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Cutting ship emissions at the source: Alisha Fredriksson and Roujia Wen in top 10 innovators of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

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Most decarbonisation efforts in the maritime sector currently focus on updating the fleet with new ships and on transitioning to green fuels, which leave the shipowners with few options to meet emissions targetsUK-based Alisha Fredriksson (Sweden/Canada) and Roujia Wen (China) founded Seabound, a startup that builds retrofittable carbon capture system that traps CO₂ from ship exhausts The team is among top ten innovators of the Young Inventors Prize, to be awarded by the European Patent Office (EPO) on 18 June 2025

MUNICH, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, global shipping is a major contributor to emissions, releasing over 800 million tonnes of CO₂ each year. The European Commission also reports that EU maritime transport alone exceeded 124 million tonnes in 2021, accounting for 3-4% of the bloc’s total CO₂ emissions. While alternative fuels and new ship designs offer long-term solutions, most existing vessels lack a feasible retrofit option for cutting CO₂ emissions to meet emissions targets. Alisha Fredriksson (30) and Roujia Wen (29) co-founded Seabound to develop a retrofittable carbon capture system to help shipowners cut emissions without replacing their fleets. By capturing CO₂ into solid limestone rather than storing it as a liquid or gas, Seabound’s solution makes offloading and processing simple, eliminating the need for complex onboard CO₂ equipment or specialised portside infrastructure. Their invention has earned them a place among the ten global innovators, known as Tomorrow Shapers, for the Young Inventors Prize 2025, selected from over 450 candidates by an independent jury.

A modular solution for maritime decarbonisation

Most carbon capture systems require costly, energy-intensive systems for compressing and storing CO₂ onboard, but Seabound’s compact, container-based system captures CO₂ directly from a ship’s exhaust and binds it with a lime-based sorbent to form solid limestone pellets. This removes the need for pressurised CO₂ tanks and also streamlines portside logistics as the limestone can be offloaded in shipping containers as ordinary cargo.      

The Seabound system is designed to offer flexibility to shipowners – the modular units can be scaled up to match a ship’s emissions. The system operates efficiently, using exhaust heat to sustain the process while requiring only minimal energy for sensors and valves. The limestone can then be sold for use as building materials or post-processed nearby port to release CO₂, which can be used in other products (e.g., e-fuel production) or for sequestration, with the lime recycled for future capture. The technology also removes sulphur emissions, making it a dual-purpose scrubber that helps ships cut pollution without costly fleet replacements.

From concepts to sea trials

Fredriksson and Wen met at university and co-founded Seabound in 2021, driven by the need for a practical solution to maritime emissions. Fredriksson had worked with maritime e-fuels, where captured CO₂ was needed as a feedstock but was in short supply. Wen, with a background in applied mathematics and AI, helped design a modular carbon capture system that could be easily installed on existing ships. “We bind the CO₂ in solid form using calcium-based materials, making storage as simple as carrying cargo. No specialised equipment, no extreme conditions, just a stable, scalable way to reduce emissions at sea,” explained Wen.

They iterated through multiple working prototypes in their London workshop before moving to full-scale trials at sea. According to Seabound, their system was tested on a commercial cargo ship and successfully captured CO₂ at 78% efficiency and sulphur emissions at 90% efficiency. “Shipping is one of the last sectors to decarbonise, as existing solutions are neither effective nor economically viable yet. Carbon capture was an emerging technology in other sectors, so we began brainstorming ways to make it work and we decided to take on the challenge together,” added Fredriksson.  

The Young Inventors Prize celebrates worldwide innovators 30 and under using technology to address global challenges posed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Fredriksson and Wen’s invention supports SDG 13 (Climate Action) by providing a practical, scalable solution for reducing carbon emissions in the maritime industry.

The prizes of the 2025 edition will be announced during a ceremony livestreamed from Iceland on 18 June 2025. 

Find more information about the invention’s impact, the technology and the inventor’s story here.

About the Young Inventors Prize

Aimed at individuals 30 and under, the Young Inventors Prize showcases the transformative power of youth-driven solutions and recognises the remarkable young people paving the way to a more sustainable future. Established in 2022, trophies were first handed out during the European Inventor Award ceremony. From 2025 onwards, the Prize will move up a gear with its own dedicated event, held separately from the Award. Among the 10 Tomorrow Shapers selected for each edition, three will be awarded a special prize: World Builders, Community Healers, and Nature Guardians. In addition, a People’s Choice winner, voted by the public online, will be revealed. Each Tomorrow Shaper will receive EUR 5 000, the three special prize winners will each receive an extra EUR 15 000. The People’s Choice winner will be awarded an additional EUR 5 000. Read more on the Young Inventors Prize eligibility and selection criteria.

About the EPO

With 6,300 staff members, the European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the largest public service institutions in Europe. Headquartered in Munich with offices in Berlin, Brussels, The Hague and Vienna, the EPO was founded with the aim of strengthening co-operation on patents in Europe. Through the EPO’s centralised patent granting procedure, inventors are able to obtain high-quality patent protection in up to 46 countries, covering a market of some 700 million people. The EPO is also the world’s leading authority in patent information and patent searching.

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Faculty Launches Frontier Plug-in Marketplace, Accelerating How Organisations Build and Scale Decision Intelligence

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Frontier’s latest release equips technical teams with modular plug-ins – expanding platform capabilities and strengthening integration with existing enterprise tools.

LONDON, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Faculty, the developer of the Decision Intelligence platform, Faculty Frontier™, today announced the launch of the Frontier Plug-in Marketplace, a new capability that extends the Frontier platform with a curated, open ecosystem of modular plug-ins. Available to all Frontier customers, the marketplace enables teams to discover, adopt, and contribute plug-ins directly within existing deployments, with no refactoring required.

“In the AI era, the organisations that will win are those that improve decision-making at scale,” said Andy Brookes, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Faculty. “The Frontier Plug-in Marketplace is how we ensure that advantage compounds – enabling teams to reuse proven capabilities, share innovations, and apply them safely and consistently across the organisation.”

Scaling AI across the enterprise remains one of the most complex challenges facing organisations today. As AI programmes expand beyond initial deployments, teams struggle to maintain consistency, move at pace, and maximise the value of their technology investments. Without a standardised way to share and reuse proven capabilities, ROI slows and the gap between AI ambition and enterprise reality widens. The launch of the Plug-in Marketplace within Faculty Frontier™ directly addresses this challenge.

A Curated Library of Modular Capabilities
The Plug-in Marketplace gives teams access to a curated library of modular capabilities – spanning data ingestion, MLOps pipelines, decision management, validation tooling, and more – all accessible directly within their existing Frontier environment.

An Open Ecosystem, Built to Scale
The marketplace is designed to grow with the organisations using Frontier. Beyond consuming what’s available, technical teams can build and share their own plug-ins – retaining full control of what they contribute.

Every plug-in is reviewed and versioned by Faculty, giving teams the confidence to adopt quickly, upgrade on their own terms, and focus on what matters: improving the decisions that drive enterprise performance, rather than managing infrastructure.

What This Means for Technical Teams
For the data scientists, data engineers, ML engineers, and decision engineers at the heart of Frontier deployments, the marketplace delivers an immediate and tangible shift in how work gets done:

Proven, reusable capabilities adopted in minutes, not daysNo need to rebuild what others have already solvedA consistent, maintained foundation across every Frontier deploymentAbility to build, share, and contribute capabilities back to the wider Frontier communityA clear upgrade path as new capabilities are added

Availability
The Frontier Plug-in Marketplace is available to all Frontier customers. To explore how your team can begin with the marketplace, speak to your Frontier solutions engineer. New to Frontier? Visit faculty.ai/frontier to learn how organisations are using Decision Intelligence to transform performance and scale AI across the enterprise.

About Faculty
Founded in 2014, Faculty is one of Europe’s longest standing applied AI companies. Our suite of AI products spans everything organisations need to access frontier AI and get it into the hands of their frontline teams to support their most important work. Faculty is also the developer of Faculty Frontier™, a Decision Intelligence Platform used by some of the world’s most trusted brands to transform decision-making at scale.

Widely recognised as a leader in AI safety, we work for the world’s leading AI labs, such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, to ensure their latest models are safe, human-led and explainable. Our PhD-heavy team of deep AI experts has delivered hundreds of real-world AI products to improve critical public services and drive sustained economic returns across every sector of the economy. Headquartered in London, Faculty remains founder-led following its acquisition by Accenture in 2026.

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Tuniu Discloses Cash Dividend to Holders of ADSs

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NANJING, China, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tuniu Corporation (NASDAQ: TOUR) (“Tuniu” or the “Company”), a leading online leisure travel company in China, today disclosed that the cash dividend of US$1.197 per American depositary shares (“ADSs”) will be paid to holders of ADSs of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2026, U.S. Eastern Time, based on the current ratio of its ADSs to its Class A ordinary shares, pursuant to the cash dividend totaling approximately US$13 million as the previously declared by the Company on March 20, 2026.

The Company changed the ratio of its ADSs to its Class A ordinary shares (the “ADS Ratio Change”) from the previous ratio of one (1) ADS representing three (3) Class A ordinary shares to current ratio of one (1) ADS representing thirty (30) Class A ordinary shares, effective April 22, 2026.

In light of the ADS Ratio Change, the dividend amount on a per ADS basis was not disclosed in the previous announcement and would be disclosed separately after the ADS Ratio Change took effect. The dividend to holders of ADSs will be US$1.197 per ADS and is expected to be paid on or about May 20, 2026 through the depositary bank, subject to the terms of the deposit agreement. Dividend payment to holders of ordinary shares remains the same as previously announced.

About Tuniu

Tuniu (Nasdaq: TOUR) is a leading online leisure travel company in China that offers integrated travel service with a large selection of packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours, as well as travel-related services for leisure travelers through its website tuniu.com and mobile platform. Tuniu provides one-stop leisure travel solutions and a compelling customer experience through its online platform and offline service network, including a dedicated team of professional customer service representatives, 24/7 call centers, extensive networks of offline retail stores and self-operated local tour operators. For more information, please visit http://ir.tuniu.com

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MongoDB Announces €74M Ireland Expansion, 200 Jobs, and New Cork Office

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Investing €74M to expand MongoDB’s Irish operations across engineering and AI developmentCreating ~200 new jobs by 2027, growing Irish workforce by 50%+ to 500+ employees across Dublin International HQ and new Cork officeHelping 65,200+ customers move AI from experimentation to production at scale

DUBLIN, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) is expanding its Irish operations through a €74 million investment in engineering, AI development, and operational growth. As part of this expansion, the company plans to grow its Irish hybrid workforce by more than 50% by 2027, creating approximately 200 new roles across engineering, product development, and customer-facing teams. Ireland’s focus on “Applied AI” aligns closely with MongoDB’s role in helping 65,200+ global customers move from AI experimentation into real-world production. Anchored by its international headquarters in Dublin and a new office in Cork, the company is deepening its investment in local talent and ongoing university partnerships under the leadership of newly appointed Vice President of Product and Technology, Donal Walsh.

CJ Desai, President and Chief Executive Officer, MongoDB, said: “Ireland is an important market for MongoDB, home to exceptional talent, great customers, and the right environment to scale our global business. Our teams here are central to how we innovate for and serve our world-class customer base.

As organizations move from experimentation to building agentic AI applications in production, they need a data platform that can handle the complexity of real-world data and deliver highly accurate retrieval when the stakes are high. This investment in Ireland advances our mission to do exactly that — building the unified data platform our customers need for modern, multi-cloud, and AI applications.”

The investment expands engineering and customer teams in Ireland that build and support MongoDB’s modern data platform, used by organizations worldwide. These teams help customers develop secure AI-powered applications on a flexible data foundation that runs across cloud, hybrid, or on-premises environments, while supporting their efforts to meet Europe’s evolving regulatory requirements around data protection, security, and the EU AI Act.

Minister Peter Burke, Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Government of Ireland, said: ”I warmly welcome MongoDB’s decision to expand its Irish operations through a €74 million investment, creating 200 high-quality jobs and establishing a new office presence in Cork. This announcement is a strong endorsement of Ireland’s ability to attract and grow global technology leaders in areas such as engineering and applied AI.

Ireland’s focus on innovation, skills development, and regional growth continues to resonate with companies operating at the forefront of digital transformation. MongoDB’s ongoing commitment to Ireland, supported by IDA Ireland, highlights the depth of our talent pool and the strength of our collaboration between industry, government, and higher education. I wish MongoDB every success as it continues to expand its footprint here.”

Dónal Travers, Executive Director, IDA Ireland, said: ”I would like to congratulate MongoDB on this significant investment of €74 million in Ireland, which will result in 200 new jobs, and the opening of a new office in Cork. Ireland is now a recognized European location for companies seeking to build their applied capabilities in artificial intelligence, a key growth driver in IDA’s strategy. We are delighted to support MongoDB’s innovation goals and look forward to a continued partnership in the years ahead.”

Paul Sweetman, Chief Executive, American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham), said: “I want to congratulate MongoDB on the announcement of its €74 million expansion in Ireland. This significant investment, with its strong focus on AI, underscores Ireland’s position as a hub for advanced engineering, innovation, and next-generation technologies, and highlights the strength of the country’s deep and collaborative talent ecosystem. It also reflects the continued confidence of US companies in Ireland as a location for high-value investment and growth. US companies already employ hundreds of thousands of people across Ireland, and recent AmCham surveys point to sustained confidence among members, with many planning further investment in areas such as AI, R&D, and digital transformation. This announcement is a clear example of how that confidence is translating into real investment and job creation.”

Established in 2013, MongoDB Dublin has long played a pivotal role in helping the company achieve its mission of empowering innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. From the energy of MongoDB’s Dublin headquarters to the new collaborative space in Cork, the company has created an environment where people can see the real impact of their work. At MongoDB, employees are empowered to make a difference from day one, supported by a culture built on clarity and trust and a firm belief that every voice matters as the company shapes the future of software.

MongoDB serves more than 65,200 customers worldwide, including Anthropic, Eleven Labs, TUI, Vodafone, Decathlon, Lombard Odier, Financial Times, L’Oréal Groupe, and Volvo Connect, and counts around 75% of the Fortune 100 among its clients. The company established its EMEA headquarters in Dublin in 2013 as part of an aggressive growth plan, starting with customer and technical support. Its presence in Ireland continues to expand, with more than 13,500+ developers listing MongoDB as a skill on LinkedIn across the country. For new open roles, visit: https://www.mongodb.com/company/careers

About MongoDB

Headquartered in New York, MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. MongoDB’s unified database platform was built to power the next generation of applications, and MongoDB is the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market. With integrated capabilities for operational data, search, real-time analytics, and AI-powered data retrieval, MongoDB helps organizations everywhere move faster, innovate more efficiently, and simplify complex architectures. Millions of developers and more than 65,200+ customers across industries – including ~75% of the Fortune 100 – rely on MongoDB for their most important applications. To learn more, visit mongodb.com.

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