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Bhavan’s College MSEED and Reliance Animation Academy Enter into a Strategic Agreement to Launch Graphics & Animation Programs

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bhavan’s College MSEED (Management School of Events & Experience Design) has entered into an official agreement with Reliance Animation Studios Private Limited, through its education brand Reliance Animation Academy (RAA), to introduce a new suite of academic programs in Animation, VFX, Gaming & Filmmaking at the Bhavan’s MSEED campus in Mumbai.

The agreement brings together MSEED’s academic ecosystem and institutional association with Bhavan’s College and the University of Mumbai with Reliance Animation Academy’s expertise in animation, visual effects, filmmaking and related creative disciplines. The association aims to provide students with industry-oriented education and practical exposure in the rapidly evolving media and entertainment landscape.

The agreement was formalised in the presence of Jimmy Choudhary, Director, MSEED Private Limited; Joshua Newman, VP – Marketing & Partnerships, MSEED; Tejonidhi Bhandare, CEO, Reliance Animation Studios Private Limited; and Sandeep Shetty, Business Head, Reliance Animation Academy. Their presence marked the formal commencement of the academic association between the two organisations.

Academic Programs:

Under the agreement, the programs will be offered under the nomenclature ‘Bhavan’s MSEED – Animation, VFX & Filmmaking – Powered by Reliance Animation Academy’.

The academic portfolio will include:

B.Sc. in Graphics & Animation (Proposed) – 3-year undergraduate program

Diploma in Graphics, Animation & VFX – 24-month program

Certificate Program in Graphics, Animation & VFX – 12-month program

Certificate Program in Graphics & Editing – 6-month program

The program will combine structured academic learning with practical training across animation, graphics, visual effects, filmmaking and other emerging creative disciplines.

Reliance Animation Academy will contribute its curriculum, academic content, qualified faculty and training expertise, while MSEED will oversee institutional coordination, academic approvals, admissions, academic frameworks and program delivery in association with Bhavan’s College.

Industry-Ready Learning Infrastructure:

A key feature of the initiative will be the creation of specialised learning infrastructure at the MSEED campus.

The learning environment will further be supported by industry-standard creative software and equipment for animation, VFX, graphic design and filmmaking education.

Industry Exposure and Student Outreach:

The association will place strong emphasis on student outreach, practical learning and industry orientation. From October 2026 onwards, MSEED and Reliance Animation Academy will undertake joint outreach initiatives, including workshops and visits to coaching classes and educational institutions, to introduce prospective students to career opportunities across the media and entertainment sector.

On the occasion, Jimmy Choudhary, Director, MSEED Private Limited, said, “The future of education lies at the intersection of academic learning, technology and industry practice. Our association with Reliance Animation Academy allows us to bring a specialised Graphics & Animation education ecosystem to Bhavan’s MSEED. We want students to learn not only the fundamentals of the creative industries but also develop the technical skills, practical exposure and creative confidence required to build meaningful careers in a rapidly evolving media landscape.”

Adding to the same, Tejonidhi Bhandare, CEO, Reliance Animation Studios Private Limited, said, “Animation, visual effects, graphics and filmmaking are transforming the way stories and experiences are created and consumed. Through this association with Bhavan’s College MSEED, we aim to provide students with access to relevant academic content, specialised infrastructure and industry-oriented training that prepares them for the opportunities emerging across the global media and entertainment ecosystem.”

The agreement establishes a long-term academic association between the two organisations, with the programs designed to create a stronger bridge between higher education and the professional requirements of the media and entertainment industry.

About Bhavan’s College MSEED

Bhavan’s College MSEED (Management School of Events & Experience Design) is an academic institution associated with Bhavan’s College, Mumbai, and focuses on industry-oriented education in emerging creative and experiential disciplines. MSEED is affiliated with the University of Mumbai through its association with Bhavan’s College and continues to expand its academic offerings in response to evolving industry requirements.

About Reliance Animation Academy

Reliance Animation Academy, a division of Reliance Animation Studios and a part of Reliance Entertainment has travelled an amazing path since its inception in 2009, prospering on its goal of building a training center network all across India and fulfilling its promise of giving industry-specific education to today’s youth.

Reliance Animation Academy is a leading institute in India offering career-focused programs in Animation, VFX, Gaming, Graphics, and Film Making. With a strong network of training centers, the academy is committed to developing industry-ready creative professionals through hands-on learning and expert mentorship.

Reliance Animation Studios is an award-winning studio in partnership with noted filmmaker ROHIT SHETTY, best known for delivering IP-driven animation content like Little Singham, Golmaal Jr., Little Krishna, and Smashing Simmba.

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Legal AI Challenger Ask.Legal Expands to Australia and Singapore with AI Legal Analysis and Document Generation

Ask.Legal expands jurisdiction-specific legal AI across four common-law markets with AI legal analysis and document generation

LONDON and HONG KONG and SINGAPORE and SYDNEY, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ask.Legal, the legal AI platform developed with limited funding, has expanded to Australia and Singapore after gaining traction in Hong Kong and England and Wales, extending its jurisdiction-specific legal analysis across four major common-law markets:

Hong Kong | England & Wales | Singapore | Australia

Ask.Legal is gaining wider adoption across Asia-Pacific common-law markets, driven largely by organic discovery, referrals and word of mouth. Users can describe a legal issue in ordinary language and receive structured analysis based on the legislation and case law of the selected jurisdiction.

While many leading legal AI companies have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to build enterprise platforms for the world’s largest law firms and corporate legal departments, Ask.Legal is taking a different approach: making advanced legal AI accessible to smaller law firms, businesses, professionals and everyday users without requiring an expensive enterprise subscription.

Its document generation capability builds on the expertise developed through DocLegal.ai, Ask.Legal‘s sister AI legal document platform. Users can move from analysing a legal issue to preparing a tailored first draft of a letter, agreement, notice, legal submission or other legal document within the same workflow.

“Legal AI should be available to everyone—not just Big Law,” said Kim Chan, Founder of Ask.Legal. “Whether you are an individual, a business, a lawyer or an AI agent, you should be able to access jurisdiction-specific legal analysis when you need it and pay only for the tokens you use, rather than thousands of dollars per seat in subscription fees.”

Ask.Legal can assist with legal issue identification, preliminary legal analysis, document review, document generation and preliminary drafting. The platform reports a tested hallucination rate of under 3%, and user data is not used to train its AI models.

Ask.Legal operates on a pay-as-you-go token model, with no compulsory monthly or annual subscription. New users can currently receive 100,000 introductory tokens upon registration for free trial.

The Australia and Singapore launches mark the next stage in Ask.Legal‘s development from a Hong Kong and England & Wales legal AI platform into a broader common-law legal technology ecosystem. Ask.Legal covers all 6 Australian states and 2 territories, as well as Australian federal law.

About Ask.Legal

Ask.Legal is an AI-powered legal analysis, document generation and legal automation platform developed by DocPro Limited. It provides jurisdiction-specific legal capabilities for Hong Kong, England & Wales, Singapore and Australia.

The platform combines conversational legal analysis with document generation, providing one of the best and most affordable access to legal AI in the market.

Ask.Legal provides general legal information and AI-generated analysis and documents. It is not a law firm and its output does not constitute legal advice.

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IntelliDB Enterprise Partners With Yotta To Deliver Sovereign & AI Database Infrastructure In India

GURUGRAM, India, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IntelliDB Enterprise, India’s first AI-Powered database management platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Yotta Data Services, a leading Indian provider of sovereign cloud, AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centre services to deliver sovereign, AI-ready database infrastructure hosted on Yotta’s sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure in India.

The partnership is aimed at enterprises, government organizations, and regulated industries looking to modernize database infrastructure and build AI applications while ensuring complete data sovereignty and regulatory compliance. Together, the companies will offer fully managed database services hosted on Yotta’s sovereign cloud infrastructure, enabling enterprises to modernize mission-critical workloads while maintaining complete data sovereignty and regulatory compliance.

IntelliDB’s platform is built on PostgreSQL’s engine which is one of the world’s most widely used database technologies with IntelliDB’s own core features and AI capabilities. 

What IntelliDB Brings to the Table

IntelliDB Enterprise is built to make databases secure, scalable and smarter to run. Its AI-Powered features help businesses detect problems before they cause downtime, tune performance, and reduce the manual work a database team usually must do, all while keeping a human in the loop. Every AI action IntelliDB takes is logged and can be reviewed; nothing happens without oversight. IntelliDB also powers a new generation of AI-based applications, things like faster and more accurate search, and tools that can find and explain information from a company’s own database.

IntelliDB already meets some of the toughest data protection and security standards used by hospitals, banks, and global businesses, including HIPAA, GDPR, SOC-1, SOC-2, and PCI-DSS, giving customers a headstart on compliance rather than a project to build it from scratch.

Why This Matters

More companies want to use Artificial Intelligence in their everyday software, but AI tools need a database that can keep up, one that’s fast, secure, and able to understand the meaning behind information, not just store it.

By combining IntelliDB’s database platform with Yotta’s sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, businesses can now build these AI-powered applications without sending sensitive data outside the country and meeting India’s data protection requirements by design, not as an afterthought.

Together, IntelliDB and Yotta provide organizations with an integrated platform that combines intelligent database management with secure, scalable and sovereign infrastructure for enterprise AI and data-intensive applications.

This partnership allows customers to:

• Run AI-powered applications on a database built for them, hosted on Yotta’s sovereign cloud infrastructure.
• Get a fully managed database service, so internal IT teams spend less time on day-to-day maintenance.
• Meet strict data protection and compliance standards without building that capability from scratch.
• Modernize older data infrastructure using IntelliDB’s specialised migration toolkit on Yotta’s secure, sovereign cloud infrastructure.
• Grow from everyday business applications to advanced AI applications on the same platform.

Gagandeep Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, IntelliDB Enterprise, said: “AI initiatives and scaling for any organisation is only as strong as the data infrastructure underneath it. This partnership brings our secure, AI-powered and intelligent database platform to more Indian enterprises and government organizations, hosted entirely within India. Together with Yotta, we are simplifying database operations while giving customers a secure, scalable, AI-powered platform. That combination of intelligence and control is what enterprises, and government organizations need to build modern data infrastructure.”

Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yotta Data Services, said: “The next wave of enterprise transformation will be driven by AI, and every AI application depends on trusted, intelligent and sovereign data. At Yotta, we are building India’s most comprehensive Sovereign AI ecosystem – from hyperscale data centres, sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure to AI platforms and enterprise services. Our partnership with IntelliDB Enterprise strengthens this vision by adding an AI-ready database layer that enables organizations to build secure, scalable, and future-ready AI applications entirely on India’s sovereign digital infrastructure. Together, we are empowering enterprises and government organizations to innovate faster while maintaining complete control over their data.”

About IntelliDB Enterprise

IntelliDB Enterprise is a next-generation AI-powered enterprise database platform built on PostgreSQL, delivering enterprise-grade performance, security, and scalability for mission-critical applications. The platform combines intelligent automation with advanced database capabilities to help organizations reduce operational complexity, improve performance, and accelerate digital transformation across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. 

For more information, visit www.intellidbenterprise.com

About Yotta Data Services

Yotta Data Services is a sovereign cloud infrastructure and platform services provider, offering cloud, AI cloud, data centre hosting, connectivity, media tech and cybersecurity services; managed applications; and a wide range of managed IT services. Yotta operates its cloud regions at its hyperscale data centre parks in Panvel (Navi Mumbai) and Greater Noida (Delhi NCR). Yotta’s homegrown, open-source-based Sovereign hyperscale cloud, Yntraa, is MeitY empanelled (VCC and GCC). Yotta has also launched Shakti Cloud, a platform providing enterprises with a comprehensive suite of AI services including AI labs, AI workspaces, Shakti Studio AI Inference platform, access to NVIDIA NIM services, and Kubernetes clusters with GPU resources. Yotta is the only NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) across the APAC region to be part of the NVIDIA Exemplar cloud initiative and is one of only six Reference Architecture Platform NCPs globally.

For more information, visit www.yotta.com

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CARD91 Introduces Five-Point Credit Lifecycle Consistency Framework for Credit Line on UPI

The issuer-readiness framework focuses on keeping credit records aligned across different facilities, payments, refunds, reversals, repayments and EMI conversions

BENGALURU, India, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CARD91, a payments infrastructure company, today introduced its Credit Lifecycle Consistency Framework, a five-point industry framework designed to help banks assess their operational readiness for Credit Line on UPI (CLOU).

The framework focuses on ensuring that credit limits, outstanding balances and customer records remain accurate as payments move through refunds, reversals, repayments, EMI conversions and other lifecycle events.

The announcement comes as UPI enters its second decade. According to the Press Information Bureau, the network now connects 741 live banks and processed 2,365.8 crore transactions worth ₹29.87 lakh crore in July 2026. These figures represent the overall UPI network and demonstrate the operating scale within which UPI-based credit is developing.

The RBI’s Fourth Amendment Directions on Credit Facilities, issued on June 23, 2026, clarified that the prudential treatment of UPI-linked credit must be determined by the nature of the underlying credit facility—not by the payment channel, instrument or technology used. The facility’s terms must also form part of the bank’s credit policy and comply with applicable regulations.

A successful UPI payment is only one event in a continuing credit relationship. Subsequent refunds, reversals, repayments or EMI conversions can alter the customer’s available credit, outstanding dues and repayment schedule.

“Speed gets the customer through checkout, but consistency determines whether they trust the credit product,” said Ajay Pandey, CEO, CARD91. “Each payment and subsequent credit event must receive the correct treatment for the underlying facility so that the bank and the customer continue to see the same financial position.”

The Credit Lifecycle Consistency Framework

1. Apply facility-specific credit treatment

Interest-free, interest-bearing, fixed-term and revolving facilities may require different treatment of limits, repayments, refunds and outstanding balances.

2. Connect payment and credit records

UPI transactions and subsequent credit events should remain connected with the appropriate customer account. Refunds, reversals and repayments must update the relevant records accurately.

3. Align controls with bank policy

Transaction value, velocity and merchant-category controls—as well as portfolio actions such as limit changes and suspensions—should reflect the bank’s credit policy and customer consent.

4. Reconcile repayments and EMI conversions

Repayments should be applied to the correct account, while EMI conversions should update the instalment schedule without duplicating the outstanding amount.

5. Maintain customer visibility and traceability

Available credit, outstanding dues and repayment obligations should remain consistent across applications, statements and alerts. Disputes, delayed reversals and manual corrections should follow a documented and reviewable process.

Lifecycle consistency means updating the appropriate credit records as each event is processed. The framework does not prescribe a universal processing timeframe or replace RBI requirements and individual bank credit policies.

For example, if a customer uses ₹10,000 from a ₹50,000 revolving credit line, the available credit would ordinarily fall to ₹40,000. Any subsequent refund, reversal, repayment or EMI conversion must update the relevant records according to the facility’s terms. A fixed-term loan may require different treatment, reinforcing why payment processing cannot be separated from the underlying credit product.

Where CLOU is delivered through a digital-lending journey, the RBI Digital Lending Directions, 2025 may also apply to credit assessment, disclosures, servicing, repayment, grievance redressal and credit-information reporting.

CARD91’s perspective is informed by its work on Nimbus, its Credit Line Management System. Nimbus supports different credit structures and connects credit lifecycle management with CARD91’s NPCI-certified UPI 2.0 switch. Its publicly described capabilities include transaction and portfolio controls, consent management, EMI conversion, reconciliation and dispute resolution.

Technology should not determine lending policy or replace regulatory judgement. Its role is to help keep bank policy, transaction records and customer credit positions aligned.

As credit becomes an additional funding source on UPI, its next trust test will begin after the payment: whether every subsequent credit event leaves the bank and the customer with the same financial truth.

About CARD91

CARD91 is a payments and onboarding risk infrastructure provider, enabling regulated entities to launch and scale customer programs with ease. The platform supports seamless onboarding journeys, fraud detection, credit decisioning, card issuance across credit, prepaid, and forex, and UPI stack capabilities across issuance and acquiring.

Through its NPCI-certified capabilities and technology stack, CARD91 helps institutions design bespoke customer payment programs and market them with speed, security, and a seamless digital experience. Built by a team of bankers and technologists and proudly made in India, CARD91 operates across key financial hubs, including Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and Chennai.

For more information, visit https://card91.io/ or contact sales@card91.io.

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RBI’s Proposed Shift from Revolving Credit to Term Loans: SwiffyLabs Lending Platform Already Supports the New Construct

BENGALURU, India, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Reserve Bank of India’s latest draft regulations proposing restrictions on revolving credit facilities for most NBFCs could mark a significant shift in the way lenders design and manage credit-line products.

Under the proposed framework, NBFCs would generally be required to offer credit products in the nature of term loans, rather than revolving facilities where repayment of principal automatically restores the available borrowing limit. The proposed change could have implications for several lending products that currently rely on drawdown, repayment and redraw mechanisms.

While the regulatory change will require lenders to reassess their product structures, it also presents a technology challenge. NBFCs will need lending platforms capable of supporting multiple drawdowns, individual repayment schedules, amortisation and servicing workflows, while ensuring that repaid principal does not automatically replenish the sanctioned limit.

SwiffyLabs Lending Platform is already equipped to support this construct.

The platform supports a non-revolving credit-line structure that allows NBFCs to retain the operational flexibility of multiple drawdowns within an approved sanction, while ensuring that principal once repaid does not replenish the available sanctioned amount. This provides lenders with a technology-led pathway to adapt existing products to the proposed regulatory framework without fundamentally redesigning their customer journeys.

The capability can be particularly relevant for products such as Loan Against Securities (LAS) and other credit-line offerings that traditionally rely on flexible drawdown and repayment mechanisms. By supporting multiple drawdowns while maintaining a non-replenishing sanctioned limit, SwiffyLabs enables lenders to transition these products towards a term-loan construct with minimal product and technology disruption.

“Regulatory changes of this nature require lenders to rethink not just their product structures, but also the underlying technology that manages those products,” said Vivek Sinha, VP Products, SwiffyLabs. “Our objective has always been to build a lending platform that can give financial institutions the flexibility to launch and adapt credit products while maintaining strong regulatory alignment. The non-revolving credit construct is an example of how technology can help NBFCs respond to evolving regulatory requirements without compromising customer experience.”

The proposed RBI framework is likely to prompt NBFCs to evaluate their existing credit products, technology architecture and operational processes. For lenders with significant exposure to revolving or flexible credit products, the ability to transition to compliant structures without extensive technology redevelopment could become an important consideration.

About SwiffyLabs

SwiffyLabs is a next-generation technology platform for the BFSI sector, enabling financial institutions to build, launch and scale digital financial products through its integrated suite of Lending, Payments and SwiffyLabs Studios. Its Lending platform provides a modular technology stack spanning loan origination, loan management, collateral management, risk workflows, servicing and digital product journeys across multiple credit products, while its Payments platform enables institutions to build and manage digital payment products and transaction workflows. SwiffyLabs Studios provides configurable, plug-and-play technology components that help financial institutions solve specific operational and technology challenges, including reconciliation, automation and other high-efficiency workflows, without requiring large-scale technology redevelopment. Built on a modular and API-first architecture, SwiffyLabs enables institutions to configure products faster, integrate with existing technology ecosystems and adapt to evolving regulatory and business requirements with greater speed, flexibility and cost efficiency.

For more information, visit the website www.swiffylabs.com.

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Antaisolar Joins United Nations Global Compact and Releases 2025 ESG Report

XIAMEN, China, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Antaisolar, a leading expert in digital and intelligent PV mounting system solutions, announced its official participation in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the release of its 2025 ESG Report, marking two key milestones in the company’s ongoing sustainability efforts.

As a UNGC participant, Antaisolar will incorporate the UNGC Ten Principles into its RAISE sustainability strategy, which is structured around five pillars: Sound Governance, Premium Products, Equity & Inclusion, Ecological Co-existence and Shared Prosperity. Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the strategy focuses on supply-chain compliance, carbon data management and core competency stewardship, integrating sustainability considerations into business operations and value-chain management.

The 2025 ESG Report details Antaisolar’s performance across environmental, social and governance priorities. According to the report, green power accounted for 15.54% of Antaisolar’s energy consumption, while its self-built solar power plant generated 4,641,057 kWh of electricity annually. The report also highlights continued improvements in energy and emissions management, occupational health and safety, employee development, diversity and inclusion, community engagement, business ethics, risk management and information security, reflecting a more systematic approach to ESG management across the organization. It also links responsible product development and quality management with the company’s broader sustainability objectives, extending ESG considerations from internal operations to the wider industrial value chain. Key ESG data and practices disclosed in the report were independently assured by TÜV SÜD, enhancing the transparency, credibility and reliability of the disclosures.

Antaisolar also unveiled its 2026–2027 action plans for EcoRaise, its global ecological co-building initiative, covering four areas: environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, green energy development and sustainable lifestyles. In 2026, the company partnered with the Xiang’an Animal Protection Association to support the conservation of six national protected bird species through a dedicated donation, expanding its biodiversity efforts from plant conservation to wildlife protection.

Looking ahead, Antaisolar will continue to align its sustainability practices with the UNGC Ten Principles, advance the implementation of its RAISE strategy, and work with global partners to support the global transition toward green energy.

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ZOOPUNK Makes Its Opening Night Live Debut at gamescom 2026

TiGames brings its F.I.S.T. prequel to one of gaming’s biggest stages, showcasing the combat styles of three playable heroes, striking new worlds, and a first glimpse of a mysterious fourth character

SHANGHAI, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TiGames today unveiled a brand new trailer for its third-person Action RPG ZOOPUNK during gamescom Opening Night Live, one of the industry’s most-watched showcases. The trailer gave a global audience an early look at this ambitious prequel to F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch, introducing its three playable heroes, showcasing a range of striking environments from lush forests to flying airships, and teasing a mysterious fourth character for the very first time. ZOOPUNK will launch on PC and console.

Set decades before the events of F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch, ZOOPUNK expands the beloved Animal Punk universe, chronicling the turbulent origins of Torch City, an animal metropolis on the brink of revolution. There’s nostalgia for F.I.S.T. fans and plenty of discovery for everyone else, as this new video highlights key moves for the three playable heroes, offers a look at ZOOPUNK’s worldbuilding, and more.

See the new trailer here for a deeper look at the characters, combat, and worlds of Torch City.

TiGames will also release an additional five-minute gameplay video on the IGN Show, Wednesday 26th.

The World of ZOOPUNK

Join a diverse cast of animal heroes on a journey through a world where untamed wilderness, advanced machinery, and civilizations shaped by conflict collide. At the center of this changing world is the Spark, a mysterious power that continues to shape its technology, civilizations, and conflicts. The Machine Legion has emerged as a major enemy force, but the struggle in Zoopunk is more complicated than a simple war between animals and machines. Rival animal factions, shifting alliances, and different understandings of life, consciousness, and the soul all contribute to a deeper conflict.

The trailer captures the breadth of these war-torn landscapes, sweeping from lush forests to high-flying airships – a first taste of the environments players will battle their way through.

Dynamic Combat and Character Diversity

Combat remains at the heart of ZOOPUNK, with gameplay built around distinct fighting styles inspired by animal traits. Each playable character brings a unique approach to battle, letting players craft their own signature combat experience:

• Rayton the Rabbit: Agile and fast-paced, specialising in melee combat he uses aerial combos to build energy before unleashing devastating electrically charged attacks.
• Braton the Rhino: A powerhouse brawler wielding a massive chainsaw, and offering powerful defensive abilities, making him the team’s frontline anchor.
• Trixie the Chipmunk: Nimble and precise, relying on acrobatics and hit-and-run tactics, she combines stylish gun-fu with ammo management.

The gamescom trailer offers a first glimpse of a mysterious fourth protagonist, a serval whose identity is left for fans to speculate on. Fans can also see the first animal enemy bosses of ZOOPUNK, a departure from the previous animal vs. machine conflict of the first game.

ZOOPUNK is at gamescom 2026

Beyond the Opening Night Live reveal, ZOOPUNK is on the ground in Cologne throughout gamescom, where TiGames is being supported by backer Tencent Games with a dedicated space at its booth in the business area (Hall 4.2 – B035). From there, the team is sharing the game’s latest build with media through behind-closed-doors demos.

To showcase the game at its best and deliver a smooth, immersive demo, the stations in the Business Area are powered by GeForce RTX 5080 PCs built by ALTERNATE and NVIDIA, and completed with premium Razer gaming peripherals, including the Razer Wolverine controller and Razer BlackShark headset.

ZOOPUNK will launch on PC and Console, with additional details set to be announced in the near future.

Check out the new trailer from Opening Night Live here, and for more information about ZOOPUNK, visit playzoopunk.com. Follow the game on social channels: Discord, TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube.

About TiGames

Shanghai TiGames Co., Ltd. is a premier game developer founded in 2016 by a group of dedicated creators, committed to delivering exceptional and unforgettable gaming experiences. We have successfully launched multiple high-quality titles, including our acclaimed VR debut Ancient Amuletor VR and the critically praised breakout hit F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch. F.I.S.T. has been widely celebrated by players and critics alike for its deep combat, immersive diesel-punk world, and high polish, establishing it as a fan favorite and solidifying our diverse and respected portfolio.

Guided by our passion for pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment, we continuously strive for technological excellence. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, TiGames is building a global presence to connect with players worldwide. Our team is composed of passionate and talented individuals, united by a core mission: to create deeply engaging and high-quality games.

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Mantle Vault Expands to DeFi, Bringing Institutional-Grade RWA Yield On-chain with Grove, CIAN, and Fluxion

DUBAI, UAE, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mantle, the open financial network connecting global market participants to institutional-grade capital market assets on-chain, today announced the expansion of Mantle Vault into decentralised finance, built with Grove infrastructure, CIAN, and accessible through Fluxion. The launch extends Mantle Vault beyond its existing centralised finance footprint on Bybit, where it has already crossed $200 million in assets under management, into a new deposit-and-earn product open to any stablecoin holder.

From CeFi to DeFi: Mantle Vault Opens to All

The expansion follows Mantle’s continued momentum in real-world assets, with RWA TVL growing from $22 million to $257 million in a year and DeFi TVL exceeding $755 million. This marks the next stage of Mantle’s thesis that institutional-grade assets should be reachable by any market participant, not only the institutions and exchanges that first brought them on-chain.

The expanded Mantle Vault allows users to deposit $USDC and $USDT0 on Mantle to access variable yield generated by the underlying strategy. The strategy includes exposure to sUSDS, Sky Protocol’s yield-bearing token, alongside Fluxion Points. Built by CIAN in coordination with Grove, the vault follows a conservative, non-leveraged structure with transparency into the underlying strategy.

Mantle is also introducing a dedicated incentive programme of 5.14 million GROVE tokens, targeting up to 6.5% APY. Programme terms, duration and rates may vary based on market conditions, and incentives are not guaranteed.

“Mantle Vault started as a product built for Bybit’s user base. Its expansion into DeFi through Grove, CIAN, and Fluxion shows what an open financial network is meant to do: connect global market participants to institutional-grade capital market assets, wherever they are,” said Emily Bao, Key Advisor at Mantle and Spot Executive at Bybit.

Grove: Bringing Institutional Grade Economy onto Mantle

Within Mantle Vault, Grove provides the capital foundation through Grove Savings, the on-chain interface to the Sky Savings Rate. The Sky Savings Rate is set by Sky governance and delivered by the Sky Agent Network, an independent network of capital allocators competing across diversified, governance-approved yield strategies through Sky Protocol.

“We’re happy to bring Grove to Mantle. Grove supports the ecosystem by bringing Grove Savings, the on-chain interface to the Sky Savings Rate, a rate set by Sky governance. Partners like Mantle, CIAN, and Fluxion help make institutional-grade on-chain strategies accessible to more users.” said Kevin Chan, Co-Founder of Grove. 

CIAN: Translating Institutional Portfolio Construction into a Non-Custodial Product

CIAN built the original Mantle Vault on Bybit. That track record now extends into DeFi, with CIAN translating institutional-grade portfolio construction into a single, non-custodial product on top of the sUSDS exposure provided by Grove.

“At CIAN, we translate institutional-grade portfolio construction into transparent, non-custodial yield infrastructure. Together with Grove, Mantle, and Fluxion, we are making capital-preservation-first strategies easier for stablecoin holders to access,” said Luffy, Founder of CIAN.

Fluxion: The Liquidity Layer for Stablecoin Holders on Mantle

Fluxion provides the liquidity layer for the expanded Mantle Vault, giving stablecoin holders on Mantle access to the product and connecting deposits to Fluxion Points as an added benefit.

As the Mantle-native DEX for RWA distribution, Fluxion combines hybrid AMM/RFQ trading with xStocks’ xChange, giving users direct access to tokenized equity trading and supporting liquidity across Mantle’s RWA ecosystem.

Fluxion previously expanded its Earn offering with RWAIpha and now adds Mantle Vault to the lineup, giving users access not only to RWA token trading but also to the underlying infrastructure supporting these assets.

“Partnering with Grove and CIAN to introduce a stablecoin vault on Mantle marks a strong start for our Earn product. Together, we look forward to making Mantle the leading hub for real-world assets,” said Sham, CMO at Fluxion.

Borderless Access to Institutional-Grade Yield



The expansion of Mantle Vault from CeFi into DeFi  brings together four organisations around a single objective: making institutional-grade yield accessible to any stablecoin holder, without geographic restrictions or intermediary gatekeeping. Grove provides the capital foundation, CIAN the yield infrastructure, and Fluxion the liquidity layer, each composable within Mantle’s open financial network. As Mantle continues to expand the range of institutional-grade assets and strategies accessible on-chain, Mantle Vault represents the clearest demonstration yet of what an open financial network is built to deliver.

About Mantle

Mantle is the open financial network powering borderless access to global capital markets, connecting global market participants to institutional-grade capital market assets on-chain. Mantle brings the full lifecycle of real-world assets on-chain, from issuance and liquidity to distribution and settlement, spanning tokenized equities, treasury yield, private credit, commodities, and money markets. Anchored by one of the largest community-owned treasuries in the industry, Mantle combines credibility, deep liquidity, and institutional-grade infrastructure to support real-world finance on-chain.

For more information visit mantle.xyz.

For more social updates, please follow: Mantle Official X & Mantle Community Channel

About Grove

Grove is capitalizing the stablecoin economy. Through institutional-grade allocation, financing, and liquidity, Grove brings real-world assets and real-world use cases onchain to help build the next generation of global financial markets. Grove’s flagship product, Basin, is programmable credit infrastructure designed to provide eligible investors with real-time stablecoin liquidity in connection with approved sale, redemption, transfer, or other liquidity transactions for tokenized real-world assets. Grove is issuer-agnostic, product-conflict-free, and designed to serve as a neutral infrastructure layer for the tokenized asset ecosystem.

To learn more, visit grove.finance, X, and LinkedIn.

About Cian

CIAN Yield Layer is a leading on-chain yield strategy platform, offering users one-click access to advanced strategies while driving sustainable growth for emerging assets—both crypto-native and real-world —by generating extra on-chain yield for holders.

Standing at $1.4B in TVL, CIAN collaborates with top-tier protocols—including Mantle, Lido, Binance, Maple, USD1, Superstate, Renzo, Kernel, Horizon, pyUSD, cbBTC, fBTC, solvBTC, and Bedrock, etc. — to fuel asset growth. Beyond crypto-native assets, CIAN is expanding access to institutional-grade, interest-bearing RWAs issued by leading Wall Street and London institutions, partnering with RWA pioneers like Chainlink, Midas etc., which effectively bridges the gap between DeFi and TradFi.

For more information about CIAN, please visit: Cian.app

For documentation, please visit: Docs.Cian.app

For updates, please follow: X CIAN_protocol &DC Cian Discord

About Fluxion

Fluxion is a native DEX which is also a RWA distribution hub on Mantle. Fluxion adopts a hybrid trading model- AMM/RFQ. Now you can buy all xStock assets on Fluxion via RFQ. And for the Fluxion AMM model, users can trade and manage liquidity with a borderless access experience. Until now, accumulated trading volume across 1B+ USD, weekly high is 100M+USD.

Now, trade xStock assets on Fluxion can both earn Fluxion Points and xStock’s xPoints.

Please come to visit: fluxion.network

For more social info: https://x.com/Fluxion_network

For media enquiries, please contact: contact@mantle.xyz

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KSAT Delivers Integrated Mission Services for Kongsberg’s N3X Satellite Constellation for Norway’s Maritime Domain Awareness

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following KONGSBERG’s announcement of an expansion of its N3X maritime surveillance constellation, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) highlighted its role as the operational backbone of the program, delivering Integrated Mission Services (IMS) for one of Norway’s most strategically important space capabilities.

The N3X satellites, developed and deployed by KONGSBERG, already provide maritime surveillance data to Norwegian authorities. KSAT is responsible for satellite operations, mission planning, global ground station access, data processing, and data delivery.

As KONGSBERG expands the constellation to meet increasing operational requirements, KSAT’s IMS provides the scalable operational infrastructure needed to support continued growth, high availability, low latency, and secure delivery of mission data.

“The N3X satellite constellation demonstrates the strength of KSAT’s Integrated Mission Services, enabling satellite owners to scale efficiently, reduce operational overhead, and ensure robust, secure and resilient performance across expanding fleets,” said Eivind Kristoffersen de Badts, vice president of satellite operations at KSAT.

KSAT’s Integrated Mission Services: The Core of N3X Operations

The N3X constellation relies on KSAT’s operational infrastructure, including:

• KSAT’s world-leading global ground station network: Provides high-rate downlink, reliable command uplinks and low-latency tasking through one of the world’s most extensive polar and mid-latitude station networks.
• Satellite operations and monitoring: KSAT’s satellite operations team controls the full N3X fleet, ensuring safe operations, anomaly resolution, routine monitoring and optimized constellation performance.
• Mission planning: KSAT conducts mission planning and scheduling, coordinating passes, contact windows and tasking to meet operational requirements from data users.
• Data processing and delivery: Mission data, including AIS and radar-based maritime detection data, is processed and delivered through KSAT’s operational data pipelines for immediate use by customers.

End-to-End Capability Through the KONGSBERG Partnership

The N3X program is delivered through KONGSBERG’s end-to-end space capabilities, including advanced payloads, satellite platforms from Kongsberg NanoAvionics, integrated mission services from KSAT, overall system integration and secure data delivery.

The coordinated KONGSBERG ecosystem enables high-performance, secure and resilient mission delivery, from hardware and launch through operations and data delivery.

“N3X is a prime example of what Norway can achieve when its space industry works as one,” de Badts said. “KONGSBERG’s capabilities in mission development, payloads and system integration, including NanoAvionics’ satellite platforms, combined with KSAT’s operational backbone, create a unified end-to-end service.”

Through this integrated capability, the N3X constellation delivers persistent maritime surveillance, supporting a range of users, including the Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Directorate of Fisheries and Norwegian Customs.

KSAT’s IMS helps ensure the constellation meets operational availability requirements, minimizes latency, and provides operational continuity for years to come.

Media Contact:

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3CLogic Releases AI Agent Evaluator to Automate QA and Scoring of Voice AI Agents

New capability scores 100% of AI interactions with plain-language reasoning, enabling accountability and rich insights into Voice AI engagements and performance.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 3CLogic today announced the release of AI Agent Evaluator, a powerful automated quality assurance (QA) and scoring engine built natively into its Voice AI Hub. The new feature scores 100% of Voice AI agent interactions based on configurable metrics including resolution, goal completion, and quality, while providing plain-language reasoning behind each rating without the need for manual transcript review.

As enterprise service desks and contact centers accelerate the deployment of conversational AI, industry focus has heavily centered on the raw power and scalability of Voice AI agents, while largely ignoring how to continuously validate their performance in the field. While many organizations rely on manual auditing or exporting of bot transcripts into standalone QA tools intended for human agents, 3CLogic recognized the need for a solution purpose-built for AI-based interactions.

“Operational leaders are increasingly asking if the voice AI agents they deployed are doing what they were designed to address,” explains Anshuman Rawat, CTO at 3CLogic. “Deploying Voice AI agents is relatively easy, but knowing if they are actually resolving issues or deflecting a live call to the satisfaction of the caller is the real challenge. AI Agent Evaluator replaces the guesswork and black-box metrics with objective, auditable scores at scale.”

Natively integrated into its Voice AI Hub, 3CLogic’s AI Agent Evaluator allows organizations to hold AI agents to the same rigorous standards as live agents while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Designed to eliminate the blind spots of legacy QA processes, the solution delivers immediate business value through the following key features:

• Comprehensive QA Coverage: eliminates the inherent scaling limitations of manual sampling by automatically scoring every single Voice AI conversation to quickly identify critical performance issues.
  
  
  
  
• Role-specific agent evaluations: enables administrative users to create custom “yardsticks” for each specialized voice AI agent (e.g.: IT support, billing, etc.) to be scored accurately against what constitutes success for each of their unique roles.
  
  
  
  
• Automated task validations: verifies that required system actions (e.g.: submitting a case, updating a ticket, etc.) are in fact executed rather than relying solely on the transcript for confirmation.
  
  
  
  
• Actionable Insights: delivers visual insights into the performance of Voice AI agents over time with real-time dashboards.

The release marks the latest milestone in 3CLogic’s ongoing mission to transform the Voice AI and contact center landscape, following recent innovations, including Outbound AI agents. From global IT managed services providers to major multi-hospital systems modernizing their service operations, the organization continues to deliver significant competitive advantages for leading enterprises. AI Evaluations is now generally available to all Voice AI Hub customers.

For more information, visit 3CLogic.com.

About 3CLogic

3CLogic transforms customer and employee experiences with its patented and award-winning AI-powered cloud contact center solutions purpose-built to enhance today’s leading CRM and Customer Service Management platforms. Globally available and leveraged by the world’s leading brands, its offerings empower enterprise organizations with innovative capabilities, such as intelligent self-service, Generative AI, Conversational AI, agent automation & coaching, and AI-powered sentiment analytics — all designed to lower operational costs, maximize ROI, and deliver better, faster, and more personalized interactions for IT, employee, and customer service. For more information, please visit www.3clogic.com.

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