LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CASEKOO, a leader in innovative mobile lifestyle accessories, today announced the launch of LinKOO, a groundbreaking phone case featuring the world’s first open clasp system. Celebrating the vibrant energy and happiness of Spring, LinKOO is designed for the season’s getaways, outdoor adventures, and everyday moments of delight.

The magic of LinKOO happens when the chain comes off. Engineered with a patented clasp at the base of the case, it securely holds a chain or wristlet to complement any spring look. But the true innovation? The clasp folds completely flat against the phone when not in use—instantly transforming from a statement accessory into a sleek, pocket-friendly case built for life in motion.

“Spring represents a time of renewal and reconnection, so we designed LinKOO to be the perfect companion for the season’s adventures,” said Ralph, founder of CASEKOO. “We’ve engineered a clasp that simply ‘disappears’ when you don’t need it—giving our community the freedom to move seamlessly from a morning run to an afternoon of shopping, all while keeping their style and their phone protected. But what truly excites us is how LinKOO sparks curiosity. It’s designed to be noticed—inviting others to come closer, to ask what it is, and to start a conversation. Because the best connections happen when we’re open to them.”

A Joyful, Adventure-Ready Design
Just as the season calls for versatility and a touch of whimsy, the LinKOO case is built to adapt. Key features include:

World’s First Open Clasp System: A unique, hinged clasp that opens to hold a chain and closes to lay flush against the case, offering a clean, uninterrupted profile.

Transformative 2-in-1 Design: Effortlessly switches between a secure chain-carry mode for hands-free convenience and a compact traditional case for slipping into a pocket or bag.

Spring-Ready Style & Protection: Constructed with a durable, impact-resistant frame and available in a range of fresh, seasonal colors and finishes to match any spring wardrobe.

Interchangeable Chain Compatibility: Works seamlessly with CASEKOO’s collection of chains and straps, allowing users to mix and match for a personalized look that fits every spring adventure.

Playful Extras & Availability
Embracing the spirit of discovery, the LinKOO launch invites users to refresh their style for the new season. The CASEKOO LinKOO case is now available in Vital Orange for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, with a full range of colors and finishes rolling out in late May. To inspire endless mix-and-match possibilities, complementary straps are currently included with every LinKOO case purchase.

About CASEKOO
CASEKOO is a design-led lifestyle brand dedicated to creating style-forward phone accessories for life in motion. Built for Innovation Enthusiasts and Style Pioneers, the brand blends purposeful protection with modern design and personal expression—empowering individuals to protect what matters while expressing who they are.

Learn more at casekoo.com.

LOS ANGELES, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CASEKOO, a leader in innovative mobile lifestyle accessories, today announced the launch of LinKOO, a groundbreaking phone case featuring the world’s first open clasp system. Celebrating the vibrant energy and happiness of Spring, LinKOO is designed for the season’s getaways, outdoor adventures, and everyday moments of delight.

The magic of LinKOO happens when the chain comes off. Engineered with a patented clasp at the base of the case, it securely holds a chain or wristlet to complement any spring look. But the true innovation? The clasp folds completely flat against the phone when not in use—instantly transforming from a statement accessory into a sleek, pocket-friendly case built for life in motion.

“Spring represents a time of renewal and reconnection, so we designed LinKOO to be the perfect companion for the season’s adventures,” said Ralph, founder of CASEKOO. “We’ve engineered a clasp that simply ‘disappears’ when you don’t need it—giving our community the freedom to move seamlessly from a morning run to an afternoon of shopping, all while keeping their style and their phone protected. But what truly excites us is how LinKOO sparks curiosity. It’s designed to be noticed—inviting others to come closer, to ask what it is, and to start a conversation. Because the best connections happen when we’re open to them.”

A Joyful, Adventure-Ready Design
Just as the season calls for versatility and a touch of whimsy, the LinKOO case is built to adapt. Key features include:

World’s First Open Clasp System: A unique, hinged clasp that opens to hold a chain and closes to lay flush against the case, offering a clean, uninterrupted profile.

Transformative 2-in-1 Design: Effortlessly switches between a secure chain-carry mode for hands-free convenience and a compact traditional case for slipping into a pocket or bag.

Spring-Ready Style & Protection: Constructed with a durable, impact-resistant frame and available in a range of fresh, seasonal colors and finishes to match any spring wardrobe.

Interchangeable Chain Compatibility: Works seamlessly with CASEKOO’s collection of chains and straps, allowing users to mix and match for a personalized look that fits every spring adventure.

Playful Extras & Availability
Embracing the spirit of discovery, the LinKOO launch invites users to refresh their style for the new season. The CASEKOO LinKOO case is now available in Vital Orange for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, with a full range of colors and finishes rolling out in late May. To inspire endless mix-and-match possibilities, complementary straps are currently included with every LinKOO case purchase.

About CASEKOO
CASEKOO is a design-led lifestyle brand dedicated to creating style-forward phone accessories for life in motion. Built for Innovation Enthusiasts and Style Pioneers, the brand blends purposeful protection with modern design and personal expression—empowering individuals to protect what matters while expressing who they are.

Learn more at casekoo.com.

As the generative AI industry matures, Higgsfield is taking an important step towards equipping creators and studios with a new tool designed to help assess potential similarity with characters, celebrity likeness, and brands.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Higgsfield, the AI-native video and image platform for professional creators, announced the launch of a similarity-scoring feature for Team Plan customers. The tool evaluates AI-generated content and flags potential visual similarities to celebrity likenesses, characters, brand logos, and other potential intellectual property.

The feature arrives as Higgsfield’s platform scales rapidly into commercial production. The company has doubled its user base in under two months, surpassing 20 million users, with a growing share of usage now coming from production teams running commercial campaigns. As AI-generated content moves deeper into professional workflows and elite festivals, creators and teams are increasingly expected to consider similarity, likeness, and whether a generated asset may resemble something protected.

Despite this rapid mainstream adoption, the lack of standardized safeguards remains a bottleneck for wider commercial use. Recognizing this industry-wide challenge, Higgsfield is introducing new features that empower users to make safer choices when using AI generated assets.

The new tool evaluates generated content and assigns it a similarity score to help users identify potential conflicts. Going beyond basic detection, Higgsfield’s system is designed to be more nuanced than existing market solutions. The feature evaluates content to known properties, including:

• Characters from popular movies, TV, and video games (e.g., Harry Potter, Spider-Man).
• Likeness of public figures, including stylistic alterations (e.g., a celebrity rendered in unusual forms or wearing obscuring props).
• Brand logos and text assets, such as trademarked taglines.
• Famous artworks and distinct visual concepts.
• Cinematic signatures, such as distinct visual styles associated with specific directors or films (e.g., Wes Anderson, Denis Villeneuve, Alfred Hitchcock).
• Audio content, such as music and other audio content incorporated into video output.

To validate the system’s efficacy, the Higgsfield Research Team conducted internal benchmark studies across diverse datasets of AI-generated and reference media. In video detection, Higgsfield’s model achieved an 86.6% overall accuracy rate. Higgsfield also significantly reduced false positive rates, flagging incorrect similarities in video only 13.4% of the time.

When a potential similarity is detected, the tool identifies the nature of the similarity, the possible rights holder, and exactly where the similarity occurs in the video. Building on this initiative, Higgsfield has also launched an image model “Soul Cast”, which limits image reference uploads, reducing the risk of generating someone else’s likeness.

“Generative video is still a new frontier and studios, platforms, and policy experts are all still navigating the complexities of IP and likeness,” said Higgsfield CEO Alex Mashrabov. “By activating our content-scoring feature, we give creators a practical way to understand their outputs before final production. We believe that proactive similarity tools like this will soon become standard across the entire generative AI ecosystem.”

Higgsfield’s initiative reflects a broader company commitment to the ethical and responsible commercialization of AI. For example, the company recently launched the Higgsfield Action Contest with a $500,000 prize pool, accepting nearly 8,800 submissions from all over the world. Content safety is integral to the review process along with originality and storytelling as part of the company’s broader approach to building responsibly in this emerging space.

By building tools that empower human creativity while respecting intellectual property, Higgsfield aims to encourage the responsible use of AI technologies.

For more information about Higgsfield’s new content-scoring feature, visit https://higgsfield.ai/app/similarity-score.

About Higgsfield

Higgsfield is an AI-native generative video platform built for professional creators, brands, agencies, and marketing teams producing high-fidelity videos at scale. The company develops its own generative video and image models and integrates leading third-party models such as OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo and Nano Banana, Alibaba’s WAN, Kuaishou’s Kling, Bytedance’s Seedream and Seedance, MiniMax, and others into a single, production-ready workflow, allowing teams to select the best model for each creative task without rebuilding pipelines.

DUBAI, UAE, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, convened regulators, global payment networks, banking leaders, and digital asset innovators in Tbilisi for a high-level forum exploring the future of crypto-powered payments. The event gathered stakeholders from across the financial ecosystem to discuss how digital assets can integrate with traditional payment infrastructure, expand real-world utility, and support the continued development of Georgia’s digital economy.

The forum also marked the introduction of the Bybit Card in Georgia, a step toward enabling everyday crypto payments. The card allows users to spend digital assets for daily purchases and is compatible with Apple Pay in Georgia, enabling secure contactless payments directly from users’ digital wallets.

Bybit’s expansion into the payments space follows the company securing a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license in Georgia in Q4 2025.  The license allows Bybit to issue Bybit cards in Georgia, strengthening local fiat payment rails and enabling closer integration between digital asset services and the country’s financial infrastructure.

Government representatives expressed appreciation for the launch of the Bybit Card in Georgia, recognizing it as an important step toward expanding real-world digital asset payments. With strong support from the government and regulators, the Bybit Card has already gained growing adoption locally. Bybit plans to further expand card issuance in Georgia and across neighboring markets, with the country serving as a regional hub for crypto-powered payment innovation.

The event featured keynote remarks from representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and the National Bank of Georgia, highlighting Georgia’s commitment to responsible financial innovation and modern payment infrastructure.

A central highlight of the program was a panel discussion titled “The Future of Payments,” which explored how collaboration between regulators, global payment networks, banks, and blockchain companies can accelerate the adoption of real-world crypto payments.

Panel participants included Ben Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO of Bybit; Shota Lomtadze, Director of Bybit Georgia; Natia Turnava, Governor of the National Bank of Georgia; David Zgudadze, Vice President for Georgia and Armenia at Mastercard; Salim Dhanani, Co-Founder and CEO of Pave Bank; Marco Dal Lago, VP of Global Expansion and Strategic Partnerships at Tether; and Tekla Iashagashvili, Regional Manager of Bybit Georgia.

Bybit executives highlighted the company’s long-term commitment to building payment infrastructure and supporting the local digital asset ecosystem.

“Georgia has emerged as one of the most promising environments for digital financial innovation,” said Shota Lomtadze, Director of Bybit Georgia. “With the launch of the Bybit Card and the foundation provided by our PSP license, we are strengthening the infrastructure that allows digital assets to move seamlessly between trading platforms and everyday payments. Together with regulators, global partners, and local financial institutions, we aim to support Georgia’s ambition to become a regional leader in next-generation financial services.”

“Bybit is here to stay,” said Ben Zhou, Co-Founder and CEO of Bybit. “We are committed to being the most reliable partner for the National Bank of Georgia and the most valuable ally for Georgia’s business community. We will continue to invest, hire, and bring our global capabilities to this local market. Together, let’s show the world what happens when a brave nation and a global platform build the future of finance together.”

Bybit currently offers users in Georgia access to a comprehensive digital asset platform, including over 600 spot trading pairs, one-click buy functionality, OTC services, and institutional-grade security infrastructure.

The event concluded with networking sessions among policymakers, financial institutions, fintech leaders, and blockchain innovators, reinforcing Georgia’s growing role as a hub for digital asset innovation and the future of global payments.

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About Bybit

Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 80 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.

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• Over 300 global CEOs, international delegations and innovators joined forces at the annual SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, attended by His Majesty King Charles III
• European Space Agency announced the SMI’s Astra Carta seal would be carried on the ELSA-M spacecraft – the world’s first commercial end-of-life service to remove old satellites from space
• Secretary John Kerry announced as Ocean Champion for Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ocean Stewardship Initiative
• Chinese delegation attended to build on cross-border collaborations established at SMI’s China Summit in 2025 and confirmed second China Council Forum, scheduled June 2026  

LONDON, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global CEOs, innovators, policymakers and investors gathered at Hampton Court Palace this week for the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Roundtables & Exhibition 2026, a leading private sector summit focused on accelerating real-world delivery of the sustainable transition.

The summit brought together hundreds of leaders from across industries and countries to move beyond ambition and advance meaningful partnerships, investments and collaborative action on areas such as clean energy, space, artificial intelligence, capital investment, sustainable materials and advanced manufacturing.

This included over 50 CEOs from Chinese companies, highlighting the growing engagement and leadership of the SMI China Council. Since its establishment in 2021, the Council has developed a strong and pragmatic sustainability agenda that reflects China’s development priorities and its expanding role in global economic and environmental governance.

The summit also reflected the global reach of the SMI, with CEOs and senior delegations also attending from Japan, Australia, the UAE, Brazil, and across Africa and the United States.

Founded by His Majesty King Charles III in 2020, the Sustainable Markets Initiative has become a unique platform for “private sector diplomacy”, mobilizing global business leaders to place sustainability at the centre of value creation and long-term economic growth.

Key announcements

• The European Space Agency announced the ELSA-M mission (End-of-Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) developed by Astroscale UK, Eutelsat/OneWeb and the UK Space Agency to remove space debris will carry the Astra Carta Seal for its first in-orbit demonstration, symbolising commitment to responsible stewardship of the space
• Secretary John Kerry was announced as Ocean Champion for Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ocean Stewardship Initiative (OSI) to support a clear purpose: bringing civil societies, governments, and the private sector to pull in the same direction, and help turn ocean commitments into practical, measurable progress.

SMI driven partnerships, collaboration and cross sector projects

A central aim of the SMI Roundtables & Exhibition is to catalyse action by enabling new partnerships, supporting collaboration and help launch new cross sector projects to accelerate deployment of sustainable solutions.

Among the recent initiatives facilitated and supported by the SMI include:

• An energy tech pilot at Historic Royal Palaces to cut hot water energy use by up to 40%
  Since exhibiting at the 2025 SMI Terra Carta Roundtables, energy tech company Mixergy, part of the Barclays Climate Ventures portfolio, has begun working with Historic Royal Palaces to use its smart hot water cylinders to cut hot water energy use by up to 40% and ease peak demand through grid connectivity. Two units are now being trialled at Hampton Court Palace, with the potential to expand the partnership across Historic Royal Palaces’ wider estate.
• Turbine technology supporting Fortescue’s Real Zero strategy. China’s Envision Energy has successfully grid-connected an EN182-7.8MW wind turbine prototype in China for testing. The unit is identical to the turbines that will be deployed at Fortescue’s Nullagine Wind Project in the Pilbara, marking a key milestone for Fortescue’s first operational wind development and advancing its Real Zero strategy. The Nullagine project will deploy 17 Envision EN182-7.8MW wind turbines, with units now under construction for installation in the Pilbara. Designed for Australia’s mining and desert environments, the turbines incorporate Nabrawind’s self-erecting base frame technology and a 188-metre hub height to maximise energy yield. Fortescue’s renewable energy management system will use AI to optimize and dispatch power across its integrated portfolio, including wind, solar and battery energy storage systems.
• New renewable energy collaboration to accelerate sustainable hospitality in Asia. The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance highlighted a growing collaboration with renewable energy leaders in China, including JA Solar and China Photovoltaic Industry Association, to help expand the adoption of clean energy across the global hospitality sector. Facilitated through the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s convening power, the partnership aims to strengthen cooperation between the hospitality industry and renewable energy providers, supporting the sector’s transition toward Net Positive operations. The Alliance, which represents over 66,000 hotels across more than 300 brands worldwide, aims to accelerate the transition toward a Net Positive hospitality industry.
• New AI partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club partner to accelerate decarbonisation
  Supported by the Sustainable Markets Initiative, ExpectAI and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have partnered to accelerate progress toward MCC’s Net Zero 2040 ambition by transforming how it tackles Scope 3 emissions, currently ~90% of its footprint -through verified, supplier-level data and AI-enabled action.
• Barclays and ExpectAI collaboration to strengthen energy resilience for UK SMEs
  Facilitated by the SMI, ExpectAI are in live collaboration with Barclays to explore how AI-driven sustainability insights can help UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) improve profitability while strengthening energy resilience and reducing emissions.
• British hydrogen innovator powers outdoor exhibition at Hampton Court Palace
  British hydrogen innovator, GeoPura, showcased its cutting-edge zero-emission hydrogen power units (HPUs) at the SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, with its HPUs powering the Summit’s outdoor marquee and exhibitions, cutting carbon and NOx emissions and significantly improving air quality compared with conventional diesel generators.

Inspiration from the Great Exhibition

The summit’s innovation exhibition also showcased pioneering technologies that reflect the spirit of the Great Exhibition of 1851, demonstrating how breakthrough innovation, from AI-enabled climate monitoring to next-generation clean energy solutions, are helping drive the next wave of sustainable economic growth.

Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO of Sustainable Markets Initiative, said: “The Sustainable Markets Initiative was founded on the belief that the private sector has a critical role to play in accelerating the transition to a sustainable future. The SMI’s annual Roundtables & Exhibition brings together global leaders not just to discuss ambition, but to drive real-world action, forging partnerships, mobilizing investment and scaling the solutions needed to deliver sustainable growth.

“What makes the SMI unique is its ability to convene leaders across sectors and geographies to collaborate on the systemic challenges facing our planet. By working together, the private sector can unlock innovation, create economic opportunity and help build a resilient and sustainable global economy.”

Glenn Mandziuk, President & CEO of the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance said: “Our strong affiliation with the Sustainable Markets Initiative is the strategic catalyst that has transformed our ambitious vision into tangible, global action. It is through this unique brand of private sector diplomacy, inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, that we have forged groundbreaking partnerships—first with a global leader like JA Solar, and now evolving into a deep, strategic alliance with the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. This powerful continuum of collaboration is a testament to the SMI’s unrivalled convening power, opening new opportunities to mobilize our industry’s $200 billion annual investment towards a renewable future. Together, we are not just adopting sustainable practices; we are engineering a systems-level shift, proving that the path to a Net Positive hospitality sector is the definitive growth story of our time”

With a focus on pragmatic commercially aligned transition, the SMI brings together leaders at the highest levels of decision making to tackle system-level and cross-industry challenges that no organisation or sector can solve alone.

The SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, took place on 11 and 12 March 2026

Notes to editors

About the Sustainable Markets Initiative

The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) is the world’s go-to private sector organization for sustainable transition; characterized by our unique brand of ‘private sector diplomacy’.

With the vision of our founder, His Majesty King Charles III, and our unique convening power, the SMI facilitates action between world leaders and CEOs to position sustainability at the heart of global value creation.

Together, we seek to mobilize the trillions of dollars required to achieve a sustainable future. Investment at this scale requires global systems-level change with a default sustainable orientation across markets, industries and supply chains. Here, our mandates, the Terra Carta and Astra Carta, provide practical private sector trajectories.

The SMI believes that with bold ambition and courageous leadership, we can seize a new era of global prosperity that will last for generations to come. We call this ‘The Growth Story of Our Time’. Read more: www.sustainable-markets.org

• Over 300 global CEOs, international delegations and innovators joined forces at the annual SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, attended by His Majesty King Charles III
• European Space Agency announced the SMI’s Astra Carta seal would be carried on the ELSA-M spacecraft – the world’s first commercial end-of-life service to remove old satellites from space
• Secretary John Kerry announced as Ocean Champion for Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ocean Stewardship Initiative
• Chinese delegation attended to build on cross-border collaborations established at SMI’s China Summit in 2025 and confirmed second China Council Forum, scheduled June 2026  

LONDON, March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global CEOs, innovators, policymakers and investors gathered at Hampton Court Palace this week for the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Roundtables & Exhibition 2026, a leading private sector summit focused on accelerating real-world delivery of the sustainable transition.

The summit brought together hundreds of leaders from across industries and countries to move beyond ambition and advance meaningful partnerships, investments and collaborative action on areas such as clean energy, space, artificial intelligence, capital investment, sustainable materials and advanced manufacturing.

This included over 50 CEOs from Chinese companies, highlighting the growing engagement and leadership of the SMI China Council. Since its establishment in 2021, the Council has developed a strong and pragmatic sustainability agenda that reflects China’s development priorities and its expanding role in global economic and environmental governance.

The summit also reflected the global reach of the SMI, with CEOs and senior delegations also attending from Japan, Australia, the UAE, Brazil, and across Africa and the United States.

Founded by His Majesty King Charles III in 2020, the Sustainable Markets Initiative has become a unique platform for “private sector diplomacy”, mobilizing global business leaders to place sustainability at the centre of value creation and long-term economic growth.

Key announcements

• The European Space Agency announced the ELSA-M mission (End-of-Life Services by Astroscale – Multiple) developed by Astroscale UK, Eutelsat/OneWeb and the UK Space Agency to remove space debris will carry the Astra Carta Seal for its first in-orbit demonstration, symbolising commitment to responsible stewardship of the space
• Secretary John Kerry was announced as Ocean Champion for Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ocean Stewardship Initiative (OSI) to support a clear purpose: bringing civil societies, governments, and the private sector to pull in the same direction, and help turn ocean commitments into practical, measurable progress.

SMI driven partnerships, collaboration and cross sector projects

A central aim of the SMI Roundtables & Exhibition is to catalyse action by enabling new partnerships, supporting collaboration and help launch new cross sector projects to accelerate deployment of sustainable solutions.

Among the recent initiatives facilitated and supported by the SMI include:

• An energy tech pilot at Historic Royal Palaces to cut hot water energy use by up to 40%
  Since exhibiting at the 2025 SMI Terra Carta Roundtables, energy tech company Mixergy, part of the Barclays Climate Ventures portfolio, has begun working with Historic Royal Palaces to use its smart hot water cylinders to cut hot water energy use by up to 40% and ease peak demand through grid connectivity. Two units are now being trialled at Hampton Court Palace, with the potential to expand the partnership across Historic Royal Palaces’ wider estate.
• Turbine technology supporting Fortescue’s Real Zero strategy. China’s Envision Energy has successfully grid-connected an EN182-7.8MW wind turbine prototype in China for testing. The unit is identical to the turbines that will be deployed at Fortescue’s Nullagine Wind Project in the Pilbara, marking a key milestone for Fortescue’s first operational wind development and advancing its Real Zero strategy. The Nullagine project will deploy 17 Envision EN182-7.8MW wind turbines, with units now under construction for installation in the Pilbara. Designed for Australia’s mining and desert environments, the turbines incorporate Nabrawind’s self-erecting base frame technology and a 188-metre hub height to maximise energy yield. Fortescue’s renewable energy management system will use AI to optimize and dispatch power across its integrated portfolio, including wind, solar and battery energy storage systems.
• New renewable energy collaboration to accelerate sustainable hospitality in Asia. The World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance highlighted a growing collaboration with renewable energy leaders in China, including JA Solar and China Photovoltaic Industry Association, to help expand the adoption of clean energy across the global hospitality sector. Facilitated through the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s convening power, the partnership aims to strengthen cooperation between the hospitality industry and renewable energy providers, supporting the sector’s transition toward Net Positive operations. The Alliance, which represents over 66,000 hotels across more than 300 brands worldwide, aims to accelerate the transition toward a Net Positive hospitality industry.
• New AI partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club partner to accelerate decarbonisation
  Supported by the Sustainable Markets Initiative, ExpectAI and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have partnered to accelerate progress toward MCC’s Net Zero 2040 ambition by transforming how it tackles Scope 3 emissions, currently ~90% of its footprint -through verified, supplier-level data and AI-enabled action.
• Barclays and ExpectAI collaboration to strengthen energy resilience for UK SMEs
  Facilitated by the SMI, ExpectAI are in live collaboration with Barclays to explore how AI-driven sustainability insights can help UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) improve profitability while strengthening energy resilience and reducing emissions.
• British hydrogen innovator powers outdoor exhibition at Hampton Court Palace
  British hydrogen innovator, GeoPura, showcased its cutting-edge zero-emission hydrogen power units (HPUs) at the SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, with its HPUs powering the Summit’s outdoor marquee and exhibitions, cutting carbon and NOx emissions and significantly improving air quality compared with conventional diesel generators.

Inspiration from the Great Exhibition

The summit’s innovation exhibition also showcased pioneering technologies that reflect the spirit of the Great Exhibition of 1851, demonstrating how breakthrough innovation, from AI-enabled climate monitoring to next-generation clean energy solutions, are helping drive the next wave of sustainable economic growth.

Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, CEO of Sustainable Markets Initiative, said: “The Sustainable Markets Initiative was founded on the belief that the private sector has a critical role to play in accelerating the transition to a sustainable future. The SMI’s annual Roundtables & Exhibition brings together global leaders not just to discuss ambition, but to drive real-world action, forging partnerships, mobilizing investment and scaling the solutions needed to deliver sustainable growth.

“What makes the SMI unique is its ability to convene leaders across sectors and geographies to collaborate on the systemic challenges facing our planet. By working together, the private sector can unlock innovation, create economic opportunity and help build a resilient and sustainable global economy.”

Glenn Mandziuk, President & CEO of the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance said: “Our strong affiliation with the Sustainable Markets Initiative is the strategic catalyst that has transformed our ambitious vision into tangible, global action. It is through this unique brand of private sector diplomacy, inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, that we have forged groundbreaking partnerships—first with a global leader like JA Solar, and now evolving into a deep, strategic alliance with the China Photovoltaic Industry Association. This powerful continuum of collaboration is a testament to the SMI’s unrivalled convening power, opening new opportunities to mobilize our industry’s $200 billion annual investment towards a renewable future. Together, we are not just adopting sustainable practices; we are engineering a systems-level shift, proving that the path to a Net Positive hospitality sector is the definitive growth story of our time”

With a focus on pragmatic commercially aligned transition, the SMI brings together leaders at the highest levels of decision making to tackle system-level and cross-industry challenges that no organisation or sector can solve alone.

The SMI Roundtables & Exhibition, took place on 11 and 12 March 2026

Notes to editors

About the Sustainable Markets Initiative

The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) is the world’s go-to private sector organization for sustainable transition; characterized by our unique brand of ‘private sector diplomacy’.

With the vision of our founder, His Majesty King Charles III, and our unique convening power, the SMI facilitates action between world leaders and CEOs to position sustainability at the heart of global value creation.

Together, we seek to mobilize the trillions of dollars required to achieve a sustainable future. Investment at this scale requires global systems-level change with a default sustainable orientation across markets, industries and supply chains. Here, our mandates, the Terra Carta and Astra Carta, provide practical private sector trajectories.

The SMI believes that with bold ambition and courageous leadership, we can seize a new era of global prosperity that will last for generations to come. We call this ‘The Growth Story of Our Time’. Read more: www.sustainable-markets.org

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Compal Electronics (Compal; Stock Code: 2324) announced that it will participate in NVIDIA GTC 2026, taking place March 16–19 in San Jose, California (Booth 107). At the event, Compal will present its next-generation AI data center deployment architecture through a three-rack physical design. Centered on Compute, Power, and Liquid Cooling, the showcase underscores Compal’s “ONE Integrated Solution” — a unified, rack-level AI infrastructure architecture.

At the exhibition, Compal will demonstrate a complete deployment configuration composed of three physical rack units integrating high-density compute nodes, high-power electrical infrastructure, and liquid cooling systems. The Power Rack features an AcBel-designed power rack architecture, while the Liquid Cooling Rack integrates Rayonnant CDU Cabinet Rack systems and piping infrastructure to establish a coordinated power and thermal management environment. Together, these elements form a synergistic operating architecture that enables visitors to observe next-generation AI infrastructure logic and system relationships under near real-world data center conditions.

The exhibit includes high-density system designs based on NVIDIA HGX system and NVIDIA MGX architecture, featuring deployments built on NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 and NVIDIA HGX B300 system. Presented at rack scale, the showcase illustrates practical build-out models for next-generation AI infrastructure. With the introduction of the NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and the rollout of NVIDIA HGX B300 and other new system architectures, compute density and power requirements continue to increase, raising the bar for data center power delivery capacity, energy efficiency, and thermal management.

Against this backdrop, data center construction is progressively shifting from node-centric design toward rack-level infrastructure planning. This change in deployment scale elevates platform selection and system integration capabilities as critical factors in long-term enterprise investment decisions.

The parallel evolution of NVIDIA HGX and NVIDIA MGX platforms reflects the continuity of NVIDIA’s technology roadmap. For system providers, the ability to stay aligned with this development cadence has become a key competitive differentiator. Compal’s presence at NVIDIA GTC 2026 underscores its integration capabilities and strategic positioning within this evolving industry landscape.

At GTC, Compal’s automotive electronics team will showcase an infrared perception system demonstrating real-time AI inference capabilities for next-generation vehicle applications. In the medical and life sciences domain, Compal will also present two technical poster sessions at GTC—”GPU Annealer Molecular Docking with Fast Screening and Accurate Ranking” and “Generative Antibody Factory: GPU-Accelerated Diffusion Model & Protein Language Model for Nanobody Discovery,” focusing on accelerated molecular docking and generative antibody design. These AI workloads can be deployed on Compal’s high-density GPU server platform (SX420-2A), demonstrating how rack-level compute architecture supports drug discovery and scientific AI research.

Alan Chang, Vice President of Compal’s Infrastructure Systems Business Group, commented, “The evolution of AI is driven not only by breakthroughs in silicon performance, but also by advancements in infrastructure-level collaboration. Through our long-standing collaboration with NVIDIA, we are positioned at the forefront of technology transitions, preparing for the next phase of deployment. As the industry advances toward higher compute density and larger-scale workloads, we aim to deliver sustained integration value across platform generations.”

Compal will also host a featured session on March 16 at 2:00 p.m., titled “Synergy at Scale: Unify Compute, Power and Cooling,” where it will share its planning philosophy for high-density AI environments.

As AI infrastructure upgrade cycles accelerate, competitive differentiation is shifting from standalone system performance to holistic architectural integration. At GTC 2026 (Booth 107), Compal will demonstrate tangible rack-level deployment achievements, offering the industry a practical perspective on how next-generation platforms are being realized within modern data centers.

About Compal

Founded in 1984, Compal is a leading manufacturer in the notebook and smart device industry, creating brand value in collaboration with various sectors. Its groundbreaking product designs have received numerous international awards. In 2025, Compal was recognized by CommonWealth Magazine as one of Taiwan’s top 7 manufacturers and has consistently ranked among the Forbes Global 2000 companies. In recent years, Compal has actively developed emerging businesses, including cloud servers, auto electronics, and smart medical, leveraging its integrated hardware and software R&D and manufacturing capabilities to create relevant solutions. More information, please visit https://www.compal.com

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Compal Electronics (Compal; Stock Code: 2324) announced that it will participate in NVIDIA GTC 2026, taking place March 16–19 in San Jose, California (Booth 107). At the event, Compal will present its next-generation AI data center deployment architecture through a three-rack physical design. Centered on Compute, Power, and Liquid Cooling, the showcase underscores Compal’s “ONE Integrated Solution” — a unified, rack-level AI infrastructure architecture.

At the exhibition, Compal will demonstrate a complete deployment configuration composed of three physical rack units integrating high-density compute nodes, high-power electrical infrastructure, and liquid cooling systems. The Power Rack features an AcBel-designed power rack architecture, while the Liquid Cooling Rack integrates Rayonnant CDU Cabinet Rack systems and piping infrastructure to establish a coordinated power and thermal management environment. Together, these elements form a synergistic operating architecture that enables visitors to observe next-generation AI infrastructure logic and system relationships under near real-world data center conditions.

The exhibit includes high-density system designs based on NVIDIA HGX system and NVIDIA MGX architecture, featuring deployments built on NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 and NVIDIA HGX B300 system. Presented at rack scale, the showcase illustrates practical build-out models for next-generation AI infrastructure. With the introduction of the NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and the rollout of NVIDIA HGX B300 and other new system architectures, compute density and power requirements continue to increase, raising the bar for data center power delivery capacity, energy efficiency, and thermal management.

Against this backdrop, data center construction is progressively shifting from node-centric design toward rack-level infrastructure planning. This change in deployment scale elevates platform selection and system integration capabilities as critical factors in long-term enterprise investment decisions.

The parallel evolution of NVIDIA HGX and NVIDIA MGX platforms reflects the continuity of NVIDIA’s technology roadmap. For system providers, the ability to stay aligned with this development cadence has become a key competitive differentiator. Compal’s presence at NVIDIA GTC 2026 underscores its integration capabilities and strategic positioning within this evolving industry landscape.

At GTC, Compal’s automotive electronics team will showcase an infrared perception system demonstrating real-time AI inference capabilities for next-generation vehicle applications. In the medical and life sciences domain, Compal will also present two technical poster sessions at GTC—”GPU Annealer Molecular Docking with Fast Screening and Accurate Ranking” and “Generative Antibody Factory: GPU-Accelerated Diffusion Model & Protein Language Model for Nanobody Discovery,” focusing on accelerated molecular docking and generative antibody design. These AI workloads can be deployed on Compal’s high-density GPU server platform (SX420-2A), demonstrating how rack-level compute architecture supports drug discovery and scientific AI research.

Alan Chang, Vice President of Compal’s Infrastructure Systems Business Group, commented, “The evolution of AI is driven not only by breakthroughs in silicon performance, but also by advancements in infrastructure-level collaboration. Through our long-standing collaboration with NVIDIA, we are positioned at the forefront of technology transitions, preparing for the next phase of deployment. As the industry advances toward higher compute density and larger-scale workloads, we aim to deliver sustained integration value across platform generations.”

Compal will also host a featured session on March 16 at 2:00 p.m., titled “Synergy at Scale: Unify Compute, Power and Cooling,” where it will share its planning philosophy for high-density AI environments.

As AI infrastructure upgrade cycles accelerate, competitive differentiation is shifting from standalone system performance to holistic architectural integration. At GTC 2026 (Booth 107), Compal will demonstrate tangible rack-level deployment achievements, offering the industry a practical perspective on how next-generation platforms are being realized within modern data centers.

About Compal

Founded in 1984, Compal is a leading manufacturer in the notebook and smart device industry, creating brand value in collaboration with various sectors. Its groundbreaking product designs have received numerous international awards. In 2025, Compal was recognized by CommonWealth Magazine as one of Taiwan’s top 7 manufacturers and has consistently ranked among the Forbes Global 2000 companies. In recent years, Compal has actively developed emerging businesses, including cloud servers, auto electronics, and smart medical, leveraging its integrated hardware and software R&D and manufacturing capabilities to create relevant solutions. More information, please visit https://www.compal.com