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SeKondBrain’s Kemory Launches with Indian Users’ Data Held on Indian Soil

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Opens beta for Kemory: one memory layer across every AI one uses providing a way past the cold start for India’s own AI model builders.  

NEW DELHI, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SeKondBrain opened public beta access to Kemory in India, with Indian users’ context held on Indian soil from day one with servers in India making it ‘For India From India’. Kemory, is a permissioned memory layer that remembers what a person has told any AI, so they don’t have to re-explain themselves every time they switch between them. Sitting independently, Kemory operates outside any single AI model, so that the knowledge a person establishes with AIs and agents is available to every other AI they use. The product has been built on the premise that AI’s real limitation today is not intelligence, but memory, and how often AI suffers from amnesia and hallucination.

Indian users are among the most multi-AI in the world, moving between assistants by price, availability and task, using one LLM today, and another tomorrow with an Indian model next month, each one great at something. Every switch means starting over: re-explaining context, re-uploading material, using more tokens, rebuilding what one already knows and wasting time spent correcting the output once again. Push any model past what it can hold, and it fills the gap with a plausible answer built on nothing but assumptions. That cost compounds daily for a knowledge workforce moving faster between AI tools than almost anywhere else.

A Brain Is Grown, Not Built Overnight

SeKondBrain’s belief is that this isn’t a shortage of AI model capability, models have never been sharper. What’s been missing until now is an independent place for knowledge and meaning to accumulate: a layer that holds understanding the way a map holds a landscape, so knowledge, token use and time compounds instead of resetting with every new chat, project or model that comes along.

That belief shapes how the company is building. Rather than launching a single, fully-formed platform, SeKondBrain is releasing its architecture in layers, with memory as the foundation everything else stands upon: first Kemory, the shared independent and permissioned memory layer; then the reasoning and product-building tools built on top of it; followed by the same principle applied to whole organisations, through a business edition, KompanyBrain, already in beta with design partners across the legal sector; and, in time, the flexibility to hold the way any individual works and lives.

An Open Invitation to India’s Model Builders

The cost of moving or recalling isn’t only paid by users. It’s the reason a new model struggles to win users in the first place. India is backing a generation of home-grown AI through the IndiaAI Mission, but every new model still sees its users as a stranger, no history, no preferences, again starting at zero regardless of how capable it is. The incumbent’s advantage is rarely capability; it is the accumulated knowledge and context a user cannot easily take elsewhere with them. That is the cold start, and it is the largest single limiter for any challenger model. Kemory removes this barrier: a user who holds their chats, memories, agents and context in Kemory arrives at a new model already understood, from their first project. The model does not have to earn the history back. It only has to be better.

“India is not a follow-on market for Kemory. It is the market,” said Sachin Dev Duggal, Founder and CEO of SeKondBrain. “The thing standing between an Indian model and a user is almost never quality, it’s that the user’s valuable knowledge and context lives somewhere else. That’s a poor reason for anyone to lose. If a person carries their own understanding with them, any model can be useful to them from the first chat, and the question becomes which one is actually better – that is the question that ought to decide it. This is an open invitation to everyone building models and using AI in India: your users and models start with the knowledge they already own.”

This is not a route to anyone’s data. Kemory holds knowledge for that person, their project or their agent; a model provider is never handed it, it sits independently and permissioned. The user grants access per connection, can see precisely what is shared, and can withdraw it at any time. SeKondBrain is also open to integration conversations with any Indian model provider.

Held in India, and Held for You

Kemory is a permissioned system that any AI, agent or tool can read from and write to, so a person’s knowledge travels with them rather than resetting with every new chat, model or provider, resident in India, not mirrored, for Indian users. Understanding compounds instead of being rebuilt from scratch: what is explained once stays known, and the token cost of that knowledge shrinks over time rather than growing with it. In the company’s internal testing on LongMemEval-500, a public benchmark for long-horizon memory recall, Kemory scored 89.6%.

A New Category, Not Another Assistant

SeKondBrain positions Kemory as infrastructure rather than another application competing for attention alongside the AI tools people already use. It’s built model-agnostic by design: the memory and knowledge a person builds inside it works identically whether they are using a global model or an Indian one, and no provider is given preferential access or integration advantage over another. That neutrality matters most precisely where switching between models is most common or needed depending on the model’s skill.

A memory layer tied to one vendor’s incentives functions as a retention mechanism; a memory layer that can work everywhere is only useful if it belongs to the person using it, not the company hosting it. That is the basis of what SeKondBrain calls knowledge ownership: understanding built through AI is treated as an asset the user holds outright, inspects, exports, shares or deletes on their own terms, wherever knowledge is held.

What’s Included in the Free Edition of Kemory

Kora for Chrome – import the existing AI historyTwo connected AIs2,000 memories and chatsFair-use credits

Referrals extend the plan: every person a beta user brings in who signs up and adds memories earns both accounts 1,000 further memories, permanently.

What Comes Next

Free is the starting point, not the ceiling. Upcoming plans for a Community Edition will release the memory layer under an Apache 2.0 open-source licence, with self-hosting genuinely supported rather than offered as a footnote. A Business Edition will extend Kemory to organisations that need permissioning, knowledge retention, trackability and cost effectiveness at company scale.

SeKondBrain’s KompanyBrain, follows this path and is already live with early design partners doing real client-facing work in the legal sector with more sectors to come. Looking further out, SeKondBrain plans an individual edition that adapts to how any one person operates.

Kemory’s free edition beta is live now at https://sekondbrain.ai/products/kemory with access opening in staggered groups starting with the early sign-ups, by what has been affectionately called the #SeKondBrainTribe.

About SeKondBrain

SeKondBrain is the shared intelligence layer for AIs, humans, and knowledge teams. A neurosymbolic memory and reasoning layer, it is a platform that sits above every model, and below every agent and tool a person or organisation uses, so understanding compounds instead of resetting with each conversation. Kemory, its shared memory layer, is the first layer to be released in a brain being built in layers, memory first. The company’s mission is to unshackle the world’s thinkers from information overload.

SeKondBrain is organised as a flat team it calls Kognitivo: no specialist silos and no pure managers, with everyone building and everyone owning their piece end to end. The company is headquartered in London, with teams in Delhi and Mumbai among other locations. Understanding, unshackled.

For more information, visit https://sekondbrain.ai  and https://sekondbrain.ai/products/kemory 

For access to SeKondBrain’s Kemory Press Kit click here

Notes to Editors

Benchmark: cite as “89.6% on LongMemEval-500, internal testing.” Do not round or restate. Full method and results: https://sekondbrain.ai/research “Resident in India” may only be used once infrastructure go-live is confirmed.  Community Edition is not yet released. Apache 2.0 and self-hosting are forward-looking and must remain future tense. Business Edition: confirm current status before distribution – remains as described here as live with early design partners; verify this remains accurate at time of release. “200+ sign-ups” is a beta sign-up figure, not an active-user or retention figure. Confirm the exact number before distribution. No Indian model provider is named and no live integration is claimed. The invitation is a standing offer, not an announced partnership. SeKondBrain is never handed a user’s data; access is granted per connection, by the user, and can be withdrawn at any time. This release makes no compliance or regulatory assertion. Any reference to Aadhaar, DigiLocker, UPI, DEPA, the DPDP Act or Bhashini would be contextual only, not a claim of participation, endorsement, integration or compliance, and none is made in this version. “Model-agnostic” refers to Kemory’s architecture working identically across model providers; it is not a claim of formal integration or partnership with any named provider unless separately announced. “Knowledge ownership” describes user-controlled export, inspection and deletion of memory data. It is a product/design claim, not a legal or regulatory characterisation. Confirm whether the legal entity name is required on Indian materials.

 

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Comparent Launches The Comparent 100, the Second Annual Ranking of the Largest Vacation Rental Management Companies in the U.S.

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Comparent, the leading platform helping vacation rental owners compare and choose the right management partner, is proud to announce the release of The Comparent 100, the second annual ranking of the 100 largest vacation rental management companies in the United States.

Modeled after iconic business rankings like the Inc. 5000 and the Fortune 500, The Comparent 100 shines a spotlight on the companies shaping the future of vacation rental management. The ranking is built from hundreds of hours of research, data collection, and verification, resulting in a definitive snapshot of the industry’s biggest players.

“Vacation rental management has grown into one of the most dynamic segments of hospitality, and last year’s inaugural Comparent 100 established the first definitive benchmark for who the largest operators are,” said Brooke Pfautz, Founder & CEO of Comparent. “With this second annual edition, we are building on that foundation and continuing to set a new standard for visibility, credibility, and recognition within our industry.”

The list offers vacation rental managers, property owners, and investors a unique view into which companies are leading the way in scale, innovation, and impact. With two editions now published, it also allows readers to track how the industry evolves year over year.

The Comparent 100 is published every October, providing an annual opportunity to reflect on growth, consolidation, and emerging trends across the vacation rental sector.

The full list of The Comparent 100 companies can be viewed here: https://comparent.com/top-100-vacation-rental-management-companies

About Comparent

Comparent is the go-to platform for vacation homeowners seeking the right property manager for their short-term rental. The company’s cutting-edge platform enables homeowners to compare trusted property managers and brings transparency to the process by showcasing reviews, performance statistics, and accolades from across the industry. Comparent aims to be the ultimate resource for homeowners researching property managers and a premier platform for managers to showcase their expertise. Learn more at Comparent.com.

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Parks Associates: Managed Connectivity Is Becoming Essential Infrastructure For The Modern Multifamily Experience

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New Parks Associates white paper, developed in partnership with Calix, examines the role of reliable connectivity, cybersecurity, smart home services, and stronger resident experiences

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New research from Parks Associates, released in partnership with Calix, highlights how resident expectations and the influx of connected devices are pushing broadband in multifamily properties from a basic utility into a platform supporting the entire resident experience. Beyond Connectivity: Securing the Modern Resident Experience examines how multifamily properties can build a resident-centered managed connectivity experience that supports connected devices, bandwidth-intensive applications, property operations, and future services.

“Managed connectivity gives multifamily properties an opportunity to think beyond simply providing internet access,” said Elizabeth Parks, President and CMO, Parks Associates. “The network is the foundation for a broader resident experience, supporting work, entertainment, smart home devices, security, and new digital services. Reliability, simplicity, and security are critical as these environments become more connected.”

Today’s residents expect internet that is available at move-in, performs consistently across a growing number of devices, works well throughout the property, and protects their personal information and connected home. The research highlights several trends driving investment in managed connectivity:

The average US household has approximately 17 connected devices, increasing demands on the home network.49% of US internet households own at least one smart home device, creating additional opportunities for properties to support connected services.29% of consumers ages 65-74 and 25% of those 75+ are interested in smart amenity packages, including video doorbells, smart locks, thermostats, and safety and monitoring devices.Residents with in-unit routers or gateways report fewer technical issues and higher internet NPS than residents relying on shared gateways.Whole-home cybersecurity is associated with higher provider satisfaction, with users of these services reporting an NPS of 46 for their home internet provider.

“As digital experiences continue to be an essential part of everyday life, connectivity and cybersecurity will increasingly influence resident satisfaction, retention, and property value,” said Jess Parsons, Area Vice President, Marketing, Calix. “The multifamily opportunity is no longer simply to connect residents. It’s to help property owners create trusted, connected experiences for a more digital, AI-driven world while reducing operational friction and strengthening the value of their communities.”

Managed networks can also simplify one of the most important moments in the resident journey: move-in. Instant-on connectivity eliminates installation appointments and equipment delays and allows residents to connect their devices immediately.

The research recommends that properties design for reliability, prioritize the in-unit network experience, simplify activation, provide visible support, and build trust through transparency and cybersecurity. Together, these capabilities position managed connectivity as an increasingly important foundation for the connected multifamily property and the next generation of resident services.

Beyond Connectivity: Securing the Modern Resident Experience is published by Parks Associates in partnership with Calix.

About Parks Associates

Parks Associates helps companies identify new opportunities, refine strategy, and accelerate growth in connected technology markets through data-driven insights and industry expertise. With more than 40 years of experience, the firm delivers proprietary consumer and industry research, market forecasts, and strategic analysis that guide business decisions across personal, connected home, small business, and commercial technology ecosystems.

About Calix

Calix, Inc. is an AI platform company that enables service providers to transform their operations and accelerate delivery of differentiated experiences—so they can compete and win in the markets and communities they serve.

Through the AI-native Calix One platform, service providers can securely and privately activate agentic-AI alongside their human teams to acquire new subscribers, grow existing subscriber revenue, and build loyalty across residential, business, municipal, and MDU markets. More than 1,200 customers of all sizes leverage the Calix One platform, which has evolved over 15 years at an investment of more than $2 billion.

Calix innovation cycles are underpinned by a strong financial balance sheet and a people first culture that routinely earns broad industry recognition—winning 81 culture and innovation awards since 2025 alone, as well as Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2026.

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SaponiQ Launches Vertically Integrated Botanical Body Care to Fill the Space Between Soap and Skincare

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Made from scratch in SaponiQ’s own U.S.-based cold-process production facility, SaponiQ introduces six botanical cleansing bars that bring skincare-inspired ingredient thoughtfulness, sensory experience, and effortless choice to everyday cleansing without the complexity of a multi-step regimen.

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SaponiQ, a new premium botanical body-care brand and Go Texan Product Partner, announces the launch of six cold-process botanical cleansing bars created to fill a growing gap in personal care: between traditional soap designed primarily to cleanse and increasingly complex body-care routines that borrow multiple products and steps from facial skincare.

Instead of asking consumers to add another serum, treatment, or post-shower step, SaponiQ brings organic plant-based ingredients, botanicals (such as aloe and turmeric), activated charcoal, essential oils, and sensory experience into the cleansing bar itself. Its debut collection, Awake, Balance, Restore, Purify, Radiance, and Natural, lets customers choose a bar based on the experience someone wants from their shower, rather than only by fragrance, ingredient, or skin concern.

The launch comes as body care undergoes its own “skinification,” with facial-skincare ingredients and targeted treatments increasingly moving below the neck. At the same time, consumers are looking to simplify their routines. According to the 2026 Beauty Reset from NielsenIQ and CEW UK, 52% of global consumers and 62% of Gen Z are willing to pay more for products that make tasks easier or less time-consuming.

Rather than adding another step, SaponiQ puts the ingredients and sensory experience into the cleansing step itself while controlling how those products are made. Unlike brands that outsource manufacturing, SaponiQ makes every bar from scratch in its own U.S.-based cold-process production facility, with no pre-made soap bases. Its formulas are vegan, cruelty-free, non-GMO, paraben-free, and made without synthetic fragrance.

Using the cold-process method, ingredients are blended before each batch is poured, unmolded, cut, and cured for four weeks for hardness, longevity, and quality.

“My engineering background taught me to question every part of a system: why it’s there, what it’s doing, and whether there’s a better way to do it,” said Sandy Palisch, founder of SaponiQ. “When I looked at body care, I saw innovation becoming synonymous with adding more products and more steps. I wanted to apply that same engineering mindset to something much simpler: how much better can we make the cleansing step itself?”

Palisch brings an unconventional background to beauty. An electrical engineer and former fighter jet designer, she discovered handcrafted soap in 2013 and became fascinated by its chemistry, eventually building her own bath-and-body manufacturing operation. The name SaponiQ reflects that intersection. “Sapon” comes from sapo, the Latin root for soap, while “IQ” represents the brand’s engineering-minded approach to formulation.

The collection applies that same thinking to product selection, with bars starting at $22 each. Awake with fresh mint, Balance with aloe, Restore with mineral spa salts, Purify with activated charcoal, Radiance with turmeric, and Natural for uncomplicated simplicity.

Together, the six bars offer a new proposition for one of personal care’s oldest formats: more than basic soap without turning body care into another multi-step skincare routine.

Launching ahead of the holiday season, SaponiQ also offers gift-ready ways to discover the collection for everyone on your list. Individual full-size botanical cleansing bars are $22 each, a five-bar Botanical Discovery Set is $26, and two curated collections featuring three full-size bars are $62 each. All are available at SaponiQ.com.

About SaponiQ

SaponiQ is a vertically integrated botanical body-care brand founded by electrical engineer, former fighter jet designer, and soapmaker Sandy Palisch. A proud GO TEXAN Product Partner, SaponiQ manufactures its products from scratch at its cold-process production facility in Richardson, Texas.

Their small-batch cleansing bars combine plant-based ingredients, botanicals, essential oils, and a four-week cure with an experience-led approach to everyday cleansing. For more information, visit SaponiQ.com.

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