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Oxipital AI Launches Foreign Material Detection Solutions at Pack Expo, Raising the Standard for Food Safety Inspection

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Running on the OX and VX hardware platforms already deployed in food manufacturing, the new capability delivers up to >99%* detection accuracy at line speed, with automated response, full audit logging, and analytics through the V-CORTX platform

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 16, 2026 /CNW/ — Oxipital AI today announced the launch of Foreign Material Detection, a new AI vision capability that identifies contaminants in real time on high-speed food production lines. These solutions are deployed and operating in production environments today, trained on the Foreign Materials most responsible for recalls and regulatory action, and available on the same OX and VX hardware platforms food producers already use for quality inspection and process automation.

Plastic, wood, bone, & PPE: Oxipital AI’s vision system catches it all, then acts instantly. See it at Pack Expo!

Foreign Material Detection joins quality inspection and vision-guided robotics as part of Oxipital AI’s unified AI vision and intelligence platform.

“What we kept hearing from customers was that they needed a single platform that could handle quality, robotics, and food safety without adding complexity. Adding Foreign Material Detection to our platform is a direct response to that. Our customers told us they wanted fewer vendors, fewer integration headaches, and more confidence in what their inspection system could catch,” said Mark Chiappetta, CEO of Oxipital AI.

SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATION GIVES CUSTOMERS A HEAD START
Rather than waiting for contamination events to build training data, Oxipital AI uses synthetic data generation to train its models on the visual signatures of the foreign materials most commonly found in food production, including hard and soft plastics, wood chips, full and partial PPE, cardboard, metal shards, bone fragments, and more. Those signatures are simulated across varied lighting conditions, product types, and line speeds. Models arrive production-ready and start inspecting on day one of deployment.

The result is detection accuracy of up to 99%* in production environments, with precision tuning that keeps false positives low. Unnecessary stoppages cost time, product, and crew attention. Oxipital AI’s models are built to differentiate genuine foreign material from natural product variation, so the line keeps running when it should.

DETECTION THAT DRIVES ACTION, NOT JUST ALERTS
When a contaminant is detected, the system does not stop at simply flagging it to the user. V-CORTX integrates with existing line control systems to trigger automated responses based on severity classification. A minor anomaly can slow the line. A confirmed high-severity event stops it. No manual intervention, no delay.

The system also identifies the type of contaminant detected, not just its presence. That classification gives quality assurance and engineering teams the information needed to trace where a foreign material was introduced, whether it is a worn line component, a supplier issue, or a changeover gap.

A FULL AUDIT TRAIL COMPLETE WITH ANALYTICS
Every foreign material event is logged automatically in the V-CORTX analytics dashboard, with timestamp, classification, imagery, dimensional data, and throughput impact. Plant managers and corporate engineering teams get a continuous, searchable record that supports FSQA documentation, and root cause analysis giving them the tools they need to keep production running safely.

DEPLOYED AND RUNNING TODAY
Foreign Material Detection from Oxipital AI is operating on production lines in the food industry right now. Food and beverage manufacturers can see it running live at Pack Expo at the Oxipital AI booth S-3192 from October 18th to the 21st.

ABOUT OXIPITAL AI

Oxipital AI is a unified AI vision and intelligence platform for food and industrial manufacturing, bringing together quality inspection, foreign material detection, and vision-guided robotics. Built on the OX and VX hardware platforms, its technology gives producers one system to inspect, protect, and automate their lines. Spun out of Soft Robotics, Oxipital AI is deployed across production lines at some of the world’s largest food producers. Learn more at www.OxipitalAI.com.

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* Vision-based inspection can only detect foreign material that is visible to the camera. Items that are too small to resolve at operating line speed, or that are not presented to the camera’s field of view, may not be detected.

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Argentum AI Founder and CEO Andrew Sobko Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship

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Sobko Among the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs at the 2026 Builders and Innovators Summit

HEALDSBURG, Calif., Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Goldman Sachs is recognizing Andrew Sobko, Founder and CEO of Argentum AI, as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2026 at its Builders and Innovators Summit in Healdsburg, California.

Goldman Sachs selected Sobko from entrepreneurs across multiple industries for recognition at the two-day event. Under his leadership, Argentum AI is developing infrastructure designed to address one of the artificial intelligence industry’s most pressing challenges: securing the computing capacity, power, capital and data center infrastructure needed to support AI at scale.

“It is an incredible honor to be recognized by Goldman Sachs alongside some of the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs,” said Andrew Sobko, Founder and CEO of Argentum AI. “We are building Argentum AI to redefine how the world accesses AI compute – making AI cloud infrastructure more scalable, flexible, and accessible to the companies shaping the future of artificial intelligence.”

“We are pleased to recognize Andrew Sobko as one of the most exceptional entrepreneurs of 2026,” said David Solomon, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. “As AI reshapes the global landscape, the leaders at Argentum AI are proving that agility and vision can be the ultimate competitive advantages. They are not simply building a great enterprise; they are redefining what is possible in their industry.”

In its 15th year, Goldman Sachs’ Builders and Innovators Summit brings together founders and CEOs of high-growth companies for discussions, educational sessions and networking with experienced entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders. The summit recognizes entrepreneurs whose leadership and innovation are helping shape the future of their industries.

About Argentum AI

Argentum AI is The Independent AI Cloud, providing enterprise-grade AI cloud infrastructure to hyperscalers, leading AI labs, and enterprises worldwide. Through its business model, Argentum combines power, data centers, GPUs, and capital to deliver AI compute at unprecedented scale and speed. Andrew Sobko, Founder and CEO of Argentum AI, is a serial entrepreneur recognized for building and scaling high-growth technology companies. He founded Argentum AI, The Independent AI Cloud, which has secured over $12 billion in contracted revenue and is rapidly expanding its global AI infrastructure footprint. The company delivers large-scale GPU compute.

For more information, visit argentum-ai.com.

About Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.

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Opus 2 wins Company of the Year and Women Leaders in Tech at Legal Geek Awards

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Awards recognise company’s innovation and impact in addition to the outstanding individual leadership of Caroline Korteweg, Opus 2’s Director of AI & Market Development, Europe

LONDON, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Opus 2, a leading legal technology provider, won two Legal Geek Leaders in Tech Law Awards, underlining the company’s continued leadership in disputes technology as well as its latest AI innovations. Opus 2 won for Legal Tech Company of the Year, while Caroline Korteweg, Opus 2’s Director of AI & Market Development, Europe, won the Women Leaders in Tech award.

The Legal Geek Leaders in Tech Law Awards are a partnership between Legal Geek and Law.com and are an evolution of the former European Legal Innovation & Tech Law Awards. The winners were honored on 14 October in London, recognising firms, in-house teams, suppliers, and individuals who redefine what’s possible in legal services. Judging was conducted by editorial staff in addition to external panels consisting of leading individuals in select categories.

Built for the evolving needs of modern legal teams, Opus 2 combines deep legal expertise with secure, AI-enabled technology to help organisations manage complexity, strengthen collaboration, and deliver better outcomes. The company is the clear leader in disputes software, counting 96 percent of the Am Law 50 and 92 percent of the FT’s most innovative firms as clients.

The recognition follows Opus 2’s introduction of Opus 2 Ingenuity™, the company’s agentic AI framework. Ingenuity runs on the millions of insights generated in the Opus 2 platform, supplying its multiple layers of AI with a superior foundation for understanding, surfacing, creating, and acting on intelligence.

In addition, Opus 2 recently won Best SaaS Solution for Law and Legal Services in the SaaS Awards, the CODiE Award for Best Legal Solution, and three Gold American Business Awards® for Best Legal Company (Large), Best Legal Solution, and People’s Choice for Best Legal Solution. The company was also named a 2026 Best Place to Work, and a finalist in the Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards and A.I. Awards.

About Opus 2

Founded in 2008, Opus 2 develops award-winning, AI-enabled software that solves the most pressing problems facing the practice of law. The company’s best-in-class solutions are essential to the commercial disputes ecosystem and trusted by the world’s most successful law firms for their critical matters. Those solutions are built on a flexible platform powered by its agentic AI framework, Opus 2 Ingenuity,™ that helps firms create intelligent legal solutions that win business, deepen client engagement, and simplify workflows firmwide. For more information, visit Opus2.com.

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Benzinga Announces 2026 Benzinga Awards

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DETROIT, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Benzinga announced the Benzinga Awards 2026 today, a digital awards program recognizing leading companies, innovators and professionals across financial services and fintech.

The 2026 program, which is judged in collaboration with DALBAR, will highlight organizations helping shape the future of financial technology, investing and financial services across a range of award categories.

“We are honored to partner with Benzinga and contribute DALBAR‘s independent research, analytical rigor, and industry expertise to the evaluation process for these prestigious awards,” said Steve Worthy, Managing Director of DALBAR. “By helping assess nominees against objective standards of excellence, innovation, and client impact, we are proud to support the recognition of organizations and leaders who are setting the benchmark for achievement across the financial services industry.”

The digital awards program will culminate in an in-person celebration on November 19, 2026, at Ascent Lounge, 10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019. The event will bring together award winners, sponsors and industry leaders for an evening celebrating this year’s honorees.

“This is our 12th year running the Benzinga Awards, and the field has never been harder to judge,” said Andrew Lebbos, SVP of Licensing at Benzinga. “A dozen years ago most of these companies didn’t exist. We are bringing everyone into one room in Manhattan for a night to recognize the people building the future of finance!”

Interested applicants can apply here: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-awards#apply

The awards submission portal is open until October 23, 2026, 11:59 PM Eastern. Costs to apply are $250.00 per single award, or $500.00 for unlimited award submissions per company.

“Benzinga started as a newsroom, and over twelve years we have become something closer to infrastructure. The same real-time news, analyst ratings and corporate event data that millions of retail investors read on our site now flows through our APIs into brokerages, trading platforms and AI systems across the industry,” said Dave Maher, CEO and CTO of Benzinga. “These awards matter to us because we work alongside many of the honorees every day. Recognizing the companies that are rebuilding how people access and act on financial information is a natural extension of what Benzinga does.”

Winners will be announced ahead of the November celebration.

To apply to the Benzinga Awards 2026 program, click here.

For more information about the event or sponsorship opportunities, please visit https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-awards.

About Benzinga

Benzinga is a leading financial media and data technology company that empowers investors with high-quality, real-time market intelligence. Through its news platform, APIs, and data products, Benzinga provides traders, financial institutions, and fintech platforms with the insights they need to make smarter investment decisions. From breaking news and analyst ratings to corporate events and alternative datasets, Benzinga’s tools help market participants stay ahead of the information that drives price movement.

To learn more, visit www.benzinga.com.

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