NEW YORK, NY, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Retired U.S. Army Col. James Lillard Wilmeth III has been recognized with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who. The award highlights his nearly three-decade career in military leadership and work in defense operations research. Over the course of his service and post-military career, Col. Wilmeth contributed to artillery training, strategic analysis and defense programs supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff and major military commands.

A Career of Military Leadership

Col. Wilmeth built a career marked by service, discipline and dedication. His path began at the University of Dayton, where he joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Although military service was not a family tradition in his immediate household, his college experience introduced him to the structure and purpose of Army life. He excelled in ROTC and finished first among cadets at a major summer training camp, which led to his selection as cadet leader of the university’s large ROTC corps.

After earning a Bachelor of Science in business administration in 1965, Col. Wilmeth was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Over the next 27 years, he served in major artillery and leadership assignments in Vietnam, South Korea, Germany and at key Army bases in the United States. His early service included duty in South Vietnam, where he supported the 3rd U.S. Marine Division and later served as aide-de-camp to the commanding general of the 1st Field Force Artillery.

As his career advanced, Col. Wilmeth took on command and staff positions of increasing responsibility. He was also recognized as a top gunnery instructor at the U.S. Army Field Artillery School in 1968 and contributed to the Army’s “Field Manual 6-30” on cannon gunnery. Later assignments included service with the U.S. Army Center for Army Analysis and his final Army post as deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army Recruiting Command, from which he retired as a colonel in 1992.

Continued Service Through Defense Research

Following his military career, Col. Wilmeth continued to serve through research and analysis work with government contracting organizations. From 1998 to 2009, he worked as a research analyst and program manager for the Joint Analytical Support Program through organizations including Logistics Management Institute, Logicon, SAIC and Northrop Grumman. In these roles, he provided analytical support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and major military commands worldwide. His work contributed to the development of safer and more effective weapon systems.

Col. Wilmeth also built a strong academic foundation throughout his career. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toledo in 1973 and later completed studies at the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. Army War College. He also served as an associate professor of military science and as a graduate student teacher during his time at the University of Toledo.

A Life Guided by Faith, Family and Service

Col. Wilmeth credits much of his success to faith, dedication and the support of family and friends. Above all, he takes great pride in his family and in a life built around service. He values the friendships he formed during his years in uniform and hopes his legacy offers something useful to others.

Now fully retired in northern Virginia, Col. Wilmeth supports many charitable causes, including veterans’ organizations, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the American Red Cross. He hopes to be remembered as a good man, a proud father and someone who made a difference. Col. Wilmeth’s notable contributions and storied career earned him the renowned Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to only a select few Marquis Who’s Who listees.

About Col. James Lillard Wilmeth III (Ret.)

Col. James Lillard Wilmeth III is a retired U.S. Army colonel whose nearly three-decade military career included artillery, command, training, and strategic leadership assignments in the United States and abroad. Following his retirement from the Army in 1992, he worked in defense operations research and program management, providing analytical support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and major military commands. He holds a Master of Business Administration and is a graduate of the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College and U.S. Army War College. For more information, follow Col. Wilmeth on LinkedIn.

About Marquis Who's Who

Since 1899, when A. N. Marquis printed the first edition of Who’s Who in America®, Marquis Who’s Who® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field, including politics, business, medicine, law, education, art, religion and entertainment. Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms worldwide. The suite of Marquis® publications can be viewed at the official Marquis Who’s Who® website, marquiswhoswho.com.

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Marquis Who’s Who
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SHANGHAI, China, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Witnessing the power of innovation and building the AI ecosystem together, the second Digiloong Cup Global AI Innovation Competition concluded successfully on July 31 with an awards ceremony that named 14 winning teams across six award categories.

Century Huatong launched the competition with support from the Game Publishing Committee of the China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association (CADPA), the Publicity Department of the CPC Pudong New Area Committee (Pudong New Area Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism), the Shanghai Cultural and Creative Industry Promotion Association, the Shanghai Online Game Association and the Macao-Hengqin Cultural and Technology Industry Association. Media and platform partners included ChinaJoy, Cailian Press, Tide News, 36Kr, ModelScope and Shanghai Pudong Software Park.

The ceremony brought together representatives of government authorities, industry associations, investment institutions, mainstream media, and the award-winning teams. More than 100 guests gathered at the venue to witness a proud moment of recognition for young AI innovation teams.

AI Enters the Second Half of Application-Led Transformation

Wang Ji, Chairman of Century Huatong and initiator of the competition, said in his address that the scale of participation had nearly doubled this year, reflecting three encouraging changes in the AI innovation ecosystem: First, teams were taking a more practical approach to the technology, increasingly framing their work around the specific problem: “What specific problem have I solved with AI?”

Second, commercial awareness had strengthened significantly: many teams had moved beyond the demo stage and arrived with real revenue figures and a defined business model.

Third, AI applications accounted for more than 70% of entries, making them the dominant category by a wide margin. “The first half of technological breakthroughs is drawing to a close, and the second half of application-led transformation has arrived,” Wang said.

He added that the purpose of the Digiloong Cup is “to discover the people who can bring AI into real-world use and help them move from ideas to products and from the laboratories to the market.”

Ao Ran, Executive Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of CADPA, said that as AI technology becomes more widely adopted, its role as an innovation tool and creative assistant is becoming increasingly prominent.

The technology provides strong support for developers seeking new forms of creation and greater efficiency in content production, he said, and it has drawn a wave of new teams and new creators into the field. The outstanding projects emerging from this year’s Digiloong Cup offer a vivid illustration of this trend, he said. Ao set out three expectations for developers: remain guided by sound values, continue strengthening their capabilities, and pursue integrated development.

An official of Macao’s Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), an event partner, attended to discuss cooperation between Shanghai and Macao. The representative said that Macao’s unique practice of “one country, two systems” offers favorable conditions for companies seeking global expansion. Together with the free flow of capital and information in Macao, this can provide companies with greater flexibility as they develop their operations there.

14 Teams Honored Across Six Award Categories

The second Digiloong Cup opened April 2 and ran for nearly four months, registering more than 200 entrants and receiving close to 100 submissions. On July 22, 15 finalist teams gathered in Shanghai for in-depth, face-to-face final presentations and Q&A to 10 judges from industry associations, leading companies, universities and research institutes, investment institutions, and major media organizations.

Fourteen teams won awards in six categories: Best AI Game, Best AI Application, Award for Greatest Commercial Value, Best Newcomer, Best AI Agent Innovation and Best International Team.

Best AI Application went to SDODT’s AI Galaxy, a brain-function rehabilitation platform built on AI and brain-computer interface technology that provides cognitive, social and language training for people with neurodevelopmental and cognitive disorders. Nomination Awards went to the Fisher intelligent drug research and development platform and an industrial-grade 3D optical motion-capture system for film, animation and game production.

SenBox, from SENGINE Technology, won the Award for Greatest Commercial Value for its technological innovation and commercialization potential in AI-driven home simulation games. Nomination Awards went to FilmAction, an end-to-end AI film production platform from Haoye Technology, and AutoBIM for AutoPart from biMetaverse.

Best AI Agent Innovation, a new award category this year, went to Tripilot for an agent built for foreign travelers visiting China. NeuroGuard, from Fast-Slow Brain Lab, received a Nomination Award.

In the AI game category, Best AI Game went to Zhongyingyou’s The Red-Topped Merchant, a 600-minute interactive AI film-game whose story, characters, video and audio were created entirely with AI tools through an end-to-end production process. SenBox from SENGINE Technology and Meow Island from Miaojituo Studio received Nomination Awards.

Best Newcomer went to Fundamuse, a platform that uses multiple AI agents to handle artist management for independent musicians, covering everything from release to revenue. Nomination Awards went to Youyu Intelligence from Team Youyu, an ecosystem app that uses AI to identify and share fishing spots, and an AI design assistant for industrial software from Shanghai Huitu Weilai.

Moonspire, a Canadian team, won the Best International Team for Speechbound, an AI-powered language-learning platform. Moonspire was also the first overseas team to participate in this year’s Digiloong Cup, contributing high-quality international innovation to the competition.

An End-to-End Ecosystem: From Making the Technology Work to Making the Business Work

In addition to its formal competition schedule, the second Digiloong Cup held a series of in-person events: the developer salon in Hangzhou in April, the venture capital showcase in Shanghai in May, an investor summit in Macao in June, and the final pitch presentations and awards ceremony in July. Covering technical exchange, investor matchmaking and industry support, these events gradually built an AI ecosystem spanning the full chain of competition, incubation, capital and industry.

The ceremony also included two panel discussions. The first, “The Deep End of AI Deployment: From Technical Breakthrough to Commercial Viability,” brought together SDODT, Haoye Technology and Tripilot. Working in different markets, the three teams addressed a key industry question: whether the window for AI applications is closing as foundation model providers build agent capabilities into their own products.

The second panel, “From Demo to Product: How Many Hurdles Are Left?” featured SENGINE Technology, Zhongyingyou and Yuanzai World. The teams walked through the path from proof of concept to product launch for AI-native games and discussed key challenges including cost structures, content ecosystems and the barriers for creators.

As Wang Ji put it, “While a competition has winners and losers, innovation has no finish line.”

The first two editions are only a starting point. The Digiloong Cup is growing into an important platform that connects AI developers worldwide, reaching from Hangzhou and Shanghai to Macao and overseas. For the third edition and those that follow, Century Huatong will adopt a more open approach and build a more comprehensive ecosystem, helping every entrepreneur who believes in technology’s power to drive change go further.

About Century Huatong

Century Huatong is a China-based digital technology company engaged in internet gaming, artificial intelligence cloud data, and advanced manufacturing. Founded in 2005 and publicly listed in Shenzhen, the company has evolved from its origins in automotive parts into a diversified global technology enterprise with operations spanning entertainment, data infrastructure, and innovation-driven industries. Through subsidiaries such as Century Games, Century Huatong develops and publishes globally recognized mobile and online games. For more information, visit www.sjhuatong.com.

Media Contact

Li Xiaorang
lixiaorang.lois@digiloong.com

NEW YORK, NY, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- As the digital advertising landscape moves aggressively past outdated tracking methods, Lifesight today announced the launch of its newly rebuilt Measurement Academy. Aimed at future-proofing modern marketing skills, the Academy debuts with "The Foundations of Marketing Measurement." This is a free, self-paced certification course designed to help marketers navigate the complexities of the ever-growing complexity of tracking marketing performance without requiring a data science background.

For years, marketing organizations have relied on click-based attribution reports and platform-reported ROAS to guide their strategies. Unfortunately, these traditional frameworks often measure how close the campaign is to a sale rather than whether it actually caused the sale. When multiple platforms claim credit for the same conversion, it leads to inflated reporting, overlapping metrics, and misallocated advertising budgets that ultimately stifle a business scaling.

Lifesight built the Academy to address the root of this industry-wide bottleneck: education. While measurement technology has rapidly evolved, most marketers were never taught the new playbook.

"The biggest challenge in the industry right now isn't technology. It's education," says Tobin Thomas, CEO and co-founder at Lifesight. "Many teams are still making multimillion-dollar budget decisions using the same measurement frameworks they relied on five or ten years ago. We rebuilt the Measurement Academy from the ground up to help marketers understand modern measurement from first principles and prepare for what's coming next."

Instead of focusing on isolated tools, "The Foundations of Marketing Measurement" course teaches analytics as an interconnected ecosystem. Key modules focus on:

• Incrementality Testing: Running tests to determine which channels are driving true, net new revenue rather than just capturing sales that would have happened without marketing intervention.
• Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM): Providing a strategic view of how every channel contributes to overall business growth.
• Causal Attribution: Applying high-level learnings to day-to-day optimization, helping marketers make confident campaign decisions.
• AI-Driven Agentic Measurement: An introduction to the next evolution of AI in marketing, where intelligent systems continuously evaluate performance, explain what is driving changes, and recommend immediate actions rather than just generating static reports.

Lifesight is offering the course entirely for free under the belief that measurement best practices should be available to everyone, not just data scientists. It is tailored for performance marketers, growth leaders, analysts, and executives who are tired of conflicting platform dashboards and want to confidently drive real business growth.

Upon completion of the self-paced course, professionals will earn a certification that validates their ability to understand and leverage the next generation of marketing analytics.

To enroll in the free "Foundations" course and start earning your certification today, please visit lifesight.io/measurement-academy.

About Lifesight

Lifesight is the leading Agentic Unified Marketing Measurement platform that helps brands turn complex data insights into immediate actions. By combining causal MMM, incrementality testing, and causal attribution into a single decision layer, Lifesight empowers marketers to forecast growth, optimize media efficiency, and align marketing outcomes with finance teams. For more information, visit lifesight.io.

Media Contact

Stephanie Balaconis
Director of Demand Generation, Lifesight
stephanie@lifesight.io

NEW YORK, NY, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- N5Deal today published its 2026 Fintech M&A Report, a market analysis of how licensed financial companies are valued, bought, and sold in the current cycle. The report documents a structural shift: for the first time on record, fintech companies have out-acquired banks in M&A activity.

As the fintech market matures, acquisition activity is building. Global fintech M&A volume is on track to reach $40–60 billion in 2026, up from roughly $25–30 billion in 2024, as strategic buyers — banks, payment processors, and private equity — race to acquire capabilities they cannot build organically at speed. Yet most participants still approach these deals with frameworks designed for software or digital-asset transactions, and that mismatch is where value is routinely lost.

The core problem the report identifies is that a licensed financial business is not priced like an ordinary company. A money-transmitter licence, an EMI authorisation, or a banking charter can take a seller five to seven years and significant capital to obtain, and it is rarely transferable automatically on change of control — re-licensing alone can take 6–24 months. When buyers price a regulated entity purely on its revenue multiple, they misjudge the single most valuable thing they are acquiring: the regulatory foundation itself.

"The most expensive mistake we see is buyers pricing a licensed fintech as if it were a software business," said Ihor Vlasov, co-founder of N5Deal. "That regulatory foundation is often worth more than the revenue multiple, and the market is only now learning to price it correctly. We published this report to give buyers and sellers a clearer map of where value actually sits."

The report draws on transaction data from N5Deal's fintech M&A marketplace, which connects buyers and sellers of licensed financial businesses across over 36 jurisdictions. Key findings include:

• Regulatory foundations now drive deal rationale: Acquiring a licensed entity lets buyers enter regulated markets years faster than building from scratch — a time-to-market advantage that has become a primary motive in cross-border payments and BaaS consolidation.
• AI-native compliance is repricing valuations: The report cites data showing AI-enabled fintechs trading at 20–25% premiums across subsectors, with the highest in RegTech. By 2029, buyers are expected to discount entities that lack automated compliance rather than pay a premium for those that have it.
• Conditions favour prepared buyers and sellers: Private equity holds record dry powder and financing has loosened. For sellers, documentation quality now determines whether an asset clears diligence at all; for buyers, acquiring a licensed entity can compress a compliance timeline by 12–24 months.

"Fintechs out-acquiring banks reflects a deeper change in who builds financial infrastructure," said Egor Podkolzin, founder of N5 Bank. "Buyers today aren't acquiring a product — they're acquiring a regulated operating foundation."

About N5Deal

N5Deal connects buyers, sellers, and founders across licensed financial businesses in over 36 jurisdictions. The platform operates as an informational resource and marketplace introducer; all regulated activities are conducted by licensed third-party partners. For more information, visit n5deal.com.

Disclaimer

This press release and the referenced report are provided for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute financial, legal, tax, or investment advice, nor an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any business, security, or financial license. 

Statements regarding global M&A volume, valuation multiples, market trends, and industry projections constitute forward-looking estimates based on current market observations and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and changes in regulatory frameworks. Actual market outcomes may differ materially. N5Deal operates as an informational resource and marketplace introducer; it is not a bank, broker-dealer, or registered financial advisor and does not perform regulated financial or investment services. Parties engaging in M&A transactions should perform independent due diligence and consult licensed financial, legal, and regulatory professionals.

Media Contact

Ihor Vlasov
Co-founder, N5Deal
pr@n5deal.com

WUHU, China, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- LEPAS, Chery Auto's mid-to-premium NEV brand, saw the LEPAS L6 EV, LEPAS L8 PHEV and LEPAS L4 EV officially go on sale in July 2026, further expanding its global NEV product offensive.

Following its European debut during Milan Design Week and NEV brand strategy launch at the Beijing Auto Show in April, LEPAS reached another key milestone just three months later with the market launches of the LEPAS L6 EV, LEPAS L8 PHEV and LEPAS L4 EV in July. Looking ahead to the third quarter of 2026, its expanding electrified lineup will continue to roll out across key global markets, including Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. 

As the global NEV market continues to evolve, consumers are increasingly seeking vehicles that combine design, comfort, and the overall mobility experience. To meet these evolving expectations, LEPAS aims to deliver elegant mobility experiences through its diverse product portfolio. At the LEPAS Thailand launch event, ZHAI Xiaobing, CEO of LEPAS, said, “LEPAS is a brand created for the future of mobility. Our ambition goes beyond developing a portfolio of high-quality new energy vehicles—we aspire to inspire a more elegant way of life for customers around the world, making refined and effortless mobility a natural part of everyday life.”

NEV Product Portfolio Gains Strong Recognition Across Markets

As LEPAS continues to introduce its models across global markets, the diverse NEV portfolio is gaining recognition from consumers and media worldwide. Each model is designed to address the diverse needs and expectations of different markets. 

The LEPAS L6 EV generated strong attention and discussion across Thai media and social platforms before and after its launch. After in-depth test drives, Thai automotive KOLs praised the exquisite quality and driving experience of the LEPAS L6 EV, highlighting the vehicle’s three core pillars – Leopard Aesthetics, Elegant Technology, and Exquisite Space. Local media also recognized the model’s distinctive design, high-quality cabin, and comprehensive feature offerings, noting that the LEPAS L6 EV demonstrates strong competitiveness in its price segment. 

The LEPAS L8 PHEV has gained recognition in European markets for its balanced performance and well-rounded capabilities. Following their test drives, several experienced Spanish automotive bloggers praised the model’s overall quality and driving experience. Its long-distance capability helps ease range concerns, while strong power output supports diverse driving needs. The cabin also combines technology and comfort to enhance the overall driving experience.

During LEPAS's first public appearance in the UK at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, more than 123,000 thousand people visited LEPAS across the four days of the festival, with 14,000 taking the time to explore the L8 and hundreds registering their details to request test drives when their local LEPAS dealer opens. The brand also received a positive response from UK media, which highlighted the LEPAS L8's design, quality and overall appeal as a promising new entrant to the UK's NEV market.

Meanwhile, the LEPAS L4 EV has also attracted growing attention across multiple markets. A leading Indonesian media outlet commented that the new model, equipped with the intelligent LEX Platform, globally tuned chassis, and Level 2 intelligent driving assistance systems, delivers agile handling and quiet, comfortable driving experience tailored to urban mobility.

Chery Auto’s Global Capabilities Fuel LEPAS’s Expansion

LEPAS’s global expansion is powered by Chery Auto’s extensive global operations and decades of automotive expertise. In July, Chery Group announced that its cumulative global vehicle sales had surpassed 20 million units, marking another major milestone in its international growth. Further demonstrating its global competitiveness, Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 9973.HK) ranked NO. 383 in the 2026 Fortune Global 500 in its first appearance as a publicly listed company, becoming the only new entrant from mainland China that year. In the 2026 Fortune China 500, Chery Auto ranked 87th, and was named the No. 1 automaker in Return on Equity (ROE). Additionally, Chery Auto has also been included in the Kantar BrandZ Top 50 Chinese Global Brands for nine consecutive years. Together, these achievements demonstrate Chery Auto’s strong global competitiveness and provide a solid foundation for LEPAS's continued global expansion.

Building on Chery Auto’s global capabilities, LEPAS conducts extensive testing and validation to ensure its products meet diverse market requirements and local regulations. LEPAS is also expanding its global sales and service network through standardized showrooms, test-drive and delivery processes, while enhancing after-sales support. LEPAS is also investing in local talent and collaborating with regional partners across parts supply, charging services, and ESG initiatives to strengthen its long-term presence in markets worldwide.

2026 marks LEPAS's "Year of Delivery." Following the launch of three new models, the brand will continue expanding its global portfolio while strengthening its market presence through enhanced sales and service capabilities. As a new chapter in its global journey unfolds, LEPAS remains committed to bringing elegant mobility into the daily lives of customers around the world.

About LEPAS

LEPAS is Chery Auto’s mid-to-premium NEV brand, dedicated to creating elegant mobility experiences for users worldwide. Committed to becoming the Preferred Brand for Elegant Mobility Life, LEPAS brings together Leopard Aesthetics, Elegant Technology, and Exquisite Space - transforming elegance into a driving experience you can see, feel, and trust. Supported by a growing global dealer network of more than 500 sales and service outlets, LEPAS is expanding its international footprint through localized operations, delivering products and experiences tailored to users across global markets. For more information, visit lepasinternational.com.

About Chery Auto

Founded in 1997, Chery Auto is a global automotive manufacturer specializing in vehicle development, intelligent technologies, and new energy solutions. The company operates in more than 130 countries and regions, supported by a strong international network of research, production, and strategic partnerships. Chery Auto has remained China’s No. 1 passenger vehicle exporter among Chinese brands for 23 consecutive years. Guided by its global philosophy of "In somewhere, For somewhere, Be somewhere," Chery Auto is committed to advancing sustainable mobility through continuous innovation and global collaboration.

Media Contact

Vincy Wang
LEPAS International
wangxi23@mychery.com

ZUG, Switzerland, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Fluence today launched GPU Cluster Auctions, a new marketplace for reserved GPU capacity that lets AI teams run competitive bids for clusters and gives providers a structured way to win customer demand. The product expands Fluence beyond on-demand GPU cloud into reserved AI infrastructure, targeting one of the biggest problems in the market today:sourcing committed GPU capacity for serious AI deployments remains slow, opaque, and highly uncertain.

As demand for AI infrastructure has surged, one of the biggest challenges in the market has been the shortage of newer GPU models such as B200 and B300. In that environment, many data centers and capacity owners have been focused on finding the highest-paying customer, leaving buyers in extended procurement cycles with limited visibility into pricing, availability, or whether supply will ultimately materialize. Fluence says GPU Cluster Auctions are designed to make that process more efficient by introducing faster, fairer price discovery for reserved compute.

“With the newest GPU generations, too many buyers are stuck in uncertainty,” said Tom Trowbridge, CEO of Fluence. “They know demand is high, they know supply is tight, but they often have no real view into market pricing or where they stand. GPU Cluster Auctions is built to fix that by bringing structure and price discovery to reserved GPU procurement.”

With GPU Cluster Auctions, buyers can publish their compute requirements and compare provider bids in one workflow. Providers can either bid into customer requests or list available capacity and let buyers compete for it. In both cases, accepted bids create a shared deal record that captures price, SLA, rental window, and bid history for contracting. First auctions will go live with the platform launch.

The launch is aimed at AI workloads that need reserved clusters rather than ad hoc instances, including model training, fine-tuning, large-scale inference, and long-running production deployments. Buyers can specify GPU model, quantity, region, rental dates, budget, and bidding window, then compare offers across commercial and technical criteria such as availability, fabric, deployment model, and SLA. Providers, meanwhile, can expose supply to active demand without relying on one-off broker workflows or fragmented sales channels.

Fluence says the new marketplace is designed to work alongside its existing GPU cloud, which already offers on-demand GPU access for AI workloads with predictable billing, zero egress fees, and full deployment control. In effect, the company now offers two buying paths: on-demand GPUs for immediate access, and auction-based procurement for customers that need reserved clusters with defined dates, terms, and capacity commitments.

“Markets move in cycles,” Trowbridge added. “When supply is constrained, customers need a better way to compete for scarce GPU capacity and understand the real market-clearing price. When the market shifts and capacity opens up, providers need a faster way to fill clusters by offering the best available price to customers. GPU Cluster Auctions works for both sides of that cycle.”

At launch, the marketplace opens with 6000+ GPUs across 13 countries, alongside auction examples that include H100 х176 in South Korea, B300 x1024 in US, B200 x1024 in Canada, and H200 x1024 in East US. Fluence says the product is built to help buyers see more of the market before they commit, while giving providers more direct exposure to active procurement.

Organizations can browse market activity before signing up, but marketplace review is required to post requests, bid, list supply, or sign deals. During discovery and bidding, buyer and provider identities remain controlled until the deal stage, giving both sides a cleaner way to evaluate terms before moving into contracting.

GPU Cluster Auctions also reflects where Fluence says customer demand is already concentrated. Across the company’s inbound channels, interest is increasingly centered on GPU infrastructure for AI. The new marketplace is meant to meet that demand with a more interactive model for reserved compute procurement, while extending Fluence’s broader GPU platform strategy.

About Fluence

Fluence, founded in 2017, builds GPU infrastructure products for AI teams. In addition to its on-demand GPU cloud, the company now offers GPU Cluster Auctions for reserved GPU procurement. Cloudless Labs, the company behind Fluence, has raised $14 million from investors including 1KX, Multicoin, Distributed Global, Blockchange, Tiger Global, and Protocol Labs. For more information, visit www.fluence.network.

KCMO, MO, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Pushly, a leading push notification platform, today launched Pushly Commerce Suite, a fully managed offering built for e-commerce brands and online retailers. After nearly a decade running push at scale for the world’s largest publishers, Pushly now brings that expertise to e-commerce, helping merchants recover lost revenue, re-engage shoppers with personalized product recommendations, and measure the direct revenue impact of every message they send.

The Case for an Owned Retail Audience Today

The launch comes as an owned audience becomes central to how retailers grow. Most visitors to a retailer's site never share an email address or phone number and check out as guests, leaving merchants no way to reach them again. According to research by Baymard Institute, roughly 70% of online carts are abandoned; that’s millions of high-intent visits a year that generate zero first-party data and zero follow-on revenue.

At the same time, customer acquisition costs keep rising while the effectiveness of third-party retargeting declines, pushing brands toward channels they control. Pushly Commerce Suite delivers exactly that: an audience the retailer owns, reached without an inbox, an algorithm, or an ad auction.

Shoppers opt into push notifications with a single click, no form, number, or email address required, turning guest checkouts and anonymous browsers into reachable subscribers across web, mobile, and app.

“If you can only reach the shoppers who already handed over their email, you're running on a small fraction of your traffic," said Brendan Ripp, CEO of Pushly. “Push is the one channel that reaches your whole audience, and we have spent nine years building it at a scale very few can match. Our Commerce Suite lets retailers own that customer relationship, and owning it has become a core growth lever for e-commerce brands, not a nice-to-have.”

Inside Pushly Commerce Suite

Brands connect their product catalog and store events once, and the suite handles targeting, timing, and personalization automatically. From there, retailers unlock:

• Intelligent shopper profiles: Every opt-in, browse, message, and purchase enriches a first-party profile that syncs to the retailer's customer data platform (CDP) and sharpens targeting over time.
• Behavior-triggered campaigns with learned timing: Trigger messages from real-time shopper behavior, with send timing learned for each individual shopper. Supported use cases include browse and cart abandonment recovery, back-in-stock alerts, wishlist and save-for-later reminders, loyalty and re-engagement campaigns, pre-order and launch alerts, and more.
• Catalog-driven product recommendations: Power personalized campaigns using the retailer’s own product catalog, so every message references specific items relevant to the shopper.
• Measurable, attributable revenue: Track revenue end to end, from push send to purchase, modeled against each retailer’s own AOV and conversion rates; syncs directly to their CRM or CDP.

Retailers can activate push across the rest of the customer relationship, including the retail media networks that many are now building on this kind of first-party audience.

Pushly Commerce Suite is generally available as of today. For more information about Pushly Commerce Suite, visit pushly.com/solutions/commerce.

About Pushly

Pushly is an AI-powered audience engagement platform that helps publishers and e-retailers drive incremental traffic, increase conversions, and grow first-party relationships through intelligent web and in-app push notifications. Leading media brands rely on Pushly to turn attention into action and revenue. For more information, visit pushly.com.

Media Contact

Sainna Sibanda
press@pushly.com

NEW YORK, NY, August 4, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Lucra, the leading social competition platform, today announced a partnership with TrackIT Labs, the official data infrastructure for professional padel, to bring free-to-play competition and rewards-based fan engagement to one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. As part of the partnership, Lucra founder and CEO, Dylan Robbins, will join TrackIT Labs as an advisor.

TrackIT Labs is the official data provider of professional padel tours including the Generali Hexagon Cup. Its computer vision engine ingests live broadcast video and converts it into verified, structured match data in under a second, generating roughly 20,000 data points per match across a growing archive of more than 2,500 tracked matches. That feed powers live broadcast overlays, tour-owned statistical archives, and a dedicated fan app for professional padel.

Padel is now played by more than 30 million people across 130 countries, but the professional game has had few ways to convert that growth into daily fan participation. TrackIT Labs solved the data problem. Lucra adds the layer that turns data into competition. Through Lucra's plug-and-play SDK, fans following professional padel will be able to make free-to-play match and player predictions, climb live leaderboards, and earn rewards tied to real match outcomes, all built on TrackIT's verified feed rather than manual entry or delayed scoring.

"TrackIT has built the truth layer for professional padel, and that is the hardest part," said Robbins. "Once the data is verified and instant, competition becomes easy to build on top of it. Free-to-play predictions give padel fans a reason to open the app during a match and come back for the next one, and it gives the tours a fan engagement product and a sponsorship surface they do not have today. Being able to advise Gabriel and the team on that roadmap makes this a deeper relationship than a standard integration."

The partnership extends Lucra's growing presence in racquet sports, and TrackIT Labs connects Lucra to the professional side of the sport and the fans who follow it.

"Padel has grown faster than the commercial infrastructure around it, and fan engagement is one of the clearest gaps," said Gabriel Samanez, founder and CEO of TrackIT Labs. "We built the engine that captures every point and validates it before it publishes. Lucra is what lets fans actually do something with it. Our tours get a product that keeps audiences engaged between points and between events, and it comes with the compliance and rewards infrastructure already handled."

Lucra manages all compliance, fraud prevention, reward fulfillment, and settlement out of the box, allowing TrackIT Labs and its tour partners to launch competitive experiences without engineering lift.

Free-to-play competition will serve as the first phase of the partnership. Both companies expect to explore real-money competition formats for recreational padel players over time, connecting the professional game to the growing base of club and amateur players who make up the majority of the sport's participation.

About Lucra

Lucra is a plug-and-play SDK that integrates into apps or websites, enabling peer-to-peer competitions with real-money or rewards. It handles compliance, payments, fraud prevention, and settlement out of the box, so partners can instantly offer gamified experiences without building or managing complex infrastructure themselves. Top entertainment, hospitality, and consumer brands, including Five Iron Golf, Puttshack, Backyard Sports, ChessKings, TouchTunes, and more, use Lucra's white-label technology to power tournaments and challenges, build loyalty, and drive new revenue. Learn more at www.playlucra.com. 

About TrackIT Labs

TrackIT Labs operates the official data infrastructure for professional padel. Its computer vision engine ingests live broadcast video and emits rule-engine validated match events in under a second, with no manual scouting or human entry. TrackIT is the official data provider for the Generali Hexagon Cup, and delivers its verified feed across three products: TrackIT Feed, TrackIT Live broadcast overlays, and TrackIT Archive. Based in Madrid and Barcelona, TrackIT is building the tour-owned data layer for padel's global growth. Learn more at www.trackitlabs.com.

Media Contact

Lindsay Linhart
Brand Strategist, Lucra
lindsay@playlucra.com

PALO ALTO, CA, August 3, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Kami Vision, a Vision AI company specializing in computer vision for senior safety and home security, is extending its KamiCare fall detection platform from senior living communities into the consumer market, with a full residential rollout expected in the latter half of 2026.

The expansion targets a demographic shift that has outpaced the infrastructure built to support it. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four Americans 65 and older report falling each year, and fall-related healthcare costs exceed $80 billion annually. A survey from AARP indicates that 77% of adults over 50 want to remain in their own homes as they age.

Why KamiCare Fall Detection Works Without a Wearable

Conventional medical alert systems depend on the person who has fallen to summon help, whether by pressing a pendant, pulling a cord or reaching a phone. That assumption fails when someone is injured, disoriented, or unconscious.

KamiCare uses camera-based computer vision that detects falls without requiring any action from the user. When the system identifies a potential fall, an on-device algorithm triggers an alert, a cloud filter screens out false events such as a person bending to pick something up, and trained reviewers confirm genuine incidents using blurred, anonymized footage before escalation. Notification goes first to the individual, then to designated emergency contacts assigned during setup, who can reach emergency services directly through the app.

Kami Vision reports 99.5% fall detection accuracy based on internal analysis of documented incidents recorded across professional care deployments.

Enterprise Deployment First, Consumer Market Second

KamiCare entered senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities in 2022, adding BedExit detection in 2024 to alert staff when residents at elevated fall risk attempt to leave their beds unassisted. The platform has since operated across communities in the United States, with activity in the United Kingdom and Japan.

That sequencing is the company's central strategic argument. Rather than launching a consumer product and seeking clinical credibility afterward, Kami Vision refined the technology in environments where accuracy failures carry direct consequences, then extended it into homes.

"We were not asking senior living operators to bet on unproven technology," said Mike Link, chief operating officer of KamiCare. "We brought them a platform already deployed at scale across millions of homes, and now we are bringing what we learned in those facilities back to families."

Link added that the company's consumer security business gives it unusual latitude in how it serves institutional customers. "Because we are not dependent on enterprise contracts to keep the lights on, we can be genuinely customer-led. We build what operators and families actually need, on their timeline, rather than what closes a deal fastest."

Vision AI, Patents, and Privacy Architecture

Kami Vision holds 60 patents covering computer vision and camera technology. Its systems combine on-device processing with cloud infrastructure for verification, an architecture the company says reduces latency and limits how much visual data leaves the home.

Privacy design reflects the sensitivity of camera-based monitoring in residential settings. The system records only during detected events rather than continuously, professional reviewers see obscured footage, and unobscured video is accessible only to explicitly authorized contacts.

Company Roadmap Beyond Fall Detection

Kami Vision introduced a companion smart ring at CES 2026 that tracks heart rate, blood oxygen and sleep patterns, extending monitoring beyond the range of a camera. The company has described a longer-term interest in multi-sensor approaches, including radar-based detection for spaces where cameras are inappropriate.

About Kami Vision

Kami Vision is a Vision AI company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in New York, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Founded by CEO Sean Da, the company develops computer vision technology for senior care and home security, including KamiCare fall detection for senior living communities and residential settings, Kami Fall Detect for aging in place, and Kami Cloud and Kami Pro Security for home and small business protection. Kami Vision holds 60 patents in computer vision and camera technology, and its consumer platform serves millions of users across more than 120 countries. For more information, visit kamivision.com. Families and senior living operators interested in KamiCare can request a demonstration or learn more at kami-ai.com.

Media Contact

Mike Link
Chief Operating Officer, KamiCare
mike@kamivision.com

LONDON, United Kingdom, August 3, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Rivulo, the done-for-you automation managed service for back-office teams, today announced that it has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.

The OpenAI Partner Network is a global program for partners to build, sell, and deliver AI solutions with OpenAI. It brings together partners with deep industry expertise, delivery capabilities, and customer relationships while equipping them with resources, enablement, and support to help enterprises adopt OpenAI frontier models and products and turn them into measurable impact.

As an OpenAI Select Partner, Rivulo will continue working with OpenAI to help organizations build, deploy, and scale AI solutions responsibly and effectively. This work will help organizations get more useful work from every token and stronger performance per dollar with GPT‐5.6, while using ChatGPT Work to turn ambitious goals into finished work. Rivulo specialises in designing, building, and maintaining automations for operations, support, finance, and procurement teams, from API integrations to browser automation of legacy systems. A customer records their process once, and Rivulo automates it.

"Being named an OpenAI Select Partner is a strong signal for the way we work: we act as a forward-deployed automation team, taking the design, build, and maintenance burden off our customers entirely. Working with OpenAI gives us the frontier models, enablement, and support to do that at a higher standard, and it means the operations and support teams we serve can turn 'we don't have the headspace' into live, measurable automations without hiring or learning new tools," said Mike Miner, founder of Rivulo.

Rivulo supports organizations across the UK, EMEA, and North America, serving operations, customer support, finance, and procurement functions with a fully managed Service-as-Software model: process discovery, automation design and build, and ongoing maintenance on Rivulo's own platform. Its work includes automating booking operations for a London studio-hire business, removing roughly 90 manual hours of work per month, and AI solutions for a procurement business serving major hospitality brands, saving the team around 40 hours a month.

Looking ahead, Rivulo plans to expand its OpenAI-powered offerings, invest in delivery talent and enablement, and scale customer deployments across back-office teams, helping customers translate AI ambition into business outcomes.

Learn more about the OpenAI Partner Network at openai.com/business/partners.

About Rivulo

Rivulo is a done-for-you automation managed service that designs, builds, and maintains business process automations for its clients. Serving operations, support, and back-office teams, Rivulo asks clients to record a process once, then automates it on Rivulo's own platform for a flat monthly fee. The company is headquartered in the United Kingdom and backed by SFC Capital. For more information, visit rivulo.ai.

Media Contact

Mike Miner
Founder, Rivulo
mike@rivulo.ai

HANGZHOU, China, August 2, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (HK.0175) today reported total sales of 250,161 vehicles in July, marking its fifth consecutive month of both year-on-year and month-on-month growth.

Geely Auto Group recorded a total year-on-year sales increase of 5% in the month, with the Geely brand contributing 197,942 units, Lynk & Co with 16,382 units, and Zeekr with 35,837 units. Combined new energy vehicle (NEV) sales across the three brands reached 160,165 units, representing a year-on-year increase of 23%.

The group also maintained its strong momentum globally, with sales outside Mainland China in July reaching a new monthly high of 106,663 vehicles. Exports increased 202% year-on-year. NEVs exports reached 62,604 units, rising 616% from a year earlier and accounting for 59% of total exports in July.

Zeekr continued to strengthen its position as a global premium technology brand, ranking as the leading premium battery electric vehicle brand in both Australia and Malaysia during the first half of the year. The Zeekr 7X led premium vehicle segments across eight countries and markets. The Zeekr 009 also remained the best-selling premium electric MPV in Thailand and the leading battery electric MPV in Malaysia.

The Geely EX2 became the best-selling electric vehicle in Thailand and ranked second in Brazil’s electric vehicle market. It also ranked second in overall battery electric vehicle sales in Mexico.

Geely Auto Group will establish the "2030 Lab" to strengthen long-term research into technologies that will support its future intelligent mobility strategy. Guided by the group’s Full-Domain AI strategy, the lab will focus on a range of strategic areas, including acoustics, optics, vehicle safety, power semiconductors, digital chassis, embodied intelligence, data science, large language models, and AI agents. The initiative is intended to accelerate the development of breakthrough technologies and further strengthen the competitiveness of its intelligent vehicle experience.

On the product side, the group will advance the electrification of its internal combustion engine vehicle portfolio through HEV technologies.

The group is also preparing to introduce its next-generation methanol hybrid technology, which allows methanol and gasoline to be used in any proportion within a single fuel tank. Two models featuring the methanol hybrid technology are scheduled to launch soon.

Geely Auto Group will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show with all three brands, highlighting the group's global brand portfolio, advanced technologies, and continued progress in international expansion.

About Geely Auto Group

Geely Auto Group is a leading global automotive company headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Part of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, Geely Auto Group develops and manufactures passenger vehicles under the Geely, Lynk & Co, and Zeekr brands. With a strong focus on technology innovation, electrification, and sustainable mobility, Geely Auto Group operates world-class R&D centers and manufacturing facilities across China, Europe, and key international markets. The Group is committed to delivering safe, high-quality, and intelligent vehicles enabled by advanced technologies such as hybrid powertrains, full-electric architectures, smart connectivity, and autonomous driving systems. As a global company, Geely Auto Group continues to expand its international presence through strategic partnerships, localized operations, and industry-leading platforms. Geely strives to create mobility solutions that are greener, smarter, and more accessible, driving forward the future of sustainable transportation. For more information, visit global.geely.com.

Media Contact

Janet Chen
media@geely.com

ISTANBUL, Türkiye, July 31, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Dr. Koray Erdoğan, founder of ASMED Clinic, announced the release of a clinical planning framework for hair transplant procedures. The framework outlines a structured, data-driven approach to treatment planning, integrating measurable clinical metrics with surgical expertise.

In recent years, Turkey has strengthened its position as an international destination for aesthetic procedures, particularly hair transplantation. The country’s growth in medical tourism has been supported by advancements in surgical techniques, structured clinical training, and the integration of technology into treatment planning.

Industry observers note that international patient demand for surgeon-led procedures has grown in recent years, particularly among those seeking personalized planning and long-term donor preservation.

Among the physicians contributing to this development is Dr. Koray Erdoğan, who is known for incorporating digital analysis and measurable planning methodologies into hair transplant procedures. As a founding member of the World FUE Institute, Dr. Erdoğan has also been involved in educational initiatives aimed at standardizing follicular unit extraction (FUE) practices internationally.

Technology Integration in Hair Transplant Planning

Central to ASMED's new framework is the integration of advanced diagnostic technology, exemplified by KE-Bot, an AI-supported robotic scanning system developed under Dr. Erdoğan’s leadership. The system performs 360-degree scalp imaging to collect clinical metrics such as hair density, follicle thickness, and donor area capacity. This approach allows surgeons to base pre-operative planning on quantifiable data. In addition to assisting with donor management, post-procedure metrics including graft count and density measurements can also be evaluated.

The Continued Role of Manual FUE

While technology drives the planning phase, the framework emphasizes manual follicular unit extraction (FUE) for surgical execution. The technique involves extracting and implanting individual follicular units with direct surgeon control over angle, depth, and direction. Proponents of the method argue that surgeon-led procedures directly influence graft survival rates and aesthetic outcomes. According to Dr. Erdoğan, combining structured planning tools with manual surgical execution allows for highly individualized treatment strategies.

About ASMED Clinic

Founded and led by Dr. Koray Erdoğan, ASMED Clinic is an internationally recognized center specializing in hair transplantation and hair health. The clinic combines advanced technology with surgical expertise, offering personalized treatment protocols based on manual FUE technique, high-density graft planning, and data-driven analysis systems. Located in Istanbul, ASMED operates in a modern, state-of-the-art facility and continues to set industry benchmarks through its ethical medical approach, scientifically grounded practices, and globally acknowledged results.

Media Contact

Eren Başağan
ASMED Clinic
eren.basagan@asmed.com.tr

LONDON, United Kingdom, July 31, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Nyne Capital, a global real estate investment firm with operations across London, Dubai, Singapore and Miami, today announced that the Nyne Capital European Opportunities Fund (“the Fund”) is now open to verified U.S. accredited investors, offering access to an asset-backed private real estate income strategy focused on essential housing in the UK.

The fund is designed for investors seeking income outside public markets, with a structure built around a fixed 12% annual coupon, a closed-ended three-year term (extendable by one year by member vote), and capital deployed via a senior secured loan into UK government-backed essential housing projects. That loan is secured against the assets of the borrowing entity, with new properties added to the security as new projects are financed. The fund is illiquid, with no interim redemption rights, and capital is at risk.

Nyne Capital's strategy focuses on financing the acquisition and development of UK government-backed essential housing, with contractually underwritten income arising from long-term leases with housing associations and ultimately supported by the UK Government. The approach is designed to give investors exposure to real estate income without the direct landlord responsibilities or the daily volatility of publicly traded REIT prices. The fund is closed-ended with a defined three-year term and no interim liquidity. That is a fixed, stated horizon rather than the open-ended lockups common to traditional private real estate funds.

“U.S. investors are looking for income, but many are also looking for simplicity, asset backing and diversification away from the same public-market and domestic real estate risks,” said Richard Hall, CEO of Nyne Capital. “"The European Opportunities Fund was created to give investors access to a real estate strategy secured against the assets of the borrowing entity, supported by structural demand for essential housing, and built around a clear, fixed annual income profile."

Nyne Capital's experience across sourcing, acquisition and development in-house gives the team insight into project quality, government-backed tenancy demand and exit conditions that most lenders never get close to, and it's that edge, not just capital, that the fund is built to benefit from.

The fund’s underlying strategy is tied to one of the UK’s most persistent structural challenges: the shortage of suitable essential UK housing. Rather than relying on speculative luxury development, Nyne Capital focuses on real estate projects where demand is supported by practical housing need, including the repurposing and redevelopment of existing properties.

“For many investors, the appeal is not just the yield,” Hall added. “It is the ability to understand what sits underneath it. These are real properties, real tenancy structures and real demand. Our goal is to make the investment case clear enough that investors can understand how the income is created and where the asset backing comes from.”

The fund is available only to verified U.S. accredited investors. Investors may speak directly with Richard Hall and the Nyne Capital team to learn more about the fund structure, eligibility requirements and whether the strategy is appropriate for their portfolio.

This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offering will be made only through appropriate offering documents and only to eligible investors. Investment involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The fund’s return profile, coupon structure, maturity terms and investor eligibility requirements should be reviewed in the applicable offering materials.

About Nyne Capital

Nyne Capital is a global real estate investment firm focused on identifying and developing private-market real estate opportunities across the UK, Europe and other strategic markets. Led by CEO Richard Hall, the firm combines investment management, asset acquisition, development expertise and institutional relationships to create real estate strategies designed for income and long-term value creation. For more information, visit www.nynecapital.com.

Disclaimer

This press release is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any security, investment fund, or financial product. The Nyne Capital European Opportunities Fund is available exclusively to verified U.S. accredited investors pursuant to applicable private placement exemptions. Real estate investments and private debt offerings involve significant risk, including illiquidity, potential loss of principal, and a lack of interim redemption rights. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Readers should review all official offering documents and consult an independent financial or legal advisor before investing.

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ao@nynecapital.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 31, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Immensa, a provider of digital inventory and advanced manufacturing solutions for industrial spare parts supply chains, celebrated its 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of developing digital inventory and advanced manufacturing solutions for energy and industrial spare parts supply chains.

The Defining Moment Behind Immensa

Every company begins with a problem worth solving. For Immensa founder and CEO Fahmi AlShawwa, that moment came during a closed-door industry workshop attended by senior executives from leading oil and gas companies and OEMs.

"The industry had already agreed that the spare parts supply chain was its Achilles' heel and that the future lay in digital manufacturing and digital inventory workflows," he recalled. "Over six months, they mapped out how it should work, defined the requirements, and drafted the standards. But when the discussion turned to who would actually build it, no one stepped forward."

The realization was immediate. "I left that room and told my team, 'This is what we're building.' We would become the global, agnostic digital inventory solution provider, whatever that meant and whatever it took."

Looking back, AlShawwa said the idea itself was never the difficult part. "It's not about having a great idea. It's about doing the unglamorous work, being willing to fail, and having the humility to pivot when reality disagrees with your plan."

Building for One of the World's Most Demanding Industries

Building a company for one of the world's most demanding industries required a particular mindset. "If I had fully understood what we were signing up for, I might have thought twice," AlShawwa said with a laugh. "Beyond that, it takes thick skin, conviction, and the ability to listen. You need confidence in where the future is going while staying humble enough to hear what the market is telling you."

That philosophy has guided Immensa as it expanded from the Gulf into global energy markets, serving operators from Alaska, the Gulf of America, Norway, and Singapore. Despite the different operating environments, AlShawwa said one lesson has remained constant.

"Downtime is never an option. Whether it's a refinery, pipeline, or power plant, operations cannot simply stop. That's why companies end up holding hundreds of millions of dollars in spare parts, yet those warehouses still cover only a fraction of what they'll ever need."

He believes the traditional manufacturing model is reaching a turning point. "The future is clear. Organizations will send files across the world instead of physical parts, producing them on demand where they're needed. What cloud kitchens did to the restaurant industry, digital inventory and advanced manufacturing are doing for spare parts."

Why Spare Parts Have Become a Strategic Priority

Recent global disruptions have only reinforced that shift. "The pandemic, geopolitical events, and shipping bottlenecks didn't create the vulnerability; they revealed it," AlShawwa explained. "When one missing component can shut down a billion-dollar operation, spare parts stop being a procurement issue and become a boardroom conversation."

Rather than building larger warehouses, he believes the industry needs a fundamentally different model. "Resilience used to mean stockpiling. Today, it means capability: digitizing parts, qualifying them for on-demand production, and manufacturing them close to where they're needed," he continued.

The measurable results have convinced even the most cautious procurement teams. "We've seen high-precision mechanical components go from 28-week lead times to just 16 days, while regional utilities have produced and installed critical parts within 72 hours, avoiding weeks of downtime," he said. The impact extends well beyond lead times.

"Many industrial storerooms contain up to 40% slow-moving or non-moving inventory. By digitizing rarely used parts, operators can significantly reduce physical inventory while lowering warehousing, tooling, and logistics costs by 30 to 40%. Local production also reduces material waste and carbon footprints by roughly 25%."

The transformation follows a straightforward process. "First, identify which parts are worth digitizing. Second, create validated, production-ready digital assets with complete engineering data. Third, manufacture those parts at qualified facilities close to where they're needed using standardized quality protocols," he explained.

Far from requiring mature manufacturing ecosystems, AlShawwa believes digital inventory actually helps create them. "The engineering knowledge travels with the digital asset. Local facilities need capable equipment, trained people, and certified processes, not decades of OEM knowledge. Every part produced locally builds industrial capability, creates skilled jobs, and keeps economic value within the region."

Scaling a Business by Scaling Trust

As Immensa expanded internationally, AlShawwa's approach to leadership evolved. "The biggest lesson was realizing I had become the bottleneck. In the early days, I was involved in every decision. That simply doesn't scale."

Instead, he hires for character and ownership above everything else. "The best people aren't always those with the perfect CV. They're the ones who immediately take ownership of a problem. Skills can be taught, but character and ownership can't."

He believes leadership ultimately becomes an exercise in building trust. "Your conviction gets the company started, but your ability to distribute that conviction, to make it live in hundreds of people across multiple continents, is what allows the company to scale."

The Future of Spare Parts Supply Chains

Looking ahead, AlShawwa believes the next decade will fundamentally redefine spare parts supply chains. "Within ten years, asking where a part is warehoused will sound as outdated as asking which shelf a DVD is on."

He sees three technologies driving that transformation together. "Digital inventories become the system of record, turning every validated spare part into a secure digital asset. Distributed manufacturing becomes the delivery mechanism, producing parts close to the point of use. AI becomes the force multiplier."

AI is already accelerating inventory assessments that once took engineering teams months, and he believes its role will become even more significant. "We're moving toward predictive supply chains where AI identifies failures before they happen, triggers production automatically, reverse engineers legacy parts from incomplete documentation, and helps move the industry from reactive operations to predictive, eventually autonomous, supply chains."

For AlShawwa, the direction of the industry is no longer uncertain.

"The companies that succeed won't be the ones with the biggest warehouses. They'll be the ones with the richest digital inventories and the smartest manufacturing networks."

It is the same belief that inspired Immensa's founding a decade ago. "As I told my team on day one, we intend to be the ones building it, whatever it takes."

About Immensa

Immensa is a leading provider of digital inventory and advanced manufacturing solutions that helps energy and industrial operators transform spare parts supply chains through digitization and localized production. Its Immensa360 platform enables secure, intelligent digital inventories of spare parts and on-demand local manufacturing with full traceability, helping reduce downtime, shorten lead times, and build more resilient, future-ready supply chains. For more information, visit immensa.io.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- International Falcon Breeders Auction has introduced a new feature for its 2026 edition, expanding opportunities for breeders, investors, and buyers by making only falcons sold through the auction eligible to compete in all local and international falcon chick racing categories.

The move is expected to boost buyer interest and trading activity, particularly after the auction recorded sales of more than USD 3.47 million in 2025, with 1,103 falcons sold and participation from 67 breeding farms.

Under the new rules, every falcon purchased through the auction will become eligible to compete in races, subject to the applicable regulations. As a result, purchasing decisions will now be linked to the opportunity to participate in competitions organized or co-organized by the National Center for Falcons, offering total prize money of up to USD 13.33 million.

The new incentive is expected to enhance the auction's appeal to investors and buyers. In addition to pedigree, breeding quality, and price, prospective owners are expected to consider a falcon's racing potential and bloodline performance. The initiative is anticipated to increase demand for falcons suited to the Melwah racing category while broadening the pool of buyers seeking birds that combine superior breeding with competitive performance.

About M&C (Media & Communication)

M&C is a full-service Italian agency specializing in impactful text-based content marketing, press release management, and comprehensive advertising. We masterfully blend creative ingenuity with strategic precision, empowering government entities, international organizations, and ambitious brands to authentically connect with their ideal audiences. For more information, visit mediaand.it.

B'KARA, Malta, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Tips.GG published the updated edition of its World Cup discipline study, extending the platform’s Strictness Index to all seven tournaments of the 21st century. The research was completed after the 2026 World Cup concluded, and the new data reverses one of the study’s central expectations.

Nearly doubling the field did not make the World Cup dirtier. The 2026 edition set a raw record — 266 yellow cards across 104 matches, more than any tournament before it — while its per-match Strictness Index fell to 2.97, the calmest figure of the century and the first ever to drop below three. All that extra football turned out to be mostly extra low-card football: mismatched group games that added to the pile while pulling the average down.

The same distinction reshapes the all-time table. Argentina lead the century on raw totals with 82 disciplinary points across seven tournaments, but they also played 39 matches to get there. Divide by games played and they fall to roughly 14th, at 2.10 cards per match. The nation that actually plays dirtiest game for game is Ghana, at 2.58 — a team whose best World Cup run ended in the quarter-finals.

“Raw statistics confuse survival with aggression,” said Anton Malyutin, CEO of Tips.GG. “Count only total cards and you aren’t measuring who breaks the rules most — you’re measuring who wins often enough to play seven matches. What 2026 added is the other half of that lesson: more games didn’t mean more fouling per game, it meant more games to spread it across. Longevity flatters the giants, and now the smaller nations are starting to get some of that same cover.”

Key findings from the updated dataset

• Reds came back: Direct red cards had all but disappeared after VAR arrived — two in 2018, one in 2022. In 2026 there were 13, more than in any tournament this century, and the rate rose even after accounting for the expanded schedule. The likeliest cause is 2026’s new directives on dissent and leaving the field in protest.
• Everyone tidied up under VAR except Argentina: Comparing cards per match before video review (2002–2014) with after (2018–2026), Portugal more than halved their rate, from 3.00 to 1.43; Croatia fell from 2.89 to 1.50, the Netherlands from 2.89 to 1.67, Brazil from 1.96 to 1.40. Argentina went the other way, rising from 1.95 to 2.55 — the only major nation to get worse while the rest got cleaner. It was also Argentina who logged their first-ever World Cup second yellow in 2026, breaking a 24-year streak.
• The Netherlands were present at both card-storms — and still aren’t the dirtiest: The Dutch were on the pitch for the 2006 Battle of Nuremberg (20 cards, still the most in World Cup history) and the 2022 Battle of Lusail (18 yellows, the most ever shown in a single match). Between them, 39 cards. Yet across the full span the Netherlands rank third by rate, at 2.48, behind Ghana and Cameroon.
• The per-match crown almost always goes home early: In six of seven tournaments the dirtiest team by rate never left the group stage. 2026 kept the pattern: Qatar, out after three games, at 3.33 cards per match, while the finalists looked mild. The peak of the whole exercise remains Serbia and Montenegro in 2006 — 15 points in three matches, an index of 5.00.

Methodology

The Strictness Index weights cards by severity: a yellow is worth one point, a second yellow is worth two, a straight red is worth three. A team’s points total is its Strictness Summary; dividing that by matches played produces the Strictness Index. The per-match rankings are limited to nations with at least 12 World Cup matches this century. The same method is applied to every team and every tournament from Korea/Japan 2002 to the 2026 edition.

Tips.GG publishes the measure’s limits alongside its results. The Index treats a 90-minute group game and a 120-minute knockout as equal, does not adjust for individual referees — Mateu Lahoz’s three matches at Qatar 2022 ran to an index of 9.00 — and does not account for the opponent since cards are often reciprocal. Fouls that go unbooked never enter the ledger. It is a like-for-like measure of who referees actually punish, not a complete verdict on who fouls the most.

Full Report and Assets

The complete study and rankings — including a tournament-by-tournament breakdown from 2002 to 2026, the two matches that reshaped the all-time table, and a detailed VAR comparison — are now available. High-resolution charts and graphics are free to download and republish with attribution.

About Tips.GG

Tips.GG is a leading sports analytics and data platform that provides extensive football, basketball, and esports data for casual fans and those who enjoy diving deeper into statistics. Founded in 2019, Tips.GG has evolved from a small startup covering a limited number of esports events into a multisport company with a professional team of data analysts dedicated to delivering exceptional insights. For more information visit tips.gg.

Disclaimer

The Strictness Index and associated statistical models are proprietary analytical measures developed by Tips.GG for research, historical, and informational purposes only. While all historical match data, card counts, and statistical calculations are derived from verified official match records, this release does not constitute financial, legal, or betting advice. Tips.GG is an independent sports analytics and media platform; it does not operate gambling services or accept wagers. Readers who choose to utilize sports data for betting purposes are encouraged to do so responsibly and in accordance with local regulations in their jurisdiction.

Media Contact

Head of Marketing, TGG Sports Limited
mykyta.n@tips.gg

KYIV, Ukraine, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Ukrainian football club Polissya, or the “Polesia Wolves” as their fans call them, have teamed up with official sponsor GGBET.UA to creatively show off the new club kit. The Pack's Code gives players in both the men's and women's squads a new look and reveals their personal stories, including their choice of jersey number, pre-match rituals, and more besides. Fashion portraits and player interviews are available exclusively on the website.

Underpinning the creative project are FC Polissya’s recognizable visual brand and a wolf pack philosophy supported by thousands of fans. The pack mindset does not diminish individuality, but rather helps it shine through: each player has a distinct personality, fills a specific role, makes their own decisions, and has their own expectations, all while remaining part of the bigger game.

Both men's and women's team members took part, and a unique fashion look centered on FC Polissya's new kit was created for each participant. GGBET's creative team collaborated on the looks alongside creative experts (stylist, photographer, makeup artists, and others).

The players' fashion shots are accompanied by the stories of why they chose their specific jersey numbers, funny incidents from their careers, their superstitions, and personal facts they are willing to share with fans. The Pack's Code is available in Ukrainian on the website.

GGBET.UA and FC Polissya announced their partnership in July 2025. Since then, the betting brand and club have successfully collaborated on joint projects to bring fans closer to players, making exclusive content and holding one-of-a-kind events for fans and media outlets in Ukraine.

By 2026, the GGBET brand had taken a leading position in Ukraine's sports betting industry. As a football and basketball club sponsor, GGBET.UA continues to invest in sports development.

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TROY, MI, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Michel Alkhalil, M.D., medical director of multi-specialty practice AAIRS Clinic and Troy Sleep Center, today announced the practice's physician-led approach, delivering integrated sleep, allergy, immunology, and pulmonology care to patients across Oakland and Macomb counties.

AAIRS Clinic and Troy Sleep Center bring related medical specialties together within one practice structure. The organization’s clinical scope includes sleep medicine, allergy and immunology, and pulmonology, allowing regional patients to access several areas of specialty care through a single unified practice.

Troy Sleep Center holds accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The accreditation supports the practice’s focus on established standards in sleep medicine while serving patients across Oakland and Macomb counties.

The practice also provides allergy and pulmonology services designed for coordinated evaluation across medical conditions that may involve sleep, allergy, immune, or respiratory health.

Alkhalil is board-certified in sleep medicine as well as allergy and immunology. He completed his residency training at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital before pursuing fellowship training in pediatric and adult sleep medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

He later completed an allergy and immunology fellowship at the University of South Florida in Tampa, gaining extensive experience across both pediatric and adult patient populations.

As medical director, Alkhalil provides leadership for integrated specialty care through AAIRS Clinic and Troy Sleep Center, reinforcing the practice’s commitment to patient care throughout Oakland and Macomb counties. He has received multiple "Top Doc" recognitions alongside his dual board certifications and fellowship credentials.

About Michel Alkhalil, M.D.

Michel Alkhalil, M.D., is a physician board-certified in Sleep Medicine and Allergy & Immunology. He serves as medical director of AAIRS Clinic and Troy Sleep Center, a multispecialty practice serving Oakland and Macomb counties. His training includes a residency at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital and fellowships at Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, and the University of South Florida. Learn more about Michel Alkhalil, M.D. To learn more, visit michelalkhalil.com.

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NEW YORK, NY, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Yield.xyz, the onchain yield infrastructure layer trusted by more than 200 companies including Ledger, Trust Wallet, and Trezor, today announced the launch of Yield.xyz AgentKit on x402, bringing the entire onchain yield ecosystem to autonomous AI agents through a single Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and Coinbase's open HTTP payment standard, x402.

Starting today, any AI agent capable of holding a wallet can discover, enter, rebalance, and monitor more than 3,300 onchain yield opportunities across 80+ blockchain networks, spanning DeFi lending, staking, liquid staking, vaults, and tokenized real-world assets including US Treasuries, money-market funds, private credit, and CLOs. The integration works through one MCP integration, with no API key required.

Payment works through x402, Coinbase's open payment protocol that revives the HTTP 402 status code to enable autonomous stablecoin micropayments. Each tool includes a free tier — 30 calls per wallet, per tool, per rolling 24 hours on the wallet-keyed tools (balances and the three action builders), and 1,000 calls per caller, per tool on the read-only tools. Once an agent exceeds the free tier, the server returns an HTTP 402 challenge; the agent's wallet signs a $0.001 USDC payment on Base, and the payment is settled and verified through the Coinbase CDP Facilitator before the tool executes. The wallet is the credential.

"We believe the next generation of internet services will be built for autonomous software. x402 provides the payment layer that enables AI agents to seamlessly discover, purchase, and consume services using open standards. Yield.xyz exemplifies this vision by giving agents access to thousands of onchain reward opportunities across dozens of blockchain networks from staking and DeFi lending to tokenized real-world assets," said Kevin Leffew, AI GTM at Coinbase, x402 co-author.

"AI agents shouldn't need accounts, API keys, or business development agreements before they can participate in financial markets. They should be able to discover opportunities, pay for intelligence, and execute transactions as autonomous economic actors. By combining Yield.xyz AgentKit with x402, we've removed that entire onboarding layer. Any agent with a wallet can instantly access the world's largest onchain yield infrastructure through open standards," said Apurv Mishra, co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Yield.xyz.

Production Infrastructure, Extended to Agents

Yield.xyz AgentKit is not a new, isolated product built for the AI moment. It is an extension of the same infrastructure — SOC 2 Type II certified, non-custodial, audited that Ledger, Trust Wallet, Trezor, Anchorage Digital, Turnkey, Utila, Deblock, Crossmint, and Portal already depend on to power yield for millions of users in production.

Every transaction returned by Yield.xyz AgentKit is unsigned: the agent constructs the payload, but keys never leave the developer's or user's control.

Yield.xyz AgentKit exposes 17 structured MCP tools organized across four workflow stages:

1. Discovery: Search and filter 3,300+ yield opportunities by asset, network, protocol type, APY, TVL, fees, and risk rating across 80+ blockchains.
2. Diligence: Compare historical APY and TVL trends, liquidity depth, minimums, and risk ratings before committing capital.
3. Execution: Build unsigned transactions for deposits, withdrawals, stakes, and rebalances; every amount is human-readable.
4. Tracking: Monitor active positions, pending actions, and accrued rewards across wallets and networks.

An agent uses the same schema to enter a Morpho lending market, stake through a liquid staking protocol, or deposit into a tokenized Treasury vault without protocol-specific logic required.

x402-Native: The Wallet Is the Credential

Yield.xyz AgentKit settles through the CDP Facilitator available on Coinbase CDP Bazaar and listed on the Agentic Market, the marketplace for autonomous agent commerce that has processed more than 165 million transactions and $50 million in volume across 480,000+ transacting agents. Any x402-compatible agent can discover and pay for Yield.xyz AgentKit calls with no manual listing or registration step on either side.

Enterprise customers can supply an API key to bypass the metered gate entirely.

Connect the MCP server using https://mcp.yield.xyz/mcp to begin immediately.

Additional resources, including the Agentic Market service listing and full AgentKit documentation, are available online.

About Yield.xyz

Yield.xyz is the unified access layer for onchain finance, enabling developers to integrate once and access over 3,000 opportunities across staking, lending, perpetuals trading, and onchain vaults on 80+ networks. Trusted by leading wallets and financial platforms including Ledger, Trust Wallet, Trezor, Privy, Utila, DFNS, Crossmint, Turnkey, Tangem, and 100+ more, Yield.xyz powers production-grade onchain products with built-in support for secure transaction verification and fee-customizable revenue sharing. Yield.xyz abstracts complex integration work into simple API calls, enabling teams to ship scalable onchain products without rebuilding per-protocol infrastructure. To learn more, visit yield.xyz.

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This press release is provided for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. Yield.xyz, AgentKit, and x402 are technical infrastructure tools for autonomous software; they do not manage, guarantee, or underwrite returns on onchain yield protocols. Onchain yield opportunities, DeFi lending, staking, and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) involve significant financial, market, and smart contract risks. Users and developers must conduct independent due diligence before connecting wallets or automating capital allocation.

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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ, July 30, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Andreozzi + Foote has filed a civil lawsuit (MER-L-001816-26, Superior Court of New Jersey, Mercer County) on behalf of 31 women against former obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Bruce R. Pierce and Delaware Valley OBGYN and Infertility Group, P.C. The complaint alleges misconduct during medical examinations provided to patients while Pierce practiced at the Lawrence Township medical practice.

According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that Dr. Pierce engaged in inappropriate conduct during patient examinations over a period of years. The complaint also asserts claims against Delaware Valley OBGYN, alleging that the practice failed to take reasonable steps to protect patients.

According to the complaint, Pierce practiced at Delaware Valley OBGYN from the 1990s until the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners suspended his medical license in 2024. The complaint references the Board's disciplinary action as part of the allegations supporting the plaintiffs' claims.

The lawsuit includes 13 causes of action, including claims for corporate negligence, medical malpractice, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

The lawsuit remains pending, and the allegations contained in the complaint have not been adjudicated by the court.

"Women place extraordinary trust in their OB-GYNs during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives," said Veronica Hubbard, partner at Andreozzi + Foote. "Our clients have filed this lawsuit seeking to have their claims heard through the legal process and to pursue the relief requested in the complaint."

About Andreozzi + Foote

Andreozzi + Foote is one of the nation’s leading sexual abuse law firms with a history of representing survivors in cases against large and powerful organizations, including Penn State University, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Catholic Church. The trauma-informed Pennsylvania-based sexual abuse lawyers at Andreozzi + Foote are committed to obtaining life-changing results for victims and their families. For more information, visit www.victimscivilattorneys.com.

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