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Lirvana Labs’ Yeti Confetti™ Kids App Reports Half-Grade Level Improvement in Math and English in Just 10 Weeks

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15 minutes of play per week on the Yeti Confetti Kids app is proven to enhance English Literacy and Mathematical Reasoning skills

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Lirvana Labs, creator of the Yeti Confetti Kids app which provides an AI-powered personalized learning companion for preschool to elementary grade children, is shown to significantly enhance children’s English and Math skills, with just 15 minutes of play per week, leading to an increase of half a grade level in 10 weeks according to data from its cohort of learners.

The company and its flagship app are experiencing impressive growth this year and are simultaneously announcing several new features and partnerships this summer. From January to May 2024, Yeti Confetti Kids had 15,000 new user downloads, excluding those within its pilot schools in the US, the Middle East, and Asia. 90% of Yeti Confetti Kids users are from the US, with the US and UK making up 95% of all users in the last 90 days. Since the pandemic, the National Assessment of Educational Progress estimates that more than two-thirds (68%) of US fourth graders are not proficient in reading. For students learning in English and Math using the Yeti Confetti Kids app, comprehension levels advanced from .41 below grade level to .16 above in just 10 weeks.

In an efficacy study at the Daniel International School in Thailand, Yeti Confetti Kids accelerated English proficiency among students from rural backgrounds with minimal English skills. These students exceeded the typical annual growth rate by 70%, with WIDA scores showing an average increase of 1.28 levels within 9 months.

“We built Lirvana Labs to solve a key accessibility gap in the AI in education conversation, and our growth as well as impact data are testament to the purposeful use of AI to address it,” said Christie Pang, co-founder and co-CEO of Lirvana Labs. “Yeti Confetti Kids is empowering educators, parents and students with the tools they need to gain deeper insights into each learner’s unique interests, abilities, and mastery of concepts. As we continue to grow, we’re committed to unlocking the full potential of AI in education and making a lasting impact on the lives of learners everywhere.”

Yeti Confetti Kids’ learning modules create engaging and adaptive learning experiences, providing a supportive, guidance-based framework spanning over 200 English Literacy, Mathematical Reasoning, and Social-Emotional Skills informed by research-backed national and global standards, CASEL, and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning frameworks. The platform showcases real-world application of math concepts through story-based activities and dynamic imagery to explain number patterns, teaching children strategies and shortcuts for arithmetic, measurement, and data comprehension. Yeti Confetti Kids provides personalized starting levels and helps users work with the alphabet, punctuation, foundations of writing, and decoding sentences, making it a comprehensive tool for language and math learning. 

This summer, Lirvana Labs is expanding further with several partnerships to reach new learners and new feature rollouts including:

A multi-year research study with Stanford Senior Research Scholar and Director of Stanford’s Deliberative Democracy Lab, Dr. Alice Siu: Dr. Siu will lead a multi-year research study to assess the efficacy of Yeti Confetti Kid’s AI-powered modules in English Literacy, Math Reasoning and Critical Thinking for first to third graders. The study will employ both anecdotal and controlled experimental methods across selected school districts on the West and East coasts.LLM-powered Critical Thinking Simulator: Lirvana Labs is launching the first-ever LLM-powered critical thinking simulator for children between six and nine years old in select pilot partner schools and NGOs. This initiative aims to augment Yeti Confetti Kids’ already-popular Social Emotional Learning short videos and enhance learners’ critical thinking ability, a crucial competency in the age of social media and generative AI content. The simulator, part of Yeti Confetti Kids, uses story-immersion and interactive decision-making with virtual characters to promote quality information processing and comprehensive communication. 
Co-developed with Dr. Alice Siu and Character Education Foundation Founding Chairman Christine Ma-Lau, the program aligns with core Social Emotional Learning (SEL) pillars, including emotional awareness and responsible decision-making. Based on extensive research, including the Human Deliberative Quality index, the project will undergo patent filings after pilot tests in the second half of 2024. Multilingual Learning Companion, powered by AI voice and translation: Yeti Confetti Kids is releasing a multilingual learning companion that can speak in a combination of English and five other languages: Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, French, and German. This feature enables Yeti, the learning companion, to explain topics and introduce videos bilingually. Custom Spelling Games: Yeti Confetti Kids is introducing custom spelling games of simple phonic words with dynamic adaptations to each child’s specific awareness levels. The games take into account not only the child’s ability to find the right letters that make up the word, but tailors a spelling list based on each child’s unique vowel, consonant, and syllabication practice. 

In April 2024, Lirvana Labs announced $5.3M in early-stage funding to expand Yeti Confetti Kids’ capabilities. Lirvana Labs is currently preparing to pilot Yeti Confetti Kids in schools, districts, child development centers, and early care and education programs worldwide, aiming to revolutionize personalized learning and instruction.

The Yeti Confetti Kids app is currently available for download on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. To learn more about Lirvana Labs and Yeti Confetti Kids, please visit yeticonfettikids.com. The team is actively seeking partnerships with diverse and representative school districts, research institutions, and leading learning science pioneers, and would welcome any inquiries at support@lirvanalabs.com.

About Lirvana Labs
Founded in 2022, Yeti Confetti™ Kids, Lirvana Labs’ flagship product, provides AI-directed personalized instruction through an LLM-powered learning companion for Preschool to Lower Elementary grade children. To date, the Yeti Confetti Kids App has delivered over 350,000 minutes of AI-piloted lessons to 22,000 children worldwide, with a tailored curriculum covering English, Math, Social Emotional, and Critical Thinking. Lirvana Labs has partnered with needs-based schools in Thailand to bridge ESL gaps and aided Syrian refugee children in Lebanon through Jusoor, an NGO well known for its success in remote learning experiments with the World Bank EdTech Hub. Lirvana’s bespoke data visualization platform helps schools, teachers, and parents track learner engagement and success, in living rooms, renowned international schools, to make-shift classrooms in refugee camps.

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BAM for Lirvana Labs
lirvanalabs@bamtheagency.com 

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O3 Mining Grants Security-Based Compensation For 2024

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TSXV:OIII – O3 Mining

TORONTO, Dec. 23, 2024 /CNW/ – O3 Mining Inc. (TSXV: OIII) (OTCQX: OIIIF) (“O3 Mining” or the “Corporation”) announces its ordinary course security-based compensation awards for the year ended December 31, 2024. Effective December 23, 2024, the Corporation has granted to certain officers, directors and/or employees of the Corporation an aggregate of (i) 878,817 restricted share units of the Corporation (“RSUs”), and (ii) 230,750 deferred share units of the Corporation (“DSUs”). The RSUs will vest in their entirety over three years from the date of grant, with one-third of the RSUs vesting on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. The DSUs will vest in accordance with the Corporation’s DSU plan.

The Corporation anticipates the vesting of RSUs and DSUs will be accelerated in connection with the initial deposit period for the previously announced cash offer of $1.67 per common share of the Corporation by an affiliate of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico Eagle”) to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation not already owned, directly or indirectly, by Agnico Eagle (the “Offer”). The Offer has been made in accordance with the support agreement between Agnico Eagle and O3 Mining dated December 12, 2024, a copy of which is available on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) under O3 Mining’s issuer profile.

About O3 Mining Inc.

O3 Mining Inc. is a gold explorer and mine developer in Québec, Canada, adjacent to Agnico Eagle’s Canadian Malartic mine. O3 Mining owns a 100% interest in all its properties (128,680 hectares) in Québec. Its principal asset is the Marban Alliance project in Québec, which O3 Mining has advanced over the last five years to the cusp of its next stage of development, with the expectation that the project will deliver long-term benefits to stakeholders. Further information can be found on our website at https://o3mining.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation that is based on current expectations, estimates, projections, and interpretations about future events as at the date of this news release. Forward-looking information and statements are based on estimates of management by O3 Mining, at the time they were made, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding vesting of RSUs and DSUs, including any accelerated vesting thereof; the anticipated next stage of development of the Marban Alliance project; and the expectation that the Marban Alliance project will deliver long-term benefits to stakeholders. Although the forward-looking information contained in this news release is based upon what O3 Mining believes, or believed at the time, to be reasonable expectations and assumptions, there is no assurance that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information, as there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and neither O3 Mining nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any such forward-looking information. No assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. O3 Mining does not undertake, and assumes no obligation, to update or revise any such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required by applicable law. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a forecast, projection or estimate of the future financial performance of O3 Mining.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

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CreateAI Announces Results of 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — CreateAI Holdings Inc., formerly TuSimple Holdings Inc. (OTCMKTS: TSPH) (“CreateAI” or the “Company”), a global artificial intelligence technology company, today announced shareholder voting results for its annual meeting of stockholders held on December 20, 2024 (the “Annual Meeting”).

As of October 28, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were a total of 232,618,399 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, comprised of 208,618,399 shares of Class A Common Stock (each with one vote per share) and 24,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (each with ten votes per share). At the Annual Meeting, holders of 207,347,538 shares of common stock, representing 423,347,538 votes, entitled to vote at the meeting were represented in person or by proxy and, therefore, a quorum constituted of the majority of the voting power of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was present.

The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at the 2024 Annual Meeting and the numbers of votes cast for, withheld, or against, the number of abstentions, and the number of broker non-votes with respect to each other, as applicable.

1.     Election of six nominees to serve on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a term which will expire at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, or, if Proposal Two is adopted, to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with the class of director to which each nominee will be assigned. The following six directors were elected by the votes as indicated below.

 
 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Cheng Lu

 

208,949,915

 

164,765,0191

 

49,632,604

Mo Chen

 

208,946,146

 

164,768,7881

 

49,632,604

James Lu

 

209,109,928

 

164,605,0061

 

49,632,604

Zhen Tao

 

209,158,316

 

164,556,6181

 

49,632,604

Albert Schultz

 

348,895,0191

 

24,819,915

 

49,632,604

Jianan Hao

 

209,021,652

 

164,693,2821

 

49,632,604

The totals above include the 240,000,000 votes represented by the Class B shares of Common Stock. 12,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (representing 120,000,00 votes) were voted “FOR” and 12,000,000 shares of Class B Common stock (representing 120,000,00 votes) were voted “WITHHELD” for each of the Directors other than Albert Schultz. All shares of Class B Common Stock were voted “FOR” the election of Albert Schultz. Excluding the 240,000,000 votes from the 24,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock from the totals above, the 183,347,538 shares of Class A Common Stock were voted as indicated below.

 
 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker Non-Votes

Cheng Lu

 

88,949,915

 

44,765,019

 

49,632,604

Mo Chen

 

88,946,146

 

44,768,788

 

49,632,604

James Lu

 

89,109,928

 

44,605,006

 

49,632,604

Zhen Tao

 

89,158,316

 

44,556,618

 

49,632,604

Albert Schultz

 

108,895,019

 

24,819,915

 

49,632,604

Jianan Hao

 

89,021,652

 

44,693,282

 

49,632,604

2.       Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to classify the Board of Directors into three classes, with directors in each class to serve staggered three-year terms. Pursuant to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Proposal Two must receive the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, since directors representing two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of authorized directors have already approved. The amendment was not approved2 by the votes as indicated below:

For

 

Against1

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

208,955,668

 

164,659,652

 

99,614

 

49,632,604

Because Proposal Two was not approved, the six directors elected pursuant to Proposal One will serve on the Board for a term which will expire at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.

3.       Ratification of the appointment of UHY LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The selection was ratified by the votes as indicated below:

For

 

Against1

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

255,504,371

 

155,923,768

 

11,919,399

 

Note 1: Includes 120,000,000 votes of the 12,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock held by White Marble LLC and White Marble International Limited (together, the “White Marble Entities”) controlled by Dr. Xiaodi Hou.

Note 2: The White Marble Entities have filed an action in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking a declaratory judgment that the voting agreement between White Marble and Mo Chen is invalid and White Marble, not Mo Chen, controls the vote. White Marble LLC v. Chen, C.A. No. 2024-1208-PAF (Del. Ch.) On December 13, 2024, the Court entered an order that allows the Company to hold the vote on Proposal Two, and ordered that if Proposal Two is not approved at the Annual Meeting but the Court determines in the Action that Mo Chen, not the White Marble Entities, control how the White Marble Entities’ Shares are voted, then the White Marble Entities’ shares shall be deemed to have been voted in favor of Proposal Two at the Annual Meeting and that such vote shall stand. The vote totals above include the votes of the shares held by the White Marble Entities as voted by the White Marble Entities. If the shares held by the White Marble entities reflected in the totals above are deemed to have been voted in favor of Proposal Two, the Proposal will have passed. Accordingly, if the Court rules in Mo Chen’s favor, Proposal Two will be deemed to have passed and the Company would be permitted to amend its Certificate of Incorporation to implement Proposal Two and each of the directors elected pursuant to Proposal One will serve on the Board until the annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with the class of director to which each nominee is assigned.

About CreateAI

CreateAI (formerly TuSimple) is a global artificial intelligence company with offices in US, China, and Japan. The company is pioneering the future of digital entertainment content production, seamlessly blending cutting-edge generative AI technology with the creativity of world-class talent. Our mission is to redefine the boundaries of what’s possible in digital storytelling by developing immersive, captivating, and visually stunning experiences that resonate with audiences on a global scale.

Investor Relations Contact:
ICR for CreateAI
CreateAI.IR@icrinc.com

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Rosica Communications Releases V2 of Thought Leadership Measurement Matrix™

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Beta Phase Concludes, Formerly Launching Market Influence Platform

FAIR LAWN, N.J., Dec. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Rosica Communications, a national PR agency specializing in education, animal health, nonprofits, and healthcare, has completed beta-testing of its comprehensive tool for assessing thought leadership, now called the Thought Leadership Measurement Matrix™. This innovative tool utilizes a unique, weighted algorithm to measure and analyze 20 marketing, online, and public relations factors or activities that impact thought leadership and influence industry reputation and standing.

“Rosica goes beyond traditional web metrics to deliver a tool that tracks the broader scope of an organization’s thought leadership activities.”

This PR thought leadership measurement system provides both qualitative and quantitative assessments of an organization’s market influence, pinpointing strengths and uncovering opportunities for advancing thought leadership. After nearly two years of development and retaining an analytics specialist and mathematician in 2024 to advance its thought leadership scoring tables, Rosica’s Thought Leadership Measurement Matrix™ is now ready for prime time. Formerly launched by Rosica as the “Thought Leadership Index,” this is the only tool that thoroughly measures 20 distinct variables affecting thought leadership. It allows organizations to gauge their leadership presence through an in-depth analysis of performance indicators, SEO, content marketing (owned media), speaking engagements, website traffic and user experience (UX), and influencer or KOL advocacy.

“Completing the beta phase with our clients created insights that shaped the final PR and thought leadership measurement platform we’re now officially introducing. The Thought Leadership Measurement Matrix™ is the most comprehensive tool available to measure earned, owned, social, and paid media, plus a number of additional online and traditional marketing, PR, and communications activities that move the needle for organizations to impact of their thought leadership,” said Chris Rosica, CEO and president of Rosica Communications.

“Rosica goes beyond traditional web metrics to deliver a tool that tracks the broader scope of an organization’s thought leadership activities. This tool doesn’t just measure visibility, it quantifies influence, helping organizations not only get noticed but also become recognized leaders in their industries,” said Analytics Specialist Dan Scheuermann.

For more information, visit http://www.rosica.com

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Micah Carroll, Rosica Communications, 201-843-5600, micah@rosica.com, www.Rosica.com

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