A Scroll Down Membership Lane: January 2026’s Member Mondays
ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we showcase these trailblazing small businesses and their cutting-edge achievements. As the world enters 2026 with new health goals, we’re spotlighting startups, scaleups, and small and medium-sized tech enterprises (SMEs) building connected health solutions to help reach those goals. Across the European Union, United Kingdom, and United States, our members are navigating policy shifts that directly affect how [...]
ACTivists for Change: Small Tech’s 2026 Policy Priorities
Right now, policymakers around the world are setting their 2026 agendas on the same core questions: how to protect consumers online, how to govern AI responsibly without stifling innovation, how to strengthen privacy and security, and how to drive economic growth. From Brussels to London to Washington, across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and through booming tech hubs in Latin America (LATAM), Africa, and the Middle East, the policy goals often align, even when compliance requirements do not. [...]
Event Recap: Brazil on the Brink- What the EU’s DMA Means for the World
As global policymakers continue to debate the future of digital competition policy, one trend has become increasingly clear: an appetite for regulatory frameworks modeled after the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is no longer confined to EU Member States. Jurisdictions around the world are now considering similar ex-ante regulatory frameworks, raising significant threats to innovation, trade, and small business growth. On January 14th, ACT | The App Association hosted "Brazil on the Brink: DMA is at the Door" [...]
From the AI House to the Eureka Park: ACT at CES 2026
Artificial intelligence boom or bust? Across the AI ecosystem, the biggest risk isn’t what AI might do someday; it’s what happens when policymakers ignore how startups and small tech businesses are using AI to compete, scale, and deliver real value. At CES 2026, ACT | The App Association partnered with Modev to sponsor the AI House , where ACT President Morgan Reed joined a candid discussion on AI and risk and underscored a simple point: AI rules should focus on [...]
ACT Supports the SAT Streamlining Act
WASHINGTON, DC – Statement from Morgan Reed, president, ACT | The App Association in support of the SAT Streamlining Act: “S. 3639, the Satellite and Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act, is an important step toward increasing and improving satellite internet infrastructure” said Morgan Reed, president of ACT. “ACT has long supported increased access to broadband from all viable sources, which now include low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems. In order to reach markets across the nation and around the world, small [...]