Author: Sai Krishna

Bybit Renews RLUSD Hold & Earn Phase 4 with 1.3 Million XRP Rewards and Zero Fee

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, is pleased to announce Phase 4 of its exclusive RLUSD Hold & Earn program, continuing its dual-token rewards extravaganza powered by Ripple on Bybit, boasting 1.3 million XRP in prizes in the latest round.

From now until Nov 18, 2026, eligible Bybit users can hold RLUSD in their accounts and earn daily rewards in both RLUSD and XRP. Optimizing returns and convenience, no staking, lock-up, or subscription is required. The RLUSD/USDT pair on Bybit Spot also continues to offer 0% maker and taker fees throughout the phase.

Highlights – Phase 4

• Dual Rewards: Participants earn RLUSD at a base APR of up to 3.75%, alongside XRP bonus rewards drawn from a 1.3M XRP prize pool, powered by Ripple. The XRP bonus is subject to a holding-duration multiplier of up to 2x for participants who continuously hold RLUSD for 90 days or more.
• Competitive APR: The total actual APR combines RLUSD Base APR, bonus APR from a 1.3 million XRP Prize Pool, plus XRP Base APR multiplier, offering up to 2x for 90+ days continuous holding.
• Zero-Fee Spot Trading: The RLUSD/USDT spot pair continues to waive both maker and taker fees.
• Same Simplicity: Qualified participants holding a minimum of 1 RLUSD in their Bybit account stand to earn rewards automatically. Rewards are distributed daily.

RLUSD is a USD-pegged stablecoin issued by Ripple, fully collateralized by U.S. Treasury bills, USD deposits, and other cash equivalents, maintaining a stable 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar. XRP is the native token of the XRP Ledger, co-founded by Ripple, designed for fast, low-cost cross-border payments.

Terms and conditions apply. Actual fee rates may vary by region, and users are advised to refer to the My Fee Rate page for accurate rates. For full details on the APR, multiplier, eligibility, and potential restrictions, users may visit: RLUSD Hold & Earn Phase 4 – Up to 3.75% APR on RLUSD and 1.3M XRP rewards

About Bybit

Bybit is The New Financial Platform.

We believe every person should have access to every financial opportunity on earth. That’s why we’re building the first intelligent platform that connects anyone, anywhere to the world’s finance.

Trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, Bybit brings together investing, trading, payments, and wealth-building in a single secure and intelligent ecosystem. Through the combination of AI-powered technology, deep global liquidity, robust security, and transparent operations, Bybit makes global finance more accessible, efficient, and empowering for everyone.

Built for everyone. Powered by intelligence. Open to the world.

Learn more at Bybit.com.

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Different Emerges from Stealth with $48M for AI that Runs Demand Generation for Lean B2B Marketing Teams

Founded by ThoughtSpot and Nutanix co-founder Ajeet Singh, Different gives a marketing team of 5 the capacity of 50 by unifying campaign orchestration, personalization and optimization across channels

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Different emerged from stealth and launched an AI marketing system that runs end-to-end demand generation for lean marketing teams. The company is backed by a $48 million seed round led by General Catalyst with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners. With Different, marketers set the strategy, and the system builds and runs campaigns across channels, tailors them to each target buyer and shifts spend toward what works.

AI has made individual marketing tasks faster, but running a campaign end to end still requires teams to manually coordinate work across many tools and channels. Once a campaign is live, teams also struggle to understand what is working, making it harder to know where to invest more and where to spend less.

Different’s three co-founders saw the same problem from various sides. Ajeet Singh, Different’s co-founder and CEO, saw it while building ThoughtSpot, where, like most companies at its stage, a strong marketing team of about 50 people worked across dozens of tools. Abhishek Pani, chief product officer, saw it at Adobe, where he led the machine-learning team behind Adobe’s marketing products and its own marketing. Abhinav Yajurvedi, chief technology officer, saw it at consumer scale, building marketing infrastructure for Flipkart and Myntra.

“We built Different so a marketing team of five can do the work of 50,” said Singh. “Marketers own the strategy and the creative ideas. Different turns them into campaigns and keeps learning and optimizing as they run, so companies can grow faster without wasting spend.”

Unlike general-purpose LLMs, point solutions or agencies, Different builds and runs the whole campaign in one closed loop. It plans each campaign, creates and launches the ads, emails and landing pages, and delivers answer engine optimization (AEO), from monitoring to content recommendation and creation.

It works from a shared memory of each company’s strategy, brand and results, keeps improving campaigns while they run, and applies what it learns on one channel to the others and to future campaigns. Marketers review and approve all work before it goes live.

Customers are already seeing results. In one month, Different customer Motif’s three-person marketing team went from running a single campaign at one time to more than a dozen across four channels. Another customer, Descope, used Different to identify and redirect 60% of paid spend that was being wasted on poor targeting, helping the team reach better-fit accounts and improve meeting rates for their sales team.

“Different has helped us scale our marketing without scaling our team,” said Abhi Iyer, Head of Marketing at Descope. “Two of us run as many as ten programs at once, each delivering the right message to the right buyer at the right time. Before Different, this level of output would have required a much bigger team.”

“At General Catalyst, we bet on ambitious teams tackling big markets,” said Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst. “Different is going after one of the largest opportunities in AI: changing how companies market. We believe Ajeet, Abhishek and Abhinav have the track record and technical depth to build something special in this category.”

Together Fund, Haystack Ventures, MXV Capital and Firebolt Ventures also participated in the round. Different will use the funding to expand its engineering and go-to-market teams. Different is available today at different.ai.  

About Different

Different is the marketing system that runs demand generation across channels for B2B companies. It orchestrates, personalizes and optimizes campaigns in one closed loop, helping lean marketing teams launch faster, target buyers more effectively and improve marketing ROI. Different was founded by Ajeet Singh, Abhishek Pani and Abhinav Yajurvedi and is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit different.ai.

Media contact

Audrey Jones

Audrey Jones Communications

ajones@audreyjonescommunications.com

(571) 225-7961

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FutureGrail Hosts Multimillion-Dollar Live Watch Auction with Previews in Hong Kong, Dubai, Geneva and Singapore

The auction features one of the year’s most important timepieces to go under the hammer – an extremely rare 1954 Patek Philippe Ref.2526P ‘Serpico y Laino’ in platinum with enamel dial, expected to fetch well into seven figures

DUBAI, GENEVA, HONG KONG and SINGAPORE, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FutureGrail, a global auction house for exceptional timepieces, has unveiled its upcoming November session. FutureGrail will also host previews in Hong Kong, Dubai, Geneva, and Singapore.

FutureGrail has presented online auctions since 2023 and now, for the first time, will host an in-person, live auction in Singapore on 14 November at 5.30pm (GMT+8). Bidders will also be able to make remote offers or place live bids via the website.

The session features ‘grails’ including an undoubted star of the season; an exquisite 1954 Patek Philippe Reference 2526P ‘Serpico y Laino’, thought to be a unique example, encased in platinum with an enamel dial. The item has never been auctioned before and is expected to command between USD 1 million and USD 2 million.

“We are delighted to showcase such fine examples of horology to global collectors and look forward to a vibrant live auction. There is a growing interest in such rare watches, between the hubs of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia – and it is a true privilege to present such a fantastic catalogue of exceptional timepieces to collector communities in these markets,” said Ali Nael, FutureGrail CEO.

The auction is packed with sought-after watches including unique and extremely rare references, such as:

• 1941 Patek Philippe Ref.1502J, two-tone sector ‘Telephone’ dial, One of only Two known (Estimate: USD 150,000 – 300,000)
• 2004 F.P. Journe Octa Calendrier ‘Brass Movement’, gold dial, retrograde date in Platinum (Estimate: USD 400,000 – 600,000)
• 1998 Daniel Roth Ref.C317, Platinum, Papillon 10^th Anniversary Limited Edition no. 08/30 (Estimate: USD 200,000 – 300,000)
• 1986 Urban Jurgensen Ref.2, ‘No.000’ perpetual calendar with guilloché dial, rose gold (Estimate: USD 200,000 – 400,000)
• 1949 Patek Philippe Ref.130A, ‘Full Set’, Two-tone Chronograph with Tachometer scale, Stainless Steel (Estimate: USD 200,000 – 400,000)
• 1950 Patek Philippe Ref.1463R, rare two-tone ‘Serpico y Laino’ Chronograph, ‘Tasti Tondi’, rose gold (Estimate: USD 300,000 – 600,000)
• 2012 Cartier W1556213, Tourbillon, Perpetual Calendar, Single-button Chronograph, Power-reserve indication, baguette cut and diamonds-set, One of Five made, white gold (Estimate: USD 300,000 – 600,000)
• 1961 Patek Philippe Ref.2597J, ‘Full Set’, Travel-Time, Jumping hour in Yellow gold (Estimate USD 200,000 – 400,000)
• And many more rare and valuable timepieces.

Previews:

21-22 October (10.30am – 7.30pm) – Delugs Maison, The Landmark, Hong Kong.

28-29 October (11am – 7pm) – ICD Brookfield, DIFC, Dubai.

5 – 8 November (10am – 6pm) – Beau-Rivage Genève, 13, Quai du Mont-Blanc, 1201 Genève.

12-13 November (10am – 6pm) and 14 November (10am – 3.30pm) – Artyzen Hotel, Singapore

Live Auction – 14 November 2026, 5.30pm (GMT +8)

For advance bidding, contact bids@futuregrail.com 

futuregrail.com

Media enquiries:

Jonathan Ivan-Duke

duke+mir

jon@dukemir.com

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Axera’s ADAS Chip Arrived in Europe with Leapmotor, Advancing Global Expansion

SHANGHAI, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Axera’s intelligent driving chip has entered the European market in Leapmotor’s new global compact electric hatchback, marking a major step in the company’s international automotive expansion. Purpose-built for global markets, the chip brings Axera’s production-proven driver assistance technology to European consumers.

The vehicle is a core offering in Leapmotor’s global lineup, designed to make intelligent driving more accessible and support the automaker’s international growth. Industry data show that Leapmotor delivered over 660,000 vehicles from January to September 2026, including over 150,000 exports. With overseas sales approaching 23% of total deliveries, Leapmotor’s international momentum provides a strong foundation for expanding deployments of Axera’s ADAS chip beyond China.

Designed as a standardized ADAS SoC for global applications, the chip features Axera’s proprietary AXNeutron mixed-precision NPU. It natively supports BEV perception models and dynamic allocation of compute resources across INT4, INT8, and INT16 precision levels. Its proprietary AI-ISP supports 8MP@50fps, enabling reliable detection of pedestrians, non-motor vehicles, and road signs in challenging lighting conditions, including backlit scenes, rainy nights, and tunnels.

The chip first entered mass production in China in April 2026, debuted in a best-selling Leapmotor model. Powered by the chip, the complete driver assistance system was an early adopter of BEV perception models and introduced the industry’s first visual HMI prompts for road markings in its system class. It also meets China’s latest mandatory regulatory requirements, enhancing driving safety and comfort. With Leapmotor’s overseas production rollout, this mature ADAS solution is now reaching European consumers.

Since mass production began, Axera’s ADAS chip has rapidly scaled to more than 50,000 vehicle installations per month. It is now deployed across key models from leading Chinese brands, including Leapmotor, etc., with production ramping up well beyond industry expectations. The European launch is only the beginning of Axera’s global automotive expansion. Combining high integration and performance with low power consumption, and backed by comprehensive functional safety and cybersecurity certifications, the chip serves as a standardized ADAS platform. Multiple international Tier 1 suppliers have incorporated it into their global supply chains, while design wins with overseas automakers continue to advance.

Axera’s ability to deliver its proprietary intelligent driving chip platforms at scale has helped it respond to demand generated by China’s new mandatory regulations and the international expansion of the Chinese automotive supply chain. The company has quickly established itself among China’s leading automotive ADAS chipmakers. According to industry research, Axera’s share of its intelligent driving chip market segment rose from 8.9% in the first half of 2025 to 33.32% in the first half of 2026. It was the only domestic chipmaker in that segment to more than double its market share over the period, reinforcing its growing influence in the automotive chip market.

Automotive SoCs have become a core growth driver for Axera. Its first-half 2026 financial report recorded shipments of 420,000 automotive intelligent SoCs and 24 new design wins. The number of vehicle brands it serves grew to 25, including seven international and joint-venture automakers, reflecting continued growth in both scale and international reach.

Building on its established presence in China, Axera is expanding its role in the global ADAS market. The company will draw on its successful mass-production deployments to secure and bring more domestic and overseas vehicle programs to production, increase automotive chip shipments, and support sustained international growth.

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WEMADE Celebrates Legend of YMIR’s First Anniversary with Major Content Roadmap and New Assassin Class

The milestone update includes a +600% EXP fast-track server alongside rewards and comeback perks for returning players 

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — WEMADE, the leading global game developer behind the blockbuster Unreal Engine 5 MMORPG Legend of YMIR, has rolled out a first-anniversary update to commemorate a full year of global live service of its flagship title. This milestone delivers a comprehensive content roadmap spanning October through December, headlined by the debut of a new Assassin class, the launch of the accelerated Boot Camp Season 2 progression server, and exclusive rewards.

Legend of YMIR combines high-fidelity visual worldbuilding with dark Norse mythology and large-scale Server Battles. Since its global debut, the game has kept its community engaged with steady content updates and events for players worldwide. The first-anniversary celebration now serves to expand and strengthen the established player base, as well as provide a frictionless entry point for new and returning adventurers looking to accelerate their progression.

The milestone update includes:

• New Assassin Class: Delivering an agile, high-impact combat style unlike any other class in the game, players can adopt the new playstyle with class change support, without losing hard-earned character progress.
• Boot Camp Season 2: A dedicated growth server engineered to expedite character development for new and returning users, it features a +600% EXP boost up to Level 65, specialized hunting buffs, and leveling support items — dramatically lowering barriers to entry and enabling players to swiftly catch up with veteran players.
• Player Rewards: The pre-registration campaign surpassed 100,000 participants, unlocking the 1st Anniversary Legendary Companion for all active players. Pre-registrants will receive exclusive bonus rewards, and players who complete in-game missions during the anniversary event can also earn a Legendary-grade Disir and Valkyrie.
• Community Events: Players who join community events on official social channels will stand a chance to win additional prizes by sharing anniversary messages and posting in-game screenshots.
• Einherjar Fellowship Event: A referral initiative encouraging active players to invite new and returning players to the game. Invited players can earn rewards by accepting an invitation and completing designated missions, while inviters receive tiered rewards based on the number of completed “fellowships”. Rewards include Epic- and Legendary-grade items, with top-ranking inviters also having the opportunity to earn coveted Mythical-grade rewards.
• Check-in Event and Mythical Companion Update: Mythical-grade Disirs and Valkyries will debut in December, alongside an exclusive 14-day check-in event for Boot Camp participants. Players who join the Boot Camp server after the first-anniversary event can still participate in this check-in event and earn a Legendary-grade Valkyrie on Day 7 and a Legendary-grade Disir on Day 14.

Michael Kim, Head of Business Division, WEMADE, said: “This first anniversary is a tribute to the passion and dedication of our global community. We have intentionally curated an extensive content roadmap designed to reward loyal veterans while providing a streamlined onboarding pathway for newcomers and returning players. With sustained updates leading into December and an upcoming YMIR Cup Season 3, we look forward to delivering even deeper immersion within the Legend of YMIR universe in the year ahead.”

For full details on the Legend of YMIR first anniversary update and events, please visit the official website as well as the official Discord, YouTube, and Facebook community channels for real-time updates and interaction.

-ENDS-

About WEMADE

WEMADE is the only company combining over two decades of AAA game development success with a fully operational, game-proven blockchain ecosystem—built entirely on its proprietary Layer-1 mainnet, WEMIX3.0. Known for global hits such as The Legend of Mir, MIR4, NIGHT CROWS and Legend of YMIR, WEMADE is leading the industry in seamlessly integrating gameplay, tokenomics, NFTs, stablecoin payments, and blockchain infrastructure. Through WEMIX PLAY, WEMADE delivers a unified digital economy where players, creators, and investors can own, trade, and benefit from digital assets—powering the next generation of interactive entertainment and driving the evolution of Web3 gaming. For more information, please visit https://wemade.com/.

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Axera’s ADAS Chip Arrived in Europe with Leapmotor, Advancing Global Expansion

SHANGHAI, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Axera’s intelligent driving chip has entered the European market in Leapmotor’s new global compact electric hatchback, marking a major step in the company’s international automotive expansion. Purpose-built for global markets, the chip brings Axera’s production-proven driver assistance technology to European consumers.

The vehicle is a core offering in Leapmotor’s global lineup, designed to make intelligent driving more accessible and support the automaker’s international growth. Industry data show that Leapmotor delivered over 660,000 vehicles from January to September 2026, including over 150,000 exports. With overseas sales approaching 23% of total deliveries, Leapmotor’s international momentum provides a strong foundation for expanding deployments of Axera’s ADAS chip beyond China.

Designed as a standardized ADAS SoC for global applications, the chip features Axera’s proprietary AXNeutron mixed-precision NPU. It natively supports BEV perception models and dynamic allocation of compute resources across INT4, INT8, and INT16 precision levels. Its proprietary AI-ISP supports 8MP@50fps, enabling reliable detection of pedestrians, non-motor vehicles, and road signs in challenging lighting conditions, including backlit scenes, rainy nights, and tunnels.

The chip first entered mass production in China in April 2026, debuted in a best-selling Leapmotor model. Powered by the chip, the complete driver assistance system was an early adopter of BEV perception models and introduced the industry’s first visual HMI prompts for road markings in its system class. It also meets China’s latest mandatory regulatory requirements, enhancing driving safety and comfort. With Leapmotor’s overseas production rollout, this mature ADAS solution is now reaching European consumers.

Since mass production began, Axera’s ADAS chip has rapidly scaled to more than 50,000 vehicle installations per month. It is now deployed across key models from leading Chinese brands, including Leapmotor, etc., with production ramping up well beyond industry expectations. The European launch is only the beginning of Axera’s global automotive expansion. Combining high integration and performance with low power consumption, and backed by comprehensive functional safety and cybersecurity certifications, the chip serves as a standardized ADAS platform. Multiple international Tier 1 suppliers have incorporated it into their global supply chains, while design wins with overseas automakers continue to advance.

Axera’s ability to deliver its proprietary intelligent driving chip platforms at scale has helped it respond to demand generated by China’s new mandatory regulations and the international expansion of the Chinese automotive supply chain. The company has quickly established itself among China’s leading automotive ADAS chipmakers. According to industry research, Axera’s share of its intelligent driving chip market segment rose from 8.9% in the first half of 2025 to 33.32% in the first half of 2026. It was the only domestic chipmaker in that segment to more than double its market share over the period, reinforcing its growing influence in the automotive chip market.

Automotive SoCs have become a core growth driver for Axera. Its first-half 2026 financial report recorded shipments of 420,000 automotive intelligent SoCs and 24 new design wins. The number of vehicle brands it serves grew to 25, including seven international and joint-venture automakers, reflecting continued growth in both scale and international reach.

Building on its established presence in China, Axera is expanding its role in the global ADAS market. The company will draw on its successful mass-production deployments to secure and bring more domestic and overseas vehicle programs to production, increase automotive chip shipments, and support sustained international growth.

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“PASS THE COURVOISIER”: A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF LEGENDARY HOSPITALITY

A NEW CHAPTER IN COURVOISIER: “PASS THE COURVOISIER” CELEBRATES THE LEGENDARY HOSPITALITY THAT MAKES STORIES TOO DELICIOUS NOT TO BE SHARED.

PARIS, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Courvoisier unveils “Pass The Courvoisier”, the Cognac House’s first global campaign in nearly twenty years, launching across TV, social, out-of-home, retail, and live experiences.

To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: 

https://www.multivu.com/courvoisier/9427451-en-pass-the-courvoisier-global-celebration-legendary-hospitality

From the court of Napoleon III to the unveiling of the Eiffel Tower and the opening night of the Moulin Rouge, Courvoisier has been passed and poured amongst good company for almost 200 years. A House built on a spirit of generous hospitality, welcoming royalty and rebels alike, and setting the stage for stories worth telling.

Today, that spirit feels more relevant than ever. In a culture where every moment can feel curated and judged, “Pass The Courvoisier” embraces the thrill of going off script, together. The impromptu house party. The unexpected guest. A conversation nobody saw coming. Moments shared, and worth talking about.

Inspired by this legacy of legendary hospitality, Grammy Award-winning creative powerhouse Ibra Ake has created a new film for the brand. Shot in Atlanta, Georgia, the film captures the collective energy and generosity that emerge when people gather. Set during a lively house party, a bottle of Courvoisier moves from hand to hand and room to room, connecting conversations, encounters and unexpected moments to the beat of one rallying cry, “Pass The Courvoisier”.



“It was fun because of the history,” said Ibra Ake. “We have warm memories of Courvoisier, so it was exciting to add my fingerprints to that legacy. What I loved about this film was capturing all those moments that make a party feel real: people cooking together, gaming, dancing, catching up. Everything starts with a simple call, ‘Pass the Courvoisier,’ and from there the energy takes on a life of its own.”

“Courvoisier has played a role in some of the world’s most memorable gatherings for nearly two centuries,” said Louise Dennett, Managing Director of Campari Group’s House of Cognac & Champagne. “The new campaign shows our spirit of hospitality today. A generous vision of Cognac, because we believe the finest bottles are made to be poured, passed, and shared.”

Created with BBDO Paris, “Pass The Courvoisier” marks the beginning of a long-term creative platform that will evolve through new stories, collaborations and experiences around the world, beginning with two flagship experiences in New York and Shanghai: the House of Courvoisier, a one-night-only immersive house party in NYC, and a takeover of INS Land, Shanghai’s premier nightlife destination and one of the world’s top-ranked nightclubs.

For tips on how to best enjoy and share Courvoisier, visit: https://www.courvoisier.com/ 

@Courvoisier #passthecourvoisier

About Courvoisier:

Since 1828, wood has been Courvoisier’s obsession, because time in oak barrels creates the delicious layers of Courvoisier. In fact, so passionate about wood is Master Blender Thibaut Hontanx that where some see a forest, he sees flavour. From selecting trees years before they become barrels to exploring different grains, toasts and maturation techniques, he knows that every choice leaves its mark on the eaux-de-vie. Just the seventh custodian of the House’s blending tradition, Thibaut oversees each stage of the journey from barrel to bottle.

Crafted in Jarnac, France, the collection today includes Courvoisier VS, VSOP and XO, alongside limited editions and market-exclusive expressions.

Courvoisier is the world’s most awarded Cognac House* and the only cognac house to have received the Prestige de la France distinction twice, in 1983 and 2021. From the courts of Europe and the table of Napoleon III to the inauguration of the Eiffel Tower and the opening of the Moulin Rouge, Courvoisier has long played a role in the world’s most memorable gatherings. Today, the House continues to champion a generous vision of cognac, believing the finest bottles are made to be poured, passed and shared.

*Based on the top 20 international spirits competitions since 2019

ABOUT CAMPARI GROUP: 

Campari Group is a major player in the global spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, spanning across aperitifs, including iconic brands like Aperol and Campari, agave spirits such as Espolòn tequila, whiskeys and rum with Wild Turkey and Wray&Nephew Overproof, as well as cognac and champagne including Courvoisier and Grand Marnier.

Founded in 1860, Campari Group is one of the fastest growing global spirits companies and the undisputed leader in the aperitif category. It has a global distribution reach, trading in over 190 nations around the world with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group operates via 21 production sites worldwide and its own distribution network in 27 countries. Campari Group employs approximately 4,800 people.

The shares of the parent company Davide Campari-Milano N.V. (Reuters CPRI.MI – Bloomberg CPR IM) have been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001.

For more information: http://www.camparigroup.com/en.

Please enjoy our brands responsibly.

CAMPAIGN CREDITS :

CLIENT:

Brand: COURVOISIER

Chief Marketing Officer and Global Head of Strategy: Thomas MORADPOUR

Managing Director House of Cognac and Champagne : Louise DENNETT

Global Marketing Director Courvoisier: Pier Paolo CATUCCI

Global Marketing Manager Courvoisier : Giovanni BARBARISI

Global Integrated Communications Manager: Salomé DEGUEURCE

Global Communications & Cultural Activations Manager : Jessica RIEUTORD

Global Insights & Analytics Manager : Elena ROMEO

AGENCY:

Agency: BBDO PARIS

Creative Chief Officer: Alexander KALCHEV

Creative Director: Yassine OUADAH-TSABET

Artistic Director: Marion RICHARD, Mathieu MASSÉ

Producer: Quentin MOENNE LOCCOZ

Post-Producer: Jérôme DEPLATIÈRE

Print Production: Christine RETAUX, Erick BARBOTTE

Strategic Planner: Harrison STEINHART, Alice DE BRITO

Account team: Jessica FERRIS, Julie HASLÉ, Olivier GUILLEROT, Luca DUGARO, Paul PIEUCHOT,

Raquel VARANDAS, Yan GE

PRODUCTION:

Production partner: ICONOCLAST

Production Service: FRIENDS&FAMILY

Director: Ibra AKE

Movement Director: Chris GRANT

Director Of Photography: Arseni KHACHATURAN

1st AD: Zaida FAKIH

Iconoclast Executive Producer : Jean DUHAMEL

Iconoclast Line Producer: Laragh STEWART

Friends&Family Exec Producer: Jed HEROLD

Friends&Family Executive Producer: Jeff GUILLOT

Friends&Family Line Producer: Julien LEMAITRE

Production Coordinator: Lucas DEMERDJIBACHIAN & Joy AUTULY

Production Designer : Leigh Ann REGAN-BARNES

Stylist: Yohanna LEBASI

1st assistant stylist: Robbie VAN MIERLO

Hair designer: Shunika TERRY

Nail artist: Terrence TERRY

Key Visuals and Print Campaign photographer: DeMarquis McDANIELS

Brand Content Director: Kirby McCLURE

Digitals Stills: Eric JORDAN

BTS Photographer and Director: Matt SWINSKY

POST-PRODUCTION:

Post-Production Partner: EVEREST

Post-Production Supervisor: Thomas ESPINOSA

Post-producer: Jean-Marie RAVOT

Editors: Adrianna LEGAY & Elodie FOUQUEAU

Colorist: Jean-Clément SORET / Company3 *

Track: “Like a Movie” by Labrinth

Sound Design, Sound Production, Music & Mix: Attention Aux Chiens

Sound director: Fabrice SMADJ

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Comarch Loyalty Transforms Azerbaijan Airlines’ Loyalty Program into a Fintech Ecosystem

AZAL Miles Now Operates as a Digital Wallet, Rewarding Passengers for Both Travel and Everyday Spending

KRAKÓW, Poland, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Comarch Loyalty, a global leader in AI-driven loyalty, today announced it has overhauled AZAL Miles, the frequent flyer program for Azerbaijan Airlines. By implementing the Comarch Loyalty platform, the airline has shifted from a traditional distance-based reward system to a broader fintech model. The updated system ties status miles directly to ticket spend.

Comarch Loyalty integrated a QR scanner directly into the AZAL app, allowing members to earn and spend miles across a network of non-airline partners. This infrastructure connects the loyalty program with companies across a wide range of sectors.

Comarch Loyalty also deployed a “Cash+Miles” payment module, enabling passengers to split transactions between cash and accumulated miles at checkout.

The new Comarch Loyalty architecture supports direct third-party API connections, including a recent integration with Bolt. Passengers can exchange miles for ride-hailing vouchers directly within their accounts.

On the backend, the Comarch Loyalty automation engine manages the program’s lifecycle rewards. These include issuing Welcome Miles for new registrations, distributing annual Birthday Miles, and deploying targeted promo codes to specific user segments without requiring manual oversight.

As the technological partner for the AZAL Miles program, Comarch Loyalty provides the scalable architecture needed to drive the airline’s ambitions to create new opportunities for members and offer more personalized services.

About Comarch Loyalty

Comarch Loyalty is a global leader in AI-driven loyalty solutions, empowering high-scale B2B, B2C, and coalition programs for more than 1.3 billion members in over 50 countries across 6 continents. Running 150+ active loyalty projects and seamlessly integrating with 2,000+ partners, Comarch Loyalty processes 15 billion loyalty-related transactions annually, transforming massive loyalty data into margin-accretive decisions and proven ROI.

At the core of the platform is an advanced Agentic AI layer that proactively monitors program health, allows marketers to build campaigns and extract data insights in plain language, and predicts customer behavior to deliver the Next Best Offer. Combined with AI Loyalty Guard for real-time fraud detection, Comarch Loyalty equips iconic brands – including BP, Ford, Heathrow, JetBlue, and Deutsche Bahn – with the technology to maximize Customer Lifetime Value and profitability. This global expertise is consistently recognized by prestigious industry awards and regularly featured in leading analyst reports. For more information, visit loyalty.comarch.com.

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TraceLink Announces $1 Million Challenge to Build Agentic Business Processes

Global competition invites developers, solution partners, and business process specialists worldwide to build and demonstrate innovative AI-powered business processes using TraceLink’s OPUS platform

BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the world’s largest Agentic Business Network, today announced the $1 million OPUS Agentic Business Process Challenge, a global competition offering a $1 million winner-takes-all prize to the individual or team that develops the best agentic business process using TraceLink’s OPUS Agentic Supply Chain Operating System.

Announced at FutureLink Barcelona 2026, the competition will launch in January 2027 and invite developers, business process specialists, companies, and universities worldwide to submit a contest application to create working Agentic Business Processes (ABPs).These processes bring AI agents together with humans, enterprise systems, business rules, operational context, and process requirements to perform complex business work that traditionally requires manual coordination across multiple systems and organizations. To express interest and receive contest updates, including registration details and participation requirements, visit: https://www.tracelink.com/1-million-opus-agentic-business-process-challenge.

The initiative is designed to encourage participants to learn OPUS, develop new skills, and demonstrate how AI agents can transform end-to-end business processes across industries.

“We believe the opportunity to transform business processes with AI agents is far greater than the market recognizes today,” said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO of TraceLink. “We’re putting $1 million behind a challenge to developers and business process innovators everywhere: learn OPUS, build something extraordinary, and show the world what’s possible. We want to unleash the creativity of participants worldwide and demonstrate the breadth and scale of Agentic Business Processes that can be built on OPUS.”

Advancing AI-Powered Business Process Innovation on OPUS

While individual AI agents can perform specific tasks, transforming end-to-end business processes requires coordinating the work of multiple agents, humans, and enterprise systems, often involving different organizations across the supply chain.

TraceLink’s OPUS Agentic Supply Chain Operating System provides a no-code, agentic platform foundation for building and orchestrating these processes. It brings together governed AI agents, business process orchestration, enterprise and multienterprise data integration, operational knowledge and context, and TraceLink’s global business network.

Through the $1 Million Agentic Business Process Challenge, TraceLink aims to demonstrate the range of business challenges that can be addressed while expanding the global community of developers, companies, and technology partners capable of building them on OPUS.

Competition Participation and Timeline

The challenge welcomes individual developers, business process specialists, and companies interested in building Agentic Business Processes on OPUS. Participants may include software developers, AI engineers, solution architects, business process architects, business process management (BPM) specialists, process automation engineers, and business process reengineering consultants.

Companies are also encouraged to participate, including TraceLink customers, other enterprises, systems integrators, consulting firms, and technology companies. Universities and academic teams are also welcome. Individuals and teams may participate independently, without requiring enterprise sponsorship or an existing paying customer relationship with TraceLink.

Beginning in January 2027, participants will have access to OPUS Link Labs, TraceLink’s development environment, and supporting training and development resources to design, build, and demonstrate working Agentic Business Processes that address meaningful business challenges.

The winning individual or team will receive a $1 million award, with selected submissions potentially showcased to demonstrate the breadth of innovation enabled by OPUS.

TraceLink will publish additional information about eligibility, judging criteria, competition requirements, technical resources, and the submission process ahead of the January 2027 launch.

Express Interest in the $1 Million Challenge

TraceLink introduced the competition during TraceLink CEO Shabbir Dahod’s keynote at FutureLink Barcelona, October 19–21, 2026.

Additional background on TraceLink’s approach to Agentic Business Processes is available in its foundational whitepapers on the Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model, Agentic Supply Chain Operating System, and Integrated Agentic Business Processes Transform the Supply Chain Operating Model.

About TraceLink

TraceLink powers the transformation to an Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model, enabling organizations to perform and improve supply chain work across their business and trading partner networks. The OPUS Agentic Supply Chain Operating System brings together Agentic Business Processes, Agentic Control Towers, governed OPUS Agents, and the Integrate-Once™ Agentic Business Network to link systems, end-to-end business transactions, and collaborative peer-to-peer processes with trusted, real-time operational context. In this agentic environment, humans and agents work together with greater speed, reasoning, control, and accountability to improve organizational productivity, service, inventory, working capital, cost, compliance, quality, resilience, and revenue performance.

For more information, visit www.tracelink.com.

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New Innovative Molecular Technology Combination “LAMP + CRISPR” as CE-IVD

A Collaboration Leads to Molecularbiological Innovation

MUNICH, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AmplexDiagnostics and Scope Biosciences are proud to introduce a groundbreaking solution in molecular diagnostics. In a new approach, “eazySNP” combines the highly specialized molecular technologies LAMP and CRISPR. By integrating these two methods, eazySNP enables the rapid and highly specific detection of genetic variants. This technological synergy was made possible through the scientific collaboration between AmplexDiagnostics and Scope Biosciences and represents a significant advancement in molecular SNP diagnostics, demonstrated by the successful introduction of the first CE-IVD product based on this technology.

With the first application of the eazySNP technology, AmplexDiagnostics targets one of the world’s most significant multidrug-resistant yeast pathogens: Candidozyma auris. “eazySNP C. auris FKS1 S639” is the first CE-IVD diagnostic test of its kind and enables the highly specific detection of clinically relevant mutations in the FKS1 gene associated with echinocandin resistance. As echinocandins currently represent the first-line treatment option for C. auris infections, the rapid identification of resistance-associated variants is of considerable clinical importance. The assay is performed directly from a yeast colony on the AmplexDiagnostics eazyMini platform and delivers results within just 45 minutes. The eazySNP technology therefore provides, for the first time, a rapid and targeted molecular solution for the detection of this important resistance marker.

For Scope Biosciences, the launch represents a strategic expansion from molecular diagnostics for plant health into human molecular diagnostics.

“This launch is an important milestone for Scope Biosciences: our CRISPR technology has moved from a versatile platform to a regulated product that addresses a concrete diagnostic need,” said Bas van der Baan, CEO of Scope Biosciences. “Together with AmplexDiagnostics, we have translated single-nucleotide precision into a practical assay for routine laboratories. It marks our entry into human diagnostics while we continue expanding our portfolio for plant health.”

Contact:

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www.eazyplex.com

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Phone: +49 8073 91693 – 50

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