With more than 20 years of experience scaling B2B SaaS, modernizing platforms, and driving AI-first transformation, Gujrathi will lead Otelier’s unified technology and product strategy in 2026 and beyond.

BETHESDA, Md., March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Otelier, a hospitality data platform powering the future of hotel operations, has announced the appointment of Ani Gujrathi as Chief Technology & Product Officer. In this executive role, Gujrathi will lead Otelier’s unified technology and product organization, overseeing engineering, product management, data, UX, and cloud operations as the company accelerates its next phase of innovation.

Otelier Chief Technology & Product Officer Ani Gujrathi

Gujrathi brings more than 20 years of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS businesses, leading global product and engineering teams, and driving platform modernization. Most recently, he served as Chief Product & Technology Officer at Conexiom, where he helped scale the company to $40 million in ARR while transforming the platform into a cloud-native, AI-enabled solution set. He has also held engineering leadership roles at Zenoss, Kibo Commerce, Volusion, and Dell, bringing deep experience integrating acquired platforms, simplifying complex architectures, and scaling teams with operational discipline.

“Ani is a proven leader who brings the clarity, accountability, and technical vision we need as we continue to modernize our platform and bring even more focus to our market leading product portfolio,” said Rob Lawrence, CEO of Otelier. “Over the past few years, we’ve made significant progress refreshing our product suite and strengthening our technical foundation. Ani’s track record will help us move faster, operate with greater alignment, and build the next generation of solutions our customers can trust.”

“Otelier sits at the intersection of two urgent priorities for hoteliers: Driving profitability in a challenging market and simplifying the daily work that keeps properties running,” said Ani Gujrathi, Chief Technology & Product Officer at Otelier. “I’m excited to join the team and help accelerate the company’s mission by continuing to modernize the platform, expanding integrations, and strengthening the data foundation that makes automation and AI truly useful at scale.”

Building the Modern Data Foundation for Hotel Operations in 2026

In 2025, Otelier refreshed and relaunched two flagship products – TruePlan and IntelliSight – both now powered by modern data architecture and enhanced integrations designed to help hoteliers operate with greater accuracy, visibility, and speed.

Looking ahead to 2026, Otelier remains focused on:

• Marrying operational and financial data to help multi-property owners and operators gain a true 360-degree view of performance and drive profit in a challenging market
• Helping hoteliers build the foundation for a tailored, scalable, and impactful AI strategy, powered by trusted data and connected systems.

Otelier’s product suite includes DigiAudit for night audit compliance, Rec for financial reconciliations, TruePlan for hotel-specific budgeting and forecasting, and IntelliSight for comprehensive business intelligence – all built to help hotel teams streamline operations, reduce manual workloads, and make smarter decisions across the business.

Learn more about the hospitality data platform powering the future of hotel operations at otelier.io.

About Otelier

Otelier is a hospitality data platform powering the future of hotel operations. Serving more than 10,000 hotels worldwide, Otelier provides the industry’s most comprehensive platform to help hotel owners and operators automate back-office processes and unlock a 360-degree view of their businesses. With more than 30 years of experience, Otelier is trusted by leading hotel management companies, ownership groups, and global brands for real-time visibility into financial and operational performance. Learn more at otelier.io.

SINGAPORE, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ –During the Spring Festival period, multi-asset CFD broker Vantage Markets introduced its “Vantage Winners” campaign, inviting participants to share selected trading experiences and personal reflections from the past year.

The initiative was positioned as a community-focused engagement, reflecting Vantage’s broader regional strategy of combining community engagement, transparent communication and client support standards to reinforce long-term brand trust.

The “Vantage Winners” campaign encouraged participants to share trading-related insights, reflections and selected activity screenshots in accordance with clearly defined campaign guidelines. Participation took place through social media posts or engagement with official campaign content, supported by a tiered reward structure recognising early participation, random selection and editorial assessment of quality submissions.

A central feature of the campaign was its emphasis on user-generated content. By encouraging individuals to share their experiences, the initiative shifted attention from corporate-led messaging to peer narratives. Across increasingly active retail trading communities, such peer-led engagement can contribute to broader knowledge exchange. The campaign invited participants to articulate not only outcomes, but also the reasoning, discipline and risk awareness behind their trading decisions.

The campaign followed a year of notable corporate growth for Vantage globally. In 2025, total trading volume increased 2.4 times compared with 2024, while the number of trades executed increased threefold year-on-year. Gold trading volume expanded by 4.5 times, with active gold traders increasing 1.8 times. Bitcoin trading activity also strengthened, with trading volume up 2.5 times and active traders growing by 1.7 times.

These figures represent historical corporate operational metrics and do not reflect individual client performance or future outcomes. They were referenced to provide context on platform activity levels during the year rather than to indicate returns or profitability expectations.

While the campaign highlighted community participation, sustainable engagement in financial markets depends on platform stability, operational resilience and structured client service processes. During periods of heightened market volatility in 2025, increased trading activity required consistent infrastructure performance and responsive support systems. Vantage maintains multilingual client support and structured service channels designed to assist clients in accordance with its operational standards.

Vantage continues to invest in educational initiatives and community-based engagement programmes, recognising that informed participation contributes to more sustainable market ecosystems. By encouraging participants to reflect on trading approaches within defined guidelines, the “Vantage Winners” campaign supported structured knowledge exchange while maintaining responsible messaging standards.

The initiative also reinforced principles of transparency through clear campaign rules, published eligibility criteria and contextual presentation of corporate metrics. Rather than serving solely as a promotional activation, the campaign reflected broader brand values focused on transparency, platform infrastructure and client experience.

About Vantage
Vantage Markets (or Vantage) is a multi-asset CFD broker offering clients access to a nimble and powerful service for trading Contracts for Difference (CFDs) products, including Forex, Commodities, Indices, Shares, ETFs, and Bonds.
With over 16 years of market experience, Vantage transcends the role of broker, providing a reliable trading platform, an award-winning mobile trading app, and a user-friendly trading platform that provides clients access to trading opportunities.
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Risk Warning: CFDs are complex instruments and carry a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Ensure you understand the risks before trading.

Disclaimer: This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. It is not intended for residents of jurisdictions where CFD trading is restricted or prohibited.

SHANGHAI, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From March 10 to 12, DFRobot is exhibiting at the RISC-V International booth (Hall 5, Booth 5-119) at embedded world 2026, presenting its latest HUSKYLENS 2 AI Vision Sensor. As a representative product of the RISC-V ecosystem in education, HUSKYLENS 2 demonstrates how open-source hardware is accelerating innovation in AI learning and AIoT applications.

Powered by the Kendryte K230 processor, HUSKYLENS 2 is built on the RISC-V architecture and integrates high-performance XuanTie C908 cores, delivering up to 6 TOPS of AI computing power. This advanced architecture enables efficient, low-latency execution of both pre-trained and user-trained AI models, supporting smooth real-time performance in educational, experimental, and rapid-prototyping scenarios.

AI-Powered Cell Recognition for Biology Education

At the RISC-V booth, DFRobot is showcasing an AI Cell Recognition System that brings artificial intelligence into the biology classroom. Using a HUSKYLENS 2 microscope camera with a self-trained model running on the UNIHIKER K10 board, the system identifies cells in real time. It demonstrates how RISC-V technology enables the complete AI workflow—from data to recognition—making abstract concepts like machine learning tangible through hands-on exploration.

Bridging RISC-V Technology with Education

HUSKYLENS 2 is designed to make artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to the next generation of innovators, enabling hands-on learning through easy-to-use controls and practical, real-world projects. By lowering technical barriers, it allows learners to intuitively understand, experience, and apply AI concepts—making advanced technology approachable, engaging, and fun.

Instant Learning, Just Power On: Learners can immediately explore more than 20 built-in AI models, including face recognition, object detection, and emotion recognition, with no complex setup required. Simply power on the device and start experimenting, enabling a quick learning start and encouraging curiosity-driven exploration.

Complete AI Learning Workflow: HUSKYLENS 2 supports the complete AI project cycle—from data collection and labeling to model training, exporting, and deployment. This end-to-end workflow empowers learners to build their own AI projects from start to finish, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving beyond predefined demos.

Step-by-Step Visual Model Training: Integrated with the MindPlus programming platform, HUSKYLENS 2 allows learners to train custom AI models through an intuitive, block-based interface. By visually observing how data is learned and how models respond, students can clearly understand abstract AI concepts, turning complex processes into simple, hands-on learning experiences.

Intelligent Scene Understanding: Acting as an MCP-compatible edge device, HUSKYLENS 2 provides intelligent scene understanding rather than simple image capture. It can generate structured descriptions of people, objects, and actions—such as identifying who is present and what they are doing—enabling large language models (LLMs) to deliver clearer explanations, actionable feedback, and real-time guidance. This transforms AI vision from simple recognition into meaningful understanding and interaction.

Growing the RISC-V Education Ecosystem

DFRobot’s collaboration with RISC-V International and the XuanTie ecosystem reflects a shared commitment to nurturing future talent. By lowering barriers to AI education, HUSKYLENS 2 empowers schools, educators, and young learners worldwide to explore, create, and innovate with open-source hardware—helping shape the next generation of engineers, creators, and problem-solvers.

Visitors are welcome to stop by the RISC-V International booth (Hall 5, Booth 5-119) from March 10–12 to experience HUSKYLENS 2 in action and discover how it makes AI learning simpler, more engaging, and more accessible.

Zero Token Fees and More Safety!

HONG KONG, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MINISFORUM’s to-be-launched AI NAS N5 MAX, has been confirmed to successfully run the built-in OpenClaw in local AI LLMs. Equipped with AMD Ryzen™ AI Max+ 395, the self-developed MinisCloud OS unleashes full power of integrated AI NAS, fulfilling diverse user needs running data locally.

With more safety handling personal data on private platform, N5 MAX is the first AI NAS in the world to integrate OpenClaw with local computing, marking a revolution in the industry.

Self-owned Computing, Privately Controlled AI — More Private and Secure

• OpenClaw powered by local AI LLMs: pre-integrated one-click deployment tools enable full OpenClaw capabilities on local platform.
• Ideal for mission-critical tasks involving sensitive data: all data processing and interactions are completed locally in a closed-loop environment, guaranteeing 100% privacy.
• Low-latency performance: stably run on edge AI system.

Applicable scenarios:

• AI-powered semantic photo search: find exact photos using natural language (e.g., “my trip to Colorado last summer”).
• AI smart editing: automatically clips and stitches footage based on your desired effects.
• AI Agent: OpenClaw running locally can also automate emails, document review, coding, social media publishing, report writing, and personal tasks such as booking travel, dining, and shopping.

About MINISFORUM

Founded in 2018, MINISFORUM is dedicated to “Bringing technology into everyday life.” The brand applies its AI research to PC design, production, and manufacturing, offering high-performance computer solutions across AI Mini Workstations, AI NAS, AI Mini PCs, AI Mini Gaming PCs AtomMan, and accessories. Now, MINISFORUM has over 4 million users worldwide and a presence in nearly 100 countries. For more information, please visit: https://www.minisforum.com/