class Counsel will have to prove Reseller Plaintiffs’ legal claims at a trial. The trial has not been scheduled. During the trial, a Jury and the Judge will hear all of the evidence to help them reach a decision about whether Reseller Plaintiffs or Defendants are right about the legal claims in the lawsuit. There is no guarantee that Reseller Plaintiffs will win, or that they will get any money for the Reseller Class.

This Notice summarizes the lawsuit and the proceedings. To get additional information visit www.HDDSuspensionReseller.com or call 1-877-307-1874.

URL: www.HDDSuspensionReseller.com

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Grey Wind Capital Partners with Maher Services and F. G. Sullivan to Build a Leading New England Water Well Services Platform

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June 12, 2026

NORTH READING, Mass., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Grey Wind Capital has completed investments in Maher Services and F. G. Sullivan, creating a leading provider of water well services for utility, commercial, and industrial customers across New England.

Maher Services, whose partnership with Grey Wind closed in August 2025, serves as the platform; F. G. Sullivan joined on June 1, 2026. The company is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, with a second location in Lancaster, and both businesses will keep their existing names.

The investments reflect Grey Wind’s strategy of consolidating New England’s fragmented water well services market into a more comprehensive, professionalized, and scalable offering. Co-CEOs Daniel Chase and Laurent Firlotte will lead the combined company.

“Maher Services and F. G. Sullivan are two highly respected names in New England water well services, and bringing them together gives our utility, commercial, and industrial customers a stronger, more capable partner,” said Daniel Chase, Co-CEO of Grey Wind Capital and Maher Services. “This is the foundation of the platform we set out to build.”

“The water well services market across New England remains highly fragmented, and our customers are looking for a provider that can deliver reliability and scale,” said Laurent Firlotte. “Partnering with the Maher and Sullivan teams allows us to do exactly that, and we see significant opportunity ahead.”

“Joining forces with Grey Wind Capital and now F. G. Sullivan allows us to invest in our people and expand what we can offer our customers,” said Peter Maher, President of Services at Maher Services. “I’m excited about what this next chapter means for our team and the clients we serve.”

About Maher Services

Maher Services, based in North Reading, Massachusetts, provides water well drilling, installation, maintenance, and repair services for utility, commercial, and industrial customers across New England. Visit maherserv.com.

About F. G. Sullivan

F. G. Sullivan, based in Lancaster, Massachusetts, serves utility, commercial, and industrial water well customers across New England and is known for quality and long-standing customer relationships. Visit fgsullivandrill.com.

About Grey Wind Capital

Grey Wind Capital is a holding company that acquires and operates leading water well and water infrastructure services businesses, partnering with founder-owned companies to provide capital, operational leadership, and strategic resources for long-term growth. Visit greywindcapital.com.

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Rockford Fosgate Introduces New PUNCH® PRO Speakers

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June 12, 2026

Aggressive Output. Rugged Reliability. The new series is purpose-built for SPL competition vehicles and performance-focused builds where maximum output matters most.

TEMPE, Ariz., June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rockford Fosgate, the leader in high-performance audio systems, is proud to announce the new PUNCH PRO Speaker Series, engineered to be the loudest speakers in the PUNCH lineup. Purpose-built for SPL competition vehicles, high-volume street performance, and performance-focused builds, the new PUNCH PRO Series delivers aggressive output, rugged reliability, and the unmistakable PUNCH sound.

Designed for listeners who demand extreme output without sacrificing durability or clarity, PUNCH PRO speakers combine high-efficiency components, oversized motor structures, and ultra-durable materials to deliver relentless volume under demanding conditions. With midrange drivers and tweeters engineered specifically for high-output environments, the series gives installers and enthusiasts the power, output, and dependability needed to take serious builds to the next level.

“Punch Pro brings pro audio efficiency and SPL capability into a dedicated automotive architecture. By utilizing Punch-platform frames, we achieved a true ‘Engineered Fit’ for direct integration without modification. And with a new compact bullet tweeter option, we’ve made it easier than ever to deliver pro-level output into tighter vehicle spaces” said Wayne Connolly, Vice President of Product Development.

Performance-driven from the inside out, PUNCH PRO speakers feature precision-engineered phase plugs that help project high-frequency detail with accuracy, allowing music to stay clear and focused even at elevated volume. Oversized motor structures improve efficiency and support extended playtime, while a 75-watt RMS and 150-watt peak power rating gives the series the strength to keep up when the system is pushed hard.

Built to perform like a true workhorse, every component and material in the PUNCH PRO Series was selected for strength and long-term reliability. Reinforced polymer baskets, high-density cones, and reinforced tweeter diaphragms help deliver class-leading construction designed to withstand the demands of competition-level output and aggressive everyday performance.

The series is also engineered for demanding environments. UV-resistant materials in the cone, surround, and frame help protect against prolonged sun exposure, while treated paper cones, durable surrounds, and fatigue-resistant spiders are designed to maintain performance over time. For enhanced control and system tuning, the PUNCH PRO platform also includes an external crossover engineered for high-output applications. The precision external low-pass crossover provides accurate signal control for seamless integration of dual midrange drivers and a tweeter while preserving sonic integrity under high-power conditions. Selectable tweeter attenuation at 0 dB, –3 dB, and –6 dB allows installers to fine-tune high-frequency output for optimal tonal balance across a wide range of system configurations.

Inside the crossover, optimized midrange filtering uses laminated steel-core inductors for low-loss, high-current handling and smooth, controlled midrange response. Ceramic resistors, aluminum heatsinks, and a vented chassis work together to efficiently dissipate heat, helping maintain consistent performance during extended, high-output listening sessions.

The PUNCH PRO Speaker Series is designed for competition-level output, aggressive everyday performance, and systems that need to play loud and hold up under pressure. Available in multiple sizes and configurations, PUNCH PRO brings aggressive output, rugged durability, and the unmistakable PUNCH sound to performance-focused builds.

For more information visit: rockfordfosgate.com or visit an authorized dealer.

About Rockford Fosgate
Setting the standard for excellence in the audio industry, Rockford Corporation markets high-performance audio systems under the brand Rockford Fosgate® for the mobile, marine, motorsport, and motorcycle audio aftermarket and OEM market. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Rockford Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATK).

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