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Consensus Reinvents the Demo for the AI Era at DEMOFEST London

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Following two acquisitions in under six months, Consensus unveils its product strategy and a new brand, bringing self-guided exploration for asynchronous buyers, AI-powered conversations, and live demos together in the industry’s first end-to-end demo platform.

LONDON, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Consensus, the world’s most trusted Demo Platform, rated #1 in Demo Automation and a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, today unveiled the new Consensus at DemoFest London. In the opening keynote, CEO Doug Johnson introduced the company’s new product strategy: one platform that connects self-guided experiences, AI-powered conversations, live demos, and Demo Intelligence across the entire buying journey. The launch follows two acquisitions in under six months and includes a new brand.

Buying changed. The demo didn’t.

For years, the demo was largely defined by a scheduled interaction between a seller and a prospective buyer. But the buying process has moved well beyond that moment. According to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of their purchase journey with potential suppliers, leaving any single vendor with just 3–6% of their time. Most prefer it that way: 67% want a rep-free experience, and 45% already use generative AI during the buying process. Gartner predicts that AI agents will intermediate 90% of B2B buying, representing more than $15 trillion in spending by 2028. Despite all of that, buyers still need sellers, though. 69% prefer to validate AI-generated insights with a sales rep.

That shift changes the role of the demo. It is no longer a single point-in-time sales interaction, but part of a broader buying experience that begins before sales enters the conversation and continues as buyers evaluate, validate, and engage with a vendor.

One connected buying experience

Consensus is redefining the demo around that reality, connecting self-guided exploration, AI-powered conversations, and live demos into a continuous experience.

A buyer might start with a self-guided product tour, ask a question through an AI-powered conversation, share an experience with a colleague, explore a video, and then move into a live demo with their own data and context already in hand. Instead of treating each interaction as a separate moment, Consensus connects them.

Every interaction becomes context for the next one.

“For years, the demo was a meeting. Now it’s the entire buying experience,” said Doug Johnson, CEO of Consensus. “Consensus pioneered Demo Automation, and this year we rebuilt the company to radically transform how companies demo, engage, and showcase product value to win their buyers. Buyers explore on their terms, AI keeps the conversation going when sales isn’t in the room, and sellers show up to the live demo already knowing what matters. That’s the new Consensus.”

From a demo to an entire buying experience

The evolution of Consensus has been driven by a simple observation: buyers do not experience a product in one moment.

The implication is clear: buyers want to research, explore, ask questions, involve stakeholders, and validate solutions on their own terms, while still engaging sellers when human expertise adds value.

Consensus brings those experiences together in one platform:

Self-guided experiences let buyers explore products on their own time and build an understanding before engaging sales.AI-powered conversations qualify and educate buyers on demand, at any hour and in any language. Every question and interaction captures buying intent, and qualified buyers are handed off to sellers with full context.AI Demo Agent runs fully autonomous demos that buyers can click through and explore themselves. It uses the same demo data as live demos, so it answers complex questions accurately and on-brand, and presales teams can cover more demos without burning out.Live demos give sellers personalized product experiences in the native product. The Sales Agent generates realistic, story-driven demo data inside the product and matches it to each prospect’s use case. Teams stop spending time on manual prep and outdated demo environments.Demo Intelligence connects signals across every interaction, showing revenue teams who’s in the buying group, what they care about, and when a deal is actually moving.Everywhere your teams work. The Consensus MCP server sends buyer signals into AI agents like Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Agentforce: what buyers watched, what they asked, and who they brought in. It also pulls context from Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, and other systems. Sellers can ask their agent which demo to send or what to do next.

The result is not another demo format. It is a new model for how the demo works.

“We’ve come a long way from where Consensus started,” said Doug Sechrist, Chief Marketing Officer at Consensus. “Over the past year, we’ve expanded our platform, brought together new capabilities, and broadened our vision for the role the demo can play in the buying process. This new brand reflects that evolution. It represents a company that has grown significantly, while staying focused on the same fundamental idea: to make buying and selling software frictionless.”

A landmark year for Consensus

The new brand comes at the end of a defining year for the company. Consensus announced its acquisition of Peel in April and closed the acquisition of Saleo in June.

Today, Consensus serves 60% of the world’s largest software companies, including Oracle, Atlassian, Salesforce, and SAP. The company is also rated #1 in Demo Automation, a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, and was named one of G2’s Top 5 Sales Software Platforms of 2026, alongside Salesforce, HubSpot, and Gong, out of more than 4,600 products.

The company has also expanded its executive leadership team, including the appointments of Doug Sechrist as Chief Marketing Officer, Sean Murray as Chief Revenue Officer, and Lincoln Waddell as SVP of Engineering.

The new Consensus brings that evolution together around a simple belief: Sellers win when buyers have the freedom to explore, and every interaction gives sales and marketing teams the intelligence and control to move the deal forward.

About Consensus

Consensus is the world’s most trusted Demo Platform, rated #1 in Demo Automation and a top leader in Agentic GTM Platforms on G2, connecting agent-, buyer-, and seller-led demos, from interactive product tours and AI demo agents to video and live demos with real-time data injection, into one continuous experience. Every interaction creates Demo Intelligence, so revenue leaders shorten deal cycles, raise win rates, and forecast with confidence.

Learn more at goconsensus.com.

 

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LG Electronics Accelerates GCC Growth Trajectory with Strategic Partnership in Kuwait

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Global tech leader reinforces regional commitment, introducing full consumer, commercial, and HVAC portfolios alongside new immersive experience and service hubs.

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LG Electronics collaborates with Al Mulla Group to strengthen its market presence and distribution capabilities in Kuwait.The agreement enhances access to LG’s complete ecosystem of Consumer Electronics, enterprise Business Solutions, and Commercial HVAC systems.An integrated facility featuring an immersive LG Experience Center and global-standard service center is scheduled to open in 2027.The agreement was signed in Kuwait alongside LG MEA leadership and Al Mulla Group executives.

KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics (LG) today announced a strategic distribution agreement with Al Mulla Group to strengthen its market presence and enhance product availability across Kuwait, reinforcing the brand’s long-standing commitment to local consumers and the wider GCC region.

The initiative aligns with LG’s commitment to driving regional growth across the GCC by bringing its complete, end-to-end technology ecosystem – spanning cutting-edge consumer electronics, business solutions, and commercial air conditioning – closer to regional consumers and commercial clients.

Under the strategic agreement, subsidiary Al Mulla Electronics will serve as an authorised distributor in Kuwait for LG, leveraging robust local infrastructure and market reach to deliver LG’s full product lineup. This includes premium OLED and QNED displays, AI-enabled home appliances, laptops and monitors, state-of-the-art digital signage and commercial display solutions, as well as high-efficiency commercial HVAC technologies including VRF systems, chillers, and building management solutions.

The agreement was signed during a ceremony at Al Mulla Group’s headquarters in Kuwait. The event was attended by Mr. Phil Won Jung, Regional CEO of LG Electronics Middle East & Africa, alongside Mr. Talal A. Al Mulla, Board Member and CEO of Al Mulla Group, as well as Mr. Elie Zoghb, Managing Director of Trading & Manufacturing and Rental & Leasing at Al Mulla Group.

Highlighting LG’s long-term vision for the region, Mr. Young Hak Jeong, Managing Director, LG Electronics Gulf, stated: “The GCC region represents a key growth driver in LG’s global strategy. As demand continues to surge across the Middle East for intelligent, energy-efficient, and connected living environments, our strategic expansion in Kuwait reinforces our commitment to bringing meaningful innovations to the region. Partnering with a respected market leader like Al Mulla Group provides the strong operational foundation needed to deliver the full breadth of LG’s technological expertise – supported by world-class local service standards and immersive retail experiences.”

To further enhance the brand experience for consumers and business partners, the partnership includes the development of an integrated, state-of-the-art facility scheduled to launch in 2027. The project will feature a flagship LG Experience Center, designed to offer an immersive, interactive environment showcasing LG technologies within realistic residential and commercial settings. The hub will also house a dedicated after-sales service center built to LG’s global standards, ensuring an elevated customer experience across the product lifecycle.

With this milestone, LG continues to consolidate its leadership position across key Middle Eastern markets, accelerating digital transformation and enriching customer experiences through tailored consumer and enterprise solutions.

About LG Electronics, Inc. 

LG Electronics is a global innovator in technology and consumer electronics with a presence in almost every country and an international workforce of more than 75,000. LG’s four Companies – Home Appliance Solution, Media Entertainment Solution, Vehicle Solution and Eco Solution – combined for global revenue of over KRW 89 trillion in 2025. LG is a leading manufacturer of consumer and commercial products ranging from TVs, home appliances, air solutions, monitors, automotive components and solutions, and its premium LG SIGNATURE and intelligent LG ThinQ brands are familiar names world over. Visit www.LG.com/global/newsroom/ for the latest news. 

 

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PEGATRON Brings AI Infrastructure from Design to Deployment at OCP Global Summit 2026

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PEGATRON, a globally recognized provider of comprehensive AI infrastructure and server solutions, will showcase its capabilities in developing and manufacturing next-generation AI infrastructure at OCP Global Summit 2026. Under the theme “Scaling Innovation for the AI Era,” Pegatron will demonstrate how advanced AI platforms can be transformed into production-ready systems, racks, and clusters for rapid deployment in data centers.

As AI infrastructure scales from individual servers to large-scale clusters, successful deployment requires more than compute performance. It requires system-level engineering, liquid cooling, power architecture, open standards, manufacturing readiness, and rigorous validation. Pegatron brings these capabilities together through OCP-aligned architectures, including ORv3 busbar, DC-MHS, and OCP 3.0 network adapters, enabling modular and scalable infrastructure for modern data centers. Its OCP-compliant platforms span AI rack solutions, accelerated computing, compute, and storage infrastructure.

At the center of the showcase is the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, Pegatron’s RA4803-72N3, a rack-scale AI platform integrating 72 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, 36 NVIDIA Vera CPUs, 6th generation NVIDIA NVLink, and fully liquid-cooled rack-level integration. The platform highlights Pegatron’s ability to engineer and manufacture complex rack-scale AI solutions and migrate from design to cluster deployment.

Extending beyond accelerated computing, Pegatron will showcase a NVIDIA Vera CPU liquid-cooled system and NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX, addressing the evolving infrastructure requirements of agentic AI. NVIDIA Vera, the CPU for agents, is optimized to execute tool calls, sandboxed code, and reinforcement-learning loops between model steps. Deployed at rack scale, NVIDIA Vera CPU provides dense capacity to run alongside GPU infrastructure, supporting efficient execution, orchestration, and data processing workloads in AI factories. NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX further extends the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform for highly interactive, latency-sensitive inference.

Pegatron will also feature the AS210-2T1-8H3, a 2U fully liquid-cooled NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 system combining dual Intel® Xeon® 6 processors, AMD EPYC™ 9006 processors, or NVIDIA Vera CPUs with an eight NVIDIA Rubin GPU baseboard. The platform demonstrates high-density system engineering, fully liquid-cooled architecture, and rack-level integration. Its rack-scale configurations include the RA4800-64H3, supporting eight systems and up to 64 GPUs, and the RA4800-72H3, supporting nine systems and up to 72 GPUs in a 48U liquid-cooled rack.

The portfolio also includes AI-ready compute and storage infrastructure powered by AMD EPYC™ 9006 Series processors. Pegatron will showcase the SS201-1A1, a 2U single-socket storage server supporting up to 32 E3.S NVMe SSDs for high-throughput AI data pipelines, alongside the GS203-2A2 and GS205-2A2E 2U dual-socket platforms for enterprise, cloud, HPC, and data-intensive workloads. With up to 256 cores and 512 threads, high memory bandwidth, and PCIe® Gen 6 connectivity, AMD EPYC 9006 processors provide a high-density compute foundation across compute and storage applications. These platforms incorporate OCP 3.0, DC-MHS, and flexible power architectures, including 48VDC busbar configurations for OCP racks.

From digital engineering to factory deployment, Pegatron is extending its AI infrastructure capabilities through NVIDIA DSX AI factory platform-aligned workflows. At its facilities, digital-twin simulation and optimization are connected with physical manufacturing, automated production, thermal validation, and system to rack level run-in testing, helping translate engineering insights into production-ready AI infrastructure.

“A key measure of AI infrastructure is how efficiently it can move from engineering to deployment,” said Gary Cheng, President and Co-CEO of Pegatron. “Pegatron combines deep system design expertise with vertically integrated manufacturing, OCP-aligned architecture, and rack-level validation before deployment to rapidly build and deploy AI servers, clusters, and data center infrastructure at scale. By connecting digital-twin simulation, thermal validation, automated manufacturing, and rack-level testing, we help customers move faster from AI infrastructure design to production deployment.”

Through its integrated capabilities, Pegatron is enabling AI infrastructure to move beyond individual systems toward production-ready AI clusters and data centers—bringing advanced AI infrastructure from concept and simulation to validated, scalable deployment.

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About PEGATRON

PEGATRON Corporation (hereafter referred to as “PEGATRON”), with abundant product development experience and vertically integrated manufacturing, is committed to providing clients with innovative design, systematic production, and manufacturing services to comprehensively and efficiently satisfy all our customers’ needs.

Drawing on accumulated experience in server design, manufacturing, and deployment, Pegatron focuses on developing a variety of state-of-the-art servers including liquid-cooled/air-cooled server solutions based on x86 and ARM architectures, racks, and AI clusters, that meet the requirements of present and future Cloud Service Providers’ data centers, as well as enterprise-grade data centers.

Pegatron Corporation Website: https://www.pegatroncorp.com/  

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A $2.1 Trillion Wellness Industry Never Built a Daily Practice for Black Children. So This Atlanta Family Did.

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Bright Crowns, the first daily wellness practice made for Black children, delivers a five-minute morning routine backed by decades of research to help them walk into any room certain of who they are and ready to reach for more.

ATLANTA, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bright Crowns, the first daily wellness practice built specifically for Black children, is now available on the Apple App Store. Its five-minute morning routine is designed to build resilience, identity and confidence before children walk out the door.

Breath, affirmation, and the example of inspiring Black figures, past and present, move together as one. Their courage, brilliance, and resolve are reflected back as strengths the child already carries. It’s a complete wellness session, made to strengthen a child from the inside out. Throughout those five minutes, a child settles, remembers who they are and where they come from, and leaves steadier and grounded in their own worth. The arc is deliberate: Breathe. Belong. Become.

It doesn’t end with the morning. Bright Crowns moves with a child from morning to night: boosting confidence before a test or a game, settling a big feeling the moment it rises, winding down at night with sleep stories from the African diaspora, and closing the week with a reflection a parent reads aloud to their child, to set the tone for the days ahead. Children earn crowns drawn from real African kingdoms, an inheritance rather than a reward. The point isn’t making a child feel better for five minutes; it’s giving them tools that compound: steadiness, identity and resilience they carry long after the session ends, and the belief that a brighter future is theirs to reach.

Husband-and-wife team David and Tia Harley, Atlanta parents of two young kids, built Bright Crowns for their own children after searching a $2.1 trillion wellness industry and finding only generic apps: polished and useful, but spoken in voices and settings that never felt like home, and asking a Black child to set part of themselves aside just to belong there. The couple each brought more than two decades of professional experience to a labor of love. David is an award-winning creative director who has led multicultural brand campaigns; Tia led business development and partnerships at Google after a marketing career at AT&T. They used Bright Crowns with their own children every morning for more than a year before sharing it with other families. Over that year, they watched their children grow: quicker to recover from tough moments, more willing to try hard things, holding their heads higher. And it showed up where parents care about it most: at school, where their kids became more engaged and their grades improved.

The approach draws on decades of research. A landmark study in the journal Science found that a brief, culturally grounded practice measurably narrowed the racial achievement gap for Black students, without any change to the school itself. Research has since identified ethnic-racial identity as a key protective factor for Black youth mental health in the Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, and a meta-analysis of 76 mindfulness programs for young people found significant improvements in stress, attention, emotional regulation and academic engagement.

“We can’t always lighten the load our children carry,” said co-founder and CEO Tia Harley. “But we can help make them strong enough to carry it, with their heads held high.”

“Our children are already brilliant,” added co-founder and chief product officer David Harley. “We don’t teach them to survive. We teach them they were born to thrive. Their crowns are already on. We just help them remember.”

Bright Crowns is available now on the Apple App Store with a free seven-day trial. Families who join by Dec. 31 lock in the Founding Family rate of $69.99 for the first year; one subscription covers every child in the home. Learn more at https://hellobrightcrowns.com.

About Bright Crowns
Bright Crowns is a five-minute daily wellness practice built for Black children, and the first daily practice of its kind, available now on the Apple App Store. Founded by husband-and-wife team David and Tia Harley, who built it for their own children first, it’s grounded in decades of research on identity, mindfulness and resilience. Bright Crowns helps Black children feel steady in themselves, certain of who they are, and ready to show the world what they’re made of. Learn more at https://hellobrightcrowns.com.

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