Less than a year after announcing it was being built, Byio has surpassed more than 1.5 million verified registrations worldwide. Ninety days into beta, organic word of mouth demand has outpaced onboarding, without outside capital or a marketing budget.

DETROIT, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Less than one year after officially announcing it was building a new social platform, Byio (By Invite Only) has surpassed more than 1.5 million verified registrations worldwide, reaching the milestone just 90 days after opening beta.

Registration is free. Membership is free. As demand accelerated beyond the company’s onboarding pace, people began voluntarily paying to have their registrations reviewed sooner or to receive instant access consideration when capacity becomes available. Neither option guarantees admission, but the response has become one of Byio’s strongest indicators of market demand.

For consumer technology companies, demand is typically measured after users gain access to a product. Byio is seeing a different signal. Long before many registrants receive an invitation, some are choosing to pay simply to move through the registration process more quickly, underscoring the level of interest surrounding the platform despite free registration and free membership.

Beta opened on May 1, 2026. Approximately 400,000 people had registered by May 13. Fewer than three months later, verified registrations have grown to more than 1.5 million as members livestream, post, gift, earn and cash out while Byio continues expanding onboarding to meet demand.

The platform’s growth now spans North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Oceania, with verified registrations from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Nigeria, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and dozens of other countries.

The pace of growth has also compressed an unusually short timeline. Byio officially announced it was being built in September 2025. Eight months later, beta opened. Ninety days after that, registrations exceeded 1.5 million worldwide, transforming what began as a platform under development into one managing global demand while continuing to expand access.

“We built Byio believing it would be used by millions of people,” said R.M. Easterly, Founder and CEO of Byio. “What surprised us was not the vision, it was the speed. Our priority today is not creating demand. It is responsibly welcoming the community that is already here while continuing to build for the future.”

Byio reached this milestone without outside capital, venture funding, institutional investment, crowdfunding, a marketing budget, celebrity backing or an established Silicon Valley network. The company’s global growth has been driven through organic community word of mouth.

Registration remains open worldwide for adults 18 and older as Byio continues expanding access. Learn more or register for consideration at www.byio.com.

About Byio

Byio (By Invite Only) is the first invite-only consumer social marketplace app founded, funded, led and built by Black women. Designed for adults 18 and older, Byio empowers its community to decide who gets invited and who stays while combining social networking, live streaming, creator monetization, and commerce into a single AI-native platform.

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New research highlights a growing disconnect between widespread acceptance of AI and concerns about the infrastructure needed to support it

CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Americans have largely embraced artificial intelligence, but they remain conflicted about the local infrastructure needed to support it, according to a new study from Reach3 Insights. Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Americans living in communities with existing or proposed data center developments say reducing pressure on local energy, water and infrastructure is more important than gaining access to faster, more advanced AI-powered digital services.

“Questions about AI infrastructure involve more than whether people support or oppose local data centers,” said Leigh Admirand, executive vice president at Reach3 Insights. “We designed this study to let people explain their views in their own words through conversational follow-up questions and video responses, alongside structured survey questions. That approach provided a deeper understanding of how people think about the tradeoffs between AI, local resources and community impacts.”

The study found broad acceptance of AI itself. Nine in 10 Americans (90%) say AI is here to stay, 81% say it helps them get things done faster and 59% have a positive view of the technology. Yet support changes when respondents consider the infrastructure required to power those services.

While 59% say data centers are necessary to support AI and other digital services, respondents also expressed concerns about their local impacts. The leading concerns include increased electricity demand that could raise utility bills (70%), pressure on local water resources (69%) and noise (53%). Nearly nine in 10 (89%) say companies should provide greater benefits to communities that host data centers.

Among the study’s other findings:

Experience with AI is associated with more favorable views of data centers. AI users are substantially more likely than non-users to support local data center development (43% versus 12%) and to believe AI will have a positive impact on society (58% versus 6%).Support varies across generations. Millennials ages 25-44 report the highest AI adoption and the strongest support for local data center development, while Gen Z adults ages 18-24 report lower AI usage and are among the least supportive of local data centers.Many Americans associate data centers with AI, but fewer recognize the same infrastructure supports many everyday digital services. While 71% recognize AI requires data centers, fewer than half associate them with cloud storage (49%), social media (41%), streaming video (40%) or messaging (29%).

The research was conducted among U.S. adults living in ZIP codes with existing, proposed or anticipated hyperscale or AI data center developments. Participants completed an eight-minute conversational survey on the Rival Technologies platform that combined structured questions with AI-powered Smart Probing and text- and video-based open-ended responses.

View study results here: https://reach3insights.com/hubfs/AI-Infrastructure-Paradox.html

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Reach3 Insights is an award-winning, full-service strategic insights consultancy helping leading brands uncover deeper truths and turn human understanding into business impact. Combining industry expertise with AI-driven conversational research methodologies, Reach3 captures the context, emotions and motivations behind consumer behavior for brands like Coca-Cola, Warner Bros. Discovery, PayPal, Samsung and Mars. Through agile research design and story-driven activation, Reach3 delivers richer, more authentic insights that inspire confident decisions and measurable growth. Part of Rival Group, Reach3 was recognized as a Top 5 most innovative full-service agency in Greenbook’s 2025 GRIT report. reach3insights.com

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MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LanguageLine Solutions has been selected to exhibit at the Vizient® Innovative Technology Exchange, where it will showcase its AI Translation App, a secure, enterprise-grade platform that enables healthcare organizations to translate text, documents, audio, and video in more than 130 languages using AI with integrated governance and optional professional human review.

The annual event, which brings together supply chain and clinical leaders from Vizient client hospitals, will be held Sept. 24 in Las Vegas.

The 2026 Innovative Technology Exchange offers selected suppliers the unique opportunity to demonstrate their products or services to supply chain and clinical leaders from Vizient’s client hospitals, as well as the subject matter experts who serve on its supply councils. Each product or service will showcase its potential to improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient safety, or advance healthcare delivery and business performance.

Purpose-built for healthcare, the LanguageLine AI Translation App combines advanced artificial intelligence with enterprise-grade governance, AI-driven risk assessment, automated quality estimation, customizable healthcare terminology, and robust security controls to help organizations communicate more safely across languages. The platform enables healthcare providers to quickly translate multilingual content while maintaining oversight appropriate to the clinical importance of each communication.

A key differentiator is the app’s hybrid workflow, which allows users to seamlessly escalate content from AI translation to qualified professional linguists within the same platform whenever greater accuracy or regulatory oversight is required. By combining AI efficiency with human expertise, the solution helps healthcare organizations improve operational efficiency, reduce translation costs, support compliance with language access requirements, and expand equitable access to care without compromising quality or trust.

“Healthcare providers need AI translation they can actually trust,” said Simon Yoxon-Grant, President and CEO of LanguageLine Solutions. “They need technology that makes them more efficient without losing sight of when a human needs to be involved. Our AI Translation App does both. We’re proud that Vizient chose us to showcase it at the Innovative Technology Exchange.”

“The Innovative Technology Exchange provides a distinctive platform for healthcare providers to engage with products and services that may influence the healthcare landscape and enhance clinical care or organizational business models,” said Kelly Flaharty, associate vice president of contract operations, Vizient. “We are pleased to extend an invitation to LanguageLine to participate in the Exchange.” 

The annual Innovative Technology Exchange is part of Vizient’s Innovative Technology Program, which includes provider-led reviews of supplier-submitted technologies. Since 2003, Vizient has evaluated more than 1,700 product submissions through the program.

About LanguageLine Solutions

LanguageLine has been the world leader in innovative multilingual content solutions for over 40 years. The company sets the global standard for audio, video, and onsite interpreting, as well as translation, localization, and testing and training for bilingual staff and interpreters. LanguageLine is trusted by more than 30,000 clients to enable communication with individuals who are limited English proficient, Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. Let us be your total language solutions partner, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. 

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