Home Blog Page 1214

3 in 4 Asia Pacific Entrepreneurs Anticipate Economic Gains Next Year – Herbalife Survey

HONG KONG, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Herbalife, a premier health and wellness company, community and platform, today released findings from its Asia Pacific (APAC) Health and Economic Empowerment Survey 2025. The findings revealed strong economic optimism among entrepreneurs, with three in four (74%) expecting their economic well-being to improve in the next 12 months, compared to half (48%) of non-entrepreneurs sharing the same outlook.

The survey also highlighted significantly higher levels of economic and health empowerment levels among entrepreneurs versus non-entrepreneurs in the region. Defined as the ability to make informed decisions that enhance one’s physical, mental and emotional well-being (health empowerment), and improve one’s financial stability (economic empowerment), these levels came in at 17 percentage points higher among the entrepreneurs surveyed. This underscores the greater sense of control entrepreneurs have over both their health and economic well-being.


“Contrary to the popular belief that entrepreneurship is inherently stressful and often leads to burnout, the survey shows that entrepreneurs report higher levels of economic optimism, confidence, and empowerment,” said Thomas Harms, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Herbalife. “In today’s economic climate, many individuals are exploring ways to create additional income streams. Herbalife is committed to supporting them by helping people strengthen their health and wellness, while offering opportunities for those who want to build a business for themselves as individual distributors.”

Conducted in October, the APAC Health and Economic Empowerment Survey 2025 polled 8,505 respondents, including 2,245 entrepreneurs across 11 markets, covering Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan region, Thailand and Vietnam.

Entrepreneurs show strong confidence in their economic well-being

Across the region, entrepreneurs are more likely to see their economic well-being positively. 43% of entrepreneurs rate their current state of economic well-being as being ‘very good’, compared with just 25% of non-entrepreneurs who share the same view. Looking ahead, 74% of entrepreneurs expect their economic well-being to improve in the next 12 months, while less than half (48%) of non-entrepreneurs share the same level of confidence.

Entrepreneurs also show greater optimism in achieving their economic goals. Half of the entrepreneurs surveyed are confident they will meet their short-term economic goal in 12 months, 23 percentage points higher than non-entrepreneurs. Similarly, 51% are confident about reaching their long-term economic goals within five years, 21 percentage points higher than those who are not entrepreneurs.

Higher economic and health empowerment among APAC entrepreneurs

Beyond optimism and confidence in their current and future economic well-being, the findings also revealed higher economic and health empowerment levels among APAC entrepreneurs. Nearly six in 10 (59%) of entrepreneurs said that they feel empowered to make decisions to improve their financial stability and economic well-being, 18 percentage points higher than the 39% of non-entrepreneurs who share the same view. Health empowerment levels were similarly higher among entrepreneurs, with 65% feeling empowered compared to 48% of non-entrepreneurs.

This sense of empowerment could explain why entrepreneurs report greater confidence in achieving their health goals in the next 12 months. More than half (56%) of entrepreneurs believe they can reach their health objectives within the next 12 months, compared to just 33% of non-entrepreneurs who share the same belief.

Strong correlation between health and economic empowerment

The findings underscore a strong correlation between health and economic empowerment. Individuals who feel highly empowered to make decisions that improve their economic well-being are more likely to report higher levels of health empowerment in tandem. This suggests that confidence in financial decision-making may just go hand-in-hand with one’s confidence in managing personal health.

With greater control over goal setting, time and resource management, and intentional lifestyle and financial choices, entrepreneurs experience a profound sense of empowerment to achieve their aspirations. This agency fuels confidence and drives better health and economic outcomes. It’s a powerful reminder that when individuals take charge of their economic and health decisions, they unlock the potential to transform not just their future—but also their lives.

###

About Herbalife Ltd. 

Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) is a premier health and wellness company, community and platform that has been changing people’s lives with great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers science-backed products to consumers in more than 90 markets through entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle to live their best life. 

Appier Successfully Concludes Agentic AI Roadshow in Vietnam

Empowering marketers with an AI partner for efficiency and ROI-driven growth

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Appier (TSE: 4180), a leading AI-native software company, today announced the successful conclusion of its Agentic AI for marketing Roadshow, designed to help advertisers and marketers achieve predictable ROI. The new AI Agent suite redefines how data and intelligence drive autonomous, adaptive, and omnichannel advertising and marketing—acting as a 24/7 partner to support brands from strategy to execution, enabling faster and confident decision-making that drives measurable returns.

The event featured a keynote address by Linh Thai, CEO of Skills Bridge—widely recognized for her leadership in Vietnam’s startup and talent development ecosystem—alongside presentations showcasing Appier’s latest Agent AI–powered scenarios, use cases, and live demonstrations across the entire customer journey. PNJ Group, one of Vietnam’s most prominent jewelry retailers, also shared how its partnership with Appier strengthens customer engagement and maintains its competitive market presence.

Bryan Huan, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Appier, shared his insights on how AI is reshaping work models—from traditional software tools to Agentic AI services, where intelligence is natively embedded. He noted, “By leveraging Appier’s extensive proprietary data moat built over 13 years and our diversified set of best practices, brands can delegate goal-based campaigns and significantly expand the capabilities of predictive and generative AI to enable ROI-driven strategies across the customer journey.”

Linh Thai, CEO of Skills Bridge, emphasized that adopting Agentic AI is not difficult—instead, now is the time for businesses to make the shift. She noted that “human roles will move from execution to supervision as intelligent systems scale productivity, and businesses will evolve from human-first to machine-first models with humans in command. As computational capacity—not headcount—increasingly drives growth, this underscores the keynote theme of embracing AI to do more with less.”

Nguyen Song Toan, Head of Online Marketing at PNJ Group, shared, “By pairing a storytelling video with a seasonal promotion carousel and using Appier’s high-value targeting to reach niche audiences—like users actively seeking diamond purchases—we achieved a 56% higher CTR and reduced CPC by 82%. Director Agent further accelerated results by generating real-time commercial videos, reducing the typical 2 to 3 month production cycle while spotlighting PNJ’s craftsmanship and bringing our collections to life.”

Appier’s eight upgraded AI Agents span its Advertising, Personalization, and Data Clouds, aligned with the vision of “One Data. One Experience. One Agentic World.” Built for real-world demand, each Agent incorporates continuous validation, backtesting, and self-evolution to ensure reliable performance. As these Agents interconnect, enterprises gain seamless agentic workflows with built-in guardrails to reduce hallucination, enabling more intelligent, autonomous execution and scalable outcomes.

Ad Cloud: Elevating Creativity and Performance

With Appier’s Coding Agent, brands can automatically generate playable ads and interactive videos that let consumers preview product features, driving higher conversions; Director Agent rapidly produces ad creatives, branded videos, and interactive assets with controlled style and compliance; while ROI Agent applies automated incrementality testing via Media Mix Modeling to reveal causal relationships across formats and placements, maximizing incremental impact and revenue.

Personalization Cloud: Boosting Engagement and Sales

Guided by industry expertise and brand data, Campaign Agent autonomously learns and optimizes marketing campaigns from planning to execution. At the same time, the Sales Agent acts as a 24/7 digital salesperson, detecting intent through conversation and delivering intelligent product recommendations to lift conversions and order value. Service Agent provides real-time support using the brand’s knowledge base, strengthening retention and loyalty.

Data Cloud: Accelerating Insights and Growth

Audience Agent delivers predictive segmentation and high-value audience strategies to unlock new revenue. Insight Agent transforms real-time data into visualized, actionable insights that guide operational decisions and empower all Agents. In addition, Appier’s Data Quality Booster enhances data consistency by deduplicating, correcting, and enriching key information, thereby improving AI accuracy and strengthening decision-making foundations.

Appier Successfully Concludes Agentic AI Roadshow in Vietnam
Appier Successfully Concludes Agentic AI Roadshow in Vietnam

The eight specialized AI marketing agents unveiled at the roadshow support the full marketing lifecycle and will be available with flexible pricing to enable adoption across businesses of all sizes. Visit the Appier website to book a demo and follow Appier on LinkedIn for updates.

About Appier
Appier (TSE: 4180) is an AI-native AaaS company that empowers businesses to create value through cutting edge AdTech and MarTech solutions. Founded in 2012 with the vision of “Making AI Easy by Making Software Intelligent,” Appier helps businesses turn AI into ROI through its Ad Cloud, Personalization Cloud, and Data Cloud—each powered by Agentic AI that enables autonomous, adaptive and real-time decision-making. Today, Appier operates 17 offices across APAC, the US and EMEA, and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.appier.com.

Laos Secures First eSports Silver at SEA Games Amid Thai Gamer Controversy

33RD SEA GAMES 2025 Gold Medal Match: Arena Of Valor (Women) (screeshot of live match on 15 December)

Laotian Times and AFP – The eSports competitions at the 33rd Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in Thailand have drawn widespread regional attention, marked by a historic silver medal win for Laos and a separate controversy involving the host nation.

The Lao women’s team secured the country’s first-ever silver medal in an international esports competition after finishing second in the Arena of Valor women’s team event. The result marked a new milestone for Laos’ eSports sector.

The achievement came during a high-profile tournament that has also faced scrutiny after a Thai esports player competing in the same event was expelled for cheating, the host’s eSports federation said on 16 December, leading to her whole team pulling out.

Thai gamer Warasin Naphat “committed an offence… by using unauthorised third-party software or hardware modification during Game 1” of a match on 15 Decmber, according to a letter from a SEA Games delegate released by the Thailand Esports Federation (TESF).

“After further investigation, conclusive evidence was found, which led to the imposition of a Personal Penalty resulting in her Expulsion from the entirety of the Esports Competition,” the letter said.

The TESF said Tuesday in a post on Facebook that it accepted the decision by organisers to expel Warasin, and announced the withdrawal of her entire team from the SEA Games.

Esports, or competitive video game tournaments, was included in the SEA Games for the first time in 2019.

This year the event includes competitions in four categories: FC Online, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Free Fire and Arena of Valor, a multiplayer online battle game.

The SEA Games officially opened last week and run until 20 December in Bangkok and the nearby coastal province of Chonburi, with thousands of athletes from Southeast Asian nations competing in events ranging from football and fencing to skateboarding, sailing and combat sports.

But deadly clashes this month between Thailand and Cambodia over a long-standing border dispute have overshadowed the regional sport showdown.

Phnom Penh announced a day after the opening ceremony that it was withdrawing its athletes “for safety reasons”.

Host Thailand leads the overall medal count, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam.


© Agence France-Presse

RWA.LTD Completes Major Upgrade to Its Core Technical Architecture, Advancing RWA from a “Trading Platform” Toward “Asset Operations Infrastructure”

HONG KONG, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — RWA.LTD recently announced the completion of a significant upgrade to the platform’s core technical architecture. Centered on a systematic overhaul of its account structure, trading system, and operational framework, this upgrade is designed to move the platform beyond a single-function venue focused primarily on order-matching, toward an integrated asset-operations infrastructure that supports the issuance, management, and trading of real-world assets (RWA).

The platform noted that this is not a simple addition of features. Rather, it is a reconstruction of the underlying system logic tailored to the long-term operational characteristics of non-financial RWAs, enabling more effective support for multi-asset and multi-project parallel operations, while providing stronger technical foundations in efficiency, security, and risk isolation.

On the account side, the new system introduces a “single asset account” model that consolidates funds and assets into one unified account structure. Users can use their account balance directly for deposits/withdrawals and trading, reducing the learning and operational costs associated with the prior multi-account structure. This design helps lower the barrier for new users, improves capital turnover efficiency, and lays the groundwork for scalable platform operations.

At the trading layer, the upgraded architecture further improves secondary-market trading data presentation and interface capabilities, while also strengthening support for trading APIs. RWA.LTD stated that liquidity quality and trading efficiency are fundamental to an asset’s long-term value, and that the new system will create the technical conditions needed to bring in additional partners and strategic liquidity providers, thereby enhancing stability and predictability in the trading environment.

Complementing the trading upgrade is a parallel enhancement of platform operations and risk-control tooling. The new system delivers finer-grained management capabilities in areas such as user tiering, whitelist administration, and data analytics. It also adopts a multi-project, multi-asset isolation approach to reduce structural risks that can arise as the number of projects grows. The platform emphasized that, as RWA asset types continue to diversify, robust risk-isolation mechanisms are a key prerequisite for long-term, steady operations.

Notably, RWA.LTD has also upgraded its user growth mechanism—shifting from “simple invite-based acquisition” toward an “ecosystem co-building membership system.” The platform plans to link users’ asset holdings, trading behavior, and community contributions, encouraging more users to evolve from one-time users into long-term participants, and gradually forming a more stable and sustainable community structure.

Regarding system migration, RWA.LTD will prioritize user asset security and continuity of use, adopting a transitional strategy in which the new and legacy systems run in parallel. New assets will be issued on the new system first, while existing assets will not be forced to migrate. Through public announcements, user guidance, and technical mapping mechanisms, the platform aims to help users complete the transition smoothly.

RWA.LTD added that, as the RWA industry gradually enters a stage where “operational capability determines long-term value,” the significance of this core-architecture upgrade is to establish a system foundation that supports the full lifecycle of non-financial RWAs. Going forward, the platform will continue to iterate on security, efficiency, and scalability, providing issuers, partner institutions, and users with more stable and clearly defined infrastructure support.

【2026 Workplace Outlook】 Global Project Management Talent Gap Nears 30 Million; PMP® Certification Becomes Key to High Salaries

Data Shows: Demand Surges in Asia; Informatics Leveraging Two Decades of Training Experience to Help Over 10,000 People Join Professional Ranks

HONG KONG, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As the global economy enters a new era of digital transformation and accelerated Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption, the role of Project Management Professionals (PMP) has shifted from simple execution to becoming the core driver of corporate strategy. According to the latest authoritative report released by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), the world is facing an unprecedented crisis in project management talent shortage. It is estimated that by 2035, the world will need nearly 30 million new project professionals to meet demand. Experts speculate that entering 2026, Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region will become severe battlegrounds in the war for talent, and professionals possessing the PMP® (Project Management Professional) certification will see significantly higher salary growth compared to their non-certified peers.

2026 Job Demand Forecast: Strong Growth in Asia, Steady Demand in the West

According to the “Global Project Management Talent Gap” report published by PMI®, the market size for global project management professionals in 2025 is approximately 40 million people. This number already exceeds the global total of nurses (approx. 30 million) and software developers (approx. 25 million). However, this workforce reserve is far from sufficient to cope with future capital investment growth.

Looking ahead to 2026, regional job demand presents the following trends:

  • Hong Kong Region: Report data shows that Hong Kong’s current project management talent pool consists of approximately 87,000 to 88,000 people. However, with the integration of the Greater Bay Area and the development of local infrastructure and innovation technology, it is estimated that by 2035, Hong Kong’s demand for project talent will climb to between 109,000 and 116,000, resulting in a talent gap of up to 42,000 people. This implies that crossing from 2025 into 2026, Hong Kong enterprises will face more severe recruitment challenges, particularly in the Fintech, Construction, and IT Service sectors.
  • Asian Region (China and South Asia): Asia is the locomotive for global project talent demand growth. The report predicts that under a “high growth scenario,” China will need to double its project talent pool from the current 11.1 million to 23.3 million by 2035. Demand growth rates in South Asia (such as India) are even higher, reaching 68% to 91%. In 2026, as infrastructure modernization and digital transformation accelerate in these regions, the demand for project managers will explode.
  • Europe and North America: In contrast to Asia’s explosive growth, North American and European markets present a mature and steady trend. North America is expected to need to fill a talent gap of approximately 1.3 to 1.5 million over the next decade, while Europe needs to fill approximately 2.9 to 3.4 million positions. Although the growth rate is lower (about 20-25%), due to retirement waves caused by an aging population (Attrition), European and American companies will face huge “replacement demand” in 2026, urgently needing new blood to fill vacancies left by senior project managers.

2026 Salary Trends: The “Premium” Effect of PMP® Certification

In a market environment where supply falls short of demand, salaries naturally rise. According to PMI®’s “Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey – Thirteenth Edition,” compensation for project management positions is highly correlated with practitioners’ skills, experience, and certification status.

  • The Value of PMP® Certification: Data shows that practitioners holding the PMP® (Project Management Professional) certification have a median salary that is 33% higher on average than those without the certification. This “PMP® premium” varies by country; for example, in South Africa and Colombia, the gap can reach over 65%; while in the United States, the median salary for PMP® holders is 44% higher than non-holders ($130,000 USD vs. $90,000 USD).
  • Hong Kong and Asia Pacific: Although the report does not separately list salary data for Hong Kong, referencing the neighboring economy of Singapore, the median annual salary for project practitioners is approximately $79,464 USD (approx. HK$620,000), and PMP® holders in Singapore enjoy a 31% salary advantage. It is speculated that in 2026, as an international financial center, Hong Kong will see salary increases for project managers that reference or exceed the Asia-Pacific average to retain talent, especially for mid-to-senior positions holding PMP® certification.
  • Europe and North America: US project professionals have the highest median annual salary, reaching $120,000 USD (approx. HK$936,000), followed by Australia ($103,789 USD) and Germany ($99,512 USD). The survey points out that 66% of respondents received a pay raise in the past 12 months. With inflationary pressure and talent shortages, project management salaries in Europe and America are expected to maintain a steady upward trend in 2026.

From “Executor” to “Strategic Partner”: The M.O.R.E.

Mindset

Beyond hard certifications and salary, PMI®’s latest “Project Success 2025” report emphasizes that future project managers must possess the M.O.R.E. mindset: Manage perceptions, Own success, Relentlessly reassess, and Expand perspective.

The report indicates that only 7% of project professionals can fully implement the M.O.R.E. mindset, and projects led by these few elites achieve a Net Project Success Score (NPSS) as high as 94, far exceeding the average. This indicates that employers in 2026 will place greater value on a project manager’s “Business Acumen”. Project managers who can understand organizational strategy, flexibly respond to changes, and deliver actual commercial value will be the most sought-after talent in the market.

Informatics PMP® Course: Two Decades of Credentials Helping Over 10,000 Students Successfully Obtain PMP®

Facing the massive talent gap and increasingly strict skill requirements of 2026, Informatics Education (HK) Ltd, with its deep training foundation, stands as the strongest backing for professionals seeking qualifications.

Informatics began training PMP® talent as early as 2003, making it one of the pioneers of project management training in Hong Kong. Leveraging over 20 years of teaching experience and professional accumulation, the institute has successfully assisted over 10,000 students in obtaining PMP® professional qualifications, supplying a vast number of project management elites with international perspectives to various industries.

Informatics’ PMP® Project Management Professional Certification Exam Prep Course offers three major advantages:

  1. Senior Heritage & Targeted Strategy: Combining twenty years of training data and experience, Informatics precisely masters PMP exam trends. Specifically targeting the recent increase in the proportion of situational questions, the course provides a wealth of practical case analyses. This directly responds to the “Business Acumen” demand mentioned in the report, teaching students how to make decisions aligned with commercial interests during exams and at work.
  2. Reinforced M.O.R.E. Mindset Training: distinct from traditional teaching that focuses only on “Predictive” processes, Informatics emphasizes the application of “Agile” and “Hybrid” management modes. The course explains in simple terms how to “manage stakeholder perceptions” and “relentlessly reassess” project value, assisting students in elevating from a tactical execution level to a strategic partner level, filling the talent void of the 93% who have not fully mastered the M.O.R.E. mindset.
  3. Career Development Support: Given that PMP® certification can bring an average salary growth of 33%, Informatics provides professional career consultation services. This assists students in translating the PMP® license into actual workplace competitiveness, allowing them to stay a step ahead whether fighting for a promotion and raise or exploring overseas employment opportunities.

In this golden age where project management talent is in short supply, choosing Informatics—with its long history and excellent reputation—is not just about passing an exam, but about becoming a strategic project leader that future enterprises will compete to hire.

About Informatics Education (HK) Ltd

Informatics is a leading professional training institution dedicated to providing high-quality Information Technology and Business Management courses. With rich teaching experience and a team of professional instructors, we have assisted countless professionals in obtaining international certifications and enhancing their workplace competitiveness over the years.

Uxin Announces Official Opening of Its Jinan Used Car Superstore

BEIJING, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Uxin Limited (“Uxin” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: UXIN), China’s leading used car retailer, today announced the official opening of its used car superstore in the city of Jinan in Shandong Province. The Jinan location marks Uxin’s fifth large-scale superstore, following successful openings in Xi’an, Hefei, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou.

Phase one of the Jinan superstore encompasses approximately 40,000 square meters and can accommodate more than 1,000 vehicles for display and sale at full capacity. The superstore’s launch will further strengthen Uxin’s market presence across Northern China and the Shandong province, accelerating the shift toward scaled, branded, and standardized used car retailing in the area.

As the capital city of Shandong Province, Jinan has emerged as a fast-growing automotive hub. The city now has over 4 million registered vehicles, making it one of Shandong’s most important auto consumption markets and a key driver of regional consumption growth. Beyond serving local demand, Jinan’s strategic location enables it to radiate across the entire province and act as a vital transportation and logistics hub connecting Eastern and Northern China, as well as supporting broader Belt and Road trade flows. These advantages create significant potential for the development of large-scale used car circulation.

With the opening of the Jinan superstore, Uxin has now completed all three new superstores planned for 2025. Looking ahead, the Company expects to open four to six additional superstores in 2026. Previously, Uxin has already announced strategic partnership agreements for new superstores in Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Yinchuan, with planning and development for other locations progressing steadily.

About Uxin

Uxin is China’s leading used car retailer, pioneering industry transformation with advanced production, new retail experiences, and digital empowerment. We offer high-quality and value-for-money vehicles as well as superior after-sales services through a reliable, one-stop, and hassle-free transaction experience. Under our omni-channel strategy, we are able to leverage our pioneering online platform to serve customers nationwide and establish market leadership in selected regions through offline superstores with inventory capacities ranging from 2,000 to 8,000 vehicles. Leveraging our extensive industry data and continuous technology innovation throughout more than ten years of operation, we have established strong used car management and operation capabilities. We are committed to upholding our customer-centric approach and driving the healthy development of China’s used car industry.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook and quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Uxin’s strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Uxin may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the SEC, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Uxin’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Uxin’s goal and strategies; its expansion plans; its future business development, financial condition and results of operations; Uxin’s expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its products and services; its ability to provide differentiated and superior customer experience, maintain and enhance customer trust in its platform, and assess and mitigate various risks, including credit; its expectations regarding maintaining and expanding its relationships with business partners, including financing partners; trends and competition in China’s used car e-commerce industry and other related industries; the laws and regulations relating to Uxin’s industry; the general economic and business conditions; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Uxin’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Uxin does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

For investor and media enquiries, please contact: 
Uxin Limited Investor Relations
Uxin Limited
Email: ir@xin.com

The Blueshirt Group
Mr. Jack Wang
Phone: +86 166-0115-0429
Email: Jack@blueshirtgroup.co

 

TSquared Lab launches TSquared Health, an AI-driven longevity ecosystem, with the acquisition of Noviu Health

Dr. Hisham Badaruddin Appointed Chief Medical Officer as TSquared Health Integrates Medical, Biomarker, and AI Longevity Capabilities


SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 December 2025 – TSquared Lab today announced the launch of TSquared Health, a new longevity-focused company designed to help individuals understand and improve their healthspan. By unifying advanced biomarker testing, wearable-derived insights, AI-supported clinical guidance, and targeted optimisation pathways, TSquared Health delivers a structured and continuous approach to preventive care and healthspan optimisation.

TSquared Lab unveils TSquared Health, launching its AI driven longevity ecosystem.
TSquared Lab unveils TSquared Health, launching its AI driven longevity ecosystem.

As part of the launch, TSquared Health has acquired the clinical operations of Noviu Health, a longevity-focused medical practice operating for more than two years. The clinical division now spans across two locations, an established clinic at Upper Paya Lebar Road and a new flagship TSquared Health clinic in Singapore’s Central Business District, expanding access to physician-led longevity services.

TSquared Health’s medical strategy will be overseen by Dr. Hisham Badaruddin, a longevity-focused physician who has led preventive health programmes across clinical and corporate settings. He brings deep experience in metabolic and hormonal health, as well as data-informed personalised medicine, strengthening TSquared Health’s commitment to medically rigorous, data-driven longevity care.

From Total Transformation to Lifelong Transformation

TSquared Lab is widely recognised for its Total Transformation Ecosystem, a science-backed framework unifying personal training, recovery, nutrition, and expert coaching into a structured, results-focused journey. With TSquared Health, the ecosystem now extends into medically supervised longevity and healthspan optimisation.

“TSquared Lab was built on the belief that people deserve results that stay with them,” said Afshan Thakkar, CEO and Founder of TSquared Lab. “TSquared Health is the evolution of that vision — taking our transformation philosophy and applying it to longevity. It is not only about how strong you are today, but how strong, sharp, and independent you will remain decades from now. Our goal is to democratise world-class longevity care by making it accessible, actionable, and continuous.”

With metabolic and lifestyle-driven conditions rising across the region, demand for proactive healthcare has never been higher. TSquared Health addresses this need by supporting early identification, prioritised interventions, and doctor-led optimisation before symptoms develop, empowering clients to take control of their long-term well-being.

The TSquared Integrated AI Longevity Ecosystem

The longevity space today is fragmented: most clinics provide basic biomarker insights with limited follow-through, leaving clients without a clear path forward. TSquared Health was designed to close this gap through a fully integrated, closed-loop ecosystem that aligns medical diagnostics with real-world execution. The ecosystem integrates:

  1. Physician-led Longevity Assessment – Comprehensive medical evaluation focused on metabolic, cardiovascular, hormonal, inflammatory, and cognitive health.
  2. Advanced Biomarker Panels – Two membership tiers, Signature and Elite panels including a deep baseline and a follow-up round, enabling measurement of meaningful biological change over time
  3. Wearable & Device Insights – Continuous inputs such as sleep, recovery, activity, and HRV incorporated into interpretation
  4. AI Insights Layer – transforming biological data into prioritised, actionable steps and continuous monitoring
  5. Personalised Optimisation Pathways: Integrated support across training, movement, nutrition, recovery, and clinical protocols to help clients implement and sustain improvements

Aligned with TSquared Health’s commitment to accessibility, the Signature and Elite Panels are priced to make high-quality preventive testing available to far more people.

By unifying these five key components into a single coordinated system, TSquared Health ensures clients receive clear guidance, precise priorities, and real-world support that drives measurable change.

Turning Data into Action: The TSquared Healthspan Intelligence Engine

At the centre of the ecosystem is the TSquared Healthspan Intelligence Engine, a proprietary AI system that transforms each client’s biomarker, wearable, and lifestyle data into a personalised healthspan score and a focused set of prioritised actions.

Trained with extensive longevity research, the engine highlights the key factors across metabolic, cardiovascular, hormonal, inflammatory, cognitive, and recovery pathways.

Every output is reviewed by an experienced longevity physician, ensuring insights are medically sound, contextualised, and actionable. Rather than pages of raw numbers, clients receive clear, structured guidance on their results and the steps to take next.

The intelligence engine is included with every Signature and Elite Membership.

TSquared Health’s Closed-Loop Longevity Model

Assess. Interpret. Optimise.

Most longevity programmes stop at the first two steps. TSquared Health is built around the third, turning insights into action to drive measurable, long-term health improvements.

Once priorities are identified, TSquared Health activates targeted clinical pathways across its integrated ecosystem, supporting outcomes in areas such as metabolic health, hormonal balance, inflammation control, cardiovascular and cognitive optimisation, and recovery restoration.

“TSquared Health represents a new frontier in proactive healthcare,” said Dr. Hisham Badaruddin, Chief Medical Officer. “By combining biomarker testing, structured interpretation, and real-world intervention under one ecosystem, we can meaningfully shift the trajectory of our clients’ long-term health.”

Hashtag: #TSquaredLab

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About TSquared Lab

TSquared Lab is a Singapore-born fitness, health, nutrition, and longevity company building one of the most comprehensive transformation ecosystems in Asia. Its integrated platform includes TSquared Personal Training, TSquared Physio, TSquared Eats, and TSquared Health, combining science-based methodologies, personalised coaching, and clinical insights to help individuals build long-term strength, health, and vitality.

About Dr. Hisham Badaruddin, Chief Medical Officer, TSquared Health

Dr. Hisham Badaruddin is a board-certified medical doctor with more than 30 years of clinical experience spanning internal medicine, metabolic health, men’s health, and preventive care. He is recognised for integrating traditional clinical practice with advanced biomarker analytics, longitudinal health tracking, and evidence-based optimisation strategies.

Before joining TSquared Health, Dr. Hisham led multidisciplinary preventive-health programmes across diverse populations. His clinical philosophy emphasises early detection, personalised intervention, and long-term healthspan improvement.

Prediction is the New Protection: Gartner® Acknowledged CyCraft as a Sample Vendor We Believe for Emerging AI Cyber Solutions


TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 December, 2025 – CyCraft Technology has been identified as a Gartner® Sample Vendor in both Preemptive Exposure Management (PEM) and Unified Exposure Management (UEM) solutions. With our External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform and XecGuard LLM firewall, CyCraft continues to integrate AI innovation into cybersecurity strategies at forefront.

With AI reshaping cybersecurity landscapes, it is pivotal to adopt unified management that preemptively leverages and secures AI. Integrating AI into cybersecurity defense is one of the emerging trends to combat AI-enabled or affiliated risks. C-suite executives and IT leaders must transit from the traditional detect-and-respond model to an AI-informed, proactive security governance.

Unified Exposed Assets and Attack Surface Management
“The complexity of modern environments leads to fragmented data and isolated visibility. Unified exposure management enables holistic visibility through unified telemetry, enabling comprehensive attack surface visibility, accurate risk assessment and prioritization of remediation efforts.”
Gartner, Emerging Tech: AI Vendor Race: Unified Exposure Management Will Drive Displacement of Fragmented Point Solutions, 29 September 2025.

CyCraft External Attack Surface Management (EASM) automatically discovers potential external threats, correlates multiple intelligence and provides an overview of digital assets from the attacker’s perspective. Constantly discovering exposed credentials on surface web, dark web or public markets, this module mobilizes early warning and leakage tracing. Moreover, with the exclusively trained AI model, EASM offers mitigation and audit recommendations tailored to various compliance requirements.

Caption: CyCraft EASM integrates multi-sourced intelligence and asset management, automating attack path simulation and impact analysis.
Caption: CyCraft EASM integrates multi-sourced intelligence and asset management, automating attack path simulation and impact analysis.

AI-empowered Model Safety, Application Security and Posture Governance
“The emerging AI-enabled threat landscape demands more than just faster detection and response; it requires predictive threat intelligence combined with AI-driven analytics and preemptive action. AI and machine learning (ML) technologies must be used to anticipate attack paths and predict where an adversary is likely to strike to more effectively neutralize potential attacks before they begin.”
Gartner, Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Preemptive Cybersecurity, 7 October 2025.

LLM inherent and related risks are not virtual shadows but substantial threats that jeopardize everyday existence. Since GenAI or LLM outputs are difficult to control, the continuous verification of both input and output is the only way to ensure the validity of a solution.

Built on this logic, CyCraft’s XecGuard is an easily deployable Guardrail module, including cybersecurity, compliance and ethical Guardrails. Defending against Prompt Injection, Jailbreak and Prompt Extraction, XecGuard tackles AI-enabled threats without compromising its performance.

Caption: Compared with other LLMs, CyCraft XecGuard presents more robust model safety.
Caption: Compared with other LLMs, CyCraft XecGuard presents more robust model safety.

To assess your LLM safety range with quantifiable standards, CyCraft XecArena provides different attack scenarios to compare their performance. Users need to coax the LLM to break its System Prompt or leak confidential information. Join this multi-round testing on XecArena now!

CyCraft continues driving AI innovation in enterprise cybersecurity. In our opinion, this research momentum has further been witnessed by the reception of NeurIPS and EMNLP.

“We believe, being acknowledged in these influential Gartner reports validates our strategic vision and technological innovation,” said Dr. Benson Wu, CEO and Co-Founder of CyCraft Technology. “We’ve consistently invested in AI-driven, preemptive capabilities that enable organizations to stay ahead of invisible threats.”

Limited Evaluation Program
EASM Lite Experience

Evaluation Application
For organizations seeking full functionality, CyCraft is offering a limited evaluation program for 50 qualified enterprises. Participants will receive two External Exposure Analysis Reports, enabling security and governance teams to quantify external attack surface risks and establish data-driven priorities for remediation.

Reports
Gartner, Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Preemptive Cybersecurity, 7 October 2025.

Gartner, Emerging Tech: AI Vendor Race: Unified Exposure Management Will Drive Displacement of Fragmented Point Solutions, 29 September 2025.

Disclaimer

Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and its affiliates.

Hashtag: #CyCraft



The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About CyCraft

CyCraft is a leading AI cybersecurity company, dedicated to automating cybersecurity with AI technology. With a proven track record in government, finance, high-tech semiconductor, and other industries, and strong recognition from international institutions, CyCraft continues to build Asia’s most advanced AI Security Operations Center, fully committed to safeguarding enterprise digital resilience.

CyCraft’s product suite encompasses AI Red Teaming for automated validation of Large Language Model (LLM) security and strengthening cloud and on-premise AI models with AI Guardrail technology—aiming to build multi-layered cybersecurity resilience for the entire AI ecosystem. The XCockpit AI platform integrates three pillars of XASM (Extended Attack Surface Management): EASM, IASM, and automated endpoint protection, providing enterprises with proactive, preventative, and real-time deep defense.