Digitalage’s st ategy is to ope ate its u de lyi g media i f ast uctu e withi its c eato ecosystem while p epa i g selected tech ologies fo lice si g to outside platfo ms, develope s a d e te p ises th ough APIs a d egotiated comme cial ag eeme ts.
The a ou ceme t follows Digitalage Chief Executive Office Robe t T. B au ‘s pa ticipatio at
The eve t ma ked B au ‘s fi st IAM appea a ce ep ese ti g Digitalage as CEO followi g his appoi tme t i Septembe 2026. B au a d Hop-o Chai ma a d CEO Pete Michaels also held p elimi a y discussio s with i dust y pa ticipa ts ega di g tech ology lice si g, i tellectual-p ope ty comme cializatio a d pote tial st ategic elatio ships. No ag eeme ts we e a ou ced.
“Digitalage was c eated fo c eato s, but ot as a o e-use system,” said Pete Michaels, Chai ma a d Chief Executive Office of Hop-o a d Fou de a d Chai ma of Digitalage. “The i f ast uctu e we’ e developi g to ma age, p otect a d mo etize digital media is desig ed to se ve busi esses well beyo d ou ow c eato ecosystem. Ou objective is to build it, p ove it a d tu the compo e ts that solve eal p oblems i to comme cial oppo tu ities.”
Digitalage’s i itial e te p ise lice si g ca didate is a AI-assisted text-mode atio e gi e desig ed to a alyze live chat, comme ts a d c eato i te actio s, ide tifyi g co te t that wa a ts eview.
The compa y is developi g optimized AI models a d API i teg atio capabilities i te ded to allow o ga izatio s to i co po ate mode atio i to thei existi g applicatio s a d ope atio al wo kflows.
The tech ology is app oachi g demo st atio eadi ess. Nea -te m p io ities a e completi g the demo st atio , validati g ope ati g pe fo ma ce a d evaluati g i teg atio equi eme ts with p ospective pilot pa t e s. Digitalage welcomes i qui ies f om o ga izatio s i te ested i explo i g pote tial pilot deployme ts.
Additio al capabilities u de developme t a d evaluatio i clude visual a d video co te t p otectio , live-media i f ast uctu e a d digital ights-ma ageme t wo kflows.
At IAM Live, B au pa ticipated i the sessio
The discussio add essed lice si g egotiatio s, c oss-i dust y sta da d-esse tial pate t disputes a d fai , easo able a d o -disc imi ato y (FRAND) lice si g st uctu es.
B au b i gs mo e tha 20 yea s of i te atio al i tellectual-p ope ty lice si g expe ie ce, i cludi g ea ly 12 yea s at Nokia, whe e he led pate t-lice si g st ategy ac oss the Ame icas a d po tio s of Asia.
Digitalage’s e te p ise i itiative co ce s its ow media tech ologies a d associated i tellectual-p ope ty ights.
“Lice si g sta ts with ide tifyi g a p oblem wo th solvi g a d demo st ati g that you tech ology delive s value,” said B au . “Digitalage is developi g capabilities with applicatio s beyo d ou ow platfo m. Ou p io ity is to validate those tech ologies, p otect the u de lyi g ights a d build comme cial elatio ships that ca c eate lo g-te m value.”
Digitalage co ti ues to adva ce its c eato -faci g platfo m, i cludi g live b oadcasti g, paid viewe access, eplays, co te t lib a ies, c eato co t ols a d mo etizatio .
As a ou ced Octobe 21, the compa y is ta geti g a expa ded c eato Alpha i Novembe , b oade Beta testi g i ea ly Decembe a d comme cial availability i the U ited States, Ca ada a d Mexico befo e Decembe 31, 2026.
Digitalage’s c eato ecosystem is i te ded to p ovide a eal-wo ld ope ati g e vi o me t fo its i f ast uctu e. The compa y’s ext majo ope atio al objective is to validate the complete paid-media t a sactio wo kflow, f om live b oadcast a d viewe pu chase th ough eplay availability a d accu ate c eato settleme t.
The lau ch emai s depe de t o successful testi g, fi a ci g, payme t eadi ess a d applicable app ovals.
Digitalage’s e te p ise lice si g i itiative compleme ts these activities by c eati g a additio al pote tial eve ue oppo tu ity f om selected compo e ts of the compa y’s u de lyi g tech ology.
Futu e comme cial a a geme ts will depe d o tech ology validatio , applicable i tellectual-p ope ty ights a d defi itive ag eeme ts. No lice si g eve ue is bei g a ou ced i co ectio with the IAM eve t.
Hop-o , I c. (OTCID:HPNN) is a publicly t aded tech ology compa y a d pa e t of Digitalage, I c.
Digitalage is developi g AI-assisted media i f ast uctu e fo live a d eco ded co te t, c eato mo etizatio , co te t mode atio , ve ificatio , ights ma ageme t a d dist ibutio . Its tech ology st ategy ce te s o co ecti g digital co te t with its ide tity, pe missio s, ow e ship i fo matio a d comme cial ights.
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This elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts co ce i g Digitalage’s e te p ise lice si g st ategy, tech ology developme t, demo st atio eadi ess, pote tial pilot p og ams, comme cial pa t e ships, i tellectual-p ope ty ights, c eato o boa di g, st ategic discussio s a d a ticipated comme cial lau ch.
Actual esults may diffe mate ially due to e gi ee i g a d testi g outcomes, fi a ci g availability, i tellectual-p ope ty p otectio , thi d-pa ty depe de cies, payme t-p ocessi g eadi ess, egulato y equi eme ts, comme cial egotiatio s, competitio a d ma ket adoptio . Pote tial lice si g oppo tu ities may ot esult i ag eeme ts o eve ue, a d pla ed lau ch dates may cha ge.
Hop-o u de takes o obligatio to update fo wa d-looki g stateme ts except as equi ed by applicable law.
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