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Khosla Ventures leads the round as Nara Health crosses $600M in processed claims and more than 25,000 members on its health plans Nara (formerly Avant Health) is an AI-native benefits administrator revolutionizing healthcare through technology. We’re building an AI tech stack for the healthcare benefits ecosystem that makes quality care more accessible and affordable. Chicago, IL (Sept. 14, 2026) – Nara Health, the AI-native Third Party Administration platform rebuilding health insurance from the ground up, is pleased to announce $14 million [USD] in total funding across a pre-seed and seed round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Long Journey Ventures and Superior Studios, along with other investors and angels. 170 million Americans get health coverage through work each year, yet most struggle to use it. The average family premium was $27,000 last year, leading nearly half of insured Americans to skip healthcare altogether because they can’t afford it. Despite employers spending tens of thousands of dollars per employee annually on health benefits, the American healthcare experience remains slow, confusing, and reactive, held together by manual processes and fragmented software that reviews paperwork, processes claims, and leaves patients on hold when they call for answers about their coverage. Nara Health is...

Accelerated progress is needed now as Canada intensifies its efforts to attract investment and strengthen its economic competitiveness across all sectors New York, NY (Sept. 10, 2026) – Deloitte Canada is pleased to announce the release of a new report series, Smarter Regulation: Unlocking Canada’s growth potential, which examines how regulatory modernization can help address Canada’s persistent productivity and competitiveness challenges. At a time when businesses are navigating economic uncertainty, global trade changes and slowing investment, the research finds that increasingly complex and fragmented regulatory requirements are limiting Canada’s ability to drive economic growth, foster innovation, and deliver on national priorities. “This new Deloitte series underscores the critical role that smart and effective regulation plays in driving and protecting investment, enabling innovation, and supporting economic growth for our country,” said Nino Montemarano, a Regulatory and Risk leader at Deloitte Canada, and lead author of the series. “Regulatory modernization is a powerful, controllable policy tool as Canada navigates heightened trade and geopolitical uncertainty. It’s imperative that the country’s regulatory framework is efficient, coordinated, and designed to reduce unnecessary complexity and unlock economic growth across all sectors.” As external economic pressures continue to create uncertainty, Canada must focus on controllable barriers to...

Toronto, ON (Sept. 10, 2026) – New estimates from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business find that 53,112 businesses are directly impacted by either U.S. tariffs, Canadian counter-tariffs, or both. Of that total, 13,160 are exporters, while 45,414 are importers. “While government has made a few important and welcome changes to the main tariff supports, the programs continue to exclude about half of the small business community,” said Corinne Pohlmann, CFIB executive vice-president, advocacy. “We have been telling government that the counter-tariffs would have a far broader impact than the U.S. tariffs. Programs that only help a few thousand businesses are unacceptable when tens of thousands need support. This week’s announcement that some Canadian goods will be outright banned from US import at the end of the month only underscores the need to get supports right ASAP.” CFIB is proposing three important measures: A dedicated Small Business Tariff Relief (SBTR) program, where impacted exporters and importers who can provide direct evidence they paid the tariffs directly, or adjusted prices to absorb part or all of the tariff, would be eligible to receive initial tariff relief up to $70,000 CAD. An SME Desk for Tariff Remissions to speed up decisions on eliminating...

Experian Activate™ combines credit, cash flow and consumer-permissioned data to improve offer matching, expand financial access and help lenders reach more qualified consumers AI-enabled decisioning engine brings real-time lender defined underwriting criteria to Experian Marketplace, its consumer comparison-shopping platform for credit cards, personal loans and auto insurance. First-of-its-kind platform to combine credit data, AI, and consumer-permissioned cash flow insights in one decisioning engine, helping match Experian’s 90+ million members to offers they’re likely to qualify for. Real-time, in-session consumer-permissioned data gives lenders a better view of a consumer’s finances and enables offers that reflect their financial profile. 60% of previously denied or under-offered borrowers believe the outcome would have changedi if lenders had factored in recent income and banking activity, underscoring the financial-inclusion stakes of the launch. Costa Mesa, CA (Sept. 10, 2026) – As lenders increasingly seek more personalized ways to evaluate consumers and expand access to credit, Experian® has rolled out Experian Activate™, an AI-enabled decisioning engine powering the Experian Marketplace, a leading consumer comparison-shopping platform for credit cardsii, personal loansiii and auto insuranceiv. Designed to help connect Experian’s more than 90 million members with offers they’re more likely to qualify for, Experian Activate is the only platform...

The integrated platform will provide a more connected experience and help independent advisors spend less time on administration and more time supporting clients Kitchener, ON (Sept. 10, 2026) – Financial Horizons, one of Canada’s largest life and health managing general agents (MGA), is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Equisoft, a Canadian technology provider, for a centralized, fully integrated platform to enhance the capabilities of its independent advisor network. The investment is a foundational step in Financial Horizons’ multi-year technology transformation that takes a phased approach through 2027. Financial Horizons is the first major Canadian MGA to partner with Equisoft to harness the platform’s full capabilities to bring insurance and segregated funds operations together on a single system. “We know the challenges independent advisors have faced piecing together client information, and this new partnership is an important step toward creating a single client picture,” said Sean Downey, President & CEO of Financial Horizons. “As advisor and client expectations continue to evolve, we remain committed to investments that help advisors operate more efficiently today so they can spend more time with clients, strengthen relationships and continue growing their businesses for the future.” The platform will centralize systems that advisors and...