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SMU wins prestigious THE Awards Asia 2025 – Teaching & Learning Strategy of the Year

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore Management University (SMU) is proud to announce that it has been named Winner in the ‘Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year’ category at the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2025. The accolade was awarded in recognition of SMU-X, the University’s flagship industry project-based experiential learning framework that integrates academic knowledge with real-world industry projects.

SMU wins Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2025 (photo credit - THE)
SMU wins Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2025 (photo credit – THE)

Held annually, the THE Awards Asia celebrate innovation and excellence across higher education institutions in Asia. Often dubbed the ‘Oscars of higher education’, the awards recognise outstanding leadership, impactful initiatives, and transformative educational practices across the region.

The accolade marks a significant milestone for SMU-X, pioneered 10 years ago as a differentiating pedagogy, underscoring the University’s longstanding commitment to redefining learning through interdisciplinary, collaborative, and experiential approaches.

SMU Provost, Professor Alan Chan, said, “We are deeply honoured to receive this recognition from THE Awards Asia, which is particularly meaningful this year as the University celebrates its 25th anniversary. SMU-X has evolved over the past decade into a distinctive hallmark of our undergraduate and postgraduate education; it exemplifies our belief that learning should not only be rigorous but also relevant, connected, and transformative.”

“As we look ahead to the next chapter of SMU-X, we will continue to innovate and scale its impact. We aim to further integrate technology, expand global project opportunities, and deepen partnerships that deliver meaningful and impactful multi-disciplinary solutions. This prestigious award is both a celebration and a call to action,” he added.

In the citation, THE Award Asia judges noted that situating learning in the real world is an effective way to prepare students for success beyond university, and lauded SMU for having overcome the challenging practicalities of extending teaching outside the classroom. “SMU fosters a sustainable ecosystem of learning and collaboration that strengthens university-industry synergy and drives continuous pedagogical improvement,” noted the judging panel.

SMU-X – an innovative pedagogy that has gained global recognition

Launched in 2015, SMU-X was designed to bridge the gap between classroom theory and industry practice. The framework, which spans undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education programmes, integrates academic coursework with experiential learning, enabling students to apply knowledge in practical settings. Students work in teams alongside industry professionals from corporations, non-profit organisations, government agencies and community partners to develop insights and recommendations, to tackle specific challenges that reflect evolving industry needs. Meanwhile, faculty members serve as academic mentors, guiding students through research, analysis, and solution development while embedding academic rigour into every project.

By allowing students to work with peers across different disciplines, SMU encourages collaboration and cultivates the teamwork and communication skills inherent to interdisciplinarity. By exposing students to diverse sectors, perspectives and real-world challenges, SMU also prepares them to be effective global citizens beyond Singapore and the region.

From a pilot of 58 students in two courses in 2015, SMU-X has grown to 40,000 enrolments in 170 courses a decade later. SMU-X has facilitated over 6,600 projects with more than 1,200 partners. In the current Academic Year 2024-2025, 78 SMU-X modules are being offered, with about 5,000 students partnering with organisations across all sectors, in Singapore and overseas. 

In addition to its local success, SMU-X has inspired global interest and institutional collaborations. The experiential learning model has been featured in global higher education forums as a best-practice case study in applied learning, and won multiple accolades on the global stage. These include the Green Gown Award 2024 – Next Generational Learning and Skills’ category; and the 2024 QS Reimagine Education Awards – Gold award and Innovation in Business Education Award

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About Singapore Management University

Established in 2000, Singapore Management University (SMU) is recognised for its disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research that address issues of global relevance, impacting business, government, and society. Its distinctive education incorporating innovative experiential learning, aims to nurture global citizens, entrepreneurs and change agents. Home to over 13,000 students, SMU offers a wide range of bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degree programmes in the disciplinary areas of Accountancy, Business, Economics, Computing, Law and Social Sciences, as well as in multi-disciplinary combinations of these areas. It also offers a growing number of executive development and continuing education programmes. Through its city campus, SMU focuses on making meaningful impact on Singapore and beyond through its partnerships with industry, policy makers and academic institutions. www.smu.edu.sg

Aice Strengthens Regional Leadership and Accelerates International Expansion

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 April 2025 – In early 2025, Aice, a leading ice cream brand in Southeast Asia, attracted significant attention from global investors following a new round of investment from major shareholders, including China Mengniu Dairy Group – its controlling shareholder. This capital injection is widely viewed as providing both financial and strategic support for Aice’s rapid expansion across Southeast Asia and other new international markets.

Strategic Market Positioning: From Indonesian Launch to Regional Leadership

Since its overseas launch in 2015, Aice has rapidly established itself as a pioneer in Southeast Asia’s ice cream industry. With annual revenues exceeding RMB3 billion, Aice now holds the leading market share in Indonesia, ranks second in the Philippines, and continues to strengthen its position in Vietnam.

Aice’s success is rooted in its precise regional market strategy. Following extensive market research, Aice identified Indonesia as its initial overseas market, targeting local demand for affordable, high-quality products. To address cross-border logistics challenges and offer its products at competitive prices, Aice established three local factories to ensure it can flexibly and rapidly adapt to local market preferences, optimize costs, and build a robust local distribution network.

Within just three years of entering Indonesia, Aice’s annual sales soared from RMB20 million to RMB1.2 billion. The Company has since expanded successfully into the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Timor-Leste, making it one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing companies and a benchmark for Chinese F&B brands going global. In 2024, its factory in the Philippines officially began operations, further enhancing its regional manufacturing footprint and enabling broader distribution across Southeast Asian and beyond.

Innovating Products, Channels, and Marketing: Building Differentiated Competitive Advantages

Aice has established strong competitive barriers and captured consumer mindshare through innovation in product development, distribution channels, and marketing.

Guided by its philosophy of delivering “healthy, innovative, quality products with value,” Aice conducts in-depth research into consumer habits and local dietary preferences, driving continuous innovation in product formats and flavours. Each year, it has launched multiple best-selling products, generating sales of over RMB100 million. Upon initial launch in Indonesia, Aice strategically focused on small and medium-sized retailers, providing free ice cabinets to communities in more than 100 cities. This approach secured extensive retail coverage of its products, activated previously untapped market demand, and differentiating Aice from international competitors, resulting in rapid market share gains. Through storefront branding and sponsorships of major sporting events, Aice consistently increased brand awareness and visibility throughout the region.

Capital-Driven Acceleration for Global Expansion

Following this round of financing, Aice plans to deepen its presence in existing Southeast Asian markets, further strengthening its supply chain and brand competitiveness, while actively expanding into new international markets.

As a key pillar of Mengniu’s “One Core, Two Wings” strategy, Aice has served as Mengniu’s strategic bridgehead in Southeast Asia, achieving significant milestones. This investment from Mengniu underscores its strong confidence in Aice’s in international growth potential and reflects its commitment to supporting it with additional resources and capital.

According to industry sources, while maintaining robust organic growth, Aice recently engaged with global investors to diversify its funding channels and accelerate its international expansion. Backed by a proven overseas track record and new capital, Aice is poised for a new phase of accelerated growth, leveraging Southeast Asia as a strategic steppingstone to broader international opportunities.Hashtag: #Aice

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Sinch Named a Leader in the 2025 Omdia Universe CPaaS Report

STOCKHOLM, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sinch (Sinch AB (publ)) (XSTO: SINCH), which is pioneering the way the world communicates through its Digital Customer Communications Cloud, has once again been named a Leader in the newly released Omdia Universe: CPaaS Platform Providers 2025 report.

This recognition underscores Sinch’s continued leadership as a global innovator in orchestrating intelligent, AI-powered customer interactions and conversational experiences. With strategic investments in advanced conversational AI, RCS messaging, and secure, trusted communications backed by robust fraud prevention, Sinch delivers unmatched performance, local regulatory expertise, and customer-centric support across 60+ countries. Sinch’s sustained excellence in strategy, market momentum, and execution empowers enterprises worldwide to orchestrate seamless, personalized digital experiences at scale.

Sinch’s leadership in RCS and AI-enabled conversational messaging was a standout in this year’s report, reflecting the company’s long-standing commitment to innovating the next generation of customer engagement. As more enterprises turn to mobile-first interactions, Sinch continues to lead the way in helping businesses deliver real-time, two-way conversations that keep customers engaged, informed, safe, and happy.

With a robust API-first architecture and unmatched global reach, Sinch orchestrates 900 billion interactions annually across messaging, voice, email, and conversational channels. 175,000 businesses around the world trust Sinch’s enterprise-grade infrastructure, intelligent orchestration, and conversational capabilities backed by AI to seamlessly connect and reliably automate personalized experiences at scale.

“We’re proud of being recognized by Omdia for our continued progress toward a leadership position in RCS and AI-enabled customer communications, “said Laurinda Pang, CEO of Sinch. “This recognition reinforces our commitment to providing a secure, trusted platform that helps enterprises confidently deliver personalized, automated conversations across every digital communications channel.”

Sinch stood out as a Leader in the CPaaS Universe, scoring well above average in 11 of the 12 evaluation categories, with its highest marks in innovation (95%), go-to-market strategy (91%), and non-functional requirements (91%).

As organizations future-proof their communications strategies, Sinch remains at the forefront of Digital Customer Communications innovation-advancing AI-powered solutions, expanding its conversational commerce capabilities, and delivering seamless, omnichannel experiences all across the globe.

For more information about Sinch and its industry-leading CPaaS solutions, visit www.sinch.com.

 For more information, please contact:

Janet Lennon, Director of Global PR & Communications
janet.lennon@sinch.com 

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HTX Research Latest Report | Sonic: A Model for the New DeFi Paradigm

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As Layer 2 scaling solutions remain a focal point of industry discourse, Sonic presents a fundamental shift in blockchain architecture. HTX Research has announced the release of its latest report, “Sonic: A Model for the New DeFi Paradigm” The report dives into the details of the Sonic public chain.

Sonic’s Evolution: 2000+ TPS, 0.7s Confirmation, Near-Zero Fees

The Fantom Opera blockchain, initially recognized for its speed and throughput as a high-performance aDAG-based Layer 1 solution, encountered scalability limitations as its ecosystem expanded. Its traditional EVM architecture struggled with bloated state storage, slow node synchronization, and execution bottlenecks. To overcome these challenges without resorting to sharding or Layer 2 solutions, Fantom developed Sonic — a fundamental redesign engineered to deliver a significant performance leap.

Sonic Labs, a new team led by CEO Michael Kong, CTO Andre Cronje (founder of Yearn Finance), and Chief Research Officer Bernhard Scholz, dedicated two and a half years to the redesign of Fantom’s virtual machine, storage, and consensus. They built Sonic, a new, independent EVM-compatible chain capable of processing over 2,000 TPS, achieving 0.7-second finality, and executing transactions at a cost of $0.0001. It also improves storage efficiency by 90% and reduces node synchronization time from weeks to under two days.

Technical Innovations Driving Sonic’s Performance

Sonic’s enhanced performance is underpinned by three core technological advancements: 

  • SonicVM: A newly developed virtual machine fully compatible with the EVM, SonicVM optimizes computationally intensive operations like SHA3 hashing, pre-analyzes jump instructions, delivers significantly faster execution, and supports high throughput.
  • SonicDB: Achieving nearly 90% data compression, SonicDB uses a layered storage strategy that splits the blockchain state into two databases: LiveDB for the current global state and ArchiveDB for historical blocks and states. This reduces node requirements and enhances network resilience through greater decentralization.
  • Sonic Gateway: Functioning like an “L2-like” bridging solution to Ethereum, it uses a batch processing mechanism that strikes a balance between security and efficiency, enabling seamless two-way asset transfers and ecosystem access.

Stablecoin Ecosystem: Nested Yield and Resilient Growth

Defying market trends in 2025, Sonic’s on-chain Total Value Locked (TVL) surged by over 500%, with the total stablecoin supply surpassing $260 million. This growth is driven by sophisticated high-leverage yield mechanisms.

  • Silo v2 Loop Lending: Use staked S tokens to borrow stablecoins, achieving up to 20x exposure to capture combined incentives alongside stable yield spreads.
  • Euler + Rings Protocol Combo: Deposit USDC to mint scUSD, then use leverage to potentially achieve up to 10x yield, along with Sonic points and protocol rewards.
  • Shadow DEX Liquidity Provision for Rewards: By facilitating trading activity, particularly with the S/stS pair on Shadow, users can earn up to 169% APY and a share of trading fees.

Looking ahead, the ecosystem will incorporate Real World Asset (RWA) yields and off-chain payment solutions to create a sustainable and widely used stablecoin ecosystem backed by compliant assets and real-world applications.

Conclusion: Sonic – Leading the Charge in DeFi 2.0

Sonic’s high performance, nested yields, and accessibility position it for rapid growth, with the potential to exceed $2B TVL and a multi-billion $S token market cap within a year. More importantly, Sonic is championing an “efficiency revolution” in blockchain design—prioritizing performance and capital efficiency to attract liquidity.

The report identifies technical challenges, including the adaptive AMM’s reliance on external oracles, which introduces potential vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the inherent risks of high-leverage strategies in volatile markets necessitate the use of hedging instruments, such as short perpetual futures, to mitigate potential liquidations.

From a broader view, Sonic is well-positioned to lead the expected 2025 DeFi resurgence. Its thriving stablecoin ecosystem boosts the value of both the $S token and the network. Even in a bear market, Sonic demonstrates the potential for DeFi to establish resilient “yield havens” through innovation and performance. With its nested yields, developer-focused incentives, and efficient infrastructure, Sonic provides a model for the industry. The integration of RWAs and payment tools could place Sonic as a critical bridge between on-chain yields and real-world utility, driving DeFi toward mass adoption

For full report, please visit: https://square.htx.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/HTX-Research-Latest-Report-1-1.pdf

About HTX Research

HTX Research is the dedicated research arm of HTX Group, responsible for conducting in-depth analyses, producing comprehensive reports, and delivering expert evaluations across a broad spectrum of topics, including cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and emerging market trends.

 

Meituan Black Pearl Restaurant Guide Makes Overseas Debut in Singapore: Record-High Southeast Asian Listings, Connecting Global Chinese Communities with World Cuisine

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Meituan, China’s leading technology-driven retail company, hosted the first-ever overseas ceremony of its renowned “Black Pearl Restaurant Guide” (the “Black Pearl”) at Marina Bay in Singapore on April 25. As it expands globally and embraces cutting-edge AI technologies, Meituan not only seeks to help users worldwide eat better and live better, but also to unlock new business opportunities for culinary brands across the globe.

As the first international food guide rooted in Chinese dining standards, the “Black Pearl” has served approximately 130 million users since its inception. This year, the Guide shines a spotlight on 55 overseas restaurants, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth in international listings. Tokyo leads the way with 30 restaurants, while Singapore and Bangkok each achieved record highs since the guide’s debut in 2018. Notably, two Singaporean restaurants earned the highest honor—the prestigious 3-Diamond rating this year.

Wei Wei, Vice President of Meituan and the company’s head of the in-store dining division, described the ceremony as a major milestone in the global expansion of Meituan’s ranking products. He highlighted the platform’s use of advanced AI technologies to streamline user decision-making. Moving forward, Meituan aims to integrate AI and expertly curated recommendations to seamlessly connect users with quality restaurants, hotels, and attractions, enabling efficient connections between consumers and premium businesses.

Over Half of Chinese Tourists Show Strong Preference for Fine Dining When Travelling Abroad; Southeast Asia’s “Black Pearl” Listings Hit a Record High

In recent years, Chinese tourists have demonstrated a rising preference for premium dining experiences while travelling abroad. According to Meituan data, more than half of Chinese tourists opted for fine dining experiences during cross-border journeys in 2024. During the 2025 Spring Festival holiday, over 85% of Chinese domestic users browsed or searched for information on overseas Black Pearl restaurants ahead of their travels.

Chinese tourists’ growing appetite for elevated dining experiences highlights the increasing importance of the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide as a trusted reference for cross-border culinary exploration. For instance, daily average online visits to Bangkok’s Black Pearl listings surged by 27% week-on-week in the lead-up to the May Day holiday.

Southeast Asian restaurants featured in the Black Pearl have flourished amid rising demand. Le Du, a celebrated modern Thai fine dining establishment, has proudly retained its 1-Diamond rating in the Black Pearl Guide for two consecutive years. Chef Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn shared that Chinese guests now make up 20% of the restaurant’s clientele, with this figure continuing to grow. Similarly, Potong, a Thai-Chinese fusion restaurant nestled in the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown, earned its first 1-Diamond rating this year. Chef and founder Pichaya “Pam” Soontornyanakij described the accolade as a significant milestone for cross-cultural cuisine and shared her excitement for welcoming more Chinese diners to experience Potong’s unique offerings.

A Powerful Catalyst for Global Culinary and Cultural Exchange

The Black Pearl has evolved beyond a ranking system into a platform for fostering global culinary and cultural exchange. Its annual “Food Vision Summit”—a global culinary exchange platform held every summer—aims to promote collaboration and dialogue between Chinese and international chefs. Chef Ton described the summit as a window into China’s increasingly globalized and open-minded culinary market, where innovative techniques are warmly embraced. “Chinese cuisine is one of the world’s finest, yet globally, awareness of high-end, refined Chinese restaurants remains limited. However, I believe this is changing,” he remarked.

Les Amis, one of Singapore’s most established French fine dining restaurants, has been awarded 3-Diamond rating in the 2025 Black Pearl Restaurant Guide. “Over the years, we’ve grown to really respect the guide — not just for its credibility, but for the cultural perspective it brings to the dining world. We love that it continues to grow its reach and push culinary standards, not just in China, but globally. It’s also given us new ideas in how we run things — like hiring team members who speak Chinese.” shared Chef Sébastien Lepinoy.

Data-Driven Insights and Culinary Expertise Propel the Black Pearl’s Global Ascent

The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide follows a rigorous selection process that combines expert evaluations, anonymous visits by judges, and big data from Meituan and Dianping to ensure fairness and accuracy. Over 77% of the judging panel is made up of gourmand enthusiasts, with annual rotations to maintain fresh perspectives. Looking ahead, the guide plans to integrate AI technology with committee nominations, blending human expertise with intelligent systems to make the discovery of exceptional restaurants around the world even more effortless.

After 15 years of remarkable growth, Meituan today connects merchants across over 170 countries and nearly 1,000 cities worldwide, offering a comprehensive ranking system spanning food, hotel, transportation, and travel. Wei Wei emphasized that as Meituan continues to expand its global footprint and as more Chinese culinary brands earn growing recognition among international audiences, the company’s ranking products are gaining increasing prestige in new markets. This growing momentum underscores Meituan’s broader vision to bridge global food cultures through innovation and champion the digital transformation of the dining industry, both within China and across the world.

To explore more international restaurants featured in the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025, please click the link below to view the full list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jE9VapAvuM_loFkxgR_FHO6FWd5GJzY7/view?usp=sharing

About Meituan

Meituan (HKG: 3690) is a leading technology-driven retail company in China. With the mission of “We help people eat better, live better,” the Company uses technology to connect consumers and merchants. Service offerings on its platform address people’s daily needs for food and retail goods and extend further to broad lifestyle and travel services. Meituan is the world’s leading on-demand food delivery service provider and China’s leading e-commerce platform for in-store dining services. Meituan helps consumers discover merchant information, make informed decisions, complete online and offline transactions and enjoy on-demand delivery.

About Black Pearl Restaurant Guide

The Black Pearl Restaurant Guide is a prestigious dining guide selected by food enthusiasts, culinary experts, and gastronomy researchers. Anonymous judges evaluate based on culinary presentation,service and environment, and heritage and innovation. Restaurants are ranked into three diamond levels, with three diamonds being the highest. The guide celebrates exquisite cuisine through the “Chinese palate,” reflecting Meituan’s mission: “We help people eat better, live better.”

Gunbound Rises Again – 2nd Closed Beta Goes Live for Latin America and Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gravity Game Hub (GGH) PTE. LTD., a subsidiary of GRAVITY Co., Ltd. (NasdaqGM: GRVY), is thrilled to announce the Second Closed Beta Test (CBT 2) for the legendary artillery game, Gunbound. Following the excitement of the first CBT, the second round is set to launch from [April 28 to May 07, 2025], reigniting the passion of fans across Latin America and Southeast Asia

Gravity Game Hub Launches 2nd Closed Beta Test for Gunbound
Gravity Game Hub Launches 2nd Closed Beta Test for Gunbound

Gunbound, beloved for its strategic gameplay and deep customization options, invites both returning and new players to experience fresh updates, competitive challenges, and exclusive CBT 2 rewards.

“We were overwhelmed by the response from our community during the first CBT. For CBT 2, we’ve focused on refining gameplay and fixing key issues to bring the ultimate Gunbound experience closer to launch,” said Harry Choi, President of Gravity Game Hub (GGH).

What to Expect in the Second Closed Beta Test?

CBT 2 brings further improvements and exciting new content, including:

  • Enhanced stability and gameplay balancing based on player feedback from the first CBT.
  • More diverse mobile selections and avatar customization options.
  • Jewel Fortune Box, An opportunity to test your luck and obtain exclusive rewards

Exclusive Rewards and Events During CBT 2

Players joining CBT 2 can look forward to even more engaging rewards and community events:

  • Pre Top-up Rebate Event, Earn rewards with every top-up made during this period.
  • Treasure Key, Log in via the website to obtain a Gunbound Key equivalent 50$

Note: All progress, items, and characters from CBT 2 will be RESET before the official launch.

How to Participate in Gunbound CBT 2

Joining is easy! Just follow the steps below:

  1. Visit gunboundggh.com for Account Registration
  2. Download the latest CBT 2 client from the official website.
  3. Log in and start playing with your GGH account during the CBT 2 period.

Stay Connected for Updates

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About Gravity Game Hub

Established in 2021, Gravity Game Hub (GGH) Pte. Ltd. is a game publisher and developer focusing on online and mobile games. Gravity Game Hub is committed to delivering an interactive gaming experience and creating a dynamic community for all players in Southeast Asia.

About Softnyx

Founded in April 2001, Softnyx has spent the past 20 years releasing a diverse range of online games, including Gunbound, Rakion, and WolfTeam. The company has established a unique gaming world enjoyed by 50 million users across 60 countries worldwide. As a pioneer in the Latin American gaming market, Softnyx has sparked the Korean wave through its relentless spirit of challenge and innovation, solidifying its status as a global gaming company.

 

Vang Vieng Goes Green with New Waste System

Vang Vieng Goes Green with New Waste System
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The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Laos’ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment officially concluded the ASEAN Municipal Solid Waste Management Enhancement (AMUSE) Project on April 25 after two years of work. The project introduced innovative solutions to tackle waste challenges across the city.

Tencent Cloud Big Data-WeData: An Integrated Data + AI Intelligent Platform

Introduction: An Integrated Solution to Address Challenges in Digital Transformation

SHENZHEN, China, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — In the era where LLM driven intelligence prevails, enterprise data platforms face emerging challenges from LLM application and AI development. To name a few, efficiency loss owing to segmented AI/Data development process, data governance for heterogeneous data, traditional architecture that struggles to meet the needs for real-time data and rapid AI integration. Tencent Cloud WeData addresses these complexities through flexible architecture and product innovation, presenting an integrated data intelligence platform for enterprises to navigate these challenges and prosper in the age of AI.

4 Unique Aspects of the Integrated Data+AI Solution

 1. Unified Lakehouse, Stream-Batch Integrated Engine Engines to Enhance Storage and Compute Efficiency
  • Unified Storage Layer: A unified Lakehouse storage system with a centralized catalog service that supports structured/unstructured data and model assets, enablingcross-engine queries .
  • Unified Compute Layer: A serverless resource pool to integrate frameworks like Spark, Flink, and PyTorch, improving CPU/GPU resource utilization by 30%.
  • Integrated Streaming-Batch-Lakehouse Engine: The Setats engine dynamically switches between streaming, batch, and incremental compute modes, merging real-time states with lake storage to reduce storage costs by 50%.
 2. Holistic Data Catalog to Facilitate Collaboration and Data Circulation
  • Unified Catalog: A centralized catalog to manage structured/unstructured data, enabling seamless access across compute engines (Spark, Flink) and AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
  • Global Asset View: Integration of metadata for tables, volumes, models, and applications, supporting semantic search across all assets.
  • Federated Permissions: One single authorization to grant data access across engines like Spark and Ti-One, reducing policy propagation time from hours to minutes.
  • Intelligent Semantic Enhancement: Leverages LLMs to auto-generate data description, perform intelligent asset classification and maintenance, and improve documentation completeness by 80%.
 3. Integrated Development and Governance: From Manual Maintenance to Autonomous Governance

Built on the OneOps philosophy, our solution combines DataOps and AIOps to deliver three key capabilities:

  • Full-Lifecycle Standardization: Automates enterprise CI/CD pipelines for end-to-end management of data and models.
  • End-to-End Observability: Automatically captures lineage from raw inputs to AI model outputs, enabling rapid root-cause analysis, change impact assessment, real-time monitoring, and audit logging.
  • Governance-by-Design: Embeds standardized development practices, AI-oriented data modeling, and enterprise semantic layers to systematically accumulate digital assets.
 4. Unified Data and AI Security: From Compliance to AI Safety

Ensures security across the entire lifecycle—data preparation, model training, and LLM applications:

  • Data Security: Global access control, intelligent data classification/categorization, sensitive data masking/encryption, and audit trails.
  • Model Security: Detects and defends against adversarial sample attacks during training; embeds watermarks to prevent model theft; blocks discriminatory/harmful AI-generated content during inference via rule engines.
  • Application Security: API protection (e.g., unauthorized access prevention) and content moderation (e.g., forgery detection, sensitive content filtering).

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