Author: Sai Krishna

From Chinese AI to Global ETFs: STARTRADER Launches 45 New 24/7 Stock and ETF CFDs Spanning Seven Market Themes

Available from August 13, 2026, the launch covers seven distinct market themes with no trading-hour restrictions.

DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — STARTRADER today announced the launch of 45 new 24/7 Stock and ETF CFDs, available from Monday through Sunday, 00:00–24:00 (GMT+3 platform time).

Where previous 24/7 expansions were anchored around specific themes, this one is defined by its breadth. The new instruments span seven areas: Chinese AI, AI infrastructure, technology, crypto and digital assets, energy, other equities, and ETFs.

Among the new additions are Zhipu and MiniMax, two Hong Kong-listed Chinese AI companies that debuted on HKEX in January 2026. Zhipu develops large language models for enterprise and developer markets. MiniMax is an AI company focused on artificial general intelligence (AGI), with investors including Alibaba, Tencent, and Hillhouse Capital, and has attracted sustained market attention since its listing.

STARTRADER builds its product offering around where eligible clients are directing their attention. When significant market narratives emerge in new geographies, ensuring access to them is a core part of that responsibility.

“This launch reflects a deliberate choice to keep pace with how global market interest actually moves, across regions, sectors, and timeframes simultaneously. For eligible clients, the launch provides access to a broader range of instruments across regions, sectors, and market themes.” 

– Peter Karsten, Chief Executive Officer, STARTRADER

As STARTRADER’s 24/7 product range continues to grow, the focus remains consistent: building access that reflects the global market as it is today.

Out-of-hours trading may involve wider spreads, reduced liquidity and price gaps, particularly when underlying markets are closed.

Risk Warning: Trading CFDs involves a significant risk of loss and may not be suitable for all investors. Please ensure you fully understand the risks before trading.

About STARTRADER

STARTRADER is a global multi-asset broker empowering retail and institutional partners to access global markets through a range of platforms, including MetaTrader, STARTRADER APP, and STAR Copy. STARTRADER operates through entities licensed and regulated by authorities including CMA, ASIC, FSCA, FSA and FSC, combining strong governance with a client-first approach, serving both retail clients and partners with a commitment to transparency, reliability, and long-term growth.

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From Prevention to Lifelong Care: India’s First Comprehensive LE&RN-Accredited Lymphedema Clinic Opens at Apollo Athenaa

A first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary programme brings global standards of lymphatic care to India, shifting the focus from reactive treatment to prevention for women at risk of cancer-related lymphedema

NEW DELHI, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Apollo Athenaa, Asia’s first dedicated women cancer centre by Apollo Hospitals, today announced the launch of India’s first one-stop comprehensive Lymphedema Clinic, accredited by the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN)—an internationally recognised non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing education, research and advocacy for lymphatic diseases—setting a new benchmark in the management of cancer-related lymphedema. Designed around internationally recognised standards of care, the clinic brings together specialised surgeons, lymphedema therapists, nurses, dermatologists and rehabilitation experts under a single multidisciplinary programme, offering comprehensive care spanning prevention, early diagnosis, advanced microsurgery, rehabilitation and lifelong follow-up.

The Apollo Athenaa Lymphedema Clinic is distinguished by its integrated model of care, combining multidisciplinary clinical expertise, advanced imaging and supermicrosurgical capabilities, specialised rehabilitation, and internationally benchmarked protocols to deliver personalised care with superior clinical outcomes and an enhanced quality of life for patients. Patients have access to dedicated lymphedema assessment, manual lymphatic drainage, complete decongestive therapy, compression therapy, stage-specific rehabilitation, lymphovenous bypass surgery, vascularised lymph node transfer and liposuction for selected advanced cases. The programme is further strengthened by ultra high-frequency ultrasound technology, enabling surgeons to accurately identify lymphatic vessels and veins for performing lymphatic bypass procedures with greater precision.

India is estimated to have over one million people living with lymphedema. Of these, an estimated 400,000–600,000 are living with cancer-related lymphedema, with 30,000–50,000 new cases developing annually. As cancer survival rates continue to improve, this burden is expected to rise, underscoring the urgent need for dedicated multidisciplinary lymphedema services.

Women undergoing breast and gynaecological cancer treatment remain among the most vulnerable, as lymph node removal and radiation therapy can permanently disrupt lymphatic drainage, resulting in chronic swelling, recurrent infections, reduced mobility and a significant impact on long-term quality of life. Up to 20% to 42% of women develop arm lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, and roughly 31% to 37% of survivors of gynecological cancers experience lower-limb lymphedema. Despite this growing burden, access to specialised multidisciplinary lymphedema care remains limited in India, with patients often navigating fragmented treatment pathways that delay intervention and compromise long-term outcomes.

Dr. Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, “At Apollo, we have always believed that advancing healthcare means continually raising standards across every stage of the patient journey. As cancer outcomes continue to improve, our focus must also extend to helping patients live healthier, fuller lives beyond treatment. Apollo Athenaa, Asia’s first dedicated cancer centre for women, was created with this vision of delivering comprehensive, women-centric cancer care. The launch of India’s first LE&RN-accredited Lymphedema Clinic is a natural extension of that commitment. By bringing together specialised expertise, advanced technology and internationally recognised standards of care within a multidisciplinary programme, we are addressing an important aspect of survivorship that has often been overlooked, while ensuring women receive the highest quality of care throughout their recovery.”

Dr. Venkat Ramakrishnan, Consultant Plastic & Breast Reconstruction Surgeon, Apollo Athenaa, said, “Traditionally, lymphedema surgery has largely been considered only after the condition develops, when irreversible tissue changes may have already occurred. At Apollo Athenaa, we are changing this paradigm by introducing a preventive approach through Prophylactic Lymphovenous Bypass (LVB) for eligible patients undergoing cancer surgery who are at high risk of developing lymphedema. Performed at the time of axillary lymph node dissection, this super microsurgical procedure restores lymphatic drainage during cancer surgery itself, helping reduce the future risk of arm lymphedema rather than waiting for the condition to manifest. This shift from reactive treatment to preventive lymphatic surgery has the potential to significantly improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for women undergoing breast cancer treatment.”

Dr. Samarth Gupta, Senior Consultant Plastic & Breast Reconstruction Surgeon, Apollo Athenaa, said, “Lymphedema care cannot be delivered in isolation. It requires timely diagnosis, specialised rehabilitation, precision surgery and long-term follow-up working together as one coordinated programme. At Apollo Athenaa, we have brought together every aspect of lymphedema care—from dedicated assessment and specialised physiotherapy to advanced imaging, microsurgical reconstruction and survivorship support—under one roof. By combining evidence-based protocols with technologies such as high-frequency ultrasound, we are able to deliver highly personalised care while helping patients regain function, confidence and quality of life.”

With the launch of the LE&RN-accredited comprehensive Lymphedema Clinic, Apollo Athenaa continues to strengthen its women-centric oncology ecosystem by advancing survivorship care through integrated prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and long-term follow-up. By bringing globally benchmarked standards of lymphatic care to India, the centre aims not only to improve long-term functional recovery and quality of life for women living with or at risk of cancer-related lymphedema, but also to enable them to return to their everyday lives with greater confidence, dignity and well-being- reflecting Athenaa’s commitment to care beyond cure.

ABOUT APOLLO ATHENAA

Apollo Athenaa, a unit of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, is Asia’s first dedicated cancer centre for women, rooted in empathy and powered by science. It is not just a facility—it’s a mission. Apollo Athenaa is envisioned as a safe, specialised space exclusively for women, combining cutting-edge oncology expertise with compassion, dignity, and privacy. Women are the cornerstones of families and communities, and their health directly impacts the strength of the nation. Recognising the need for timely, specialised, and compassionate care, Apollo has taken a pioneering step forward. Apollo Athenaa provides comprehensive women-focused cancer care, from preventive screenings and advanced diagnostics to surgical oncology, breast oncoplasty, fertility preservation, and reconstructive care. Supported by multidisciplinary expertise and precision oncology, the centre also offers nutrition, physiotherapy, onco-psychology, and palliative care, ensuring a continuum of services that place women’s health, dignity, and well-being at the forefront.

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IFSCA Grants Nexent Capital GIFT City Investment Banking License

IFSCA registration enables the firm to advise on and manage cross-border capital market transactions from India’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).

GIFT CITY, India, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Nexent Capital IFSC Private Limited (“Nexent Capital”), the GIFT City-based arm of U.S.-based Nexent Capital Management, today announced that it has received formal registration from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) to operate as an Investment Banker within India’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). The registration was granted on July 31, 2026, under the IFSCA (Capital Market Intermediaries) Regulations, 2025, enabling the firm to undertake regulated investment banking activities from GIFT City.

With this registration, Nexent Capital is authorized to undertake a broad range of investment banking activities permitted under the CMI Regulations, including managing initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on public offerings (FPOs), SPAC listings, secondary listings, depository receipt issuances, debt capital market transactions, and other capital market advisory mandates within GIFT City’s regulatory framework.

Commenting on the development, Abhimanyu Tyagi, Director, Nexent Capital IFSC Private Limited, said, “This registration marks an important milestone for Nexent Capital. It enables us to help international companies access global capital through GIFT City while strengthening India’s position as a global financial centre. We look forward to supporting innovative, high-growth businesses as they leverage GIFT City’s evolving capital markets ecosystem.”

The registration comes as GIFT City continues to strengthen its position as a gateway for global capital markets, offering international companies an alternative venue to access investors through India’s IFSC ecosystem. Leveraging its newly acquired license, Nexent Capital plans to expand its cross-border investment banking platform by supporting high-growth companies, particularly from the United States and Europe, seeking capital-raising and listing opportunities through GIFT City’s exchanges.

The firm currently has an active pipeline of companies across high-growth sectors, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Data Centers, Quantum Computing, Space Technology, and Energy. Through its investment banking platform, Nexent Capital aims to provide end-to-end advisory services, ranging from transaction structuring and listing readiness to execution and post-listing capital markets support.

About Nexent Capital:

Nexent Capital is a financial services firm specializing in investment banking, financial advisory, alternative asset management, and institutional equities. With offices in San Francisco, California, and GIFT City, Gujarat, the firm provides strategic capital market solutions to entrepreneurs, growth-stage businesses, and institutional clients, supported by cross-border expertise and a global network. http://nexentcap.com/

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Farizon Hits 600,000 Production Milestone, Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Homtruck Rollout

HANGZHOU, China, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group hosted its 10‑year‑anniversary roll‑off ceremony at its Ma’anshan manufacturing plant, with on‑site employees on hand to witness the landmark 600,000th unit — a Homtruck heavy truck calibrated to satisfy EU regulations and local fleet‑operation demands — come off the assembly line. The milestone cements Farizon as the world’s‑first new energy commercial vehicle manufacturer to reach this cumulative production mark.

As Farizon’s flagship electric long‑haul tractor, the Homtruck packs the brand’s most advanced core‑system technology engineered for European logistics operations. Fitted with a 600‑kWh battery pack that delivers a 500‑kilometer driving range, dual fast‑charging ports and a 1.5‑million‑kilometer B10 service life, the truck improves operational efficiency, running‑cost performance and safety. It creates new industry standards for energy consumption and will help speed heavy truck electrification across Europe. Tailored for European market demands, the Homtruck is coming soon to Europe.

Representing ten years of solid industrial growth, the 600,000‑unit milestone strengthens Farizon’s global competitive edge. Going forward, the brand will keep driving worldwide commercial vehicle electrification via upgraded technology and full‑scale localized customer support.

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Kavalan Mizunara Oak Single Cask Strength: When Mizunara Meets the Flight of Butterflies

A collaboration with Japanese artist Takahide Komatsu

TAIPEI, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kavalan, the Taiwanese pioneer of New World whisky, has collaborated with Japanese contemporary artist Takahide Komatsu on the label design for its latest Mizunara Oak whisky collection.

The limited release brings together rare Mizunara oak matured whiskies and original artwork inspired by Taiwan’s native butterflies.

The collection comprises two single cask strength expressions: one produced from unpeated malt and the other from peated malt, offering two distinctive interpretations of Mizunara maturation. Each bottle features specially commissioned artwork by Takahide Komatsu depicting twelve butterfly species native to Taiwan. The artwork reflects Taiwan’s extraordinary biodiversity while capturing the grace and vitality of butterflies in flight.

“At Kavalan, we believe whisky making shares a natural connection with artistic creation,” said Mr. YT Lee, Chairman of King Car Group. “Mizunara oak is one of the rarest and most demanding casks in whisky making. Its rarity lies not only in the exceptional skill required to craft each cask, but also in the time it takes for the trees to mature. In Kavalan’s subtropical climate, Mizunara oak develops a character shaped by Taiwan’s unique maturation conditions. Through Takahide Komatsu’s butterfly artwork, this release also celebrates the richness of Taiwan’s natural world.”

Mizunara oak grows in the cool forests of northern Japan and often requires more than a century before it can be crafted into casks. Its porous grain structure makes coopering extremely difficult, which contributes to the rarity of Mizunara casks. When Kavalan new make spirit matures in Mizunara oak within Taiwan’s warm and humid climate, the whisky gradually develops notes of sandalwood, incense and coconut alongside the distillery’s characteristic tropical fruit aromas. This interaction between Japanese oak and Taiwan’s subtropical ageing conditions creates a whisky shaped by two distinct environments.

KAVALAN Mizunara Oak Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Colour: Deep amber.

Nose: Vanilla and fresh coconut lead the aroma, followed by sandalwood and light incense. Floral tones appear alongside ripe pineapple and mango, with hints of honey and cinnamon.

Palate: Creamy toffee and soft oak open the palate. Hawthorn, dark chocolate and caramel sweetness follow, while citrus peel emerges toward the finish.

KAVALAN Peated Malt Mizunara Oak Single Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky

Colour: Reddish amber.

Nose: Gentle peat smoke meets sandalwood and vanilla. Notes of dried longan and caramel develop alongside tropical fruits.

Palate: Soft peat integrates with oriental oak and light spice. Peach, propolis and cream appear on the palate, followed by syrup sweetness and a smooth, lingering finish.

Collector’s Editions

Both expressions are presented in 700ml bottles. In Taiwan, the collection is offered as a Classic Single Bottle Edition and a limited Hand-painted Collector’s Double Set featuring labels individually hand-painted and signed by Takahide Komatsu.

About Takahide Komatsu

Born in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Takahide Komatsu is a contemporary artist whose work is inspired by butterflies and the natural world. Combining the Rinpa painting tradition with contemporary techniques, he has developed a distinctive artistic style. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2010.

Availability

The Kavalan Mizunara Oak Single Cask Strength collection is available through Kavalan’s official channels in Taiwan, including the Kavalan Distillery Shop, Kavalan Whisky Shops, Kavalan Whisky Bar, and select local liquor stores. 

About Kavalan Whisky

Kavalan Distillery in Yilan County has been pioneering the art of single malt whisky in Taiwan since 2005. Our whisky, aged in intense humidity and heat, sources the crystal meltwaters of Snow Mountain and is enhanced by sea and mountain breezes. These conditions combine to create Kavalan’s signature creaminess. Taking Yilan County’s old name, our distillery is backed by more than 45 years of beverage-making under parent company, King Car Group. We have collected 1,000 gold or higher awards from the industry’s most competitive contests.

Media Contacts

Kaitlyn Tsai 

kaitlyn@kingcar.com.tw

Wendy Wang 

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HTX Ventures Examines Open USD: How Stablecoin Revenue and Rule-Setting Are Being Redistributed

APIA, Samoa, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HTX Ventures, the global investment arm of HTX, has released a new report titled Open Infrastructure, Closed Financial Rails: Open USD, Revenue Redistribution, and Participant Governance, examining the shifts underway in stablecoin revenue distribution, channel relationships, and governance following the June 30, 2026 unveiling of Open USD (OUSD).

The report finds that while blockchain technology has established open, global, and programmable technical infrastructure, the industry’s next phase will be determined by how participants contest control rights and the allocation of economic benefits. The technical layer has opened; the economic layer is only beginning to.

Closed Economic Structures atop Open Technology

Stablecoins have moved from settlement tools within crypto trading into instruments for cross-border payments, corporate treasury management, and institutional back-office clearing. Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot reached an annualized run rate of approximately $7 billion by April 2026 across nine blockchains, while Swift, the Canton Network, Fnality, and Project Agorá explore how tokenized deposits and central bank money can settle within shared environments.

Economic rights, however, remain distributed along established lines. Issuers mint stablecoins against user dollars and allocate reserves into cash and short-term Treasuries, with reserve yields accruing solely to them. Yet the system depends on exchanges and wallets for user access, payment companies to connect merchants, banks for fiat on/off-ramps, custodians for reserves, and market makers for secondary depth. These institutions bear integration, compliance, and liquidity costs, and currently capture revenue mainly through bilateral commercial agreements — where bargaining power depends heavily on their own user scale.

Three Institutional Shifts in OUSD’s Design

Under Open Standard’s framework, enterprises can mint and redeem OUSD free of charge and without volume limits. Open Standard charges a small management fee, with the remaining reserve yields earmarked for partners who adopt and promote OUSD, as well as select partners planning to join its board of directors. The published partner roster exceeds 140 entities, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Stripe, Coinbase, BlackRock, and BNY.

HTX Ventures breaks the design into three shifts:

• From fee-based access to subsidized distribution, using reserve yields to offset the genuinely expensive investments in customer acquisition, liquidity, regional compliance, and fiat rails;
• From bilateral negotiations to network-wide revenue sharing, bringing mid-sized payment companies, regional banks, and vertical wallets into a unified framework where partners share revenue based on contribution;
• From issuer governance to participant governance, giving institutions that bear business and regulatory responsibility a voice in rule-making.

OUSD is slated for launch later in 2026. Notably, it shares the OUSD code with Origin Protocol’s Origin Dollar, launched in 2020, though the two are distinct products.

Execution Details Will Determine Whether the Model Holds

According to HTX Ventures, the model’s viability depends on several specific mechanisms. Revenue-sharing rules directly determine who captures value: allocation by balance favors institutions with greater capital resources, while allocation by transaction volume can be distorted by internal transfers that generate activity without real payments. A workable mechanism would weigh balance retention, actual payments, new customers, and regional compliance investments together. The governance arrangement likewise rests on what the board can actually decide, not on how many institutions appear on the roster.

More fundamentally, a considerable distance separates joining a consortium from migrating core business. What ultimately determines network value is stable balances, real payment volume, market-making depth, and smooth redemptions.

Value Chain Revenue Faces Redistribution

If revenue-sharing models generate sustained payment volumes, the room for issuers to retain the full reserve yield spread will narrow. Exchanges, wallets, and payment companies that control access to users, liquidity, and payment use cases may shift from distribution tools to participants in revenue-sharing and governance arrangements. For banks the impact is two-sided — deposits and correspondent banking revenue may erode, but stablecoins still require reserve custody, fiat on/off-ramps, and FX liquidity. Card networks face limited direct impact, given their role in authorization, fraud management, and merchant acceptance. Across clearing, custody, and data services, fees based on proprietary records may decline while services tied to security and liability expand.

The Next Dimension of Competition

Open USD raises a question that extends beyond stablecoins: when banks, payment processors, exchanges, asset managers, and custodians provide the underlying assets, customer relationships, liquidity, and compliance capabilities, how will the value chain distribute profits and control?

Such shifts are most likely in middle- and back-office infrastructure, where multiple institutions are required and no single platform can independently provide customer reach, regional licensing, fiat rails, and counterparty networks. Institutions need shared infrastructure, yet remain reluctant to cede core operations, client data, and risk authority to a direct competitor. Consortium governance and revenue sharing are therefore not ideological commitments to decentralization, but pragmatic commercial prerequisites for cross-institutional networks.

HTX Ventures notes that along this trajectory, stablecoin competition will move beyond issuance scale and on-chain liquidity toward who contributes network value, who shares infrastructure revenue, who retains customers and data, and who sets operating rules. The next generation of financial infrastructure need not be fully decentralized; more likely, it evolves from single-company control toward networks where regulated participants connect, share returns, and govern major decisions through tiered arrangements. As a research and investment firm with a long-standing focus on payment infrastructure and institutional settlement networks, HTX Ventures will continue tracking how this redistribution of revenue, customers, and rule-setting shapes the industry’s direction.

About HTX Ventures

HTX Ventures is the global investment arm of HTX, integrating investment, incubation, and research to identify and discover the best and most innovative projects in the market. Visit us here.

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Hexaware and upGrad Enterprise Expand Collaboration for Global Enterprise AI Programs

Focused on joint upskilling, experimentation, go-to-market, and enterprise transformation

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), an AI-first digital and IT services company, and upGrad Enterprise, the Corporate Skilling and Workforce Transformation division of global skilling major upGrad, announced an expanded collaboration to deliver AI skilling and enterprise transformation programs for Hexaware clients worldwide. This initiative is designed to lay the foundation for long-term advancements in AI expertise and workforce transformation.

The two parties previously teamed up to strengthen AI capabilities across Hexaware’s workforce, including enterprise-wide GenAI upskilling and the launch of the Agentic AI Academy–this new initiative builds directly on that foundation. Under the new arrangement, upGrad will become Hexaware’s preferred partner for enterprise AI capability development, with both the companies working together on go-to-market initiatives, and client engagement—transitioning the relationship from a vendor-buyer arrangement focused on internal skilling toward a broader global go-to-market alliance.

Programs for Technical and Business Teams

The portfolio is intended to include:

• Verticalized AI learning tracks tied to industry use cases in Hexaware sectors
• Role-based Agentic AI programs for technical, business, and corporate functions
• Executive AI Innovation Labs and co-design workshops for C-suite leaders
• An AI-enabled Coding Center of Excellence, co-created AI experimentation environments, AI sandbox experimentation, and sandbox tooling
• Rapid prototyping, build-day formats, components of a joint AI playbook, and custom enterprise transformation programs

Ecosystem Collaboration and Enterprise Outcomes

The programs are designed to support enterprises in scaling their AI business and service lines by upskilling Cloud Architects toward GenAI Architects roles and developers toward AI engineering capabilities. Technical leaders will have the opportunity to learn to design data- and AI-first solutions. At the same time, teams across business functions will apply GenAI tools and low-code autonomous agents to build simple automated workflows and automate multi-step decisions with less dependence on specialist technology teams.

“Enterprise AI programs are increasingly constrained by execution capacity,” said R. Srikrishna, CEO & Executive Director, Hexaware. “Clients need architecture, engineering, and business teams aligned to a common delivery agenda—a synergy that embeds workforce readiness directly into that strategy.”

Hexaware and upGrad Enterprise delivered a three-day AI training program in March this year for executives and senior engineering managers from a major banking client, reflecting the growing demand for enterprise AI capabilities across the financial services sector.

Hexaware and upGrad Enterprise will also work with hyperscalers and AI-native venture partners. Beyond improving engineering outcomes—which aim to deliver ~ 30–40% faster releases, better code quality, and fewer bugs—these combined efforts will support enterprises scale GenAI responsibly with stronger governance while improving productivity and innovation.

“Enterprise skilling has to influence how people make decisions, design solutions, and deliver work,” said Arushee Aggarwal, CEO, upGrad Enterprise. “With Hexaware, we can build that rigor into programs spanning executive priorities, engineering practice, and functional adoption.”

About Hexaware

Hexaware is a global technology and business process services company. Every day, Hexawarians wake up with a singular purpose: to create smiles through great people and technology. With offices across the world, we empower enterprises worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed by partnering with them to build, transform, run, and optimize their technology and business processes. Learn more about Hexaware at https://hexaware.com.

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Global AI & Cybersecurity Capture-the-Flag Competition Opens with ₹10 Lakhs+ Prize Pool

• Winning team to receive a cash prize of ₹2 lakh.
• Global online competition culminates in an onsite Grand Finale at the UST campus in Thiruvananthapuram, India. 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UST, a leading AI and technology transformation solutions company, has opened registrations for the GenCyS 2.0 Global Capture-The-Flag (CTF) competition, the flagship event of its GenCyS 2.0 AI & Cybersecurity Conference. The competition offers a prize pool worth more than ₹10 lakhs, including a ₹2 lakh cash prize for the winning team. The size and scope of this year’s competition reflect UST’s continued prioritization of investment in developing practical AI and cybersecurity skills through hands-on challenges that mirror modern enterprise security environments. 

Unlike traditional Capture-The-Flag competitions, GenCyS 2.0 CTF is designed around a realistic attack surface discovery model. Participants will be given a single target domain and challenged to identify vulnerabilities through realistic reconnaissance, web security, cloud, and AI security exercises.

The competition begins with online qualifying rounds, enabling participants to compete remotely from all over the world. The highest-performing teams will advance to the Grand Finale at the GenCyS 2.0 AI & Cybersecurity Conference held from September 5-6, 2026, at the UST campus in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The conference will feature keynote sessions, technical talks, expert-led workshops, panel discussions, innovation showcases, AI and cybersecurity villages, and hands-on experiences focused on the evolving cybersecurity landscape.

The GenCyS 2.0 Global CTF features a total prize pool worth more than ₹10 lakhs, including a ₹2 lakh cash prize for the winning team and ₹8 lakhs worth of vouchers and rewards from leading cybersecurity partners. 

Registration for the GenCyS 2.0 Global Capture-The-Flag Competition is now open. 

Learn more and register at https://events.ust.com/gencys2026  

About UST

Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients’ organizations —delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact — touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com 

Media Contacts, UST India: 

Neha Misri 

+44-7733907820 

SomSekhar CV 

+91-9037888244 

Roshni Das K 

+91 7736795557 

media.relations@ust.com 

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Initial Portfolio, Retail Offer and Capital Access Window

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended. Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Shaires Holdings Ltd

(“Shaires Holdings” or the “Company“)

LONDON, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shaires Holdings Ltd (AIM: SHR), the publicly quoted London investment company providing investors with exposure to leading private mid-and late-stage global technology and AI companies, is pleased to announce several new initiatives today. Highlights include:

• Initial portfolio established: binding agreements in place, subject to customary closing conditions, providing exposure to Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ and Colossal Biosciences, with an aggregate value of up to US$86.7 million.
• Retail offer for UK investors only, managed by Marex Financial (“Marex”), launching today at US$20.00 per share, alongside the recently announced US$28.5 million institutional placement, which was also priced at US$20.00 per share, with details set out in a separately issued press release.
• A Capital Access Window will be initiated. This is a voluntary pause to the trading of a Company’s shares to make it easier for companies to reach a broader range of investors, including retail investors, during a fundraise. It will remain in place until completion of the Retail Offer.
• Additional investment and contribution opportunities of up to US$500 million are under advanced negotiation, including further investments into leading private technology and AI names, and will be announced upon reaching definitive agreements.
• Targeting a total raise of US$100 million across the first and second institutional tranches and the retail offer as well as initial in-kind contributions.
• An overview video of the Company by CEO Vivek Seth is available on-demand at: https://shaires-holdings.com/?preview=cav81dllxremeq.

Initial Portfolio

In order to establish its initial investment portfolio, the Company has entered into binding option agreements to purchase up to US$40 million of interests in special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) managed by Rizvi Traverse (a company connected to Suhail Rizvi, Executive Chairman of Shaires and a related party to the Company), that provide exposure to some of the world’s most significant private technology companies:

• Anthropic, the frontier AI company behind the Claude family of models
• Stripe, a leading financial infrastructure company for businesses
• Figure AI, the first-of-its kind AI robotics company working on general purpose humanoids

In addition, the Company has entered into a subscription agreement with a third-party SPV providing exposure to ByteDance (US$15.0 million), the leading global technology group behind TikTok, Douyin and Doubao. The Company has also entered into a subscription agreement to acquire an interest in Moonshot AI (US$5.0 million), the leading Chinese AI lab behind the Kimi series of open-source models. Furthermore, as part of its in-kind, share-for-share contribution programme, the Company has entered into contribution agreements with certain counterparties that are contributing US$14.8 million of interests in SPVs providing exposure to SandboxAQ, a leading AI and quantum computing company as well as U$12.0 million of shares in Colossal Biosciences, an advanced genetics and biosciences company working on “de-extinction”. The aggregate total maximum value of all the initial commitments amounts to US$86.7 million.

The Company is in advanced discussions regarding further investments into leading private technology and AI companies and will provide regular updates when definitive agreements are signed, in keeping with the Company’s intention to build a portfolio in excess of US$500 million in the near-term. These opportunities are at varying stages of negotiation and documentation and there is no certainty that any will be completed.

The initial portfolio will be funded, in part, by the Company’s institutional raise, conducted through direct subscriptions for new ordinary shares at US$20.00 per share, under which a first tranche of US$28.5 million has been completed through the subscription of 1,424,000 new ordinary shares as announced on 30 July 2026. The investments in SandboxAQ and Colossal Biosciences as part of the in-kind programme are funded by the issuance of 1,341,821 new ordinary shares (“Contribution Shares”). Under the in-kind programme, the Company will issue new ordinary shares at $20.00 per share.

Retail Offer

As announced in a separate release a retail offer (“WRAP Retail Offer”), managed by Marex, is being launched today at a price of $20.00 per share, the same price as the initial institutional raise.

The Company’s capital raising programme is ongoing: a second institutional tranche is in progress alongside the retail offer. Across the two institutional tranches, in-kind programme and the retail offer, the Company is targeting a total raise of US$100 million. Further updates on the fundraise will be provided in due course.

Capital Access Window

Following the updates to the AIM Rules for Companies announced earlier this month, the Company has decided to utilise a Capital Access Window. This is a voluntary pause to the trading of a Company’s shares to make it easier for companies to reach a broader range of investors, including retail investors, during a fundraise. From 07:30am today, the Company’s shares will enter a Capital Access Window until a further announcement is made detailing the close of the WRAP Retail Offer.

New Shares Admission and Total Voting Rights

Due to adjustments for fractions in the share consolidation that took place on 9 June 2026 being accounted for in error, the number of the Company’s number of shares outstanding incorrectly included 15 shares. The actual number of shares outstanding as of today is 2,499,989 and not 2,500,004 as previously stated.

Furthermore, an application will be made for the 741,821 Consideration Shares related to the investment in SandboxAQ and the 600,000 Consideration Shares related to the investment in Colossal Biosciences (together 1,341,821 Consideration Shares) to be admitted to trading on AIM (“Admission”), with admission expected on or around 21 August 2026.

In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company confirms that, following Admission, the Company will have 3,841,810 ordinary shares in issue and no ordinary shares held in treasury. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations to determine if they are required to notify their interests in, or change to their interest in, the Company. All the ordinary shares have equal voting rights.

Board and Management Comments

Suhail Rizvi, Executive Chairman of Shaires, said:

“This is the point in the AI cycle we have been waiting for. The pioneering phase of AI, when investors were funding an idea and a team, has largely passed. In front of us now is a set of companies that have crossed from promise into performance. These businesses have products, customers and revenue, and in our judgement most of their adoption is still ahead of them.

“What is scarce at this stage is an orderly route to liquidity for the people who built these companies. Employees and early shareholders hold stock they cannot easily sell. Their alternatives are a fragmented secondary market or several more years of waiting for an event that may never arrive.

“Shaires can be the single long-term holder on the other side of that, with no obligation to sell to a timetable. That is what earns us access, and what we intend to keep building on.”

Vivek Seth, CEO of Shaires, said:

“This team has been investing in private technology companies together for close to thirty years, and we have kept coming back to the same conversation. The defining companies of this cycle are being built and repriced entirely in private, and by the time they reach public markets much of the value creation has already happened.

“Shaires is our answer to that: a permanent vehicle listed in London, where an institution, a retail investor buying through a platform and a founder contributing their own stock all end up owning exactly the same thing, at the same price, at the same time.

“Look at what sits in it: Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Figure AI, SandboxAQ, Moonshot AI, Colossal Biosciences. Elsewhere in public markets, these names might appear as a fraction of a fund or a line item in somebody else’s portfolio. Here, they are the whole point of the company.

“We chose London deliberately. Being quoted on AIM allowed us to build Shaires as an internally managed company rather than an externally managed fund. That structure puts management, public shareholders and in-kind contributors on the same terms. We would rather be invited in than be one more name in a crowded market. London is at an inflection point of its own, and we are pleased to be arriving as that renewal begins.”

Further announcements regarding the Company’s investment portfolio, additional capital raising activities and strategic developments will be made as and when appropriate.

Investor Meet Company Webinar

CEO Vivek Seth will provide a company presentation via Investor Meet Company on Friday 14 August 2026 at 14:00 BST.

The presentation is open to all existing and potential shareholders. Questions can be submitted pre-event via your Investor Meet Company dashboard up until 09:00 BST on Friday 14 August 2026, or at any time during the presentation.

Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and add to meet SHAIRES HOLDINGS LTD via: https://www.investormeetcompany.com/shaires-holdings-ltd-1/register-investor.

Investors who already follow SHAIRES HOLDINGS LTD on the Investor Meet Company platform will automatically be invited.

Enquiries

About Shaires Holdings Ltd

Shaires Holdings Limited (AIM: SHR) is a publicly quoted London investment company that provides public market investors with concentrated exposure to leading private mid- and late-stage technology companies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. The Company is internally managed and charges no management or performance fees.

In addition to cash investments, the Company may acquire positions through in-kind (in specie) contributions, whereby employees and early shareholders of private technology companies may exchange eligible holdings for new ordinary shares in the Company, therefore providing them liquidity and diversification. Through this mechanism, public-market investors gain access to an asset class historically closed to them.

With an emerging megatrend of large frontier AI companies vertically integrating their business throughout the value chain from modelling through to chips and services, the Shaires board and management believe that they have the right methodology and strategy to provide capital to the best next-generation businesses.

Further information is available at www.shaires-holdings.com.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Anthropic, Stripe, ByteDance, Moonshot AI, Figure AI, SandboxAQ and Colossal Biosciences figures are unaudited estimates or management reported. Nothing in this announcement is investment advice or a recommendation. The value of investments can go down as well as up.

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Artmarket.com: Q2 2026 Upward Trend, from Progressive Transition to Artprice’s “AI-FIRST” Metamorphosis

PARIS, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Thierry EHRMANN, Founder of Artprice and CEO of Artmarket.com, and his family have full confidence in the future of Artmarket.com and in the growth of its activities, driven notably by substantial investments dedicated to the development of Artmarket.com’s vertical AI. The expression of support from the Ehrmann family and Groupe Serveur (majority shareholder) for the expansion of Artmarket.com’s business will materialize very shortly through an increase in their shareholding in Artmarket.com via the acquisition of additional Artmarket.com shares. Naturally, all required disclosures will be made to the AMF (French Financial Markets Authority) and online within legal deadlines during authorized trading windows.

News and Outlook

From Progressive Transition to the “AI-FIRST” Metamorphosis of the Artprice Meta-Database

Following an in-depth strategic review approved by the Board of Directors, Artprice—the global leader in art market information for nearly three decades—is executing a major doctrinal shift in the integration of its proprietary artificial intelligence architectures, notably “Intuitive Art Market®” and “Blind Spot®”.

1. From Incremental Deployment to the “AI-First” Architectural Shift
   
   The initial strategy called for a slow, educational rollout of our AI building blocks within our historical databases. While cautious, this approach fragmented the market’s perception of the ongoing technological revolution. AI is no longer an optional component: it has become the core matrix of the global economy.
   
   Gradually injecting AI modules into an infrastructure proven over 25 to 30 years of use is equivalent to attempting to convert an internal combustion engine vehicle with analog controls into a digital electric vehicle piece by piece while driving. Clients struggle to gauge the quantum leap between the old world and the new, risking operational inconsistencies. Today, we choose clarity and high standards: abandoning piecemeal deployments to deliver a global, seamless, and fully realized mutation.
2. Financial Strength and Adjusted Schedule
   
   This choice of rigor entails a minor adjustment to our public deployment schedule, with no impact on our financial trajectory. In a complex global economic environment marked by heightened geopolitical tensions and sharp volatility in energy costs, Artprice by Artmarket’s revenue continues to maintain steady growth. This remarkable economic foundation grants us the independence and composure necessary to prioritize operational perfection over haste—a stark contrast to many listed companies incorporating AI into their business models while constantly seeking equity capital.
3. Act I: The Intra-Community Revolution
   
   The restructuring centers around Artprice’s unique asset: nearly 180 interconnected proprietary databases forming an unprecedented global meta-database, alongside its world-renowned collection of Manuscripts and sales catalogs from 1700 to the present day, considered unique worldwide by researchers and experts.
   
   The first phase of this mutation is occurring internally. All Group employees, departments, and production units are being directly equipped with dedicated AI hardware and edge units. Before exposing these tools to our subscribers, we are completing a total overhaul of our internal workflows. Data collection, standardization, and enrichment pipelines are being completely rewritten according to Deep Learning standards and proprietary algorithms.
4. Act II: Delivery of a Natively Transformed Database Platform
   
   Only once the internal value chain is fully calibrated will the platform be released to our subscribers. The database platform will not appear as a stack of incremental modules, but as a complete “AI-First” environment built upon our core pillars: certified massive data (standardized Big Data), deep learning (Data Learning), and algorithmic security.
   
   By choosing this comprehensive and structured metamorphosis, Artprice reaffirms its position as a pioneer: transforming 30 years of global art market information leadership into a sovereign engine of decision intelligence for the entire global art market.

In an era where the open internet is sinking into entropy and dilution caused by the surge of synthetic data (70% uncontrollable synthetic data as of June 30, 2026, according to Gartner Group and the Europol Innovation Lab), companies that own their entire data value chain constitute true citadels of cognitive sovereignty.

Mastering the process from raw capture (standardized big data) to data mining, through to training deep learning models on tens of millions of unique records protected by patented algorithmic architectures, is no longer mere digital asset management: it establishes a monopoly on ground truth in a given market—in this case, the Art Market.

The evolution of Artprice’s ultra-proprietary databases into vertical AI versions (Intuitive Art Market® and Blind Spot®) represents not a simple technical update, but an ontological mutation structured around key strategic axes:

Ontological Mutation Defined: According to Thierry Ehrmann, Founder of Artprice and CEO of Artmarket: An ontological mutation designates a radical transformation not of the form, performance, or functions of an entity (what it does), but of its fundamental nature, essence, and mode of existence (what it is). Where a traditional evolution refines an existing system, an ontological mutation changes the category of reality to which that system belongs.

Applied to Artprice and the full mastery of its vertical AI (Intuitive Art Market® and Blind Spot®) and industrial process pipelines, this mutation manifests across three levels:

• From Information Container to Cognitive Organism: Artprice no longer defines itself as an expert aggregator or a historical database. By embedding vertical AI at the core of its sovereign infrastructure, the entity evolves from a knowledge base into an autonomous cognitive architecture.
• The Metamorphosis of Data: Art market data changes its ontological status. From a static, descriptive archival trace, it becomes a dynamic, predictive, and living semantic matrix capable of contextualizing and analyzing the market in real time.
• Ontological Sovereignty of the Process: Owning the entire industrial chain (from proprietary raw data to the vertical language model, without third-party application dependencies) guarantees systemic self-sufficiency. AI is not a tool grafted onto the model: it becomes the very substance of Artprice’s operation.

Five Strategic Axes of the AI Mutation

1. From Information Container to Deterministic Oracle: Historically, the value of these databases rested on indexing depth and search engine precision. Integrating a proprietary vertical AI transforms passive yet incorruptible data into active decision intelligence. While generic large language models (LLMs) suffer from hallucinations due to the porosity of their training corpora, vertical AI backed by a sovereign data pipeline operates in an ultra-secure closed loop. The system does not generate plausibility; it produces explainable certainty backed by pinpoint traceability.
2. The Emergence of High-Value Sovereign Agency: User interaction evolves from the traditional query-response model to complex agentic automation. Artprice subscribers no longer search for a single occurrence or historical statistic; they mandate an autonomous Artprice agent trained exclusively on this data asset to perform arbitrage, simulate forward-looking scenarios, or model risks with extreme precision. Vertical AI becomes an augmented collaborator that unlocks the underlying value of millions of data pairs accumulated over decades by Artprice by Artmarket.
3. Valuing Scarcity Amid the Synthetic Flood: As the marginal cost of creating generic content plunges toward zero, the relative value of historical, certified, and non-replicable databases grows exponentially (Financial Times). Companies controlling this sealed pipeline hold the only unpolluted “raw oil wells” of the digital world. Their subscription model no longer sells access to information, but the privilege of accessing critical information asymmetry for strategic, financial, or operational decision-making, via an annual subscription at a very reasonable cost of $1,600 to $2,500/year (€1,600–$2,500).
4. Algorithmic Interfacing and Restricted Hybridization: These citadels will not isolate themselves completely, but will evolve their access models. The future lies in deploying predictive APIs and inference sub-systems capable of integrating directly into institutional clients’ workflows. Rather than delivering raw data, Artprice will distribute embedded intelligence modules, making its algorithmic ecosystem indispensable and intrinsically linked to its subscribers’ vital processes.
5. Continuous Capture and Closed Feedback Loop: Every query and analysis conducted by privileged Artprice users within this vertical AI feeds back into and enriches the underlying data structure (continuous fine-tuning, metadata enrichment). This feedback mechanism creates an unassailable technological flywheel: the more Artprice databases are queried by experts via AI, the more the AI refines its semantic and predictive understanding of the market, indefinitely widening the gap with any emerging competitor.

In short, these ultra-proprietary databases will cease to be viewed as digital libraries and become sovereign inference engines. By controlling both the fuel (tens of millions of certified data points) and the engine (vertical AI and proprietary algorithms), these players do not merely evolve—they redefine the very nature of paid strategic intelligence, elevating data exclusivity into the supreme standard of the algorithmic era.

Strategic Summary: Perfect Encapsulation and Absolute Rigor for the High-End Offer

Armed with a massive head start guaranteed by our two proprietary artificial intelligences, Intuitive Art Market and Blind Spot, we took the necessary step back to make a minor adjustment to our launch calendar. This strategic timing reflects a fundamental requirement: finalizing a high-end subscription where technological power is entirely seamless behind absolute ease of use.

The top priority lies in complete encapsulation of algorithmic complexity between our data production pipelines and the client operational stage. Subscribers should no longer have to manipulate complex filters or settings; interaction must occur naturally and fluidly between our members and our sovereign AIs.

In the specialized ecosystem of the Art Market, this fluidity demands extreme rigor: the AI must master domain terminology and operate in over forty languages while strictly respecting the golden rule of art history, which formally prohibits any translation of artwork titles. Preserving original nomenclature and adhering to our historical protocols remain non-negotiable.

To perfect the user experience, the interface incorporates high-precision predictive guidance: from the very first natural language prompt, the system spontaneously suggests the most relevant follow-up questions to guide collectors, institutions, and professionals. However, unlike generic search engines that tolerate approximation, there is zero margin for error for a proprietary AI powered by our fully standardized and certified databases.

Currently undergoing rigorous and demanding beta testing to push their limits, our AIs are being calibrated to deliver flawless ergonomics. This stress-testing phase ensures intuitive and rewarding adoption across all user generations, proving that absolute mastery of internal corpora is the prerequisite for exceptional artificial intelligence.

From Valuation Algorithm to Systemic Paradigm: The “BLIND SPOT©” Dynamics

Initially conceived as a microeconomic modeling tool within Artprice, the Blind Spot© system was designed to solve the price discontinuity equation between two public auction sales. By relying on an artist’s global index history and formal traceability of auction sales—such as a Jackson Pollock masterpiece auctioned for $4 million in 1998 reaching $58 million in 2026—Blind Spot calculated with surgical accuracy the reconstruction of value during intervals of market opacity.

However, the rise of vertical AI architectures and the formalization of our theoretical corpus revealed a deeper truth: the blind spot is not merely a statistical gap; it is the underlying structure of data and the fundamental lever to access market truth.

Re-conceptualized by its creator Thierry Ehrmann, Blind Spot has become a 360-degree investigation engine capable of detecting and illuminating what escapes traditional modeling across key dimensions:

• Biographical & Corpus Consistency: Applied to artistic career trajectories, Blind Spot analyzes abnormal proliferation of works that do not align with an artist’s documented biography. An artist’s biography is not just a historical narrative; it sets the physical boundaries of production, identifies creative shifts, and isolates peak periods—the key phases sought after by collectors. By cross-referencing market volume indices with real biographical pacing, the AI immediately detects flow anomalies and authenticates scarcity.
• Macroeconomic & Geopolitical: On a global market scale, Blind Spot isolates exogenous factors explaining sudden drops in market activity for a financial center or country. Where traditional analyses suffer variations without grasping causes, the system cross-checks weak signals (regulatory, tax, sociopolitical) to explain trend disruptions and anticipate geographical shifts in capital.
• Aesthetic & Cross-Recommendation: At the behavioral level, collectors often remain confined within rigid classifications of official artistic movements. Blind Spot breaks these conceptual silos by identifying formal, material, or conceptual correspondences between artists from seemingly disparate movements. By revealing these elective affinities invisible to the human eye, the system recommends works outside collectors’ usual scope that resonate perfectly with the deep sensibility of their collections.
• Operational & Calendar Alignment: In processing massive global data flows, certain delays or acquisition pauses previously remained unexplained. By integrating all cultural, civil, national, and religious calendars into the heart of the model, the AI illuminated the temporal gaps responsible for these lulls. This granular understanding of societal cycles allows pre- and post-capture adjustments, permanently closing algorithmic gaps.
• Cross-Functional Innovation Among Our Teams: Extended to internal organization, the Blind Spot concept transformed human capital management. In complex organizations, groundbreaking ideas rarely prevail when proposed by employees outside the relevant department. By identifying these organizational blind spots, the company unlocks cross-functional capabilities, encouraging employees to voice vision beyond their scope, enriching collective intelligence and driving unprecedented qualitative leaps.

Today, Blind Spot no longer merely bridges gaps between two market valuations of the same work: it has become the guiding principle of a global vision, converting every shadow zone of the market, data, and organization into a high-value strategic asset.

Deployment of Deterministic and Probabilistic AI Agents for Global and US Market Conquest

The Group’s technological infrastructure achieves a decisive milestone in its strategy to acquire and maximize high-value information by deploying two complementary agentic architectures: deterministic AI for structured data collection and probabilistic AI for strategic commercial expansion.

1. Deterministic Agentic Agents: Sovereign Collection & Data Exclusivity
   
   Evolving from our initial web scraping and crawler systems, we have already deployed a generation of deterministic agentic agents. Engineered to operate without drift or interpretation, these agents interact exclusively under contractual agreements and formal partnerships with our global network of 7,200 auction house partners. Their mission is to extract, index, and structure an unprecedentedly rich data corpus, incorporating significant confidential information completely absent from the open Web. By deliberately excluding any probabilistic approach at this capture stage, we guarantee our databases scientific rigor and absolute certainty.
2. Probabilistic Agentic Agents: High-Precision Targeting in the US Market
   
   To drive our expansion ambitions in the US market—the world’s primary art market offering immense revenue potential—we are concurrently deploying a fleet of probabilistic agentic agents with high success probability algorithms. Tailored to adapt to local, linguistic, and cultural specificities across US states, these agents model behavior to pinpoint major collectors, professionals, and institutions operating outside traditional sales channels with surgical precision.
3. Media Synergy: The Impact of Artprice News
   
   This acquisition framework is amplified through synergy with Artprice News, our global art market news agency. Publishing real-time dispatches nearly every hour with a strong emphasis on the North American ecosystem, the agency and its editorial team continuously engage decision-makers. The combination of our data’s deterministic depth and our agents’ probabilistic market penetration establishes an unparalleled customer acquisition engine.

Copyright 1987-2026 thierry Ehrmann www.artprice.com – www.artmarket.com

For information purposes, Thierry Ehrmann has finalized the writing of an 1,800-page philosophical and scientific essay dedicated to Artificial Intelligence from 1987 to the present day. The central chapters of this work trace Artprice’s little-known human epic, leading to the global construction of a universal memory of the art market, shaped through landmark encounters with pioneers in art market sociology and historical market figures. This multilingual work will be released globally in digital and print formats, with the English version benefiting from a preliminary release prior to the launch of the French edition.

Artprice’s econometrics department can answer all your questions relating to personalized statistics and analyses: econometrics@artprice.com 

Find out more about our services with the artist in a free demonstration: https://artprice.com/demo

Our services: https://artprice.com/subscription

About Artmarket.com:

Artmarket.com is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris. The latest TPI analysis includes more than 18,000 individual shareholders excluding foreign shareholders, companies, banks, FCPs, UCITS: Euroclear: 7478 – Bloomberg: PRC – Reuters: ARTF.

Watch a video about Artmarket.com and its Artprice department: https://artprice.com/video

Artmarket and its Artprice department were founded in 1997 by thierry Ehrmann, the company’s CEO. They are controlled by Groupe Serveur (created in 1987). cf. the certified biography from Who’s Who In France©:

https://imgpublic.artprice.com/img/wp/sites/11/2025/11/2026_Biographie_de_Thierry_Ehrmann_WhosWhoInFrance.pdf

Artmarket is a global player in the Art Market with, among other structures, its Artprice department, world leader in the accumulation, management and exploitation of historical and current art market information (the original documentary archives, codex manuscripts, annotated books and auction catalogs acquired over the years) in databanks containing over 30 million indices and auction results, covering more than 915,300 artists.

Artprice Images® allows unlimited access to the largest art market image bank in the world with no less than 181 million digital images of photographs or engraved reproductions of artworks from 1700 to the present day, commented by our art historians.

Artmarket, with its Artprice department, constantly enriches its databases from 7,200 auction houses and continuously publishes art market trends for the main agencies and press titles in the world in 121 countries and 11 languages.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artmarketcom-artprice-and-cision-extend-their-alliance-to-119-countries-to-become-the-worlds-leading-press-agency-dedicated-to-the-art-market-nfts-and-the-metaverse-301431845.html

Artmarket.com makes available to its 9.3 million members (members log in) the advertisements posted by its Members, who now constitute the first global Standardized Marketplace® for buying and selling artworks at fixed prices.

There is now a future for the Art Market with Artprice’s Intuitive Artmarket® AI.

Artmarket, with its Artprice department, has twice been awarded the State label “Innovative Company” by the French Public Investment Bank (BPI), which has supported the company in its project to consolidate its position as a global player in the art market.

Artprice by Artmarket publishes its 2025 Global Art Market Annual Report, published in March 2026:

https://www.artprice.com/artprice-reports/the-art-market-in-2025

Artprice by Artmarket publishes its 2025 Contemporary Art Market Report:

https://www.artprice.com/artprice-reports/the-contemporary-art-market-report-2025

Summary of Artmarket press releases with its Artprice department: https://serveur.serveur.com/artmarket/press-release/en/

Follow all the Art Market news in real-time with Artmarket and its Artprice department on Facebook and Twitter:

www.facebook.com/artpricedotcom/ (more than 6.4 million subscribers)

x.com/artmarketdotcom

x.com/artpricedotcom

Discover the alchemy and the universe of Artmarket and its Artprice department: https://www.artprice.com/video

whose head office is the famous Museum of Contemporary Art Abode of Chaos dixit The New York Times / La Demeure of Chaos:

https://issuu.com/demeureduchaos/docs/demeureduchaos-abodeofchaos-opus-ix-1999-2013

Madame Rachida Dati, French Minister of Culture, has granted official recognition to thierry Ehrmann’s Abode of Chaos as a ‘total work of art’, the global headquarters of Artprice by Artmarket.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/madame-rachida-dati-french-minister-of-culture-has-granted-official-recognition-to-thierry-ehrmanns-abode-of-chaos-as-a-total-work-of-art-the-global-headquarters-of-artprice-by-artmarket-302409684.html

La Demeure du Chaos/Abode of Chaos – Total Work of Art and Singular Architecture.

Confidential bilingual work, now made public: https://ftp1.serveur.com/abodeofchaos_singular_architecture.pdf

• L’Obs – The Museum of the Future: https://youtu.be/29LXBPJrs-o
• https://www.facebook.com/la.demeure.du.chaos.theabodeofchaos999 (more than 4.1 million subscribers)
• https://vimeo.com/124643720

Contact : Artmarket.com and its Artprice department – Contact: ir@artmarket.com

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