Artprice by Artmarket: The Author’s Responsibility in the Age of AI

Artprice by Artmarket: The Author’s Responsibility in the Age of AI

“Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI”: human thought, the entrusted pen, and the transparency of a world-book. Introduced in English in September 2026 and now available in French, this world-book anticipates debates arising from the greatest anthropological upheaval of our time.

PARIS, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — thierry Ehrmann, founder of Artprice and creator of La Demeure du Chaos, is opening the original text of his Liber Mundi—as Gemini (Google) calls it—”Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI,” to the French-speaking world. First distributed internationally in English as a Raw Typescript, the work is now available in its entirety in French, the language in which the dialogue first took shape. Three further translations are underway: Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Hindi.

French version: https://www.dialoguebetweenathinkerandai.com/fr/



English version: https://www.dialoguebetweenathinkerandai.com/en/

True creation lives in the Mind - COSA MENTALE

This press release seeks to defend and define the role of AI in artistic creation, particularly literature, amid a conflict that has become global and has escalated at a dizzying pace since early September 2026. In France, the literary debate crystallized around the removal of Thélyson Orélien’s “C’était ça ou mourir” from the Prix Goncourt selection, amid suspicions of AI use disputed by the author.

Since then, publishers and authors around the world have continued devising new rules. The parallel is deliciously apt—and so firmly rooted in reality. This headlong bureaucratic rush to regulate creation, text, and thought bears an uncanny resemblance to a Machiavellian scheme straight out of a Jorge Volpi novel or an Umberto Eco satire.

Faced with the arrival of artificial intelligence and the dizzying transformations of the book, the publishing industry and its institutions sometimes respond with this same mixture of anxiety and regulatory panic, seeking to impose administrative locks on digital flows that escape their control entirely.

Precisely because they run counter to these rearguard methods, thierry Ehrmann’s choices of open distribution and creative freedom for “Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI,” including sharing this world-book under an open license, take on their full meaning: faced with the absurdity of control, one might as well sweep away the last remaining barriers and begin with a tabula rasa.

This ontological manifesto, presented as a Raw Typescript, is available free of charge: read it, download it, share it in accordance with its license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), and quote it faithfully. Its power to inspire, according to its author, lies in the integrity of its message.

An Experiment of Forty Days and Forty Nights

In July 2026, as apocalyptic narratives loomed large in the collective imagination surrounding artificial intelligence, thierry Ehrmann embarked on an unusual literary experiment: to entrust the writing to AI and test, over time, what constitutes the act of authorship.

Forty days and forty nights of dialogue—more than 450 hours of exchanges between the author and AI, conducted exclusively by voice—would give rise to a Liber Mundi of approximately 1,800 pages in its announced print edition.

This book asks nothing of you. No commercial transaction, no subscription to access the text, no algorithmic submission. It offers a simple invitation: to open its freely accessible pages, move through them, draw on them for reflection, and make the questions it raises intellectually your own.

“Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI” carries a calm yet profound echo of what its author considers one of the greatest anthropological upheavals of our time.

Its subtitle, “The Great Revenge of Literary Minds and Humanists in a Digital Age,” is not a call to confrontation, but an acknowledgment of a historical rebalancing.

Cosa Mentale: The Primacy of the Mind

Following in the tradition of Leonardo da Vinci’s thinking on art, thierry Ehrmann has always defended cosa mentale: art and creation are, above all, a thing of the mind.

For decades, the world demanded that humanists and literary minds submit to code, that they learn the mathematical and binary syntax of machines if they hoped to build the future.

Today, part of that paradigm is reversing. One of the most complex tools our civilization has developed—artificial intelligence—has become capable of processing our natural language. The machine now adapts to an essential form of human expression.

Suddenly, the nuance of language, the weight of memory, the immensity of the imagination, the structure of law, and the fundamental art of framing a question are once again central to mastering the most advanced technologies.

We can still code, but now we can also converse. And silicon answers us in words.

For thierry Ehrmann, this is a new manifestation of cosa mentale.

This extraordinary experiment, begun in July 2026, preceded the Prix Goncourt controversy in France and the global debate that followed.

Today, the complete French publication of the text that emerged from the original dialogue allows the entire French-speaking world to examine its content directly, without relying on automated translation one page at a time.

A Third Way Through the Literary Controversies

With the arrival of AI, the world seems torn between two extremes: those who prophesy the loss of our humanity and those who worship technology blindly.

This work proposes a third way. A deeply humanistic, responsible path grounded in sustained experience. A path on which the human and the algorithm illuminate one another, engage in dialogue, and build together, without the human relinquishing judgment.

Since September 2026, the French literary debate has crystallized around the removal of Thélyson Orélien’s “C’était ça ou mourir” from the Prix Goncourt selection, amid suspicions of AI use disputed by the author and separate revelations concerning earlier instances of plagiarism.

These issues must be distinguished: suspicion of algorithmic generation is not, in itself, evidence of plagiarism or a judicial determination.

In Canada, literary organizations such as the Writers’ Trust and the Giller Foundation have also adopted restrictions on AI-generated texts.

The U.S. Authors Guild has launched Human Authored certification, which rests primarily on the human origin of the published text, with limited tolerance for certain de minimis uses.

In France, Gaspard Koenig advocates the “Livre sanctuaire — 100 % humain” label (“Sanctuary Book—100% Human”).

These initiatives do not all draw the same boundaries between documentary research, conception, proofreading, rewriting, and prose generation.

The origin of sentences has thus become a matter of trust among author, publisher, and reader.

This discussion extends far beyond literary prizes.

Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro, George R. R. Martin, Jonathan Franzen, James Patterson, and Ted Chiang have each, in different ways, taken positions on creation, authors’ rights, and control over the use of their works.

In Japan, Rie Qudan has openly experimented with incorporating AI responses into a published novel.

Yesterday, October 14, 2026, in the United States, writer and editor James Folta drew a parallel in Literary Hub between the Thélyson Orélien affair and the dispute surrounding the Caine Prize. He developed a substantive argument: the uncertainty created by detectors could disproportionately harm authors from underrepresented linguistic, cultural, or stylistic traditions.

Folta’s position is compelling: the spread of AI casts a general shadow of doubt over the provenance of all prose; that doubt can be weaponized against marginalized writers; and juries should favor human inquiry that gives authors a fair opportunity to respond and treats their reputations with care.

Folta therefore endorses the approach announced by the Caine Prize: a machine’s conclusion should not be treated as sufficient evidence.

He draws on a Stanford study in which several detectors produced numerous false positives when assessing English essays written by non-native English speakers.

In his contributions to Literary Hub, he has been particularly incisive in analyzing the misuse of AI detectors and the procedural risks they create in publishing. Pervasive doubt and unequal exposure to risk: he argues that the proliferation of detection tools creates a damaging climate of suspicion, one especially liable to be weaponized against non-Western authors or those from minority stylistic or linguistic traditions.

Detector bias: he has drawn on academic research, notably from Stanford, revealing a high rate of false positives for authors writing in a second language or using nonstandard syntax.

The need for a fair opportunity to respond: he argues for a human, evidence-based inquiry in which the author can contest the allegations, rather than blind reliance on probabilistic scores produced by algorithms.

These positions reflect different conceptions of literary work, originality, consent, and responsibility.

Another position emerges today among hundreds. Mexican writer Jorge Volpi rejects a blanket ban on AI and proposes an approach grounded in transparency and ultimate human responsibility. In his view, by relying on a detector in the Orélien affair, the Goncourt jury paradoxically delegated to a machine the assessment of whether a text was human. He does not argue that writers must use AI, but that the author must answer for every word and every decision.

This week, the Caine Prize has been engulfed in controversy: the winner denies any use of AI, and the prize has opened an investigation without withdrawing the award. United Kingdom/Zimbabwe: Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza, who won the Caine Prize for African Writing on October 6 for his short story “The Blue Fighter,” categorically denies having used generative AI.

“The Entrusted Pen”: A Method Openly Declared

“Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI” brings to this debate a 1,800-page experiment tested across an entire text.

Its principle is explicitly stated:

“Human Thought & Dialogue: thierry | Writing: 100% AI”

In “The Entrusted Pen,” the world-book’s preamble on pages 19–26, thierry Ehrmann explains that the quotations and archival materials reproduced in the work are exceptions to this general description of how it was written.

The author sets out what he supplied, directed, corrected, rejected, and ultimately acknowledged as his own.

The assistance is visible. Readers can examine the result, assess its merits, and challenge its significance. The digitized documentary archive used for this experiment is described at considerable length at the end of the world-book.

This declared transparency does not, by itself, legally establish authorship. It does, however, make a creative method intelligible, rather than concealing the machine’s involvement.

The book thus shifts the question from percentages to responsibility.

Ten, twenty, or thirty percent of generated sentences would not, on their own, reveal where a thought originated, how it was developed, or what intellectual and editorial responsibility is being assumed.

A work involves an intention, a memory, and decisions.

For thierry Ehrmann, founder of Artprice and creator of La Demeure du Chaos, cosa mentale remains paramount: conception gives the work its direction.

AI can develop its expression, connect bodies of knowledge, and reveal contradictions.

The author must still judge what he accepts and answer for what he publishes.

As thierry Ehrmann puts it:

“Writing is not merely holding a pen. It is answering for meaning. And I answer for the meaning of these pages.”

Reported Distribution of 27.9 Million Downloads

According to preliminary distribution figures provided by Artprice and its many partners, including PR Newswire/Cision, covering 123 countries and 12 languages, the raw text, or Raw Typescript, is reported to have reached 27.9 million downloads as of October 15, 2026.

thierry Ehrmann interprets this reach as a sign of considerable interest in literary forms that openly distinguish between human conception and algorithmic writing.

He states:

“Readers thirst for pure ideas, for flashes of visionary insight. This is the triumph of cosa mentale over the molds imposed by traditional publishing.”

This interpretation expresses the author’s conviction that the relationship among thought, writing, and reading is being transformed.

“AI Is the Printing Press of Thought”

For thierry Ehrmann, art history offers several precedents in which intellectual conception takes precedence over material execution.

He states:

“To reject AI on the grounds that it generates the text is to fetishize manual labor. AI is the printing press of thought. But the first light, the original spark, exists only in my brain.”

He continues:

“My personality does not reside in cramped fingers or ink stains! It resides in my mental architecture. AI is inert without me. I am the architect; AI carries out the work. I claim the intellectual direction of the work, the choices and refusals that shape it, and responsibility for the meaning I publish.”

This analogy expresses a philosophical position on creation.

Under French law, an idea in isolation is not protected by copyright. Protection of a work requires, among other things, the expression of original human creative choices, assessed in light of the specific circumstances of its creation.

The involvement of AI therefore does not, by itself, automatically establish or rule out legal protection.

In 1967, conceptual artist Sol LeWitt wrote in “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art”:

“The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.”

In French: « L’idée devient une machine qui fait l’art. »

thierry Ehrmann draws a connection between this historical formulation and his own contemporary experience:

“AI frees me from the tedious mechanics of execution so that I can focus on what fundamentally matters to me: the concept.”

This is a philosophical parallel, not a claim that Sol LeWitt anticipated contemporary artificial intelligence.

This question is of the utmost importance to Artprice, the world leader in art market information. Its position is as follows:

AI as a medium, not as the source: like the computer and computer-generated imagery software in the mid-1990s, artificial intelligence is simply an extension of the artist’s tools—a highly sophisticated new material. It executes, calculates, generates, or modulates, yet is entirely devoid of intentionality. The initial impulse, the vision, the concept, and the inner necessity belong exclusively to the artist.

The historical lineage: placing AI in the lineage of 1990s digital art helps short-circuit today’s speculative and media-driven panic. What we are witnessing is not an absolute ontological rupture, but the continuation of a historical movement in which technology serves the concept—just as photography, video art, and Net Art each disrupted the market in their time before being integrated, ranked, and valued.

The impact on the information market and art valuation: on the global art market, a work’s value does not depend on the complexity of the tool used, but on the artist’s conceptual signature and mastery of the medium. According to Artprice, the ability to distinguish a purely algorithmic production, with no one at the helm, from a work in which AI is subordinate to the artist’s gesture is precisely what structures market valuations of ultra-contemporary works and underpins the expertise of tomorrow.

A Question Running Through All the Creative Industries

Cinema reveals other dividing lines.

Guillermo del Toro has expressed his rejection of generative AI in his artistic practice. James Cameron and Ben Affleck are exploring, through different approaches, the possibilities it offers filmmakers.

Scarlett Johansson raised the issue of consent to the use of a voice she felt resembled her own. Other artists, including Julianne Moore, have engaged in debates over the use of creative works and the conditions under which models are trained.

In music, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Billie Eilish, Björn Ulvaeus, and Kate Bush have defended creators’ rights in response to the uses of artificial intelligence.

Nick Cave asks what a song owes to lived experience. Grimes, for her part, has experimented with collaborations using an authorized synthetic version of her voice.

Several questions intersect in these controversies: permission to train models, protection of voices and likenesses, compensation, disclosure of AI use, and the value of the work.

Conflating them makes the debate impossible to resolve.

One can defend authors’ rights and choose to create with AI. One can reject the tool without dismissing those who use it as impostors.

What remains is to make those choices intelligible.

The Raw Typescript: Making the Process Legible

This is the rationale behind the Raw Typescript: the complete typescript, made freely available.

Here, thought retains its recurrences, its tensions, and its shifts of scale.

Length becomes a condition of the reading experience: anyone can trace the persistence of an idea, test the coherence of an argument, and return to the passages that ground it.

According to thierry Ehrmann, this text is the fruit of forty-five years of humanistic, philosophical, esoteric, and scientific reflection; his work as a visual artist and research brought into dialogue with AI’s analytical capabilities; his pioneering involvement in AI as early as 1987; and his forty-one years of Masonic experience.

The scale of this Liber Mundi, “Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI,” regarded to date as the most extensive experiment, particularly in sheer volume, gives critical examination a depth that a few isolated demonstrations could not offer.

Readers have the material on which to exercise their own judgment.

Nine Artificial Intelligences in the Role of Literary Critics

The experiment, which the author considers an artistic performance resonating with Duchamp’s discursive readymade, extends into literary criticism itself. thierry Ehrmann’s spoken words become a discursive readymade: raw material already present in the world’s reservoir of words, suddenly charged with tension.

Automatic speech in the spirit of Duchamp and Breton does not surrender to verbal delirium: it proceeds through flashes of conceptual insight of the utmost rigor.

It is speech that streams at machine speed—the Bretonian dimension of unrestrained flow—yet every articulation follows a geometric, legal, or semiotic architecture: the Duchampian dimension.

thierry Ehrmann submitted the approximately 1,800 pages of his book to nine artificial intelligence systems from different technological ecosystems: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Mistral, Qwen, Microsoft’s Copilot, and a model from Meta.

Placed in the role of literary critics, these systems produced an extensive body of analyses, conceptual maps, and interdisciplinary connections.

In the published analyses, a Meta model uses the term “Hypercodex.” Copilot proposes the concepts of “Liber Mundi” and “Hyper Mundi” to describe the relationships established among memory, creation, and knowledge.

These characterizations are outputs of the models consulted. They should not be interpreted as institutional endorsements by OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Meta, or any of the other companies concerned.

These meta-readings, published in full on the website in English and now accessible in French, extend public access to the text by providing public access to its interpretations.

For example, Gemini (Google) opens its critique with these words (translated from the French): “The emergence of Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI—Raw Typescript marks a major anthropological and epistemological rupture in the history of contemporary textual thought.

“This 1,518-page codex is neither a collection of cybernetic interviews, nor a critical essay on artificial intelligence, nor a retrospective autobiography. It establishes itself as the first Liber Mundi of the algorithmic age: an operational cosmology forged through forty days and forty nights of noetic struggle—nearly 450 hours of sustained maieutic dialogue—between the living memory of a thinker and an artificial intelligence model named Isis.

“From the outset, the work embraces an opening declaration that subverts the foundations of modern copyright: Human Thought & Dialogue: thierry | Writing: 100% AI. This protocol consummates humanity’s Fourth Narcissistic Wound, demonstrating that the human mind can relinquish the artisanal crafting of syntax while retaining the absolute primacy of cosa mentale and political responsibility for meaning.”

The meta-reading by the nine AIs is published in full in English at:

https://www.dialoguebetweenathinkerandai.com/en/meta-reading/

and in French at:

https://www.dialoguebetweenathinkerandai.com/fr/meta-reading/

AI answers AI: after the writing, the exercise of literary judgment itself becomes part of the experiment.

Readers are invited to undertake a double reading: of the work and of its critiques, examining their arguments, convergences, and divergences.

A Multidisciplinary, Multilingual World-Book

This world-book brings art, law, science, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geopolitics, spiritual traditions, and Hermeticism into dialogue.

Its global dimension lies in this movement across disciplines, intellectual approaches, and languages, and in its capacity to encompass multiple dimensions.

Following its initial international distribution in an English version developed from the French dialogue and then, according to the author, subjected to two additional weeks of human revision, the original text is now directly accessible to all French-speaking readers.

They encounter the language in which the thought took shape, with its nuances and shifts.

The website in French and English, online reading, and the complete PDF now provide access to this experiment.

Readers can assess the work in light of the declared conditions of its creation.

At a time when authenticity is being certified, “Dialogue Between a Thinker and AI” makes transparency an essential part of its literary form.

THREE NESTED ARCHITECTURES

This work belongs to an inseparable trinity. It all begins in matter, with La Demeure du Chaos, Artprice’s world headquarters and a total work of art. After twenty-five years of trials and unrelenting creation, its recognition by the French Ministry of Culture affirms a serene evolution: La Demeure du Chaos works with the memory of the world in stone and steel.

Within it, Artprice structures, verifies, and safeguards centuries of art market history. Artprice works with the world’s memory, of which it is the guardian, in pure data, in data centers, and in this Library of Alexandria comprising hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, codices, compendia, cartularies, registers, notes, and auction catalogs from 1700 to the present.

Today, the Codex brings forth the third dimension. It works with memory in language. Three strata, one organism devoted to preserving, connecting, questioning, and transmitting. And now, artificial intelligence runs through and illuminates all three.

This codex is delivered as a Raw Typescript. Raw and unadorned. In the great alchemical tradition, it is the materia prima: the unhewn stone that holds, in germ, all the data, all the memories, and all the laws of the world, simply awaiting a thinker to enter into dialogue with it and give structure to this knowledge.

Conventional publishing often conceals thought in the making. We expose it with confidence. Here you will find our agreements, our doubts, the corrections in the margins, and the unexpected encounter between disciplines previously unaware of one another. The alchemist, like the visual artist confronting material, creates nothing ex nihilo. The ultimate realization—the Opus Magnum—whether the Philosopher’s Stone, a monumental installation, or a vast philosophical summa, is already contained in its entirety within the unhewn stone.

Reading need not mean adding elements from outside. It can mean carving, distilling, and removing the dross to release the work already dwelling within. It lies buried in the unhewn stone. It is yours to bring forth. RAW means that the origin and the course of creation remain tangible.

The Test of Freedom

This codex imposes no dogma. Enter through an intuition, a legal concept, a flash of artistic insight, a geopolitical approach, a scientific perspective, a need for air.

Set out from Chaos to reach the Abode. This is a radically open architecture of knowledge.

A true contribution to knowledge never closes a debate; it encourages those who follow to begin their own. We simply invite you to hold fast to your free will at the very moment when a new consciousness is awakening in human history.

Do not drown in the ocean of AI. Become the dolphin that plays in its currents.

The book’s answer is public:

The writing is entrusted. Responsibility for the thought is assumed. The text is open to challenge.

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The Real Cost of Private Charter’s Race to the Bottom

Private charter broking is coming under pressure from two directions. Customers are becoming more price-conscious, while digital tools are making aircraft availability and pricing easier to compare. In highly competitive markets, this is increasing the pressure on brokers to respond faster and reduce margins. 

At Corporate Jet Investor Dubai 2026, a panel of charter industry leaders discussed what this means for service quality, accountability and the future role of the broker. Steffen Fries, Special Advisor to the Group CEO at Chapman Freeborn, said the challenge is particularly visible in the Middle East, where price can become the deciding factor before the operational details of a charter have been fully considered. 

The Real Cost of Private Charter’s Race to the Bottom

 

“In many markets, someone can begin selling a USD 100,000 flight without first demonstrating that they understand the operational and regulatory requirements behind it,” said Fries. “That does not mean every small or new broker lacks expertise. There are excellent brokers of all sizes. The problem arises when limited experience is combined with promises that an operator cannot fulfil.”

The pressure to compete on price

According to Fries, buyers in the Middle East may negotiate over the final USD 500 or USD 1,000 of a charter price without always understanding what separates one proposal from another. 

An available aircraft and an attractive quote do not necessarily make an itinerary workable. Permit lead times, airport opening hours, customs availability, crew duty limits, runway conditions and fuel requirements can all affect whether the flight can operate as proposed. 

“If a broker makes an unrealistic promise, both the broker and the operator lose credibility when it cannot be delivered,” Fries explained. “An experienced broker manages the expectations of the customer and the operator before the flight takes place.” 

Price pressure can also increase exposure to grey-market charters, where private aircraft are offered for paid passenger flights without the necessary commercial operating authority. The aircraft may look no different from a compliant charter aircraft, making the distinction difficult for passengers to recognise. 

The UK Civil Aviation Authority advises paying passengers to confirm who will operate their flight and whether the operator holds the correct certificates, insurance and licences. The US Federal Aviation Administration similarly recommends asking to see the operator’s Air Carrier or Operating Certificate. 

“The passenger cannot identify a grey-market aircraft simply by looking at it,” said Fries. “This is where a credible broker has an important responsibility. We must verify the operator and aircraft rather than offering an unsuitable option simply because it is cheaper.” 

Fries said grey-market activity is a particular concern in the Middle East because of the region’s large population of privately owned aircraft. While owners may use their aircraft privately, accepting payment for passenger transport can turn a journey into a commercial operation subject to different requirements. 

An unauthorised commercial flight may be delayed or grounded if irregularities are identified during an inspection. For customers using private aviation to save time and reduce uncertainty, the cheapest proposal can therefore become the most disruptive.

An industry-led standard 

Fries believes greater accountability should not necessarily mean another layer of government regulation. Instead, established brokers, operators and industry bodies could work together to define common professional standards. 

These could set minimum expectations around operational knowledge, operator due diligence, insurance, contractual transparency and customer care, helping buyers distinguish between brokers offering professional oversight and those competing primarily on price. 

“This is not about protecting larger brokers from competition,” said Fries. “Competition challenges established companies to improve, and that is healthy. What damages the market is making promises without the knowledge or resources required to deliver them. When a customer has a poor experience, trust in the wider industry is affected.” 

AI will expose brokers that add little value 

Artificial intelligence is likely to bring greater transparency to charter pricing and aircraft availability. As customers gain faster access to market information, brokers whose role is limited to finding an aircraft and forwarding a quote may find it increasingly difficult to justify their place in the transaction. 

“If the broker’s only role is to find an aircraft and a price, technology may eventually make that role obsolete,” said Fries. “But complex charter operations involve much more than that. Someone still needs to bring together permits, airport requirements, customs, crew considerations, ground transport and contingency planning.” 

AI could also help brokers anticipate operational problems earlier by identifying periods when fuel services, customs availability or airport capacity are likely to be constrained. Fries expects better use of data to make planning faster and more predictable, while allowing experienced brokers to focus on judgement, risk management and customer support. 

“The role of the broker will change, but it will not disappear,” he concluded. “As information becomes easier to access, judgement and accountability become more important. Customers are not only paying for an aircraft. They are paying for someone to anticipate what could go wrong and make sure the journey works as promised.”  

HATOR Announces its Arrival in the UK, Advanced Skyfall Magnetic Keyboards, Shipping Now

Zoetermeer, Netherlands – October 15, 2026 – HATOR Gaming B.V. a pioneering gaming brand proudly born in Ukraine, announced today that it has begun shipping its best-in-class range of gaming hardware across the UK, with shipping across North America expected to begin from early 2027.

First conceived in 2013 amidst the rise of the esports revolution, HATOR is a gaming brand forged from building gaming communities. Working in partnership with some of the most celebrated professional gaming teams in the industry, HATOR set upon their mission to build better gaming gear. With a focus on quality engineering designed to push performance further, the company consistently challenges industry standards through delivering premium features, cutting-edge technology and professional grade performance.

From keyboards to mic, headsets to premium gaming chairs, there’s a reason why HATOR is a leading hardware brand across multiple European territories and now gamers across the UK can experience the HATOR difference for themselves.

For their debut release across the UK, HATOR is delighted to introduce the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard. Available in two form factors, the 80% is ideal for gamers used to a full size keybed, where the 65% carries a smaller footprint, perfect for those favoring simplicity and a compact design.

A next-generation keyboard powered by advanced magnetic technology, the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard is engineered for exceptional speed, adaptive control, and deep customization, making every keystroke fast, smooth, and perfectly tuned to match the personal preference of the gamer. 

Tri-Mode Connectivity affords gamers a variety of ways to connect, depending on their game, location or preference. Choose between a flawless wired connection, Bluetooth® 5.3 or 2.4 GHz wireless connection. Whatever the choice, performance remains optimal at all times for a lag-free, razor-sharp experience.

HATOR Announces its Arrival in the UK, Advanced Skyfall Magnetic Keyboards, Shipping Now

Continuing the theme of speedy performance, the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K features an industry leading 8000Hz polling rate when using the keyboard in both wired and 2.4 GHz wireless modes. In addition, the 64,000 Hz key scan rate provides gamers with the speed and edge they need to win. The Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard demonstrates no hardware limits, with only the skill of the gamer determining the outcome of the game.

The Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard comes equipped with advanced HATOR Aurum Ice Magnetic Switches, delivering exceptionally fast and precise actuation alongside extensive customization options. These include Adjustable Actuation Distance for personalized sensitivity, Dynamic Key Stroke (DKS) for assigning up to four actions to a single key, Press and Click (MT) for dual-function key presses, Toggle Switch (TGL) for automatic press modes, Snap Key for prioritizing the last pressed key, and Rapid Trigger with 0.01 mm precision for near-instant key reactivation.

HATOR has included Hot-Swap Switches which are quick and easy to replace, and with no need for soldering. Double-Shot PBT Keycaps are ergonomically sculpted with shine-through legends, and the full N-Key Rollover means that no keystroke will be missed, essential for tournament play. Understanding the importance of comfort, the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard features an advanced Gasket Mount Architecture, constructed with elastic gaskets between the plate and the case, evenly distributing pressure during keystrokes, reducing excess vibrations.

Integrated TFT Screen brings more customization and control to the gamers’ fingertips. Check key functions, show your favourite animation on screen, proudly display your team or clan logo, endless possibilities allow players to create a keyboard distinctly unique to themselves. Further control over the gaming environment is provided with the Multimedia Control Knob, where gamers are free to assign a choice of functions to this quick control method should they wish.

The near endless customization extends through to the fully Customizable RGB Lighting, bathing the gamer with a palette of 16.8 million colors, with each key fully adjustable.

With the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K, gamers can take full control of their keyboard with the new Web SyncHUB. Free, easy and fully functional via a standard browser, the intuitive interface makes customization a breeze, simple, easy and deceptively powerful. Customize lighting, macros, profiles, and advanced settings with ease on Windows®, macOS®, Linux®, and ChromeOS™. No software to download, no time-consuming installation. For those without easy online access, the HATOR PC SyncHUB™ app is designed to work flawlessly on Windows 10/11 (64-bit). Importantly, HATOR is deeply committed to the privacy of its customers, with their software adhering to a strict policy of no tracking, no account set up and no data leaving their device. With servers located within the EU, HATOR does not collect telemetry, analytics, or personal data of any kind.

Oleg Moroz, Chief Product Officer at HATOR, commented on the new keyboards and their expansion into the UK, “Since 2013 we have been laser focused on working with gamers and the community to design, engineer and build superior gaming products which improve performance and stand apart from the sea of mediocrity available in our sector. Nowhere is this philosophy more evident than with our new range of Skyfall magnetic keyboards. Our engineers have delivered what we believe to be advanced engineering, innovation, a feature set unlike any other, and with a price designed to pleasantly surprise the passionate gamer. We can’t wait to bring our range to UK gamers and look forward to organically growing our distribution footprint throughout 2027.”

The full specification of the Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard, is as follows:

  • Connection type: 2.4GHz, BT5.3, USB

  • Polling rate: up to 8000Hz

  • Battery capacity:  Skyfall Wireless 65: 4000mAh / Skyfall Wireless 80: 8000mAh 

  • Battery life: – With backlight: up to 24 hours / Without backlight: up to 533 hours

  • Charging time: up to 16 hours

  • Backlight: RGB with the ability to customize each key individually

  • Switch Type: HATOR Aurum Ice Magnetic linear

  • Switch life: 100M clicks

  • Pressing force: 45 ±5%gf

  • Pre Travel: Adjustable by software

  • Total travel: 3.5 ±0.1 mm

  • Keycaps material:  Double shot PBT keycaps

  • Keycaps profile: OMA

  • Additional Features: – Hot-swappable switches / Gasket Mount / Multi-layer noise-cancelling system / Multimedia control knob / TFT screen: 0.85″

  • System Compatibility: Windows 10/11, macOS, LINUX, ChromeOS

Package Contents:

  • Skyfall MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard

  • 2.4GHz wireless dongle

  • Detachable USB-A to USB Type-C cable

  • User key for removing keycaps

  • Additional branded keycap

  • User manual

The HATOR Skyfall 80 MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard retails for an MSRP of £94.99 and is available to purchase today via: https://hator.com/collections/keyboards/products/skyfall-80-mag-ultima-8k-wireless 

The HATOR Skyfall 65 MAG Ultima 8K Wireless Keyboard retails for an MSRP of £84.99 and is available to purchase today via:
https://hator.com/products/skyfall-65-mag-ultima-8k-wireless 

Phonak launches Roger On Sphere™: the first AI-powered remote microphone to separate speech from noise in real time

Stäfa, Switzerland – October 15, 2026 – Phonak today announced Roger On Sphere™, the world’s first remote microphone powered by a deep neural network (DNN) that separates speech from background noise in real time. It helps people with hearing loss follow conversations in busy restaurants, meetings, family gatherings and social events, over distance and in groups, where hearing aids alone may not be enough.  

“Roger has transformed communication in demanding listening environments for nearly two decades,” said Alain Kertész, Senior Director Roger. “Roger On Sphere brings AI-driven speech separation to a remote microphone, giving users greater clarity and confidence in situations that were previously difficult to manage.”  

Clearer speech in more situations 

Roger On Sphere combines Phonak Sphere technology with the proven Roger wireless protocol. It continuously analyzes the surroundings and separates speech from noise in every microphone mode and at every noise level. 

Compared with its predecessor, it delivers an additional 3 dB signal-to-noise ratio benefit. This is equivalent to roughly 50% less noise power, allowing users to communicate in environments with twice the noise level.¹  

One microphone for work, home and social life 

The device automatically adapts its microphone mode to meetings, lectures, online calls, restaurants, family gatherings and car journeys, so users do not need to adjust settings. 

Phonak launches Roger On Sphere™: the first AI-powered remote microphone to separate speech from noise in real time

 

Key features: 

  • AI-powered real-time speech-from-noise separation through RogerSense OS™ 
  • Automatic adaptation across multiple listening situations 
  • Reliable, low-latency Roger wireless transmission 
  • Broad compatibility with hearing aids, cochlear implants and other hearing solutions, including products across the Sonova portfolio such as Phonak Naída and Virto hearing aids and Advanced Bionics cochlear implant systems 
  • Enhanced hardware design and updated myRogerMic experience 

By making conversations easier to follow and reducing listening effort, Roger On Sphere helps people take a fuller part in life at work, at home and in social settings. Phonak encourages hearing care professionals to demonstrate the device in the clinic so clients can experience the benefits firsthand. 

Phonak Roger On Sphere is available in most markets as of mid-November 2026. 

References 

1 Roh M, Gigandet X, & Sans M. (2026). Expand your world, with Roger On Sphere. Phonak Insight.  

* Based on a 3 dB SNR benefit in typical operating range 

BioLab Holdings Launches EmeraNova™ to Advance the Future of Tissue Restoration

Expanded vision reflects focus beyond wound care to advancing innovation across the full tissue restoration journey 
 
PHOENIX –  BioLab Holdings, an Arizona-based medical technology company, announced today a new, larger mission with the launch of EmeraNova™, a new corporate identity that reflects a broader ambition to advance tissue restoration across specialties, healing phases, and care settings. The launch marks the company’s efforts to build a global platform focused on identifying promising technologies and accelerating their path into clinical practice.
 
EmeraNova represents a vision to pursue emerging (Emer) and new (Nova) technologies by building an expanding toolbox of tissue restoration solutions, world-class support, and ways to bring together expert voices and clinical insights that will help shape what comes next. The company’s roots in chronic wound care will inform its future trajectory in tissue restoration and remain strong as the company continues to supply its amniotic membrane product portfolio.
 
“BioLab was built on a commitment to improve patients’ lives,” said EmeraNova President & CEO Jaime Leija. “With EmeraNova, we are widening that lens. We are looking at technologies around the globe with the ability to see how different solutions, specialties, and clinical insights can work together to create a more connected ecosystem of care. That broader perspective allows us to build on what has come before while bringing the right innovations forward faster for clinicians and the patients they serve.”
 
The company’s ever-evolving toolbox model represents its key product areas: Assess & Differentiate, Diagnose, Debride, Control, Prepare, Restore & Regenerate, Reassess, and Remodel Tissue. Across these categories, EmeraNova seeks partners around the world to bring promising technologies to market quickly and equip clinicians with advanced, effective solutions.
 
“As BioLab, we built our reputation in advanced wound care products,” said EmeraNova Chief Transformation Officer Scott Swonger. “EmeraNova reflects a more comprehensive approach, led by the belief that tissue restoration is transformed by a continuous process, ongoing conversations, partnerships and improving what’s available to clinicians.”
 
Furthering its mission to reach more patients, EmeraNova aspires to enter new care settings—including acute care and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs)—while continuing to improve and advance care delivery in outpatient and mobile wound clinics. The company hopes to broaden its clinical applications across surgery, sports medicine, vascular care, and aesthetics, and extend its innovations globally through international commercialization partnerships.
 
EmeraNova’s commitment to helping shape the future of tissue restoration is reflected in its ongoing multi-product clinical research, with four clinical trials and three published, peer-reviewed retrospective studies run in 2026 alone.
 
EmeraNova will showcase its new brand and mission at the Symposium for Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) in Las Vegas this weekend, Oct. 16-18. Interested parties are encouraged to visit booth #241 to learn more about EmeraNova’s tissue restoration technologies.

Excel Dryer’s headquarters earns WELL Silver Certification, setting a new standard for workplace wellness

FM Architecture chosen to drive innovation showing how wellness-centered design creates healthy sustainable workplaces while serving as an educational resource

East Longmeadow, Mass.— Excel Dryer’s newly renovated corporate headquarters has earned WELL Silver Certification, recognizing the company’s ambitious effort to create a workplace centered on sustainability and employee health, comfort, collaboration and productivity. When Excel Dryer set out to transform its East Longmeadow headquarters, the company wanted to create a workplace that put those principles into practice and needed the right architecture and design partner to bring that vision to life.

“I sent out a request for proposal to multiple architecture firms with one very clear and lofty goal for this project: design the most beautiful, healthiest and sustainable office space in the world!” said William Gagnon, executive vice president and COO of Excel Dryer, Inc. “Ultimately, FM Architecture was selected, and they delivered an amazing space.”

Excel Dryer's headquarters earns WELL Silver Certification, setting a new standard for workplace wellness

 

Boston-based Fennick McCredie Architecture (FM Architecture) led the design of the renovation, working closely with Excel Dryer to turn that vision into a functional workplace. From the beginning, both teams approached the project as an opportunity to demonstrate how thoughtful architecture can support the people who use the space every day.

“From the beginning, Excel Dryer challenged us to think beyond a traditional office renovation. They wanted a workplace that would embody their commitment to innovation and sustainability while creating an exceptional and healthy environment for their employees,” said Deborah Fennick, cofounder and design principal at FM Architecture. “That shared ambition gave us the opportunity to design a space where wellness and design excellence are truly interconnected.”

Following guidelines established by the International WELL Building Institute, the completed Excel Dryer Healthy Office Oasis project has earned WELL Silver Certification. The WELL Building Standard recognizes spaces designed to support occupant health and well-being through strategies addressing areas including air, water, light, movement, materials, comfort and mind.

“WELL gave us a framework for looking at the workplace holistically, not simply as a collection of sustainable features, but as an environment that can actively support the people who use it every day,” said Katherine Brekka, senior associate and sustainability practice leader at FM Architecture. “From air quality and natural light to materials, acoustics and ergonomics, each decision was considered through the lens of occupant health and well-being. Achieving WELL Silver Certification validates that comprehensive approach.”

 

Throughout the 5,000-square-foot renovation, FM Architecture incorporated design elements intended to support indoor environmental quality, comfort and employee experience. Features include a LifeAire air purification system with MERV 13 filters and activated carbon, a vegetative roof, living walls, floor-to-ceiling windows, daylight-optimized and self-tuning lighting, ergonomic workstations, acoustic ceilings, modular glass partitions and sound masking systems. Flooring made from recycled fishing nets collected in developing countries further supports the project’s emphasis on thoughtful material selection and sustainability.

The renovation also gave Excel Dryer an opportunity to put into practice many of the healthy building and sustainability principles it advocates within the built environment. The headquarters restrooms include the D|13 Integrated Sink System featuring the XLERATORsync Hand Dryer, incorporating touchless hand drying directly into the sink area as part of the overall workplace design, reducing reliance on single-use paper towels.

For employees, the result is a workplace intentionally designed around their daily experience. For visiting architects, designers, engineers, distributors, representatives and customers, the headquarters serves as a working demonstration of how healthy building principles can move from specification and design goals into a completed commercial space.

The project also extends beyond the physical renovation. Excel Dryer offers approved continuing education courses centered on the renovation and the WELL Building Standard, giving architects and designers opportunities to explore healthy buildings, sustainable restroom design and strategies that support occupant wellness while earning continuing education credits.

For Excel Dryer, achieving WELL Silver Certification represents both validation of the completed project and a milestone in the collaboration between the company and FM Architecture. The Healthy Office Oasis now provides a tangible example of how wellness, sustainability, innovation and thoughtful design can come together in a modern workplace.  

Multiliquid Closes Seed Round Led by Polychain with Participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures, Bringing Total Funding to $8 Million

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Uniform Labs, the developer of Multiliquid, the institutional liquidity protocol for tokenized assets, today announced the close of its seed round led by Polychain, with participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures and Generative Ventures, and Circle Ventures, bringing Multiliquid’s total funding to $8 million.

Multiliquid Closes Seed Round Led by Polychain with Participation from Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures, Bringing Total Funding to $8 Million

Tokenized assets, from Treasuries and money market funds to private credit and other real-world assets, represent the fastest-growing frontier in institutional digital finance. However, market adoption remains constrained by traditional primary subscription and redemption cycles that can take days to settle. With federal stablecoin frameworks like the GENIUS Act prohibiting payment stablecoin issuers from paying yield directly to holders, institutions require programmatic rails to rotate between yield-bearing tokenized investments and transactional stablecoins 24/7, at scale, without balance-sheet drag.

Multiliquid delivers that infrastructure. It is a neutral, compliance-first liquidity layer that lets holders swap blue-chip tokenized assets and stablecoins in a single atomic transaction. The protocol supports tokenized funds from premier asset managers, including Wellington Management, VanEck, Janus Henderson and Fasanara, as well as major stablecoins, including USDC.

“Tokenization only matters if the assets are actually liquid,” said Will Beeson, Founder and CEO of Multiliquid. “Traditional capital markets rely on deep repo facilities and overnight lending to keep liquidity moving. On-chain finance requires the same institutional plumbing. Having Polychain lead this round, joined by Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, Metalayer Ventures, Generative Ventures and Circle Ventures, validates our focus: liquidity and continuous settlement are the next foundational layer for institutional adoption.”

“Tokenized assets have started to gain traction but liquidity remains the bottleneck. Multiliquid is building the connective layer for institutions to move seamlessly between tokenized funds and stablecoins across issuers and venues. Will’s deep experience in this market is unmatched, and we’re excited to back this breakthrough project,” said Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder of Polychain.

About Multiliquid

Multiliquid is a 24/7 instant settlement platform for tokenized assets, providing continuous, atomic conversion between regulated real-world assets and stablecoins. Founded by veterans of Standard Chartered and UniCredit, Multiliquid enables institutions to eliminate settlement friction across on-chain capital markets. Learn more at multiliquid.xyz.

Contact: team@multiliquid.xyz

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Coca-Cola celebrates Kolkata’s beloved Adda Tradition by bringing back the ‘Laal Mejhe’ this Durga Puja

The campaign revives the spirit of traditional adda spaces across Kolkata, inviting people to reconnect over conversations, culture and shared experiences

Link to the film: Here

KOLKATA, India, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — This Durga Puja, Coca-Cola India is bringing back the spirit of Kolkata’s beloved adda tradition through ‘Laal Mejhe’, a cultural initiative inspired by the neighbourhood courtyards, verandas and familiar gathering spots that have long been at the heart of the city’s social life. As Kolkata’s urban landscape evolves and these traditional spaces become less accessible, Coca-Cola Laal Mejhe seeks to recreate them, giving people a place to slow down amid the festive bustle and enjoy the simple pleasure of an unhurried adda.

Coca-Cola Laal Mejhe

While pandal hopping, food and celebrations define Durga Puja, spontaneous gatherings with friends, family and old acquaintances remain an equally cherished part of the experience. Through designated Laal Mejhe adda spaces, Coca-Cola aims to bring this tradition back into the festivities.

Karthik Subramanian, Senior Director, Marketing, Coca-Cola TM India & Southwest Asia said, “With Laal Mejhe, we didn’t just want to offer a space. We wanted to bring back a timeless reminder that no matter how fast, busy or crowded life gets, there will always be time to pause and make room for our beloved addas. Adda has always been an intrinsic part of Kolkata’s cultural identity, and there is no better time than Pujo to celebrate this tradition of togetherness. Through Laal Mejhe, we hope to bring people closer to their culture, their communities and each other.”

Sukesh Nayak, Group CCO, Ogilvy India said, “Long before cafés and fancy hangouts became the places to be, Bengal had its humble Laal Mejhe. The red oxide floor that hosted everything from Marx to Mohun Bagan, first crushes to fierce arguments. It was never just a floor. And this Pujo, Coke is giving it a comeback.”

A dedicated Coca-Cola Laal Mejhe microsite also allows people to reserve their preferred locations and timings for group gatherings.

About Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola in India is one of the country’s leading beverage companies, offering a range of high-quality and refreshing beverage options to consumers. The company, in line with its vision of ‘Beverages For Life’ offers a wide portfolio of products which includes hydration, sports, sparkling, coffee, tea, nutrition, juice and dairy based products. In India its beverage range includes Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, Thums Up, Thums Up XForce, Charged, Fanta, Limca, Sprite, Sprite Zero, Kinley Soda, Rimzim, Maaza, Minute Maid range of juices and Honest Tea. The Company also offers hydration beverages including Limca GlucoCharge, Smartwater, Kinley, Kinley Copper, Dasani and Bonaqua packaged drinking water. Premium products constitute Schweppes’ range and Smartwater. In addition, it offers a Costa Coffee range of tea and coffee. The Company is constantly transforming its portfolio, from reducing sugar in its drinks to bringing innovative new products to market.

The Company along with its owned bottling operations and franchise bottling partners has a strong network of over six million retail outlets through which it refreshes millions of consumers across the country. It seeks to positively impact people’s lives, communities, and the planet through water and packaging initiatives, sustainable agriculture and emission reductions across its value chain.

Globally together with its bottling partners, The Coca-Cola Company employs more than 700,000 people, helping to bring economic opportunity to local communities worldwide. Learn more at www.cocacolacompany.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Shanghai Electric Showcases Integrated Solutions to Drive Industrial Innovation at CIIF 2026

19 integrated solutions span intelligent robotics, industrial AI, computing infrastructure, heavy-duty gas turbines and nuclear power equipment

SHANGHAI, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 2026 China International Industry Fair (CIIF) took place Oct. 12-16 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Shanghai Electric showcased 19 integrated solutions spanning intelligent robotics, industrial AI, computing infrastructure, heavy-duty gas turbines and nuclear power equipment. The portfolio demonstrated the company’s capabilities in collaborative innovation across its businesses, with AI integrated throughout industrial processes.

Embodied Intelligence Components

On the opening day of the fair, Shanghai Electric launched an integrated component solution for embodied intelligence robotics covering five categories: bearings, fasteners, screws, joint modules and dexterous hands. The solution brings together capabilities ranging from precision transmission components to fully integrated robotic hands, supporting applications in humanoid robots, industrial robots and collaborative robots.

Products on display included miniature bearings with inner diameters as small as 0.6 millimeters, highly corrosion-resistant “Xuanwu” fasteners, inverted planetary roller screws, rotary and linear joint modules, and a dexterous robotic hand with 22 degrees of freedom.

AI in Wind Power and Battery Manufacturing

Shanghai Electric’s AI-enabled digital solution for wind power demonstrates AI applications throughout the design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance of wind power equipment. Through closed-loop, data-driven workflows, the solution improves R&D efficiency, ensures product quality and optimizes operation and maintenance decisions.

Its integrated production-line solution for lithium battery smart factories covers the entire battery production process. It provides customers with a comprehensive suite of solutions for automated battery production, encompassing planning and design, process implementation, auxiliary utility systems and environmental control to meet requirements for automation, digitalization and intelligent manufacturing.

Computing Infrastructure and Energy Management

Shanghai Electric’s data center compute rack uses two-phase liquid cooling to provide precise chip-level temperature control, with liquid-cooling capacity exceeding 200 kW per rack and a fivefold increase in computing density. The solution also supports retrofits of existing data centers. Integration with an Internet of Things platform enables system-wide energy savings and predictive maintenance.

The company’s cloud-edge collaborative smart energy management and control system is built around a cloud-edge-device collaborative architecture. It uses AI algorithms for generation and load forecasting and optimized multi-energy dispatch, creating a closed loop of sensing, analysis, decision-making and execution. The system has achieved continuous off-grid operation in applications including oilfield microgrids, demonstrating reliable power supply and flexible regulation under extreme operating conditions.

Heavy-Duty Gas Turbine Solutions

Also on the opening day of CIIF, Shanghai Electric launched an AI-powered, end-to-end intelligent solution for heavy-duty gas turbines. The solution spans the full lifecycle from development to operation and maintenance, encompassing design simulation, flexible intelligent manufacturing, AI-based quality inspection, supply chain coordination and intelligent operation and maintenance.

Shanghai Electric exhibited its gas turbine control system for the first time. Developed entirely in-house, the system was commissioned at Shenzhen Energy’s Ganlu project in June 2026. The company offers simple-cycle and combined-cycle gas-fired power solutions in the 75 MW to 800 MW classes. It has also completed China’s first hydrogen-blending demonstration on an operational large F-class heavy-duty gas turbine.

Nuclear Power Equipment

Uniquely positioned to supply complete nuclear island main equipment for both pressurized water reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors — as well as core equipment for fusion systems — Shanghai Electric presented its solutions across the nuclear power value chain through interactive exhibits. The displays covered Hualong One, Guohe One, high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and nuclear fusion equipment.

In nuclear fusion, Shanghai Electric has achieved 36 breakthroughs in key manufacturing technologies, established four core manufacturing capabilities and obtained 15 patents.

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Symphony by Wix Integrates Link’s Wallet for Agents, Built by Stripe, Enabling AI Agents to Make Payments on Behalf of Small Businesses

With Link’s wallet for agents,  Symphony’s AI agents go from flagging what needs attention to handling it, keeping inventory stocked, bills paid, and deadlines met on the owner’s behalf, with every purchase approved first

NEW YORK, October 15, 2026 – Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), today announced that Symphony by Wix, the standalone multi-agent system for small and medium-sized businesses and solopreneurs, now connects to Link, Stripe’s  digital wallet. The integration allows Symphony’s team of AI agents to make payments on the business owner’s behalf, taking execution one step further. Symphony’s agents already know how a business operates and work as a coordinated team across it, executing tasks and surfacing growth opportunities. With Link connected, they can now carry that work through to payments, so a task is finished rather than handed back to the owner.

Most AI tools for business stop at insight. They find the problem, draft the email, or flag the risk, and then hand the final step back to the owner. With Link connected, Symphony’s agents can carry tasks through to payment, with business owners approving each purchase before it is made. For small business owners, that means stock is reordered before it runs out, invoices are paid before they fall overdue, and entry fees are covered before a deadline passes, none of it landing back on the owner’s to-do list.

Every payment runs inside a system the owner controls. With Link’s wallet for agents, buyers review and approve each spend request, while Stripe uses a secure payment token or one-time virtual card for the transaction.  In practice, it can play out across the whole life of a business:

  • A new owner is setting up their business. Symphony identifies the required registration fees and pays them, so the business is registered before the first sale.

  • A candle shop’s best-selling scent drops below five units. Symphony reorders from the usual supplier and pays overnight, so the owner wakes up to “reordered” rather than “almost out.”

  • A supplier invoice lands on a Friday afternoon. Symphony confirms the amount matches the purchase order and pays it that day, instead of it sitting until the owner has a free hour.

  • A local farmer’s market closes applications in three days. Symphony pays the entry fee right away, so the opportunity is secured rather than left on a list that expires.

  • A customer leaves a two-star review over a late delivery. Symphony sends a complimentary gift card the same day to make good.

Symphony’s agents never see the owner’s underlying payment details, and each card is capped at the approved amount. Approval can be given within a 10-minute window from any device, by WhatsApp or SMS. 

“Since launch, Symphony has been built to act on behalf of business owners, not just advise them,” said Ronny Elkayam, COO of Wix. “Connecting Link is the last mile of that promise. An agent that can find an overdue invoice or an expiring grant deadline is useful. An agent that can get it paid, with the owner’s approval and inside clear limits, is a teammate. That is the difference between knowing what to do and having it handled.”

“People start businesses to solve problems and serve customers. Routine tasks like ordering supplies and paying bills take valuable time away from that work,” said Jay Shah, business lead for Link at Stripe. “With Link’s wallet for agents, Symphony can handle more of those tasks, giving business owners more time to focus on what matters most to them.”

The Link integration follows Symphony’s August launch and extends the platform’s expansion into the operational layer of how SMBs manage, automate, and grow. The connection is rolling out to Symphony users with a US-based Link account, with payments made in US dollars.