Expanded Program Provides Practical Framework for Professionals Seeking to Build AI Automation Consulting Businesses Serving Small and Medium-Sized Companies

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AI Profit Consulting, a business coaching and training company focused on AI-powered automation consulting, has announced the expansion of its AI Automation Consulting Training Program designed to help experienced professionals build recurring-revenue consulting businesses that serve small and medium-sized companies. The expanded program provides participants with practical training, implementation strategies, and ongoing support for launching and scaling AI automation consulting services across multiple industries.

Founded by entrepreneur Paul Bocco, AI Profit Consulting has developed a structured educational platform that helps professionals identify opportunities within the growing automation sector while providing guidance on client acquisition, service delivery, pricing strategies, compliance considerations, and operational systems. The program is specifically designed to support individuals interested in delivering AI-powered business solutions to owner-operated service businesses such as HVAC contractors, roofers, electricians, plumbers, landscapers, and other local service providers.

The expansion reflects increasing demand among business owners seeking practical ways to leverage artificial intelligence and automation technologies to improve efficiency, streamline operations, and enhance customer engagement. Through its updated curriculum and support resources, AI Profit Consulting aims to equip participants with the knowledge and systems needed to enter the AI consulting marketplace with a structured approach.

Responding to Growing Demand for AI-Powered Business Solutions

As artificial intelligence continues to become more accessible to organizations of all sizes, many small and medium-sized businesses are actively exploring opportunities to improve operational performance through automation. However, business owners often face challenges when evaluating technology solutions, selecting implementation strategies, and integrating new systems into existing workflows.

AI Profit Consulting was established to help bridge that gap by training professionals to become trusted advisors who can assist businesses with identifying, implementing, and managing automation solutions that address real-world operational challenges.

The expanded training program focuses on practical business applications rather than theoretical concepts. Participants learn how AI-powered tools can support lead management, customer communications, appointment scheduling, workflow automation, follow-up systems, and other operational processes that are critical to service-based businesses.

According to the company, the goal is to help participants develop consulting businesses that provide measurable value to clients while creating recurring revenue opportunities through ongoing service relationships.

The program incorporates structured guidance across multiple business disciplines, including sales methodology, prospecting, lead generation, pricing models, fulfillment systems, client onboarding, and service delivery processes. Participants also gain access to technology resources designed to simplify implementation and support long-term client success.

By focusing on practical execution and business outcomes, AI Profit Consulting seeks to prepare participants to serve organizations that may not have internal technology teams but still require modern automation capabilities to remain competitive in evolving markets.

Building on Decades of Entrepreneurial and Business Development Experience

The expansion of the training program builds upon the extensive business experience of founder Paul Bocco, who has spent more than twenty-five years building companies and helping entrepreneurs grow their operations.

Since launching his first business in 2000, Bocco has built six companies that achieved multi-seven-figure revenues while working with more than 1,000 business owners across a variety of industries. His background includes direct-response marketing, sales systems development, operational strategy, business coaching, and customer acquisition methodologies.

Prior to founding AI Profit Consulting, Bocco established a reputation for helping business owners implement scalable growth systems designed to improve revenue generation and operational efficiency. His work has supported organizations in sectors including marketing services, e-commerce, coaching, and consumer financial services.

The company’s educational model reflects this entrepreneurial foundation by emphasizing implementation over theory. Rather than focusing solely on technology, the program teaches participants how to package, position, market, and deliver consulting services that address common operational challenges faced by small business owners.

The expanded training curriculum includes step-by-step frameworks that help participants understand how to identify target markets, communicate value propositions, structure service offerings, and create sustainable business models around AI-powered automation services.

In addition to technical instruction, members receive access to ongoing coaching, peer collaboration opportunities, and mastermind-style support designed to encourage continued growth beyond the initial training period.

The company believes this combination of practical business education and implementation support provides participants with a comprehensive pathway into the rapidly growing automation consulting sector.

Supporting Long-Term Growth Through Education, Community, and Implementation

A key component of AI Profit Consulting’s expanded program is its focus on long-term business development rather than short-term training outcomes.

Participants receive access to an eight-week coaching framework that combines education, implementation guidance, and community support. The program is designed to help members move from initial business planning through client acquisition and service delivery while developing repeatable systems that support ongoing growth.

The company also maintains a collaborative community environment where participants can exchange insights, discuss implementation strategies, and learn from the experiences of other consultants operating in different markets.

According to AI Profit Consulting, the expansion represents a broader commitment to helping professionals capitalize on opportunities created by advances in artificial intelligence while maintaining a practical, client-focused approach to business development.

As organizations continue to evaluate how automation technologies can improve efficiency and productivity, demand for knowledgeable consultants capable of guiding implementation efforts is expected to remain strong. Through its expanded training platform, AI Profit Consulting aims to help professionals develop the skills, systems, and confidence required to meet that demand.

The company plans to continue enhancing its educational resources, implementation tools, and community support offerings as the automation marketplace evolves, providing members with ongoing access to current strategies and emerging business opportunities.

By combining entrepreneurial experience, structured training, and practical implementation methodologies, AI Profit Consulting seeks to support a new generation of consultants helping businesses navigate the growing role of artificial intelligence in everyday operations.

About AI Profit Consulting

AI Profit Consulting is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based business coaching and training company founded by Paul Bocco. The company helps experienced professionals build recurring-revenue consulting businesses focused on AI-powered automation solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Through structured training programs, coaching, implementation frameworks, and community support, AI Profit Consulting equips members with practical strategies for launching and scaling automation consulting services across a variety of industries.

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The $100,000 Linda G. O’Bryant Prize will recognize bold new research frameworks investigating Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) at the intersection of consciousness and physics.

NOVATO, Calif., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) proudly announces the fourth annual Linda G. O’Bryant Noetic Sciences Research Prize. This year’s prize will be awarded to a groundbreaking proposal that offers a bold, scientifically rigorous inquiry into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP; formerly “UFOs”) as an emerging phenomenon that encompasses both consciousness research and fundamental physical sciences. With a grant of $100,000, the 2026 award challenges researchers to move beyond traditional aerospace or national security framing and investigate how UAP relate to our understanding of reality, perception, and the foundations of scientific knowledge.

“After years of careful deliberation, IONS has now committed to taking its place as a thought leader on this evolutionary scientific frontier — one that has always been part of the legacy of our founder, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell,” said Executive Chair Claudia Welss.

According to IONS leadership, the Linda G. O’Bryant Prize was created to catalyze revolutionary discoveries and bring rigorous scientific methods to topics previously left on the cultural fringe. As UAP move into serious governmental and scientific attention, attending to the consciousness and noetic dimensions of the phenomenon is critical to navigating the frontier of science and humanity’s understanding of the nature of reality.

By focusing on this theme for the current prize, IONS builds directly on decades of advancing frameworks that challenge conventional, materialist assumptions about the relationship between mind and the physical world. While mainstream discourse on UAP has focused largely on engineering anomalies, a substantial and growing body of encounter narratives, case documentation, and official congressional and executive branch records points toward a connection between these phenomena and human consciousness. Reported elements including apparent telepathic communication, the responsiveness of physical phenomena to human attention or intention, and profound alterations in awareness, suggest that UAP may not be explainable within a strictly materialist framework. Understanding the UAP phenomenon may require a new, consciousness-inclusive model of reality.

“With this year’s framing of the Linda G. O’Bryant prize, we aim to bring the potentially civilization-altering UAP disclosure process into the open domain of public science. The phenomenon deserves the attention of free and collaborative science to benefit the whole of our human family,” said IONS president Thomas Brophy.

The 2026 prize aims to advance research that can bridge the gaps between subjective encounter narratives, physical evidence, and testable models of reality. IONS invites multidisciplinary proposals that look at the phenomenon with a high degree of intellectual humility, applying sophisticated frameworks from fields such as physics, psychology, cognitive science, data science, anthropology, or the philosophy of science.

Proposals submitted for the 2026 prize should seek to:

Propose testable hypotheses or models that integrate the physical and consciousness aspects of UAP encounters.Outline rigorous research designs to evaluate encounter narratives, case documentation, or physical data using advanced scientific methods.Address the broader scientific, philosophical, and cultural implications of UAP research on our understanding of consciousness and reality.

Phase 1 applications—letters of intent—are due by July 22, 2026. Finalists will be invited to submit full proposals, due by September 7, 2026, and the winner will be announced between October 23–25, 2026. The prize is open to individual researchers and multidisciplinary teams, with principal investigators required to have relevant scientific or academic qualifications.

Noetic sciences is a multidisciplinary field that combines objective science with subjective experience to explore the nature of consciousness, reality, and human potential. Since its founding over 50 years ago, IONS has been a pioneering force at the frontier of science, dedicated to understanding how consciousness interacts with the physical world.

To learn more about the prize and how to apply, visit noetic.org/prize.

About the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS)

The Institute of Noetic Sciences is a nonprofit scientific research center and direct experience lab specializing in the intersection of science and profound human experience. Founded in 1973 by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, IONS investigates consciousness, interconnectedness, and extended human capacities to help foster a more compassionate and thriving world. Learn more at www.noetic.org.

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Expands Sunshine.AI suite to introduce sovereign-ready AI foundational and physical AI platforms, as well as agentic assistant capabilities Strengthens partnerships across industries including healthcare, transport, and education, to scale AI deploymentAdvances specialist talent to help organisations put AI to work on enterprise-scale transformation across their operationsLaunches a practitioner’s playbook, drawing from 100+ AI projects to guide clients on getting measurable returns from their AI investments

SINGAPORE, July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NCS today announced an expanded Sunshine.AI suite of sovereign, enterprise-grade AI platforms and products, formed new sector-specific partnerships, and committed to training next-generation AI talent. Together, these enable organisations to move from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale transformation with the speed, security, and governance they need. The initiatives were unveiled at its annual technology forum, NCS AI Impact 2026.

NCS CEO Sam Liew said, “The real opportunity isn’t incremental improvement. It’s redesigning core operations for exponential outcomes. To deploy AI at scale, organisations need the right partners: those who combine deep industry expertise with enterprise-grade, sovereign platforms built for real-world governance and security. They also need a strong ecosystem behind them. As an AI-led tech services company, this is exactly what we have built NCS to do. As Singapore advances its national AI agenda, we are committed to helping our clients turn that ambition into real, measurable outcomes.”

To enable enterprise-wide AI transformation, NCS brings together platforms, products, specialist talent, industry partnerships, and practical implementation experience. As a result, clients can put AI to work better, faster, and safer, with security and governance built in from the start.

Enterprise-ready platforms and products to put AI into production

For organisations that need to deploy AI within their own environments while maintaining full data control, NCS’ expanded Sunshine.AI suite provides sovereign, enterprise-grade AI with safety, governance, and compliance built in from day one. Built by practitioners for practitioners, the multi-model and multi-modal portfolio spans an AI foundational platform to Physical AI. This includes:

Sunshine.core: the AI foundational platform to build and operate production-grade AI agents. Its library of reusable, mix-and-match components means teams do not need to rebuild common infrastructure.Sunshine.builder: an AI-powered application that lets business analysts build software applications without writing code, translating business requirements into working systems, allowing users to define what they need, analyse how it will work, validate that it meets their requirements, and deploy solutions.Sunshine.chilliclaw: an enterprise-ready AI assistant that embeds agentic intelligence directly into the software employees already use – from productivity suites to business systems such as ERP.Sunshine.commanderAI: a Physical AI platform that connects AI with real-world robotics, it acts as a single command centre for multi-vendor robot fleets, with safety and security controls built for deployment at scale.  NCS also launched RAMP (Robot and AI in-Motion Programme), a by-invitation sandbox where NCS, AWS Generative AI Innovation Centre (GenAIIC), Dell Technologies, and NVIDIA collaborate to build client solutions across Public Safety, Smart Buildings, and Physical Operations.Sunshine.guardian: NCS’ AI safety and assurance engine for agentic AI in production. It follows a simple cycle: watch each agent closely, test it by simulating real attacks, and fix any issues automatically. Along the way, it produces audit-ready records that meet trusted standards.

NCS has also upgraded its proven tools with agentic AI capabilities: Sunshine.coder, which has lifted developer productivity and quality by 15%; Sunshine.operations, which has cut IT incident escalations by 40%; Sunshine.productivity, which saves employees over two hours a week. These upgrades are complemented by Sunshine.kaisense, NCS’ advanced video AI platform for real-time monitoring and analysis.

Sector and technology partnerships

NCS is deploying AI in sectors where it must prove it works under real-world constraints – including healthcare, transport, and education. From helping patients recover faster, to closing learning gaps for students and freeing clinicians from routine work, these partnerships combine the sector’s domain knowledge with NCS’ technology expertise. These demonstrate how AI can deliver measurable outcomes in high-stakes regulated environments, beyond controlled pilots.

Healthcare:  NCS signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IHH Healthcare to establish a Joint AI Centre of Excellence. This Centre will co-develop and deploy AI solutions across IHH’s multinational network to enhance clinical excellence, operational efficiency, and cost management.With NHG Health, NCS is deploying agentic AI across pilot areas such as biometric identification, digital pathology, and HR transformation to streamline operations, strengthen clinical workflows, and improve patient outcomes.
 Education:With Ngee Ann Polytechnic, NCS is deploying an AI Tutor that closes individual learning gaps. In a recent pilot, adult learners reported a positive impact. NCS is also embedding its Sunshine.coder tool into the institution’s ICT curriculum to build a pipeline of AI-native talent.

Transport:With South Korea’s Autonomous A2Z, NCS is building an autonomous shuttle service for its employees, integrating the ROii vehicle with NCS’ RobotManager platform to create an operational blueprint for future client projects.

Enterprise AI:NCS is partnering with Alibaba Cloud, a leading global provider of AI infrastructure and the intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, to accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI solutions for diverse sectors across the region. By combining Alibaba Cloud, as well as Qwen’s AI platforms and foundation models with NCS’ expertise in AI governance, security, systems integration, and implementation, the partnership enables organisations to adopt AI securely while optimising performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Physical AI and Healthtech: NCS is expanding into Physical AI and human-centric care through exoskeleton technology and integrated healthcare solutions, working with:Fourier Rehab, a global leader in rehabilitation technology, to deploy medical exoskeletons to accelerate patient recovery.Hypershell, the world’s leading consumer exoskeleton brand, to advance all-terrain exoskeletons that extend mobility beyond the hospital, into daily life and demanding work environments.iMedWay, a leading healthcare IT solutions provider, to deliver comprehensive digital solutions to achieve data-driven efficiency and better patient outcomes.LinkDoc, to bring AI-driven clinical trials and regulatory innovation to healthcare clients across Asia Pacific, strengthening NCS’ healthcare technology offerings. LinkDoc is a healthcare AI technology company transforming clinical trials through data and advanced AI to accelerate research for drugs and medical devices, advancing innovation across the life sciences industry.

Today’s announcements add to the growing ecosystem of best-in-class technology partners NCS has built throughout the year. These include AI leader Mistral AI, data platform pioneer VAST Data, humanoid robotics specialist AGIBOT, and enterprise AI deployment company Lian Xin. Together, they give NCS and its clients access to a comprehensive range of technologies from across the global AI landscape.

Talent and skills partnerships

Scaling AI requires leaders who can combine their deep domain expertise with AI fluency. In support of Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0, NCS is building this combination from early-career professionals to C-suite leaders to develop AI talent at every career stage.

For Senior Leaders: NCS is partnering with leading institutions – Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), represented by SJTU Asia-Pacific Graduate Institute, and AI Singapore (AISG), to develop and deliver a range of Applied AI masterclasses. Designed for senior executives, the curriculum addresses the practical challenges of deploying AI at scale, featuring role-specific courses such as AI Economics for finance leaders and AI Governance for risk leaders.For Specialist AI Talent: NCS has partnered with Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) to accelerate its AI transformation and sharpen its competitive edge. Through targeted workforce development, NCS will hire more than 130 AI practitioners over three years, building advanced and differentiated AI capabilities in its AI Central team, as well as specialised expertise in its sectoral teams for Singapore’s connectivity sector. 

A practitioner’s guide to ’10X’ AI returns

NCS today also released the NCS AI Playbook – a practitioner-led blueprint distilled from more than 100 AI projects. It is organised around two questions every enterprise must answer: “Are we doing the right things, and are we doing things right?”

Key points include:

The 3R Framework reframes AI from cost-cutting to value creation: Return on Customer, Return on Employee, and Return on Future.The Five U’s of Failed AI name the root causes of stalled programmes: Unclear cost, Unchanged business processes, Unready data, Ungoverned agent development, and Unknown security and safety risks.The Four Execution Pillars – Cheaper, Better, Faster and Safer – operationalise AI with rigour.Cheaper token strategy and model selection: Every task consumes tokens, and costs compound when left unmanaged. Treating tokens as a managed cost on the balance sheet, monitored and controlled rather than left to run, and matching each task to the right-sized model instead of defaulting to the priciest frontier model, cuts costs by up to 82% and speeds up responses by three to ten times.Better AI-ready data and workflow redesign: AI is only as reliable as the data behind it, so grounding AI in clean, well-governed data sharply reduces the errors and hallucinations that erode trust and create business and legal risk. The biggest gains then come not from bolting AI onto legacy processes, but from reimagining the workflow itself, targeting the right use cases first.Faster NCS AI accelerators: Rebuilding components that already exist elsewhere wastes a substantial share of project effort. NCS’ reusable, pre-tested building blocks cut this out, so teams build once and deploy many times.Safer built-in assurance: As AI begins to act and not just advise, it becomes both a target and a potential threat actor. Safety guardrails and AI-against-AI cyber defence, applied from day one, protect against a fast-evolving threat landscape.

Applied together, these pillars unlock the highest returns, moving enterprises away from low, short-term ROI towards long-term transformative growth. The platforms, partnerships, and talent programmes launched today put these practices into action.

Underpinning these initiatives is a new operating structure that brings sector expertise closer to clients. NCS has reorganised into 10 industry-specific Operating Groups, supported by two Service Organisations: Applications and Communications Engineering (ACE) for AI-agent-led delivery, and Digital Resilience (DR) for secure and resilient operations. This structure is anchored by the newly created AI Central team, which drives strategy, accelerates innovation, and ensures the safe and responsible adoption of AI across the organisation.

About NCS 
NCS is a leading AI tech services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.

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