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Invictus Pharmacy First to Accept Crypto for Prescriptions

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Disrupting pharmacy payments with ETH, SOL, and XRP acceptance nationwide; online rollout set for Jan. 1, 2026.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Invictus Pharmacy, a pharmacist-founded and nationally licensed pharmacy network, announced today that it will begin accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment from patients. This milestone makes Invictus Pharmacy the first nationwide licensed pharmacy to embrace digital assets as part of its patient payment infrastructure.

Beginning immediately, cryptocurrency payments including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP (Ripple) will be accepted at all Invictus Pharmacy retail locations. Starting January 1, 2026, patients will also be able to utilize these digital payment options through the company’s online platform at InvictusPharmacy.com.

Key Benefits of Invictus Pharmacy’s acceptance of cryptocurrency include:

  • Enhanced Security: Blockchain technology provides a secure and transparent platform for all transactions, reducing the risk of fraud.
  • Faster Transactions: Cryptocurrency transactions are typically faster than traditional payment methods, allowing for quicker processing of prescriptions.
  • Increased Accessibility: Accepting cryptocurrency opens up access to pharmaceutical services for younger demographics who prefer or are comfortable using digital currencies.
  • Transparency: Every transaction is recorded on the blockchain, creating a transparent and auditable trail.

Pioneering Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Payment System

This initiative represents the first phase of a larger technological movement led by Invictus Ventures Inc., the management company of Invictus Pharmacy. Invictus Ventures is developing a blockchain-based payment infrastructure designed specifically for the U.S. prescription drug market. The platform will facilitate instant, transparent, and auditable transactions between payers, manufacturers, pharmacies, and patients.

By accepting cryptocurrency payments, Invictus Pharmacy is also embracing the next generation of American consumers who are more comfortable and familiar with digital assets and alternative payment methods. This forward-looking approach reflects Invictus’s commitment to modernizing the pharmacy experience, meeting patients where they are, and fostering financial accessibility through innovation.

By leveraging the power of blockchain technology, Invictus aims to eliminate the administrative lag and opacity that define today’s pharmacy benefit model, replacing it with a real-time, programmable payment system that benefits every stakeholder in the chain.

“Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) were invented before the era of the internet to combat rising drug prices in the 1970s,” said Meyer Davidoff, Founder and CEO of Invictus Pharmacy. “While their original purpose was to negotiate fair pricing and streamline reimbursements, PBMs have since evolved into powerful intermediaries that obscure true drug costs, delay payments to pharmacies, and inflate prices for patients. The system has become a labyrinth of rebates, clawbacks, and opaque contracts that benefit middlemen rather than patients or providers.

Today, PBMs act as central toll collectors in a system that should be moving toward openness and modern technology. Accepting cryptocurrency is more than offering another way to pay. It is the first step toward building a faster and more transparent payment network that links patients, pharmacies, and manufacturers with far fewer barriers. This is the future of pharmacy, a system where information and payments move quickly, clearly, and efficiently for everyone.”

“For our patients, using cryptocurrency will feel just as simple as paying with a smartphone or credit card,” said Alan Oustaev, Chief Operating Officer of Invictus Pharmacy. “Our goal is to make the experience seamless both in-store and online, giving patients more choice and convenience while we modernize how prescription payments are made.”

An Open Call to Industry Partners

Invictus Pharmacy Founder and CEO Meyer Davidoff is encouraging trading partners throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain, including drug manufacturers, wholesalers, and payers, to begin adding cryptocurrency to their balance sheets and to explore digital asset integration within their financial infrastructure.

“This is the first step of our grand vision to revolutionize the archaic payment system within our industry,” said Davidoff. “We are actively building an additional blockchain-based payment rail upon which all stakeholders, from manufacturers to patients, will transact seamlessly and transparently.”

This forthcoming network, being developed under Invictus Ventures, will serve as a digital settlement layer for prescription transactions, enabling instant fund transfers, automated rebate validation, and frictionless reimbursement flows. Once fully deployed, the system is expected to reduce claim processing times from weeks to seconds, setting a new benchmark for efficiency in U.S. healthcare payments.

About Invictus Pharmacy

Invictus Pharmacy, managed by New York–based Invictus Ventures Inc., is a vertically integrated, nationwide pharmacy platform founded in 2017. With a network of retail locations, a licensed mail-order pharmacy, a proprietary e-commerce platform, and claims adjudication technology, Invictus has served more than one million patients. Invictus was among the first pharmacy organizations to adopt a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) model for its manufacturing partners, enabling brands to reach patients directly while bypassing traditional intermediaries. By partnering directly with manufacturers to offer direct-to-consumer pricing and adding cryptocurrency payment options with blockchain-enabled claims transparency, Invictus lowers costs, expands access, and advances a next-generation pharmacy model.

Website: www.invictuspharmacy.com

 

Locksley Advances Toward US Antimony Production

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Fast-track execution positions Locksley among leaders in restoring America’s antimony supply chain and processing capabilities.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Locksley Resources, Ltd. (ASX: LKY; OTCQX: LKYRF) provided an update on the company’s progress and immediate plans as they aggressively move forward their Desert Antimony Mine (DAM) Prospect, located within the Mojave Project in San Bernardino County.

Kerrie Matthews, Managing Director/CEO of Locksley said, “We are at a pivotal time for Locksley as we continue our rapid advancement toward becoming a developer, with an end-to-end supply chain strategy from Mine-to-Metal – all within the U.S.” She noted that the successful execution of technical steps, including establishing the exploration target, achieving a 68.1% concentrate grade and evaluating the underground workings that have been part of the strategy have significantly advanced the company toward mitigating key uncertainties that are associated with planning for the next steps.

“We are focused on further enhancing our understanding of DAM and working in parallel with the U.S. government on permitting, finance, and ultimately physically delivering antimony product into the U.S. market,” she affirmed. More information is available here: https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apiman-gateway/ASX/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03022491-6A1296813&v=undefined.

The company has:

  • Initiated development planning for extraction of mineralization, definitive financing (leveraging the recent EXIM LOI), permitting and pilot plant processing operations.
  • Received expressions of interest from U.S. engineering contractors to commence with extraction of mineralization at the DAM mine, marking the start of development.
  • DAM underground access assessment confirms the structural stability and accessibility of the historical workings, supporting safe re-entry and phased mine development planning toward future development.
  • DAM site inspection by mining engineers scheduled for later this month as part of initial engineering and design studies to meet planned pilot plant throughput.
  • Following underground LiDAR surveying that confirmed approximately 236m of Development across four levels spanning a 130m strike length, the company established an exploration target at DAM containing 19,400 to 67,000 tons of antimony metal. These estimates are conceptual in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to date to estimate a Mineral Resource. The Exploration Target has been prepared and reported in accordance with the JORC Code (2012).
  • The recently completed 325 kg bulk sampling delivered a high head grade of 7.6% to 7.8% Sb with flotation testwork underway and supported by the initial sighter testwork completed on a 23.1kg sample at 9.6% Sb, which delivered a 68.1% Sb premium concentrate, meeting industrial and defense specifications.

The company has multiple exploration activities in progress and planned with key activities and timeframes including:

  • Underground mapping – currently underway and due for completion November 2025.
  • Underground sampling – work planned to commence (assuming ability for safe working) in November 2025 with an approximate one-month time to assay results.
  • Surface Sampling – initial program has commenced. Assays from previous samples taken are expected late November-early December 2025.
  • Drilling – a plan of operations has been approved pending payment of required bond. Upon payment, Company is approved to drill up to 16 holes at DAM Prospect. The company currently expects to commence drilling at the El Campo Prospect in late Q4 2025/early Q1 2026 and anticipated commencing drilling at DAM subsequent to completing El Campo.
  • Magnetic Geophysics Interpretation – Geophysical Consultants SGC has commenced with a regional magnetic image interpretation to define the structural geology across the Mojave Project. This will inform geological testing for new and additional structures and potentially further support the DAM exploration target. Work is expected to be completed by Q1 2026.
  • Surface Structural & Geological Mapping – a third mapping program is scheduled to commence late November, expanding two previous phases of activity.
  • Stream Sediment Sampling – a regional stream sediment sampling program is currently in the final planning phases. The field collection is scheduled to be completed in Q4 2025 (weather permitting). If samples are collected in Q4 2025 analysis results are anticipated in Q1 2026.

Locksley Resources (https://www.locksleyresources.com.au) is focused on critical minerals in the U.S. The company is actively advancing the Mojave Project in California, targeting rare earth elements (REEs) and antimony. Locksley is executing a mine-to-market strategy for antimony, aimed at reestablishing domestic supply chains for critical materials, underpinned by strategic downstream technology partnerships with leading U.S. research institutions and industry partners. This integrated approach combined with resource development with innovative processing and separation technologies, positions Locksley to play a key role in advancing U.S. critical minerals independence.

Contact: Beverly Jedynak, beverly.jedynak@viriathus.com, 312-943-1123; 773-350-5793 (cell)

Baidu Unveils ERNIE 5.0 and a Series of AI Applications at Baidu World 2025, Ramps Up Global Push

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  • ERNIE 5.0 is the latest foundation model of the company. As a natively omni-modal model, ERNIE 5.0 jointly models text, images, audio, and videos.
  • Baidu announced upgrades to its digital human technology, no-code application builder Miaoda, and general AI agent GenFlow, while unveling the self-evolving agent Famou along with the one-stop AI workspace Oreate, with select offerings such as MeDo and the digital human technology rolling out to global markets.
  • Apollo Go, the company’s autonomous ride-hailing service, has completed over 17 million cumulative rides, the world’s largest.

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888), a leading AI company with a strong internet foundation, today unveiled the natively omni-modal foundation model, ERNIE 5.0, at its annual flagship event, Baidu World 2025. ERNIE 5.0 jointly models text, images, audio, and videos for comprehensive multimodal understanding and generation. The company also introduced a suite of AI products and services and announced plans to roll out select products to global markets.

At the event, Baidu introduced upgrades for a suite of AI products, including its next-generation real-time digital human, an enhanced 2.0 version of its no-code application builder Miaoda, a revamped Baidu Search experience powered by more intelligent capabilities, and the general AI agent GenFlow 3.0. It also unveiled Famou, a self-evolving AI agent, and announced plans to roll out products such as the digital human technology, no-code application builder MeDo, one-stop AI workspace Oreate to global markets.

Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu, speaks at the company’s annual flagship event, Baidu World 2025.
Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu, speaks at the company’s annual flagship event, Baidu World 2025.

Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu, highlighted the importance of internalizing AI capabilities in every facet of the modern workflow. “When you internalize AI, it becomes a native capability and transforms intelligence from a cost into a source of productivity,” Li explained. “We should focus on integrating AI with every task we do to make it a native driving force for corporate and personal growth.”

Highlighting the value of AI application innovation, Li stated the industry structure is shifting towards a healthy “inverted pyramid” where applications create 100x the value of foundation models. “The past year has witnessed model capabilities evolving significantly beyond the confines of AI chatbots. We have observed substantial advancements not only in areas like digital human technology and code agents but also in the autonomous evolution and global optimization for general-purpose scenarios,” Li said.

ERNIE 5.0, a Natively Omni-modal Foundation Model Built for Joint Input and Output Across Modalities

As the latest-gen foundation model of the ERNIE series, ERNIE 5.0 is built upon natively unified omni-modal modeling technology. From the ground up, it jointly models text, images, audio, and video, achieving comprehensive multimodal understanding and generation. With fully upgraded foundational abilities, ERNIE 5.0 excels in multimodal understanding, instruction following, creative writing, factual reasoning, agentic planning, and tool use. The preview of the ERNIE 5.0 model is now available to the public via ERNIE Bot and to enterprise users via Baidu AI Cloud’s MaaS platform Qianfan.

Li noted that foundation models are iterating rapidly, as evidenced by continuous breakthroughs in intelligence limits, increased model “thinking-time,” the native integration of multiple modalities, and the ability for self-learning and evolution. “AI agents themselves are the most significant applications, and the speed of technological iteration is the only competitive moat,” he said. “We will continue to invest in advancing the frontier models, pushing the boundaries of intelligence to new heights.”

Apollo Go Robotaxi Reaches Over 17 million Rides Globally, The World’s Largest

Baidu’s autonomous ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, has completed over 17 million rides globally, making it the largest in the world. Its weekly ride count recently surpassed 250,000, all of which are fully driverless. To date, the fleets have logged more than 240 million kilometers of autonomous driving, with over 140 million kilometers driven in fully driverless mode. Apollo Go’s global footprint now spans 22 cities.

Autonomous driving is reshaping urban life, and will transform not only transportation but the broader social ecosystem, Li noted. He explained that as robotaxi costs continue to fall, greater affordability is expected to significantly boost demand. “Autonomous vehicles will become new mobile living spaces, opening up countless possibilities,” he said.

70% of Top 1 Search Results Presented in Rich Media; GenFlow 3.0 is Now the World’s Largest General Agent by User Base

Baidu Search has undertaken the most aggressive AI transformation of any search engine globally, with approximately 70% of the Top 1 search results now presented in rich media format. “We used AI to reconstruct the search results page—not by simply inserting AI summaries, but by transforming search from a text-and-link-based application into an AI application centered on rich media like images and videos, ” Li said.

The company is also opening its AI search capabilities via AI API, which is becoming a foundational technology for the industry. It is already being used by 625 partners via Baidu AI Cloud, including major brands like Samsung, Honor, and vivo.

The company’s AI-powered productivity applications, Baidu Wenku and Baidu Drive, are also prime examples of AI-reconstructed businesses. GenFlow, a general AI agent built to simplify complex tasks and workflows, unveiled its 3.0 update. With more than 20 million users, GenFlow is now the world’s largest general-purpose agent. GenFlow 3.0 boasts a much enhanced multimodality and memory capability, enabling the joint input, processing, and output of content across all modalities.

Baidu also introduced Oreate, its one-stop AI workspace for study and productivity designed for the international market. It employs a multi-agent architecture capable of end-to-end creation across all scenarios and modalities, covering documents, slides, images, videos, and podcasts. The platform has attracted over 1.2 million users across global markets.

No-Code Application Builder MeDo Launches Globally; Digital Human Tech Debuts in Brazil

Baidu’s no-code application builder Miaoda has been upgraded to version 2.0, which has already been used to generate over 400,000 applications. Miaoda’s international version, MeDo, was also launched at the event. It is now available for global developers via medo.dev.

The company also announced it will make its digital human technology globally available. The technology has debuted in Brazil and is exploring expansion opportunities into key markets such as the U.S. and Southeast Asia, and platforms such as Shopee and Lazada.

The company also unveiled its new real-time interactive digital human, which not only deeply understands real-world context and provides instant feedback, but also expresses natural emotions with full-modal alignment during interactions. During this year’s “Double 11” shopping festival, 83% of livestreamers used Baidu’s digital human technology, driving a 119% year-over-year increase in participating livestreams and a 91% GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) boost. In Li’s view, AI digital humans are a foundational technology and a “universal interaction interface for the AI era.”

Baidu Launches Famou, the World’s First Commercially Available Self-evolving Agent

The conference also witnessed the debut of Famou, the world’s first commercially available self-evolving agent. Famou can simulate and even surpass a top algorithm expert, able to quickly abstract complex problems and iterate automatically as conditions change to provide a dynamic optimal solution. It can be applied in complex scenarios across transportation, energy, finance, and logistics. Famou is now officially available through invitation codes. Users can apply for access by visiting famou.com.

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Industrial AI Applied: IFS Showcases Real-World Impact of AI Through Industry-Specific Scenarios

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IFS expands ecosystem of Frontier AI, Robotics, Grid Tech and Business Advisory by forging new partnerships with leading AI tech companies Anthropic, 1X Technologies, Siemens and collaboration with Boston Dynamics

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, is today showcasing the next wave of AI innovation, applied for Industry. At its marquee event, Industrial X Unleashed, taking place in Tribeca, New York, the company shared its vision, demonstrated specific applications of IFS.ai in action within an industrial setting, as well as unveiled partnerships through applied customer examples. 

Opening the event, Mark Moffat, CEO of IFS said: “The opportunity to drive growth in our economy, as well as positively impact our society and planet using AI is now – but importantly, what will make a difference is applying AI in the industrial setting. The news headlines to date have been on the generic productivity benefits AI can provide to office-based workers, but IFS is uniquely positioned to deliver contextual and industry-specific AI to workers in the field. And that is where we will see the most impactful innovation and efficiency gains.” 

Driving growth in Industrial AI 

IFS showcased partnerships with some of the fastest-growth AI companies looking for further expansion by applying their capabilities with IFS.ai to the hardcore industries that IFS serves including: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Engineering & Construction, Manufacturing, Telco, and Transport. Examples from the following areas included: 

  • Frontier AI Models: a partnership with Anthropic saw IFS Nexus Black launch Resolve, powered by Claude, as the first of many new IFS solutions that puts industry-specific AI directly into the hands of frontline workers to transform work and rapidly deliver value. Resolve enables customers to predict and prevent faults faster by interpreting multi-modal data such as video, audio, temperature and pressure, and complex schematics.  
  • The scenario was demonstrated through a real-world customer use case, William Grant & Sons – the world’s largest independent distiller. William Grant & Sons has worked with IFS Nexus Black and Anthropic to forward-deploy a field-worker productivity solution within weeks. This is already helping engineers anticipate and resolve maintenance issues before downtime occurs, improving asset reliability, reducing unplanned outages, and freeing teams to focus on higher-value production tasks. 
  • Physical AI and Robotics: a collaboration with Boston Dynamics was used to demonstrate how physical AI and robotics can leverage IFS’s industrial AI within a utility setting. Customer Eversource, New England’s largest energy delivery company, spoke to the many scenarios being planned to improve efficiency and service to the 4.4million homes it serves. In addition, IFS’s partnership with robotics manufacturer 1X Technologies was announced, opening the opportunity for 1X Technologies to take their humanoid robots into industrial settings. 
  • Grid and Power: A partnership with Siemens Grid Software was announced, using IFS.ai to re-architect tomorrow’s intelligent autonomous grid through asset investment planning and grid infrastructure upgrades. 

R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst, Founder and Chairman, Constellation Research commented: “We are finally witnessing leadership in the category of Industrial AI. While frontier AI models and infrastructure platforms grab headlines, the critical missing piece has been the orchestration layer, the industrial operating system that embeds AI directly into mission-critical workflows.” 

He continued: “Customers seek deep domain expertise from their trusted AI partners, especially in manufacturing, utilities, aerospace, and energy. The AI Age isn’t about adding AI features to legacy software. It’s about architecting the control plane for the next generation of intelligent industrial operations where autonomous execution happens at scale, in real-time and achieving decision velocity for tangible business outcomes.” 

Additional speakers at the event included:      

  • Mohamed Kande, PwC           
  • Prasad Satyavolu, Accenture 
  • Garvan Doyle, Anthropic          
  • Dr. Merry Frayne, Boston Dynamics        
  • Ranjit Bawa, Deloitte       
  • Darryl Willis, Microsoft    
  • Stephanie Woerner, MIT CISR   
  • Dr. Sabine Erlinghagen, Siemens Grid Software 

For more information about Industrial X Unleashed, visit www.industrialX.ai. 

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IFS and Boston Dynamics Collaboration Combines the Power of Robotics with Agentic AI to Transform Field Operations

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Industrial X Unleashed

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, and Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, today announced a ground-breaking collaboration to revolutionize how asset-intensive organizations manage and optimize their field operations. Uniting Boston Dynamics’ autonomous inspection robots with the power of IFS.ai creates a fully agentic AI system that seamlessly connects sensing, predictive decision-making and action in the field. With labor and skills shortages impacting industrial customers, leading to service gaps and prolonged outages, there exists an urgent need for technology that can supplement field workers. 

IFS and Boston Dynamics revealed the joint solution for the first time at Industrial X Unleashed in New York, November 13. The two companies showcased a powerful combination of physical AI and agentic AI that creates an end-to-end autonomous system to connect robots and enterprise data in high potential applications. Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots inspect industrial assets and sites, capturing critical operational data in real-time. Spot uses thermal cameras to detect overheating, can listen to air or gas leaks, read analog gauges for pressure and flow, check indicator lights, identify hazards like spills, or detect voltage anomalies. This information feeds directly into IFS.ai where agentic AI analyzes the data, makes intelligent decisions, and triggers appropriate actions – creating a seamless loop from sensing to execution. 

The collaboration uniquely focuses on serving industries where field operations are critical, including manufacturing, energy, utilities, mining, and other asset-intensive sectors. With field workers comprising part of the 70% of the world’s workforce that do not work behind a desk, IFS and Boston Dynamics are unlocking value in areas that have remained underserved by generic AI applications. 

Together, IFS and Boston Dynamics are targeting measurable improvements across three critical operational metrics: 

  1. Safety: Autonomous inspections reduce human exposure to hazardous environments while increasing inspection frequency and thoroughness
  2. Efficiency: Intelligent automation enables faster decision-making and response times, optimizing resource allocation
  3. Uptime: Predictive insights and automated actions help prevent failures before they occur, maximizing asset availability 

Christian Pedersen, Chief Product Officer, IFS, said: “Asset-intensive organizations face unrelenting pressure to improve operational performance. Together with Boston Dynamics, we’re delivering a truly autonomous system that connects the physical and digital worlds for the first time. IFS.ai and IFS Loops turn robot observations into enterprise action, from preventative maintenance scheduling to predictive failure analysis and automated anomaly detection. Data flows from the field into enterprise systems, decisions are made autonomously, and actions are executed back in the field, all within a single integrated platform.” 

Dr. Merry Frayne, Director of Product, Boston Dynamics, commented: “This collaboration represents the future of industrial operations. Our robots excel at navigating complex environments and gathering critical data. Combined with IFS’s agentic decision-making capabilities, we’re enabling organizations to achieve levels of operational excellence and safety that simply weren’t possible before.” 

Ron Utterbeck, CIO, Eversource, an IFS customer, said: “As the largest New England energy provider managing critical infrastructure across multiple states, this integration has the potential to radically transform our operations. As our grid continues to advance we need to utilize not only traditional data gathering but more advanced data gathering and modeling. To meet the reliability and the energy demands for our customers, we look forward to the opportunity in utilizing advanced industry technology such to enable data collection at a different level that can support routine inspections of substations and facilities with automatically prioritizing and dispatching our crews. This will allow our highly-skilled crews to be focused on the right priorities at the right time and ensure mission-critical work is completed. It’s a genuine shift from reactive to predictive maintenance.” 

For more information about Industrial X Unleashed, visit www.industrialX.ai. 

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IFS and 1X Technologies Partner to Bring Industrial AI to the Physical World

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Strategic collaboration integrates humanoid robotics with IFS.ai to deliver measurable automation outcomes across manufacturing, field service, and asset management 

Industrial X Unleashed

NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IFS, the leading provider of Industrial AI software, today announced at Industrial X Unleashed a strategic partnership with 1X Technologies (1X), to jointly industrialize humanoid robotics for asset-intensive industries. The collaboration will combine 1X’s humanoid robots with IFS.ai to develop and deploy production-ready robotics solutions alongside select customers across manufacturing, utilities, aviation and other industrial settings. 

The partnership creates a unified digital-physical operational environment where intelligent robots work directly within enterprise business processes. By integrating humanoids with IFS.ai, IFS and 1X will deliver solutions that close the loop from physical execution to business intelligence, enabling real-time orchestration of robotic operations and seamless data flow between physical work and enterprise systems. 

IFS and 1X will work with select customers to industrialize and validate humanoid robotics solutions across high-impact use cases: manufacturing and smart factory automation, IoT-enabled robotics feeding real-time operational data into IFS.ai, field service automation combining robotic hardware with intelligent maintenance orchestration, and vertical-specific applications for warehousing, aviation MRO to utility maintenance. This collaborative approach with pioneering customers will ensure solutions are production-ready and deliver measurable operational outcomes. 

“This partnership represents an exciting opportunity to bring together the physical and digital AI worlds,” said Christian Pedersen, Chief Product Officer at IFS. “By integrating 1X’s advanced robotics with IFS.ai, we’re creating solutions where intelligent machines and intelligent systems work in harmony. This isn’t about adding robotics as a feature, it’s about embedding intelligence in context, delivering real value to customers operating in asset-intensive environments. We’re focused on making a meaningful difference for businesses that manufacture, service, and maintain critical assets.” 

“This collaboration creates a seamless connection between physical execution and intelligent business processes,” said Jorge Milburn, EVP Sales & Operations at 1X Technologies. “By integrating our humanoids with IFS.ai, we’re building solutions where robots don’t just operate in isolation, they understand operational context, adapt to changing conditions, and deliver data that drives better decisions across the enterprise.” 

Building on Industrial AI Leadership 

The Future Industrial Workforce: Humans, Digital Workers, and Robots 

The partnership represents a critical step in IFS’s vision of workforce multiplication in industrial operations. Industrial sectors face massive labor shortages: 1 million open jobs in the U.S. alone, half in manufacturing, while re-industrialization and energy demand accelerate. 

Where operations today rely on 300 human workers barely covering demand, the future holds 3,000+ total workers: human experts elevated to orchestration and judgment calls, digital workers (AI agents) running diagnostics and workflows 24/7, and robotic workers inspecting assets and handling hazardous work in challenging environments. For the first time in industrial history, output is no longer limited by how many humans organizations can hire. 

IFS orchestrates all three as one integrated system, the only platform designed to schedule, manage, govern, and optimize human, digital, and robotic workers together. The 1X partnership extends this capability into the physical world, enabling robotic workers to be deployed and managed within the same enterprise platform that runs operations. 

The partnership builds on IFS’s Industrial AI strategy, including the Nexus Black innovation accelerator and recent acquisitions of TheLoops and 7Bridges, which have positioned IFS to deliver agentic AI capabilities across customer operations. With advanced robotics integration, IFS continues to build the platform for the complete future of industrial work. 

The integrated solutions will be showcased to IFS customers globally, with commercial availability planned for 2026. 

For more information about Industrial X Unleashed, visit www.industrialX.ai. 

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Nota AI Recognized in the 2025 MAD Landscape Edge AI Category

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–      Selected alongside global leaders including NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Samsung, Intel, Apple, and AMD
–      One of only three Korean companies among 1,150+ innovators, strengthening its global Edge AI presence

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nota AI, a company specializing in AI model compression and optimization technologies, announced today that it has been recognized in the 2025 MAD (Machine Learning, AI & Data) Landscape under the Edge AI category for the second consecutive year.

Nota AI Recognized in the 2025 MAD Landscape Edge AI Category
Nota AI Recognized in the 2025 MAD Landscape Edge AI Category

This recognition follows Nota AI’s inclusion in the CB Insights 2025 AI 100 earlier this year, placing the company among a select group honored by both of the year’s most influential AI industry benchmarks.

The MAD Landscape is a widely referenced resource for global VCs and technology leaders seeking to understand structural shifts across the AI and data ecosystem. The 2025 edition highlights a significant trend: AI workloads are rapidly transitioning from cloud-centric infrastructures toward device- and hardware-centric computing. As this shift accelerates, Edge AI has emerged as a critical indicator of global technological competitiveness.

Among the more than 1,150 companies featured in this year’s Landscape, only three are based in Korea, including Samsung. Nota AI’s selection alongside global leaders such as NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Apple, Intel, and AMD underscores its rising influence in the on-device AI space.

Central to Nota AI’s technological leadership is NetsPresso®, the company’s proprietary AI model optimization platform. NetsPresso® enables efficient compression, optimization, and deployment of AI models across a wide range of hardware—from advanced AI accelerators to low-power IoT devices. It reduces model size by up to 90 percent while maintaining accuracy, significantly lowering development and operational costs and accelerating AI adoption across industries.

Nota AI continues to expand its presence in the global edge intelligence market through collaborations with semiconductor leaders including Samsung Electronics, Qualcomm, Renesas, and Sony. The company recently introduced optimization techniques that enable large language models (LLMs) to run on even low-spec devices, extending on-device AI adoption into manufacturing, consumer electronics, mobility, robotics, and IoT. It is also a core participant in Korea’s national initiative to develop sovereign AI foundation models, reflecting broad recognition of its technical leadership.

Myungsu Chae, CEO of Nota AI, stated, “Being recognized in both the CB Insights AI 100 and the MAD Landscape’s Edge AI category affirms our technology’s global competitiveness. We will continue to advance our AI compression and optimization technologies to expand on-device AI adoption across key industries and drive scalable global growth.”

LISCure Expands Global Partnerships for BBB Shuttle Platform ‘ExoPN-101’; Signs Fourth MTA with Leading Pharma Partner

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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LISCure Biosciences (“LISCure”), a biotechnology company advancing next-generation therapeutics, today announced that it has entered into a new Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with a leading global pharmaceutical company for its proprietary blood-brain barrier (BBB) shuttle platform, ExoPN-101.

This marks LISCure’s fourth MTA, further validating the technological innovation and commercial potential of the ExoPN-101 platform in the global market.

ExoPN-101 is a next-generation BBB-penetrating delivery platform capable of transporting diverse therapeutic modalities—including antisense oligonucleotides (ASO), siRNA, and small molecules—directly into the brain. Compared to existing BBB shuttles, ExoPN-101 demonstrates superior brain delivery efficiency and minimal immunogenicity, with robust BBB penetration and safety confirmed in non-human primate studies. These results have drawn strong interest from multiple multinational pharmaceutical partners.

The versatile nature of the ExoPN-101 platform enables simultaneous collaborations with multiple partners. Beyond its ongoing projects, LISCure is currently engaged in several additional partnerships and evaluation discussions with global pharma companies.

At the Bio-Europe 2025 conference held last week in Vienna, Austria, LISCure met with numerous global partners to discuss new collaborations. The company also advanced licensing discussions for LB-P8, its therapeutic candidate for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), which recently began Phase 2 clinical dosing in the United States.

“The fact that ExoPN-101 has entered evaluation stages with multiple global partners underscores the platform’s scientific credibility and readiness for broader applications,” said a LISCure spokesperson. “Several additional partnership and licensing discussions are progressing, many of which are expected to evolve into joint development and global collaboration programs.”

“As global demand for BBB shuttle technologies continues to accelerate, ExoPN-101 stands out as an optimal platform that addresses the industry’s most critical needs,” said Hwasup Chin, CEO of LISCure Biosciences. “We will continue to expand strategic partnerships and pursue commercialization and licensing opportunities worldwide.”

About LISCure Biosciences

LISCure Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation therapeutics through advanced platform innovation. The company’s pipeline includes ExoPN-101, a proprietary BBB shuttle platform for central nervous system (CNS) drug delivery, and LB-P8, a Phase 2 therapeutic candidate for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). LISCure aims to advance cutting-edge science into meaningful therapies through global collaborations and strategic partnerships.

For more information, please visit www.liscure.bio.

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