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Netic Partners with American Residential Services to Bring Frontier AI to One of America’s Largest Home Services Providers

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Partnership enables ARS to scale customer engagement while maintaining the quality and care homeowners expect.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Netic, the AI revenue engine for essential services, today announced a strategic partnership with American Residential Services (ARS), one of the nation’s largest home services providers. Through the partnership, ARS is deploying Netic’s AI platform to help its customer service specialists support more homeowners, respond faster, and continue delivering the high-quality experience the company is known for as it grows nationwide.

As ARS has expanded across new markets and served tens of thousands of additional homeowners, customer demand has continued to increase. More calls, more scheduling requests, and higher service volumes require technology that can scale alongside the business while preserving the human experience customers expect.

Netic’s AI agents augment ARS customer service specialists by handling routine interactions, providing intelligent surge capacity, and delivering real-time information on scheduling and appointment availability. Integrated directly into the proprietary ARS Connect platform, Netic enables AI and human agents to work together seamlessly, allowing ARS teams to focus on the conversations where human expertise matters most.

“ARS represents exactly the type of enterprise we built Netic for,” said Melisa Tokmak, Founder and CEO of Netic. “They have built one of the most respected operations in home services by combining operational excellence with a willingness to embrace innovation. From the beginning, it was clear they approached AI with rigor, a clear vision, and an unwavering focus on improving the homeowner experience. We’re honored they chose us to roll out across their national network, and we’re excited to help them bring frontier AI to the homeowners who rely on ARS.”

The partnership followed an extensive evaluation of leading AI platforms. ARS selected Netic based on the performance of its AI agents, the flexibility of its enterprise platform, the speed of product innovation, and the close collaboration between the two engineering organizations.

“There were two key things we looked for as we searched for an AI partner,” said Divakar Jandhyala, Chief Technology Officer at ARS. “First, we needed AI that could consistently deliver for our customers. Second, we wanted a partner with the technical depth to deploy AI successfully across a complex enterprise. Netic has been that partner, helping us expand our capabilities while maintaining the service standards our customers expect.”

The collaboration reflects a shared belief that AI delivers the greatest value when it empowers people rather than replaces them. By combining Netic’s frontier AI capabilities with ARS’s experienced customer service organization, the partnership helps ensure every homeowner receives timely, accurate, and personalized service as the business continues to grow.

ABOUT NETIC

Netic is the AI revenue engine for essential services. Headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Founders Fund, Greylock, and Hanabi Capital, Netic builds frontier AI agents that manage inbound customer interactions across voice, chat, SMS, and other channels, accelerate speed-to-lead, power autonomous outbound engagement, and optimize intelligent scheduling. Leading essential services enterprises trust Netic to increase revenue, improve customer experience, and scale operations with AI. Learn more at netic.ai.

ABOUT AMERICAN RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (ARS/Rescue Rooter)

American Residential Services (ARS/Rescue Rooter), headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the nation’s largest providers of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and home services. Through its nationwide network of local service professionals, ARS delivers reliable, high-quality service to residential and light commercial customers across the United States.

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5C Secures More Than USD $1.4 Billion to Power North America’s AI Infrastructure

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New USD $605 million Brookfield-led financing accelerates the development of Gigascale AI campuses across the continent.

MONTREAL, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (version française) 5C Group, a developer, builder and operator of large-scale AI data center campuses, today announced the closing of USD $605 million in new debt financing led by Brookfield Asset Management. This follows the USD $835 million in equity and debt capital 5C raised in 2025 as well as additional capital that 5C raised prior to 2025. Combined, this capital is fueling 5C’s growth and expanding its AI infrastructure platform across North America.

5C delivers AI factories: large-scale, high-performance campuses where compute, power, cooling, networking, software, and operations are engineered together for performance, reliability, and scale. This integrated approach supports the increasingly dense and complex AI workloads while adapting to advances in GPU architecture, liquid cooling, rack-scale systems, and evolving AI deployment models.

The new capital will allow 5C to accelerate development across its portfolio of priority sites, fund the acquisition and construction of its Memphis campus, as well as support the development and expansion of its Ohio and Phoenix campuses, as they reach key commercial and investment milestones.

“This financing reflects strong confidence in 5C’s strategy and our ability to execute at scale,” said Jonathan Ahdoot, Chief Executive Officer of 5C. “It strengthens our ability to build next-generation AI infrastructure while investing for the long term in communities.”

“We are pleased to expand our partnership with 5C and support the continued growth of its AI infrastructure platform,” said Hamish Kidd, Managing Partner, Investments – Infrastructure, Brookfield Asset Management. “5C combines strong execution capabilities with a long-term approach to developing critical digital infrastructure, and we believe its North American campuses are well positioned to support growing demand for advanced AI capacity.”

About 5C
5C Group is one of North America’s largest AI digital infrastructure providers. The company delivers purpose-built infrastructure for AI with a network of state-of-the-art data centers. With over 1.5 gigawatts of roadmap capacity and the ability to power hundreds of thousands of GPUs, 5C Group delivers secure, reliable, and sustainable data center and AI infrastructure solutions at scale for the largest AI users with the most demanding workloads. For more information, please visit www.5c.ai.

About Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM) is a leading global alternative asset manager, headquartered in New York, with over $1 trillion of assets under management across infrastructure, energy, private equity, real estate, and credit. We invest client capital for the long-term with a focus on real assets and essential service businesses that form the backbone of the global economy. We offer a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world — including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors. We draw on Brookfield’s heritage as an owner and operator to invest for value and generate strong returns for our clients, across economic cycles.

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Viventium’s Apploi Hire ATS Earns Indeed’s 2026 Customer Excellence Award

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A recognition highlighting the impact of the integrated healthcare workforce solution in helping employers attract, hire and retain caregivers.

BERKLEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Viventium’s Apploi Hire ATS has been awarded the Enterprise Customer Excellence Award at Indeed’s inaugural 2026 Partner Awards, a reflection of the commitment to helping healthcare employers improve hiring outcomes through innovative technology, customer support and industry expertise.

Viventium and Apploi have joined forces to help healthcare organizations hire, onboard, pay and retain employees through a seamless workforce management experience. Their unified platforms provide healthcare employers with specialized tools and expertise designed to address the industry’s unique hiring and workforce challenges.

The award recognizes organizations that go above and beyond in supporting mutual clients, driving hiring success and delivering outstanding customer experiences. Viventium and Apploi were selected by Indeed based on their partnership, innovation and measurable impact in helping employers connect with job seekers and reduce time-to-hire.

“This award reflects our shared commitment to helping healthcare organizations build and maintain exceptional care teams,” said Navin Gupta, Chief Executive Officer of Viventium. “By combining Apploi’s healthcare-focused hiring technology with Viventium’s payroll, HR and compliance expertise, we’re able to deliver meaningful value that helps providers improve hiring outcomes while staying focused on delivering quality patient care.”

The award further underscores the impact of Viventium’s Apploi Hire ATS in helping healthcare employers navigate persistent workforce challenges while improving hiring efficiency and candidate engagement.

About Viventium + Apploi
Viventium + Apploi develops award-winning human capital management software for post-acute care organizations of every size, helping providers unlock efficiency and improve the caregiver experience. This hire-to-retire suite was designed exclusively for the industry’s unique demands and nuanced rules. Viventium is technology built for healthcare. Because expertise matters.
For more information: www.viventium.com.

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NAHQ Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with Two Key Appointments to Accelerate Strategic Growth and Enterprise Readiness

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CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) today announced two executive leadership appointments that strengthen its ability to advance healthcare quality through innovation, workforce development, and enterprise-wide impact.

Effective immediately, Jeff Allyn has joined the organization as Chief Client Officer, Enterprise Solutions, a newly created division within NAHQ, and Tanya Dilulio has been named Chief Operating Officer. Together, the appointments reinforce NAHQ’s commitment to scaling its impact across healthcare organizations while strengthening the operational and enterprise-level capabilities needed to meet growing demand for workforce solutions.

“Healthcare organizations are looking for trusted partners who can help them build the workforce capabilities needed to improve quality, safety, and solid financial outcomes,” said Stephanie Mercado, Chief Executive Officer of NAHQ. “As NAHQ continues to evolve, we’re building an executive team that can both execute with discipline today and innovate for the future, with intentional expansion to support healthcare quality at the enterprise level. Tanya and Jeff each bring exceptional leadership, complementary strengths, and a deep commitment to helping healthcare professionals and organizations succeed. Together, they position NAHQ to expand our impact in entirely new ways.”

Jeff Allyn Named Chief Client Officer, Enterprise Solutions

Allyn leads NAHQ Enterprise Solutions, the organization’s newly established business unit focused on enterprise workforce solutions, overseeing organizational strategy, enterprise solutions expansion, and client engagement initiatives such as communities of practice, that expand and differentiate NAHQ’s relationships with health systems and healthcare organizations globally.

Jeff began his work with NAHQ in a consulting capacity. During the past eight months, Allyn partnered closely with NAHQ to strengthen the organization’s Workforce Accelerator® program while helping build a scalable enterprise growth function, sharpen enterprise solutions strategy, and advance product implementation and client engagement efforts.

Prior to joining NAHQ full time, Allyn built a distinguished career leading revenue growth, commercial strategy, customer success, and enterprise partnerships with a track record of helping organizations scale innovative solutions and accelerate market adoption.

“Jeff has already made a tremendous impact on NAHQ,” Mercado said. “His commercial expertise, collaborative leadership style, and ability to build disciplined growth strategies have strengthened our enterprise business. As demand grows for workforce development solutions, Jeff’s leadership will help position NAHQ as the trusted resource healthcare organizations turn to when they need to build quality capability at scale.”

Tanya DiIulio Named Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer, DiIulio serves as NAHQ’s senior operating executive, leading the execution of the organization’s overall corporate strategy and overseeing day-to-day operations across the business, including building the infrastructure to support NAHQ Enterprise Solutions. She is responsible for aligning product strategy, technology, operations, workforce solutions, membership, and talent development through an integrated operating model.

DiIulio joined NAHQ in 2025 to lead product strategy and operations before quickly assuming broader leadership responsibilities across corporate strategy, innovation, information technology, and talent development. Her appointment reflects both her demonstrated ability to lead complex organizational transformation and her proven success building alignment across the company.

“Tanya has consistently demonstrated the rare ability to pair strategic thinking with disciplined execution,” Mercado said. “She brings clarity to complexity, makes thoughtful decisions grounded in data, and creates alignment across teams. She has earned the trust of our organization through both her leadership and her unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.” 

Building the Future of Healthcare Quality

The appointments reflect NAHQ’s continued evolution as the leader in healthcare quality workforce development. As healthcare organizations face increasing pressure to improve outcomes while addressing workforce challenges, NAHQ continues to expand its portfolio of enterprise solutions, including Workforce Accelerator®, competency-based learning, credentialing, and professional development programs designed to build sustainable quality capability across healthcare organizations.

With DiIulio leading company operations and Allyn driving enterprise solutions growth and client engagement, NAHQ is strengthening its leadership capacity to deliver greater value to health systems, healthcare professionals, and the patients they serve.

About NAHQ

The National Association for Healthcare Quality® (NAHQ) is the global authority advancing healthcare Quality & Safety across the healthcare continuum. NAHQ sets and maintains the industry standard for healthcare Quality & Safety competencies through its Healthcare Quality Competency Framework™. This expert-developed, data-driven, continuously validated Framework, endorsed by Joint Commission, defines the knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to achieve measurable clinical Quality & Safety and financial outcomes that deliver on healthcare excellence. NAHQ helps individuals and organizations activate the Framework through education, workforce development solutions, industry-leading insights, and the only accredited certification in healthcare quality, the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality® (CPHQ). 

NAHQ supports hundreds of organizations and a powerful professional community across the globe to advance a shared vision for strong Quality workforces and cultures.

Learn more at NAHQ.org

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