Business by LA Times Studios August 2026

The August 2026 issue of Business by LA Times Studios profiles Saviynt, the El Segundo-based identity security company navigating the shift to an AI-driven workforce and its newest solution, "Zuma," built to manage the identities of AI agents rather than human employees. This edition also features lifestyle brand founder Lauren Riihimaki and attorney Eric Perlmutter-Gumbiner unpacking how creators are evolving from earners to true enterprise CEOs, and it examines how Southland businesses are staying insurable amid California's commercial wildfire crunch through IoT monitoring, private firefighting services and captive insurance structures. The magazine explores how local law and accounting firms are using AI-driven predictive advisory and litigation analytics to preempt corporate risks rather than react to them and goes inside the early race for LA28 Olympic sponsorships and why forward-thinking brands are locking in category exclusivity years ahead of the Games. The issue also presents the Q2 Commercial Real Estate Outlook for Southern California, the Top Accounting and Business Advisory Firms in LA and OC, and the 2026 Private Equity and M&A Visionaries.