Partnerships & Strategic Alliances

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 6, 2026 - LG Electronics USA announced at CES 2026 that it will integrate Prime Video into the LG Automotive Content Platform (ACP), enabling automakers using LG ACP to offer Prime Video content in-vehicle beginning in the second quarter of 2026. The move positions LG's webOS-based ACP as a more complete entertainment layer for software-defined vehicles, where screen time, passenger experience, and app ecosystems are increasingly becoming differentiators in OEM platform selection. For automakers and Tier suppliers, the announcement signals continued convergence between consumer streaming services and automotive infotainment stacks, with implications for integration planning, regional app availability, and subscription-driven usage models.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 30, 2025 - CPGIO says it has expanded its digital retail footprint by launching on multiple major marketplaces, positioning the company to support consumer brands with broader omnichannel distribution across a mix of mass, specialty, and B2B wholesale platforms.

Multi-marketplace expansion and timing

The company reported successful launches across Nordstrom, Chewy, Lowe's, Faire, and Best Buy, with the rollout beginning in November 2025. For consumer brands, the announcement signals a continued push toward diversified third-party marketplace presence as a growth lever, particularly as retailers extend marketplace models beyond core categories. For service providers and operators, the business impact typically centers on onboarding speed, catalog and content compliance, inventory synchronization, and the ability to manage pricing and pack-out strategy consistently across channels.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 26, 2025 - Yokohama Rubber is deepening its sustainability strategy and raw materials risk management by supporting an international joint research project in Indonesia aimed at preventing rubber tree leaf fall diseases, a growing threat to global natural rubber production and the tire industry's long-term resilience.

Securing Natural Rubber at the Source in Indonesia

The company is cooperating in the multi-year project "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases," which targets one of the most serious plant health challenges facing natural rubber plantations in Indonesia, the world's second-largest producer.
Leaf fall disease has become widespread in key growing regions, leading to significant yield losses and jeopardizing supply for industrial users, including tire manufacturers.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 24, 2025 - UAE operator du has signed a three-year agreement with Huawei after deploying what the companies describe as the world's first 25Gbps E-band microwave link to support a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) site rollout, aiming to boost capacity and consistency where fiber backhaul is limited.

From "site upgrades" to backhaul strategy
5G-Advanced pushes more traffic through the radio layer, but the customer experience still hinges on the transport network behind it. du framed the partnership as a joint innovation framework-not just procurement-designed to keep pace with surging data transmission demand while accelerating scalable 5G-A coverage across the UAE, including areas where fiber deployment is slower or impractical.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 19, 2025 - Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has struck a potential $1B-plus partnership with Harbour BioMed to collaborate on next-generation multi-specific antibody programs, underscoring how China-based innovation is increasingly shaping global biologics dealmaking.

Deal scope and economics in brief
BMS will pay $90 million upfront to work with Harbour on developing and advancing multi-specific antibody therapies, with additional development and commercial milestones that could total up to $1.035 billion. The partners did not disclose how many programs are covered, nor did they specify initial targets, indications, or therapeutic areas.

For business development teams and portfolio planners, the structure reflects a familiar "platform-plus-programs" model: BMS buys early discovery leverage and optionality, while Harbour positions itself for milestone upside and downstream royalties if programs progress.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 15, 2025 - XPENG AEROHT has completed a public manned flight of its modular flying car, the "Land Aircraft Carrier," in Dubai and signed purchase agreements totaling 600 flying cars across the Middle East, as the company accelerates overseas expansion and rebrands as ARIDGE.

Dubai manned flight pairs technology validation with commercial traction
The October 12 milestone combined a fully manned demonstration flight with what the company described as record-breaking regional demand, lifting total global orders to over 7,000. The event was witnessed by regional dignitaries, members of the local Chinese community, and more than 100 media outlets, signaling both regulatory interest and market visibility as the "low-altitude economy" shifts from concept showcases to procurement discussions.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Pfizer Inc. is expanding its cardiometabolic ambitions through an exclusive global collaboration and license agreement with YaoPharma, a subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical, to develop, manufacture and commercialize YP05002, an oral GLP-1 receptor agonist currently in Phase 1 for chronic weight management. The deal strengthens Pfizer's position in the fast-moving obesity field and adds a differentiated small-molecule asset to its portfolio of metabolic disease candidates.

Strategic Bet on Small-Molecule GLP-1 in Obesity

Under the agreement, China-based YaoPharma will complete an ongoing Phase 1 study of YP05002 before transferring global development and commercialization rights to Pfizer. For Pfizer, the asset fits neatly into a strategy that aims to pair novel mechanisms with scalable, oral delivery formats for obesity and adjacent cardiometabolic conditions.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - Yupp Video Services (YVS), the B2B technology arm of YuppTV, is stepping up its role as a white-label OTT backbone provider by delivering a full-stack platform overhaul for Chaupal, one of India's fastest-growing regional streaming services for Punjabi, Haryanvi and Bhojpuri content. The partnership is designed to harden reliability, boost performance and modernize user experience as Chaupal enters its next aggressive growth phase.

Full Technology Replatforming for High-Growth Regional OTT

After three years of rapid subscriber expansion, Chaupal reached the limits of its existing technology stack and needed an infrastructure built for scale, multi-device reach and operational resilience. Yupp Video Services responded with a fully custom instance of its OTT platform tailored to Chaupal's regional content strategy and monetization model.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - SK Chemicals is moving to secure full control over its circular plastics value chain by vertically integrating feedstock sourcing through a new joint venture and Feedstock Innovation Center (FIC) in China, positioning its depolymerization-based chemical recycling business for stronger cost competitiveness and supply stability across Asia-Pacific.

From Depolymerization Pioneer to Fully Integrated Circular Plastics Player

SK Chemicals has signed a joint venture agreement with Shaanxi-based recycler Kelinle to build the Feedstock Innovation Center, a dedicated facility for processing waste plastics into recycled raw materials. Located on an idle 13,200 m² site in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, the FIC will convert end-of-life plastics into PET pellets that feed SK Chemicals' depolymerization process.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 10, 2025 - MindHYVE.ai, Inc. and the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) have entered into a landmark partnership designed to accelerate AI literacy, ethical AI adoption and workforce readiness across one of the world's youngest and fastest-growing regions. Under a new Memorandum of Understanding, IUCEA will champion MindHYVE's agentic learning technologies across more than 170 universities, positioning East Africa as a testbed for large-scale AI education and future-of-work transformation.

Regional higher education as a launchpad for AI fluency

IUCEA, which coordinates and harmonizes higher education across the East African Community, will act as regional advocate and facilitator for MindHYVE's platform. The collaboration is structured to give universities access to world-class AI reasoning tools, certified learning programs and structured training for emerging digital skills.