BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Galaxea AI concluded its “Productivity Awakening” exhibition at the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC). Unlike typical motion‑focused robot showcases, the firm presented over ten multi‑scenario demos to show its full‑stack strength and embodied AI generalization, illustrating embodied AI’s shift from lab research to reliable industrial deployment.

Galaxea AI unveiled the world’s first closed‑loop robotic dark‑store fulfillment system for live mini‑program orders. Requiring no case‑specific reprogramming, it processed tens‑of‑thousands of SKUs, random item placement and task disruptions, resolving deformable‑bag manipulation challenges. Throughout the event, it completed 900 full‑cycle orders, 1,775 picks and 1,560 packing cycles to prove its stable performance.

The firm also demonstrated the world’s first robot‑on‑robot assembly application. Drawing on vision positioning, dual‑arm coordination and force‑feedback, plus reinforcement‑learning‑driven embodied foundation models, it achieved over 30% speed gain compared to manual teaching for long‑cycle mass‑production assembly.

Galaxea AI premiered Nexo, its new‑generation wheeled dual‑arm robot with 30 degrees of freedom, 20 kg dual‑arm payload and 8‑hour runtime for manufacturing, logistics and commercial services. Lemo developer platform and Kengo bipedal humanoid rounded out its product portfolio.

Additional demos including biped‑robot parkour training, resilient carton folding, arbitrary‑object grasping and industrial‑part sorting used intentional perturbations of position offsets and random poses to mimic real-world uncertainties. The carton‑folding demo delivered 4,000 stable daily cycles under repeated interference.

In his keynote, Founder and CEO Jiyang Gao unveiled the “1+3+N” strategy. Built around the “Hardware + Intelligence” principle, it pairs Galaxea Dynamics for robot hardware with Galaxea Model for embodied foundation models, covering three core product lines and broad industry deployment via partner ecosystems.

“Our focus is not on flashy one‑off stunts. We build robots that understand objectives, adapt to changes and make autonomous decisions. Every real‑world demo on our booth brings us one step closer to this long‑term goal,” said Gao.

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Founded in September 2023, Galaxea AI independently builds embodied‑AI foundation models and robots under its “Hardware + Intelligence” strategy. It serves nearly 100 leading global clients including Stanford University, Physical Intelligence (π) and Huawei. To learn more, visit galaxea-dynamics.com.

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The Scout Program, developed by The AmeriFlex Group, creates complete profiles for hundreds of advisors in need of succession planning support in minutes

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The AmeriFlex Group® (or “the firm”), an advisor-owned hybrid RIA recognized for its planning-first approach and succession solutions, today announced it has developed a proprietary AI-enabled program that analyzes hundreds of firms and creates comprehensive profiles of each in the time it once took to review a single practice. The program, called Scout, is currently being tested in five key markets for The AmeriFlex Group® and will be rolled out nationally next year.

“Scout is a gold miner that quickly and efficiently identifies financial advisors who are at or near succession in their practices, allowing our team to focus more on helping them maximize the value of their own life’s work,” said Thomas Goodson, founder and CEO of The AmeriFlex Group®. “By developing this program, we can move more quickly to bring together advisors entering the final stage of their careers with advisors hungry for additional growth, while focusing on the critical cultural aspects of these connections. This program frees us up to build our firm sustainably.”

How Scout Works

Built in part with Anthropic’s Claude AI solution, the team applies this tool to a variety of public and proprietary data sources to develop a profile of firms that may need support with long-term succession planning. Using these profiles, The AmeriFlex Group’s succession specialists can more efficiently initiate conversations and engagement with more practices, while freeing them up to ensure a personalized and smooth transition.

“The scale of the succession crisis required a different approach and a new set of solutions,” said Jesse Kurrasch, Chief Operating Officer of The AmeriFlex Group®. “This tool enables our team to help more advisors, scale our business and ensure we have the time and resources to give these advisors the support they rightfully expect as they consider the final chapter in their working lives.”

By leveraging this program, along with other growth initiatives, The AmeriFlex Group® expects to expand its advisor ranks by 100 advisors in the next 24 months. Earlier this year, the firm announced it welcomed 18 advisors to the platform, representing more than $1.7 billion in total client assets in the first half of 2026. In January, the firm announced it had secured a strategic minority investment from its broker-dealer partner, Cambridge Investment Research. 

About The AmeriFlex Group®
The AmeriFlex Group® is recognized as The Home for Hybrids® (www.HomeForHybrids.com) — BD/RIA Transitional Wealth Planners™. The RIA is owned and operated by its advisor members and partners. Securities offered through Registered Representatives of Cambridge Investment Research, Inc., a broker-dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through The AmeriFlex Group®, a Registered Investment Adviser. Cambridge is a minority owner of The AmeriFlex Group®. Other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Cambridge.

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Four musical films capture the personal growth that unfolds when people care for their mental health

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Grow Therapy (Grow) today launched “Key Change,” its first national brand campaign, reframing a pervasive assumption: that mental health care is something earned by reaching a breaking point.

People have internalized this belief. In the latest national survey, 73% of adults who believed they needed mental health care but didn’t get it said it was because they thought they should be able to handle it on their own. It is as if people have to be deemed sick enough to deserve support.

“Key Change” was made to break that pattern. The campaign’s premise is simple and hopeful: therapy can strengthen how people respond to their feelings, creating small but compounding moments of emotional progress. Instead of dramatic breakdowns or before-and-after arcs, the films celebrate the self-awareness that subtly takes shape when people find the right therapist.

“A lot of mental health marketing depicts therapy only as a fix for when life falls apart. We wanted to challenge that assumption,” said Marshall Ball, SVP of Marketing at Grow Therapy. “Many of our clients come to therapy to build the self-awareness, strength, and resilience to navigate the types of challenges we all face throughout life, with incredible support from a qualified therapist they can afford through their insurance. We want to show people that Grow can play a meaningful role in turning those tests into personal growth and building the life you want.”

For this campaign, Grow chose KDSP (Kirby, Dryer, Sullivan & Partesotti), a senior-led creative agency led by four of advertising’s most awarded and trusted minds, as its strategic and creative partner to lead the development of the brand strategy and foundations, creative platform, campaign development, and integrated production. Grow set a creative standard for the work: it had to capture universal human experiences while revealing the layered and complex inner life underneath.

“Therapy helps you to bring awareness to the little moments in your life where your choices matter. We built our campaign on that,” said Katie O’Keefe, Senior Creative Director at Grow Therapy. “Each film is a moment that will feel familiar to many, but it’s experienced through one person’s highly specific inner monologue. You’re inside their head as they catch an old pattern and choose how to respond instead of reacting.”

Each film is built around an original song that transforms alongside its protagonist. At the moment each character’s point of view shifts, the music rises with them, moving from understated to confident as the work of therapy shows up in the moment. A couple chooses a conversation over silent treatment. A woman chooses mindfulness by observing her thoughts rather than ruminating. A father chooses empathy. A daughter chooses not to give in to passive aggression. Music works as emotional architecture: the song carries the deeper feelings of each character as the camera follows them through an ordinary day.

“Much of the mental health category is built around a problem-and-solution story: something is wrong, therapy fixes it, and you feel better,” said Mollie Partesotti, Co-Founder, Strategy at KDSP. “But that is not how progress actually works. With Grow, we wanted to show the smaller, more human shifts that therapy can make possible. Choosing connection instead of criticism. Holding a boundary with kindness. Returning to a conversation instead of retreating from it. These moments may look small, but they can change the direction of a life.”

“Key Change” is airing in 20 markets, on TV and streaming. Visit Grow’s YouTube channel to watch each film: The Bait; The Other Room; Sports Dad; Hot Dog.

About Grow: 
Grow is a mental health platform that delivers exceptional in-person and online therapy and psychiatric care. Its rigorously vetted national network of 27,000 mental health professionals provides high-quality care covered by insurance, with 230 million Americans able to access Grow through their health plan. Grow Therapy has raised $328 million, and key investors include Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Transformation Capital, TCV, SignalFire, Plus Capital, BCI and Menlo Ventures. More information about Grow Therapy can be found at growtherapy.com.

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