Pearl Recognized as a 2025 Inc. Power Partner Award Winner

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 21, 2025--

Pearl is proud to announce its recognition as a three-time Inc. Power Partner Award winner. The prestigious list honors B2B organizations that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow.

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Companies on the Inc. Power Partner list received top marks from clients for being instrumental in helping leadership navigate the dynamic world of startups. These B2B partners support entrepreneurs across various facets of the business, including hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, fundraising, and more, allowing founders to focus on their core missions.

“The entrepreneurial journey and community are core to Inc.’s mission, and it’s a true honor to celebrate this year’s Inc. Power Partners — the companies dedicated to helping small businesses and entrepreneurs,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “Whether they’re coordinating complex marketing campaigns or reliably supporting the day-to-day infrastructure of growing companies, these honorees aren’t simply B2B providers — they are true partners in helping businesses grow and succeed.”

“Pearl has always believed that progress in dentistry is achieved through partnership,” said Ophir Tanz, founder and CEO of Pearl. “In 2025, we continued to expand access to advanced radiologic AI across the dental industry by deepening our integrations and strengthening the solutions our partners rely on every day. Together, we are helping dental organizations work more efficiently and stay focused on delivering high-quality patient care.”

Pearl's suite of AI software supports dental industry entrepreneurs at every level, from single-office practitioners to global dental organizations. Pearl's software not only supports more accurate diagnosis and comprehensive clinical care, but also helps organizations improve their practice management workflow, accelerating operations and revenue.

Pearl’s growth in 2025 was defined by major milestones that reflect both market trust and industry leadership. The company partnered with leading DSOs including Guardian Dentistry Partners and DECA Dental, further expanding its footprint across multi-location group practices. Pearl also launched several new products, including Second Opinion 3D, Claimcheck and Imagecheck.

Building on this momentum, Pearl conducted a comprehensive study with its client Partnerships for Dentists (P4D), where the results demonstrated significant impact on both providers and patients across their network. “Partnering with Pearl has been transformational for our providers and the patients they serve,” said Dr. Greg Kerbel, Chief Clinical Officer at Partnerships for Dentists. “By integrating Second Opinion® across our imaging systems, we’ve equipped our dentists with state-of-the-art AI that sharpens diagnostic accuracy, boosts efficiency, and elevates confidence. In just months, we’ve seen a 35% increase in newly identified dentistry and uncovered nearly 30 million dollars in previously untreated patient needs. This partnership strengthens our commitment to providing exceptional, modern care at every practice in our network.”

Pearl also continued expanding its ecosystem of more than 35 native software partnerships in 2025 — including integrations with Henry Schein One, Patterson Dental, Plandent, Carestream, and Dentsply Sirona — to bring Pearl’s capabilities directly into the cloud platforms and imaging solutions dental teams rely on every day. These integrations make it easier for clinicians to access Pearl within their existing workflows, eliminating friction while supporting greater consistency in care, documentation, and treatment presentation.

For more information or to view the complete list of honorees, visit https://www.inc.com/power-partner-awards.

About Pearl

Pearl is an AI-driven company committed to enhancing patient care in dentistry. Founded in 2019 by a team with decades of experience developing successful, enterprise-grade computer vision solutions, Pearl introduced the first-ever FDA-cleared AI capable of reading and instantly identifying diseases in dental x-rays. With regulatory clearance in 120 countries, Pearl's AI assists dentists in making precise clinical decisions and effectively communicating with patients, thereby transforming the dental care experience worldwide. As dentistry’s global AI leader, Pearl is committed to the ongoing innovation of robust, accessible AI tools that improve patient health outcomes and build greater trust in dental medicine. To request a demo, please visit hellopearl.com/getdemo

About Inc.

Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

Pearl has been named a 2025 Inc. Power Partner Award winner, recognizing its impact in helping dental organizations grow through trusted technology and partnership. As a three-time honoree, Pearl continues to expand access to radiologic AI that supports accurate diagnosis, streamlined workflows, and stronger patient communication. In 2025, the company deepened its integrations, partnered with leading DSOs, and launched new solutions including Second Opinion 3D, Claimcheck, and Imagecheck. A recent study with P4D showed a 35 percent increase in newly identified dentistry and millions in uncovered patient needs. With more than 35 native software integrations, Pearl is committed to helping dental teams deliver efficient, high-quality care at scale.

A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist.

The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t decide the key issue in Khalil’s case: whether the Trump administration’s effort to throw Khalil out of the U.S. over his campus activism and criticism of Israel is unconstitutional.

But in its 2-1 decision, the panel ruled a federal judge in New Jersey didn’t have jurisdiction to decide the matter at this time. Federal law requires the case to fully move through the immigration courts first, before Khalil can challenge the decision, they wrote.

“That scheme ensures that petitioners get just one bite at the apple — not zero or two,” the panel wrote. “But it also means that some petitioners, like Khalil, will have to wait to seek relief for allegedly unlawful government conduct.”

Thursday’s decision marked a major win for the Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to detain and deport noncitizens who joined protests against Israel.

Tricia McLaughlin, a Homeland Security Department spokesperson, called the ruling “a vindication of the rule of law.”

In a statement, she said the department will “work to enforce his lawful removal order” and encouraged Khalil to “self-deport now before he is arrested, deported, and never given a chance to return.”

It was not clear whether the government would seek to detain Khalil, a legal permanent resident, again while his legal challenges continue.

In a statement distributed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Khalil called the appeals ruling “deeply disappointing."

“The door may have been opened for potential re-detainment down the line, but it has not closed our commitment to Palestine and to justice and accountability," he said. "I will continue to fight, through every legal avenue and with every ounce of determination, until my rights, and the rights of others like me, are fully protected.”

Baher Azmy, one of Khalil's lawyers, said the ruling was “contrary to rulings of other federal courts."

“Our legal options are by no means concluded, and we will fight with every available avenue,” he said.

The ACLU said the Trump administration cannot lawfully re-detain Khalil until the order takes formal effect, which won't happen while he can still immediately appeal.

Khalil’s lawyers can request that the panel's decision be set aside and the matter reconsidered by a larger group of judges on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, or they can go to the U.S. Supreme Court.

An outspoken leader of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia, Khalil was arrested last March. He then spent three months detained in a Louisiana immigration jail, missing the birth of his first child.

Federal officials have accused Khalil of leading activities “aligned to Hamas,” though they have not presented evidence to support the claim and have not accused him of criminal conduct. They also accused Khalil, 31, of failing to disclose information on his green card application.

The government justified the arrest under a seldom-used statute that allows for the expulsion of noncitizens whose beliefs are deemed to pose a threat to U.S. foreign policy interests.

In June, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled that justification would likely be declared unconstitutional and ordered Khalil released.

President Donald Trump's administration appealed that ruling, arguing the deportation decision should fall to an immigration judge, rather than a federal court.

Khalil has dismissed the allegations as “baseless and ridiculous,” framing his arrest and detention as a “direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza.”

New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said on social media Thursday that Khalil should remain free.

“Last year’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil was more than just a chilling act of political repression, it was an attack on all of our constitutional rights,” Mamdani wrote on X. “Now, as the crackdown on pro-Palestinian free speech continues, Mahmoud is being threatened with rearrest. Mahmoud is free — and must remain free.”

Judge Arianna Freeman dissented Thursday, writing that her colleagues were holding Khalil to the wrong legal standard. Khalil, she wrote, is raising “now-or-never claims” that can be handled at the district court level, even though his immigration case isn't complete.

Both judges who ruled against Khalil, Thomas Hardiman and Stephanos Bibas, were Republican appointees. President George W. Bush appointed Hardiman to the 3rd Circuit, while Trump appointed Bibas. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, appointed Freeman.

The two-judge majority rejected Freeman's worry that their decision would leave Khalil with no remedy for unconstitutional immigration detention, even if he later can appeal.

“But our legal system routinely forces petitioners — even those with meritorious claims — to wait to raise their arguments," the judges wrote.

The decision comes as an appeals board in the immigration court system weighs a previous order that found Khalil could be deported to Algeria, where he maintains citizenship through a distant relative, or Syria, where he was born in a refugee camp to a Palestinian family.

His attorneys have said he faces mortal danger if forced to return to either country.

Associated Press writers Larry Neumeister and Anthony Izaguirre contributed to this story.

FILE - Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil holds a news conference outside Federal Court on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)