TOKYO, Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ANDPAD Inc. (headquartered in Minato City, Tokyo; hereinafter “ANDPAD”), operator of the construction vertical AI “ANDPAD,” has been recognized as one of Asia’s 30 leading growth companies in the international awards program “NextGen Tech 30 2026.”

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This award recognizes that ANDPAD’s initiatives and growth in the construction AX (AI transformation) and DX (digital transformation) sectors were highly regarded in a multifaceted assessment of innovation, growth potential, and impact across Asia. The 2026 award recipients were officially announced at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on September 30, 2026.

Award Background

Since launching in 2016 as a cloud-based construction project management service, ANDPAD has grown into one of the construction industry’s largest activity data platforms, utilized by more than 279,000 companies, and is now evolving into a vertical AI data platform. In recent years, as the use of the vertical AI “ANDPAD” has expanded at construction sites across Asia, particularly in Vietnam, ANDPAD has undertaken initiatives to improve operational efficiency across the construction industry’s supply chain, prompted by business partnerships with enterprise companies.

In December 2025, ANDPAD launched the construction-focused AI project “ANDPAD Stellarc” and began developing and providing a suite of AI products, alongside an AI solutions business. ANDPAD is evolving as a vertical AI for the construction industry and for industries that involve new construction, maintenance, and repair of facility assets.

This award was granted in recognition of ANDPAD’s development capabilities — particularly in innovation and AI for the construction industry — and its influence across Asia.

Comment from Takeo Inada, CEO of ANDPAD

“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the committee for selecting ANDPAD as one of Asia’s leading growth companies. We received this award in recognition of the track record and strong growth we have achieved over the 10 years since the launch of our service. As the operator of a construction-industry AI data platform, we will continue to contribute to solving challenges and improving productivity not only in Japan but also across Asia, the United States and other regions through rapid AI development and customer support.”

Reference: https://www.graniteasia.com/news/nextgen-tech-30-announces-2026-class-as-asias-ai-companies-move-beyond-software-into-the-real-world 

About NextGen Tech 30

NextGen Tech 30 is Asia’s first major public-private initiative dedicated to recognizing and supporting top growth-stage technology companies across the region. Led by Granite Asia in collaboration with SGX Group, the program brings together sovereign funds, institutional investors, government agencies, and industry leaders to elevate companies with the potential to expand globally from Asia.

About Granite Asia

Granite Asia is a leading private capital platform in Asia that partners with visionary founders and business leaders to build industry champions. With US$11 billion in assets under management and co-managed capital, the firm has invested in 121 companies with valuations exceeding US$1 billion and has supported 70 IPOs globally. Investing across private equity, private credit, and public capital, Granite Asia combines deep technology expertise with flexible capital solutions to support ambitious companies as they grow, navigate key inflection points, and deliver long-term value across markets worldwide.

About ANDPAD

The cloud-based construction project management service with the top share of the market in Japan(*), ANDPAD enables the central management of everything from on-site operational efficiency to business performance improvement. Since provision of the service started in 2016, through associated development efforts that emphasize intuitiveness and ease of use and thorough support for implementation and utilization, the service has reached over 279,000 corporate users and 818,000 individual users.

ANDPAD was selected as a “2024 Recommended Technology” under the NETIS (New Technology Information System) by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Details (Japanese only): https://andpad.jp/ 

(*)”Trends and Vendor Share in the Construction Business Management Cloud Service Market” (December 2025 MIC IT Report) (According to research by the Deloitte Tohmatsu MIC Research Institute Co., Ltd.)

Company Overview

Name: ANDPAD Inc.

Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita Garden Tower 37F, 5-19 Mita 3 Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Representative: Takeo Inada, CEO

Business Activities: Development, sales and operation of “ANDPAD” cloud-based construction project management service

Company Website (Japanese only): https://andpad.co.jp/ 

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WUZHEN, China, Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from CRI Online

On November 4, the Forum on the Development of Internet Public Welfare was held as part of the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Under the theme of “Digital Intelligence for Innovation: Advancing High-Quality Development of Internet Public Welfare”, the forum aimed to explore new paths for the high-quality development of public welfare undertakings in the era of digital intelligence, bring together forces for good, and contribute insights from the public welfare sector to building a community with a shared future in cyberspace.

At the forum, representatives of public welfare organizations, enterprises and media from China, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, together with experts, scholars and internet celebrities, delivered keynote speeches, sharing their latest practical experience and reflections on leveraging digital intelligence technologies to advance the high-quality development of charity and to bring together forces for good worldwide. The forum screened “Digital Technology for Good, Advancing Public Welfare Together”, a video showcasing the achievements of the China Internet Development Foundation’s public welfare initiatives, and released the findings of the research report on internet public welfare practices by internet and cybersecurity enterprises. The forum also held roundtable discussions on two topics — “Internet Public Welfare for the Global Flow of Goodwill” and “Online Cultural and Humanistic Creation Empowering Public Welfare Communication” — inviting participating guests to jointly explore the paths and methods for the high-quality development of internet public welfare. In addition, celebrity public welfare advocates public welfare projects powered by digital and intelligent technologies, along with examples of online initiatives supporting farmers, that they had taken an interest in. Their sharing encouraged more people to take an interest in and participate in public welfare initiatives.

The forum was hosted by the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and co-organized by the China Internet Development Foundation, the China Charity Alliance and Guoguang Media Development Co., Ltd. More than 100 guests attended the event, including representatives of government departments, international organizations, multinational enterprises and public welfare organizations from many countries, as well as experts, scholars and internet public welfare advocates.

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Zhongtong Kinetic Energy, a Subsidiary of the Group, to Focus on Battery Swapping for New Energy Heavy Trucks and Fixed-route Transportation

Advancing Intelligent Dispatching, Energy Replenishment Management and Transportation Carbon Emission Data Management

HONG KONG, Nov. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — EV Dynamics (Holdings) Limited (the “Company”, stock code: 476.HK, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is exploring an expansion from the supply of new energy commercial vehicles into comprehensive green mobility services. Using battery swapping for new energy heavy trucks and fixed-route transportation as entry points, the Group will integrate artificial intelligence-powered dispatching, energy replenishment management and transportation carbon emission data management to progressively validate the “Transport as a Service” (TaaS) model.

Zhongtong Kinetic Energy (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Zhongtong Kinetic Energy”), the Group’s China operating headquarters platform and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, will start with actual transportation demand, prioritising the study of fixed routes, stable cargo sources and high-frequency transportation scenarios. It will progressively establish a closed-loop operating model covering vehicles, energy replenishment, dispatching and operational evaluation, with vehicle utilisation rate, energy consumption per unit of transportation, energy replenishment efficiency, transportation costs and service stability serving as the key validation indicators.

In terms of artificial intelligence applications, the Group intends to explore functions such as intelligent route scheduling, energy replenishment planning, and operational and maintenance alerts based on transportation orders, driving routes, vehicle energy consumption, battery status and battery swapping station utilisation. These functions are intended to reduce empty running and waiting time, and improve the utilisation efficiency of vehicles and energy replenishment facilities. The relevant technologies will be progressively tested and iterated in conjunction with actual application scenarios, rather than remaining at the level of a standalone conceptual demonstration.

This direction is in line with the policy trend towards the large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks. In June 2026, the Ministry of Transport and ten other departments publicly issued the Implementation Plan for Promoting the Large-scale Application of New Energy Heavy Trucks (《推動新能源重卡規模化應用實施方案》), which proposed that, by 2030, the penetration rate of new energy heavy trucks should reach 40%, with the number of new energy heavy trucks in operation exceeding 1.6 million units, 30,000 kilometres of zero-carbon road transportation corridors to be constructed, and approximately 3,000 heavy truck charging and battery swapping stations to be supported and guided for construction.

Industry penetration has also continued to increase. According to terminal actual sales data under the compulsory traffic accident liability insurance for motor vehicles cited by First Commercial Vehicle Network, 33,100 new energy heavy trucks were sold in Mainland China in September 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 37%, with the monthly penetration rate reaching 50.28%. These figures exclude exports and military vehicles, while the cumulative penetration rate for the period from January to September 2026 was 38.10%.

Mr. Zeng Yan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ev Dynamics, said: “We hope to start with actual transportation scenarios, first establishing vehicle operations, energy replenishment efficiency and dispatching management for fixed routes, and subsequently validate the transport service-based charging model. The value of artificial intelligence does not lie in introducing another concept, but in helping to reduce empty running and waiting time, improve the utilisation rates of vehicles and energy replenishment facilities, and provide customers with more efficient and quantifiable green transportation services.”

In terms of business models, the Group will explore an expansion from vehicle sales into battery swapping services, intelligent dispatching and mobility operations, and study transportation service arrangements charged by mileage or ton-kilometre, with a view to reducing customers’ initial capital investment and barriers to technology adoption, while seeking to progressively establish recurring revenue. The specific cooperation models will be determined according to route conditions, cargo source stability, energy replenishment requirements and project economic benefits.

In terms of carbon emission management, the Group intends to progressively establish the capabilities for digital recording, accounting and reporting of transportation mileage, energy consumption and emission reduction results, thereby providing data support for customers’ green supply chain management.

On 30 October 2026, the Group participated in the “The Oujiang Dialogue — AI Plus Integrated Innovation Development Forum” (「甌江論道——『人工智能＋』融合創新發展論壇」) held in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, and entered into a strategic agreement with the International Academician Science and Technology Innovation Centre. Building on this agreement, both parties will explore the alignment of scientific research resources and industry-academia-research cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence, new energy and intelligent connected vehicles. The Group also took this opportunity to exchange views with universities, research institutions and industry representatives on technology applications and the integration of technologies with practical application scenarios.

Regarding participation in the development of the Qidu Island Urban Intelligent Connected Vehicle Demonstration Zone, Mr. Zeng Yan proposed three directions: First, to prioritise the selection of actual fixed routes and establish an agile, iteratively upgradeable closed-loop operating model; Second, to explore joint operations and evaluation mechanisms with local partners, using operational efficiency, service safety and actual emission reduction results as the basis for evaluation; and Third, based on the validation of application scenarios in Mainland China, to explore opportunities to connect with Hong Kong’s resources in finance, professional services, standards and international markets.

Mr. Zeng Yan added: “Ev Dynamics hopes to become not merely a vehicle supplier, but also a participant in application scenarios and a co-builder of long-term operational mechanisms. The application scenarios and supply chain capabilities in Mainland China, combined with Hong Kong’s professional services and international connections, are expected to create favourable conditions for external cooperation in green mobility solutions.”

Looking ahead, the Group will adopt Academician Chen Qingquan’s “Four Networks and Four Flows” theory as a methodological guide for its green mobility system, exploring the coordination of the energy network, transportation network, information network and humanity network, and promoting the integration of energy flow, information flow, material flow and value flow. The Group will also put these concepts into practice across specific aspects such as vehicle dispatching, energy replenishment management and transportation services. Through Zhongtong Kinetic Energy, the Group will steadily advance the validation of application scenarios involving battery swapping for new energy heavy trucks, intelligent logistics dispatching and green mobility operations, while exploring industry-academia-research cooperation in technologies such as autonomous driving for specific transportation scenarios, including “Xinjiang Coal Outbound Transport”. The relevant businesses will be progressively advanced based on actual project progress and commercial feasibility.

About Ev Dynamics (Holdings) Limited

Guided by its mission to ‘revolutionise transportation’, Ev Dynamics is evolving from a pioneer in the global new energy commercial vehicle market into an integrated solution provider of ‘new energy transport vehicles + energy infrastructure’. The Group has supported electrification across multiple countries and cities worldwide. In addition to the development and production of electric vehicles, including electric buses and purpose-built electric vehicles, the Group has expanded into integrated e-Mobility Solutions, offering in the PRC a comprehensive ecosystem that combines vehicle supply, operations, and value-added services such as charging infrastructure deployment.

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