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Zafin Launches AIOS, an End-to-End Platform to Orchestrate and Govern Agentic Work

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AIOS helps regulated institutions orchestrate agents, models, tools and workflows from intent to governed outcome, with cost controls and proof of work built in

TORONTO, June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Zafin, an AI platform company for regulated institutions, today launched Zafin AIOS, an end-to-end agent orchestration platform and control plane for governed agentic work. AIOS helps regulated institutions leverage agents across work without losing visibility or control over how work gets done. The platform orchestrates an institution’s own agents and approved third-party agents registered in AIOS, along with the models they call on and the tools they use, across the full path of work from business operations to software delivery.

As agentic work expands, work no longer happens in one place. It moves across agents, models, tools, workflows, systems and human decision points. AIOS is designed to orchestrate that movement with enterprise guardrails, cost controls and proof of work built into the path.

According to a recent Deloitte AI survey, only 21% of organizations have a mature governance model for autonomous AI agents. With this shift, regulated institutions face a new operating challenge: turning individual task-level productivity into governed operating capacity across workflows. AIOS addresses this by bringing agents, models, tools and pilot projects into a governed path where work can be directed, reviewed, cost-managed, evidenced and improved over time.

The result is a more controlled operating model: more capacity created, shorter cycle times, stronger cost governance, clearer control and more reusable learning from the work being done.

“Agentic AI is not just another technology cycle. It changes the operating model of the enterprise,” said Charbel Safadi, CEO of Zafin. “For the first time, real work will move across people, agents, models, and systems together. Regulated institutions need a way to orchestrate that work while keeping human authority, cost discipline, evidence, and accountability intact. That is what AIOS was built to do: bring people, systems, and AI into a governed work path.”

Zafin is Customer Zero for AIOS. The company validated the platform by running AIOS across its own software delivery, modernization, and internal operations before bringing it to customers.

A New Operating Model for Agentic Work

As agents take on more work, the role of people also changes. Human teams no longer need to perform every task manually. But if their role is not redefined, authority, cost discipline and evidence are often the first things to break down.

AIOS defines what agents can access, what they are allowed to do, which models and tools they can use, what controls apply and where human authority is required.

People remain responsible for the decisions that determine whether agentic work can be trusted: defining the right intent, setting the right controls, approving consequential actions, reviewing exceptions and inspecting the evidence behind the outcome.

The goal is not to put a person in every step but to place human authority where it matters most, while allowing agentic work to move through a governed path.

Proof of Work Built into the Work Path

AIOS creates a source of proof for agentic work. It does not only route work across agents, models, tools and workflows. It captures the evidence institutions need to understand how work moved, what controls applied and why it was allowed to proceed.

Every action is traced and linked to the work itself, including:

What was requested and what context was usedWhich agent or model acted, and what permissions and controls appliedWhere humans reviewed the work and what exceptions surfacedWhat changed, what it cost and what evidence remains

This creates an evidence record that can support policy, control, compliance, and audit review without forcing institutions to reconstruct what happened after the fact from tickets, logs, chats, and disconnected systems.

“Conventional logging can show what happened, but running agentic work in a regulated institution requires more than an audit trail,” said Shahir Daya, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Zafin. “It requires a governed execution path. AIOS embeds governance and evidence directly into that execution path, creating a trusted record of what was requested, what was permitted, what occurred, and who was accountable at every step.”

AIOS Accelerator for Qualified Institutions

Zafin AIOS Accelerator is a time-limited program for regulated institutions ready to move from AI experimentation to governed agentic work. The Accelerator program helps qualified institutions assess readiness, define their governance and proof-of-work requirements, and apply AIOS to a first use case: software delivery, modernization, regulated research, or another high-control workflow.

Institutions can apply at: https://zafin.com/aios/accelerator.

About Zafin

Zafin is an AI platform company for regulated institutions. Built from more than 20 years of experience operating in demanding regulated technology environments, Zafin brings structure, intelligence, and accountability to how critical work, systems and decisions are created, governed, and improved.

Zafin’s portfolio includes Zafin AIOS, an end-to-end agent orchestration platform and control plane for governed agentic work; the Zafin Banking Platform, the AI-powered banking execution platform for product, pricing, offers, billing, loyalty, relationship and deal logic; and Zafin IO, the integration platform for connecting data, events, services, workflows and applications across regulated enterprise environments.

Together, they reflect Zafin’s core discipline: helping institutions move faster while preserving governance, evidence, control, and accountability.

To learn more, visit www.zafin.com, and connect with us on LinkedIn. Additional insights and expert discussions are available on the Zafin blog and YouTube channel.

“Zafin” is a trademark of Zafin. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

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China Southern Power Grid: Powering Asia-Pacific Prosperity Through Energy Cooperation

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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The following is a news report from Xinhuanet:

The Asia-Pacific Media Forum opened in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on September 5 under the theme “Building a Path to Shared Prosperity for the Asia-Pacific Community: Media Consensus and Action.” Qian Chaoyang, Chairman and Party Secretary of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. (CSG), attended the forum and delivered remarks.

The Asia-Pacific region is a major engine of global economic growth, and clean, low-carbon, secure and efficient energy is essential to keeping that engine running smoothly. The region accounts for a significant share of global energy consumption. Its countries vary widely in their energy resources but have strong potential to complement one another, creating substantial opportunities for greater regional energy connectivity. CSG has consistently supported efforts to build an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future and has worked to become an important force in advancing energy connectivity across the region.

CSG highlighted progress in six areas across the Greater Bay Area: power supply, grid reliability, clean-energy integration, transmission technology, artificial intelligence and regional cooperation. Total electricity consumption across the Greater Bay Area exceeded 700 TWh, ranking ahead of the world’s other major bay areas; a stronger power grid, with average annual outage time per customer of less than 30 minutes and power supply reliability maintained at a world-class level; cleaner power, with approximately 180 billion kWh of clean electricity transmitted to the Greater Bay Area annually through the West-to-East Electricity Transmission project, installed renewable energy capacity exceeding 93 GW, and clean energy accounting for more than half of total installed capacity; more active innovation, with world-leading expertise in areas including complex large-scale power grid operations and flexible ultra-high-voltage direct-current (UHVDC) transmission; a smarter power system, with CSG’s proprietary power-sector foundation model, “Big Watt • Yudian,” receiving the top award at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference; and more open collaboration, with CSG launching and regularly convening the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Power Enterprise Summit and establishing the Greater Bay Area Power Development Cooperation Organization to advance open, mutually beneficial regional power cooperation.   

CSG is also contributing to the development of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future by sharing its experience in building, operating and governing the “electricity-powered Greater Bay Area,” as well as its experience in regional cooperation. The company has built 17 high-voltage power transmission links with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar and is exploring the development of a regional electricity market in the Lancang-Mekong region. More than 84 TWh of electricity has already been exchanged across national borders, with clean energy accounting for more than 90% of the total.

Pluz Energía Perú, operated by CSG, ranks first in its local market for power supply reliability, while power outages in three demonstration zones established in partnership with Laos have declined by 70%. CSG has also hosted the Global South Power Partnership Development Forum and signed more than 50 partnership agreements. The company has trained nearly 2,000 energy professionals from partner countries and implemented a number of small-scale, high-impact community projects, including the Vinh Tan Light initiative in Vietnam and the Dok Champa project in Laos.

Looking ahead, CSG said it plans to work with regional partners to capitalize on complementary energy resources and expand cross-border energy cooperation across the Asia-Pacific.

The forum brought together more than 400 representatives from over 40 countries and regions, as well as United Nations agencies and international organizations.

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Frost & Sullivan Appoints Janesh Janardhanan as Global Partner and Head of Subscriptions

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Janardhanan to lead the strategic direction, commercial growth and global expansion of Frost & Sullivan’s analytics, subscription and Growth Generator platforms

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 7, 2026 /CNW/ — Frost & Sullivan, the global analytics and growth advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Janesh Janardhanan as Global Partner and Head of its Subscriptions business. In this role, Janardhanan assumes P&L leadership of the company’s global subscription portfolio, encompassing its analytics business, its subscriptions platform, and its Growth Generator data platform.

The appointment reflects Frost & Sullivan’s continued investment in its recurring-revenue subscription offerings, which provide clients worldwide with continuous access to intelligence, growth opportunity analytics, and decision-support tools. Janardhanan will be responsible for driving the strategic direction, commercial performance, and global expansion of these platforms.

“I am honored to take on the leadership of Frost & Sullivan’s Subscriptions business at such a pivotal moment,” said Janesh Janardhanan, Global Partner and Head of Subscriptions, Frost & Sullivan. “Our analytics, data, and Growth Generator platforms sit at the heart of how clients identify and act on their next opportunities for growth. My focus will be on deepening the value we deliver, scaling our platforms globally, and ensuring our subscribers stay ahead of the transformations reshaping their industries.”

Janardhanan brings extensive experience in commercial leadership, analytics, and growth strategy to the role. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School (GMP) and holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Under his leadership, Frost & Sullivan’s Subscriptions business will continue to expand its coverage, enrich its content and data assets, and strengthen the technology platforms that power insight and growth for organizations across the globe.

About Frost & Sullivan

For more than six decades, Frost & Sullivan has helped clients accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation, and leadership. The company’s Growth Pipeline as a Service provides corporate leadership teams and their growth strategy partners with continuous research, insight, and analytics that drive transformational growth strategies. For more information, visit www.frost.com.

Your Transformational Growth Journey Starts Here: Schedule Your Growth Pipeline Dialog™ with the Frost & Sullivan team.

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Global Customer Experience, Frost & Sullivan
kristina.menzefricke@frost.com

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Sony Electronics and Hello Kitty Team Up for Limited-Edition Headphone Collection

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Sony Store-exclusive bundles pair select Sony headphones with custom Hello Kitty accessories featuring thoughtful, character-inspired design details

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Electronics Inc. today announced a limited-edition collaboration with Hello Kitty, one of Sanrio’s most beloved and recognizable characters. Available only through the Sony Store, the collection pairs select Sony headphones with exclusive Hello Kitty collaboration merchandise, bringing together Sony’s premium audio experience and Hello Kitty’s iconic charm. Pre-orders begin later this holiday season1.

The limited-edition collaboration is available with the following Sony headphones:

WH-1000XM6 Wireless Noise Canceling HeadphonesWH-CH730N Wireless Noise Canceling HeadphonesWH-CH530 Wireless Headphones

Available with select pink/sand pink and black colorways of the WH-1000XM6, WH-CH730N, and WH-CH530 headphones, each collaboration bundle includes a Sony Store exclusive Hello Kitty carrying case and tote bag2. Designed to hold headphones and added space for everyday essentials, the carrying case blends Hello Kitty’s signature charm with Sony’s premium, minimalist design aesthetic. Thoughtful details throughout the collaboration celebrate Hello Kitty’s world and her connection to music, entertainment, and everyday creativity, while each headphone model is paired with its own uniquely designed tote bag for everyday use.

Bringing together Sony’s audio expertise and Hello Kitty’s timeless appeal, the limited-edition collection celebrates self-expression, entertainment, and personal style. The exclusive accessories allow fans to enjoy Hello Kitty’s iconic world not only while listening to music, but also as part of their everyday routine at home and on the go.

To receive updates on this collaboration bundle, please visit https://cloud.email.sel.sony.com/HelloKittyxSony 

About Sony Electronics Inc.

Sony Electronics is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, robotics and financial services. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Sony Electronics is a leader in electronics for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution, and customer service. Sony Electronics creates products that innovate and inspire generations, such as the award-winning Alpha Interchangeable Lens Cameras and revolutionary high-resolution audio products. Sony is also a leading manufacturer of end-to-end solutions from 4K professional broadcast and A/V equipment. Visit http://www.sony.com/news for more information.

About Sanrio

Sanrio is the global lifestyle brand best known for Hello Kitty, who was created in 1974, and home to many other beloved character brands such as My Melody, Kuromi, LittleTwinStars, Cinnamoroll, Pompompurin, gudetama, Aggretsuko, Chococat, Badtz-maru and Keroppi. Sanrio was founded on the philosophy that a small gift can bring happiness and friendship to people of all ages. Since 1960, this philosophy has served as the inspiration to offer quality products, services, and activities that promote communication and inspire unique consumer experiences across the world. Today, Sanrio’s business extends into the entertainment industry with several content series, gaming offerings, and theme parks. Sanrio boasts an extensive product lineup that is available in over 130 countries. Sanrio hopes to bring smiles to everyone’s faces with their vision of “One World, Connecting Smiles.” To learn more about Sanrio, please visit www.sanrio.com and follow @sanrio and @hellokitty on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Pinterest, and subscribe to the Hello Kitty and Friends YouTube Channel.

1 The collaboration will be available in limited quantities in select countries and regions. Available headphone models will vary by market and may include the WH-1000XM6, WH-CH730N and WH-CH530
2 Availability of collaboration bundles and headphone models varies by country/region.

 

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