AI teammates work within a single constituent record. People approve every send.

CHESAPEAKE, Va., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — StratusLIVE today introduced Ignite, the Active Intelligence Platform for cause-oriented nonprofits whose missions are growing faster than their teams. Ignite provides CRM, fundraising, finance, marketing, and engagement on a single constituent record and includes AI teammates that research, draft, and flag items that need attention. Staff review and approve; nothing sends until they do.

Most mid-size nonprofits run three to five disconnected systems. The donor records live in one, the gift posts in another, the email tool keeps its own list, and finance closes the month from a spreadsheet. The time spent carrying information between those systems is unpaid staff capacity. StratusLIVE calls it the System Tax, and it built Ignite to remove it.

“Every nonprofit leader we talk to describes the same week: more mission, same team, and hours lost moving data between tools,” said Jim Funari, CEO and founder of StratusLIVE. “Ignite puts the whole relationship on one record and gives the team digital teammates that do the research and the drafting. People stay in charge of every decision. That is the only version of AI a nonprofit can put in front of its board.”

One platform, one record

Ignite CRM, Ignite Fundraising, Ignite Finance, Ignite Marketing, Ignite Engagement, Ignite Partnerships, Ignite Self-Service, and Ignite Design Studio share a single constituent record, so a gift, an event registration, an email reply, and a finance posting all describe the same person. Ignite Finance carries gifts to the ledger with balanced export files for common accounting systems.

AI teammates, with people in charge

Ignite Intelligence brings AI teammates into the same platform. The roster includes Prospect Research, Major Gift, Retention, and Constituent Support teammates. They work from the organization’s own data and inside its workflow, not in a separate tab. Prospect scoring uses evidence-gated bands, and every recommendation carries its sources.

Governance is built in rather than added on: read-only by default, approval gates configured by the organization, and a full audit trail. StratusLIVE maintains a current SOC 2 Type II report, available on request.

“When AI shows up in a discovery call, the first question is never ‘what can it do.’ It is ‘who is accountable for what it does,'” said Debbie Snyder, Chief Revenue Officer at StratusLIVE. “Ignite answers that question the way a board would want it answered.”

About StratusLIVE

StratusLIVE builds nonprofit software. Ignite, the Active Intelligence Platform, connects CRM, fundraising, finance, marketing, engagement, and AI teammates on one constituent record. StratusLIVE 365 serves enterprise nonprofits on Microsoft Dynamics 365. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, StratusLIVE is built by a team that comes mostly from nonprofit work.

Grow Capacity. Raise More. Lead with Intelligence. Learn more at stratuslive.com.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Lambda, Inc. (“Lambda”), the Superintelligence Cloud, today announced it has signed the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, affirming its commitment to ensuring that the infrastructure supporting America’s artificial intelligence (AI) future delivers meaningful benefits for local communities, while protecting consumers and ratepayers.

The pledge reflects principles that guide Lambda’s approach to infrastructure development. The company incorporates community considerations into project planning from the earliest stages, working directly with local partners to strengthen coordination and support responsible development.

“When developed responsibly, data centers can do more than power the technologies of the future, they can create lasting economic opportunities and investments in the communities where they operate,” said Michel Combes, Chief Executive Officer of Lambda. “But we know that trust is built over time, and companies must demonstrate a facility’s value to a community over time. The Ratepayer Protection Pledge reflects our commitment to ensuring communities benefit from growth while protecting consumers.”

Lambda supports ratepayer protection policies that require data center developers to pay for the power their facilities use. The company also supports expanding generation capacity, strengthening the electric grid, maintaining reliable service and protecting ratepayers as demand for AI infrastructure grows. Lambda also invests in technologies designed to reduce local resource demands.

Learn more about Lambda’s commitment to responsible AI infrastructure development here.

About Lambda

Lambda, the Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Founded in 2012 by published machine learning engineers, Lambda builds supercomputers for AI training and inference. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda’s mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

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Fourth annual Washington summit, hosted by the Bitcoin Policy Institute and PubKey DC, expands from Bitcoin policy and stablecoins to AI, data centers, energy infrastructure and national security

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Freedom Tech DC, an invite-only policy summit, will convene members of Congress, including Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.); technology, finance and energy industry leaders such as Block CEO Jack Dorsey; and experts and policymakers such as Patrick Witt, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets at the White House, Sept. 22-23 at the National Press Club and PubKey in Washington, D.C. The summit will tackle the nation’s most pressing emerging technology challenges — from open-source and open-weight AI and compute to data center development and energy grid resilience, national security and cybersecurity, and the roles of Bitcoin and U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins in the future of money.

The summit arrives at a pivotal moment for America’s technology and financial sectors, as AI adoption and regulation, data center development, cybersecurity and privacy, cryptocurrency market-structure legislation, and the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve all rise to prominence ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — topics that experts, lawmakers and BPI staff and fellows will confront directly on stage.

Additional speakers include Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy; Reps. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) and Lance Gooden (R-TX); Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation; Ian Mason, Chief Information Officer at the Federal Trade Commission; Katie Arrington, former Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Department of War; Matt White, former Global Head of Applied Innovation at The Linux Foundation; and BPI Executive Director Conner Brown and Head of Research Sam Lyman, among others.

Programming runs across two days: Day one, “Establishing the Stakes,” features programming at the National Press Club, followed by an inaugural DC Beefsteak reception at PubKey DC. Day two will focus on “Hands-On Policy Work,” with daylong programming and a closing party, both at PubKey DC. Highlights include:

BPI’s President David Zell will speak virtually with Jack Dorsey on the case for building on open-source primitives like open-weight AI and Bitcoin.BPI’s Head of Government Affairs Ken Egan and Patrick Witt will offer a candid look at how the digital asset industry approached Washington, what worked, what didn’t, and how those lessons should shape the next major technology policy fight: setting the rules for AI.Other panels include: a fireside chat with the CTO of the FTC’s Office of Innovation; “Openness as National Strategy” with Matthew Pines (Physical Superintelligence), Matt White (formerly Linux Foundation) and Ben Brooks (Black Forest Labs); “America’s Open-Source Future” with Senator Lummis; and  “The case for the American Reserve Modernization Act” with Rep. Begich; and remarks from Sen. Budd and Rep. Gooden.

Formerly the Bitcoin Policy Summit, Freedom Tech DC’s expanded focus reflects the Bitcoin Policy Institute’s (BPI) growth as it takes on freedom technology policy issues, expands its leadership team, and becomes a founding partner in the State Department’s new Freedom Tech Excellence Program. More information is available at https://www.btcpolicy.org/summit.

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About the Bitcoin Policy Institute
The Bitcoin Policy Institute exists to prepare America for the rise of Bitcoin and transformative technologies. We publish best-in-class research, engage directly with senior policymakers and their staff, convene key Washington and industry stakeholders, and fund academic scholarship that ties technical expertise into the legislative process. In four years, we’ve authored the White House’s strategic case for a Bitcoin reserve, been cited by name by Beijing’s leading monetary think tank, and been recognized by the Vice President for advising the administration.

About PubKey
PubKey Bar and Media Haus is a dive bar, restaurant, and gathering place where big ideas for sound money, monetary policy and technology are taking shape. Inspired by the historical role of taverns as free-thinking hotbeds for revolutions, PubKey launched in New York’s West Village in 2022 to bring together the leading financial, policymaking and cultural voices to ideate, innovate, debate and collaborate in a space where conversation can flow as easily as the drinks. PubKey DC (410 7th St. NW) opened in December 2025 as the true “embassy” for bitcoin, AI and conversation located in the heart of the nation’s capital. At 12,000 square feet, PubKey DC is home to podcasting and media studios, the Bitcoin Policy Institute, private events, Gemini Live @ PubKey event series, comedy, fundraisers, art parties and more.

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