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iPod Inventor and Nest Founder Tony Fadell Backs Plumerai’s Tiny AI, Hailing It as a Massive Market Disruption Democratizing AI Technology Starting with Smart Home Cameras

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LONDON, Oct. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Plumerai™, a pioneer in on-device AI solutions since 2018, today announced a major partnership with Chamberlain Group, whose brands include myQ and LiftMaster, marking a significant milestone in the adoption of its Tiny AI technology.

To achieve features like People Detection and Familiar Face Identification, cloud-based AI and, in particular, Large Language Models (LLMs) require vast remote data centers, consume increasing amounts of energy, pose privacy risks, and incur rising costs. Plumerai’s Tiny AI can do all this on the device itself, is cost-effective, chip agnostic, capable of operating on battery-powered devices, doesn’t clog up your bandwidth with huge video uploads, and has minuscule energy requirements. Moreover, it boasts the most accurate on-device Tiny AI on the market and offers end-to-end encryption. Already running locally on millions of smart home cameras, Plumerai’s Tiny AI is making communities safer and lives more convenient, while proving that in AI, smaller can indeed be smarter. Plumerai has gained strong backing from early investor Tony Fadell, Principal at Build Collective along with Dr. Hermann Hauser KBE, Founder of Arm, and LocalGlobe.

“Tiny AI is a paradigm shift in how we approach artificial intelligence,” said Roeland Nusselder, Co-founder and CEO at Plumerai. “This approach allows us to embed powerful AI capabilities directly into smart home devices, enhancing security and privacy in ways that were once considered unfeasible. It’s not about making AI bigger – it’s about making it smarter, more accessible, and more aligned with people’s real-world needs.”

Key Features of Plumerai’s Tiny AI on the Edge, No Cloud Required

Person, Pet, Vehicle, and Package Detection notifications in .7 seconds vs. average smart cam 2-10 seconds. This may sound like an incremental improvement, but anyone that has a smart cam will appreciate this is a game-changer.Familiar Face Identification and Stranger Detection deliver accurate notifications while protecting privacy; tag up to 40 “safe” i.e. familiar individuals.Multi-Cam Person Tracking (first of its kind!) for comprehensive surveillance.Advanced Motion Detection with rapid response time of, on average, .5 seconds which greatly extends battery life. Over-the-Air updates for products in the field means faster Go-to-Market.

Plumerai has built the most accurate Tiny AI solution for smart home cameras, trained with over 30 million images and videos. Consistently outperforming competitors in every commercial shootout, Plumerai is the undisputed leader in both accuracy and compute efficiency. Internal test comparisons against a leading smart camera, widely regarded as the most accurate among established smart home players, revealed striking results: leading smart camera’s AI incorrectly identified strangers as household members in 2% of the recorded events, while Plumerai’s Familiar Face Identification made no incorrect identifications.

“Plumerai’s technology gives companies a significant edge in a competitive market, proving that efficient, on-device AI is the future of smart home security. It’s a perfect showcase for Tiny AI’s strengths – privacy, real-time processing, and energy efficiency. I’m excited by Plumerai’s potential to expand into other IoT verticals and redefine edge computing,” said Dr. Hermann Hauser KBE, Founder of Arm.

Providing a ready-to-integrate end-to-end solution for AI on the edge, Plumerai is making AI more competitive and a reality for more companies. This breakthrough provides consumers with more options outside the realm of big tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple. Unlike other battery powered “smart” cams that send their video feed to the cloud over power-hungry Wi-Fi, Plumerai enables the use of low-power mesh networks to send notifications. With Plumerai companies can easily change their chips without losing AI features.

“Integrating Plumerai’s Tiny AI into our smart camera lineup has allowed us to offer advanced AI features on affordable, low-power devices. This enables us to provide our customers with smarter, more efficient products that deliver high performance without the need for cloud processing,” said Jishnu Kinwar, VP Advanced Products at Chamberlain Group.

Notably, 11+ million people rely on Chamberlain’s myQ app daily to access and monitor their homes, communities and businesses, from anywhere.

“Plumerai’s Tiny AI isn’t just an incremental advance – it’s a massive market disruption,” said Tony Fadell, Nest Founder and Build Collective Principal. “While Large Language Models capture headlines, Plumerai is getting commercial traction with its new smaller-is-smarter AI model. Their Tiny AI is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and doesn’t require armies of developers harnessing vast data centers.”

About Plumerai
Plumerai™ is a pioneering leader in embedded AI solutions, specializing in highly accurate and efficient Tiny AI for smart devices. As the market leader in licensable Tiny AI for smart home cameras, Plumerai powers millions of devices worldwide and is rapidly expanding into video conferencing, smart retail, security, and IoT sectors. Their comprehensive AI suite includes People Detection, Vehicle detection, Animal detection, Familiar Face Identification, and Multi-Cam Person Tacking, all designed to run locally on nearly any camera chip. Headquartered in London and Amsterdam and backed by Tony Fadell, Principal at Build Collective, Dr. Hermann Hauser, Founder of Arm, and LocalGlobe. Plumerai enables developers to add sophisticated AI capabilities to embedded devices, revolutionizing smart technology while prioritizing efficiency and user privacy.

About Build Collective
Build Collective, led by Tony Fadell, is a global investment and advisory firm coaching engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working on foundational deep technology. With 200+ startups in its portfolio, Build Collective invests its money and time to help engineers and scientists bring technology out of the lab and into our lives. Supporting companies beyond Silicon Valley, Build Collective’s portfolio is based mainly in the EU and US with some companies in Asia and the Middle East. From tackling food security, sustainability, transportation, energy efficiency, weather, robotics, and disease to empowering small business owners, entrepreneurs, and consumers, the startups in Build Collective’s portfolio are improving our lives and prospects for the future. With no LP’s to report to, the Build Collective team is hands-on and advises for the long-term.

About Chamberlain Group
Chamberlain Group is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Our innovative products, combined with intuitive software solutions, comprise a myQ ecosystem that delivers seamless, secure access to people’s homes and businesses. CG’s recognizable brands, including LiftMaster®  and Chamberlain® , are found in 50+ million homes, and 11+ million people rely on our myQ®  app daily to control and monitor their homes, communities and businesses, from anywhere. Our patented vehicle-to-home connectivity solution, myQ Connected Garage, is available in millions of vehicles from the leading automakers.

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ANGHAMI REPORTS FY2025 REVENUE OF $99.3M, UP 27%, ON 3.5M SUBSCRIBERS AND LANDMARK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

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ABU DHABI, UAE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Anghami Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGH) (“Anghami”), the leading music and entertainment streaming platform in the MENA region, today announced its consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, marked by revenue growth and subscribers reaching 3.5 million with a registered user base now exceeding 130 million, supported by landmark strategic partnerships.

HIGHLIGHTS

Revenue increased to $99.3 million in 2025, up 27% from $78.1 million in 2024. Growth came from subscriber gains across OSN+ and Anghami Plus, and the first full-year consolidation of OSN+ (April 1, 2024).Paid Subscribers exceeded 3.5 million across Anghami and OSN+, and registered users crossed 130 million.Warner Bros. Discovery closed its $57 million minority investment in OSN Streaming Limited in March 2025, expanding the content partnership and committing to joint investment in regional original production.Multiple strategic partnerships launched for OSN+ with Noon as well as a regional distribution agreement with talabat and the first-of-its-kind “Epic Bundle” with Shahid and Disney+ in December, delivering strong subscriber traction, high activation rates, and above-average conversion, reinforcing Anghami’s expanding distribution and monetization ecosystem.

Commenting on Anghami’s results, Elie Habib, CEO of Anghami, said: “2025 was the first full year of the combined Anghami and OSN+ business, and a year in which the scale of the opportunity became clear. Revenue grew 27% to $99.3 million. Paying subscribers exceeded 3.5 million, and our registered user base crossed 130 million across the MENA region.

We made important progress across the business. We rebuilt the OSN+ platform in-house, launched our first OSN+ Original, expanded strategic distribution partnerships with talabat and Noon, and signed the Epic Bundle with Shahid and Disney+, bringing three leading entertainment platforms into one subscription for the first time in the region. Warner Bros. Discovery’s investment in OSN Streaming Limited reflects confidence in our model, our market position, and the long-term value of premium regional streaming. Our HBO content commitments remain contractual and unchanged.

With a stronger product, a deeper content slate, Ramadan momentum, and early Epic Bundle traction, we enter 2026 focused on scaling revenue, improving unit economics, and converting momentum into sustainable growth.”

BUSINESS UPDATE

2025 marked a significant year in Anghami’s evolution as it progressed the integration of OSN+ into its multi-media streaming ecosystem and expanded its content, partnerships, and technology capabilities.

Anghami continued to invest in its proprietary technology, including AI-powered content recommendations, and completed the in-house rebuild of the OSN+ streaming platform, delivering improved performance, 4K capabilities, and full control over the user experience. 

In January 2025, OSN+ premiered its original production The Fashionista, reinforcing the platform’s investment in locally relevant content alongside its exclusive HBO catalogue, which includes House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, and Game of Thrones.

In March 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced an agreement to acquire a minority stake in OSN Streaming Limited, Anghami’s majority shareholder, investing $57 million. The transaction expands the existing content partnership and includes plans to jointly invest in locally produced content targeting regional audiences.

OSN+ partnerships with talabat and Noon expanded distribution and opened new customer acquisition channels, while high-profile live events including the Amr Diab & Adam Port concert in Abu Dhabi and Nancy Ajram Riyadh Boulevard activation reinforced Anghami’s cultural leadership position. Regional conflicts have impacted live events and regional content production; however, Anghami continued to scale its cultural footprint through flagship initiatives such as “Aktar Men Ayya Waqt,” a pan-Arab collaboration uniting leading artists across the region, alongside a focused Ramadan content strategy that delivered resilient engagement and outperformed industry trends that typically see lower metrics during the period.

As the year drew to a close, OSN+ launched the “Epic Bundle”, a first-of-its-kind bundled subscription with Shahid and Disney+, bringing all three platforms together under a single plan and broadening content access for consumers.

Anghami also continued to expand its telco partnership ecosystem in 2025, maintaining integrations with 45 telco operators across the MENA region. Telco partnerships serve as a dual-purpose growth lever by facilitating frictionless subscription payments, helping Anghami maintain one of the highest paying conversion rates among music streaming services in the MENA region, while also providing a significant marketing channel through co-branded campaigns and data bundle offerings.

From a financial perspective, revenue increased to $99.3 million in 2025, from $78.1 million in 2024, driven by subscriber growth across Anghami Plus and OSN+ and the first full-year contribution from the OSN+ video streaming segment which was consolidated from 1 April 2024. Profitability was impacted by the fixed video content licensing fees reflecting the full 12 month impact compared to 2024.

During 2025 and early 2026, the Company strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointments of Bassil Almouallimi (SRMG), James Cooke (Warner Bros. Discovery), Moustapha Chami (KIPCO), and Eman Al Awadhi (KIPCO).

OUTLOOK

Anghami is positioned to capitalize on continued growth in digital entertainment demand across the MENA region. The Company’s platform-led partnerships enhance distribution, content access and audience reach, further differentiating Anghami within an increasingly competitive streaming market.

Strategic collaborations with leading regional and global platforms, including Shahid, Disney+, talabat, and the expanded Warner Bros. Discovery relationship, are expected to remain key growth drivers. The content lineup is set to remain exceptional throughout the year, featuring highly anticipated global releases and returning flagship series. This includes A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Euphoria Season 3, Season 2 of The Pitt, which has emerged as one of the most widely watched series globally, and Season 4 of FROM. This is further reinforced by upcoming seasons of The House of the Dragon and a robust pipeline of award-winning and globally successful films, including major 2025 theatrical releases such as Sinners, Superman, and other leading box office titles.

Building on this early traction, Anghami aims to scale embedded and bundled distribution models to support more efficient user acquisition and deeper engagement across its core markets.

Management remains focused on balancing growth with operational discipline, as continued investment in platform capabilities, reshaping content acquisition costs, advertising optimization and partner integrations support scale benefits over time. As these initiatives mature, Anghami aims to drive improved monetization and stronger operating leverage across its digital entertainment platform that will lead to material unit economics improvements in 2026.

Anghami’s annual report on Form 20-F (the “Form 20-F”) for the year ended December 31, 2025 was filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 20-F can be accessed by visiting either the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or the Company’s website at https://www.anghami.com/investors.

About Anghami Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGH)

Anghami is the leading multi-media technology streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”) region, offering a comprehensive ecosystem of exclusive premium video, music, podcasts, live entertainment, audio services, and more.

With a user base exceeding 130 million registered users and over 3.5 million paid subscribers, Anghami has partnered with 45 telcos across MENA, facilitating customer acquisition and subscription payment, in addition to establishing relationships with major film studios, entertainment giants, and music labels, both regional and international. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Anghami operates in 16 countries across MENA, with offices in Beirut, Dubai, Cairo, and Riyadh.

To learn more about Anghami, please visit: https://anghami.com. Any questions for the Investors Relations Department can be emailed to IR@anghami.com or anghami@apcoworldwide.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Anghami’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “start,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “preliminary,” “anticipate,” “position,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “continue,” “predicts,” “potential,” “transform,” “commitment” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements include those related to the effect of the OSN+ integration, Warner Bros. Discovery investment in OSN Streaming, other new partnerships and collaborations, and future growth. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Most of these factors are outside Anghami’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Anghami; wars, conflicts and political instability; foreign exchange fluctuations, changes in applicable laws or regulations; and the possibility that Anghami may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and other risks and uncertainties identified in Anghami’s fiscal 2025 annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 30, 2026, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by Anghami and available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Anghami cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Anghami cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, Anghami does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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Soliant Health Names Graig Paglieri CEO; Founder David Alexander Transitions to Vice Chairman

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Transition supports Soliant’s continued growth as a leading specialized workforce organization in education and healthcare

PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Soliant Health announced a leadership transition today as Founder and Chief Executive Officer David Alexander transitions to Vice Chairman, and Graig Paglieri has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective May 26, 2026. Paglieri joins Soliant following his tenure as Chief Executive of Randstad Digital, the technology staffing and solutions business unit of Randstad, the world’s leading talent company.

Under Alexander’s leadership, Soliant has built a strong national presence as one of the largest specialized workforce organizations serving the education and healthcare sectors. Since founding the company in 1992, Alexander has guided its expansion to more than 1,000 colleagues, supporting over 3,300 school districts and 750 healthcare organizations across 48 states.

“After more than three decades leading the business, I believe this is the right time to transition day-to-day leadership while remaining actively engaged in supporting the company’s long-term strategy. Graig’s experience accelerating growth, integrating acquisitions, and building high-performing global teams will be instrumental, and he is the right leader to build on our foundation and lead Soliant forward,” said David Alexander, Founder and current CEO of Soliant.

Graig Paglieri, Chief Executive Officer

Paglieri joins Soliant after leading large, global staffing and services businesses, most recently serving as Chief Executive of Randstad Digital, spanning North America, Europe, and APAC.During his tenure, he played a central role in unifying Randstad’s global technology businesses under the Randstad Digital brand identity.Paglieri played a key role in three significant strategic acquisitions that strengthened the company’s market position and service offerings, growing the business unit to $3 billion in revenue.He will focus on growing the Soliant business, strengthening relationships with partners, and supporting the team as the company continues to expand.

“I’m honored to join Soliant at this point in its journey. The company has a strong reputation, a differentiated culture, and a clear opportunity to continue growing. I look forward to partnering with David and the leadership team to build on that momentum,” said Graig Paglieri, incoming Chief Executive Officer of Soliant Health effective May 26, 2026.

Differentiated Platform

Soliant helps schools meet growing, legally mandated special education and behavioral support requirements by delivering highly qualified clinicians across a range of therapeutic areas. Soliant’s brands include BlazerWorks, VocoVision, and Spindle, enabling Soliant to deliver high quality solutions to its clients across both physical and virtual modalities.

About Soliant Health
Soliant is a leader in human capital solutions within the education and healthcare sectors. It operates offices in Atlanta, Tampa, Jacksonville, Houston, and Greenville. The company identifies and recruits highly skilled healthcare professionals across a wide range of specialties and connects them with healthcare providers in the education, nursing, and pharmacy segments, primarily on a temporary basis. For more information, visit soliant.com.

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Localcoin responds to federal proposal to ban crypto ATMs in Canada, calls for industry consultation

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Proposed nationwide ban raises concerns over lack of industry consultation and evidence-based policymaking

TORONTO, April 30, 2026 /CNW/ – Localcoin, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency ATM operator, is expressing concern following a recent federal government proposal to ban crypto ATMs nationwide, introduced without consultation with industry operators or key stakeholders.

With a network of over 1,000 retail partners across Canada, many of them independent, locally owned businesses, and dozens of contracted service providers nationwide, Localcoin’s mission is to provide accessible, safe, and user-friendly access to digital currency. Through its crypto ATMs, Localcoin served over 250,000 Canadians who value the convenience of buying and selling crypto with cash at familiar retail locations.

“This proposal represents a sweeping measure that risks undermining an entire industry, hundreds of small retail partners, and the Canadian employees and contractors the sector supports,” says Tristan Fong, CEO Localcoin. “It was developed without prior notice to stakeholders, and no one in the industry was aware it was under consideration. As a company committed to expanding the safe and responsible use of cryptocurrency, a blanket ban would disproportionately impact legitimate operators like Localcoin, as well as the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who use crypto ATMs for lawful, financial transactions.”

While Localcoin acknowledges that bad actors can misuse financial technologies, including crypto ATMs, and that fraud remains a concern, it notes that this is not unique to the crypto ATM industry.

Fraud is a broader challenge across the financial system,” Fong adds. “If we look across sectors in Canada, there have been hundreds of thousands of fraud cases, yet outright bans have not been proposed in response. Eliminating one access point does not stop criminal activity, it simply shifts it elsewhere, often to channels with fewer safeguards and less oversight. Rather than imposing a reactionary ban, effective solutions require targeted enforcement, stronger protections, and collaboration between regulators and industry. The focus should remain on addressing bad actors directly, rather than restricting legitimate access to financial tools.”

“We are ready to work collaboratively with policymakers to strengthen regulation, enhance fraud prevention measures, and improve public education across crypto ATM networks,” says Fong. “Regulatory tightening is a normal part of the financial services sector, and is especially common in the crypto sub-sector as it evolves. We believe there is a time and place for government support to ensure greater protection of Canadians, and that is important. However, an immediate escalation toward a ban, without clear supporting data or industry consultation, is not in the public interest.”

To learn more, visit Localcoinatm.com.

About Localcoin: Founded in 2016 in Toronto, Localcoin is Canada’s largest Bitcoin ATM network, with over 60 full-time staff members in Canada, operating over 2,150 machines across five countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Poland. Localcoin makes cryptocurrency accessible to anyone, regardless of technical experience, through physical ATM kiosks that allow customers to buy and sell crypto with cash in minutes.

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