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Position² Introduces Arena, the Proprietary Technology Powering Its AI-Native Growth System That Turns Two Decades of Expertise Into an Intelligence Layer, Orchestrated Agents, and Client Delivery in One Workspace

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Built for enterprise marketing teams and the agencies that serve them, Arena connects Position²’s Growth Intelligence, senior experts, and AI Agents across brand, demand, and campaign execution, working with the tools marketers already use and getting smarter with every engagement.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Position², the AI-Native Growth System for enterprise brands and GTM leaders, today introduced Arena, the proprietary technology at the core of its approach to modern marketing. Arena connects Position²’s Growth Intelligence Layer, senior experts, and AI Agents across the full marketing journey, from brand and positioning to demand generation, campaign execution, and client delivery. Built on more than two decades of marketing expertise, Arena brings together performance signals, brand context, connected workflows, and accumulated knowledge so teams can make better decisions, act faster, and strengthen every engagement that follows.

The business case

“Marketing has drowned in tools and starved for answers. Arena ends that,” said Rajiv Parikh, CEO of Position². “Enterprise marketing isn’t just campaigns, it’s brand, positioning, and every decision that compounds into a reputation. We turned two decades of that expertise into a system that tells teams what’s coming, what to do about it, and remembers everything it learns along the way. Stop paying to describe the past. Start building the brand that wins the next decade.”

Marketing is more than campaigns

Enterprise marketing is not a series of isolated campaigns. It spans brand positioning, audience intelligence, go-to-market strategy, content, creative, demand generation, and performance across channels. Yet many marketing organizations still manage these functions through disconnected tools and workflows, making it difficult to carry insights from one initiative into the next.

Arena connects the context behind strategy, performance, execution, and outcomes so Position² teams and clients can work from a shared foundation, and apply what they learn across the entire growth journey.

Built on Position² Expertise, Not Generic AI

Arena is grounded in Position²’s experience helping enterprise brands grow across industries, including healthcare, computing, consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial technology. Position² Experts apply senior judgment, strategic direction, and quality standards across disciplines such as SEO, paid media, creative, content, and demand generation.

That expertise guides how AI Agents prioritize and execute scoped work, ensuring recommendations and actions reflect each organization’s brand, market, goals, and performance history.

One Connected Approach: Growth Intelligence, Position² Experts, and AI Agents

Arena runs on three layers that work as one system. The intelligence layer forecasts performance and reasons about what to do next, from brand health to campaign ROI. The orchestration layer turns that intelligence into action, coordinating a library of Smart Marketing Agents that plan, execute, and hand off work across channels and disciplines. The workflow layer ships the output as on-brand, client-visible delivery, with Gantt and list views, task hierarchies, and dependencies. Underpinning all three are Arena’s connectors to hundreds of the top platforms marketers already run on: Google Ads, GA4, Meta, LinkedIn, HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, Slack, Gmail, Zoom, and 300+ data sources and 50+ business tools in all — each feeding the same intelligence layer, so the system reasons across the entire stack rather than one channel at a time.

“Arena connects the intelligence behind marketing decisions, the Position² Experts who guide them, and the AI Agents that help execute the work,” said Vikrant, Chief Technology Officer at Position², who heads product and technology for Arena. “Because it all runs as one connected system, Arena remembers every brand decision, campaign, and outcome, and gets sharper with each one. That memory is the moat: brand strategy that once lived in a few people’s heads becomes a durable, compounding asset. Most tools reset to zero. Arena compounds.”

Compounding Intelligence Across Every Engagement

The broader you draw marketing, the more corporate memory matters. Brand equity, positioning, and audience understanding are built over years, yet they usually live in slide decks and a handful of people’s heads, and walk out the door when those people leave. Arena changes that. As Position² Experts guide strategy and AI Agents execute, Arena captures a shared growth memory, a living record of brand decisions, campaigns, market intelligence, outcomes, and context that strengthens every engagement that follows. New agents and new team members inherit that institutional knowledge from day one rather than starting from scratch, and the intelligence layer learns from real results to sharpen future strategy and forecasts. The longer a team runs on Arena, the more the system reflects that organization’s own brand and playbook, turning tacit knowledge that usually disappears into a durable, compounding asset.

Built for the enterprise marketing team and the agency that serves it

Arena supports enterprise marketing organizations and the agencies serving them, particularly teams responsible for growth across multiple channels, stakeholders, and programs.

The CMO / VP of Marketing: a forward-looking read on brand health and whether spend will hit its target, with the reasoning to defend both to the board.The Brand / Growth / Performance Marketing lead: brand programs and campaigns across PPC, SEO, creative, and performance, running daily without routing every task through a specialist.The Marketing Operations / Analytics owner: one blended source of truth in place of hand-assembled reports.The Agency account and delivery lead: on-brand, client-visible results shipped on or before deadline, across every account and geography.

Connected Capabilities Across the Full Funnel

Arena is organized around three growth engines, all drawing on the same intelligence layer and shared corporate memory. AI Agents provide a library of Smart Marketing Agents users can chat with, customize, connect to a knowledge base, and schedule, spinning up project tasks directly from an agent’s response. Analytics (Calibrate) delivers predictive marketing analytics with cross-channel, blended dashboards, anomaly detection, and AI-driven forecasting that flags risks early rather than reporting them late. Project Management brings AI-powered delivery built for marketing and client work. Tying it together, Highlights provides a daily AI executive briefing on revenue at risk and pipeline upside, and Client Intelligence (CIS) generates per-client executive briefings with real-time health, owners, and due dates, auto-updated from Slack, Gmail, Zoom, and Arena activity.

That shift from reporting to decision support is already visible in how customers use Arena. “I use Arena on a daily basis to stay plugged into our performance. It’s an extremely efficient tool for viewing every angle of our paid channels’ performance. Detailed reporting and easy drill-downs make campaign analysis quick and allow me to focus more on strategic planning rather than pulling the numbers,” said Caroline Weisenhorn, Performance Marketing Manager at Eventgroove.

Early results

Marketing teams running on Arena are seeing measurable gains

60% reduction in time spent assembling reports and dashboards8–10 hours/week saved per marketer by automating routine campaign tasks2–3x faster client project delivery across agency accountsAt-risk revenue surfaced days earlier, before the budget is committed, not after

Enterprise-grade by design

Arena is enterprise-grade by design, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA-compliant. The same intelligence and memory foundation can extend into adjacent functions over time, but Arena’s focus is unambiguous: it is built for marketing first.

Learn more about Arena and how it powers Position²’s AI-Native Growth System at https://thearena.ai 

About Position²: Position² is the AI-Native Growth System for enterprise brands and GTM leaders, combining Growth Intelligence, senior experts, and AI Agents to help organizations drive smarter, more connected growth. Powered by Arena, Position²’s proprietary technology, the company connects strategy, execution, and continuous learning across brand, demand, and marketing performance. Learn more at www.position2.com

Media Contact: Position² info@position2.com 

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China Hour Expands Reach of Chinese Audiovisual Content in South Africa Through Multi-Platform Partnership

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NANJING, China, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — “China Hour,” a year-round media initiative jointly operated by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC) and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), is significantly expanding the footprint and accessibility of Chinese audiovisual content across South Africa.

Marking the first time a Chinese broadcast media institution has established a year-round, dedicated daily broadcast mechanism with an African national public broadcaster, the project leverages SABC’s television network and digital streaming platform, SABC+, bringing over 100 hours of localized Chinese programming directly to South African households since its launch in June 2026.

The initiative first gained momentum in April 2026, when senior SABC leadership attended the 13th China Internet Audio & Video Convention and officially announced the joint project with JSBC. To solidify and expand upon these initial results, JSBC and SABC formally signed a new cooperation agreement on August at the 7th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation in Beijing. The signing was witnessed by senior leadership from China’s National Radio and Television Administration and South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.

So far, China Hour has already achieved rapid audience engagement. The popular fantasy drama series The Starry Love, which premiered on SABC2 on July in a dedicated 10:30–11:30 p.m. daily broadcast block, entered SABC+’s monthly Top 10 chart in its debut month, becoming the first Chinese television series to achieve a Top 10 ranking on the streaming platform.

Beyond hit drama series, the broader China Hour content catalog spans diverse genres designed to offer South African audiences holistic perspectives on contemporary and historical China. Featured titles include flagship documentary series such as The Grand Canal, Wetlands Our Land, Reading on the Island, and Architecture China, as well as popular short-form productions including A Dream Like True Love and Wildfire, among others.

To streamline content adaptation, JSBC deployed its proprietary Lychee Media AI Module for automated multilingual translation and dubbing adaptation. Integrated with rigorous human editorial review, this hybrid workflow enhances production efficiency while ensuring content complies strictly with local language nuances, cultural contexts, and broadcasting regulations.

The project builds on more than a decade of strategic exchanges between JSBC and African media organizations, including active participation in regional markets. Continuing its commitment to industry collaboration, JSBC will once again co-organize the China Pavilion at MIP Africa in Cape Town this October, showcasing new intellectual properties and exploring cross-border content licensing opportunities.

Looking ahead, JSBC and SABC plan to deepen cooperation across program curation, platform operations, and audience development, while welcoming broader collaboration with media stakeholders across the African continent.

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viaim Rise Receives Two 2026 IFA Innovation Awards; Indiegogo Campaign Launches September 8

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BERLIN, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — viaim today announced that viaim Rise, its AI Agent Earbuds, won Best in Audio and was named a Best in Design Honoree at the 2026 IFA Innovation Awards. The recognition highlights Rise’s combination of acoustic engineering, AI-assisted work features and a distinctive smart charging case.

The recognition at IFA 2026, one of the world’s most significant technology trade shows, validates viaim’s unique vision for the future of work. Following this successful unveiling in Berlin, viaim has confirmed that the viaim Rise will be available for global consumers via a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, launching on September 8, 2026, at 9:00 AM ET.

Beyond Audio: Listen. Think. Act.

viaim Rise combines premium wireless earbuds with an AI Agent workflow designed for everyday work. Built around Listen. Think. Act., Rise helps users capture conversations they choose to record, understand them in context and prepare next steps that remain under the user’s control.

Engineered for the modern professional, Rise supports user-initiated recording, transcription and translation for phone calls, in-person meetings and multilingual conversations, covering 78 languages and 145 accents. The system’s breakthrough lies in its ability to connect these recordings directly to project context, surface actionable insights, and hand off tasks—by voice—to the AI platforms users already rely on after the user confirms, such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Award-Winning Hardware Meets Intelligent Software

The dual IFA Innovation Awards reflect the product’s commitment to both sonic excellence and functional design. The ‘Best in Audio’ win acknowledges the product’s premium acoustic architecture. The viaim Rise features a powerful 11mm + 6mm dual-driver configuration, delivering Hi-Res Audio Wireless with LDAC and LHDC support. Coupled with an advanced ANC system featuring transparency and voice pass-through modes, the earbuds ensure high-fidelity sound, while a comprehensive multi-microphone array with bone-conduction VPU guarantees crystal-clear call quality, regardless of the environment.

At the same time, Vision Intelligence officially announced a partnership with Bose, a world-leading audio brand. viaim is working with engineers from Bose’s Audio Technology business to enhance the audio performance of viaim products. Working with Bose, viaim will leverage the company’s decades of technical expertise in active noise cancellation and acoustics to improve AI Agent hardware and enable robust perception and decision-making capabilities.

The ‘Best in Design’ honor recognizes the product’s innovative form factor: a unique dual-device ecosystem. When users press the two side latches, a mechanical structure raises the earbuds from the charging case—a physical expression of the Rise name. The smart charging case also serves as a recording entry point: with at least one earbud inside, users can start a recording without opening the case or reaching for a phone. When connected to a computer over USB-C, its three-microphone array can support desktop meeting capture through the viaim PC app.

Indiegogo Launch Details

The viaim Rise will officially go live on Indiegogo on September 8 at 9 AM ET.

Super Early Bird Offer: Early backers can secure viaim Rise with a $259 pledge, compared with a planned MSRP of $399.Added Value: Every backer will receive a 3-month of the viaim Pro subscription for free, unlocking the complete potential of the AI Agent ecosystem.

“We are honored by the recognition from IFA,” said the viaim team. “Rise is built to move work forward. By merging professional-grade acoustic hardware with a sophisticated AI agent workflow, we are transforming the way professionals capture their ideas and execute their daily tasks.”

For those interested in experiencing the future of AI-powered productivity, join the Indiegogo campaign at https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/viaim/viaim-rise, or visit viaim’s official website at https://store.viaim.ai/ to learn more

About viaim

viaim develops AI-native hardware and intelligent agent services designed to help people capture information, understand context and move work forward. As of May 2026, viaim has served more than 1.5 million registered users across over 200 countries and regions worldwide.

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Bringing Local AI Home: UGREEN Introduces Privacy-First HomeAgent for Smarter Living

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BERLIN, Sept. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UGREEN, a leading global consumer technology brand, announced two new product lineups at a European launch event. The unveiling of the UGREENHomeAgent series of agentic local AI hubs and a new MagFlow lineup marks UGREEN’s next stage of growth. Building on its established presence in digital accessories and smart storage, the company is now dedicated to a broader spectrum of intelligent consumer electronics designed to enhance everyday life.

UGREEN HomeAgent: Agentic Local AI Hub for Homes

At the center of UGREEN’s broader intelligent consumer electronics vision is UGREEN HomeAgent, a groundbreaking Agentic AI Local Hub unifying local storage, computing, and control into one device. It connects a growing ecosystem of UGREEN AIoT devices, including security cameras, smart speakers, and smart photo frames, as well as third-party devices.

UGOS Pro is UGREEN’s in-house operating system built on a Linux architecture, offering professional storage management, robust data security, easy backup and sync, and extensive expandability.

UGREEN HomeAgent is powered by the all-new UGOS Pro, combining NAS-grade storage and data management with integrated home security features, smart home capabilities, and natural voice interaction to deliver a more complete all-in-one experience.

Traditional surveillance cameras usually only document bad news, and their footage is constantly overwritten, so the moments truly worth keeping quietly disappear. That’s why UGREEN set out to redefine the home camera system, not as a surveillance tool, but as a camera for life.

“HomeAgent proactively recognizes moments that are truly worth remembering and organizes them into a personalized daily briefing for every family. Moments that might otherwise be forgotten can return. We want to help families preserve the precious time they spend together.” – Samuel Zhang, CEO of UGREEN

As an agentic local AI hub integrating on-device intelligence, local storage, AI computing and smart-home control, HomeAgent serves as the AI brain of the connected home. Designed to keep data private and local, it enables intelligent file management, proactive home monitoring, voice-driven automation and unified device control. The ecosystem includes the HomeAgent HA100 and HA100 Pro, the NVIDIA® Jetson Thor™-powered MasterAgent MA100, SynCare smart cameras, the UGREEN Smart Speaker for Uliya, and UGREEN Gallery smart frames, while remaining compatible with third-party Matter-enabled devices. Together, they deliver a private, expandable AI platform that helps users preserve memories, monitor their homes and coordinate devices through natural, context-aware interactions.

MagFlow Pro: Active Heat Dissipation and Sustained Fast Charging

Announced alongside HomeAgent, MagFlow Powerbank is the world’s first liquid-cooled Qi2 25W magnetic power bank, featuring CryoPulse™ micro-pump liquid cooling, active heat dissipation and sustained fast charging.

The launch complements UGREEN’s strong range of charging options, outlining the brand’s commitment to true-rated performance and flagship-quality power.

Availability Timeline

Pre-orders for the UGREEN HomeAgent HA100, HA100 Pro and UGREEN MasterAgent MA100 opened on September 4, 2026, via the UGREEN AIoT Official Store, and remain available until the official Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launches on October 27, 2026. Other AIoT accessories will be introduced as part of the Kickstarter campaign beginning on October 27. During the pre-order period, customers can place a deposit starting at $50 to reserve the UGREEN HomeAgent HA100, HA100 Pro or UGREEN MasterAgent MA100 and secure 50% off with the Super Early Bird discount.

About UGREEN

UGREEN is a leading global tech brand creating innovative products that make everyday life smarter, easier, and more connected. From smart charging and productivity to smart storage and AIoT, UGREEN designs technology around the needs of modern life.

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