Accelerating Expansion into the U.S. Market to Empower Cross-Border Payments in China–U.S. Trade

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XTransfer, the world’s leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, made its debut as an exhibitor at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2026) in Las Vegas. This appearance marks XTransfer’s acceleration into the North and South American markets and its commitment to providing Chinese and U.S. foreign trade enterprises with secure, compliant, and efficient cross-border payment solutions, facilitating smoother global trade fund flows.

As the world’s largest and most influential trade show for electronics and technology, CES brings together technology companies, innovators, and industry professionals from around the globe and serves as a key platform to showcase cutting-edge technologies and business solutions. At CES 2026, XTransfer will comprehensively present its innovation capabilities and core strengths in B2B cross-border trade payments to global buyers, sellers, and partners, further enhancing its brand influence in the North American and global markets.

In recent years, China–U.S. trade has remained active with extensive participation from numerous SMEs in foreign trade. However, cross-border collections and payments can be cumbersome, costly, and carry significant compliance risks. Some enterprises are even forced to use non-compliant channels, creating pronounced risks to fund security. Leveraging the CES 2026 opportunity, XTransfer will focus on China–U.S. trade scenarios and provide a one-stop cross-border payment solution that helps enterprises reduce remittance and FX costs, improve cash turnover efficiency, and ensure end-to-end compliance and security in transactions.

On compliance and localisation, XTransfer continues to advance its systematic layout in the U.S. market and has established partnerships with multiple mainstream U.S. banks, enabling it to provide cross-border collection, settlement, and compliance support to customers nationwide. The company continues to strengthen its compliance credentials and has recently made progress on its U.S. licensing applications, having obtained money transmitter licenses from regulators in Alabama and North Dakota. As of November 2025, XTransfer has secured authorisation to conduct business in 25 U.S. states (of which 24 states have granted the relevant money transmission licenses; Montana does not require such a license), laying a solid foundation for long-term, compliant services to U.S. and global trade companies.

Through the XTransfer platform, enterprises engaged in China–U.S. trade can complete the entire process online, from account opening, collections and payments, and foreign exchange to withdrawal, without frequent bank visits. When both buyer and seller use XTransfer accounts, funds can be received quickly on a 24/7 basis in a secure and compliant manner, effectively avoiding fund hold-ups and significantly improving cash flow efficiency. Meanwhile, XTransfer can substantially reduce remittance and FX costs, genuinely easing burdens and boosting efficiency for MSMEs.

In addition to exhibiting at CES 2026, XTransfer is also a major partner supporting CES 2026 Asia Night. With strong support from the event organiser, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), a former U.S. Ambassador to China, and the Nevada state government, the event gathered over 400 representatives from leading Chinese exhibitors, top-going-global brands and ecosystem partners, provincial and municipal commercial offices in the U.S., global industry and investment institutions, and technology leaders. XTransfer aims to leverage this platform to further promote industrial matchmaking and economic and trade cooperation between China, the U.S., and Asian enterprises.

XTransfer’s U.S. business lead commented at CES: “Participating in CES 2026 is not only a crucial step in our internationalisation strategy but also a key milestone in deeply cultivating the U.S. market and serving global trade enterprises. Going forward, XTransfer will continue to leverage its technological strengths and global compliance footprint to connect more international financial institutions and provide safer, more convenient, and lower-cost cross-border payment services for Chinese, U.S., and global foreign trade enterprises, further improving the facilitation of global trade.”

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About XTransfer

XTransfer, world-leading B2B Cross-Border Trade Payment Platform, is dedicated to providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with secure, compliant, fast, convenient and low-cost foreign trade payment and fund collection solutions, significantly reducing the cost of global expansion and enhancing global competitiveness. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Shanghai and has branches in Hong Kong SAR, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, the UAE, and Nigeria. XTransfer has obtained local payment licenses in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, and Australia. To date, XTransfer serves over 800,000 enterprise clients worldwide.

By cooperating with well-known multinational banks and financial institutions, XTransfer has built a unified global multi-currency clearing network and a data-based, automated, internet-based and intelligent anti-money laundering risk control infrastructure centred on SMEs. XTransfer uses technology as a bridge to link large financial institutions and SMEs around the world, allowing SMEs to enjoy the same level of cross-border financial services as large multinational corporations.

XTransfer completed its Series D financing in September 2021 and achieved unicorn status. The company has a diverse composition of international investors, including D1 Capital Partners LP, Telstra Ventures, China Merchants Venture, eWTP Capital, Yunqi Capital, Gaorong Capital, 01VC, MindWorks and Lavender Hill Capital Partners.

For more information, please visit: https://www.xtransfer.com

** XTransfer’s relevant money transmission and payment services in the United States are conducted under state licences and comply with federal BSA/AML and OFAC requirements. Service availability, fees, and settlement times vary depending on customer type, transaction corridor, state, banking channels, and compliance review; money transmission services are not offered or advertised in all states. For the latest licence list and status, please refer to the most recent disclosures on the XTransfer official website. This press release does not constitute an offer of services or a ‘licensed/available’ statement in any unlicensed jurisdiction.

Introducing Vibe Testing for the Age of Infinite Code: As Agentic AI transforms software development, TestMu AI introduces autonomous agents to ensure quality keeps pace with infinite code, powering 1.5+ billion tests annually across 18,000+ enterprises.

SAN FRANCISCO and NOIDA, India, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LambdaTest, the AI-native, agentic quality engineering platform, today announced its rebrand to TestMu AI, marking a bold step forward in its evolution from a cloud testing platform to the world’s first full-stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform.

The leadership team behind TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest), marking the next chapter in Agentic AI Quality Engineering.

The transformation addresses a critical inflection point in software development: as AI generates code at unprecedented rates, traditional testing creates a bottleneck. Quality Engineering teams need intelligent systems that can reason about change, observe failures, and adapt continuously.

As TestMu AI, the organization is expanding its platform to support the next generation of software builders, including ‘vibe coders.’ Their AI agents allow developers to ‘vibe test‘ and move at the speed of thought, and ensure that vibe-coded apps are not only of high quality but are also reliable when they come in front of customers.

This shift reflects the company’s average 110% year-on-year growth over the last 2 years. To date, the platform has executed billions of tests for 18,000+ enterprise customers, including Microsoft, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Vimeo, Dunlem across 90+ countries.

Founded in 2018, LambdaTest rapidly became one of the most trusted names in cloud-based test orchestration and execution. They built a scalable, high-performance test cloud that removed flakiness, improved developer feedback loops, and drastically accelerated release velocity.

In 2022, the company began a deep transformation, moving deep into agentic AI across its products and workflows to empower autonomous, intelligent quality engineering at scale. Today, TestMu AI’s AI-Agentic unified platform powers end-to-end quality engineering for over 2.8 million developers and testers worldwide, helping teams ship faster and build with confidence.

“AI is fundamentally changing how software is built and shipped,” said Asad Khan, CEO and Co-Founder of TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest). “Development cycles that once took weeks now take hours. But speed without quality is chaos. We recognized that testing needed to evolve from brittle, high-maintenance automations to intelligent context-driven agents that understand change and act on it autonomously. We have evolved from an execution cloud into an active, intelligent partner in the software testing lifecycle. With billions of tests running on our platform, we are now delivering experiences where human ingenuity and machine intelligence combine to make quality engineering effortlessly powerful.”

TestMu AI has rearchitected its platform to be AI-native, deploying autonomous AI Agents to plan, author, execute, and analyze software quality with minimal manual intervention. The platform now delivers:

• Autonomous AI Agents for Testing: Plan, author, and evolve end-to-end tests using company-wide context or simple natural language prompts. Users can now test every layer of the database, API, UI, performance, and more.
• Agentic AI Test Cloud: A scalable and unified test execution cloud to run any type of test at any scale, including visual regression, accessibility, API, and performance testing, web and mobile, to custom enterprise environments.

The name ‘TestMu’ was adopted directly from its community. Since 2022, the TestMu Conference has served as the industry’s primary forum for advancements in AI and quality engineering.

By adopting this name, the company is signaling that the community is the core of the organization, infusing the spirit of that open, collaborative conference into the platform itself.

“Our community recognized the spirit of TestMu long before this announcement,” Khan added. “TestMu represents a thriving community, a shared craft, and the future of quality engineering.”

The company was recently recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI-Augmented Software Testing Tools report and in The Forrester Wave™: Autonomous Testing Platforms 2025 report.

“Our journey has mirrored the evolution of software testing itself,” said Mudit Singh, Co-Founder and Head of Marketing, TestMu AI. “We began by building the ‘Perfect Cloud for the Cloud Era,’ solving pain points related to scalable infrastructure, and helped start the industry’s one of the earliest conversations around AI in testing through the TestMu Conference. Today, we are entering a new phase, where agentic AI enables autonomous, end-to-end quality engineering. TestMu AI represents this shift: a forward-looking identity built for an AI-native future, while staying deeply rooted in our ecosystem, our community, and our relentless commitment to quality.”

Looking ahead, TestMu AI’s roadmap includes fully autonomous AI agents, agent-to-agent testing, evaluation of AI systems by AI agents, and deep integration with codebases and developer workflows, positioning quality engineering as a continuously learning, self-governing layer of modern software development.

For more information, visit: https://www.testmu.ai

About TestMu AI

TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest) is a Full-Stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform that empowers teams to test intelligently and ship faster. Engineered for scale, it offers end-to-end AI agents to plan, author, execute, and analyze software quality. AI-native by design, the platform enables testing of web, mobile, and enterprise applications at any scale across real devices, real browsers, and custom real-world environments.

• Uniper CEO Michael Lewis: “One of the first large-scale supply corridors between India and Europe”
• AM Green Founder Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty: “A milestone for India’s role in the global energy transition”

DÜSSELDORF, Germany and HYDERABAD, India, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Uniper Global Commodities SE (“Uniper”) and AM Green Ammonia India Private Limited (“AM Green Ammonia”) today announced the signing of a long-term binding offtake agreement for renewable ammonia certified as a Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO). The agreement, the first of its kind for an Indian company, was exchanged between Mr. Michael Lewis, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and CEO of Uniper, and Mr. Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty, Founder & Group Chairman of AM Green, in the presence of His Excellency German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Honourable Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today at Ahmedabad.

Under the agreement, Uniper will offtake up to 500,000 tons per year from AM Green’s green ammonia projects. First shipment is expected to happen as early as 2028 from AM Green Ammonia’s first 1MTPA under construction plant in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The contract is an important milestone in India’s quest of becoming a leading exporter of green hydrogen and green ammonia to the world and is aligned with India’s Honourable Prime Minister’s vision of National Hydrogen Mission.

For Uniper, the agreement represents a significant step forward in developing a diversified portfolio of renewable and low-carbon molecules for European customers. As a feedstock and a potential hydrogen carrier, renewable ammonia will help decarbonize industrial sectors such as chemicals, fertilizers, refining, and, over time, shipping. Uniper and AM Green Ammonia will continue working with certification bodies to ensure traceability and high integrity reporting for European end-users.

Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty, Founder, Greenko Group and AM Green, said: “This partnership is a milestone for India’s role in the global energy transition. AM Green’s renewable ammonia is designed to meet stringent European RFNBO compliance standards. This is achieved through our unique firm and dispatchable clean electricity solutions. It is enabling multiple downstream sectors including ammonia, aluminium, chemicals, and other energy-intensive industries lower their emissions significantly for India and now for the World.”

Michael Lewis, CBE, CEO of Uniper, said: “This agreement with AM Green Ammonia is a key building block in our strategy to provide our customers with reliable access to renewable and low carbon molecules at scale. Green ammonia stands out as one of the most promising solutions to decarbonise CO2-intensive production of chemicals, fertilizers and, through green hydrogen, also in refining. Importantly, it offers among the lowest CO2 avoidance costs compared to other renewable and low carbon molecules – thanks to its mature production process and the absence of carbon feedstock requirements. With clear, stable and credible rules – and with procurement and demand-side measures such as clear quotas for renewable molecules that reward verified CO2-abatement performance – we can accelerate the decarbonization while safeguarding competitiveness. We are proud to help establish one of the first large-scale supply corridors between India and Europe.”

Mahesh Kolli, Co-Founder, Greenko Group and AM Green, said: “I am happy to share that our partnership with Uniper reaffirms our offering of the lowest possible carbon footprint hydrogen/ammonia delivered at the right price point for large scale adoption for decarbonising global energy systems. This outcome reflects the focused collaboration and disciplined execution of our teams, strengthened by the strategic partnership of our investors, Gentari, GIC, ADIA — together creating an integrated ecosystem capable of delivering green ammonia at a global scale with speed and reliability.”

John Roper, CEO Middle East, Uniper Global Commodities, commented: “I am delighted and immensely proud that we have reached this landmark agreement. It stands as a testament to the dedication and perseverance of our teams, whose collaborative spirit, innovative thinking, and shared vision have turned our ambition into reality. Together, we have paved the way for a sustainable future and demonstrated what can be accomplished through genuine partnership. Moreover, this landmark agreement shows that by aligning supply, certification and demand-side incentives, we can bring competitive, renewable molecules to European industry at scale – delivering real emission reductions.”

About AM Green Ammonia Portfolio Projects

AM Green Ammonia is a partnership among AM Green, Gentari, GIC and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). AM Green is developing a portfolio of green ammonia plants across Kakinada, Tuticorin and Kandla. The first Plant of this portfolio of 1 MTPA capacity is under construction in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh which achieved critical milestone of Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2024. AM Green Ammonia has already started construction on its green ammonia plant, making it one of select few large-scale RFNBO compliant green ammonia plants in construction globally. The plant has already achieved significant progress including site works, award of all major contracts, key approvals, and is scheduled to start supply of green ammonia in 2028. The development is supported by a network of renowned partners including Casale, Air Liquide, Rely – a JV between Technip Energies and John Cockerill, Toyo, Gentari, NTPC Renewables and many others. The project helps secure more than 600 local jobs and is expected to avoid around 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually once fully operational.

About AM Green

AM Green, a dedicated platform of the Greenko Group, is focused on producing renewable hydrogen and converting it into renewable ammonia at scale. AM Green has created a unique architecture for generating renewable energy: a pumped storage power plant supports the base load supply of renewable electricity from 2.3 GW of combined wind and solar capacity, using advanced European electrolyser and ammonia synthesis technology. Backed by global investors and technology partners, AM Green recently took a final investment decision to develop a world-scale facility in Kakinada, with a production capacity of up to 1 million tons renewable ammonia per year.

About Uniper

Düsseldorf-based Uniper is a European energy company with global reach and operations in more than 40 countries. It has about 7,500 employees and plays a key role in ensuring a secure energy supply in Europe, particularly in its core markets of Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Uniper’s 14 gigawatts of flexible power generating capacity make it a mainstay of reliable power production. Uniper is a leading gas trader and one of Northwestern Europe’s most important LNG importers, and its broad procurement portfolio enhances supply security. Uniper’s investments in renewables, hydrogen, and other low-carbon energy carriers propel the transformation of the energy system.

Uniper provides energy and services to about 1,000 municipalities and industrial companies in its home market, Germany. Uniper is also Germany’s largest operator of gas storage facilities and hydropower plants.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Uniper SE management and other information currently available to Uniper. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. Uniper SE does not intend, and does not assume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

XUZHOU, China, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XCMG Machinery (SHE: 000425) is starting 2026 on a high note with multiple batch deliveries of a wide range of products to customers both at home and abroad. The bulk shipments have embarked on their journey to Europe, North America, South Asia, the Middle East, South America and more to support global construction endeavors and low-carbon infrastructure development.

On January 1, with the world’s first crane XCA4000 proudly leading the way, nearly 30 steel giants assembled for deployment with a total value nearly CNY200 million (USD28.66 million).

XCMG Machinery has sent off hundreds of medium- and large-tonnage excavators and loaders to mining sites in China and overseas, heralding a new year of global expansion with a total order value exceeding one billion yuan, providing strong equipment support for global mining development:

• The intelligent mining fleet featuring 190 units of XE215C and 7 units of XE335G crawler excavators, 2 units of XE150WD wheeled excavators and more will perform precise tasks of stripping, excavation, loading, and leveling at mining sites in Myanmar.
• The green loading fleet that brings together the world’s largest-tonnage pure-electric loader XC9150-EV, the world’s highest load capacity hybrid loader in its class XC9260XE, and the best-selling pure-electric loader XC9108-EV. The XC9260XE features a high-voltage electric drive system, which improves transmission efficiency by over 20% compared to traditional hydraulic systems, reduces fuel consumption by more than 20%, and cuts carbon emissions by over 200 tons per unit annually.

In the meantime, dozens of XCMG aerial work platforms have departed on January 7 to global markets, featuring the XGS50K high-reach boom lift, XGA16ACK, XGA20ACK, and XGA22ACK electric articulated boom products, 8-16-meter series scissor lifts, as well as the XT2506E and XT5017K telehandlers, fully meeting the demands of various construction scenarios worldwide.

XCMG Sanitation heralded a promising start with the dispatch of over 20 units of 20-cubic-meter rear-loading compactors to Africa. The model’s fully sealed design effectively eliminates secondary pollution during waste transfers; the user-friendly operation and high efficiency make them the ideal vehicle for densely populated areas. With core advantages of large capacity, high compression ratio, and robust, reliable superstructure design, XCMG’s waste compaction vehicle series has now successfully entered 22 countries.

Meanwhile, XCMG has secured an order for over 300 electric forklifts from the European market, with the first batch of 60 KP series new energy forklifts successfully shipped. For Southeast Asia, a hundred-plus forklifts and over ten customized electric port machines have also partially shipped the first batch.

Through the “Product + Service + Solution” model, XCMG delivers lifecycle support via a smart service system, backed by a global supply chain network and regional spare parts centers. XCMG is committed to offering customers worldwide high-efficiency, reliable, and green integrated equipment solutions, empowering them to minimize operating costs and maximize value creation.

• Teachers of years 1-10 see the benefits of hands-on computer science and AI education but lack the right tools to engage students, according to a new report, ‘Building the Future: A Global Report on Computer Science & AI Education’.
• Age-appropriate and curriculum-aligned LEGO^® Education lessons equip educators with everything they need to teach computer science and AI concepts as part of their curriculum.
• Students explore and build essential computer science and AI literacy skills through hands-on, collaborative and meaningful learning.

BILLUND, Denmark, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, LEGO^® Education announced a new hands-on solution and curriculum for computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) for year 1-10 classrooms that fosters collaboration, creativity, and learning outcomes. Shipping from April 2026, LEGO^® Education Computer Science & AI enables schools to expand critically needed access to computer science and AI education.

“We have a vision for kids learning, building and coding together – moving away from classrooms where kids work individually on computers with headphones on,” said Atish Gonsalves, Head of Product, Computer Science & AI, LEGO Education. With LEGO Education Computer Science & AI, students collaborate and work in groups of four while teachers facilitate hands-on lessons with ready-to-use materials. Kits are specifically designed for years 1-2, 3-6 and 7-10, featuring LEGO^® bricks, hardware and lessons that are accessible for beginners yet offer infinite possibilities for experienced learners.

‘Building the Future: A Global Report on Computer Science & AI Education’ found that many teachers are lacking the right tools to engage their students in these concepts. In fact, more than half of teachers globally say current resources leave students “bored”, and nearly half say computer science isn’t relatable and doesn’t connect to students’ interests or day-to-day. While 69 per cent of global teachers agree AI literacy is critical for students’ futures, 40 per cent say their schools aren’t prepared to teach it responsibly.

“The future will be led by children who don’t just use technology – they understand it, question it and ultimately build a better world with it,” said Andrew Sliwinski, Head of Product Experience, LEGO Education. “AI presents incredible opportunities for learning, but it must be introduced with intention and care. This is why we developed a solution for the classroom grounded in the LEGO Group’s values of child safety, privacy and well-being. With LEGO Education Computer Science & AI, children engage with AI to build their understanding of how the technology works in a safe and responsible way.”

LEGO Education is introducing a hands-on, student-centred approach to effectively teach computer science concepts in the classroom and foster AI literacy, creativity and student agency. The report found that teachers value digital learning with screens but want more balance to deliver the best learning outcomes. The LEGO Education curriculum includes both screen-free lessons and lessons that combine physical bricks with the digital LEGO^® Education Coding Canvas to bring student creations to life. To understand why and how the technology works, students build and experiment with AI, ultimately learning how to engage with it in a more meaningful and responsible way. This marks a significant shift in how these subjects are taught in classrooms.

With the upcoming launch of LEGO Education Computer Science & AI and the recent introduction of LEGO^® Education Science, LEGO Education is designing solutions that equip schools with the tools they need to more easily and effectively teach subjects that have often been disconnected and inaccessible to many students and teachers. As part of this transition, the LEGO^® Education SPIKE™ Portfolio will retire, including LEGO^® Education SPIKE™ Prime and LEGO^® Education SPIKE™ Essential. For details and timing, visit LEGOeducation.com/SPIKE-retirement.

LEGO Education Computer Science & AI will begin shipping in April 2026. To learn more, visit LEGOeducation.com/CS-AI.

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• Kits will be available in three grade bands: years 1-2, 3-6 and 7-10.
• Each kit is a stackable box containing LEGO bricks, interactive hardware, connection card(s), charging cable(s) and building instructions.
• LEGO Education Coding Canvas offers intuitive, block-based coding experience with word and icon blocks (available on a web browser or as an iOS app). LEGO Education Coding Canvas requires no student login, and data is only saved locally.
• Free unlimited access to the online Teacher Portal includes Getting Started materials, facilitation notes, classroom presentations, curriculum-aligned lessons and more.
• Collaborative experiences invite students to build, code and create their own AI interactions.
• FIRST^® LEGO^® League Future Edition deepens the learning from LEGO Education Computer Science & AI in the classroom. FIRST LEGO League will be available as Founders Edition and Future Edition. For information on eligibility and availability, visit: LEGOeducation.com/FLL

Building the Future: A Global Report on Computer Science & AI Education
Survey of 1,800 teachers and administrators across the United States, Germany, South Korea and Australia. Respondents included general educators, US administrators and computer science specialists. The survey was conducted by Edelman DXI Research on behalf of LEGO Education during August and September 2025.

Download the full report: LEGOeducation.com/AI

About LEGO^® Education
LEGO^® Education brings inquiry-based, hands-on learning into year 1-10 classrooms and beyond, combining educators’ expertise with engaging LEGO^® bricks and standards-aligned lessons to deliver meaningful learning outcomes. These learning experiences, rooted in safety, collaboration and hands-on discovery, inspire students to believe that any subject or path in life is within reach.

LEGO, the LEGO logo, LEGO Education, the LEGO Education logo and the SPIKE logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2026 The LEGO Group.

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LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI kits include LEGO® bricks, hardware, and lessons that are accessible for beginners while offering infinite possibilities for experienced learners.

With LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI, students explore and build essential computer science and AI literacy skills through hands-on, collaborative, and meaningful learning.

Each LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI kit includes a scope and sequence with 30 inquiry-based, curriculum-aligned lessons that can integrate seamlessly into existing programs or provide standalone computer science and AI curriculum coverage.

LEGO® Education is introducing a hands-on, student-centered approach to effectively teach computer science concepts in the classroom and foster AI literacy, creativity, and student agency.

SYDNEY, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Apex AI, the AI-automation capability firm from Roar Global, has expanded its delivery network in Australia to help high-growth founders and operators access certified automation capability faster, and at a level of quality and reliability that traditional hiring channels cannot match.

Founder and CEO of Roar Global, Mustafa Kassim with the Apex AI core team members

With AI and workflow automation now critical to productivity, Australian companies are facing a shortage of specialists who can design, build, and maintain the systems that drive scale. Apex AI addresses this gap by sourcing top automation engineers from Asian hubs such as the Philippines, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka, upskilling them to meet global standards, and integrating them directly into founder-led, high-growth teams as embedded automation capacity.

“The hiring bottleneck is real,” said Mustafa Kassim, Founder & CEO of Roar Global. “Top operators don’t have six months to build automation capability internally. Apex AI gives them engineers who can be deployed in weeks and deliver outcomes at the speed their businesses demand.”

Unlike traditional outsourcing models, Apex AI specialists work as full-time, embedded team members aligned to product goals and delivery velocity. They bring hands-on capability across leading automation and AI tools such as Make, Zapier, HubSpot, and emerging LLM-driven automation stacks, enabling Australian companies to scale operations without scaling headcount costs at the same rate.

“Founders need speed, certainty, and accountability,” said Amrit Rupa, Director, Business Development at Apex AI. “Our engineers are vetted for capability, trained for impact, and supported continuously to ensure consistent delivery, adaptability, and reliability over time”

Australia has become a key focus market for Apex AI as the country enters a new productivity race driven by artificial intelligence. The company believes that better access to automation capability can unlock scale for founders and builders, reduce operational drag, and accelerate revenue growth.

Apex AI’s delivery network already supports startups across SaaS, e-commerce, and digital services, enabling rapid execution across data operations, customer lifecycle automation, sales productivity, and AI-native workflow design.

About Apex AI

Apex AI, a venture by Roar Global, is an AI-automation capability firm that enables fast-growing companies to deploy certified automation engineers into their core teams. By combining rigorous capability development with frictionless deployment, Apex AI helps founders scale faster, reduce execution risk, and build operational leverage in the AI age.

Ally, powered by Infosys Topaz™, will further boost the tennis experience with humanized, intelligent fan interactions

BENGALURU, India, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and ATP, global governing body of men’s professional tennis, today announced the launch of Ally, an AI-powered chatbot, to further enhance fan engagement and bring the tennis community closer to the sport. Building on their decade-long relationship, Infosys and ATP also announced an extension of their partnership through 2028, furthering efforts to enrich the tennis ecosystem with cutting-edge digital solutions. As ATP’s Digital Innovation Partner since 2015, Infosys has been instrumental in developing ATP’s digital platforms, including ATP PlayerZone, the ATP Stats Centre, and the ATP app.

Ally is powered by Infosys Topaz, an AI-first offering using generative AI technologies. It offers real-time insights to fans, answering questions on match statistics, tournament draws, schedules, and more. Users can also access head-to-head comparisons, player stats, and historical records. Designed for tennis enthusiasts (fans and journalists), players and coaches, Ally delivers clear, concise information while enabling intelligent, interactive conversations for a seamless experience. Through continuous learning mechanisms, Ally intelligently refines its responses over time, ensuring the platform’s capabilities evolve in step with the growth of the tennis ecosystem. Integrated with the ATP Stats Centre, Ally ensures fact-checked responses and maintains safety and compliance through robust guardrails like content filtering, personally identifiable information (PII) removal, and contextual checks to detect and prevent misinformation and hallucinations, enabling a safe and positive user experience.

Infosys and ATP have also, in 2025, launched Version 2.0 of Carbon Tracker, the award-winning sustainability initiative to help players measure and reduce their travel emissions on tour. Since launching in 2023, more than 300 players have engaged with the tool, tracking 2.3 million kilometers of travel and offsetting 585 tonnes of carbon in 2025 alone.

Chris Dix, ATP Chief Technology Officer, said: “Over the past decade, Infosys has played a key role in strengthening our sport through digital solutions. As AI and data become increasingly central to how we operate, we’re excited to use these capabilities to deliver more in-depth and innovative experiences for our players and fans. Ally marks the next step on this journey, using AI to reshape how fans can follow the game and making tennis more interactive and accessible for all.”

Sumit Virmani, Chief Marketing Officer, Infosys, said, “With Infosys Topaz and our deep expertise in AI, we are making tennis more accessible and engaging for every fan, not just seasoned followers. Ally marks a shift from passive viewing to truly interactive participation, creating a space where even casual fans can connect with the sport through natural, intuitive conversations. This is about using AI to simplify complexity, spark curiosity, and bringing the joy of tennis closer to millions around the world.”

Visit ATPTour.com to discover how Ally can bring you closer to the action.

About ATP

As a global governing body of men’s professional tennis, the ATP’s mission is to serve tennis. We entertain a billion global fans, showcase the world’s greatest players at the most prestigious tournaments, and inspire the next generation of fans and players. From the United Cup in Australia, to Europe, the Americas and Asia, the stars of the game battle for titles and PIF ATP Rankings points at ATP Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, and Grand Slams. All roads lead towards the Nitto ATP Finals, the prestigious season finale held in Turin, Italy. Featuring only the world’s top 8 qualified singles players and doubles teams, the tournament also sees the official crowning of the year-end ATP World No. 1, presented by PIF, the ultimate achievement in tennis. For more information, please visit www.ATPTour.com

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 320,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses, and communities. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.

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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, or our future financial or operating performance, are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the ‘safe harbor’ under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding the execution of our business strategy, increased competition for talent, our ability to attract and retain personnel, increase in wages, investments to reskill our employees, our ability to effectively implement a hybrid work model, economic uncertainties and geo-political situations, technological disruptions and innovations such as artificial intelligence (“AI”), generative AI, the complex and evolving regulatory landscape including immigration regulation changes, our ESG vision, our capital allocation policy and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, profitability, liquidity, capital resources, our corporate actions including acquisitions, and cybersecurity matters. Important factors that may cause actual results or outcomes to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements are discussed in more detail in our US Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.