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Akamai Sharpens Its AI Edge with Launch of Akamai Cloud Inference

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New service gives companies the ability to realize a 3x improvement in throughput, 60% less latency, and 86% lower cost than traditional hyperscale infrastructure

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today unveiled Akamai Cloud Inference, to usher in a faster, more efficient wave of innovation for organizations looking to turn predictive and large language models (LLMs) into real-world action. Akamai Cloud Inference runs on Akamai Cloud, the world’s most distributed platform, to address escalating limitations of centralized cloud models.

“Getting AI data closer to users and devices is hard, and it’s where legacy clouds struggle,” said Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai. “While the heavy lifting of training LLMs will continue to happen in big hyperscale data centers, the actionable work of inferencing will take place at the edge where the platform Akamai has built over the past two and a half decades becomes vital for the future of AI and sets us apart from every other cloud provider in the market.”

AI inference on Akamai Cloud
Akamai’s new solution provides tools for platform engineers and developers to build and run AI applications and data-intensive workloads closer to end users, delivering 3x better throughput while reducing latency up to 2.5x. Using Akamai’s solution, businesses can save up to 86% on AI inference and agentic AI workloads compared to traditional hyperscaler infrastructure. Akamai Cloud Inference includes:

Compute: Akamai Cloud offers a versatile compute arsenal, from classic CPUs for fine-tuned inference, to powerful accelerated-compute options in GPUs, and tailored ASIC VPUs to provide the right horsepower for a spectrum of AI inference challenges. Akamai integrates with Nvidia’s AI Enterprise ecosystem, leveraging Triton, TAO Toolkit, TensorRT, and NVFlare to optimize performance of AI inference on NVIDIA GPUs.Data management: Akamai enables customers to unlock the full potential of AI inference with a cutting-edge data fabric purpose-built for modern AI workloads. Akamai has partnered with VAST Data to provide streamlined access to real-time data to accelerate inference-related tasks, essential to delivering relevant results and a responsive experience. This is complemented by highly scalable object storage to manage the volume and variety of datasets critical to AI applications, and integration with leading vector database vendors, including Aiven and Milvus, to enable retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). With this data management stack, Akamai securely stores fine-tuned model data and training artifacts to deliver low-latency AI inference at global scale.Containerization: Containerizing AI workloads enables demand-based autoscaling, improved application resilience, and hybrid/multicloud portability, while optimizing both performance and cost. With Kubernetes, Akamai delivers faster, cheaper, and more secure AI inference at petabyte-scale performance. Underpinned by Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE)-Enterprise, a new enterprise edition of Akamai Cloud’s Kubernetes orchestration platform designed specifically for large-scale enterprise workloads, and the recently announced Akamai App Platform, Akamai Cloud Inference is able to quickly deploy an AI-ready platform of open source Kubernetes projects, including KServe, Kubeflow, and SpinKube, seamlessly integrated to streamline the deployment of AI models for inference.Edge compute: To simplify how developers build AI-powered applications, Akamai AI Inference includes WebAssembly (Wasm) capabilities. Working with Wasm providers like Fermyon, Akamai enables developers to execute inferencing for LLMs directly from serverless apps, allowing customers to execute lightweight code at the edge to enable latency-sensitive applications.

Together, these tools create a powerful platform for low-latency, AI-powered applications that allows companies to deliver the experience their users demand. Akamai Cloud Inference runs on the company’s massively distributed platform capable of consistently delivering over one petabyte per second of throughput for data-intensive workloads. Comprising more than 4,200 points of presence across greater than 1,200 networks in over 130 countries worldwide, Akamai Cloud makes compute resources available from cloud to edge while accelerating application performance and increasing scalability.

The shift from training to inference
As AI adoption matures, enterprises are recognizing that the hype around LLMs has created a distraction, drawing focus away from practical AI solutions better suited to solve specific business problems. LLMs excel at general-purpose tasks like summarization, translation, and customer service. These are very large models that are expensive and time-consuming to train. Many enterprises have found themselves constrained by architectural and cost requirements, including data center and computational power; well-structured, secure, and scalable data systems; and the challenges that location and security requirements place on decision latency. Lightweight AI models, — designed to address specific business problems — can be optimized for individual industries, can use proprietary data to create measurable outcomes, and represent a better return on investment for enterprises today.

AI inference needs a more distributed cloud
Increasingly, data will be generated outside of centralized data centers or cloud regions. This shift is driving demand for AI solutions that leverage data generation closer to the point of origin. This fundamentally reshapes infrastructure needs as enterprises move beyond building and training LLMs, toward using data for faster, smarter decisions and investing in more personalized experiences. Enterprises recognize that they can generate more value by leveraging AI to manage and improve their business operations and processes. Distributed cloud and edge architectures are emerging as preferable for operational intelligence use cases because they can provide real-time, actionable insights across distributed assets even in remote environments. Early customer examples on Akamai Cloud include in-car voice assistance, AI-powered crop management, image optimization for consumer product marketplaces, virtual garment visualization shopping experiences, automated product description generators, and customer feedback sentiment analyzers.

“Training an LLM is like creating a map, requiring you to gather data, analyze terrain, and plot routes. It’s slow and resource-intensive, but once built, it’s highly useful. AI inference is like using a GPS, instantly applying that knowledge, recalculating in real time, and adapting to changes to get you where you need to go,” explained Karon. “Inference is the next frontier for AI.”

About Akamai
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

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HUYA Inc. to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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GUANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HUYA Inc. (“Huya” or the “Company”) (NYSE: HUYA), a leading game-related entertainment and services provider, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2026 unaudited financial results on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, before the open of U.S. markets.

The Company’s management will host a Tencent Meeting Webinar at 6:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on August 11, 2026 (6:00 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong time on August 11, 2026), to review and discuss the Company’s business and financial performance.

For participants who wish to join the webinar, please complete the online registration in advance using the links provided below. Upon registration, participants will receive an email with webinar access information, including meeting ID, meeting link, dial-in numbers, and a unique attendee ID to join the webinar.

Participant Online Registration

A live webcast of the webinar will be accessible at https://ir.huya.com, and a replay of the webcast will be available following the session.

[1] For the purpose of this announcement only, Chinese Mainland excludes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, and Taiwan.

About HUYA Inc.

HUYA Inc. is a leading game-related entertainment and services provider. Huya delivers dynamic live streaming and video content and a rich array of services spanning games, e-sports, and other interactive entertainment genres to a large, highly engaged community of game enthusiasts. Huya has cultivated a robust entertainment ecosystem powered by AI and other advanced technologies, serving users and partners across the gaming universe, including game companies, e-sports tournament organizers, broadcasters and talent agencies. Leveraging this strong foundation, Huya has also expanded into innovative game-related services, such as game distribution, in-game item sales, advertising and more. Huya continues to extend its footprint in China and abroad, meeting the evolving needs of gamers, content creators, and industry partners worldwide.

For more information, please visit: https://ir.huya.com.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

HUYA Inc.
Investor Relations
Tel: +86-20-2290-7829
E-mail: ir@huya.com

Piacente Financial Communications
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
E-mail: huya@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:

Piacente Financial Communications
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: huya@tpg-ir.com

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Hyperscale Data Bitcoin Treasury Reaches 1,087 Bitcoin Worth Approximately $70.3 Million

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LAS VEGAS, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), an artificial intelligence (“AI”) data center company anchored by Bitcoin (“Hyperscale Data” or the “Company”), today announced that, as of July 19, 2026, it held 1,087.4527 Bitcoin representing an aggregate value of approximately $70.3 million based on the Bitcoin closing price of $64,691 on July 19, 2026.

In aggregate, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Sentinum, Inc. (“Sentinum”) and Ault Capital Group, Inc. (“ACG”), held 1,087.4527 Bitcoin as of July 19, 2026. During the week ended July 19, 2026, ACG purchased approximately 51.5000 Bitcoin in the open market. Based on the Bitcoin closing price of $64,691 on July 19, 2026, these collective holdings had an approximate market value of $70.3 million.

“We now hold more than $70 million in Bitcoin,” stated Milton “Todd” Ault III, Executive Chairman of Hyperscale Data. “The market remains completely disconnected from what we are building through our Michigan data center, our Bitcoin treasury, and our broader portfolio of operating businesses. Separate from the more than 1,087 Bitcoin we currently hold on our balance sheet, the market places zero value on the cash or the value of the other assets on our balance sheet. We will continue executing, growing our assets and highlighting the widening gap between the Company’s market capitalization and its underlying value.”

For more information on Hyperscale Data and its subsidiaries, Hyperscale Data recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read Hyperscale Data’s public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at hyperscaledata.com or available at www.sec.gov.

About Hyperscale Data, Inc.

Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sentinum, Hyperscale Data owns and operates a data center at which it mines digital assets and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging AI ecosystems and other industries. Hyperscale Data’s other wholly owned subsidiary, ACG, is a hybrid private equity firm and operating company that acquires, finances, builds and actively manages businesses across financial services, digital assets, industrial services, hospitality, defense technologies and other sectors.

Hyperscale Data currently expects the divestiture of ACG (the “Divestiture”) to occur in the second quarter of 2027. Upon the occurrence of the Divestiture, the Company would be an owner and operator of data centers to support high-performance computing services, as well as a holder of the digital assets. Until the Divestiture occurs, the Company will continue to provide, through ACG and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including an AI software platform, equipment rental services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive and hotel operations. In addition, ACG is actively engaged in private credit and structured finance through Ault Lending, LLC, a licensed lending subsidiary. Hyperscale Data’s headquarters are located at 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 190, Las Vegas, NV 89141.

On December 23, 2024, the Company issued one million (1,000,000) shares of a newly designated Series F Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”) to all common stockholders and holders of the Series C Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis. The Divestiture will occur through the voluntary exchange of the Series F Preferred Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of ACG (collectively, the “ACG Shares”). The Company reminds its stockholders that only those holders of the Series F Preferred Stock who agree to surrender such shares, and do not properly withdraw such surrender, in the exchange offer through which the Divestiture will occur, will be entitled to receive the ACG Shares and consequently be shareholders of ACG upon the occurrence of the Divestiture.

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” or similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors. More information, including potential risk factors, that could affect the Company’s business and financial results are included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. All filings are available at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at hyperscaledata.com.

 

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ZELLERFELD GIVES FOOTWEAR ITS SPOTIFY MOMENT

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Music had Spotify. Video had YouTube. Zellerfeld has launched footwear’s biggest update, and the digitalization of footwear never felt so good.

AUSTIN, Texas, July 21, 2026
/PRNewswire/ — After years of bringing global brands and thousands of creators into its printed footwear revolution, Zellerfeld is rolling out its biggest platform update yet. The new Zellerfeld brings the marketplace, the product and the process into one beautifully connected experience, making printed footwear feel like it has finally caught up to the rest of the digital world. Browsing, discovering and experiencing printed shoes has never felt this good.

That experience is powered by personalized discovery, smarter search and live rankings for creators and products, rising with real demand instead of fading after a single launch moment. For the first time, footwear becomes digitally searchable, rankable and alive.

ZellerFIT is becoming the platform’s beating heart. The system lets users create a Fit Profile from a foot scan and personalisation choices. Once created, that Fit Profile can be carried across Zellerfeld products, creators and future shoes. Fit stops being a size guessed at checkout. It becomes personal, saved and portable, something that belongs to the user and moves with every shoe they print.

Powering the platform is Zellerfeld’s full-stack 3D-printed footwear infrastructure. Across Austin, Texas, and Hamburg, Germany, Zellerfeld now operates the largest and most advanced footwear creation facilities in the world, with thousands of printing units turning digital designs into physical shoes without moulds, stitching or assembly. At the push of a button, digital design, personal fit and physical production connect in one system.

“We always said we wanted to digitize footwear in the same way music and video were digitized, and the last years were spent building the fulfillment infrastructure to make that possible,” said Cornelius Schmitt, CEO and Co-Founder of Zellerfeld. “We never had time to give our users or creators the platform they deserved. Now we finally have. The new Zellerfeld looks so beautiful I can’t stop looking at it. I can’t wait to see what product category we digitize after footwear. Handbags? Glasses? I’m sure we’ll take one step at a time.”

The new platform also teases Zellerfeld subscription access. Major brands have tried to make footwear membership work, but most could only add perks on top of the same old retail model with limited designs. Zellerfeld makes footwear subscription work at scale: one platform, four pairs a year, a growing universe of designs, the same personal fit across every product and shoes printed on demand.

“Why would you go into a shoe store with 100 designs that all look the same and don’t really fit,” said Cornelius Schmitt, CEO and Co-Founder of Zellerfeld, “when you could come to Zellerfeld for millions of beautiful designs from creators around the world, all made to fit you?”

For the best part of a decade, Zellerfeld has been building the technology behind printed footwear, proving the category through breakthrough products and collaborators across sport, fashion, design and culture. Its work has shown that shoes can be digitally designed, personally fitted and produced on demand at the push of a button, without the constraints of conventional footwear manufacturing.

The products proved the future was possible. The platform makes it real. Zellerfeld is changing how footwear is created, sold and distributed, bringing the category into its next generation. Music had Spotify. Video had YouTube. Now footwear has Zellerfeld.

Explore and experience the next-generation at zellerfeld.com

About Zellerfeld
Zellerfeld is a technology company on a mission to digitize physical products, starting with footwear. Its full-stack platform connects digital product creation, custom fit and distributed 3D-printed production, turning shoes from digital files into physical products without moulds, stitching, glue or traditional assembly. Zellerfeld has proven the model across sport, fashion, design and culture: products designed digitally, fitted personally and made on demand. The company operates the world’s most advanced 3D-printing production facilities across Austin, Texas, and Hamburg, Germany.

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