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Two Decades of Precision: Lingyi iTech Marks 20th Anniversary with Landmark Hong Kong Listing (1688.HK) to Anchor Its Global AI Leadership

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SHENZHEN, China, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The global technology landscape is undergoing a monumental structural shift. As the consumer electronics market matures, the epicenter of high-tech manufacturing is rapidly pivoting toward artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced thermal management, and embodied intelligence. Capitalizing on this wave, Lingyi iTech (Guangdong) Company, a prominent global intelligent manufacturing services leader, has officially launched its dual-listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1688.HK.

The timing could not be more symbolic. Founded in 2006, 2026 marks Lingyi iTech’s 20th anniversary. This landmark listing represents the crowning achievement of a two-decade evolution—transforming from a single-process component manufacturer into the world’s leading AI terminal equipment high-precision platform.

While the offering of 811.8 million shares at the maximum ceiling of HK$10.18 per share represents a significant financial milestone, the true importance of the transaction lies in its deep strategic significance. For a company already highly valued on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002600.SZ), this secondary float serves as an elite bridge to international markets, further elevating Lingyi iTech’s position as an indispensable hardware backbone for the global AI ecosystem.

The Strategic Significance of the Hong Kong Listing

For a mature manufacturing titan celebrating 20 years of industry dominance, listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is a multi-layered corporate masterstroke that goes far beyond a routine capital injection.

1. Seamless Access to Global Institutional Capital

While its domestic A-share listing provides robust localized valuation, establishing a dual-listing footprint in Hong Kong gives Lingyi iTech direct, unhindered access to international institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, and global asset managers who operate exclusively in international markets. This broadens the company’s investor base and builds absolute structural financial resilience.

2. A Gateway for Global Supply Chain Integration

As Lingyi iTech expands its footprint into international data center ecosystems and next-generation computing architectures, having a presence on a global financial hub like the HKEX elevates its brand equity. It signals compliance with top-tier international corporate governance standards, simplifying cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships with overseas technology leaders. Far from entering these markets as a newcomer, Lingyi iTech approaches the HKEX as an established, trusted primary supplier to global technology titans. The listing solidifies and deepens these high-level global alliances.

3. Anchored by Industry Titans

The offering’s strategic weight is anchored by 19 cornerstone investors who have locked in $406.9 million (~HK$ 3.19 billion), representing 38.59% of the total IPO. This massive institutional commitment underscores deep cross-industry confidence in Lingyi’s capacity to scale its AI hardware pipeline.

The listing’s strategic weight is further validated by its heavyweight cornerstone investors, who locked in nearly half of the total offering. These include GF Fund Management, Kaide Global Investment (KKR), MSIP, HK Greenwoods, 3W Fund, Qube, Sunny Optical Capital, Honor, and Hongxing International (Victory Giant Technology). The active participation of industrial peers and major technology clients highlights the powerful horizontal integration and collective industry backing Lingyi enjoys across the global high-tech ecosystem.

Driving the Next Era: Edge AI, Physical AI, and AI Infrastructure

The core narrative underpinning Lingyi iTech’s second-decade transformation is a definitive, high-growth alignment with three interconnected pillars: Edge AI, Physical AI, and AI Infrastructure.

Edge AI: Powering the Intelligent Perimeter

As artificial intelligence transitions from centralized cloud networks to local devices, the demand for sophisticated hardware components at the “edge” is skyrocketing. Lingyi iTech leverages its unmatched precision engineering to manufacture complex internal structural components, high-efficiency thermal management modules, charger and advanced materials required for next-generation AI smartphones, foldable devices, and XR wearable glasses. These edge devices require highly compact, durable, and thermally stable enclosures to process complex AI workloads locally, a niche where Lingyi holds a dominant global market share.

Physical AI: Building a World-Class Robotics Ecosystem

“Physical AI”—widely known as embodied intelligence—represents artificial intelligence that physically interacts with the real world. Lingyi iTech aims to become one of the world’s top three suppliers of physical AI hardware.

To drive this vision, the company’s robotics division has built an expansive global footprint, currently serving more than 20 premier robotics clients worldwide, including prominent North American and domestic tech leaders. Central to its localized industrial manufacturing scale is the newly built Beijing Embodied Intelligence Super Factory, a high-automation flagship facility that recently marked the successful large-scale mass rollout of the advanced Tiangong humanoid robot series.

AI Infrastructure: Strengthening Server Architecture

The massive computational requirements of large language models have placed unprecedented stress on data center hardware layers. Lingyi iTech has successfully positioned itself as a critical hardware provider for the high-density AI server market, through its integrated “Thermal Management + Power Supply” solutions.

Readore and the Liquid Cooling Imperative

A critical element of Lingyi iTech’s absolute competitive advantage in the AI infrastructure space is its majority-owned subsidiary, Dongguan Readore Technology Co., Ltd.. As AI clusters scale up to advanced graphics processing architectures, traditional air cooling hits its physical limits, making advanced liquid cooling mandatory for next-generation server racks.

Readore has successfully positioned itself at the absolute apex of this technology wave as a certified supplier of liquid cooling solutions within the Leading AI computing clients hardware ecosystem. Holding dual Approved Vendor List (AVL) and Recommended Vendor List (RVL) certifications, Readore delivers critical thermal management components in bulk to top-tier high-performance hardware clients and North American server manufacturing partners.

Readore’s core product portfolio includes:

Server Liquid Cooling Plates (Cold Plates): Including specialized cold plates designed for high-speed optical modules and next-generation processing architectures.

Liquid Cooling Manifolds: Engineered for precise, balanced coolant distribution across high-density server racks.

Universal Quick Disconnects (UQD): High-reliability, zero-leakage quick-connect connectors that facilitate seamless, hot-swappable server maintenance within operational data centers.

By integrating Readore’s specialized liquid cooling capabilities with Lingyi’s massive scale, the group provides an end-to-end infrastructure package that directly addresses the thermal bottlenecks of modern AI data centers.

Conclusion

Founded in 2006 by visionary entrepreneur Zeng Fangqin, Lingyi iTech has consistently demonstrated an ability to anticipate, lead, and scale alongside major global technology cycles. Its entry into its third decade of operation, marked by the milestone listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1688.HK), represents a profound strategic coronation.

By utilizing Hong Kong as a launchpad to fully integrate with international capital markets, securing an elite foothold in the North American server partners supply chain via Readore, and anchoring its future in Edge AI, Physical AI, and AI Infrastructure, Lingyi iTech has successfully evolved into an indispensable platform for the global artificial intelligence era. The first twenty years built a manufacturing powerhouse; the next twenty are set to anchor the infrastructure of tomorrow.

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Tuya Smart Unveils Doova at IFA 2026, an AI Home Companion Robot Designed to Support Independently Living Seniors

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BERLIN, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global AI cloud platform service provider, today unveiled Doova, its new AI home companion robot, at IFA 2026. Designed for seniors living alone, Doova moves beyond the traditional roles of security devices and household robots, combining proactive safety protection, emotionally intelligent companionship, and seamless smart home coordination to support a safer, more connected, and more comfortable daily life.

For many seniors living independently, the greatest concern is not simply an accident itself, but the time that passes before anyone realizes something is wrong.

Doova is equipped with LDS LiDAR, a four-microphone sound source localization system, and AI vision-based skeletal recognition algorithms. If a user falls or encounters another emergency, they can call out, “Hey Tuya, help,” and Doova will quickly locate the user, move to their side, and assess the situation in real time.

If no response is detected within 60 seconds, Doova automatically initiates an emergency response workflow, sending a two-way live video call alert to family members so assistance can be arranged without delay.

An AI Companion for Everyday Life

Doova combines emotional companionship, daily assistance, and wellness support in a single AI-powered home companion designed specifically for older adults. Its conversational ability is powered by a multimodal large language model, allowing it to hold natural, free-flowing conversations rather than respond only to fixed commands.

During quiet moments at home, Doova can hold conversations, offer company, and play entertainment content to ease feelings of loneliness. In day-to-day life, it can help interpret complex bills and letters, identify potential scam risks, and guide users through operating smart appliances. For health and routine management, Doova can provide reminders for medication, weather updates, and schedules, while also engaging users with light interactive games.

Over time, Doova learns user preferences and becomes more personally helpful in everyday areas such as meal suggestions, gardening advice, and outfit recommendations. In the future, Tuya also plans to introduce value-added services including autonomous item-finding throughout the home, helping reduce anxiety around misplaced belongings.

Smarter In-Home Monitoring for Greater Peace of Mind

When users are away from home, Doova helps make home monitoring simpler and less intrusive.

Unlike conventional patrol-style security devices that follow walls in fixed routes and can feel like overt surveillance, Doova uses a node-oriented coverage strategy designed around the center of each room. It can move from space to space on a dual-wheel drive with caster wheels, perform a 360-degree scan at each location, and automatically generate a safety report that is delivered to the user’s mobile phone, making it easier to stay informed about conditions throughout the home from anywhere. Doova also supports autonomous docking and recharging, so monitoring continues without day-to-day intervention.

A Gentle Smart Home Hub Built for Daily Living

Powered by Tuya’s mature AIoT ecosystem, Doova also serves as a central smart home control hub. With simple voice commands, users can coordinate connected devices across the home, including lighting, curtains, kitchen appliances, and bathroom devices, without complicated setup or operations, lowering the barrier to smart living for seniors.

Doova is also designed to feel like a natural part of the household rather than a piece of equipment. Its soft, curved form moves away from the cold, mechanical look often associated with robots, allowing it to blend more naturally into living spaces. The device height is optimized for interaction whether a user is standing, seated, or reclining, while a 10.1-inch high-definition display and dynamic facial expressions make conversations feel warmer and more engaging.

Doova has drawn strong interest from attendees at IFA 2026, reflecting growing demand for AI solutions that support independent living. With Doova, Tuya continues to extend its AI+IoT ecosystem into new areas of daily life, bringing safety, companionship, and connected living together for seniors who choose to age independently.

About Tuya Smart

Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391) is a leading global AI cloud platform service provider dedicated to bringing AI into everyday life. Through its TuyaOpen open-source development framework and universal AI Agent engines, including the AI Agent development platform, Tuya integrates multimodal AI capabilities to lower barriers for AI development, efficiently advancing the realization of AI-driven lifestyles and accelerating AI integration with the physical world. Tuya offers innovative physical AI solutions for smart devices, commercial applications, and industry developers through its cloud computing and spatial intelligence capabilities. It also provides a complete, open, and neutral global AIoT ecosystem.

As of June 30, 2026, the Tuya AI Developer Platform had over 2,092,000 registered AI developers from more than 200 countries and regions.

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NonPublic delivers over 10x return on SpaceX investments for early investors

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Private markets technology investment platform NonPublic delivered over a 10x return to early investors, after they saw SpaceX’s valuation soar to a peak of 2.6 trillion following the biggest IPO in history.

SYDNEY, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Private markets technology investment platform NonPublic has delivered over a 10x return to early investors, after they saw SpaceX’s valuation soar to a peak of 2.6 trillion following the biggest IPO in history.

“What this outcome illustrates is that the most significant growth in today’s leading technology companies increasingly belongs to private market investors. Most of the money is made before the bell rings, and as companies stay private for longer, that window only widens.”

The NonPublic Group ran 14 vehicles across SpaceX, and xAI which merged into SpaceX, growing US $4.4 million of investor capital into around US$16 million at the IPO price and US$24 million at the June peak, before fees.

SpaceX stock surged 67 percent above its IPO valuation within days of listing, and total market cap still currently sits at over US $2 trillion, but the vast majority of investor returns were realised well before the public markets were granted access.

Direct access to US private placements like these has historically required Australian investors to hold US SEC accreditation or qualified purchaser status, leverage a US-licensed broker, and commit a minimum of US$1 to 5 million per deal.

These requirements are operationally and legally impractical for most eligible Australian investors to meet directly, however NonPublic gave eligible wholesale Australian investors access to the deal by pooling funds through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

This access was critical given SpaceX remained private for 24 years accruing value before listing, as the average time from founding to IPO for major US technology companies has grown from around four years in the early 2000s to 12 years today.

SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 on 7 July. NonPublic believes its investors already captured the bulk of the company’s value creation before public markets opened.

Milan Reinartz, founder and CEO at NonPublic, said: “When we first accessed SpaceX in 2021 at a US$108 billion valuation, many people thought the ceiling was closed. They missed what Starlink represented as a commercial engine, and the long-term mission that gives SpaceX a purpose no competitor can replicate.

“What this outcome illustrates is that the most significant growth in today’s leading technology companies increasingly belongs to private market investors. Most of the money is made before the bell rings, and as companies stay private for longer, that window only widens.

“For eligible Australian wholesale investors, that opportunity has historically been out of reach. Our goal is to provide access to these companies at transparent fee structures through familiar Australian structures, while being clear that disciplined diversification across a portfolio is how investors manage the genuine risks of this asset class.”

Please contact Priyanka Dogra for any interview requests: 0410 593 587

NonPublic (www.nonpublic.com) is an Australian-licensed investment platform providing sophisticated/accredited and professional investors with curated access to exclusive pre-IPO and private market opportunities, with a focus on leading US technology companies. Through a transparent, technology-enabled platform, NonPublic connects investors with high-growth private companies, secondary transactions, and alternative investment opportunities that have traditionally been difficult to access.

NonPublic Pty Ltd holds Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) 482668.

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CHiQ Wins AI Home Ecosystem Brand Award, Exploring New Smart Living Experiences Through AI Innovation

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BERLIN, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CHiQ, a global smart home brand, received the AI Home Ecosystem Brand Award at IFA 2026 in recognition of its continued innovation in AI technology and smart home ecosystems. The award further highlights CHiQ’s pioneering work in AI-powered smart homes and its ongoing efforts to enhance the user experience through technological breakthrough.

Presented jointly by IDG and IFA, the award is one of the technology innovation honors closely watched by the global consumer electronics and home appliance industry during IFA. It recognizes notable advances in cutting-edge AI technology across the sector, with a focus on practical innovations and applications that contribute to industry development.

“Receiving the AI Home Ecosystem Brand Award is a recognition of CHiQ’s continued exploration of AI-powered smart homes,” said Vinson Fan, Deputy General Manager of Changhong International Brand Business Center. “The value of AI should be reflected not only in the smart features of individual products, but also in understanding users’ needs and enabling different devices and scenarios to work together naturally. CHiQ will continue to deepen the integration of AI into everyday home life, making smart home technology more responsive to users and delivering more convenient, intuitive and personalized experiences to consumers worldwide.”

At this year’s IFA, CHiQ unveiled a range of flagship AI-powered smart home products across key categories, including TVs, refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners. The RGB MiniLED AI TV features an AI Sports Platform that expands opportunities for exercising at home, while the AI refrigerator uses AI-powered precision control technology to improve food preservation. The washing machines and air conditioners employ intelligent sensing to further optimize garment care and indoor climate control.

Beyond its products, CHiQ continues to explore the intersection of technology, culture and lifestyle. The brand has incorporated panda-inspired elements into its AI interactions to engage users in a more approachable way. Through sports partnerships such as the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, CHiQ is also connecting its brand with sports and lifestyles familiar to European consumers, further strengthening its localized brand presence.

In recent years, CHiQ has continued to advance the development and application of AI technology, extending its AI capabilities from individual products to a broader range of home appliances and everyday scenarios while steadily strengthening its technological and product innovation capabilities. Building on this award, CHiQ will further expand the role of AI in everyday home life. Through a more open ecosystem and continued technological development, the brand aims to strengthen its global presence and bring more personalized smart living experiences to consumers worldwide.

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