Prior Portfolio Updates
Earlier venture announcements and press coverage from across the Strong Interactive portfolio.
SOVAIR AI Threat Weekly — October 20, 2026
Owned channel — SOVAIR.AI's October 20 briefing examines delayed discovery of agent incidents and FERC's findings on AI access inside utility environments.
Four AI Labs Declined to Guarantee Their Guardrails. Good.
Owned-channel commentary — Jonathan Herman's Medium essay explains why boards should ask about an agent's reach, authority and reversibility rather than seek an absolute safety guarantee.
SOVAIR.AI: Miami Beach Air-Gapped AI for Energy Operators
Bylined editorial — Miami AI News reporter Kevin H Wilde profiles SOVAIR.AI and its advisory, document-oriented utility pilot, still in development inside the customer's security boundary.
SOVAIR.AI Rebrand Covered by citybuzz
Syndicated release content — citybuzz / NewsRamp carries the SOVAIR.AI rebrand announcement, describing customer-controlled, air-gapped AI for regulated sectors and an advisory utility pilot.
SOVAIR.AI Announces AI Threat Weekly for Nuclear and Energy Operators
Company-issued press release — SOVAIR.AI introduces its open-source threat briefing for regulated-sector operators, available on its website and by RSS.
SOVAIR.AI Begins First Pilot with Southeastern U.S. Utility
SOVAIR.AI is conducting a live pilot now underway inside a Southeastern U.S. utility's security boundary, helping define the final product while leaving plant systems and safety guardrails under the utility's control.
Jonathan Herman Moderated Ai4 Panel on AI for Energy Resilience, Reliability and Decarbonization
Jonathan Herman, Founder & CEO of Strong Interactive, moderated the panel "AI for Energy Resilience: Balancing Reliability and Decarbonization" at Ai4 2026, held August 4–6 at The Venetian in Las Vegas — leading a discussion with Argon Power Group's Paul Browning and GE Vernova's Claudia Cosoreanu on how AI helps the energy sector decarbonize while keeping the grid reliable.
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AirNode.AI Invited to Exclusive Proof of Talk Summit Featuring BlackRock, JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton and Global Leaders
SOVAIR.AI — the AI-powered infrastructure platform developed by Strong Interactive — was invited as one of a limited number of startups selected for Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, a global summit on AI, digital assets, and institutional finance featuring leaders from BlackRock, JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton, and more.
Jonathan Herman & David Hudson Pitch Baller Mixed Reality on Season 2 of Crypto Knights, Coming to Amazon Prime
Baller Mixed Reality was invited to pitch its B100 fan engagement token on Season 2 of Crypto Knights — a global business competition series spotlighting Web3 founders — with the new season set to stream on Amazon Prime.
Cyber Realm Solutions Appoints Jonathan Herman as AI Consultant
Cyber Realm Solutions has appointed Jonathan Herman — Founder of Strong Interactive and one of Crunchbase's Top 10 People in Semantic Web — as AI Consultant, advising on enterprise-grade AI strategy and integration across the firm's cybersecurity portfolio.
MetaDine Launches Next-Generation Guest Experience App for Caffè Milano
MetaDine.ai has deployed an AI-powered, no-download guest experience app at Caffè Milano — combining augmented reality dish previews, intelligent feedback routing, live menu access, and WhatsApp reservations in a single frictionless browser experience.
Baller Mixed Reality to Launch Historic Token-Gated AI Experience Honoring NBA Pioneer Earl Lloyd
In partnership with the family of Earl Lloyd — the first African-American to play in the NBA — Baller Mixed Reality is launching a token-gated AI experience letting fans speak with a virtual recreation of Lloyd, collect AR memorabilia, and unlock exclusive XRT holder perks during the NBA's 75th integration anniversary.
Baller Mixed Reality & SFT Combat Launch Exclusive XRT Tokens to Revolutionize Fan Engagement
Baller Mixed Reality partnered with SFT Combat — Brazil's largest MMA league — to release the SFT Combat Collection: blockchain-verified Mixed Reality Tokens (XRTs) granting fans immersive AR collectibles, ringside VIP access, and exclusive fighter meet-and-greets.
Strong Interactive: Driving the Future of Mixed Reality, Blockchain, and E-Commerce
In an interview with SuperbCrew, Strong Interactive founder Jonathan Herman discusses how the venture studio is organizing its award-winning portfolio — including Baller Mixed Reality and Bocazon — under one parent entity to drive growth across mixed reality, blockchain, e-commerce, and tokenization.
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