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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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The World Is Taking Notice: TIME Recognition Fuels VinFast’s Global Journey

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September 11, 2026

On a rainy Tuesday morning in Paris, a driver waiting at a red light on Boulevard Haussmann might not immediately place the badge on the SUV beside them. Thousands of miles away, a driver in California might have a similar moment seeing the same badge on an American road. It is not German, nor one of the familiar Asian names that have become common across established automotive markets. It belongs to VinFast , a Vietnamese automotive brand that is steadily making its presence felt across Europe and North America, and whose global journey reflects a much larger story unfolding inside its parent group, Vingroup.

PARIS , Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — That journey reached a new milestone this year. Vingroup has been ranked 340th in TIME’s World’s Best Companies 2026, produced jointly with the research firm Statista, placing it among the world’s top 350 businesses and marking a rise of nearly 500 places from the previous year. It is the only Vietnamese company to appear on the list for two consecutive years.

A Ranking Built on More Than Growth

TIME and Statista do not rank companies on size alone. Their methodology weighs three dimensions: revenue growth, employee satisfaction and sustainability transparency. Vingroup earned an overall score of 81 out of 100, rising from 817th to 340th worldwide.

The revenue figures behind that score are substantial. In the first half of 2026, Vingroup posted consolidated net revenue of VND 222.9 trillion, up 72 percent year on year, with profit after tax reaching VND 20.904 trillion, more than four and a half times the figure recorded over the same period in 2025. That growth was driven largely by the Group’s industrial manufacturing and real estate businesses, earning Vingroup an “Outstanding” rating on the revenue metric.

Employee satisfaction told a similar story of momentum. Vingroup climbed to 398th globally, up 496 places, in a workforce that now spans roughly 400,000 people across 12 countries.

On sustainability, the Group’s contribution came through a different kind of infrastructure – green transition projects, urban development, and long-term investment in the systems that sustain a livable city rather than a single quarter’s balance sheet. Vinhomes, the Group’s real estate arm, has extended this thinking through its ESG++ model, adding Regeneration and Resilience to the conventional three pillars of Environmental, Social and Governance work, applied across urban developments spanning thousands of hectares.

Two new business lines added to that picture in 2025: infrastructure, through VinSpeed’s high-speed rail projects connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Can Gio and Hanoi to Quang Ninh, and green energy, through VinEnergo’s projects across multiple provinces. Together, they represent an attempt to build not just individual businesses, but the connective tissue – rail, power and mobility – that a modern, low-carbon economy runs on.

Making the EV Transition More Accessible

Within that broader ecosystem, VinFast represents one of the clearest expressions of Vingroup’s global aspirations. The company’s expansion across Asia, North America and Europe is bringing the Group’s vision for a greener future to an increasingly international audience, while putting a Vietnamese automotive brand directly into competition in some of the world’s most established markets.

For customers considering a new automotive brand, however, global vision is only the starting point. The more important question is whether a new entrant can earn the trust required to become part of everyday life.

Research from the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility offers a useful, if counterintuitive, perspective. Surveying thousands of European car buyers, McKinsey found that Europeans open to considering an Asian market entrant show an overall 53 percent likelihood of switching to a new brand when they move to an electric vehicle – a figure that rises as high as 63 percent in the United Kingdom. Brand loyalty, in other words, is proving more fluid in the EV era than it was in the age of the internal combustion engine.

That shift creates an opening for new EV brands. But winning customers requires more than a competitive vehicle. It requires making electric mobility accessible while building the sales, service and ownership infrastructure that gives customers confidence throughout the ownership journey.

With an increasingly diverse and accessible product portfolio, VinFast remains committed to its mission of making electric vehicles more accessible to everyone and enabling customers to transition to green mobility with greater ease and confidence.

In Europe, the company is expanding its presence with products designed around local priorities of efficiency, design and accessibility, including the VF 6 and VF 8, while electric buses such as the EB 8 and the fully European-certified EB 12 further extend its contribution to the region’s transition toward greener transportation.

Across North America, the same vision is being supported by the expansion of VinFast’s sales and service network and the development of its Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program. Together, these initiatives are designed to build a more comprehensive ecosystem around the customer, extending beyond the vehicle itself to the services and support that shape the ownership experience.

Vingroup was the first Vietnamese company to qualify for TIME’s World’s Best Companies list in 2025, while VinFast has earned recognition among TIME100 Most Influential Companies and Asia-Pacific’s Best Companies of 2025. These milestones reflect growing international recognition of Vingroup’s and VinFast’s aspirations, capabilities and expanding global reach.

The latest TIME recognition for Vingroup therefore arrives at a moment when that global reach is becoming increasingly visible. For VinFast, the challenge and opportunity now extend across multiple continents , from European cities where a new badge is gradually becoming familiar, to North American roads where the company is building its presence and customer ecosystem.

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XLCS Partners advises CID Capital on its investment in Kaiser Garage Doors & Gates

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September 11, 2026

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce it served as advisor to CID Capital on its investment in Kaiser Garage Doors & Gates, LLC (Kaiser).

Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, Kaiser is a leading installer and servicer of residential and commercial overhead doors and gates serving the Phoenix, Tucson, and White Mountains markets. With over 30 years of proven operations, the company has established a strong regional footprint, a reputation for quality and reliability, and long-standing customer relationships.

Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, CID Capital is a private equity firm with decades of experience partnering with high-quality, lower middle market companies. CID makes control investments in companies with a proven track record of success and works alongside management teams to provide strategic guidance, resources, and capital for the next phase of growth, combining a focus on founder- and family-owned companies with a collaborative approach to building long-term value.

Kaiser is the third platform investment made from CID’s latest fund, CID Capital Opportunity Fund IV, L.P. In conjunction with the closing, industry veteran Eric Farley stepped in as CEO to lead the business under CID’s ownership, partnering with Dean Bennett, COO, and the existing Kaiser team.

XLCS acted as buyside advisor to CID Capital in connection with its investment in Kaiser, which was completed on August 14, 2026. The engagement was supported by Jay Cremer, Vice President, and David Silva, Senior Associate.

About XLCS Partners, Inc.
XLCS Partners is a leading global investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services. Visit www.xlcspartners.com for more information.

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PlanetiQ Selected for NOAA’s Space-Based Environmental Monitoring IDIQ

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September 11, 2026

Selection builds on PlanetiQ’s long-standing relationship with NOAA and adds thermospheric neutral density to its environmental data offerings

GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PlanetiQ, a leading provider of commercial satellite-based environmental data, today announced that it has been selected as an industry partner under NOAA’s new Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Through the SBEM IDIQ, PlanetiQ will be eligible to compete for task orders to provide NOAA with two types of commercial environmental data: Global Navigation Satellite System-Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) observations for atmospheric profiling and ionospheric monitoring, and thermospheric neutral density data for satellite orbit prediction.

“This selection builds on our long-standing partnership with NOAA and expands the ways our data can support the agency, from high-resolution atmospheric and ionospheric observations to thermospheric neutral density for satellite orbit prediction,” said Ira Scharf, CEO of PlanetiQ.

The SBEM IDIQ, established by NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) through its Commercial Data Program. The contract has a five-year base period followed by a five-year option and is effective from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2036.

Under SBEM, PlanetiQ will provide data from its existing satellite constellation as well as additional satellites planned for launch later this year. The company’s GNSS-RO observations provide high-resolution atmospheric profiles for numerical weather prediction and measurements of the ionosphere, including Total Electron Content (TEC) and scintillation. PlanetiQ will also introduce thermospheric neutral density data as a new commercial data product for NOAA NESDIS, supporting improved satellite orbit prediction and space-weather applications.

“PlanetiQ has built its business around delivering high-quality GNSS-RO data with the precision needed to improve weather forecasting,” said Ira Scharf, CEO of PlanetiQ. “This selection builds on our long-standing partnership with NOAA and expands the ways our data can support the agency, from high-resolution atmospheric and ionospheric observations to thermospheric neutral density for satellite orbit prediction. We look forward to continuing to work with NOAA to advance weather forecasting and space weather applications.”

Per NOAA’s own press release, NOAA is expanding its procurement and use of new commercial environmental satellite data streams that will enhance weather forecasting and space weather monitoring. The SBEM IDIQ contract is a key part in the agency’s ongoing effort to boost U.S. weather forecasting capabilities.

PlanetiQ currently provides GNSS-RO data to NOAA NESDIS under the agency’s previous commercial data contract vehicle. The company’s most recent task order, announced in August, provides GNSS-RO and ionospheric data and bridges the transition to the new SBEM contract.

About PlanetiQ

PlanetiQ provides the highest-quality GNSS radio occultation (RO) data available from a commercial constellation of satellites, offering unmatched temporal and spatial resolution. The data drive accurate, high-impact weather and climate forecast models, helping improve Numerical Weather Prediction and AI forecasts, safeguard lives and property from severe weather. In 2025, PlanetiQ was awarded NOAA’s largest-ever contract for satellite weather data, valued at $24.3 million. PlanetiQ is a space-tech company that serves the most mission-critical government, defense, and industry leaders, including international weather agencies, enabling more resilient operations across sectors. Founded in 2015 and privately owned, PlanetiQ designs, builds, and operates the preeminent commercial constellation of GNSS-RO satellites, setting the standard for precision and reliability in atmospheric monitoring. For more information, contact info@planetiq.com

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