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Silverside AI Named Official AI Innovation Partner for Global Fight League (GFL)

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Silverside AI, San Francisco-based artificial intelligence innovation lab, today announced its partnership with the Global Fight League (GFL), a new team-based MMA league, marking a groundbreaking collaboration that will revolutionize how combat sports are presented and promoted through AI technology.

As GFL’s official AI partner, Silverside will leverage cutting-edge artificial intelligence to create innovative content and experiences for the league’s inaugural season. The partnership officially launched with the GFL Draft on January 24th, in which the GFL shared AI-generated athlete walkouts created using MiniMax AI technology, with a custom music track titled 6 Sides of the Cage. The campaign will also include videos introducing the identities for individual teams, launching later this year.

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For Silverside Founder PJ Pereira, the partnership holds deep personal significance. What began as a passion for martial arts—particularly with the new MMA league’s strong Brazilian athlete representation—evolved into a strategic opportunity. Initially unanticipated, the collaboration revealed a critical insight: as a new league, GFL lacks archival content for promotions. AI becomes not just an option, but an essential tool for content creation. As they began working together, the team discovered AI’s potential to do more than replicate traditional promotional formats—it could elevate production values and create entirely new storytelling dimensions that transcend previous sports media approaches.

“This partnership reimagines combat sports. GFL is positioning itself at the forefront of sports innovation, leveraging AI to transform how fans experience and connect with martial arts in the digital age,” says Silverside Co-Founder PJ Pereira. “As a martial arts enthusiast, I’ve always been struck by the profound team spirit that most outsiders overlook. This technology allows us to showcase the deep, often unseen collaborative bonds that define martial arts.”

The partnership’s initial phase includes the development of an AI-generated league anthem and unique team introduction videos for all six GFL teams. These innovations address a unique challenge in launching a new sports league: creating compelling visual content and team narratives before the first event takes place.

Looking ahead, Silverside and GFL will collaborate on various initiatives to enhance fan engagement and support the league’s mission of creating a more equitable environment for professional athletes. The partnership will explore AI applications in storytelling, fan engagement, and digital experiences that celebrate the collaborative nature of combat sports training while honoring its individual competition heritage.

“AI isn’t just a technology for us—it’s a central part of our mission to elevate combat sports, empower athletes, and engage fans,” said Scott Parker, CMO at the GFL. “We’re building the most AI-forward sports league in the world, creating a platform that transforms how athletes are discovered, developed, and celebrated. This is about reimagining MMA from the ground up, using technology to break down barriers and open new pathways for talent that have never existed before.”

About Silverside AI:
Founded as an AI innovation lab in San Francisco by Pereira O’Dell, an award-winning American advertising agency, and Serviceplan Group, Europe’s largest independent advertising and digital innovation agency, Silverside operates at the intersection of technology and creativity. Blending innovation lab, technology development, and incubation ecosystem, Silverside connects brands with cutting-edge AI technologies.

About the Global Fight League:
Launching in 2025, the Global Fight League seeks to redefine the business model and enhance competition in Mixed Martial Arts. Athletes and coaches will be part of an incentive and revenue sharing plan based on league success, while competing for glory and engaging with fans in cities around the world. The GFL will reimagine the business of combat sports for the 21st century.

About MiniMax:
MiniMax is a leading global technology company and one of the pioneers of large language models (LLM) in Asia, the mission of which is to build a world where intelligence thrives with everyone. MiniMax develops proprietary LLMs across various modalities, including a trillion-parameter MoE model, a speech model with low latency and native support for non-English languages, as well as advanced models for music, images, and video. MiniMax is the tech powerhouse behind Hailuo AI creativity suite and the Talkie app. Leveraging these multi-modality models, the MiniMax Platform offers enterprises and developers secure, flexible, and reliable model services, enabling the rapid deployment of AI applications.

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Joe Favorito, pr@mmagfl.com
Emma Swanson, emma.swanson@pereiraodell.com

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Gravity Game Unite (GGU) Successfully Concludes European User Meetup for PC MMORPG ‘Ragnarok Zero: Global’!

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Gravity Game Unite (GGU), the Malaysian subsidiary of global gaming company Gravity, successfully concluded the “Ragnarok Zero: Global European User Meetup” held in Germany.

Gravity Game Unite (GGU) hosted its first offline event for European users in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 18. The event was organized to demonstrate the company’s commitment to directly serving the European market and to build long-term relationships with the local community.

The event was attended by key Gravity Game Unite (GGU) executives, including CEO Yoshinori Kitamura, as well as members of the Ragnarok Zero: Global development team. Local users, influencers, and media representatives were also present, reflecting strong anticipation for the game. Europe was one of the regions where Ragnarok Zero: Global received particularly positive feedback during its OBT. CEO Yoshinori Kitamura’s attendance underscored the importance of the event and Gravity Game Unite (GGU)’s commitment to providing dedicated service to the European community.

The event began with welcoming remarks from the CEO of Gravity Game Unite (GGU), followed by an introduction to the title from the development team, a presentation on the service direction and roadmap for Europe, a developer talk featuring behind-the-scenes insights, a user Q&A session, and networking among users, developers, media representatives, and influencers. Attendees also received exclusive merchandise and enjoyed a variety of activities designed to create lasting memories.

Gravity Game Unite (GGU) stated that it plans to strengthen communication with users through the direct service of Ragnarok Zero: Global. During the event, the development team listened to user feedback and exchanged a wide range of views, while reaffirming its commitment to the game’s post-launch service direction and the growth of its community in Europe.

Harry Choi, President of Gravity Game Unite (GGU), said, “This event marked a significant milestone and laid a strong foundation for Gravity Game Unite (GGU)’s entry into the European market. We are making thorough preparations to repay the tremendous support and enthusiasm users showed during the OBT. We will continue to create opportunities to engage and communicate with our local community.”

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Players can follow the official Ragnarok Zero: Global channels for the latest news and updates.

Join OBT: https://roz.mygnjoy.com/en/event/obt
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Discord: https://discord.gg/bFg77WjcHT
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ragnarokzeroglobal/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ragnarokzeroglobal/
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ragnarokzeroglobal

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The 18th Annual Globee® Awards for Innovation Invite Local, Regional, and Global Workplace and Business Achievement Nominations Worldwide

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Recognizing achievements across innovation, leadership, organizational advancement, products, services, and workplace excellence with worldwide participation

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Globee® Awards, organizers of merit-based, data-driven business awards programs with worldwide participation that recognize achievements across industries, announced that entries are currently being accepted for the 18th Annual Globee® Awards for Innovation (Golden Bridge Awards®), inviting organizations, professionals, business owners, teams, and departments worldwide to nominate their local, regional, and global workplace and business achievements for consideration.

Apply now: https://globeeawards.com/innovation/

Originally established as the Golden Bridge Awards®, the program is now in its 18th year and continues its tradition of recognizing achievements across innovation, leadership, business transformation, organizational advancement, products, services, and measurable impact across industries and markets worldwide.

The awards recognize achievements that improve how organizations operate, serve customers, develop products and services, strengthen workplaces, advance technologies, enhance communications, and create measurable value for businesses, communities, and industries.

The program welcomes nominations representing achievements in innovation, operational excellence, customer experience, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, sustainability, workforce initiatives, brand, communications, creative, and other business and workplace environments.

Organizations of all sizes are invited to participate, including startups, small and medium businesses, large enterprises, public and private companies, government entities, educational institutions, research organizations, and non-profit organizations worldwide.

The Globee® Awards for Innovation recognize achievements across category groups including products and services, company and organization, individual and team, and brand, communication and creative. These recognitions are part of 10 awards programs that collectively reflect achievements across business and technology domains.

Nominations are welcomed for local, regional, and global achievements, recognizing that meaningful innovation and organizational progress can originate at every level and in every workplace.

Entries are evaluated through a merit-based, data-driven process involving participation from experienced professionals across multiple industries worldwide. Evaluations are conducted through a structured, consistent, and transparent framework based on defined scoring criteria.

Entries are open to organizations and professionals worldwide.

About the Globee® Awards

The Globee® Awards are organizers of merit-based, data-driven business awards programs with worldwide participation. Through 10 awards programs, the Globee® Awards recognize achievements across multiple industries and sectors. The programs use a structured evaluation approach involving participation from professionals across various industries.

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Finatical Software: The Next Decade of Finance Will Be Built on a Structured Financial Data Layer

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As AI transforms finance, trusted and structured financial data—not better prompts—will determine which organizations realize its full value.

DURHAM, N.C., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Finatical Software, creator of Flash Reports for QuickBooks Online, today announced its vision for what it believes will become the next essential layer of the modern finance technology stack: the Structured Financial Data Layer.

For decades, finance technology has evolved in response to changing business needs.

1995–2015

Finance needed better reporting.

2015–2025

Finance needed real-time reporting, dashboards, and automated KPIs.

2025–2035

Finance needs trusted data for AI-powered decisions.

While organizations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, many finance teams are discovering that AI is only as effective as the financial data and business logic it receives. Without a single source of truth built on reconciled, complete, and accurate financial information, AI can produce inconsistent analyses, conflicting recommendations, and outputs that are difficult to validate or trust.

“Much of the conversation around AI has focused on choosing the right model or writing better prompts,” said Shaun Pendrigh, Chief Technical Officer of Finatical Software. “We believe the real competitive advantage will come from building trusted, structured financial workflows that AI can consistently understand. Before finance teams can trust AI’s recommendations, they first need confidence in the data, calculations, and business logic behind them.”

Finatical believes finance organizations need more than access to AI—they need a governed foundation that organizes financial information into consistent, reusable, and auditable structures before AI enters the workflow.

That foundation is what Finatical describes as the Structured Financial Data Layer.

Unlike disconnected spreadsheets or opaque AI workflows, the Structured Financial Data Layer creates a trusted financial foundation where data, calculations, reporting logic, and business rules are transparent, reusable, and reviewable. Finance professionals can trace recommendations back to their source, understand how conclusions were reached, and maintain confidence in the decisions supported by AI.

Rather than replacing finance professionals, the Structured Financial Data Layer enables them to work more effectively with AI by combining trusted financial data with human judgment. AI can accelerate analysis, identify patterns, and generate recommendations, while finance professionals retain the ability to review assumptions, validate results, and understand the reasoning behind important business decisions.

“Finance professionals should remain in control of financial judgment,” Pendrigh added. “AI should amplify that expertise—not replace it. But that only happens when AI operates within a trusted financial workflow where both the data and the underlying logic can be reviewed.”

Finatical’s Flash Reports platform is designed around this philosophy by connecting live QuickBooks Online data with Microsoft Excel to create governed, refreshable financial models that become a trusted source of truth for reporting, forecasting, analysis, and AI-assisted decision support. By preserving financial logic within structured Excel workflows, finance teams gain the flexibility of Excel while maintaining the governance and transparency required for trustworthy AI.

“Finance has always required trust,” Pendrigh said. “AI doesn’t change that—it raises the standard. Organizations won’t gain a competitive advantage simply by adopting AI. They’ll gain it by building financial data foundations that make AI trustworthy, explainable, and repeatable.”

“Reporting was the last generation of finance technology,” Pendrigh concluded. “Decision support will define the next. The organizations that build a trusted Structured Financial Data Layer today will be best positioned to unlock the full potential of AI tomorrow.”

About Finatical Software

Finatical Software helps finance professionals transform live QuickBooks Online data into structured, trusted financial information and workflows for reporting, analysis, and AI-assisted decision support. Its flagship solution, Flash Reports, connects Microsoft Excel directly to QuickBooks Online, enabling finance teams to build refreshable, governed financial models while preserving the flexibility of Excel. Finatical’s vision is to become the trusted Structured Financial Data Layer for finance professionals working in Excel with QuickBooks Online.

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melissa.neal@finaticalsoftware.com

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