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Mavrix Expands North American Presence with New US Headquarters in Fort Lauderdale

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. and TORONTO, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mavrix, the human-first, AI-enabled global data acquisition and research execution company formerly part of Azure Knowledge Corporation, today announced the opening of its US headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, marking a major step in the company’s North American expansion after more than 25 percent year-over-year growth in 2026.

 

The new headquarters brings senior leadership closer together in one market, with CEO and Co-Founder Rafal Gajdamowicz relocating to South Florida alongside North American Managing Director Neil Blefeld, who is already based in the state. The move is intended to strengthen strategy, speed decision-making, and support continued growth across the Americas. At the same time, Mavrix has expanded its Toronto operations to more than 45 team members across operations, global project management, client services, and phone-enabled research, supported by more than 200 research and project staff globally.

Mavrix supports agencies, consultancies, and enterprise insight teams with online, phone-verified, video, in-person, and community-based research across global markets.

The company is also reinvesting growth into technology through Maxna, Mavrix’s proprietary AI-enabled platform, which helps strengthen respondent verification, feasibility management, and oversight across complex global research programs.

“AI is reshaping the insights industry, but strong outcomes still depend on high-quality data, authentic respondents, and reliable execution across markets,” said Rafal Gajdamowicz, Mavrix CEO and Co-Founder. “As demand grows for trusted human data, this expansion strengthens our ability to support clients across North America and globally.”

Mavrix also continues to expand its industry presence, participating as a Platinum Sponsor at The Quirk’s Event – Dallas 2026 in March and returning as a Platinum Sponsor for The Quirk’s Event – New York in July.

“These events reflect growing demand for trusted human data, operational quality, and AI-enabled execution,” said Glen Collins, EVP, Global Commercial Group at Mavrix.

About Mavrix

Born out of Azure Knowledge Corporation more than 20 years ago, Mavrix serves more than 300 clients across consulting, enterprise, healthcare, technology, and financial services.

The company operates 24/7 teams on six continents, supporting projects in more than 85 countries and 40 languages, with deep expertise in B2B, B2C, healthcare, expert, and hard-to-reach audiences where authenticity and verification are critical.

Maxna, Mavrix’s proprietary platform, anchors data quality and operational intelligence across every project. The company holds ISO 20252, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001 certifications.

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SKAI Intelligence Partners with Korea’s Leading AI Institute to Advance Synthetic Data and Physical AI Research

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Collaboration combines SKAI Intelligence’s industrial synthetic-data pipeline with Korea’s leading AI research institution Joint research to advance robotic perception, grasping, and vision technologies for real-world Physical AI applications Partnership aims to accelerate next-generation robotics development through high-fidelity digital twins and simulation technologies

SEOUL, South Korea, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SKAI Intelligence, a Physical AI company specializing in digital twins and industrial-grade synthetic data, today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Seoul National University AI Institute (AIIS), one of Asia’s leading artificial intelligence research organizations, to jointly advance core technologies powering the next generation of intelligent robotics.

The collaboration brings together SKAI Intelligence’s expertise in high-fidelity digital twins, synthetic-data generation, and simulation technologies with the Seoul National University AI Institute’s world-class AI research capabilities. Together, the two organizations will pursue research and development initiatives aimed at accelerating the commercialization of Physical AI across industrial applications.

As robotics and autonomous systems increasingly move from controlled environments into real-world settings, the ability to train AI models using large-scale, high-quality synthetic data has emerged as a critical industry challenge. Through this partnership, SKAI Intelligence and AIIS will focus on developing advanced robotic perception, grasping, vision, and spatial understanding technologies that enable robots to better understand, interact with, and navigate complex physical environments.

At the center of the collaboration is SKAI Intelligence’s synthetic-data production infrastructure, which leverages NVIDIA Omniverse-based digital twin technology to transform real-world objects and environments into highly accurate virtual assets. The platform enables the generation of industrial-scale synthetic datasets for AI training, testing, evaluation, and validation, helping bridge the gap between simulation and real-world deployment.

The two organizations will jointly conduct research in robotic perception and grasping, object recognition and pose estimation, monocular depth estimation, real-time object tracking, and other foundational technologies required for Physical AI systems. The partners also plan to collaborate on government-sponsored research programs, talent exchanges, and large-scale AI model development initiatives.

By combining academic research with industrial-scale simulation and synthetic-data generation capabilities, the partnership seeks to advance Sim-to-Real methodologies that allow robots to learn more efficiently in virtual environments before being deployed in real-world scenarios.

“In the Physical AI era, the ability to accurately replicate the real world in digital form and generate scalable, high-quality training data will become a defining competitive advantage,” said Morgan Mao, co-CEO and co-Founder of SKAI Intelligence. “By combining our digital twin and synthetic-data technologies with the world-class AI research expertise of Seoul National University AI Institute, we aim to accelerate the development and commercialization of next-generation robotics and Physical AI technologies,” Mao added.

“This collaboration represents an important step toward bridging advanced AI research with practical industrial applications,” said Jaewook Lee, Director of the Seoul National University AI Institute. “Through joint research and continuous technical collaboration, we hope to contribute to the advancement of globally competitive Physical AI technologies.”

This strategic partnership reflects SKAI Intelligence’s broader strategy to strengthen its position as a key infrastructure provider for the emerging Physical AI ecosystem. The company has been expanding its investments in digital twin technologies, synthetic-data generation, and AI simulation platforms to support robotics, automation, and intelligent manufacturing applications worldwide.

About SKAI Intelligence
SKAI Intelligence is a Physical AI company delivering industrial-grade synthetic data and high-fidelity digital twins for enterprise and industrial applications. Leveraging AI-powered simulation, automation, and digital twin technologies, the company enables scalable AI training and next-generation digital infrastructure across industries.

As an NVIDIA Independent Software Vendor (ISV), SKAI Intelligence leverages NVIDIA Omniverse technologies to support digital twin workflows, synthetic data generation, and real-time simulation environments for Physical AI applications.

About Seoul National University AI Institute (AIIS)
The Seoul National University AI Institute (AIIS) is one of Korea’s leading artificial intelligence research organizations, conducting advanced research across machine learning, robotics, computer vision, natural language processing, and next-generation AI systems. AIIS collaborates with academic, government, and industry partners to advance AI innovation and commercialization.

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HKC, ANTGAMER and KOORUI Unveil Breakthrough Display Innovations at COMPUTEX 2026

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TAIPEI, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HKC, ANTGAMER and KOORUI made a joint appearance at COMPUTEX 2026 under the theme “Win Beyond the Frame,” showcasing a new lineup of display innovations at Booth N0126, Hall 1, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. The three brands introduced world-first technologies and flagship products designed for professional creation, competitive gaming and hybrid productivity, drawing strong attention from global industry visitors, esports players and channel partners on the opening day.

HKC highlighted its next-generation visual leadership with the debut of the Shield C83U60, the world’s first 83.4-inch 12K ultra-wide curved monitor. Featuring 11520×2160 resolution, a 60Hz refresh rate and R1000 curvature, the display eliminates the visual gaps of multi-screen setups and delivers an immersive panoramic experience for simulation gaming, racing, FPS titles, content creation and financial multitasking. HKC also presented the world’s first 31.4-inch and 27-inch RGB-MiniLED monitors, Apex 32U165VD and Apex 27U165D, bringing independent RGB light and color control for higher color purity and premium HDR performance. Additional highlights included the Shield 27H180 5K AI monitor and Apex 27U240B 4K 240Hz QD-OLED monitor.

ANTGAMER made its global debut of the ANT25ASF, the world’s first native 1000Hz FAST-TN esports gaming monitor. With FHD resolution and a 0.8ms GTG response time, the model delivers ultra-smooth, low-latency visuals for competitive players. The brand also showcased ANT257PF, a 750Hz model now shipping globally, alongside ANT275PQ Ultra with QHD 540Hz / HD 1080Hz dual-mode switching and ANT275ZQE powered by fourth-generation Tandem WOLED technology.

KOORUI focused on hybrid work and entertainment scenarios. Its S2741LM 4K Mini LED dual-mode monitor features 1,152 local dimming zones, VESA DisplayHDR 1400 certification, and seamless switching between 4K 160Hz creation mode and FHD 320Hz gaming mode. KOORUI also introduced the 49-inch S4941XO 32:9 QD-OLED ultra-wide monitor with 5120×1440 resolution, 240Hz refresh rate, HDR True Black 400, 90W USB-C and KVM support.

“Win Beyond the Frame” captures the shared vision of HKC, ANTGAMER and KOORUI: to shatter limits and enrich visual life for users worldwide.

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AI Poised to Transform Social Impact at Scale as BCG Commits $500 Million by End of 2030

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Boston Consulting Group Makes Its Largest-Ever Commitment to AI-Driven Social ImpactInitial Partnership with Anthropic to Accelerate 2026 Delivery for High-Impact Organizations

BOSTON, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AI has enormous potential to help address some of the world’s most pressing social challenges. Yet the organizations best positioned to act on that potential often remain significantly underresourced. To help close that gap, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today announced it will commit $500 million by 2030 to AI for social impact, focusing on the organizations most poised for transformative impact and large-scale system change.

The commitment builds on BCG’s track record of sustained investment in social impact—dedicating 3.5 million hours to social impact work and investing more than $1.5 billion in social impact projects since 2020. Since 2024, BCG has delivered more than 200 tech and AI efforts for social impact organizations.

A Partnership Built for Impact

This new AI commitment will help BCG support leading philanthropies and non-profits as they unlock and scale development outcomes, from education and workforce development to health care and poverty reduction.

As an initial step, BCG is partnering with Anthropic’s Beneficial Deployments team, combining Anthropic’s frontier models with BCG’s expertise to deliver breakthrough impact for up to 20 leading social impact organizations this year.

“AI is the defining strategic priority of our time,” said Christoph Schweizer, BCG’s CEO. “As we help companies and industries around the world transform with applied AI, we are also deeply committed to ensuring the social sector captures those same benefits. AI can, and should, play a vital role in addressing society’s hardest problems.”

Building on Demonstrated Delivery

“For more than 30 years, BCG has partnered with world-class social impact organizations to tackle the most complex global challenges. That legacy, combined with our deep experience helping leading businesses transform with AI at scale, positions us uniquely for this moment. Now we are called to bring together our expertise, the power of AI, and the reach of our partner organizations in service of lasting change,” said Jim Larson, BCG’s global social impact leader.

“The organizations taking on the world’s hardest problems should have access to powerful AI, along with a team that can help them actually put it to work,” said Elizabeth Kelly, Head of Beneficial Deployments at Anthropic. “We’re bringing Claude credits and hands-on training to this partnership so that social impact organizations can actually put AI to work on their missions.”

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Boston Consulting Group bridges the gap between ambition and outcomes for the world’s leading companies and organizations. We are built for this era of unprecedented change — bringing strategic clarity rooted in over 60 years of deep domain knowledge, combined with applied AI shaped by our practitioners. BCG works shoulder-to-shoulder with CEOs across industries and geographies to deliver transformative impact at scale: stronger returns, transferred capabilities, and change that sticks. For more information, visit bcg.com.

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