SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dreame Technology, a global high-end technology company, today opened DREAME NEXT, a four-day launch event at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco that marks the company’s largest international showcase to date. For the first time, Dreame is presenting its full product ecosystem in a single event, spanning smart mobility, smart home appliances, personal devices, and premium personal care.

The name DREAME NEXT holds significant meaning for the company. It reflects the company’s vision: next-generation products that redefine each category, a next-generation daily life where intelligent systems operate across environments, and a new chapter for the company—a ten-year Silicon Valley–anchored journey of innovation.

Therefore, the event is organized around five themed segments: Drive Next for smart mobility, Living Next for smart home appliances, Connect Next for personal devices, Self Next for premium personal care, and Humanity Next for the future of human technology. Each segment features global product debuts, technology announcements, and forums with leaders from across the technology landscape.

The stunning performance reflects the scale of the company behind it. Overseas revenue accounted for nearly 80 percent of total sales in 2025 and revenue has grown at a compound annual rate of 100 percent for eight consecutive years. In North America, revenue grew 189 percent year-on-year in 2025. Dreame products are now used in 42 million households across 120 countries and regions with a product portfolio spanning categories that, until recently, belonged to entirely separate industries. 

The high-speed growth reflects Dreame’s profound thinking and practices in platform technology, full-category expansion, high-end positioning, and globalization strategies. The company has already taken on the profile of a world-class industry leader.

Driving its category expansion is what Dreame calls a shared technology foundation. Dreame’s three pillar technologies, high-speed digital motors, intelligent algorithms, and bionic robotic arms,  power innovations across the company’s major product categories, delivering cutting-edge performance and seamless user experiences. For instance, engineering that drives a high-speed digital motor at 200,000 RPM is also powering innovations in automotive systems, personal devices, and home appliances. DREAME NEXT is built to demonstrate how this cross-category application works in practice.

“Our Founder and CEO, Yu Hao, firmly believes that core technology is the root of everything. Technology comes first, then great products follow.” said Chang Xinwei, Global President of Dreame Technology. As of December 2025, Dreame has filed more than 10,000 patents globally, with over 3,000 granted. Research personnel make up more than 70 percent of the company. As can be seen, DREAME NEXT is the result of that conviction. What began with a motor has grown into an ecosystem that spans how people move, how consumers live at home, and the devices everyday customers carry with them.

On the first day of the launch event, Dreame made a spectacular debut with its groundbreaking “Rocket Car” -the Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition. The rocket-powered electric vehicle is equipped with a custom-built dual solid-fuel rocket booster system that responds in 150 milliseconds, generates a peak thrust of 100 kN, and delivers a 0-to-100 km/h time of 0.9 seconds.

Meanwhile, this event is not only a showcase of the next generation of products. It is the beginning of the next decade.

On the opening day, five industry leaders—Sebastian Thrun, William Fong, Robert Scoble, Julie Zhuo, and James W. Keyes—discussed the theme ‘In the Age of AI, Every Product Deserves a Reinvention,’ exploring how AI is transforming innovation, productivity, talent, and collaboration.

“I think Dreame has the foundational OS for reality,” said William. Julie Zhou noted that a company like Dreame can deliver the kind of freedom people want, and Sebastian Thrun concluded simply: “I think Dreame is really positioned to start moving from AI software into the physical world.”

The forum concluded with a shared insight: over the next decade, those who can translate technological trends into real-world impact will define the next era of technology.

With DREAME NEXT, Dreame has put forward its clearest statement yet: that a technology company built on motors, algorithms, and robotic arms can compete across industries, attract world-class talent to its stage, and contribute to the global conversation about where technology goes next.

DREAME NEXT runs through April 30 in San Francisco.

For the latest updates, follow Dreame Technology: Website: https://global.dreametech.com/; X: @DreameGlobal; Facebook: Dreame Tech; and Instagram: @dreame_tech.

About Dreame Technology

Founded in 2017, Dreame Technology is a global high-end technology brand built on a foundation of high-speed digital motors, intelligent algorithms, and bionic robotic arms. The company’s product portfolio spans smartphones, smart vehicles, smart home appliances, intelligent cleaning appliances, outdoor smart devices, and personal care, designed to simplify daily life and give users more time for what matters. Dreame operates in more than 120 countries and regions with over 6,500 offline stores and serves more than 42 million households globally. As of December 31, 2025, the company has filed more than 10,000 patents worldwide and holds over 3,000 granted patents.

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Synpulse, a leading management consulting firm for the financial services industry, has collaborated with 360, a specialist in AI‑powered financial product intelligence, to launch a new whitepaper titled “The Last Slow Industry: How Agentic AI Will Reshape the Way Insurance Products Are Built.”

The paper explores why insurance product development remains one of financial services’ slowest and most complex processes often spanning six to twelve months, and how agentic AI can radically compress timelines, cut costs, and enable products that truly reflect modern customer needs.

Moving beyond theory, the whitepaper is anchored in a working solution proven on a live insurance product brief. The Agentic Insurance Product Factory generated integrated, production‑grade outputs including pricing models, underwriting rules, policy structures, technical specifications, test suites and launch playbooks.

Drawing on real‑world product development scenarios, the whitepaper introduces the concept of an Agentic Insurance Product Factory, a coordinated system of AI agents designed to automate the mechanical layers of insurance product creation. The approach enables insurers to move from blank page to production‑ready artefacts in days rather than months, while preserving human expertise across areas where it matters the most: judgment, creativity, and decision‑making.

“Speed to market is the metric everyone tracks while speed to learning is the one that truly compounds. Insurers that can iterate faster, test more product cycles, and institutionalise learning will build a sustainable advantage with every release. Our partnership will help insurers operationalise this mindset by combining strategic expertise with platform driven execution.”, said Anirudh Somani, Chief Product Officer at 360F.

The paper traces how this shift reshapes the entire insurance value chain, enabling genuine product personalisation, accelerating speed‑to‑market, and enhancing regulatory transparency through machine‑readable, audit‑ready artefacts.

“What we’re seeing is a genuine breakthrough in how insurance products are built” said Sujin Saj, Manging Director and Head of Insurance, Southeast Asia at Synpulse. “Agentic AI allows insurers to run more product cycles, learn what works faster and respond to the market and customer needs, with a level of precision that was previously unattainable both financially and practically.”

“The Last Slow Industry” is a joint publication by Synpulse and 360F, drawing on their combined experience across Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and is aimed at insurers seeking to rethink product development as a continuous, technology‑enabled capability rather than a linear, committee‑driven process.

The whitepaper is available for download: go.synpulse.com/360FxSynpulse-Whitepaper_The-Last-Slow-Industry.

About Synpulse

Synpulse is a global management consultancy and a trusted partner to financial institutions. We deliver end-to-end transformation for financial institutions, combining deep industry expertise with technology across strategy, design, implementation, and operations. With a network of over 100 ecosystem partners and our technology division Synpulse8, we co-create innovative digital solutions that deliver value-creating impact. Our team of 1,000+ professionals from more than 20 locations is united by a shared commitment to excellence and client success.  

Further information www.synpulse.com.

About 360F

360F is an insurtech partner to banks and insurers, building the digital infrastructure behind smarter, faster, and more human-centric financial advisory. From AI-powered product factory, product configuration, middleware engines to financial advisory our technology lets advisors spend less time on process and more time helping customers make the right financial decisions. 360F serves clients across 17 countries in Asia, Middle East, Europe & Africa.

Further information http://www.360f.com.

The alliance redefines B2B and consumer capital flows for South Korea’s surging $7.45B remittance market, establishing a high-speed digital corridor between North Asia and the global economy.

SINGAPORE and SEOUL, South Korea, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, today announced a strategic collaboration with WireBarley, a rapidly growing Asia-Pacific payment platform. The alliance represents a shared commitment to digital transformation and will fuel WireBarley’s international expansion. Together, Thunes and WireBarley will provide real-time, seamless cross-border payments for businesses and individuals living abroad across major corridors, including South Korea, the U.S., Australia, and Vietnam.

John Joongwon Yoo, Co-Founder and CEO of WireBarley, Left / Peter De Caluwe, Co-Founder and CEO at Thunes, Right

By integrating with Thunes’ Direct Global Network, WireBarley’s 1.1 million users gain access to enhanced payout capabilities and faster remittance services across seven sending countries and 520 payout corridors. Through the connection with WireBarley, Thunes is enabling real-time payments into South Korea.

Strategic Impact & Market Growth

• Architecting the Future of North Asian Fintech: This alliance establishes a new benchmark for cross-border payment in South Korea’s sophisticated financial market, modernising B2B and consumer capital flow.
• Strengthening Korea’s Fintech Hub: This alliance solidifies Thunes’ presence in South Korea’s sophisticated financial market, facilitating faster B2B and consumer transactions and capital flow both into and out of the country.
• Capturing a High-Growth Market: South Korea’s outbound remittances hit $7.45 billion in 2024. With the digital remittance segment projected to grow at a 16.7% CAGR through 2030, this collaboration positions both companies at the center of the region’s digital finance evolution.
• Mutual Gateway for Growth: This alliance functions as a two-way strategic gateway, providing Thunes with deep localised expertise in South Korea’s sophisticated market while supporting WireBarley’s continued growth as a global player.

Peter De Caluwe, Co-Founder and CEO at Thunes, said: “Our collaboration with WireBarley represents a shared strategic vision to remove fragmentation in global money movement. It’s a perfect example of how Thunes’ Direct Global Network can serve as a catalyst for fintech innovation and growth through real-time cross-border money movement. By bridging the gap between South Korea and the rest of the world, we are supporting Thunes’ presence in North Asia and empowering WireBarley to scale their vision of a borderless financial ecosystem.”

John Joongwon Yoo, Co-Founder and CEO of WireBarley, said: “Thunes is a core strategic partner in our mission, built on the strong trust we have developed over the years and our shared commitment to a market-leading spirit. Together, we will deliver game-changing and seamless cross-border payment services in real time across multiple countries and regions, while accelerating our regional presence and strategic business expansion.”

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 140 countries and more than 90 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 12 billion mobile wallets, stablecoin wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 220 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 14 locations, including Atlanta, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco and Shanghai.

For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

About WireBarley

Founded in 2016, WireBarley is an Asia-Pacific payment platform that has rapidly grown across the region and became the first Korean remittance service to expand into Australia and North America. The company improves operational efficiency through its proprietary multi-corridor, bidirectional foreign exchange, treasury, and compliance platform, while continuously enhancing internal controls, security, and compliance. WireBarley is also expanding strategic partnerships with banks and major payment providers across the region.

The company serves 7 sending countries and 46 receiving countries across 520 remittance corridors, supporting personal and business transactions across its global network while expanding its presence across Asia-Pacific and North America. Starting in the 2026 season, WireBarley has become the first Korean fintech to partner with Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), aiming to enhance customer experience and brand awareness.

For more information, visit: www.wirebarley.com

XI’AN, China, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A report from weihai.dzwww.com

To strengthen connections with high-quality industrial resources in Northwest China and promote industrial cooperation with key cities in the western region, the Weihai Global Partner Business Center carried out investment promotion activities in Xi’an from April 20 to 22. The initiative focused on key areas such as fund-based investment, medical and wellness services, and the commercialization of university research outcomes. The aim was to actively engage with premier enterprises and platforms, opening up new space and injecting fresh momentum into Weihai’s industrial development.

During the event, the delegation visited several key enterprises and platforms. They held in-depth discussions with Shaanxi Kechuang Venture Capital Fund Management Co., Ltd. and the Shaanxi Venture Capital Association on organizing fund-based investment promotion events and jointly explored initial cooperation ideas. At Shaanxi Science and Technology Holding Group, both sides exchanged insights on regional industrial development status and distinctive strengths, and conducted extensive discussions in fields such as software R&D, new materials, and intelligent equipment, broadening potential cooperation avenues. At Xi’an PRIMAR Power Semiconductor Converter Technology Co., Ltd., the delegation presented a comprehensive overview of Weihai’s industrial foundation and resource advantages, and explored entry points for collaboration in new energy and semiconductors by leveraging the company’s leadership in power semiconductor device R&D and manufacturing. At Xi’an Blue Focus Medical Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., the delegation held in-depth talks with the company’s leadership, learning about its development history and industrial layout, and engaged in targeted matchmaking in the medical and wellness industry, laying a solid foundation for future cooperation.

Additionally, the delegation attended the “Quancheng Alumni Lecture Hall – Shandong Province Renmin University of China Alumni Association Symposium” in Jinan, exploring alumni-driven economic resources and expanding investment channels.

Moving forward, the Weihai Global Partner Business Center will continue to provide dedicated enterprise liaison services, accelerate the implementation of cooperation agreements, and strengthen the role of its representative offices as a bridge connecting Weihai with the central-western region. It will further expand cooperation with Xi’an and surrounding areas, contributing to the high-quality development of Weihai’s industries.

Patent-pending technology, engineered with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), uses a novel triangular force plate architecture to capture real-time ground force data directly from the sports surface at scale.

LONDON, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sports technology company Feldspar Group Holdings Limited (“Feldspar”) has developed a patent-pending prototype of its world-first surface-based force measurement platform, capable of capturing real-time data directly from the surface at scale.

The intelligent surface powering the future of sports performance

The platform is designed to scale beyond athletics into multiple sports and live-event environments, setting a new standard for performance measurement and unlocking new insights across coaching, live broadcasting, and fan engagement.

Feldspar has opened its first external funding round to support pilot deployments and accelerate commercial rollout.

Bringing force measurement into live performance

For decades, force data has largely been confined to specialist laboratories using expensive, fixed equipment. While cameras and wearables dominate modern performance analysis, they cannot directly measure the forces that drive movement and performance.

The platform captures ground reaction forces directly from the playing surface, delivering full three-dimensional data from every footstep. This provides a direct view of how athletes generate speed, power and movement.

At the centre of the system is a triangular force plate with a novel architecture that introduces a fundamentally new approach to measurement. Rather than directly measuring every force component, the system derives the horizontal force from the vertical force. This simplifies system design, potentially reduces cost by up to ten times compared with traditional force plates and makes deployment at scale commercially viable.

By integrating the system directly into the surface, Feldspar enables measurement across entire environments rather than at isolated points, while removing the need for repeated setup and manual operation. This enables near-instant deployment, continuous real-time data capture, and immediate feedback via a live dashboard.

For coaches, it enables continuous monitoring and instant feedback. For broadcasters, it opens new ways to integrate live performance data into coverage, enhancing fan engagement.

Built for scale, beyond athletics

The initial pilot will focus on athletics, where the system can be deployed across full tracks to measure multiple athletes simultaneously in both training and competition. The platform is designed to scale across sports and live environments allowing up to 40 players to be tracked on a single surface such as a football field.

The application extends to high-speed field sports such as football, American football and rugby, as well as court sports including padel, basketball and squash, with flexibility for both permanent and temporary deployment, creating a new layer of standardised, real-time performance data across sport.

As data scales, the system supports the development of a unified AI-powered data platform, enabling benchmarking, injury risk detection and predictive performance insights. The updates mark a major step towards a fully integrated, scalable sensing platform.

This builds on Feldspar’s 2025 announcement of its first functional prototype, the world’s fastest sensor-enabled track and its partnership with global sports and entertainment agency 54.

Groundbreaking partnership

The system is being developed in partnership with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a leading, employee-owned product development consultancy known for creating “first-of-a-kind” innovations and for its multidisciplinary team of over 300 engineers. CDP specialises in delivering complex, high-reliability systems across multiple sectors, including real-time performance technologies such as Gmax, an advanced, lightweight GPS tracking system used in horse racing to provide live data on performance, positioning, and safety.

For this project, CDP brings together expertise across physics, electronics, software and manufacturing to translate advanced science into a robust, user-centred product, supported by its integrated Pilot Production Centre for building and testing the track. The partnership is focused on designing for manufacture and preparing the technology for real-world deployment as it transitions from prototype to pilot scale.

Capital raise

This first external funding round aims to accelerate go-to-market activities and move from pilot deployment towards commercial rollout. The funding will support further product development, pilot programmes, and early commercial activity, following foundational backing from a Hong Kong family office.

Alvina Chen, Founder and CEO of Feldspar, “Until now, most systems have inferred movement from camera footage, without directly measuring the forces athletes generate through the ground. With Feldspar’s world-first system, currently in prototype, embedded in the playing surface, we capture those forces in real time, exactly where movement starts. This allows us to see how athletes generate force to accelerate, change direction, jump and produce speed and power, transforming how performance is understood and how sport is experienced.”

Wade Tipton, CEO, Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), said: “Capturing data directly from the ground at scale has not previously been possible. In close collaboration with Feldspar, our team has designed, developed, built and tested a world’s first force measurement system integrated directly into the surface, marking a significant engineering step with the potential to transform athletics and multi-sport applications.”

Tim Godfrey, Executive Director and Board Member at Feldspar, added: “This force-plate system is the first step in building a scalable, multi-sport platform, capturing real-time performance data directly from the surface at scale. It sets a new standard for measurement across sport and marks a foundational moment for Feldspar – with further announcements to follow as we expand the platform and scale the business globally.”

For more information including product visuals, visit feldsparsport.com

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Notes to Editors

The Universal Sensor Platform is built on a highly scalable architecture, with an underlying communication protocol designed to support large-scale connected deployments. It captures high-frequency force data, over 1,000 Hz, including centre of pressure and 3D force profiles, simultaneously across up to 200 sensing platforms, each comprising multiple sensors.

About Feldspar Group Holdings Limited

Feldspar is a UK-based sports technology company developing the world’s first integrated smart flooring system, beginning with high-performance running tracks and force measurement across entire tracks.

Founded in 2022 by Alvina Chen, a former professional track athlete, Feldspar was created with a mission to enhance performance and elevate fan engagement across sports. Its platform captures real-time data directly from the surface of play, enabling new insights for athletes, coaches and live sports environments.

The Universal Sensor Platform uses a highly scalable communication protocol which is able to cover a full-size football pitch