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VetsinTech Announces Finalists in Annual Tech Startup Pitch Competition 2026

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Veteran- and Military Spouse-Owned Startups Compete for $40,000 in Cash Prizes

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VetsinTech, the leading national non-profit dedicated to supporting veterans through tech-based programs and opportunities in education, employment, and entrepreneurship, today announced the top finalists for its 2026 Startup Pitch Competition. In its 6th year, the competition continues to attract innovative ideas and high-caliber startups from veteran, military, and spouse-owned businesses. J.P. Morgan returns as the sponsor of the annual competition.

The five finalists advance to the final round of VetsinTech’s startup pitch competition, where they will compete live for cash prizes at Andreessen Horowitz’s San Francisco office on August 20, 2026. The winners will be announced during the in-person pitch event.

The veteran- and military spouse-owned advancing to the final round are:

Hardshell – Protects AI training and RAG data from poisoning, leakage, and manipulation. https://www.hardshell.ai/Hyperios Technologies – Physics-aware sensor fusion for space and missile threat detection. https://www.hyperios.com/Supply Veins – AI procurement platform that turns supplier emails into execution workflows. https://www.supplyveins.com/Phinorm – Software that improves drone detection and classification on existing sensors. https://www.phinorm.com/Bandelier Technologies – Quantum navigation and long-range detection for GPS-denied defense operations. https://www.bandeliertech.com/

Eligibility for the contest requires that each business be an early-stage startup founded by veterans or military spouses. The judges will evaluate each startup based on innovation, product-market fit, and potential impact, spanning market scalability and real benefit to the market. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top winners as follows:

1st place prize: $25,0002nd place prize: $10,0003rd place prize: $5,000

“Every year this competition reminds us how much veteran and military spouse founders bring to the table. This year’s finalists rose above a deep field, with each one addressing a real problem the market has overlooked. We’re proud to give veterans and military spouses the national stage they deserve and are thankful to J.P. Morgan for standing with these entrepreneurs as they build the companies that will define what comes next,” said Katherine Webster, Founder and CEO of VetsinTech.

About VetsinTech
Based in San Francisco with more than 125,000 veterans and 28 chapters across the country, VetsinTech is the leading national non-profit devoted 100% to springboarding veterans into tech careers. VetsinTech harnesses the national technology ecosystem to help veterans returning from active military duty pursue new technology careers by applying their exceptional training, skills, and experience. Comprising technology industry leaders and former service members, VetsinTech is the only non-profit supporting veterans and military spouses through tech-based education, employment, and entrepreneurship programs. Learn more at www.VetsinTech.co.

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MillionaireMatch Tells Wealthy Singles to Put Their Wallets Away — For the First Three Dates

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MillionaireMatch launches 3-Date Trust Rule to encourage genuine connections during the earliest stages of millionaire dating.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Modern dating is becoming more intentional. More singles are looking beyond first impressions and prioritizing trust, compatibility, and meaningful in-person experiences.

Reflecting this shift, MillionaireMatch, a leading dating platform for successful and accomplished singles, today introduced the 3-Date Trust Rule, a new community guideline designed to encourage genuine connections during the earliest stages of dating.

The first three in-person dates are intended to help members get to know each other through conversation, shared experiences, and mutual understanding. During this period, members are encouraged to focus on building trust and exploring compatibility rather than exchanging gifts or introducing financial expectations into the relationship.

After 3 dates any gifts or kind gestures should be entirely voluntary and are best reserved until a stronger foundation has been established. They should never be expected in exchange for attention, communication, affection, or continuing the relationship.

“The strongest relationships are built on trust, not expectations,” said John Martinuk, a spokesperson for MillionaireMatch. “People need time to discover whether they are truly compatible. The 3-Date Trust Rule encourages members to slow down and let relationships develop naturally. We believe genuine connections begin with meaningful conversations and shared experiences.”

As online dating continues to evolve, community standards are becoming as important as matching technology. Today’s singles want an environment where respect, authenticity, and transparency are encouraged from the very beginning. MillionaireMatch believes that clear expectations during the early stages of dating help create better experiences for everyone and lay the foundation for healthier, more lasting relationships.

The 3-Date Trust Rule is part of MillionaireMatch’s broader commitment to building a trusted dating community. By encouraging members to keep the first three dates centered on conversation rather than gifts, the guideline complements the platform’s identity verification, profile moderation, and member safety initiatives. Together, these efforts help members connect with greater confidence while keeping the focus on authentic relationships rather than material expectations.

About MillionaireMatch

Founded in 2001, MillionaireMatch® is the largest millionaire dating platform for millionaires, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and other successful individuals. The company continues to invest in thoughtful product features, community standards, and safety initiatives that support meaningful relationships.

For more information, please visit www.millionairematch.com.

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TestMu AI Unveils the Fifth Edition of the TestMu Conference in 2026

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The world’s largest virtual agentic engineering and quality conference returns with a focus on autonomous quality, agentic workflows, and AI-native testing strategies

SAN FRANCISCO and NOIDA, India, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest), the world’s first Agentic AI-powered Quality Engineering platform, is excited to unveil the 5th edition of its flagship TestMu Conference, taking place virtually from August 19–21, 2026. This year’s event is expected to host over 75,000 developers, builders, and quality engineers from more than 120 countries, making it the world’s largest virtual conference dedicated to agentic engineering and quality.

TestMu Conference 2026 is designed to explore how AI is reshaping the way software is built, tested, and shipped, from agentic workflows and autonomous quality to battle-tested AI playbooks and the engineering culture driving it all. With an esteemed lineup of global speakers, the conference will feature some of the most influential voices in tech, including Luis Héctor Chávez, Chief Technology Officer of Replit; Francesca Lazzeri, Principal Group Director of Microsoft; Thomas Dohmke, Co-Founder and CEO of Entire; Dona Sarkar, Chief Troublemaker – Enterprise AI Advocacy at Microsoft; Nilesh Dalvi, Engineering Leader at Glean; Rashi Agrawal, Head of AI at Hinge Health; Viktoria Semaan, Principal Technical Evangelist at Databricks; Amanda Martin Head of Developer Relations at Vapi along with other speakers.

“Agentic AI has led to evolution in the engineering and quality industry,” said Rakesh Sukla, Director of Engineering – Platform and Quality Engineering at Bread Financial and a speaker at the TestMu Conference 2026. “As AI agents take on a bigger share of the engineering workload, the real differentiator is how rigorously we validate what they build. TestMu Conference brings together the practitioners and leaders shaping that discipline, and I look forward to learning from and contributing to this incredible community. Platforms like TestMu Conference are vital; they give us the space to connect, share knowledge, and build the frameworks that will safeguard the AI-powered applications of tomorrow.”

Over three days, attendees will have access to 80+ sessions, including keynotes, interactive workshops, fireside chats, and panel discussions on topics including agentic AI workflows, autonomous quality engineering, building trustworthy AI agents, AI evals, LLM cost optimization, enterprise AI adoption, human-centered AI transformation, technology leadership strategies, and much more. These sessions are designed to foster insightful conversations, hands-on learning, and the exchange of strategic ideas as engineering teams navigate the shift to agentic software development.

“TestMu Conference 2026 is TestMu AI’s flagship, annual conference built for the community, by the community,” said Asad Khan, CEO and Co-Founder of TestMu AI. “As AI agents move from experiments to production, the questions facing every engineering team have changed: how do you trust autonomous systems, how do you validate what agents build, and how do you keep quality at the center of it all? This conference brings together the visionaries, disruptors, and changemakers answering those questions in real time. It’s not just an event; it’s a platform for all of us to connect, learn, and inspire one another. Let’s break new ground and build a future where software quality is the cornerstone of the agentic era.”

The conference also provides unparalleled opportunities for peer networking, hands-on learning, and live challenges with prizes worth up to $15,000. TestMu Conference 2026 also has a rich ecosystem of partners, including Accenture, Capgemini, LTIMindtree, Microsoft, Persistent, Wipro, and many others.

Alongside the conference, TestMu AI has launched the Kane CLI Online Hackathon, a hackathon for developers who build with AI coding agents and want to see what happens when they put a real verification layer next to them. Visit: Link

Registration for the conference is free and now open. For more details, including the full event schedule, speaker lineup, and topics covered, visit: Link

About TestMu AI

TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest) is a Full-Stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform that empowers teams to test intelligently and ship faster. Engineered for scale, it offers end-to-end AI agents to plan, author, execute, and analyze software quality. AI-native by design, the platform enables testing of web, mobile, and enterprise applications at any scale across real devices, real browsers, and custom real-world environments.

For more information, visit www.testmuai.com.

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Payment Nerds Appoints Jacob Martin as Vice President of Sales and Promotes Trae Holthouse to Sales Manager

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Payment Nerds, a merchant services and payment processing company, today announced the appointment of Jacob Martin as Vice President of Sales and the promotion of Trae Holthouse to Sales Manager. The appointments strengthen the company’s sales leadership team as Payment Nerds continues to scale its business, expand strategic partnerships, and pursue growth in specialized markets.

Martin joins Payment Nerds with more than 10 years of experience in merchant services and payments, with a background spanning sales, partnerships, and revenue growth. Prior to joining Payment Nerds, Martin served as Director of Sales at Payarc.

In his role as Vice President of Sales, Martin will drive revenue growth, optimize team efficiency, forge key strategic partnerships, and spearhead Payment Nerds’ expansion into new markets and specialized verticals.

“I joined Payment Nerds because of the opportunity to help build and scale the company,” said Jacob Martin, Vice President of Sales at Payment Nerds. “My focus is creating a repeatable sales and partner strategy that drives long-term revenue growth.”

Martin’s appointment comes as Payment Nerds continues to invest in its sales organization and build the infrastructure needed to support its next phase of growth.

“Jacob brings experience and a dynamic leadership approach to our growing sales team,” said Shawn Silver, CEO of Payment Nerds. “He has built his career transforming sales organizations and developing scalable revenue engines across the payments industry. Jacob brings maturity, accountability, and strategic vision, and we’re excited to have his experience guiding our sales organization as we continue to grow.”

Alongside Martin’s appointment, Trae Holthouse has been promoted to Sales Manager after nearly two years with Payment Nerds. During his time as a sales representative, Holthouse has focused on building long-term relationships with merchants and establishing himself as a trusted resource beyond the initial sales process.

In his new role, Holthouse will oversee and develop the sales team, help representatives improve their sales processes, and work to create a more consistent approach to prospecting, presenting, closing, and retaining merchants.

“I’m really excited about the opportunity,” said Trae Holthouse, Sales Manager at Payment Nerds. “Moving into leadership is something I’ve been working toward, and I’m looking forward to taking what I’ve learned and using it to help other salespeople become successful. Ultimately, I want to build a sales culture that is competitive but also collaborative, where everyone is pushing each other to get better, the team is consistently hitting its goals, and we’re building relationships with merchants that last.”

Silver said Holthouse’s promotion reflects Payment Nerds’ commitment to developing leadership from within the organization.

“Trae is the perfect addition to our leadership team to help continue driving and fueling our modernization and expansion efforts,” said Silver. “I cannot think of a person better suited to lead our strategic revenue objectives alongside Jacob as our VP of Sales. We are very lucky to have two great sales leaders here at Payment Nerds.”

Together, the appointments position Payment Nerds to strengthen its sales execution while continuing to expand its merchant and partner relationships across the payments industry.

About Payment Nerds

Payment Nerds is a merchant services and payment processing company that helps businesses accept payments through credit card, debit card, ACH, and other payment solutions. The company works with businesses and strategic partners to provide payment solutions tailored to their operational needs, supported by payment technology, industry expertise, and dedicated service.

Learn more at paymentnerds.com.

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