PARIS, July 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the wo ld’s leadi g AI summit i Pa is, F a ce, b i gi g togethe 9,000 AI leade s, C-suite executives, sta tups, i vesto s, a d policymake s, i cludi g P eside t Emma uel Mac o , the Kaya P ojectTM (https://kaya fo est.com) a d Veea Solutio s I c. (“Veea”), a wholly-ow ed subsidia y of Veea I c. (NASDAQ: VEEA), today a ou ced that the $KYN toke a d associated commodity toke s will list o the Pa optes PBCTM ma ketplace, which will ope ate as a U.S.- egulated Alte ative T adi g System (ATS) ma ketplace, powe ed by Sy ova GlobalTM. The listi g is ta geted fo August 3, 2026.
The a ou ceme t ma ks a majo milesto e fo the toke izatio of atu al capital at i stitutio al scale. At lau ch, Pa optes PBC ma ketplace will be a egulated ma ketplace pu pose-built to delive t adi g pe fo ma ce fo toke ized eal-wo ld assets a d atu al capital. Sy ova Global (https://www.sy ova.global) delive s the full dece t alized t adi g a d settleme t stack — the Tita matchi g a d settleme t e gi e, the Ve ue f o t e d, a d d op-i ba ki g a d custody i teg atio s — as tu key i f ast uctu e fo a y asset class. It sets a ew global be chma k i pe fo ma ce, t a spa e cy, a d asset-class specializatio .
The ma ketplace listi g is ot me ely a capital ma kets eve t, but the fi a cial e gi e of a lasti g social a d e vi o me tal t a sfo matio ac oss o e of the most emote egio s o Ea th. At a mome t whe AI sta ds as the most t a sfo mative fo ce huma ity has eve c eated — a d whe savi g the Ea th has become huma ity’s most u ge t impe ative — the Kaya P oject u ites the two: toke s ge e ated by p ese vi g atu al assets pay fo the AI that uplifts the commu ities p otecti g them. This c eates the ultimate flywheel template fo how eve y co e of the Ea th ca become self-sustai i g, with AI d ivi g a compou di g effect i the p ese vatio of the atu al e vi o me t — the mo e the atu al e vi o me ts a e p otected, the mo e $KYN toke value they ge e ate, the mo e i tellige ce a d p ospe ity flow back to its gua dia s.
“Pa optes ma ketplace ep ese ts the most adva ced t adi g platfo m eve built fo atu al capital, a d we a e fi mly o t ack to i itiate t adi g of $KYN toke a d associated commodity toke s as of August 3, 2026,” said D . Eddy Lima to o, Co-Chai ma a d Fou de of Kaya . “Fo most of the Kaya egio ’s i habita ts who have lo g lacked affo dable co ectivity, si ce 2023 togethe with Veea, we have demo st ated dist ibuted etwo ks that ca delive I te et co ectivity, i t a-village commu icatio s, locally cached a d st eamed ews, e te tai me t a d a va iety of othe co te t, which is ow bei g compleme ted with age tic AI-powe ed tele-educatio , tele-healthca e, a d tele-t ai i g, p ecisio ag icultu e a d Sma t Fa mi g AI models that aise c op yields a d household i comes,” co ti ued D . Eddy Lima to o.
The Kaya P oject ope ates o e of the wo ld’s la gest co tiguous co se vatio co cessio s toke ized — 8.68 millio hecta es of ai fo est, peatla d, a d ma g ove ecosystems ac oss No th a d East Kalima ta , I do esia, held u de a 60-yea ope ati g ag eeme t. The p oject will issue the Kaya Toke ($KYN)—the ative toke of the Kaya Natu al Capital P otocol—alo gside a g owi g suite of i depe de tly ve ified commodity toke s ep ese ti g the co cessio ‘s e vi o me tal outputs, i cludi g ce tified ca bo c edits, biodive sity c edits, a d blue ca bo c edits. Buildi g o VeeaONE etwo ks deployed i I do esia a d othe cou t ies globally si ce 2021, Kaya has appoi ted Veea to delive its I te et of Sustai able Commu ities & Ecosystems (“ISCE”) solutio ac oss the Kaya co cessio .
“While othe s theo ize about ext-ge e atio t adi g, we have built it: a dist ibuted platfo m a chitected fo 100,000+ t a sactio s pe seco d, ative settleme t fo asset classes that equi e co ti uous ea -time ve ificatio of physical assets, d op i KYC a d AML, multi-sig atu e custody, a d eal-time a omaly detectio hosted o SOC 2 Type II ce tified i f ast uctu e,” said Cole C awfo d, Fou de a d CEO of Sy ova Global. “Pa optes, o the Sy ova Global platfo m, suppo ts co ti uous eal-time asset ve ificatio th ough a dece t alized validato etwo k that mo ito s the u de lyi g physical assets a ou d the clock.”
Key featu es of the Pa optes PBC ma ketplace i clude:
- A globally dist ibuted a chitectu e — the fastest a d most eliable i its class, with a ative settleme t laye pu pose-built fo toke ized eal-wo ld assets, elimi ati g f ictio a d e abli g i sta ta eous fi ality.
- Ce t al to the i teg ity of the Kaya P oject’s toke ized atu al capital t aded o Pa optes ma ketplace is the p oject’s ability to measu e, epo t, a d ve ify e vi o me tal outcomes co ti uously o li e a d at scale.
- Ope ati g u de SEC Regulatio Alte ative T adi g System (ATS), desig ed to meet the most igo ous sta da ds fo o -U.S. qualified i stitutio al a d acc edited i vesto s wo ldwide.
“Pa optes PBC ma ketplace, o a platfo m with a global dece t alized validato etwo k, is the ew sta da d. With dete mi istic o de i g at global scale, it combi es tech ological pe fo ma ce with full egulato y st uctu e a d a specialized focus o atu al capital,” stated Michael Salmasi, fou de of Pa optes PBC a d CEO of Veea Solutio s I c. “Beyo d asset ve ificatio , VeeaONE etwo k is desig ed to be adopted a d used by the u se ved a d u de se ved commu ities of the Kaya egio a d by local gove me ts — t a sfo mi g co se vatio i f ast uctu e i to sha ed digital i f ast uctu e with age tic AI paid fo with fu gible $KYN toke s t aded o Pa optes PBC ma ketplace,” co ti ued Michael Salmasi.
The VeeaONE platfo m combi es satellite a d te est ial commu icatio s a d imagi g, wide-a ea mesh etwo ki g, dist ibuted edge-cloud computi g, AIoT a d VeeaVisio with age tic AI as the backbo e of the p oject’s digital Measu eme t, Repo ti g a d Ve ificatio (dMRV) f amewo k. It also p ovides fo co ti uous, g a ula mo ito i g of ca bo stock, biodive sity i dicato s, a d e vi o me tal co ditio s — c eati g a live Digital Twi of the a eas cove ed by VeeaONE’s edge AI-e abled dist ibuted etwo ks. This eal-time, se so -ve ified data laye st e gthe s the t a spa e cy, auditability, a d ma ket i teg ity of eve y ca bo , biodive sity, a d blue ca bo c edit issued th ough the Kaya Natu al Capital P otocol, givi g i vesto s ve ifiable, ea – eal-time visibility i to the assets u de lyi g thei toke s, with a alytics a d AI-d ive i sights.
The same etwo k fab ic will suppo t public se vices a d egio al esilie ce, i cludi g public safety, eal-time weathe a d ai -quality mo ito i g, wate pollutio mo ito i g a d p eve tio , a d fo est p ese vatio solutio s spa i g fi e detectio , timbe -poachi g i te dictio , wildlife t acki g, a d defo estatio mo ito i g — as well as ea ly wa i g a d p eve tio fo atu al disaste s such as volca ic e uptio s, tsu amis, cyclo es, ea thquakes, floods, a d la dslides. Additio al applicatio s exte d to Sma t Waste Ma ageme t; sustai able fishi g, p ecisio fishe ies, a d feed ma ageme t; ma itime mo ito i g i coastal a eas; g ee supply chai ma ageme t; aid dist ibutio ; oil, gas, p ecious metals a d a e-ea th eleme ts explo atio ; a d Sma t Mi i g. By a cho i g these se vices o the same i f ast uctu e that ve ifies the co cessio ‘s atu al capital, the pa t e ship alig s the eco omic i te ests of local commu ities a d gove me ts with the lo g-te m p ese vatio of the fo est.
The p oject emai s i its p ivate placeme t phase, with capital bei g aised th ough a Simple Ag eeme t fo Futu e Toke s (SAFT), offe ed exclusively to qualified o -U.S. acc edited a d i stitutio al i vesto s u de Regulatio S of the U.S. Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded. Followi g the close of the p ivate placeme t, $KYN will be ge e ated a d delive ed to SAFT pa ticipa ts, with the Toke Ge e atio Eve t a d ma ketplace listi g ta geted fo August 3, 2026.
The Kaya P oject ope ates the wo ld’s la gest co tiguous toke ized co se vatio co cessio —8.68 millio hecta es of ai fo est, peatla d, a d ma g ove ecosystems i No th a d East Kalima ta , I do esia, held u de a 60-yea ope ati g ag eeme t. Th ough the Kaya Natu al Capital P otocol a d the $KYN commodity-p otocol toke , the p oject b i gs ve ifiable e vi o me tal commodity outputs to o -U.S. qualified global i vesto s.
Pa optes PBC ma ketplace will ope ate as a U.S.- egulated Alte ative T adi g System (ATS) ma ketplace desig ed exclusively fo toke ized atu al capital a d eal-wo ld assets. It p ovides fo ult a-low late cy t adi g, settleme t, a d ve ificatio i f ast uctu e, while e su i g egulato y complia ce, ope atio al t a spa e cy, a d ma ket i teg ity.
Veea I c. (NASDAQ: VEEA) is a global leade i AI-d ive edge i f ast uctu e. Fou ded i 2014 a d headqua te ed i New Yo k City, Veea e ables e te p ises, se vice p ovide s, a d public secto o ga izatio s to deploy AI-powe ed applicatio s a d se vices at the edge. Built o Veea-developed a d thi d-pa ty devices, the VeeaONE platfo m i teg ates co ectivity, computi g, cybe secu ity, a d sto age i to a u ified, hype co ve ged etwo k solutio , delive ed th ough a full softwa e stack spa i g edge to cloud — b i gi g AI to deployme ts that a ge f om SMBs to e te p ise campuses, sma t i dust ies, a d emote commu ities. With mo e tha 123 pate ts ac oss elated tech ology domai s, Veea has bee ecog ized by Ga t e fo its i ovatio s i edge computi g.
Thomas LatiolaisEmail: thomas.latiolais@veeasystems.com
This p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts ega di g the developme t of the Kaya Natu al Capital P otocol, the KYN commodity-p otocol toke , a d the ta geted August 3, 2026, ma ketplace listi g o Pa optes PBC. Actual esults, timi g, a d outcomes may diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied, a d the p oject’s oadmap is subject to egulato y, ope atio al, a d ma ket co ditio s. The Kaya Toke (KYN) is bei g offe ed exclusively to qualified o -U.S. acc edited a d i stitutio al i vesto s u de Regulatio S of the U.S. Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded. This commu icatio does ot co stitute a offe to sell o a solicitatio of a offe to buy a y secu ities i a y ju isdictio i which such offe , solicitatio , o sale would be u lawful, a d is ot di ected at U.S. pe so s. P ospective i vesto s should eview the P ivate Placeme t Memo a dum i full a d co sult with qualified legal, tax, a d fi a cial adviso s befo e maki g a y i vestme t decisio .
This p ess elease also co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts fo pu poses of the safe ha bo p ovisio s u de the U ited States P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995, i cludi g stateme ts ega di g, amo g othe thi gs, the pla s, st ategies a d p ospects, both busi ess a d fi a cial, of Veea. These stateme ts a e based o the beliefs a d assumptio s of Veea, whethe o ot ide tified i this p ess elease. Although Veea believes that its pla s, i te tio s a d expectatio s eflected i o suggested by these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e easo able, Veea ca ot assu e you that it will achieve o ealize these pla s, i te tio s o expectatio s. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e i he e tly subject to isks, u ce tai ties a d assumptio s. Ge e ally, stateme ts that a e ot histo ical facts, i cludi g stateme ts co ce i g possible o assumed futu e actio s, busi ess st ategies, eve ts o esults of ope atio s, a d a y stateme ts that efe to p ojectio s, fo ecasts o othe cha acte izatio s of futu e eve ts o ci cumsta ces, i cludi g a y u de lyi g assumptio s, a e fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. These stateme ts may be p eceded by, followed by o i clude the wo ds “a ticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “co ti ue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “fo ecast,” “i te d,” “may,” “might,” “pla ,” “possible,” “pote tial,” “p oject,” “scheduled,” “seek,” “should,” “will” o simila exp essio s, but the abse ce of these wo ds does ot mea that a stateme t is ot fo wa d-looki g. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts co tai ed i this p ess elease i clude, but a e ot limited to, stateme ts about (i) Veea’s ability to mai tai adequate ope atio al a d fi a cial esou ces, i cludi g the ability to aise sufficie t capital a d/o ge e ate sufficie t cash flows; (ii) Veea’s ability to achieve its cu e t g owth st ategy a d its ability to g ow eve ue a d become p ofitable; (iii) the ma ket accepta ce of Veea’s platfo m a d p oducts; (iv) Veea’s elia ce o dist ibutio a d pa t e i g a a geme ts; a d (v) Veea’s ability to compete agai st i dust y competito s. Veea exp essly disclaims a y obligatio s o u de taki g to elease publicly a y updates o evisio s to a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts co tai ed he ei to eflect a y cha ge i the expectatio s of Veea with espect the eto o a y cha ge i eve ts, co ditio s o ci cumsta ces o which a y stateme t is based.
