Mind Lab’s Mint Recursive covers benchmark design, data, post-training, inference and deployment in one workflow, with specialist training starting at $1,000

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mind Lab (mindlab.im), the AI research lab focus on continue learning and posttrain, is making its Mint Recursive platform available to enterprises that need AI models trained for their own industry. Mint Recursive provides enterprise model post-training that turns a company’s expert experience into model capabilities the company owns, for organizations across industries such as pharmaceuticals, finance, the public sector and gaming.

Starting from a shared benchmark

A general-purpose model is a starting point, not a finished product. Mind Lab begins each engagement by building a benchmark with the customer, one that defines the task goal, what correct behavior looks like, the mistakes that come up most often and the acceptance line a model has to clear. Data development, LLM post-training and deployment then run in a single loop, so each iteration is measured against a standard the customer helped set.

Lower costs and three ways to work

Cost is often what keeps teams from training their own models. Mind Lab combines LoRA post-training, shared base models and distributed optimization, so fewer parameters are updated and less compute is spent.

The company reports that GPU costs on shipped projects have fallen by more than 90%, and specialist training starts at $1,000. Customers can choose base models from the GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen and MiniMax families and deploy in private, VPC or hybrid environments.

Customers also decide how much of their own team to commit. Mind Lab’s forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) can run the benchmark, data, post-training and deployment end to end. Teams that define their own model, data and configuration can hand scheduling, training and delivery to the platform’s automated training. Teams that want full control can write their own loss functions and training loops, while the lab provides clusters, trajectory sampling, weight sync and inference.

Research behind the platform

The platform grows out of the lab’s work in reinforcement learning. Mind Lab was among the early teams to run end-to-end LoRA reinforcement learning on trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) models. When the lab introduced Mint Recursive in September, it also released Macaron-V1.1, a 752B-parameter agent model post-trained from GLM-5.3, with open weights. Moving from Macaron-V1 to Macaron-V1.1 took two weeks on the platform. Across 60 UI tasks, first-attempt delivery success rose from 71.67% for GLM-5.3 to 96.67% for Macaron-V1.1.

In healthcare and life sciences, for instance, Mind Lab supports literature retrieval and evidence review, drug discovery and R&D intelligence, and medical chart quality control. Its shipped work in this area covers 27 quality-control indicators and more than 8,000 physician-experience traces.

“An enterprise’s most valuable training signal is the judgment of its own experts,” said Chen Kaijie, Founder of Mind Lab. “That judgment lives in the reviews, corrections and decisions a general model never sees. Post-training is how it becomes part of a custom AI model the company owns. It doesn’t need to start as a big program. It can start with one real task.”

Enterprises ready to build proprietary AI models can start with one real task and contact Mind Lab to define the benchmark for it.

About Mind Lab

Mind Lab is an AI research lab focused on LLM post-training. Its research centers on experiential intelligence, the idea that models should keep learning from real-world experience. The lab developed Mint Recursive, a platform for post-training and inference. It also developed the Macaron series of agent models and has released Macaron model weights as open source on Hugging Face. Learn more at https://www.mindlab.im/ .

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LONDON, Oct. 21, 2026 /CNW/ — Canada has what the world wants. Our resources, expertise and institutions can support global energy security and affordability today while laying the foundation for a more prosperous, secure lower-carbon future. We have renewed ambition to engage with the world, diversify our trade and back our partnerships with investment that builds a stronger Canada and supports our allies.

Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded a successful visit to London, United Kingdom, for the London Metal Exchange (LME) Week.

While in London, Minister Hodgson met with his ministerial counterparts in the U.K., including Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh; Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry), Luke Pollard; and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Reindustrialisation), Blair McDougall. He discussed closer collaboration, increased trade and enhanced bilateral investment between Canada and the U.K. on energy and natural resources.

The Minister also met with industry representatives, including from Anglo American, Masdar and Teck Resources, to discuss commercial opportunities with a focus on diversifying and securing mineral supply chains. Building on Canada’s 2025 G7 Presidency and the establishment of the Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance, which has already catalyzed 69 new deals that have unlocked $19.2 billion in capital investment, discussions highlighted opportunities for further investment in and sourcing from Canadian mining projects.

Minister Hodgson also took part in a fireside conversation on the margins of LME with Jonathan Price, President and CEO of Teck Resources, on critical minerals supply chains and the global need to diversify sources of supply, and he spoke at the Financial Times Energy Transition Summit about Canada’s ambitious energy and mining policy agenda.

Canada is working with trusted partners in the U.K. and beyond to strengthen global energy and critical minerals security, diversify our trade and attract investment into Canadian projects so we can build a stronger, more resilient Canadian economy.

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“Canada is blessed with abundant energy and minerals, world-class expertise and financial institutions, and stability and dependability that the world is looking for now more than ever. I look forward to building on this trip to the United Kingdom to deepen our international co-operation and catalyze investments that will diversify our trade and create economic opportunities for Canadians.”

The Honourable Tim Hodgson
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

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The U.K. is Canada’s largest European trade and investment partner and third-largest individual trading partner, with bilateral goods and services trade totaling $85 billion in 2025.In July 2026, Canada ratified the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It entered into force on September 1, 2026, furthering opportunities for Canadian businesses through integrated supply chains and the single set of rules applied across CPTPP markets.The Canada–U.K. trading relationship is underpinned by our comprehensive bilateral Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA). The agreement does not expire and provides extensive market access for Canadian businesses, exporters and investors, including tariff-free access for 99 percent of tariff lines.In 2025, Canadian energy trade with the U.K. reached $1.8 billion, representing a 24.8 percent increase compared with 2024.In 2025, Canadian exports in mineral, metals and related products reached $40.8 billion, an increase of nearly 77 percent compared with 2024.Through the Canada–U.K. Critical Minerals Dialogue, both countries will continue working together to identify projects for investment and collaboration, strengthen secure and sustainable supply chains, and support growth in the mining and manufacturing sectors.

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DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society of Automation (ISA) — the leading professional society for automation — announced that NineTenths Company has officially joined ISASecure®, the globally recognized certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) cybersecurity.

NineTenths is a Saudi Arabia-based technology company specializing in advanced industrial solutions, including unmanned aerial systems (drones), robotics, infrastructure inspection, surveying, and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. Serving industries including oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, water and wastewater, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors, the company combines emerging technologies with engineering expertise to improve operational efficiency, security, and resilience. NineTenths uses ISA/IEC 62443 as a framework supporting its OT cybersecurity services, with capabilities aligned to cybersecurity management systems, risk-based assessments, zones and conduits, industrial system security requirements, and secure product development practices.

This new partnership with ISASecure will provide NineTenths with the opportunity to further strengthen its commitment to advancing operational technology (OT) cybersecurity across Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf region. Building on its existing alignment with the internationally recognized ISA/IEC 62443 standards, ISASecure membership offers NineTenths opportunities to engage with global cybersecurity experts, industrial automation suppliers, and certification bodies while expanding its capabilities and enhancing operational resilience and cybersecurity readiness for clients.

“Serving government, public safety, construction, infrastructure, and energy sectors, our commitment to quality and safety is backed by internationally recognized certifications and manufacturer accreditations,” said Naif AlZahrani, NineTenths vice president of operation. “Our continued focus on OT cybersecurity from mission to maintenance ensures protection for the full OT security lifecycle. We look forward to being part of ISASecure as we continue to support organizations across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in adopting cutting-edge technologies aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.”

“It is an honor to welcome NineTenths into the ISASecure program,” said Mark DeAngelo, ISASecure program manager. “We look forward to collaborating with NineTenths as we advance our mission of partnership, certification, and standards-based product development to help achieve a more secure world.”

About ISASecure®

Founded in 2007 by the International Society of Automation (ISA), ISASecure® is a globally recognized certification program that provides assurance for the cybersecurity of industrial automation control systems (IACS). Through rigorous conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards, ISASecure certifications validate that products and supplier practices meet internationally recognized benchmarks for OT security. ISASecure is a wholly owned subsidiary of ISA. 

ISASecure’s global ecosystem includes leaders such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, GSK, Saudi Aramco, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric, Trane Technologies, and Yokogawa, among others.

For more information, visit isasecure.org.

About NineTenths

Founded in 2019, NineTenths is a Saudi Arabia-based technology company that helps organizations improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and make accurate data-driven decisions across industrial sectors. NineTenths is powered by a team of skilled Saudi engineers, programmers, and research and development specialists. Their expertise enables the company to design, customize, and deploy advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions aligned with real-world operational requirements. NineTenths supports organizations in adopting cutting-edge technologies aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.

About ISA

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1945 to create a better world through automation. ISA’s mission is to empower the global automation community through standards and knowledge sharing. ISA develops widely used global standards and conformity assessment programs, certifies professionals, provides education and training, publishes books and technical articles, hosts conferences and exhibits, and provides networking and career development programs for its members and customers around the world. Learn more at www.isa.org.

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