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CyberRisk Alliance, a business intelligence company serving cybersecurity clients, acquires LaunchTech Communications. LaunchTech, founded in 2015, creates communications strategies to build awareness and credibility among both technical and non-technical audiences for early-stage technology companies. LaunchTech founder and managing director Wayne Schepens will continue in his current capacity, with ongoing operating responsibility for the agency’s business strategy, operations and team. "The addition of LaunchTech to CRA’s portfolio will provide our clients new avenues to boost brand awareness, reach critical new audiences, bolster coverage and relationships with industry reporters and analysts, and increase valuation,” said CRA executive VP Marcus Witte.
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FINN Partners and the Future Communicators Foundation award Alise Sloan the FINN Partners FCF Scholarship in Public Relations and Journalism at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University. The scholarship fosters student research into communicating solutions and awareness around climate justice. Sloan won for her Love Earth Campaign, which educates the public about the dangers of plastic pollution in Florida while addressing the environmental deprivation that impacts the most vulnerable communities. Financially supported by FINN Partners, the $2500 FCF Scholarship is awarded annually to a senior undergraduate in public relations and journalism at FAMU. "FINN Partners is wholly committed to providing opportunities for students to advance their academic and professional development," said FINN global chief diversity officer Helen Shelton.
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Penta, a comprehensive stakeholder solutions firm, launches its global artificial intelligence task force. The task force puts Penta’s data scientists side-by-side with public policy experts and strategists to provide clients with AI-powered capabilities as well as a deep understanding of an evolving regulatory framework. It will be co-led by Alberto Lopez-Valenzuela, senior partner, intelligence based in London, and Andrea Christianson, partner, strategy in Washington, DC and will draw on the expertise of Penta from around the world. Penta currently supports clients on the issue of generative AI through such services as message development and refinement, global regulatory landscape analyses, stakeholder mapping and vetting, media monitoring, and creative development and advertising. “Staying ahead means having a finger on the pulse of AI developments and creating thoughtful, flexible frameworks to understand and engage employees, political actors, customers, and investors,” said Christianson.
Bospar expands its Audit*E tool for small- and medium-sized businesses, which provides comprehensive visibility scoring, competitive analysis and platform-specific improvement recommendations, giving users actionable intelligence to help with brand positioning.... 5W is increasing its presence in Tampa and the Florida market....PR Consultants Group, a nationwide network of senior-level public relations, strategic communications and marketing specialists in more than 50 U.S. markets, has brought on 13 independently owned public relations firms across 13 markets and 12 states so far in 2026.
Real Chemistry launches MaestroHCP, which is designed to help pharmaceutical marketers plan, activate and measure HCP engagement with more speed, precision and control... Laughlin Constable Public Relations receives a Skyline Award from PRSA... 1Milk2Sugars, which has offices in New York, Toronto and Montréal, is expanding its influencer marketing offering with the establishment of a dedicated U.S.-based influencer team.
10Fold launches MetricsMatter 5.0, a proprietary communications intelligence platform that brings together earned media, social, digital, competitive performance, website activity and visibility across five leading LLMs... Stagwell increases its investment in Real Clear Holdings, publisher of political intelligence platform Real Clear Politics and creator of the RCP Poll Average... Aim & Grace, which works with tourism, hospitality and lifestyle brands, is launched by Amy Skelding and Grace Parker, who previously led Finn Partners' UK travel practice.
Weber Shandwick U.S. president Michael Wehman joins The LAGRANT Foundation board of directors... Financial Profiles, a strategic communications firm that provides companies with IR, PR. transactions and crisis communications, introduces ValueView360... Babbit Bodner, an Atlanta-based agency, is expanding to New York City.
TEAM LEWIS launches Orbital, a secure AI operating system focused on helping multi-market organizations connect insight, creativity, messaging and public-facing delivery... Paradox Public Relations is expanding its Allied Communications offering, which helps companies and institutions across the U.S. and allied markets communicate around defense innovation, emerging technology and international cooperation... Laughlin Constable Public Relations' Emily Miller receives the 2026 Public Relations Society of America Chicago Young Professional of the Year Award... Ripley PR ranks in Entrepreneur magazine’s Top Franchise Suppliers list for the ninth consecutive year.
