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What’s Actually Been Happening at GoSmarter

Company announcements, product launches, and industry news from GoSmarter AI. When something worth telling you about happens — a new feature, a partnership, an event, an award — it shows up here.

We don’t post for the sake of posting. If there’s something in the news category, it’s because something real happened: a product shipped, a customer hit a milestone, an industry event took place, or a piece of external coverage is worth pointing you to.

News items tagged here include product updates, event coverage, industry recognition, and partnership announcements. GoSmarter is built by Nightingale HQ, a Welsh AI company — so you’ll also find news from both brands when they’re relevant to AI in metals manufacturing.

For the full company press record, see the GoSmarter Newsroom. For longer reads and practical guides, head to the GoSmarter blog. For press assets and media enquiries, visit the press page.

€1.5 billion available across Horizon Europe Cluster 4 programme

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Sep 2, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ CEO Ruth Kearney is attending Innovate UK Business Connect’s Horizon Europe Cluster 4 and 5 brokerage event, looking for research and industry partners for upcoming clean steel and advanced materials calls.

Nightingale HQ Appoints Wendy Owen as Board Advisor

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Sep 2, 2026

Nightingale HQ has appointed Wendy Owen, a safety and compliance expert with over 35 years of cross-sector experience, as Board Advisor to support the company’s next stage of growth.

Nightingale HQ Shortlisted for AI Tech Innovation of the Year

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 27, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ has been shortlisted for AI Tech Innovation of the Year at Insider’s Made in Wales Awards 2026, recognising the impact of our GoSmarter.ai platform on Welsh manufacturing.

Nightingale HQ and Steph Locke Shortlisted for Two Wales STEM Awards 2026

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 24, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ has been shortlisted for the Sustainability Award at the Wales STEM Awards 2026, and co-founder Steph Locke is a finalist for STEM Woman of the Year.

Where to Meet Nightingale HQ This Autumn: Our 2026 Events Calendar

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 24, 2026
  • Updated

Our Autumn events calendar is out. From Belfast to Cardiff, Birmingham to the Netherlands, here is where to find Nightingale HQ over the next few months, and how to get in touch if you would like to meet.

Driving Wales–Ireland Trade

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Jul 8, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ’s Ruth Kearney met John O’Loughlin and Iain Quick of Welsh Government in Ireland to discuss Wales-Ireland trade, and the government support that has backed Nightingale HQ’s growth.

Nightingale HQ Closes Angel Investment Round and Appoints Gourav Tandon to Board

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Jul 8, 2026
  • Updated

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Caerphilly, Wales — 9 July 2026 Nightingale HQ, the company behind GoSmarter, has successfully closed its angel investment round, securing the investment needed to accelerate growth across the UK, Ireland and India. The final investment comes from Source Code Control India and is accompanied by the appointment of its founder, Gourav Tandon, to the Nightingale HQ Board of Directors.

Real AI outputs by Lunch

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Jul 2, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ ran a practical AI workshop for 24 staff at Philtronics Limited, a Wales-based contract electronics manufacturer. The morning tackled real problems in RFQs, the Master Order Book, production planning and HR onboarding. The afternoon used Florence, Nightingale HQ’s AI Strategy Agent, to shape the company’s wider AI roadmap.

Your EU Steel Quota Isn't 18 Million Tonnes. It's One Line in Annex I

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1457 filled in Annex I of its own text, splitting the country-by-country steel quota just one day before it took effect. Here’s what the annex means, why the quarterly carryover rules for this first year differ from what comes after, and how the melt-and-pour evidence deadline could reshape your supply routes.

UK and EU steel tariffs are live today: what manufacturers do now

Both the UK and EU steel trade measures come into force today, 1 July 2026. Quotas are cut hard, out-of-quota duty jumps to 50%, and downstream manufacturers are angry. Here is what it means and what to do now.