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Rime Launches Prism: The First Fine-Tunable Frontier Speech-to-Speech Model

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Trained on millions of hours of human conversations, Prism gives brands control over their voice models while outperforming leading S2S models in key tasks by 50%

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rime, the leading developer of enterprise voice AI models, today launched Prism, the first fine-tunable frontier speech-to-speech (S2S) model. Brands can run Prism entirely within their own infrastructure maintaining control over their data, conversation latency, vocabulary, pronunciation, and AI safety guardrails. Try today at: https://www.rime.ai/prism.

Enterprise Voice AI Problem: Rigid and Opaque S2S Models

While current speech-to-speech models deliver impressive fluidity, they lack the emotional intelligence necessary for genuine human interaction. Because these monolithic models operate as opaque black boxes, brands cannot fine-tune them to detect subtle emotional cues like frustration, hesitation, or confusion. In high-stakes industries like healthcare and finance, missing this context escalates tension and drives abandoned calls, ultimately resulting in costly human intervention, missed revenue, and brand damage.

Rime’s Solution: Set AI Guardrails and Control with Prism

Prism is the industry’s first fine-tunable enterprise-grade speech-to-speech model that eliminates the compromise between conversational quality and full business control. Guardrails can be set by the builder to meet regulatory requirements and manage risk. The customization continues then as Prism is the only model that is dynamically trained on your own calls. Prism’s base model has been trained on millions of hours of human-generated conversations captured in Rime’s proprietary sound studios, so Prism offers significantly better call performance without having to loop in human employees.

Key Features:

Architectural Guardrails: Generates text before speech, allowing internal rules and policies to review every word before the customer hears it.

Total Deployment Ownership: Run the model on-premise or in private cloud, while remaining fully SOC 2 and HIPAA compliant.

Flawless Auditability: Since PRISM generates text first, businesses have quick and complete audit trails as well as increased word and intention accuracy.
 Human-Grade Emotional Understanding: Trained to understand customer emotions to better support their requests and route their calls.
 Advanced Conversational Intelligence: Built on proprietary RL post-training using thousands of hours of human conversations, PRISM catches customer frustration, hesitations, acting instantly to eliminate dead air and improve containment rates.

“A generic model with a custom prompt is not your voice. It’s a rental with your logo on it,” said Lily Clifford, Co-founder and CEO of Rime. “Prism is the first speech-to-speech model that becomes yours: it learns from your conversations, lets you set the latency and guardrails, and lives on your infrastructure. Quickly, the model running your calls will be one no competitor can buy.”

Prism Outperforms Major Consumer S2S Models

In a real-world enterprise trial against OpenAI’s GPT, a fine-tuned Prism model dramatically outperformed the frontier consumer model across every critical business metric tested. In the trial with Revmo, Prism increased both order confirmations & pickup methods from 68% with OpenAI to 100%. Finally, Prism saw an improvement in calls without dead air from 66% to 88%, ensuring customers never feel like they are talking to a lagging machine.

“Dialpad has been a design partner on Prism from the start. We’re looking forward to rolling it out across our agentic products,” said Shezan Kazi, VP of AI Products at Dialpad

Worldclass Academic Founding Team

Founded in 2022 by voice AI veterans from Stanford and Amazon Alexa, Rime has quickly grown into a leading proprietary modeling company. Rather than relying on scraped web data, Rime built custom recording studios to capture thousands of hours of real, channel-separated human conversations, complete with the interruptions and hesitations that make speech authentic. Rime’s models currently automate millions of complex, high-retention calls for industry leaders including Asurion, Mayo Clinic, Upstart, and Dialpad.

Learn more at https://www.rime.ai/.

About Rime

Rime is the trusted enterprise voice AI platform, built on a linguistics-first foundation to deliver the world’s leading conversational speech models. Founded in 2022 by academic speech scientists and Stanford engineers, Rime powers over 100 million monthly interactions for leaders in healthcare, finance, and customer experience. The company is backed by M13, Twilio Ventures, Corazon Capital and Unusual Ventures. Learn more at https://rime.ai/.

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Wulcea Elevates Consumer Trust in Heated Apparel Through Multi-National Safety Certifications and Rigorous Technical Testing

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NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As smart heated clothing gains broader adoption, consumers are paying closer attention to the safety and reliability of the technology behind these products. Wulcea, a brand specializing in graphene-powered heated apparel, combines its flexible GrapheneNano™ heating technology with documented safety compliance and durability testing for its heating components and battery systems.

“Trust in smart heated apparel goes beyond warmth—it comes down to confidence in battery safety and heating element reliability,” said John C, Founder of Wulcea. “Our goal is to give users peace of mind through certified technical standards.”

Advanced Graphene Heating Elements Supported by Global Standards

At the core of Wulcea’s thermal architecture is its GrapheneNano™ heating technology. Engineered to eliminate garment stiffness, Wulcea integrates flexible graphene elements that deliver balanced warmth across key upper-body zones while preserving natural garment drape and full freedom of movement.

Wulcea supports its heating components with applicable compliance documentation for major markets. These include CE and FCC compliance documentation addressing relevant electrical and electromagnetic compatibility requirements, as well as PSE compliance for applicable products in Japan. RoHS compliance further addresses restrictions on specified hazardous substances in applicable electrical and electronic components.

Multi-Certified Battery System for Dependable Power

To power its heating elements, Wulcea pairs its heated apparel with rechargeable battery systems designed for convenient everyday use. Featuring a compact design and housed in dedicated interior pockets, the batteries provide portable power while maintaining a streamlined garment profile and comfortable fit.

Wulcea backs its battery options with comprehensive third-party accreditations. UL certification demonstrates that the battery system has been evaluated against recognized power bank safety requirements, covering key areas such as overcharge protection, short-circuit protection, and thermal safety. The battery systems are also supported by applicable CE and FCC compliance documentation, addressing relevant regulatory requirements for electrical and electromagnetic compatibility.

For daily handling and travel, RoHS compliance validates that the battery system meets stringent global standards for material safety. The battery models have also undergone applicable UN 38.3 testing, supporting compliance with international requirements for lithium battery transportation.

Real-World Durability and Practical Usability

Component compliance forms Wulcea’s foundation, but reliability is defined by real-world performance. Built for high-flex endurance, Wulcea’s flexible graphene heating elements are tested through 10,000 active flexing cycles to maintain steady thermal output through repeated bending and everyday body movement.

Everyday convenience is equally essential. Built for hassle-free care, Wulcea’s heating elements withstand 100 machine-wash cycles under standard care guidelines, maintaining internal conductivity and structural stability under repeated laundering.

Integrated NTC temperature sensors provide thermal monitoring and are designed to stop heating if temperatures exceed 131°F (55°C). Combined with runtime of up to 10 hours on the low setting and a discreet interior control button, these features support practical everyday use in cold-weather conditions.

Aligning Technical Standards with Everyday Warmth

By combining graphene-based heating technology with documented battery safety compliance and durability testing, Wulcea continues to focus on the technical foundations of dependable heated apparel. This approach reflects the brand’s emphasis on bringing together safety considerations, practical functionality, and everyday comfort for cold-weather use.

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NIDS Co., Ltd. Confirms CES 2027 Participation, Pursues Expansion of Global Supply Chain for Environmental Sensors

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Company introduced optical and gas sensors at SEDEX and is strengthening its composite sensor business for robotics, home appliances, automotive, and smart building applications

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Environmental sensor manufacturer NIDS Co., Ltd. has confirmed its participation in CES 2027 and is moving to expand its global business-to-business (B2B) supply chain. Building on its experience supplying sensors to domestic and international home appliance and automotive companies, the company aims to secure overseas customers and extend its applications into smart building HVAC and robotics.

NIDS recently participated in the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association’s Sensor Pavilion at SEDEX 2026, held at COEX in Seoul, where it introduced its next-generation sensor modules. The company said the exhibition allowed it to raise awareness of its technology among domestic home appliance and electronic component industry professionals and to lay the groundwork for collaboration in the sensor field.

The company will use CES 2027 as its next stage. NIDS plans to firm up discussions on sensor module supply with global home appliance makers, HVAC specialists, and robotics companies. It aims to extend the industry contacts gained at the domestic exhibition overseas and to convert product introductions into actual supply opportunities.

Founded in 2000, NIDS develops and manufactures environmental sensors and air quality management solutions. According to the company, it has supplied more than 10 million sensors cumulatively to domestic and international companies, including Dyson, Samsung Electronics, and Hyundai Motor. Drawing on this supply track record, the company intends to showcase its precision sensing technology and mass-production capabilities to overseas customers.

Its main products include particulate matter sensors, optical gas sensors based on non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) technology, composite environmental sensors, and electronic nose sensor modules. The particulate matter sensors measure PM1.0, PM2.5, and PM10, while the gas sensor lineup targets carbon dioxide (CO₂), carbon monoxide (CO), and other gases. The electronic nose is used for detecting everyday odors, gas leaks, and fires. The company said it designs the core components required for air quality measurement in-house and has a system in place to mass-produce 5 million units annually.

The area where NIDS will expand development and supply going forward is next-generation composite sensor modules. The company has been pursuing a sensor business that responds to industry-specific demand in home appliances, automotive, and smart building HVAC, and is now concentrating its capabilities on markets such as robotics, industrial safety, and odor detection based on this technology. Building on its experience supplying individual components, NIDS plans to continue developing and supplying, on a B2B basis, modules that handle multiple types of environmental data.

The company will also highlight its sensor product lineup and its newly developed ultra-compact MEMS sensor technology at the exhibition. NIDS plans to introduce its optical and gas sensor lineup along with examples of their application in actual air quality management systems. By explaining both the measurement functions of its components and its experience operating sensors for finished-product services, the company aims to broaden the scope of partnership discussions.

NIDS explained that, because it owns its precision sensors, it can control sensor sensitivity and tune algorithms to suit the system in which they are applied. Drawing on this technical operating experience, the company plans to pursue partnerships with customers and to promote its business capabilities extending from sensor components to air quality and odor management and industrial safety management.

NIDS will also leverage its existing branch network in its overseas market development. Through its overseas bases in the United States, Japan, and China, the company plans to widen its touchpoints with buyers and seek new supply opportunities in conjunction with its CES participation. Its goal is to generate export results by combining exhibition participation with its local networks.

The company intends to keep expanding the global supply of sensor components as a core pillar of its business. Building on the supply experience accumulated in home appliances and automotive, it will broaden its partners to robotics, HVAC, and smart buildings, and respond to industry-specific air quality measurement demand through the development of next-generation modules.

“We plan to continue expanding the development and B2B supply of next-generation composite sensor modules needed across a range of industries, including home appliances, automotive, and smart building HVAC,” NIDS said.

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Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. and ICP DAS Showcase iTLC Intelligent Traffic Control Solutions at APTA 2026 in Chicago

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Advancing smart intersection technologies and expanding international market opportunities through strategic collaboration

CHICAGO, Oct. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Towards Buddha Co., Ltd., an overseas distributor of the iTLC Intelligent Traffic Control System, joined its technology partner ICP DAS at APTA 2026 TRANSform & EXPO in Chicago, USA, to showcase the iTLC-9000 Series and its applications in intelligent traffic management.

The exhibition highlighted innovative traffic control technologies designed to support reliable, secure, and integrated smart intersection operations, while providing opportunities to connect with international transportation professionals and explore emerging market needs.

Innovative Traffic Control Solutions

Under the theme “Innovative Traffic Control System,” the exhibition featured the iTLC-9000 Series, highlighting four key capabilities: modular and redundant design, secure networking, traffic signal integration, and active alert systems.

These technologies are designed to support system reliability, communication security, and efficient traffic infrastructure management, addressing the evolving requirements of modern intelligent transportation systems.

As cities worldwide continue to modernize transportation infrastructure, integrated and adaptable traffic control solutions are becoming increasingly important for smart intersection development.

Strengthening International Market Connections

As an overseas distributor of iTLC solutions, Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. plays an important role in connecting traffic control technologies with international markets.

During APTA 2026, Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. and ICP DAS engaged with transportation professionals, system integrators, and industry representatives to introduce iTLC technologies, exchange industry insights, and explore potential business opportunities.

“APTA 2026 provided a valuable platform to connect with the global transportation industry,” said a representative of Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. “Together with ICP DAS, we look forward to expanding international awareness of iTLC solutions and developing new opportunities in intelligent traffic control.”

Looking Ahead

Building on its participation at APTA 2026, Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. will continue collaborating with ICP DAS to promote iTLC solutions, strengthen international partnerships, and explore new opportunities in the global intelligent transportation market.

About Towards Buddha Co., Ltd.

Towards Buddha Co., Ltd. is an overseas distributor of the iTLC Intelligent Traffic Control System, focused on international market development and connecting advanced traffic control technologies with transportation industry needs.

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