Verkada is scaling its physical AI platform across more than 2.4 million devices globally with a new technical collaboration and investment from NVIDIA

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Verkada, a leader in AI-powered physical security and operations, today announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate the development and deployment of physical AI across the built environment. NVIDIA also joins as a new investor in Verkada, following a strategic investment from Alphabet’s CapitalG at the end of last year.

Verkada is applying AI to transform how schools, hospitals, retailers, manufacturers, and other organizations turn real-world operational data into actionable intelligence — helping keep people and places safe.

“Verkada has been building and deploying Physical AI before the term existed. With our footprint of more than 2.4 million devices across 170 countries and 30,000 organizations, we’ve proven that the built environment is one of the largest beneficiaries of AI,” said Filip Kaliszan, co-founder and CEO of Verkada. “Working with NVIDIA supercharges what we’ve spent nearly a decade building: AI that keeps students safe in schools, protects workers on factory floors, helps retailers prevent theft, and enables organizations to operate more efficiently.”

Verkada is strengthening the models and data flywheel underpinning its intelligent video analytics through its collaboration with NVIDIA, advancing AI-powered video search, multimodal embeddings and vector retrieval for next-generation semantic search, and synthetic data generation to augment training datasets and improve accuracy.

By leveraging NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models and NVIDIA Physical AI Data Factory, Verkada has accelerated model training and inference across its rapidly expanding global footprint on NVIDIA accelerated computing. Since the collaboration began, Verkada has improved the mean average precision (mAP) of its AI-powered search by 68% for spatial-temporal understanding, delivering faster, more accurate, and more robust search capabilities.

Verkada is also developing a multi-model search agent architecture and exploring reasoning models to address complex, unstructured real-world scenarios — from identifying health and safety incidents on a manufacturing floor to detecting shrinkage in retail environments. The collaborative effort reflects Verkada’s broader focus on bringing more capable, context-aware AI to make built environments resilient and safe.

About Verkada

Designed with simplicity in mind, Verkada’s six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace, and intercoms — provide unparalleled building security through an integrated, cloud-based software platform. Over 30,000 organizations across 170 countries worldwide, including over 100 of the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. For more information, please visit www.verkada.com.

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Hagerty Drivers Foundation Welcomes 1965 Ford Mustang Magic Skyway Car into the National Historic Vehicle Register as Nation Marks 250th Celebration

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Hagerty Drivers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to preserving automotive culture and history, today announced the induction of a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible as the 38th vehicle added to the National Historic Vehicle Register (NHVR). The announcement coincides with the opening of Ford Motor Company’s “Driving America Forward” exhibit at Union Station in Washington, D.C., where the car is on public display through July 14.

The vehicle, a Wimbledon White convertible, is one of 23 Mustangs that carried visitors through the Ford Pavilion’s legendary Magic Skyway attraction at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Fitted with special undercarriage rigging and pulled along a cable track, this Mustang traveled an estimated 5,000 miles over six months, transporting approximately 40,000 passengers through a Disney-designed journey from prehistoric times into the space age – all without burning a drop of fuel. It is one of only a handful of Magic Skyway Mustangs known to survive, and among the finest restored examples.

“The 1965 Mustang display at the World’s Fair wasn’t just a car launch, in many ways it was the launch of an entire generation,” said McKeel Hagerty, Chairman of Hagerty and the President of the Board of Directors of the Hagerty Drivers Foundation. “This particular car carried tens of thousands of enthusiasts into the future at the most celebrated exhibition of its era. Its story belongs to all Americans, and there is no better moment to make that official than America’s 250th birthday.”

This 1965 Ford Mustang, VIN 5F08T383386, is owned by Sam Pack of Texas and was treated to a careful restoration in 2015 that preserved its original components, including its factory 200 cubic inch inline-six engine and three-speed, Cruise-O-Matic automatic transmission. The Hagerty Drivers Foundation is currently completing the full NHVR documentation package – including laser scanning, professional photography, and a written historic report – in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). The documentation will be permanently archived in the Library of Congress as HAER No. TX-3410. The documentation is underwritten by Ford Motor Company.

“Ford is honored to document this historic milestone in our heritage as part of the America 250 celebration. Ford put America on wheels, and the Mustang is the soul of that legacy,” said Ted Ryan, Heritage Brand Manager and Archivist at Ford. “Its induction into our nation’s library ensures that the Mustang’s rich cultural impact will inspire generations to come.”

“The Mustang is one of America’s most beloved automobiles, and this car represents its very birth – unveiled not in a showroom, but on the grandest stage imaginable, carrying tens of thousands of people through a vision of the future at the New York World’s Fair,” said Casey Maxon, Director of Heritage, Hagerty Drivers Foundation. “It was an immediate, undeniable hit. The public didn’t just notice the Mustang, they fell in love with it on the spot. As we mark 250 years of American history, it’s worth remembering that for nearly half of that history, the automobile has been woven into the fabric of this country’s identity. What better way to honor that legacy than with this Mustang convertible, one of the most iconic enthusiast cars ever produced.”

The Magic Skyway Mustang is featured in the “Shaping Pop Culture” chapter of Ford’s Driving America Forward exhibit, displayed in an illuminated glass case among artifacts from Ford’s Heritage Archive. The exhibit spans seven themed chapters and is free to the public at Union Station through July 14, 2026.

The National Historic Vehicle Register documents and records vehicles of significant importance in American history and culture. Documentation of each vehicle is a partnership between the Hagerty Drivers Foundation and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Historic American Engineering Record, and is permanently archived in the Library of Congress.

For more information:
Home page – Hagerty Drivers Foundation NHVR Vehicle No. 38
Photos – NHVR Vehicle No. 38: Photos of the World’s Fair Mustang
Instagram – Hagerty Drivers Foundation

About Hagerty Drivers Foundation
The Hagerty Drivers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit launched in 2021 by Hagerty. With the purpose of shaping the future of car culture while celebrating our automotive past, the Hagerty Drivers Foundation provides scholarships for students in the automotive field of education, as well as students seeking formal driver education training. In addition, the Foundation continues to build a federally recognized program — the National Historic Vehicle Register — that documents and records the important history of our shared automotive past. For more information, visit https://driversfoundation.org.

About Driving America Forward
Driving America Forward is a free public exhibit at Union Station in Washington, D.C., running July 1–14, 2026, presented by Ford Motor Company in partnership with Hagerty as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration. The exhibit showcases Ford’s most culturally significant vehicles and artifacts across seven themed chapters, inspired by the Hagerty Drivers Foundation’s Cars at the Capital program.

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PARIS, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) a pioneer and global leader in cyber security solutions, today announced it is a partner for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new independent cloud for Europe.

Check Point’s Cloud Firewall offering is now available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, further supporting customers in Europe. Check Point solutions deliver prevention-first security across network, workload, and application layers, while providing customers with the same availability and performance they expect from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Availability on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud enables European organisations to meet stringent operational autonomy and data residency requirements within the European Union.

The AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a fully featured, independently operated sovereign cloud backed by strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections designed to meet the needs of European governments and enterprises. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud infrastructure is entirely located within the EU and operates independently from existing AWS Regions. Customers using the AWS European Sovereign Cloud benefit from the full power of AWS including the same service portfolio, security, availability, performance, familiar architecture, APIs, and innovations such as the AWS Nitro System.

“The AWS European Sovereign Cloud represents a significant step forward for organisations operating under EU regulatory frameworks. Check Point’s Cloud Firewall solution on this independent cloud infrastructure enables our customers to run their most sensitive workloads with operational autonomy and data residency entirely within the EU. With Check Point’s prevention-first security and AI-powered threat intelligence, plus the sovereignty controls and technical assurances of AWS, we’re delivering the compliance support and innovation our customers need to accelerate their digital transformation while meeting stringent regulatory requirements.”

— Joaquin Reixa, Vice President, Western Europe, Check Point Software Technologies

Customers can begin planning their transition to the AWS European Sovereign Cloud today. To learn more about Check Point’s Cloud Firewall and WAF offerings available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, visit Public Cloud AWS Security – Check Point Software.

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About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.  
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a global cyber security leader protecting more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. Its mission is to secure enterprises’ AI transformation. With a prevention-first approach and an open ecosystem architecture, Check Point helps organizations block advanced threats, prioritize exposures, and automate security operations across complex digital environments. The unified architecture simplifies protection across hybrid networks, multi-cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems. Structured around four strategic pillars, Hybrid Mesh Network Security, Workspace Security, Exposure Management, and AI Security, Check Point delivers consistent protection and visibility across multivendor environments, enabling organizations to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and accelerate innovation without increasing complexity.

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