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Oracle Introduces AI Agent Studio

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March 20, 2025

New Oracle AI Agent Studio empowers Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications customers and partners to easily create, extend, deploy, and manage AI agents and agent teams across the enterprise

LONDON, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle CloudWorld — Oracle today announced Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, a comprehensive platform for creating, extending, deploying, and managing AI agents and agent teams across the enterprise. Part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the new AI Agent Studio provides easy-to-use tools for customers and partners to create customized AI agents that address complex business needs and can help drive new levels of productivity.

“AI agents are the next phase of evolution in enterprise applications and just like with existing applications, business leaders need the flexibility to create specific functionality to address their unique and evolving business needs,” said Steve Miranda, executive vice president of applications, Oracle. “Our AI Agent Studio builds on the 50+ AI agents we have already introduced and gives our customers and partners the flexibility to easily create and manage their own AI agents. With the agents already embedded in Fusion Applications and our new AI Agent Studio, customers will be able to further extend automation and ultimately, achieve more while spending less.”

Available at no additional cost, Oracle AI Agent Studio delivers easy-to-use tools, including advanced testing, robust validation, and built-in security, that will help Oracle Fusion Applications customers and partners create and manage AI agents. Leveraging the same technology that Oracle uses to create AI agents, Oracle AI Agent Studio enables users to easily extend pre-packaged agents and/or create new agents and then deploy and manage them across the enterprise. AI agents designed in the Oracle AI Agent Studio seamlessly integrate with Oracle Fusion Applications and can collaborate with third-party agents to complete complex and multi-step processes. Oracle AI Agent Studio includes:

Agent template libraries: Enable users to create their own AI agents with pre-built templates paired with natural language prompts. Users can leverage the library of ready-made templates to support a variety of business scenarios, for example opportunity to quote, return order processing, or shift scheduling.Agent team orchestration: Enables users to set up multiple agents to work alongside people on complex tasks through pre-configured templates. For greater control, users can add checkpoints and approvals throughout multi-step processes.Agent extensibility: Enables users to modify and extend the 50+ pre-packaged Oracle Fusion Applications AI agents by adding documents, tools, prompts, or APIs to address their specific industry and business needs.Choice of LLMs: Enables users to access a variety of large language models (LLMs) to address specific business needs. Users can select from LLMs specifically optimized for Oracle Fusion Applications, such as Llama and Cohere, or plug in other external industry-specific LLMs for specialized use cases.Native Fusion integration: Enables users to quickly build enterprise-ready agents by providing direct access to Oracle Fusion Applications APIs, knowledge stores, and predefined tools without complex customizations. This deep integration automatically preserves enterprise-specific business logic within AI-powered workflows.Third-party system integration: Enables users to connect Oracle Fusion Applications AI agents to third-party agents through secure APIs that support both immediate next steps and long-running processes.Trust and security framework: Enables users to build and deploy agents that operate within a secure framework by requiring agents within the AI Agent Studio to always apply the latest Oracle Fusion Applications security configurations, policies, and access controls. This also allows users to build AI agents without the need to reconfigure security settings or sign new agreements.Validation and testing tools: Enables users to maintain trust and accuracy by verifying and monitoring results within AI-driven workflows. For example, built-in validation and testing tools help support reliability, repeatability, explainability, security, and performance of AI outputs.

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“AI-powered innovation is enabling our clients to reinvent processes and transform the way they work, driving a new performance frontier,” said Lan Guan, chief AI officer, Accenture. “According to our recent research, agentic architectures featuring AI agents will enter the mainstream in 2025, with three times as many organizations planning to invest in these capabilities compared to 2024. As we continue to work with Oracle to help clients across industries accelerate the adoption of AI, the new Oracle AI Agent Studio will allow us to orchestrate more powerful agents from Oracle, with Accenture’s AI Refinery platform, to drive new levels of productivity and growth.”

“With the rapid rise of AI agents, organizations are facing an ongoing challenge of how to manage and measure the impact of these digital workers,” said Mauro Schiavon, global chief commercial officer, Oracle Business, and principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. “As leaders look to demonstrate the ROI of their AI investments, platforms like Oracle’s new AI Agent Studio can enable customization that addresses unique business needs. We look forward to helping our joint clients across industries develop and deploy agentic AI for value creation and competitive edge.”

“Agents can help unlock the value of AI for the enterprise. We’re entering a period of agentic organizations that will fundamentally change how we work across functions and industries,” said Dan Priest, US chief AI officer, PWC. “PwC’s unmatched track record of teaming with Oracle to transform our clients’ businesses makes us very excited about what we can do with Oracle’s AI Agent Studio — more IQ, new capabilities, all lead to great possibilities.”

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“The new Oracle AI Agent Studio is an impressive next step for Oracle’s AI strategy. To truly optimize the impact of AI agents, organizations need to be able to customize the way they work to fit their unique business needs,” said Holger Mueller, vice president and principal analyst, Constellation Research. “The evolution of AI across the enterprise is moving at a rapid pace and by enabling agents to be created, extended, deployed, and managed across the entire enterprise, Oracle will help its customers accelerate adoption and automation.”

“Oracle has AI-enabled their enterprise applications over the last few years with AI assistants, advisors, and agents. This product focus has enabled Oracle to extend this AI-enablement in the launch of its AI Agent Studio,” said Mickey North Rizza, group vice president, IDC. “The future of work is upon us, and Oracle is helping its customers and partners quickly and easily take advantage of agents in a way that will drive meaningful business value. To have this kind of functionality at no extra cost is a huge win for Oracle customers.”

“Oracle continues to break new ground with its deployment of predictive, generative, and now agentic AI across the Oracle Fusion Applications Suite,” said Evelyn McMullen, research manager, Nucleus. “The new AI Agent Studio is a logical next step in Oracle’s strategy and will enable organizations to maximize AI output across every area of their business. Oracle is helping its customers build their own digital workforce, all under existing subscriptions. I think the studio will help Oracle customers unlock entirely new levels of productivity and success.”

Oracle Fusion Applications Suite enables organizations to take advantage of the cloud and the latest advancements in predictive, generative, and agentic AI to help break down organizational silos, standardize processes, and manage finance, HR, supply chain, and customer experience data on a single integrated cloud platform. To learn more about Oracle Fusion Applications Suite, please visit: oracle.com/applications

For additional information on Oracle Fusion AI Agent Studio, visit: https://www.oracle.com/applications/fusion-ai/ai-agents/

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Meizu Returns to Vietnam, Accelerating Southeast Asia Market Expansion

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March 22, 2025

HANOI, Vietnam, March 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Meizu, in collaboration with Geely Auto, held a product launch event in Vietnam on March 21, accelerating its strategic expansion in Southeast Asia with its eco-products. Simultaneously, the Geely International EX5, a global smart pure-electric SUV equipped with the Flyme Auto smart cockpit system, is set to debut in Vietnam in the second quarter of 2025.

At the event, Meizu showcased its AI-powered eco-products, centered around AI smartphones and complemented by AR smart glasses, smart rings, smart watches, and other tech products to form a matrix that delivers a seamless smart lifestyle experience to Vietnamese users. Returning to the Vietnamese market marks a critical step in Meizu’s implementation of its overseas Flyme AI ecosystem strategy, underscoring Meizu’s technological capabilities and determination.

Since announcing its overseas Flyme AI ecosystem strategy at the global tech event MWC 2025, Meizu has rapidly expanded its global presence. Its products are now sold in over 30 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe, etc. Cars equipped with Flyme Auto have been exported to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions. The overseas ecosystem integrating “people, cars, and homes” has already reached a certain scale. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, Meizu has entered frontier markets such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Australia.

Leveraging its visionary “smartphone + glasses + car” ecosystem, Meizu has secured three “No.1 in China“. It has doubled its AI-powered smartphone sales, seized the top market share for its smart glasses, and achieved the largest number of car models on the market that are equipped with the Flyme Auto smart cockpit operating system.

Being secure, unique, easy-to-use, and seamlessly connected, Flyme Auto will empower Geely Auto to deliver an innovative driving experience to Vietnamese consumers who value environmentally-friendly travel, advancing the realization of its vision of “building smart premium cars for everyone.” To date, Flyme Auto ranks among the smart cockpit operating systems supporting the most car models and covering the widest price range, with the car models equipped with Flyme Auto achieving total sales of more than 0.6 million cars. Flyme Auto has supported 22 car models in collaboration, and leads the industry in new ecosystem user growth, firmly ranking in the top tier of In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI).

At the event, Meizu unveiled multiple groundbreaking products, including AI smartphones such as Meizu Lucky 08, Meizu Note 22 Series, and Meizu Mblu 22 Series, and recently hot-selling tech products such as StarV Air2, StarV View, and StarV Ring 2. Through lightweight AI technologies and services, Meizu enables more consumers to have a more convenient and smarter experience.

Gu Binbin, Meizu’s Executive Director of Overseas Business, stated, “With our return to Vietnam, Meizu brings a comprehensive ecosystem of products that include not just smartphones, but also smart glasses, smart rings, and Flyme Auto, a smart IVI system supporting Geely’s global expansion. Meizu will increase investments in Vietnam to deliver more innovative products and services tailored to local consumers.”

Meizu is the smartphone brand of DreamSmart Group, which carries AI eco-products in three product areas, which are smartphones, XR and smart cars. With deep technological expertise in multiple industries, DreamSmart is recognized as a leader in smart ecosystems.

Meizu’s globalization strategy has been implemented step by step, and Vietnam is a critical step in DreamSmart’s localization development in Southeast Asia. Moving forward, Meizu will continue to fulfill its commitment to “returning to the global market”, and focus on expanding into an increasing number of frontier markets worldwide to deliver innovative products and services to users globally.

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Xinhua Silk Road: Parallel Forum on Inclusive Finance and Approaches to New Energy Industrialization Development held in Beijing

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March 22, 2025

BEIJING, March 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Parallel Forum on Inclusive Finance and Approaches to New Energy Industrialization Development was held in Beijing on March 20.

As a side event of the 2025 Global South Financiers Forum, the forum, hosted by the Brand Work Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service, and Shanxi Branch of Xinhua News Agency, fostered diverse dialogues and exchanges under the theme of “Inclusive Finance and Approaches to New Energy Industrialization Development”, sharing experience and building consensus.

Klaus-Dieter Kaempfer, Chief Executive of Absa China, highlighted Absa’s efforts in driving economic growth across 12 African markets over 130 years. Absa established a non-banking subsidiary in Beijing a year ago to support Chinese enterprises and investors in exploring African markets.

China has become the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles, while Indonesia is also intensifying efforts in the regard, noted Mohammad Faisal, Executive Director of the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE Indonesia). CORE Indonesia has been conducting research in this field as an economic think tank, but considering the significant challenges faced by developing countries in promoting green energy and green industrialization, this forum serves as a valuable platform for mutual learning and experience sharing.

Lyuliang is leveraging its industrial strengths to foster new quality productive forces in the energy sector amidst green and sustainable development, according to Xiong Yizhi, mayor of Lyuliang City. By introducing favorable policies and innovative financial products, Lyuliang has accelerated its new energy industry development, with new energy installation capacity now accounting for over 30 percent of its total.

Zheng Peng, Chairman and President of Pengfei Group, delivered a keynote speech on the company’s effort in green development. As one of China’s top 500 enterprises, it follows China’s dual carbon goals and Shanxi’s hydrogen energy development plan.

During the event, China Economic Information Service unveiled the China (Xiaoyi, Lyuliang) Hydrogen Energy High-quality Development Index Report during the event. The index, which monitors high-quality hydrogen energy development at both national and local levels, showed steady growth from 2021 to 2023.

Besides, a roundtable session of the forum brought together renowned financiers and government representatives to explore the role and mechanism of inclusive finance in advancing new energy industrialization.

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/R E P E A T –Desjardins Group Annual General Meetings: Interview with Guy Cormier

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March 22, 2025

MONTREAL, March 19, 2025 /CNW/ – Members of the media are invited to register for an interview with Guy Cormier, President and CEO of Desjardins Group during the cooperative’s annual general meetings, on Saturday, March 22. To do this, you’ll need to send an email at media@desjardins.com, by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2025.

This year’s general meeting will have a special feel to it, as it will be the last meeting chaired by Guy Cormier as president and CEO. It will also officially kick off festivities to mark Desjardins’s 125th anniversary.

The interviews will start at 12:30 p.m. and Guy Cormier’s public address will be broadcast around 4 p.m. on the Desjardins Facebook page.

Event details (registration required):

DATE: Saturday, March 22, 2025

PLACE: Québec City Convention Centre, 1000 Boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Quebec City QC G1R 5T8

TIME:
12:30 p.m. – Interviews with Guy Cormier, President and CEO
4 p.m. – Public address broadcast on the Desjardins Group Facebook page

About Desjardins Group
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the sixth largest in the world, with assets of $470.9 billion as at December 31, 2024. With more than 55,200 skilled employees, it has been named one of the top employers in Canada by both Forbes magazine and Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, its online platforms, and its subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world’s strongest financial institutions according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has one of the highest capital ratios and one of the highest credit ratings in the industry. In 2025, Desjardins Group is celebrating its 125th anniversary, marking more than a century of focusing its ambitions and expertise on being there for members and clients.

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