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Female Founder Collective, Co-Hosted by Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, Hosts Exclusive Dinner at the New York Stock Exchange in Celebration of Women’s History Month and Female Founders Day

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NEW YORK, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Female Founder Collective (FFC) hosted an exclusive dinner at the iconic New York Stock Exchange, bringing together top executives from leading brands alongside visionary female founders and entrepreneurs. Co-hosted by FFC co-founders Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, the evening was not just a celebration of Women’s History Month but a reflection of FFC’s ongoing mission to empower women at every stage of their business journey—not just during International Women’s Day or Women’s History Month, but all year round.

The Female Founder Collective was founded on the belief that women should be wealthier, more powerful, and treated with greater fairness and equality as they advance in their careers—showcasing their full potential to the world. The goal of the dinner was to bring together founders from diverse backgrounds to connect, expand their networks, and support one another.

As guests arrived, they experienced a thoughtfully curated menu to the heartfelt toasts—reflected the commitment FFC has to advancing women in leadership. The guest list featured influential leaders, female founders, and entrepreneurs such as Aleen Dreksler, Co-Founder & CEO of Betches, Emily Hikade, Founder and CEO of Petite Plume, Babba Rivera, Founder of Ceremonia, American Motorsports Racing Driver and Entrepreneur, Michelle Cordero Grant, Founder & CEO of GORGIE, Ginny Wright, CEO of Audemars Piguet and notables such as Daphne Oz and Chloe Melas.

In addition, Shea Holbrook attended who is featured in First to the Finish, a docuseries premiering exclusively on Amazon Prime on March 25th, offering an inside look at the 2024 MX-5 Cup Championship by following the inspiring journeys of two female drivers and a team owner as they navigate the highs and challenges of the season, balancing their personal and professional lives.

“The work we do at Female Founder Collective is centered on creating opportunities, access and a lasting impact for women in business,” said Ali Wyatt, co-founder of FFC. “Bringing together this extraordinary group of founders and executives in such a historic setting was a testament to the progress we’ve made, how far we have come —and a call to action for the work still ahead.”

The unforgetting evening was made possible through the generous support of our partners: Magnum Ice Cream, Veuve Clicquot, Mazda, Banana Republic, and an Exclusive Financial Services Firm.

“This dinner was a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and limitless potential of women when we come together in support of one another,” said Rebecca Minkoff, co-founder of FFC and designer of her namesake label. “The energy in the room was undeniable, and I’m inspired by the conversations and collaborations that will undoubtedly extend far beyond this evening.”

The Female Founder Collective has been empowering women for almost a decade now and remains committed to empowering and amplifying the voices of female entrepreneurs, with more initiatives and events to come throughout the year.

About Female Founder Collective Founded by Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt, the Female Founder Collective (FFC) is a network of women-led businesses dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs through community, education, and strategic resources. With a mission to support the 12 million female-owned companies in the U.S., FFC fosters collaboration, provides access to essential tools, and works to create a more equitable business landscape. By uplifting women in business, FFC drives social and economic impact across communities. Connect with the Female Founder Collective on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

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Endless Access and Ink & Switch Launch Backstitch, a Real-Time Collaboration Plugin That Goes Beyond Git for Godot

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The new open-source tool brings Google Docs–style collaboration to the Godot editor for artists, programmers, jam teams, indie studios, and classrooms alike.

WILMINGTON, Del., June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Backstitch is now in public alpha. The plugin, developed by Ink & Switch under a brief commissioned by Endless Access and funded by the Endless Foundation, brings real-time version control and collaboration to the Godot game engine. You can try it today at backstitch.dev.

Git wasn’t built for games

Version control has long been a friction point in Godot development. Artists hit merge conflicts that break scenes. Programmers spend their time fixing teammates’ Git issues instead of writing code. Less-technical contributors get locked out of projects entirely. Git was built for code, but games are far more than code.

Backstitch brings real-time, Google Docs-style collaboration directly into the Godot editor, whenever you save, your changes are automatically shared with your team, with intelligent automatic merging so you’re never stuck with a broken scene. Teams can view a full history with visual diffs, revert to older versions, and create and merge branches, all without leaving Godot or touching a terminal.

“Version control is something anyone should have access to, not just programmers,” said Paul, researcher at Ink & Switch. “Students don’t care about version control. They want to build a game and collaborate quickly. That’s exactly the right demand: get out of the way and enable creative work.”

Currently in alpha, with real-world testing underway

Backstitch is in alpha, and the current focus is gathering feedback from real-world use. Endless Access is testing the plugin with students in an upcoming game jam and across its learning programs, while Ink & Switch is engaging Godot developers and indie teams to try it in their own workflows. Early use within Endless Access, including prototyping work on Threadbare (the open-source game with a Best of GDC mention), has helped shape the tool.

Backstitch supports both online sync and fully offline workflows. It is free and open-source, and was recently presented at GodotCon Amsterdam in the session Beyond Git: Real-Time Version Control for Godot.

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A2Z Cust2Mate Mass Production Facilities in China Are Fully Operational Ramping Up Cart Deliveries

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TORONTO, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: AZ), a global leader in smart retail technology, today announced that its mass production facilities in China are fully operational, with large-scale manufacturing now underway.

The launch of full-scale manufacturing marks a significant milestone in the Company’s growth strategy, providing the production capacity needed to support increasing demand from retailers across multiple markets. With manufacturing operations now running at scale, Cust2Mate has begun shipping systems to support both existing and new deployments.

To have a firsthand look at the Company’s production facilities being inaugurated by A2Z Cust2Mate CEO Mr. Gadi Graus, watch this video: Production Facilities in China

To meet growing demand, the Company is ramping up deliveries and deployment activities. Additional carts are being delivered to customers and deployment schedules are being accelerated as retailers continue to expand their smart cart programs. The combination of scaled manufacturing capabilities in China and expanded deployment operations in Israel positions Cust2Mate to support a growing pipeline of retailer programs worldwide while maintaining efficient delivery timelines and operational execution.

“This is a major milestone for Cust2Mate,” said Gadi Graus, CEO of A2Z Cust2Mate. “With our mass production facilities in China now fully operational, production running at scale, and shipments underway, we have significantly strengthened our ability to serve retailers around the world. At the same time, we are accelerating deliveries and deployments at Israel to support growing customer demand. These achievements reflect the progress we have made in scaling our operations and position us well for continued global growth.”

About A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp.

A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: AZ) makes in-store retail smarter by connecting retailers, brands, and shoppers at the Smart Cart. Cust2Mate transforms everyday shopping carts into AI-powered, connected commerce platforms that elevate the in-store experience, turning each visit into a seamless, personalized, and rewarding journey. The Smart Cart platform helps retailers and brands grow revenue through targeted retail media and real-time shopper engagement at the moment purchase decisions are made. It delivers actionable, real-time data that provides full visibility into in-store shopper behavior and decision-making. With its modular, state-of-the-art technology, Cust2Mate enables retailers to increase revenue, optimize store operations, and mitigate loss across their chains at scale. For more information on A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp. and its subsidiary, Cust2Mate Ltd., please visit www.cust2mate.com

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Genesis Computing Announced as Validated Technology Partner of Databricks

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NEW YORK, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Genesis Computing, the agentic data engineering platform, today announced it has become a Validated Technology Partner of Databricks, the Data and AI company.

Through the partnership, Genesis’s pretrained autonomous agents can now deploy directly within Databricks environments, enabling enterprises to automate complex data engineering workflows securely inside their own infrastructure.

Genesis provides autonomous agents purpose-built for enterprise data engineering. Powered by the Genesis Context Graph, the platform gives agents contextual awareness of enterprise systems, workflows, governance policies, and business context by continuously learning from an organization’s existing data estate.

Deployed directly within customers’ own environment, including Databricks, and other major cloud and data platforms, Genesis transforms fragmented institutional knowledge into operational assets that agents can act on autonomously.

Why This Matters for Databricks Customers

For Databricks customers, Genesis agents automate data engineering tasks such as complex migrations, data pipeline RCAs and customer data onboarding directly within the Databricks platform while understanding Delta Lake assets, respecting Unity Catalog governance, and executing workflows using existing enterprise tools.

Data never leaves their Databricks account.

Governance is enforced by design which means Databricks customers can automate pipeline development, legacy migrations, data catalog management, testing, and documentation while maintaining compliance and data residency requirements—all natively within their trusted Databricks platform built on lakehouse architecture.

Customer Results

Genesis delivers outcomes, not just co-pilot suggestions, through autonomous agents that execute end-to-end data engineering work, embedding semantic understanding in agent workflows, and natively handling structured and unstructured data preparation.

Real results: Healthcare data platform Abacus Insights, deployed Genesis agents within Databricks to automate customer data mapping and pipeline creation, reducing deployment timelines from months to weeks, accelerating discovery and mapping from weeks to days, cutting pipeline engineering effort by more than 50%.

About Genesis Computing

Founded in 2024 by data and financial industry luminaries, Matt Glickman and Justin Langseth, Genesis Computing is the autonomous data engineering platform built from the ground up to address the growing complexity of enterprise data engineering and the industry-wide data labor shortage. Genesis deploys AI agents securely within enterprise environments to deliver end-to-end data engineering outcomes and transform institutional knowledge into operational intelligence.

Learn more at genesiscomputing.ai

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