Month: September 2026

Year-Over-Year Sales Growth Climbed From 95% to 111% to 136% Over the Trailing Year, 13 Weeks, and Latest Four Weeks, While Good Twin Delivered Its Strongest Direct-to-Consumer Month Ever

SANTA MARIA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMASS Brands Group (NASDAQ: AMSS) (“AMASS” or “the Company”), a premium, multi-category beverage platform spanning non-alcohol, functional, and alcohol 2.0 products, today announced that Good Twin, the Company’s organic non-alcoholic sparkling wine, grew retail sales 136% year over year during the four weeks ended August 8, 2026, nearly eight times the 17% growth of the broader U.S. non-alcoholic wine category, according to NielsenIQ.¹

Importantly, Good Twin’s growth continues to accelerate rather than moderate. Year-over-year retail sales increased 95% over the trailing 52 weeks, 111% over the trailing 13 weeks and 136% during the latest four-week period, the strongest growth rate of the year. Retail case volume increased 128%, making Good Twin the second-fastest-growing brand among the top 15 non-alcoholic wine brands in the United States.¹

The data also suggests Good Twin’s growth is being driven by consumer demand rather than expanded distribution. Dollar sales per point of distribution increased 75% year over year, the fastest velocity improvement among the top 15 non-alcoholic wine brands, while the brand’s absolute retail velocity ranked among the top three in the category. At the same time, Good Twin gained a statistically significant 0.58 share points within the non- alcoholic wine category while relying more heavily on expanded displays than promotional discounting, indicating healthy consumer demand rather than price-driven volume. ¹

“Good Twin’s growth isn’t just continuing, it’s accelerating,” said Mark Thomas Lynn, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AMASS. “We’re seeing stronger consumer demand across both wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels while the brand still reaches only a fraction of the stores served by many of its largest competitors. When retail velocity is accelerating faster than distribution, it tells us demand is outpacing shelf space. That’s exactly the position we want to be in because it creates a long runway for future growth as we continue expanding distribution.”

Good Twin’s retail momentum continues to strengthen across multiple measures. The brand now ranks as the #13 non-alcoholic wine brand in the U.S., #1 organic non-alcoholic wine priced under $20, #2 organic non-alcoholic wine overall and #6 non-alcoholic sparkling wine nationally. ¹ That retail momentum is being reinforced by record direct-to-consumer performance. August was the strongest month in the brand’s history, surpassing the previous monthly sales record by 11% and July by 15%. Direct-to-consumer revenue increased 569% year over year as order volume rose 500%, while the brand also established new monthly records for orders, customers and average order value. Importantly, that growth was achieved with lower promotional spending than the prior year, demonstrating continued pricing discipline. Returning customers increased roughly sevenfold, subscription orders grew 6.5 times year over year and Good Twin expanded its shipping footprint to 47 states, up from 35 a year earlier.²

_{¹ Source: NielsenIQ, Total US, Non-Alcoholic Wine, latest 4 weeks / 13 weeks / 52 weeks ended August 8, 2026.
² Source: Company Shopify data, August 2026 vs. August 2025.}

About Good Twin

Good Twin is an organic, non-alcoholic sparkling wine made in northern Italy from real Glera grapes, the same varietal used in Prosecco. Good Twin is made with 100% organic wine grapes and is vegan. Good Twin is available online and at retailers, including Whole Foods Market, Erewhon, Safeway, Costco, Gelson’s, and other premier retail locations, as well as bars and restaurants nationwide; full product information is available at drinkgoodtwin.com.

About AMASS Brands Group

AMASS Brands Group (Nasdaq: AMSS) is a next-generation beverage platform built around the brands defining how modern consumers drink, and increasingly, how they don’t. The company’s portfolio spans non-alcohol, functional, and alcohol 2.0 categories, with standout brands across each: Good Twin Non-Alcoholic Wine, a top non-alcoholic wine in the U.S. and one of the fastest-growing in the category; AMASS Electrolytes, a functional disruptor redefining the hydration category; and Summer Water Rosé, the zero-sugar, #1-selling domestic rosé priced between $15 and $20 in the U.S., among others across the portfolio. As moderation trends accelerate, AMASS is positioned to benefit structurally rather than reactively, with margin discipline, cohesive brand architecture, and the multi-brand scalability that supports the Company’s long-term brand and platform growth strategy.

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Leading Residential Roofing Platform Unifies Sales, Production and Customer Management Across its Family of Leading Roofing Brands

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ServiceTitan (Nasdaq: TTAN), the software platform that powers the trades, today announced that Canopy Services, a residential roofing platform backed by Trivest Partners, has standardized operations on ServiceTitan to support continued growth across its expanding family of roofing brands. By bringing sales, production, customer management, and reporting onto a single platform, Canopy has established a repeatable operating model that enables growth while preserving the local expertise and customer relationships that define each brand.

“As roofing businesses grow, they need technology that can support the complexity of their operations without slowing them down,” said Nina Katsman, General Manager of Exteriors at ServiceTitan. “Canopy is a great example of what’s possible when technology providers and roofing operators work together to solve the industry’s unique operational challenges. We’re committed to continuing that collaboration to ensure roofing businesses have the tools they need to grow with confidence.”

Since standardizing operations on ServiceTitan, Canopy has seen measurable success across its entire business, including improvements in the four metrics they focus on to drive the health of their business: call center booking rates, cancelled rates, close rates and average ticket size. ServiceTitan’s end-to-end platform is also giving Canopy’s leadership team real-time visibility across every brand, creating a consistent operational framework to support future growth.

“When we first adopted ServiceTitan, we knew roofing had unique operational needs that weren’t always reflected in traditional field service software. Throughout our partnership, the ServiceTitan team listened to our feedback and continued investing in the platform to better support roofing-specific workflows,” said Tim Russell, CEO of Canopy Services. “For us, it’s about freedom within a framework. ServiceTitan gives each of our brands the ability to serve its local market while providing the consistent operational framework we need to stay aligned and continue growing.”

Unlike traditional field service businesses, roofing contractors manage longer project lifecycles, complex production handoffs and sales-driven workflows that require specialized operational support. Historically, roofing contractors have relied on multiple disconnected systems to manage their sales, production and customer workflows. Working alongside roofing customers like Canopy, ServiceTitan has continued expanding its roofing-specific capabilities to address those operational needs. Today, contractors can manage every stage of the customer journey on a single platform built to support the way roofing businesses operate.

“Having one system across our business has changed the way our team operates every day,” said Scott Knuckles, General Manager of Adam Vaillancourt Roofing & Gutters and a Canopy brand. “Sales, production and leadership are all working from the same information, so we’re spending less time tracking down updates and more time delivering for our customers. We’ve also seen the platform continue to evolve alongside our business, making it easier to manage the unique workflows that matter most to roofing contractors.”

Canopy’s continued investment in ServiceTitan reflects a broader shift across the roofing industry toward unified operating platforms that give contractors clearer visibility into sales, production and customer management as they grow. As contractors continue to modernize their businesses, ServiceTitan remains committed to delivering roofing-specific innovation that helps customers scale with greater efficiency, visibility and consistency.

For more information about ServiceTitan, visit https://www.servicetitan.com/roofing.

About ServiceTitan
ServiceTitan is AI for the trades—a purpose-built agentic operating system designed to automate the workflows that run a contracting business, from enterprise commercial construction to residential field service, exteriors and beyond. The company’s end-to-end solution gives contractors the tools they need to run and grow their business, while providing a stellar customer experience. Learn how ServiceTitan is equipping tradespeople with the AI technology they need to keep the world running at: www.servicetitan.com

About Canopy Services

Canopy Services partners with premier roofing, gutter, and siding companies across the U.S., providing operational and marketing support that enables each brand to grow while preserving its local identity. Learn more at canopyserve.com.

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NEW CANAAN, Conn., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. (OTCQX: NLCP) (the “Company” or “NewLake”), a leading provider of real estate capital to state-licensed cannabis operators, today announced that its board of directors has declared a third quarter 2026 cash dividend of $0.43 per share of common stock. The dividend is equivalent to an annualized dividend of $1.72 per common share and is payable on October 15, 2026, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2026.

About NewLake Capital Partners, Inc.
NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that provides real estate capital to state-licensed cannabis operators through sale-leaseback transactions and third-party purchases and funding for build-to-suit projects. NewLake owns a portfolio of 35 properties, including 15 cultivation facilities and 20 dispensaries, primarily leased to single tenants under triple-net lease agreements. For more information, please visit www.newlake.com.

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New Fortinet Innovation Hub will strengthen collaboration with customers and partners

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced the opening of a new company-owned Innovation Hub in New York City. The new Innovation Hub will give customers and partners in the region greater access to Fortinet experts, hands-on technology demonstrations, executive briefings, and training. The expanded presence will also support closer engagement with organizations, including the financial services sector, as they navigate increasingly complex cybersecurity requirements.

Representing an investment of more than $60 million, the facility underscores Fortinet’s continued commitment to strategic markets and providing customers and partners with greater access to its cybersecurity expertise and resources. The approximately 40,000-square-foot facility, which will support employees across several functions, including sales, is three times the size of Fortinet’s previous New York City office.

“New York City is the world’s most important center for financial services and enterprise business, making it a strategic market for Fortinet. Fortinet has a significant number of customers in New York City who rely on us for leading security, including the top 10 financial services enterprises. Our investment in this new Innovation Hub reflects Fortinet’s long-term approach to being built-to-last in order to support and protect our customers, enabling us to give them greater access to Fortinet experts, technology, local support, training, and collaborative experiences. As our business continues to grow, this facility provides us with the space to continue to hire more professionals to continue scaling for long-term momentum, deepening those relationships and further helping support and protect organizations as they address their evolving cybersecurity needs.”
– John Whittle, Chief Operating Officer, Fortinet

The New York City Innovation Hub will include:

• Fortinet Cloud point of presence (PoP): Building on Fortinet’s global PoP network, this new data center expands our reach while accelerating our investments in AI technology delivery. Powered by Fortinet’s custom ASIC technology, the facility delivers high-performance security processing, an elevated user experience, and significant cost savings for customers.
• Executive Briefing Center: The center is an expanded collaborative environment where customers, partners, and Fortinet experts can come together to discuss cybersecurity strategies, explore Fortinet solutions, and address evolving business and technology requirements.
• Cybersecurity Training Center: The center is a dedicated facility for in-person learning and training, expanding access to Fortinet’s cybersecurity expertise and helping organizations strengthen cybersecurity skills among their teams to address the industry’s skills gap.
• Energy-efficient infrastructure: Fortinet replaced aging electrical and mechanical infrastructure with equipment designed to higher energy-efficiency standards. The building will also use heat recovery from its data center to help heat other areas of the facility, part of Fortinet’s broader sustainability efforts.

The New York City location builds on Fortinet’s growing network of Innovation Hubs worldwide, including Chicago, Atlanta, London, Sydney, and other strategic markets. Together, these locations provide customers and partners around the world with greater access to Fortinet expertise, executive briefings, hands-on training and technology demonstrations to support customers evolving cybersecurity needs.

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• Visit fortinet.com/trust to learn more about Fortinet innovation, collaboration partners, product security processes, and enterprise-grade products. 
• Learn about Fortinet’s free cybersecurity training, which includes broad cyber awareness and product training. The Fortinet Training Institute also provides training and certification through the Network Security Expert (NSE) Certification, Academic Partner, and Education Outreach programs.
• Learn more about FortiGuard Labs threat intelligence and research and Outbreak Alerts, which provide timely steps to mitigate breaking cybersecurity attacks.
• Learn more about Fortinet’s FortiGuard Security Services portfolio.
• Read about how Fortinet customers are securing their organizations.
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About Fortinet
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere our customers need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. More than 1 million lifetime customers trust Fortinet’s solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organizations from both the public and private sectors, including Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTS), government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organization, develops and utilizes leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.

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Proprietary silicon photonic architecture targets critical bandwidth, energy efficiency and 
scalability demands of AI inference

Optical processors aim to cut the energy and bandwidth cost of moving data in AI systems

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Q/C Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCLS) (“Q/C Technologies” or “the Company”), a developer of next-generation optical computing solutions, today announced the appointment of Chief Technology Officer Yossef (“Yossi”) Ehrlichman, Ph.D. Dr. Ehrlichman joined the Company earlier this year as founding manager of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) development and will now lead the Company’s optical processing unit (OPU) program and overall technology strategy.

Dr. Ehrlichman brings 15 years of experience developing and commercializing silicon photonic integrated circuits, spanning device design, foundry process development and volume production. He is a named inventor on issued U.S. patents covering linearized optical digital-to-analog conversion and multi-electrode micro-ring devices — two of the building blocks central to the Company’s OPU architecture.

“Scaling optical computing for AI means addressing the energy and time spent moving data and converting signals between electronics and optics,” said Dr. Ehrlichman. “Our integrated photonics program is developing the components needed to keep data in optical form through more of the computation and bring those components together into scalable systems. These efforts lay the foundation for our long-term goal of integrating optical processing and memory in a complete computing platform. We are taking a staged approach, with clear milestones, and I look forward to reporting our progress.”

“Yossi combines deep silicon photonics experience with a disciplined, milestone-driven engineering approach, and he has already built the foundation of an exceptional team that we are continuing to expand,” said Executive Chairman Joshua Silverman. “With Yossi leading our integrated photonics track alongside our optical AI model for image generation, Q/C Technologies is pursuing optical computing from two complementary directions. We will update shareholders as the program reaches each of its defined milestones.”

About Q/C Technologies, Inc.

Q/C Technologies believes the next leap in frontier computing is optical. The Company is pioneering next-generation optical computing solutions designed to harness the properties of light to perform complex computations naturally via interference. Overcoming key challenges posed by electronic GPUs, Q/C Technologies seeks to develop proprietary optical processing units with orders of magnitude faster clock speed and bandwidth and vastly improved energy efficiency relative to traditional computing architectures. qctechnologies.com

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• Investment led by Clene’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, alongside founding investor Kensington Capital Holdings, Clene’s Chief Executive Officer and other existing shareholders
• $4 million registered direct offering priced at market under Nasdaq rules
• Proceeds are expected to be sufficient to fund the Company to mid-first quarter 2027

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clene Inc. (Nasdaq: CLNN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on ALS, today announced the pricing of a registered direct offering of 1,219,513 shares at a purchase price of $3.28 per share to existing shareholders, including insiders, with total gross proceeds of $4 million. The offering is expected to close on September 17, 2026.

The offering was led by Clene’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, David Matlin, alongside founding investor Kensington Capital Holdings, Clene’s Chief Executive Officer and other existing shareholders.

The offering is expected to provide Clene with sufficient cash to fund its operations through mid-first quarter 2027.

The offering is being made without a placement agent, underwriter, broker or dealer. Clene intends to use the proceeds, together with its existing cash, for expenses primarily related to general corporate purposes, including to fund the effort supporting the continued regulatory dialogue and preparation of regulatory filings for CNM-Au8, including expanded access protocols, potential future commercialization efforts and manufacturing expansion.

The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-286058), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the shares of common stock. Clene will not sell any of the shares of common stock in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Clene
Clene Inc. (Nasdaq: CLNN), along with its subsidiaries, “Clene” and its wholly owned subsidiary Clene Nanomedicine, Inc., is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving mitochondrial health and protecting neuronal function to treat neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. CNM-Au8^® is an investigational first-in-class therapy that improves central nervous system cells’ survival and function via a mechanism that targets mitochondrial function and the NAD pathway while reducing oxidative stress. CNM-Au8^® is a federally registered trademark of Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. The company is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with R&D and manufacturing operations in Maryland. For more information, please visit www.clene.com or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.

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Recognition reflects a successful ground-up restructuring that positions the Harvard spinout to extend its legacy of leadership in closing the quantum applications gap

BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zapata Quantum (OTCQB: ZPTA) (“Zapata,” “Zapata Quantum” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing algorithm and application development, today announced that its CEO, Sumit Kapur, has been selected by The Boston Business Journal for the publication’s annual Power 50: Movement Makers.

The Boston Business Journal chooses honorees who are cultivating positive and impactful changes in business, economic prosperity and community well-being in Greater Boston. Honorees were selected through nominations from the community and the publication’s own editorial team.

“I am honored to be recognized alongside so many outstanding leaders in Boston,” said Kapur. “The credit belongs to the entire Zapata Quantum team and reflects the long arc of innovation that began in Harvard’s quantum computing lab and The Engine built by MIT.”

“Having spent my formative years on Harvard’s campus, I’ve seen firsthand Boston’s position as a hub for advanced technology and spinouts from academia, and we are proud to be a part of that tradition as we continue to build the tools that help organizations close the quantum applications gap, especially as quantum hardware is advancing faster than the applications that will run on it,” Kapur added.

In the last two years, Kapur has seen Zapata through a successful restructuring and repositioning around its original focus to advance the discovery, development and deployment of quantum software applications. As part of that effort, Zapata rebuilt its team around original leadership from Harvard’s quantum computing lab while adding experienced talent from companies including Palantir, Oracle and Northrop Grumman, combining deep quantum expertise with enterprise software and commercialization experience.

During Kapur’s tenure, Zapata has collaborated with NVIDIA, using agentic AI to accelerate quantum algorithm discovery. The Company’s quantum-enabled drug discovery research with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Toronto and Insilico Medicine was also recognized as one of Nature Biotechnology’s Top 10 Papers of 2025, reflecting Zapata’s longstanding scientific leadership and contribution to Boston’s biotechnology research community.

“I’ve served on Zapata’s board since its earliest days, and the past year has been the most consequential stretch in the company’s history,” said Clark Golestani, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Zapata. “Under Sumit’s leadership, the company has been rebuilt around its core strengths, added exceptional talent and deepened relationships with industry leaders like NVIDIA, IBM and QuEra. With momentum building across quantum computing, Zapata is exceptionally well positioned to capture the opportunity emerging at the intersection of advancing quantum hardware and application development.”

To learn more about Zapata, please visit the company’s website.

About Zapata Quantum
Zapata Quantum is a leading hardware-agnostic, pure-play quantum software company focused on accelerating quantum application development. With a portfolio of more than 60 granted and pending patents developed over seven years, Zapata supports applications across cryptography, pharmaceuticals, finance, materials discovery, defense, and more. The Company is the only organization to have participated across all technical areas of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking program and has worked with Fortune 500 enterprises and government agencies to translate quantum advances into real-world impact. The Company’s study demonstrating the potential of quantum-enabled drug discovery was recognized as one of Nature Biotechnology’s Top 10 Papers of 2025.

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), otherwise known as Beyond The Plant Protein Company™, today announced the debut of Beyond Steak Filet at Erewhon locations across Southern California. The launch builds on the recent rollout of Beyond Steak Filet at Wegmans, H-E-B, and Meijer stores, expanding its retail availability and making the tender, juicy plant-based steak cut available to even more consumers.

Made with mycelium and heart-healthy¹ avocado oil, the whole-cut filet delivers 28g of plant protein, 3g of fiber, and just 1g of saturated fat per serving. Beyond Steak Filet is Clean Label Project Certified and Non-GMO Project Verified, aligning with Erewhon’s high ingredient standards and commitment to transparency.

“Beyond Steak Filet reflects our continued commitment to unlocking the superpowers of plants through what we believe is a category-defining innovation,” said Ethan Brown, Founder and CEO of Beyond Meat. “Made with mycelium, it offers a delicious taste and texture while delivering 28g of plant protein and just 1g of saturated fat per serving from avocado oil. Launching Beyond Steak Filet at Erewhon brings this exciting offering to a community that values thoughtfully crafted nutrition and simple ingredients, through a retailer that has long been at the forefront of what’s next in wellness.”

For more information about Beyond Steak Filet, recipes, and availability, visit www.BeyondMeat.com.

About Beyond Meat
Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), otherwise known as Beyond The Plant Protein Company™, is a plant protein company offering a portfolio of plant-based products made with non-GMO ingredients, no added hormones or antibiotics, and 0mg of cholesterol per serving. Founded in 2009, Beyond Meat’s core products are designed to have the same taste and texture as animal-based meat while being better for people and the planet. The company’s brand promise, Eat What You Love^®, represents a strong belief that there is a better way to feed our future and that the positive choices we all make, no matter how small, can have a great impact on our personal health and the health of our planet. By shifting from animal-based protein to plant-based protein, we can positively impact four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources and animal welfare. Visit www.BeyondMeat.com and follow @BeyondMeat on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and LinkedIn.

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About Erewhon
Erewhon is an independent, family-owned Certified B Corporation and Certified Organic Retailer with 14 locations across Southern California. Since 1968, Erewhon has been providing organic, ethically-sourced foods to the communities it serves. It’s committed to sourcing high-quality, nutrient-dense products, backing local growers and brands, and supporting the environment. Recognized for uncompromising quality standards, exceptional customer service, and chef-driven prepared foods, Erewhon sustains a community centered in caring, curiosity, and positive change.

For more information, visit erewhon.com

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¹ Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and as low as possible in trans fat, may reduce the risk of heart disease.

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As high-value AI applications drive explosive memory-footprint growth amid tight supply, new connectivity architectures enhance optimal memory utilization and reuse

Highlights

• New Leo X-Series optimizes token economics: Paired with Astera Labs’ Scorpio X-Series Fabric Switches, Leo X-Series enables fabric-attached memory for long-context, KV-cache-intensive workloads. Platform-specific interfaces and customizable features improve inference performance with up to 62% faster time to first token (TTFT) and up to 22% more tokens per second (TPS). [1]
• New Leo 2 E-Series and P-Series address CPU-attached capacity and rack-scale memory: The expanded Leo family supports CPU-attached DDR4 & DDR5 memory expansion with PCIe® 6, single x16 and dual x8 host connectivity and CXL® 3.2 support. The new E & P-Series Smart Memory Controllers double memory bandwidth and capacity versus the previous generation.
• Reliable memory reuse improves infrastructure TCO: Hyperscale-grade RAS, memory-health management, on-chip hardware engines, and automated repair enable reliable reuse of previously deployed DDR4 DIMMs alongside DDR5 memory in new, high-volume cloud server fleets.
• Growing customer engagement and design-win momentum: The expanded Leo family is driving increased design activity and new design wins across a broadening set of AI labs, hyperscale and neocloud customers.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Astera Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAB), a leader in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for rack-scale AI infrastructure, today announced three new memory connectivity solutions—Leo X-Series and the Leo 2 E & P-Series—extending its hyperscale-proven Leo Smart Memory Controller™ family across direct fabric-attached GPU memory and CPU-attached expansion and pooled/shared memory architectures.

“Agentic AI adoption is outpacing the industry’s ability to provision memory for it, and that gap is widening every quarter,” said Matt Kimball, vice president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “That growth is landing at the worst possible time for memory supply, with DDR5 tight and pricing climbing, so every gigabyte already deployed has to work harder. The new Leo X-Series and Leo 2 E and P-Series Smart Memory Controllers immediately address KV-cache-intensive AI workloads, improve memory utilization, and reliably reuse previously deployed memory across both AI and general-purpose cloud infrastructure, instead of simply buying more of it.”

New Leo X-Series: direct fabric-attached memory for agentic AI
The new Leo X-Series is a fabric-attached Smart Memory Controller purpose-built to directly support AI accelerator-side memory demand. Paired with Astera Labs’ Scorpio fabric switches, using PCIe and platform-specific protocols for scaling up GPUs, Leo X-Series enables direct connectivity to AI fabrics and a dedicated memory tier for offloading KV cache and agent context. As context windows grow and multi-turn sessions retain more prior tokens, larger KV-cache capacity with low-latency and high bandwidth access becomes critical for the highest-value agentic AI inference workloads, helping minimize response times and deliver a more responsive user experience.

By connecting memory directly to the scale-up fabric, Leo X-Series provides a lower-latency and higher bandwidth path for GPU-to-KV-cache access versus architectures that rely solely on CPU-attached memory or NVMe storage tiers. Leo X-Series’ support for PCIe in addition to platform-specific custom interfaces allows hyperscalers and AI platform providers to build a customized memory companion architecture suited to their compute platform rather than a one-size-fits-all design. These capabilities are designed to improve KV-cache performance and token economics, delivering up to 62% lower TTFT and up to 22% more TPS. [1]

Enhanced Leo 2 E-Series and Leo 2 P-Series for memory expansion and pooling/sharing
The enhanced Leo 2 E & P-Series provide complementary approaches to CPU-attached capacity and rack-scale memory utilization that can support AI agents, in-memory databases, and general-purpose cloud workloads. These devices support four DDR4 or DDR5 memory controllers that double memory bandwidth and capacity versus the previous generation, while an optimized chip package fits add-in cards and other designs to optimize DIMM integration density.

• Leo 2 E-Series provides direct CPU-attached CXL 3.2 memory expansion via PCIe 6 x16 host connectivity. It delivers additional memory capacity without requiring another CPU socket and enables infrastructure providers to redeploy previously deployed memory in new, state-of-the-art cloud servers supporting high-volume workloads.
• Leo 2 P-Series enables disaggregated CXL memory architectures with pooling and sharing across hosts, supported by dual-port PCIe 6 x8 connectivity and dynamic capacity management. Hosts can draw pooled memory on demand instead of over-provisioning every server, turning stranded DRAM into a rack-level resource increasing utilization which is critical in a memory supply constrained environment.

A common foundation for reliable, interoperable memory deployment and re-use
Across the Leo family, hyperscale-grade RAS and memory-health management support reliable operation for evolving compute and memory platforms. Purpose-built memory test engines and automated repair engines help extend maximum lifetime for existing memory DIMMs, assist with pre-deployment testing, and identify reliable DIMMs for reuse. Enhanced memory error reporting, event recording, scrubbing, customizable thermal management, and resilient firmware updates help protect workloads and extend memory service life. Workload monitoring, performance profiling, hotness tracking, software-defined data placement, and latency optimization help fine-tune memory placement and access latency for long-context agentic AI and general purpose workloads. Telemetry and management integration, together with Astera Labs’ COSMOS software suite, provides fleet-wide visibility as operators combine previously deployed DDR4, newly deployed DDR5 in modern cloud server fleets, pooled, and accelerator-attached capacity across the rack.

“Agentic AI is where the economics of AI infrastructure are being decided, and those economics depend on putting every usable gigabyte of memory to work,” said Thad Omura, senior vice president, Compute Connectivity Group at Astera Labs. “The enhanced Leo family gives infrastructure providers purpose-built ways to connect memory to accelerators, CPUs, and hosts across the rack—turning previously deployed and stranded capacity into a resource that new AI and cloud workloads can use. We’re seeing that translate into broader customer engagement across AI labs, hyperscalers, and neoclouds.”

The enhanced Leo family was developed by Astera Labs in close collaboration with CPU and GPU ecosystem partners, including AMD, Arm, Intel, and major memory suppliers, alongside additional hyperscale and OEM collaborators. The family is sampling today with hyperscaler customers.

Astera Labs will demonstrate Leo family capabilities—including direct fabric-attached memory for Agentic AI, DDR4 reuse, dynamic memory pooling, and Agentic AI memory tiering with Scorpio X-Series—at AI Infra Summit 2026 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, September 15–17.

Additional Resources:

• Leo Smart Memory Controllers webpage: https://www.asteralabs.com/products/leo-smart-memory-controllers/ 
• “Supercharging Agentic AI: How Leo X-Series Smart Memory Controllers Accelerate Inference With KV Cache Offload” blog: www.asteralabs.com/resources/blog/supercharging-agentic-ai-how-leo-x-series-smart-memory-controllers-accelerate-inference-with-kv-cache-offload/

Ecosystem Support:
Robert Hormuth, corporate vice president, Architecture and Strategy at AMD, said:
“Agentic AI is increasing demand for balanced systems that can move and process more data without sacrificing efficiency. AMD EPYC processors deliver leadership performance, exceptional memory bandwidth and capacity, and high-speed I/O across the broadly deployed x86 platform. Our collaboration with Astera Labs around CXL extends that foundation, giving customers greater flexibility to scale memory-intensive AI and cloud workloads and improve infrastructure utilization.”

Eddie Ramirez, Vice President of Go-To-Market, Cloud AI, Arm, said:
“As AI infrastructure evolves, agentic AI, reinforcement learning and database workloads are driving demand for higher-capacity memory. Arm and Astera Labs are working together to pair Arm AGI CPU with Leo CXL Smart Memory Controllers, helping customers meet these growing requirements while maintaining scalable performance.”

Srini Krishna, Fellow at Intel Data Center Group, said:
“CXL was created to bring greater flexibility and efficiency to memory across the data center. Technologies like Astera Labs’ Leo Smart Memory Controllers help turn that vision into reality, demonstrating how ecosystem innovation can help customers get more out of their AI infrastructure and support the next generation of data-intensive workloads.”

Jangseok Choi, Vice President of Product Planning Team at Samsung Electronics, said:
“We are contributing to the evolution of AI infrastructure through the development of CXL memory solutions designed to help address the growing memory demands of modern data centers. We are excited to collaborate with Astera Labs to help ensure our DRAM solution offer strong interoperability within the evolving CXL ecosystem, and remain committed to supporting a scalable, high-performance memory architecture for the AI era.”

About Astera Labs
Astera Labs (Nasdaq: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink Fusion, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.

[1] As measured by Astera Labs internal testing on an Intel GNR server with 8 DDR5 memory channels populated, using a data center Gen 5 AI accelerator on the Qwen2.5-32B AI Model.

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This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the expected capabilities, performance, benefits, availability, customer adoption, commercial success and market opportunity of Astera Labs’ expanded Leo Smart Memory Controller family of products, as well as related market trends and conditions. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “allows,” “built to,” “can,” “climbing,” “could,” “designed,” “growth,” “vision,” “will” and similar expressions.

These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risk that demand for agentic AI, AI inference, memory-intensive workloads and related infrastructure does not develop as anticipated; memory market conditions, including supply, availability and pricing trends, do not evolve as expected; customers do not adopt CXL, fabric-attached memory, memory pooling, sharing, expansion or other next-generation memory architectures; Astera Labs’ products do not achieve the expected performance, utilization, reliability, interoperability, memory reuse, infrastructure efficiency or economic benefits in customer environments; benchmark, testing or simulation results are not indicative of real-world performance; customer evaluations, engagements, design activity, design wins or sampling programs do not result in production deployments or revenue; Astera Labs and its ecosystem partners are unable to develop, manufacture, qualify, deploy or support products and technologies on expected timelines or at expected cost; changes in technology, customer requirements, competitive offerings or industry standards; supply chain constraints or disruptions; litigation or disputes relating to our products or technologies; global economic, political and industry conditions, including those affecting the semiconductor and AI infrastructure markets; regulatory developments; international conflicts; and other risks and uncertainties described in Astera Labs’ Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Astera Labs undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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Partnership with SAGE, 2026 Large Integrator of the Year, Opens a National Enterprise Sales Channel and Adds Installation Capability Across 

Partnership was led by Ed Burnett, Cloudastructure’s Chief Security and Operations Officer and former Vice President of U.S. Security and Global Fraud Investigations at UPS

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cloudastructure, Inc. (“Cloudastructure” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CSAI), an award-winning provider of AI-powered surveillance, remote monitoring, and cloud-based security analytics, today announced a nationwide partnership with SAGE Integration Holdings, LLC (“SAGE”), one of the nation’s leading enterprise security systems integrators. Under the non-exclusive agreement, SAGE has become an authorized reseller of Cloudastructure’s AI surveillance, remote guarding and remote video surveillance solutions and hardware, and Cloudastructure gains access to SAGE’s nationwide and global network of certified installation and service resources.

The partnership was led by Ed Burnett, Cloudastructure’s Chief Security and Operations Officer and former Vice President of U.S. Security and Global Fraud Investigations at UPS, where he spent two decades running one of the largest corporate security programs in America. Several members of SAGE’s senior team worked alongside Burnett during that period, and the agreement grew directly out of those working relationships.

“I spent twenty years making these decisions at UPS, and I chose cloud video early, when much of the industry was still skeptical of it,” said Ed Burnett, Chief Security and Operations Officer of Cloudastructure. “I know how much the platform choice matters, and I know it is only half the job. The right decision is worth very little if you cannot get it installed and supported to the same standard in every market, on schedule. Very few organizations can deliver that level of consistency at national scale.”

The agreement opens a national sales channel into Fortune 100 and other enterprise accounts while pairing it with the field capability to deploy at scale. SAGE, named 2026 Large Integrator of the Year by Security Systems News and the PSA Security Network, operates across 62 major U.S. metropolitan areas and 20 countries, serving clients in critical infrastructure, healthcare, biotech and pharmaceutical, higher education, commercial real estate, transportation and technology.

Under the terms of the agreement, SAGE is authorized to resell Cloudastructure’s full solution set, including:

• AI Surveillance – Cloud-native, camera-agnostic AI that integrates with existing security infrastructure to deliver real-time threat detection, license plate and facial recognition, customizable motion detection and searchable cloud-based video storage.
• Remote Guarding – AI-triggered, human-verified monitoring with live two-way audio intervention, real-time incident response and escalation to on-site personnel or law enforcement when required.
• Remote Video Surveillance – Mobile surveillance trailers and enclosures that extend AI surveillance and remote guarding to construction sites, freight yards, equipment yards and other locations where permanent security infrastructure is not practical.
• Enterprise Cameras & Hardware – Enterprise-grade cameras, audio systems and related hardware designed for seamless integration with Cloudastructure’s cloud-native AI surveillance platform.

Each deployment carries subscription-based monitoring revenue, aligning both companies around long-term recurring value rather than one-time transactions.

“Enterprise security buyers do not have a technology problem anymore, they have a coverage problem,” said James McCormick, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Cloudastructure. “Enterprise organizations can already buy AI solutions. What they cannot easily do is deploy and support them to the same standard across every site they operate. That gap is where enterprise security projects stall, and it is what this agreement closes.”

McCormick continued, “The category is moving from hardware you own and footage you review to cloud-native software you subscribe to and guards who act while something is still happening. Reaching Fortune 100 security teams through an integrator they already trust puts us in front of enterprise buyers years earlier than we could reach them on our own.”

For cloud-native security platforms, installation capacity is often the limiting factor in serving large enterprise customers. Organizations with hundreds of locations need a partner that can survey, install, commission and support deployments at scale while maintaining consistent service standards. Through its partnership with SAGE, Cloudastructure now has that nationwide capability without expanding its own field organization. The Company’s camera-agnostic platform is compatible with approximately 99% of existing commercial-grade camera systems, including analog cameras connected through encoders. This enables SAGE to leverage infrastructure already installed at customer sites, helping reduce deployment time and upfront capital costs while transforming existing camera networks into AI-powered, remotely monitored security systems. Where needed, SAGE can also deploy new cameras and hardware as part of a complete solution.

“Our clients are asking for outcomes, not cameras,” said John Nemerofsky, Chief Operating Officer of SAGE Integration. “They want to know a trained remote guard is watching at 2 a.m. and will act on what they see, not an algorithm filing an alert or footage someone reviews on Monday. Cloudastructure keeps a human in the loop, using the camera infrastructure a client already has, which matters enormously to an enterprise running thousands of cameras across hundreds of sites. Adding their AI and remote guarding to our portfolio gives our clients a measurable reduction in risk on the infrastructure they already own.”

SAGE will begin offering Cloudastructure’s solutions to its enterprise client base immediately, with joint go-to-market activity across both organizations’ key verticals.

• Expanded distribution. Through SAGE Integration, Cloudastructure gains access to a national enterprise sales channel and nationwide installation capabilities without expanding its direct field organization. This enables the Company to scale its market reach while maintaining a capital-efficient operating model.
• Growth in recurring revenue. Every SAGE deployment includes Cloudastructure’s subscription-based AI surveillance and remote guarding services, supporting the Company’s transition toward higher-margin, recurring revenue. Subscription services revenue increased 164% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 and represented approximately 62% of total revenue, compared with approximately 27% in the prior-year period.
• Accelerated access to enterprise customers. Many large organizations procure security technology through established systems integrators. By partnering with SAGE, Cloudastructure expects to engage enterprise customers more efficiently and broaden its presence within larger, multi-site organizations.
• Expanded market opportunity. SAGE serves customers across critical infrastructure, healthcare, higher education, commercial real estate, transportation and logistics, verticals that align closely with Cloudastructure’s cloud-native AI surveillance platform. The partnership also expands the reach of the Company’s remote video surveillance trailers and enclosures, which provide security for construction sites, freight yards, equipment yards and other locations where permanent infrastructure may not be practical.

SAGE, named 2026 Large Integrator of the Year by Security Systems News and the PSA Security Network, is recognized for its financial performance, international expansion and sustained investment in its people. The company also received the 2024 Bill Bozeman Award, which honors an integrator whose impact extends beyond its own growth to elevate the broader security industry. Built on more than 30 years of security integration experience, with roots dating to AYSCO in 1988 and DTS Security, SAGE is also a Honeywell Integrated Security Platinum Partner. Many of SAGE’s enterprise customers operate dozens or even hundreds of facilities, creating meaningful opportunities to expand deployments over time. Combined with Cloudastructure’s customer retention rate of approximately 99%, management believes the partnership has the potential to accelerate recurring subscription revenue growth through both new customer acquisition and expansion within existing enterprise accounts.

About Cloudastructure
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Cloudastructure’s patented, advanced, award-winning security platform utilizes a scalable cloud-based architecture that features cloud video surveillance with proprietary, state-of-the-art AI/ML analytics, and a seamless remote guarding solution. The combination enables enterprise businesses to achieve proactive, end-to-end security, and pairs that platform with an attractive value proposition that eschews proprietary hardware and offers contract-free, month-to-month pricing and unlimited 24/7 support. With Cloudastructure, companies can achieve unparalleled situational awareness in real time and thereby stop crime as it is happening, while simultaneously achieving up to a 75% lower Total Cost of Ownership than other systems. For more information, visit https://www.cloudastructure.com/.

About SAGE Integration
SAGE Integration is a security integration provider serving enterprise clients nationally. Founded in 1988, the SAGE mission is to protect the people, facilities, and reputation of enterprise clients by advancing the intelligence and integration of security technology. Through its differentiated go-to-market approach and decades of operating experience, SAGE brings creative ideas and on-the-ground support to prepare for and mitigate the type of integrated challenges that Fortune 100 clients face every day. For more information, please visit https://www.sageintegration.com/.

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Cloudastructure, Inc.
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