Africa Articles: 2026

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

NIQ Named 2026 Retail & Consumer Goods Snowflake Product Partner of the Year

CHICAGO - Wednesday, 03. June 2026

Award recognizes NIQ’s scalable commerce intelligence, data enrichment, and measurement solutions built on Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NielsenIQ (NYSE:NIQ) today announced that it has been named the 2026 Retail & Consumer Goods Snowflake Product Partner of the Year award recipient by Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company. NIQ was recognized for its achievements at Snowflake’s annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 26, for delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions on Snowflake that enable retailers, brands, and media partners to securely enrich data, measure performance, and unlock more precise, actionable commerce intelligence.

Through Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, NIQ helps joint customers collaborate across organizations, activate high-value data assets, and power advanced measurement while maintaining strong governance and data privacy controls. By embedding NIQ’s AI-driven data, models, and harmonization capabilities within Snowflake, customers can unify fragmented datasets into a trusted, scalable foundation for AI. This makes it easier to operationalize AI-powered decision-making and move faster from insight to action.

“Our integration with Snowflake has fundamentally changed how our customers access and activate commerce intelligence at scale,” said Mohit Kapoor, Chief Technology Officer at NIQ. “By building our data platforms and clean-room-enabled measurement solutions on Snowflake, we help brands and retailers turn complex, fragmented data into trusted insight and measurable growth. We’re honored to receive this award and look forward to continuing to innovate together.”

By combining NIQ’s proprietary global transaction data, granular product and location intelligence, and advanced measurement capabilities with Snowflake’s secure data collaboration and clean room technology, NIQ enables customers to move faster—from data enrichment and activation to closed-loop measurement and optimization—across the modern retail ecosystem. This recognition reflects NIQ’s vision to fuel the future of trusted AI: where commerce intelligence moves beyond measurement to orchestration. By combining proprietary data and models, AI-driven applications, and secure data collaboration, NIQ is enabling a more automated, privacy-first ecosystem where decision systems don’t just report on commerce, but actively shape it.

“NIQ exemplifies how partners can use the Snowflake AI Data Cloud to deliver real, differentiated value for retail and consumer goods customers,” said Amy Kodl, SVP, Worldwide Alliances & Channels, Snowflake. “By combining NIQ’s deep commerce intelligence with Snowflake’s secure data sharing and clean room capabilities, NIQ is enabling customers to collaborate with confidence, enhance data-driven decision-making, and measure outcomes more effectively across the rapidly evolving retail landscape.”

This achievement celebrates NIQ’s exceptional commitment to delivering innovative solutions and driving customer success with Snowflake. See keynotes from Snowflake Summit 2026 live or on-demand here and stay on top of the latest news and announcements from Snowflake on LinkedIn and X.

About NIQ

NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) is a leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete and trusted understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. By combining an unmatched global data footprint and granular consumer and retail measurement with decades of AI modeling expertise, NIQ builds decision systems that help companies turn complex data into confident action.

With operations in more than 90 countries, NIQ covers approximately 82% of the world’s population and more than $7.4 trillion in global consumer spend. Through cloud-based platforms, advanced analytics and AI-driven insights, NIQ delivers The Full View™—helping brands and retailers understand what consumers buy, why they buy it, and what to do next.

For more information, please visit www.niq.com.

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Bitget Launches Reality Aligned with CEO’s 10% Tokenization Vision

VICTORIA, Seychelles, - Monday, 01. June 2026

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange, announced the launch of Reality, a licensed financial platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs), connecting eligible global users with tokenized exposure to traditional financial assets through crypto-native ecosystems.

Reality will bring tokenized US stocks and ETFs into Bitget’s broader trading ecosystem, giving users access to market exposure traditionally limited by geography, market hours, fragmented platforms, and settlement barriers. The launch marks a key step in Bitget’s Universal Exchange (UEX) roadmap, which aims to combine crypto, on-chain markets, and traditional asset access within one platform experience.

Reality is the issuing platform of rTokens, the onchain representations of publicly traded equities and ETFs. Each rToken is 1:1 backed by real shares held with a FINRA-registered, SIPC-protected U.S. Broker-dealer. Reality enforces the industry’s highest transparency standards, with independent third-party auditors delivering a live Proof of Asset dashboard and CPA-level audit reports to ensure verifiable asset integrity at all times.

By bridging directly into U.S. equity pools, the protocol supports deep liquidity, institutional-scale entries and exits with optimized slippage, matching traditional order-book efficiency. Corporate actions, including dividends, cash distributions, and stock splits, are matched via a 1:1 deterministic mapping engine. On the ecosystem front, Reality RWAs will be natively integrated into the Bitget exchange. Key use cases include: utilizing tokenized equities as unified account margin to maximize capital efficiency; full compatibility with algorithmic Grid and Copy Trading systems; and deployment across Bitget's native Staking and Lending products.

Reality will operate as Bitget’s dedicated real-world asset provider, serving as the specialized arm for the tokenization of traditional financial instruments. Reality functions as the primary layer where traditional market value is standardized for the crypto economy. This alignment ensures that Bitget users have exclusive, seamless access to a secure and regulated environment for RWA trading.

“Reality is built around Bitget’s 10% vision: by 2030, nearly 10% of financial assets could exist in tokenized form,” said Gracy Chen, CEO at Bitget. “Stablecoins, faster blockchain settlement, and growing interest from major exchanges are pushing RWAs from experiment to market infrastructure. Reality is Bitget’s step toward making that future accessible to global users.”

Reality is aligned with Gracy Chen’s “10% vision” for the RWA industry, which projects that tokenization is still in its early stages. Money market funds and private credit account for only around 0.5–1% of their total markets, while tokenized equities represent just 0.1% of the $125 trillion global equity market. By 2030, Gracy’s vision is that nearly 10% of all financial assets could exist in tokenized form.

The launch comes as tokenized equities gain momentum across global markets. Investors are increasingly looking for products that combine familiar assets with faster settlement, broader access, and around-the-clock availability. Reality is designed to meet this demand by bringing traditional asset exposure into Bitget’s UEX framework, alongside crypto trading, on-chain tools, AI products, and existing tokenized asset offerings.

Reality will initially focus on tokenized exposure to selected US stocks and ETFs, with further asset expansion planned after launch. Product access, supported assets, trading features, and user eligibility will be subject to applicable laws, regional restrictions, and final launch terms.

The rollout also strengthens Bitget’s position in the RWA sector, following its broader push into tokenized stocks, gold, FX, commodities, and other traditional market-linked products. With Reality, Bitget is extending its UEX strategy beyond crypto trading into a wider financial access layer for global users.

Disclaimer

The tokenized assets referenced herein (the "Tokens"), have not been registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or the securities or financial instrument laws of any other jurisdiction. The Tokens may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons unless registered under the Act or an exemption fr0m the registration requirements thereof is available. Other jurisdiction-based prohibitions and restrictions apply.

Nothing herein constitutes any offer to sell, or any solicitation of an offer to buy, any assets, including any Tokens. Digital asset trading involves significant risk and volatility. Past performance is not and will not be an indication of future results. You may lose the full value of your investment and no profit is guaranteed. Please ensure compliance with your local laws and regulations and seek independent professional advice before investing.

About Bitget

Bitget is the world's largest Universal Exchange (UEX), serving over 125 million users and offering access to over 2M crypto tokens, 100+ tokenized stocks, ETFs, commodities, FX, and precious metals such as gold. The ecosystem is committed to helping users trade smarter with its AI agent, which co-pilots trade execution. Bitget is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships with LALIGA and MotoGP™. Aligned with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by 2027. Bitget currently leads in the tokenized TradFi market, providing the industry's lowest fees and highest liquidity across 150 regions worldwide.

For more information, visit: Website | X | Telegram | LinkedIn | DiscordRisk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use.

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Bitget Tackles Trading Burnout in New UEX Video Series

VICTORIA, Seychelles, - Monday, 01. June 2026

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched “UEX Traders’ Secret,” a three-part video series that takes a humorous take on the realities of modern trading, from market stress and platform fatigue to the demands of round-the-clock participation. Released across Bitget’s official social channels, the campaign uses relatable situations and self-aware humor to highlight how AI, automation, and unified trading environments are reshaping the trader experience.

The campaign arrives as trading behavior becomes increasingly multi-asset and always-on. Traders today often move between crypto, equities, commodities, and macro events simultaneously while managing multiple platforms, strategies and information flows. As markets become more interconnected, demand is growing for tools that simplify trading experiences and reduce friction across asset classes, a direction that sits at the center of Bitget’s Universal Exchange vision.

The first episode, “Stop Hair Loss — Let AI Hunt Alpha For You,” focuses on one of trading’s unofficial side effects: stress. The episode introduces Bitget’s AI ecosystem, including GetAgent, GetClaw, and Agent Hub, showing how traders can rely on AI-powered tools to monitor markets and surface opportunities continuously.

The second episode, “Multi-Platform Trading Is Aging You — One Platform Smooths It All Away,” shifts attention to the challenge of navigating fragmented trading environments. Through a skincare-inspired storyline, the episode highlights Bitget UEX, where crypto, stocks, and commodities are brought together into a single trading environment.

The final episode, “Shed the Stress Weight — Let Bots Trade While You Sleep,” explores the demands of always-on markets and the growing role of automation. The episode features Bitget’s trading bots and copy trading ecosystem across spot, derivatives, CFDs, equities, and precious metals.

“Trading in today’s day and age means tracking more markets, more assets and more information than ever before,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “UEX was built around simplifying that experience through AI and bringing markets together, and the campaign reflects that reality in a lighter way.”

The series forms part of Bitget’s broader Universal Exchange initiative, which combines AI-powered tools, automation, and multi-asset access across crypto, equities, commodities, and tokenized markets within one ecosystem.

The “UEX Traders’ Secret” series is now available across Bitget’s official social media channels.

About Bitget

For more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord

Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant volatility. Investors are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to lose. The value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment recovered. Independent financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully considered. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. Bitget accepts no liability for any potential losses incurred. Nothing contained herein should be construed as financial advice. For further information, please refer to our Terms of Use.

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NIQ Launches Product Intelligence to Power AI-Driven Commerce

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New solution structures and enriches fragmented product data to help brands and retailers fuel AI discovery, recommendations, and agentic commerce

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) today announced the launch of NIQ Product Intelligence, a new solution designed to help retailers and brands transform fragmented product data into structured, interoperable intelligence that fuels AI-driven commerce.

As AI increasingly shapes how consumers discover, evaluate, and purchase products, the quality and completeness of product data have become a defining competitive advantage. In AI-mediated commerce environments, products that lack structured, enriched, and machine-readable data risk becoming invisible to recommendation engines, AI assistants, and autonomous purchasing agents.

NIQ Product Intelligence addresses this challenge by creating a unified product intelligence layer that standardizes attributes, resolves product identity across systems, and enriches product data at scale, enabling AI systems to better understand, match, recommend, and surface products across digital and physical commerce channels.

For example, a traditional keyword search may only surface products containing exact terms like “protein snack” or “low-alcohol drinks.” AI-driven commerce experiences require a much deeper understanding of consumer intent and context, helping consumers discover products through nuanced requests such as “a healthy chocolate brownie alternative that still feels indulgent,” “a premium low-alcohol drink for a dinner party,” or “a gluten-free movie snack for family night.” Product Intelligence helps structure and enrich product data so AI systems can better interpret consumer needs, understand product attributes and context, and surface the most relevant recommendations.

Built on NIQ’s existing global commerce data assets and harmonization expertise, Product Intelligence helps brands and retailers:

Build a unified and interoperable product intelligence layer

Standardize and enrich product attributes at scale

Improve product matching, discoverability, and cross-system consistency

Enable products to become recommendation-ready across emerging AI commerce environments

“AI systems can only reason over products they can properly understand,” said Troy Treangen, Chief Product Officer, NIQ. “Product Intelligence creates a structured, interoperable product layer that resolves fragmented data, enriches attributes, and enables AI systems to identify, compare, and recommend products with far greater accuracy.”

NIQ Product Intelligence is built on NIQ’s global commerce intelligence infrastructure, including relationships with more than 8,900 retailers across 90 countries, a product catalog spanning more than 246 million unique items, and over 10 billion maintained product attributes. The solution also leverages NIQ’s decades of expertise in harmonizing and enriching complex commerce data across retailers, brands, and digital platforms.

The launch of Product Intelligence represents the first major offering within NIQ’s broader Commerce Intelligence portfolio, combining NIQ’s existing data assets, product content capabilities, and harmonization expertise into solutions that help customers build for the next era of AI-driven and agentic commerce today. NIQ will showcase Product Intelligence and its role in enabling agentic commerce at NIQ’s annual C360 event, taking place June 8-11 in San Antonio, Texas. To learn more and register for the event, visit the NIQ C360 event page.

FAQs

What is NIQ Product Intelligence?

NIQ Product Intelligence is a solution that transforms fragmented product data into a unified, AI-ready product layer by standardizing attributes, resolving product identity, and connecting data across systems.

What problem does NIQ Product Intelligence solve?

NIQ Product Intelligence helps brands and retailers address fragmented product data, inconsistent attributes, disconnected systems, and limited transparency into how products are categorized, tagged, and discovered across AI-driven commerce environments. The solution enables organizations to better manage and augment product attributes as consumer behaviors and recommendation systems evolve.

How does it support AI and agentic commerce?

NIQ Product Intelligence provides an AI-ready data foundation that improves how products are matched, surfaced, and recommended across retail media, ecommerce, and AI-driven discovery.

When will NIQ Product Intelligence be available?

NIQ Product Intelligence is now available in the United States, with expansion plans to be evaluated over time.

About NIQ

For more information, please visit www.niq.com.

Forward Looking Statement

This press release regarding NIQ Product Intelligence may contain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated consumer behaviors, market trends, and industry developments. These statements reflect current expectations and projections based on available data, historical patterns, and various assumptions. Words such as “will,” “may,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “believes,” “forecasts,” “plan,” “look ahead,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future outcomes and are subject to inherent uncertainties, including changes in consumer preferences, economic conditions, technological advancements, and competitive dynamics. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. While we strive to base our insights on reliable data and sound methodologies, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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The Open Group Launches the Open Footprint® Standard, Edition 1.0 to Streamline Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions Management

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Open Group, the vendor-neutral technology and standards organization, today announced the release of the Open Footprint® Standard, Edition 1.0, that will help organizations streamline scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions reporting.

The new standard is the first open emissions data model to address all three scopes, providing a comprehensive framework that enables organizations to collect and standardize data from their value chain and report across multiple jurisdictions.

“There is an urgent need to streamline emissions data management and reduce the manual effort required to capture data within supply chains, perform data conversion, and report out to various regulators,” said Steve Nunn, President and CEO of The Open Group. “The Open Footprint Standard removes friction and lowers cost, helping organizations identify emissions reduction opportunities.”

Key features of the model include:

Standardized emissions data definitions and relationships

Simplified emissions data sharing and interoperability across supply chains, easing the fragmented spreadsheet process many organizations have been dealing with

Reporting against multiple GHG emissions regulations, including CSRD, CA SB 253 and ISSB

Alignment with WBCSD PACT V3 Product Carbon Footprints, as well as GHG Protocol and ISO Standards

"Large enterprises today are focused on deriving value from their carbon data and applying AI using modern and integrated data architectures," said Sammy Lakshmanan, Co-chair, Open Footprint Forum. "The Open Footprint Standard is a foundational element in building an AI-ready carbon management data structure that enables organizations to spend more time on driving business outcomes and less on handling data."

“Accountability in emissions reporting starts with data integrity,” said AJ Van de Voort, Co-chair, Open Footprint Forum. “By standardizing how we capture and manage emissions data throughout its entire lifecycle, we are enabling the level of traceability and verification that modern regulatory landscapes—and stakeholders—now demand.”

The Open Footprint Standard is split across two parts, with part 1 providing data model general requirements, and part 2 delivering the data element dictionary. The Open Footprint Forum is also making available a set of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) schema files which can help organizations create database instances using the Open Footprint Data Model structure more easily.

Click here to learn more and download the Open Footprint Standard, Edition 1.0.

About The Open Group:

The Open Group is a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through technology standards and open-source initiatives by fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and mutual respect among our diverse group of 900+ Memberships. Our Membership includes customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators, academics, and consultants across multiple industries. More information on The Open Group can be found at www.opengroup.org

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Blackstone Raises its Largest Asia Private Equity Fund at $13.1 Billion

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Oversubscribed Fund More than Doubles Capital Raised for Predecessor Vehicle

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced the final close of Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (“BCP Asia III”) at $13.1 billion, exceeding its $10 billion target and marking the firm’s largest private equity fundraise in the region. The oversubscribed fund reached its hard cap and builds on the strong performance of the strategy’s first two vintages, with this close representing more than double the amount of capital raised for its predecessor vehicle.

Joe Baratta, Global Head of Blackstone Private Equity Strategies, said: “We are grateful for the continued trust of our investors in Blackstone and our leading Asia Private Equity franchise. This successful fundraise reflects the strength of our platform and our ability to perform through cycles. Asia Pacific is the fastest-growing region in the world, presenting compelling opportunities to invest at scale behind our high-conviction themes and deliver for our investors.”

Amit Dixit, Head of Asia for Blackstone Private Equity, said: “For two decades, we have focused on building businesses into market leaders and driving performance for our investors. We believe our differentiation lies in our scale, supported by homegrown teams across the region’s major markets; strong performance; and our control-oriented strategy that enables us to have a hands-on, proactive approach to supporting business transformations. We thank our investors for their support and partnership.”

Blackstone has been one of the most active global investors in the region over the last 24 months, reinforcing its leadership in India and Japan. The firm invested over $7 billion of capital across 12 transactions, which include:

Neysa, a fast-growing Indian AI cloud platform

TechnoPro, Japan’s leading specialized engineering services provider

JUNO, South Korea’s top hair salon franchise

In addition, the firm has had 15 exits with realizations over the same period, including:

Listing of International Gemological Institute, the largest lab grown diamonds certification player

Listing of Aadhar Housing Finance, India’s largest affordable housing finance business

Exit from Alinamin Pharmaceutical after helping build the business into one of Japan’s leading consumer healthcare businesses

About Blackstone

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

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Perpetuals Reports $4.5 Billion in UpsideOnly Volume and Signs Exchange Agreement With Datavault AI for Tokenized Commodities

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, 02. June 2026

UpsideOnly draws more than 30,000 active users from 185 countries in its first two weeks

Perpetuals signs exchange agreement with Datavault AI, bringing tokenized gold, copper, geothermal energy, and critical minerals to 24/7 regulated global trading

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perpetuals.com Ltd (Nasdaq: PDC) today reported strong early results for its breakout UpsideOnly trading and market prediction platform and announced an agreement with Datavault AI Inc. (Nasdaq: DVLT) to list tokenized real-world commodity assets on the Perpetuals platform.

In its first two weeks, traders flocked to the UpsideOnly platform, attracting more than 30,000 active users, generating $4.5 billion in cumulative platform volume across 186,000 fills and 25 instruments. Reflecting the widespread demand for a risk-free product, users came from 185 different countries. Surprisingly, gold was the top instrument with $1.4 billion in volume, outpacing bitcoin at $1.2 billion with precious metals accounting for roughly 35 percent of total platform activity.

UpsideOnly is the first trading and market prediction platform where users can't lose. Traders make predictions across global markets and share in profits when those predictions are validated by Perpetuals's proprietary AI, without ever putting up their own money.

Perpetuals also confirmed the company has signed a Mutual Services Agreement with Datavault AI, a real-world asset tokenization company, to list its commodity token programs on the Perpetuals exchange platform, targeting trading on PM MTF Ltd., the EU-licensed Multilateral Trading Facility operated on Perpetuals’s technology. The agreement initially covers the MTB Copper project, with provisions for expansion to additional programs spanning from gold, copper, geothermal energy, U.S. critical minerals, and European iron-nickel resources. These programs carry a combined targeted issuance of more than $328 million.

“The past two weeks have made clear that Perpetuals is building something that fills a major need in the market. UpsideOnly adoption has exceeded everything we projected, and now closing this Datavault AI agreement demonstrates our velocity,” said Matthew Nicoletti, Chief Strategy Officer and Director of Perpetuals. “We are moving fast and the momentum is real.”

“Perpetuals has built the regulated infrastructure that physical commodity tokenization needs and has been missing,” said Nathaniel T. Bradley, CEO of Datavault AI. “Partnering with a platform that has already demonstrated this kind of user growth puts our token programs in front of what we believe may be the largest possible audience at exactly the right moment for Datavault AI.”

About Perpetuals.com Ltd

Perpetuals.com Ltd (Nasdaq: PDC) is a fintech company developing AI-powered trading products and prediction markets, with a global footprint across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Its mission is to reduce risk through empowering retail users with intuitive, secure, and efficient trading experiences that span the world’s capital markets. UpsideOnly, the company's flagship consumer product, is the first risk-free trading platform, pairing human market insight with proprietary BayesShield AI so users can share in trading profits without ever risking their own money.

Perpetuals’s proprietary AI system, BayesShield AI, combines advanced AI and data analysis. The technology is trained on billions of trades, monitors market activity in real time, identifies patterns for trading and risk decisions, and provides multi-asset coverage. The company’s technology is used by the EU-licensed Perpetual Markets Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), PM MTF Ltd., which operates under full MiFID II, MiCA, DORA, and EMIR compliance.

About Datavault AI

Datavault AI™ (NASDAQ: DVLT) is leading the way in AI-driven data experiences, valuation, and monetization of assets in the Web 3.0 environment. The Company’s cloud-based platform provides comprehensive solutions with a collaborative focus in its Acoustic Sciences and Data Sciences divisions.

Datavault AI’s Acoustic Sciences division features WiSA®, ADIO®, and Sumerian® patented technologies and industry-first foundational spatial and multichannel wireless, high-definition sound transmission technologies with intellectual property covering audio timing, synchronization, and multi-channel interference cancellation. The Data Science division leverages the power of Web 3.0 and high-performance computing to provide solutions for experiential data perception, valuation, and secure monetization.

Datavault AI’s platform serves multiple industries, including high-performance computing software licensing for sports & entertainment, events & venues, biotech, education, fintech, real estate, healthcare, energy, and more. The Information Data Exchange® enables Digital Twins and the licensing of name, image, and likeness by securely attaching physical real-world objects to immutable metadata, fostering responsible AI with integrity. The Company’s technology suite is fully customizable and offers AI- and machine-learning-based automation, third-party integration, detailed analytics and data, marketing automation, and advertising monitoring.

The Company is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Learn more about Datavault AI at www.dvlt.ai and https://dvlt.ai/insights.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated profitability to the company and users of UpsideOnly. Words such as “expect,” “will,” “positions,” “advancing,” “projected,” “anticipated,” and other similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements, though not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These statements reflect Perpetuals’s current view with respect to future events, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to: the efficacy and accuracy of BayesShield AI, regulatory scrutiny, successful operation of UpsideOnly; user participation in the UpsideOnly platform; market conditions; the ability to realize anticipated benefits of UpsideOnly; the characterization of UpsideOnly under applicable gaming, sweepstakes, securities, and commodity-derivatives laws; patent issuance and enforceability of the BayesShield AI methodology; the company’s ability to raise capital to support the operation of the UpsideOnly platform; risks that the commodity token listing programs may not be completed on the anticipated schedule or at all; risks that the commodity token listing programs may not achieve anticipated trading volumes or liquidity; risks relating to evolving regulatory frameworks in jurisdictions applicable to tokenized commodity assets and digital securities; risks that applicable regulations may limit distribution or trading in certain jurisdictions; changes in market demand, economic, market, or regulatory conditions; and risks detailed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, and contingencies. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the assumptions set out by the company underlying those forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. Individuals are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and the company does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Perpetuals.com Ltd has an option agreement to acquire the affiliate company PM MTF Ltd., which will require a change of control approval by CySEC if exercised. Risk-free trading means that no losses from trading losses can occur to users, but does not include risks from other sources, including, but not limited to, the operational risks of the company.

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Investor Relations for Datavault AI

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VP, Investor Relations · Datavault AI, Inc.

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Experian Brings Trusted Agentic AI to Financial Services With the Launch of Agent Operating System™

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A new core capability within Experian’s Ascend Platform, designed to help financial services organisations safely scale agentic AI across the lending lifecycle

Brings together Experian, client and partner AI agents within a trusted operating layer for data, decisioning, governance and control

55% of consumers say they would allow an AI agent to make an autonomous purchase on their behalf

ServiceNow becomes first partner to integrate with Experian’s Agent Operating System

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Experian today announces the launch of the Agent Operating System™, a trusted agentic AI layer within the Experian Ascend Platform, unveiled at Money20/20 Europe.

The Experian Agent Operating System is designed to help financial services organisations move successfully beyond AI experimentation and safely scale agentic AI to transform decision-making, customer experiences, and day-to-day operations. It enables AI agents from Experian, clients and partners to work together through a common trust, semantic and orchestration layer, supported by clear controls, auditability and human oversight.

The launch comes as financial services firms accelerate investment in AI but continue to face major barriers to scaling adoption. New Experian research* shows that nearly half of global organisations (48%), say integrating data into AI workflows remains difficult, while a third cite poor data lineage and a further third say data is siloed across teams and systems.

At the same time, consumers are increasingly open to AI acting on their behalf, with 55%** willing to use AI tools for online purchases or bookings, rising to 70% among 25-39-year-olds.

Vijay Mehta, General Manager AI, Experian Software Solutions, said: “Agentic AI will reshape financial services, changing how decisions are made, how customers are served and how organisations operate at scale. This is no longer about experimentation. The winners will be those who turn AI into trusted operational reality, built on high quality data, strong governance and transparency in every decision.

“The Experian Agent Operating System is built for that moment. It brings together our unique data, advanced analytics, decisioning expertise and embedded governance within the Ascend Platform to help organisations deploy AI with confidence. This ultimately enables clients to automate key lending workflows, like fraud checks or loan approvals, in real time compared to the fragmented manual processes many rely on today.”

ServiceNow, the AI control tower for business reinvention, will be the first partner to integrate with Experian’s Agent Operating System. Through the multi-year partnership, ServiceNow AI agents will connect with Experian’s Ascend Platform, allowing customers to access trusted data, decisioning and governance capabilities within existing enterprise workflows.

Cedric Parent, GVP, Global Industries at ServiceNow, said: “Financial services firms are under enormous pressure, with tightening regulations, rising fraud complexity, and rising customers’ expectations. The ambition to deploy agentic AI is there, but without access to trusted, real-time data inside enterprise workflows, agents simply can't operate at the speed or scale the industry demands. ServiceNow is proud to be the first partner deploying within Experian's Agent Operating System, giving financial institutions the confidence to automate high-stakes decisions, from fraud detection to credit risk."

Supporting the full lending lifecycle from customer acquisition and fraud detection to credit decisioning, portfolio monitoring, and reporting, Agent Operating System bridges the gap between AI ambition and operational reality. It combines data, analytics, decisioning, and identity with built-in governance, risk management, explainability, and controls to enable trusted complex workflow automation.

The Agent Operating System will be available to early adopters later this year, before rolling out to more than 2,300 client solutions globally. Key capabilities include:

A trusted agentic operating layer: Identity, access control, data security, compliance guardrails, monitoring and governance controls that enable AI agents to operate safely across data, models and workflows.

Composability: Experian, client-built, and partner agents work together without having to replace existing technology, allowing organisations to start with targeted use cases and progressively evolve toward fully connected, agent-driven workflows.

Agent-native decisioning: Purpose-built agents across fraud, identity, credit risk, marketing, analytics, operations and governance that can investigate, orchestrate and optimise workflows, rather than simply respond to prompts.

Embedded governance by design: Model risk management, explainability, audit trails, monitoring and policy enforcement built into agentic workflows to support compliant AI at enterprise scale.

Productivity at scale, with human oversight: Automation of investigation, strategy execution, insight generation, documentation and monitoring, with human-in-the-loop validation for complex decisions and high-impact outcomes.

Experian is a 5-star sponsor of Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam and will host the event’s Connection Lounge. Adolfo Tunon, Head of Banking GTM, EMEA at ServiceNow will join Experian’s Vijay Mehta and Laurie Schnidman on stage to discuss the launch of Agent Operating System and the future of agentic AI in financial services.

Learn more about the Connected Intelligence report here, and the 2026 UK Fraud and FinCrime Report 2026 here.

Notes to Editor:

*Experian and Phronesis conducted a global survey in April and May 2026 among more than 800 senior decision-makers at financial institutions across the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Germany, India, Italy, South Africa, Colombia, and Chile.

**Research conducted by HarrisX between March and April 2026 among more than 500 senior decision-makers at organisations across the UK.

About Experian

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, deliver digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and platforms. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them to save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agrifinance, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in talented people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data and to innovate. A FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 25,200 people across 33 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

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comforte Launches TAMUNIO Assure to Modernize HPE Nonstop Cryptography for the Post-Quantum Era

WIESBADEN, Germany - Tuesday, 02. June 2026 AETOSWire

New solution helps HPE Nonstop teams modernize SSH & SSL/TLS security using quantum-safe cryptography, centralize key and secrets management, and automate certificate and key lifecycles.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- comforte AG, a global leader in data-centric security for HPE Nonstop environments, today announced the launch of TAMUNIO Assure, a purpose-built solution for HPE Nonstop that helps organizations modernize cryptographic security without application rewrites or disruption to mission-critical systems.

TAMUNIO Assure helps organizations enhance SSH & SSL/TLS security, centralizing keys, credentials, certificates, and secrets, and automating certificate and key lifecycle management across HPE Nonstop systems. The result is stronger security, more cost-effective operations, and a quantum-safe security posture without rewriting critical applications or introducing high-risk platform changes.

The crypto operating model for HPE Nonstop is changing

HPE Nonstop systems power some of the world’s most demanding transaction environments, including payment networks and financial infrastructure, where continuous availability is essential. As security and compliance requirements evolve, organizations need a more centralized and automated way to manage SSH & SSL/TLS protection, keys, secrets, and certificates.

TAMUNIO Assure addresses this challenge by bringing together three critical capabilities in one HPE Nonstop-focused solution:

Post-quantum-ready SSH and SSL/TLS modernization to strengthen transport security while preserving existing application behavior.

Centralized key and secrets governance to move keys, credentials, certificates, and secrets out of scattered files, scripts, and unmanaged locations.

Automated certificate and key lifecycle management to reduce manual administration, lower expiration-related outage risk, and improve operational consistency.

“The HPE Nonstop community has needed a solution like this for some time. Crypto modernization and post-quantum preparation are not abstract future concerns; they are active risks for environments that carry high-value, long-lived data today,” said Henning Horst, CTO at comforte. “With TAMUNIO Assure Nonstop teams can strengthen control, improve resilience, and prepare for post-quantum requirements on their own terms.”

Purpose-built cryptographic modernization for HPE Nonstop

For HPE Nonstop environments, disruption is not an option. TAMUNIO Assure helps teams modernize cryptographic protection around existing systems, extending the value of proven HPE Nonstop investments while improving auditability, operational efficiency, and long-term security posture.

By combining SSH & SSL/TLS modernization, centralized key and secrets management, lifecycle automation, and quantum-safe cryptography in one solution, comforte gives security and operations teams a simpler way to reduce risk and prepare for the next era of cryptographic security.

About comforte AG

comforte AG is a leading provider of data-centric security solutions that empower enterprises to protect sensitive information throughout its lifecycle while maintaining its usability for business operations. Headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, comforte is a trusted partner for global enterprises across various industries. The TAMUNIO data security platform automates the discovery, classification and protection of data within complex IT environments. With over 25 years of expertise, comforte safeguards data for over 300 global customers, including industry leaders like Visa and Mastercard, enabling them to drive digital transformation, optimize operations, and achieve sustainable growth with confidence.

For more information, visit comforte.com and follow comforte AG on LinkedIn.

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Kinaxis Introduces Forward Deployed Engineering to Help Enterprises Turn Decisions into Outcomes

LAS VEGAS - Tuesday, 02. June 2026

New engineering-led engagement model helps organizations co-build AI-native operational solutions using the Maestro platform

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinaxis® Inc. (TSX:KXS), a global leader in supply chain planning and orchestration, today introduced Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), a new engagement model designed to help enterprises operationalize AI and translate decisions into measurable business outcomes. FDE reflects the broader Kinaxis vision for operational orchestration, an approach that coordinates signals, decisions, actions and learnings across the business fast enough to change outcomes.

The opening keynote at Kinexions, the company’s global customer conference, delivered by CEO Razat Gaurav will be livestreamed globally on June 2 @ 11:30 am EST via LinkedIn Live.

This approach combines a unified data foundation with semantic intelligence that understands the relationships, dependencies, and trade-offs that shape enterprise operations. Together, these capabilities help organizations move beyond isolated decision-making to coordinated execution, connecting data, systems, teams, and actions across the enterprise.

Traditional planning operating models were built around isolated functions, fragmented decisions, and disconnected workflows. Concurrent planning introduced new principles of synchronized, cross-functional decision-making across supply chain planning processes. Operational orchestration extends those principles across enterprise operations, connecting planning, decision-making, and execution both within and beyond the supply chain to create adaptive organizations that continuously align, respond, and improve.

“The challenge companies face is no longer simply making better decisions faster, it’s ensuring those decisions drive real outcomes,” said Razat Gaurav, Chief Executive Officer, Kinaxis. “A supply chain decision only matters when it changes what the business can do. The next shift is ensuring decisions translate into coordinated action across the business. That only happens when AI is grounded in the physics of enterprise operations, understanding the constraints, dependencies, and trade-offs that define how work gets done. With that context, organizations can move from isolated decisions to continuous execution at scale.”

As organizations face increasing volatility, interdependencies, and scale, the challenge is no longer simply making better decisions. It is ensuring those decisions propagate across systems and processes in ways that reflect real-world constraints and deliver meaningful results. Kinaxis believes these same conditions now create the opportunity for AI to generate value, but only when it is grounded in the physics of enterprise operations.

Kinaxis addresses this challenge with composable, extensible capabilities across its platform. Kinaxis is embedding agentic AI directly into operational workflows, enabling new ways of working where teams collaborate with AI to continuously sense, reason, decide, and act within the context of the business. Built on a mature supply chain planning foundation, Kinaxis helps organizations move beyond isolated copilot toward coordinated, scalable execution grounded in their data, constraints, and operating realities.

To support this shift, Kinaxis is expanding beyond traditional software delivery into a model built on interoperable, composable building blocks. These capabilities, spanning data, semantic intelligence, decisioning, AI, and orchestration, can be assembled within Maestro to enhance planning or applied through the FDE motion to support broader operational orchestration across systems, workflows, and enterprise processes.

This shifts the engagement model:

From features to outcomes, focusing on business impact rather than predefined requirements

From project to product, building solutions that can scale and continuously improve

From go-live to ownership, prioritizing sustained adoption and long-term value

Over time, the initial solutions developed through the FDE engagement establish the operational and intelligence foundation for enterprise AI within the customer’s environment. Built on real business context, data, workflows, and decision flows, this foundation enables customers and partners to continuously extend and scale additional agentic capabilities over time.

The result is a more mature operating model where humans and AI agents work seamlessly together across enterprise processes, coordinating decisions, actions, and execution across the flows of materials, resources, and operations that drive the business.

FDE will be available through Kinaxis account teams for selected customer engagements beginning at Kinexions. Kinaxis also announced a customer and partner hackathon focused on accelerating the development of AI-driven solutions aligned to real-world business challenges.

About Kinaxis

Kinaxis is a leader in modern supply chain planning and orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI-infused supply chain orchestration platform, Maestro, combines proprietary technologies and techniques that provide full transparency and agility across the entire supply chain — from multi-year strategic planning to last-mile delivery. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. For more news and information, please visit kinaxis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements relating to the availability, functionality and expected benefits of Kinaxis’ Forward Deployed Engineering model and the Maestro platform, and anticipated customer outcomes. Forward-looking information is based on assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or events to differ materially. Such risks and uncertainties are described in Kinaxis’ filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities, available on SEDAR+. Forward-looking information is provided as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, Kinaxis undertakes no obligation to update such information.

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Laserfiche Launches on AWS Marketplace, Bringing Intelligent Content Management to the Enterprise

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Tuesday, 02. June 2026 AETOSWire

Organizations can now seamlessly procure Laserfiche document management to support and scale information governance and workflow automation.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management — has partnered with AWS to make Laserfiche available through AWS Marketplace. This collaboration enables AWS customers to seamlessly procure Laserfiche’s document management platform to manage content, automate workflows and implement agentic AI capabilities.

“We’re excited about this evolution of our long-standing partnership with AWS,” said Thomas Phelps, Laserfiche senior vice president of corporate strategy and CIO. “AWS Marketplace provides a near-frictionless experience for Laserfiche direct customers who want to accept negotiated private offers, manage billing and payment history, and apply eligible purchases toward their AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) commitments — all through their centralized AWS account.”

Laserfiche provides document lifecycle management, information governance and workflow automation tools on a platform that earned multiple Champion awards from Info-Tech Research Group. Laserfiche AI features include automatic metadata extraction, document summarization, chat and agentic capabilities.

“Within two weeks of requesting the ability to procure Laserfiche Cloud through AWS Marketplace, Laserfiche confirmed its availability on the marketplace,” said Bianca Lochner, Ph.D., City of Scottsdale CIO. “We appreciate Laserfiche’s swift execution and anticipation of our needs as our business partner.”

“We are thrilled to welcome Laserfiche to AWS Marketplace,” said Carol Potts, AWS General Manager of US ISV Sales. “Organizations in highly regulated industries can now adopt Laserfiche's intelligent content management and agentic AI capabilities to quickly automate how they organize, govern, and act on critical information at scale. Enabling access to these innovations is how we help customers transform the way they work.”

To learn more, explore AWS Marketplace.

About Laserfiche

Laserfiche is a leading enterprise platform for document management and content-centric workflow automation. Through scalable workflows, forms, no-code templates and AI-enabled capture, the Laserfiche® platform accelerates how business gets done.

Laserfiche pioneered the paperless office with enterprise content management. Today, Laserfiche’s cloud-first development approach incorporates innovations in machine learning and AI to enable organizations globally to transform into digital businesses. Customers in every industry — including government, education, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing — use Laserfiche to boost productivity, scale their business and deliver digital-first customer experiences.

Laserfiche employees are committed to the company’s vision of empowering customers and inspiring people to reimagine how technology can transform lives.

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The African Engineering and Technology Network Signs Tenth University Partner

Pan-African network, led by Carnegie Mellon University Africa, drives digital transformation on the continent through research, education, and entrepreneurship

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Carnegie Mellon University Africa announced today that the African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) has signed its tenth university partner, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU). The network, launched in 2022, provides a vehicle for technology-focused universities in Africa to engage in deep collaboration to drive digital growth, create technology development, build pathways to opportunities for youth, and shape policy change.

Afretec Network members span the entire continent and represent North, South, East, West, and Central Africa. University partners include: Carnegie Mellon University Africa (Rwanda), Agostinho Neto University (Angola), Al Akhawayn University (Morocco), the American University in Cairo (Egypt), Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), University of Lagos (Nigeria), University of Nairobi (Kenya), University of Rwanda, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), and now Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (Ethiopia).

“We are proud to welcome Addis Ababa Science and Technology University as our tenth partner in the Afretec Network,” said Tim Brown, interim director of Carnegie Mellon University Africa. “The network is built on a model of collaboration and strengthened by each and every partner university. Our newest network member will bring perspective from a country known for a fast-growing digital economy and pan-African policy development.”

Afretec is focused on creating long-term sustained change across the continent, building and shaping ecosystems that will usher in economic growth:

Research: Since its founding, Afretec has awarded almost $7.43M in research funding across the continent. With more than 40 research projects in the network’s portfolio, Afretec is raising the profile of African research with findings published in peer-reviewed journals and international conference presentations.

Education: Afretec bridge programs, intended to prepare students for graduate studies, have trained more than 2,000 undergraduate students. Afretec has also trained almost 500 faculty members in topics such as proposal writing, AI in education, and teaching challenges.

Entrepreneurship: Afretec has created a formal and scalable relationship between academia and startups through their TechSkills Marketplace program. The program connects students with startups actively seeking tech talent, allowing them to explore entrepreneurship as a viable career pathway by contributing their skills in a startup environment.

AASTU is a public higher education institution established in 2011 as part of Ethiopia’s strategic vision to advance industrialization, technological innovation, and STEM education. Located in the southeastern Kilinto area of Addis Ababa—recognized as Ethiopia’s flagship industrial and pharmaceutical hub—the university serves as a center of excellence for science, technology, research, and innovation.

About the African Engineering and Technology Network: The African Engineering and Technology Network (Afretec) is a pan-African collaboration of technology-focused universities working together to drive the digital transformation of Africa. The network is led by Carnegie Mellon University Africa. Learn more by visiting www.afretec.org.

About the College of Engineering and CMU-Africa:

The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University is a top-ranked engineering college that is known for our Advanced Collaboration culture in research and education. The College is well-known for working on problems of both scientific and practical importance. Our “maker” culture is ingrained in all that we do, leading to novel approaches and transformative results. Our acclaimed faculty have a focus on innovation management and engineering to yield transformative results that will drive the intellectual and economic vitality of our community, nation, and world.

Carnegie Mellon University Africa was established in 2011 through a partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the Government of Rwanda. CMU-Africa is the only U.S. research university offering its master’s degrees with a full-time faculty, staff, and operations in Africa. The institution is addressing the critical shortage of high-quality engineering talent required to accelerate the economic transformation of the African continent. For more information on the College of Engineering location in Africa, visit www.africa.engineering.cmu.edu.

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Lenovo Technology Powers FIFA World Cup 2026™ Operations and Strengthens AI-Driven Broadcast

Lenovo’s Near Real-Time AI Infrastructure Enables IPTV Delivery, Operational Control, and Transformative Fan Experiences at Unprecedented Global Scale

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lenovo today announced it is delivering a near real-time AI-powered infrastructure platform for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ to enable ultra-low-latency IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) video distribution in addition to the traditional cable and satellite broadcast, intelligent content delivery, and mission-critical decision-making across the event ecosystem and operations.

As the world’s largest sporting event prepares for an unprecedented scale—spanning three host countries, featuring 48 teams, and engaging an estimated 6 billion fans—FIFA, broadcasters, and event operators will benefit from a live, always-on environment designed to perform at the highest level. As FIFA’s Official Technology Partner, Lenovo will deploy servers at the International Broadcast Center in Dallas, Texas, to help deliver the computing power, devices, and AI-driven solutions needed to bring every moment of every match to global audiences and support the most expansive broadcast operation in FIFA World Cup™ history. More than 17,000 Lenovo and Motorola devices and 200+ engineers deployed across venues and Team Base Camp training sites will help ensure professional execution.

Lenovo’s technology solutions have reduced latency within IPTV infrastructure for the global showpiece, with IPTV delays now under five seconds, enabling near real-time access to live match action and more synchronized viewing experiences. Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 V3 servers and technology will help manage massive volumes of live video data coming in from stadiums across North America and power FIFA’s IPTV live feed by ingesting, processing, and distributing all match content in close to real-time via ten channels to over 1,000 screens throughout FIFA venues. Fans, media, VIPs and officials will quickly be able to access every match from anywhere within the event ecosystem, from fan zones to media tribunes.

An AI Nerve Center for the World’s Biggest Sporting Event

Beyond broadcast, Lenovo’s technology will be deployed at FIFA’s Technology Command Center in Miami and the Tournament Operation Center for the duration of FIFA World Cup 2026™. This hub serves as the central “mission control” for the World Cup, where all the technology powering the games is monitored and managed in near real-time by experienced engineers and FIFA management. With the help of Lenovo’s enterprise solutions, FIFA’s Technology Command Center and Tournament Operation Center will ensure tournament organizers are able to swiftly observe, and if needed, address operational matters across the tournament footprint.

“Lenovo’s AI infrastructure is redefining the FIFA World Cup experience, delivering near real-time highlights, multi-angle views, and insights at unprecedented global scale,” said Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, President of Infrastructure Solutions at Lenovo. “Together with FIFA, we are running AI under the world’s most demanding conditions—solving latency concerns and bringing billions of fans closer to the action than ever before, setting a new standard for live sports.”

“The FIFA World Cup is one of the largest and most complex sporting event in the world,” said Nacho Fresco, Director of Technology at FIFA. “With this edition set to be the biggest in history, delivering exceptional operational efficiency and cutting-edge technology is critical. Lenovo is a key partner in helping us meet the stringent low-latency requirements essential for live production environments.”

Powering the World’s Biggest Stage

FIFA World Cup 2026™ showcases the real-world AI advancements Lenovo is making possible. Lenovo will manage complex on-premise edge computing, significantly reducing latency, where cloud-only solutions failed to meet broadcast requirements. During the World Cup, technologies powered by Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, engineered for high-density, mission critical environments requiring massive throughput, and near real-time operational performance will support:

Near real-time monitoring of stadium and tournament wide tech systems

Live broadcast, streaming, and IPTV delivery

Rapid incident detection and issue resolution to minimize disruption and downtime

Enhancing the Fan Experience with Real-Time Insight and Transparency

Lenovo is enabling a more immersive and understandable viewing experience through AI-driven innovations. AI-enabled 3D player avatars provide clearer, real-time visualization of complex decisions such as offside calls. Built using advanced GenAI and real-world player data, these avatars are designed to help fans better understand the game as it happens. These avatars will also be an additional value input to support FIFA’s Match Officials in their offside decision-making during matches.

To improve the in-venue experience across three countries, Lenovo is deploying solutions designed to enhance safety, efficiency, and engagement:

AI-driven navigation systems reduce congestion and improve movement across venues.

AI-driven stabilized “Referee Views” deliver first-person perspectives with up to 50% less motion distortion.

Immersive digital and holographic experiences create new ways for fans to engage with the game.

Leveling the Playing Field Through Smarter Football for All

Lenovo is actively transforming the sports industry and remains committed to democratizing football through its “Smarter AI for All” vision. With the FIFA World Cup 2026™, Lenovo will deploy the FIFA AI Pro platform, a next-generation AI-powered knowledge assistant delivering tactical insights to coaches, players, and analysts. Built using Lenovo’s AI Factory, the platform will be provided to all 48 teams competing in the tournament, democratizing access to elite-level analytics and helping level the competitive playing field.

Bringing the Tournament Home with Special Edition Collections

For fans of the game, Lenovo is offering a unique way to showcase their passion through a collection of FIFA Special Edition devices across its commercial, consumer, and gaming portfolios. Featuring exclusive FIFA World Cup 2026™ branding and packaging, the lineup includes the motorola razr FIFA World Cup 26th Edition, ThinkPad X9-14 Gen 1, ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 and 14, Yoga Slim 7i ultra Aura Edition (14”, 11), Idea Tab, and the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i (16”, 10). These limited-edition models allow fans to carry a piece of the world’s largest sporting event with them, long after the final whistle.

The scale and complexity of these operations reflect Lenovo’s broader investment in sports technology. In March, Lenovo launched a dedicated sports vertical designed to support organizations operating live, global, and mission-critical environments. By integrating AI infrastructure, edge computing, devices, and services into a unified model, Lenovo is enabling sports organizations to move from fragmented systems to real-time, end-to-end operational control.

As the Official Technology Partner of FIFA, Lenovo is powering the biggest event in the history of humanity. FIFA trusts Lenovo to deliver the tournament’s end-to-end technology backbone from AI devices to infrastructure and solutions, to provide immersive and unique fan experiences and provide unprecedented access to data and analytics for the 48 competing teams. Visit the FIFA page on Lenovo.com to see Lenovo in action at the World Cup.

About Lenovo

Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Guided by its vision of “Smarter Technology for All”, Lenovo is executing a Hybrid AI strategy that spans Personal AI – one personal AI, multiple devices; and Enterprise AI – helping customers turn data into insights and value. This strategy is delivered through the Group’s commitment to world-class innovation and a full-stack AI portfolio, including devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets, accessories), infrastructure solutions (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), as well as software, solutions, and services. With a global footprint spanning 21 research and development locations in 11 markets, and a global supply chain including more than 30 manufacturing sites across 10 markets, Lenovo is widely recognized for its operational excellence, including ranking #8 in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). Learn more at www.lenovo.com and follow the latest news in our newsroom.

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SymphonyAI Brings AI-Powered Assortment and Space Platform to Global CPGs, Compressing Category Review Cycles from Weeks to Days

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Tuesday, 02. June 2026 AETOSWire Print

CINDE Assortment and Space closes the loop between assortment, planogram, and in-store execution, proven across 500-plus global CPG deployments

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planogram compliance failures, undetected out-of-stocks, and the lag between headquarters planning and store-level execution cost grocers measurably in comp sales, shrink, and associate labor hours. The tools built for category planning have never been designed to close that execution gap. In response, SymphonyAI, a global leader in Vertical AI, today announced the availability of CINDE Assortment and Space for CPGs, an AI platform that closes the loop between assortment strategy, planogram execution, and in-store compliance, compressing the category review cycle from four to six weeks to a matter of days.

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The platform is underpinned by SymphonyAI's Transferable Demand AI, a model trained across 25 years of retail data and validated in production across more than 500 global CPG deployments, including PepsiCo, Southern Co-op, and every one of the top 25 global CPG companies. CINDE Assortment and Space is available as a standalone Assortment-as-a-Service offering and as part of the full CINDE CPG Enterprise Suite.

Five Use Cases

Each addresses a specific, recurring failure point in how CPGs manage category decisions today, identified across decades of production deployments:

Store Intelligence — Photo-to-Planogram Loop: A merchandiser takes a mobile photo of the shelf. Computer vision identifies every SKU, facing, and out-of-stock condition and routes a corrective task to the right associate, with no manual audit, no separate compliance tool, and no lag between the store walk and the action. The output feeds directly into the next assortment cycle, closing the planogram compliance gap that compounds between resets and drives on-shelf availability loss.

Assortment Optimization — Transferable Demand: SKU-level rationalization driven by incrementality scoring, need-state analysis, and cannibalization modeling. Southern Co-op achieved a 5.2 percent category sales uplift using this capability, a comp sales outcome driven by getting the right SKUs on the right shelves. The Transferable Demand AI model carries across retailers without retraining, meaning work validated at one JBP extends to the next without rebuilding from scratch.

Intelligent Store-Based Clustering: Store clustering derived from store-level transaction and sales patterns, enabling highly accurate, scalable models tailored to localized demand, shopper behavior, and operational dynamics. This capability is particularly valuable across wholesale environments and markets with limited customer-level data, including many Asia-Pacific and emerging markets where retailer adoption depends on practical, store-centric intelligence.

Space-Aware Assortment — Category Captain Workflow: Integrated assortment and planogram planning from a shared data model, producing shelf-ready outputs that store teams can act on directly. These are not analytical recommendations requiring manual translation before execution. PepsiCo deployed this capability for category captain planning across major UK grocery retailers, compressing range review cycles and generating retailer-ready deliverables within the platform.

Planogram Automation — Multi-Banner Scale: Store-specific planograms generated and maintained at scale across banners, countries, languages, and regulatory contexts, eliminating the manual rebuild cycle that consumes field and category team capacity between resets. A global retailer based in Europe runs CINDE planogram automation across 32 countries and 32 banners, the largest multi-banner deployment of its kind.

Market Context

According to the POI 2024 State of the Industry Report, 80 percent of CPG headquarters lack the capabilities needed to support pricing, trade, and go-to-market decisions. The category has historically been served by disconnected point solutions: clustering, planogram, and compliance tools that operate in isolation, each requiring manual handoffs that introduce lag and execution failures at store level. No vendor has previously integrated all four disciplines into a single platform with a shared data model.

The convergence of three factors has made this integration both technically feasible and commercially urgent: the acceleration of range review frequency as retailers demand more responsive joint business planning; the availability of computer vision at scale for in-store compliance verification; and the maturation of large-scale demand models capable of transferring across retail contexts without retraining.

"CPGs have spent years making assortment and shelf decisions with disconnected tools that cannot share data across the planning cycle," said Manish Choudhary, President of Retail, SymphonyAI. "CINDE Assortment and Space was built to close that loop entirely. When a demand model proven at one retailer transfers without retraining to every other JBP in the portfolio, and when in-store execution feeds directly back into planning, CPGs stop rebuilding work from scratch every quarter. That capability is available today, backed by 25 years of production deployment across more than 500 global CPGs."

To request a demonstration or connect with the SymphonyAI team at NRF APAC, visit booth 1514. SymphonyAI will also be participating in two sessions at the show:

BIG Ideas Session — Wednesday, June 3, 2:20 – 2:50pm, Level 1, EBI Stage 1: Surachai Hirannitichai, Group Chief Digital Technology Officer, Big C Supercenter, joins Paul Howe, Managing Director, ReadyMS Thailand, and Manish Choudhary, President of Retail, SymphonyAI, to discuss the retailer pain points driving technology transformation at Big C — a live case study in how one of Asia-Pacific's largest grocery operators is rethinking its digital infrastructure.

Expo Tour — Engaging Customers with Generative AI: Retailers will review the technology road map of generative AI to provide insights on generating value including higher revenue, streamlined efficiencies. Retailers attending NRF APAC can add this guided expo tour to their registration package.

About SymphonyAI

SymphonyAI delivers Vertical AI product platforms that help enterprises solve their most complex, high-value challenges — from stopping financial crime to improving store performance and boosting manufacturing efficiency. Trusted by more than 2,000 enterprise customers worldwide, including 200 of the top financial institutions, the top 25 CPG companies, and many of the world's largest grocers and industrial manufacturers, SymphonyAI provides domain-trained applications and pre-built agents that are ready to work on day one. Learn more at https://www.symphonyai.com/.

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SymphonyAI Launches CINDE Retail Media Intelligence to Connect Merchandising and Media for Mid-to-Large Grocers

CINDE RMI connects merchandising and retail media in a single closed-loop platform — without replacing your existing retail media stack

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Retail media has become the fastest-growing profit line in grocery, yet the billions of dollars CPG advertisers invest in it every year flow through a system where media buyers and merchants never see the same data. Merchants plan assortments, negotiate trade spend, and execute resets with no visibility into which CPG media investments are driving category velocity, while CPG advertisers renew or walk based on incrementality proof that most retailers cannot provide. To solve for this, SymphonyAI, a global leader in Vertical AI, today announced the general availability of CINDE Retail Media Intelligence (RMI), an AI platform that connects merchandising, media, and shopper intelligence into a single closed-loop system, giving retailers and CPG partners shared visibility into how every media dollar moves category turns, trade spend ROI, and gross margin across every reset cycle, joint business planning negotiation, and campaign flight.

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CINDE RMI is not a retail media network platform. It is the intelligence layer that makes every RMN platform smarter. It plugs into existing retail media stacks rather than replacing them, and integrates with leading third-party measurement partners for CPG-credible incrementality validation. For mid-to-large grocers with existing or nascent retail media programs, this means accessing AI-driven incrementality intelligence, precision audience segmentation, and media-to-shelf attribution without the cost and complexity of a full platform migration. For CPG advertisers, it means finally seeing proof that their media investment drives in-store category performance, which is the single most cited barrier to growing retail media spend.

Six Capabilities

CINDE RMI delivers six integrated capabilities, each built on SymphonyAI's existing CINDE retail AI infrastructure:

Audience Intelligence for Retail Media: First-party scan data and shopper behavior converted into precision audience segments, giving CPG partners the targeting intelligence they need to drive category velocity and basket attachment, and giving merchants visibility into which shopper segments are responding to media investment.

Retail Media Campaign Measurement: Closed-loop campaign measurement using causal inference and adstock modeling to produce iROAS, ROAS, new-to-brand, new-to-category, and lifetime value. For merchants, this converts trade spend negotiations from assumptions about promotional lift into verified, auditable category performance data.

CPG Investment Advisor: Portfolio-level intelligence that identifies CPG spend gaps across the category portfolio, surfaces upsell opportunities aligned to the reset calendar, and converts category planning data into incremental advertiser investment, giving merchants a clear view of which vendor partnerships are underfunding categories and what the trade spend opportunity is.

In-Store Attribution — Computer Vision: Computer vision deployed at store level verifies that in-store media placements ran as planned, closing the promotional compliance gap between campaign booking and physical shelf execution, and feeding verified execution data back into the next promotional window and JBP review.

Retail Media Agentic Campaign Engine: AI agents that monitor campaigns continuously, auto-remediate underperforming placements and audience segments, and prepare JBP briefings autonomously, reducing manual campaign management work for both media and category teams.

Merchandising and Media Closed Loop: A shared data model connecting joint business planning and category management directly to retail media campaign planning and performance. Assortment decisions, planogram resets, and trade spend negotiations are made with full visibility into what CPG media investment is doing to category turns and gross margin, within the same cycle rather than the next one.

Market Context

Retail media has grown into one of the highest-margin revenue streams available to grocers, yet most retailers manage it in isolation from category management. Merchants planning resets and negotiating trade spend have no visibility into which CPG media investments are driving category velocity, comp store sales, or gross margin per foot. CPG advertisers increasingly demand proof of incrementality, not just impressions, and the inability to connect media spend to in-store category performance is the single most cited barrier to growing retail media investment.

"Retail media is the fastest-growing revenue line for grocers, but most retailers are managing it blind. There is no connection between what the merchant knows about the category and what the media buyer is selling to CPG partners," said Manish Choudhary, President of Retail, SymphonyAI. "CINDE RMI closes that loop. When a CPG advertiser can see exactly how their media investment connects to in-store category performance, verified by computer vision and measured by causal incrementality, the conversation shifts from spend justification to investment growth. That is the unlock we are bringing to market."

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