KC AI Evidence Scorecard · 2026-10-19

This edition at a glance

Source checks completed 2026-10-19T21:13:54.695Z. The registry preserves 70 names from the historical series; 61 have registered official sources, including any entries still lacking qualifying evidence. 58 source sets were readable and matched the named entity. 10 organizations have both complete registered-source coverage and a reviewed, still-matching claim. The remaining names are shown below with their actual status.

How to read the comparison

Rank means the strength of the strongest reviewed public claim within the same scope: reported availability or deployment, then a pilot or beta, then an announced plan. Ties stay tied. Independent outcome evidence is a separate tie-breaker; company-reported performance claims are not independent validation. Different scopes are separate comparisons. A global product announcement does not establish use inside Kansas City operations. The dated claim is evidence of what was reported, not proof that the deployment remains in use today.

Source events dated 2026-10-12–2026-10-18

None of the qualifying reviewed sources in this edition is dated in the previous Monday–Sunday window. The evidence below is historical and was rechecked for this edition. This does not establish that no new AI activity occurred.

Comparison with the previous edition

This is the first edition of the rebuilt evidence series. It is a new baseline and cannot be compared numerically with the old 0–100 scorecards.

BacklotCars (Openlane)

OPENLANE describes AI-powered exterior damage detection integrated into vehicle condition reports, with an inspector reviewing the highlighted areas.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2025-09-03. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “Exterior damage detection is an AI-powered technology that supplements vehicle inspection data”. Locator: Dated first-party release; paragraph containing the quoted evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch announced the launch of its AI-enabled BVInfraIQ infrastructure platform; the release alone does not verify customer deployment.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-09-01. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “Black & Veatch today announced the launch of BVInfraIQ”. Locator: First paragraph of the September 1, 2026 company announcement.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

C2FO

C2FO announced a planned AI-driven invoice acceleration solution with Vic.ai in 2022. This dated plan does not establish current deployment.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2022-08-23. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “C2FO and Vic.ai will provide their enterprise customers with a flexible AI-driven invoice acceleration solution”. Locator: First paragraph of the August 23, 2022 announcement.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

EquipmentShare

EquipmentShare reported availability of natural-language AI search on its T3 Assets page.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-04-07. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “A new AI-powered search experience is now available on the T3 Assets page”. Locator: Dated first-party release; paragraph containing the quoted evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Garmin

Garmin announced AI-powered Active Intelligence in Connect+, with the feature identified as beta.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2025-03-27. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “and is currently releasing in beta”. Locator: Opening paragraph and Active Intelligence section; the release identifies the AI feature as beta.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

H&R Block

H&R Block described its AI Tax Assist product in a March 2026 company release.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-03-17. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “AI Tax Assist helps clients navigate complex tax moments”. Locator: Release dated March 17, 2026; paragraph describing AI Tax Assist.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Oracle Health (formerly Cerner)

Oracle reported U.S. availability of Clinical AI Agent note generation for inpatient and emergency department settings.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-03-11. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent note generation is now available in the U.S. for inpatient and emergency department settings.”. Locator: Dated first-party release; paragraph containing the quoted evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Oracle Health (formerly Cerner)

Oracle reported U.S. availability of new Clinical AI Agent capabilities for coding, dictation and chart review.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-08-19. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “Oracle Health today announced new capabilities for Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, now available in the U.S.”. Locator: Dated first-party release; paragraph containing the quoted evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Oracle Health (formerly Cerner)

Oracle reported U.S. availability of Clinical AI Agent for nursing documentation and care coordination in inpatient settings.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2026-09-14. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “today announced the U.S. availability of Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent for nurses”. Locator: Dated first-party release; paragraph containing the quoted evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Oracle Health (formerly Cerner)

Oracle announced Clinical AI Agent availability across more than 30 specialty areas in March 2025.

Scope: Products offered beyond KC. Source date: 2025-03-04. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “now available for more than 30 medical specialty areas”. Locator: Opening paragraph of the March 4, 2025 Oracle release.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

T-Mobile (legacy Sprint HQ)

T-Mobile reported a nationwide expansion of its AI-powered Dynamic CX network capability in September 2026.

Scope: Organization-wide reports. Source date: 2026-09-23. Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “T-Mobile has now expanded Dynamic CX nationwide.”. Locator: Section A 5G Network Built to Anticipate and Adapt. Dateline September 23, 2026; page metadata September 24, 2026.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

University of Kansas

KU’s 2025 AIRE highlights describe an AI tool for the Jayhawk Front Door partner website and explicitly place it in testing.

Scope: Organization-wide reports. Source date: 2025 (report year; exact event date unavailable). Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “The testing phase is currently in progress.”. Locator: Named annual report; year precision only. Exact supporting paragraph containing the evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

University of Missouri-Kansas City

UMKC’s 2026 IT report states that KCRooBot launched for technology-support questions, ticket creation and transfer to a live technician.

Scope: Kansas City operations. Source date: 2026 (report year; exact event date unavailable). Attribution: company-reported. Read the source.

Evidence excerpt: “Developed and launched KCRooBot, a conversational AI chatbot with live chat support”. Locator: Named annual report; year precision only. Exact supporting paragraph containing the evidence excerpt.. Source rechecked 2026-10-19. Original editorial review 2026-10-19.

Identity corrections and unresolved entries

Hammerspace: Kansas City community workshop; not the similarly named data technology company.

Plaza III The Steakhouse: The original Plaza III restaurant relocated and then permanently closed in 2020, confirmed by reporting quoting its owner. Best of Plaza III is a successor gift-product website, not evidence that the restaurant reopened.

Manifesto: KC speakeasy identity and 2020 closure reported by local primary reporting quoting the owner. Political manifesto stories are unrelated. No reopening established; retain as historical/inactive.

Fleet Farm: Official Fleet Farm corporate/location page lists headquarters Appleton and footprint WI/MN/IA/SD/ND. No KC store established; preserve historical slot but exclude from KC-eligible field.

InQuest (now part of OPSWAT): Historical inquest.net now redirects to OPSWAT. The August 2024 acquisition is confirmed, but the registry’s Kansas City connection is not established.

Ascend Elements: Named company resolved; KC eligibility not established. Official US location list names Massachusetts, Georgia and Kentucky. Do not infer a KC operation from generic AI/battery news.

Dexios: The original listing described a healthcare data platform at dexios.com. The current site describes generic IT consulting and has placeholder contact details. It does not establish the intended organization or a KC operation; the unrelated Dexios radiology-billing company is not substituted.

Zentech Manufacturing: The historical registry pointed to zentech.com. Its current official company is an electronics manufacturer, not the described KC IT consultancy. Official locations are Baltimore, Richardson and Bloomington; KC eligibility is not established.

Olathe Health / University of Kansas Health System: Corrected prior parent attribution: Olathe Health joined The University of Kansas Health System, not AdventHealth.

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority: Same authority already represented by RideKC (KCATA); excluded from duplicate ranking.

Webster University, Kansas City: Historical KC campus confirmed in university history. Current official location directory omits KC, while JCCC 2026-27 transfer guide still describes it. Contradictory/current-status evidence requires an eligibility hold, not asserting an active KC campus or inventing a closure date.

Collection limits and review

This version checks a fixed set of official entry pages, previously reviewed source pages, and up to three directly linked AI-related pages per organization. It is not an exhaustive web search. A successful fetch is coverage of that source plan, not proof of AI deployment. Blocked, failed, ambiguous and unresolved reads remain visible. 0 discovered pages are awaiting editorial review; they do not earn a rank. New claims require source, date, entity, scope and claim-context review. Existing reviewed claims are rechecked against their exact source paragraph and date. The original editorial review remains attributed; changed, withdrawn or explicitly expired claims return to review. A repeated read verifies continuity of the dated source, not present-day use. Search volume, ordinary widgets, crawler rules, hiring and vendor mentions do not earn deployment credit.

Method: public-evidence-ordinal-v3. Source plan: weekly-registered-official-snapshot-v2. Registry: kc-official-registry-20261019-v2. Read the methodology.