Sagtec Global Limited Expands Strategic Partnership with Kinetic Seas to Launch Skilliks.AI Managed AI Memory Platform Across Southeast Asia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sagtec Global Limited (NASDAQ: SAGT) (“Sagtec” o the “Compa y”), a Nasdaq-listed tech ology solutio s p ovide , today a ou ced a sig ifica t expa sio of its st ategic pa t e ship with Ki etic Seas I co po ated (OTCQB: KSEZ) (“Ki etic Seas”) to lau ch a i te atio al Database-as-a-Se vice (“DBaaS”) platfo m built o MaluDB, the ope -sou ce AI memo y database developed a d officially mai tai ed by Ki etic Seas. Additio al i fo matio about the MaluDB p oject is available at https://maludb.o g/.

U de a ewly executed adde dum to the compa ies’ August 2025 lice si g ag eeme t, Sagtec has bee g a ted the exclusive comme cial ights to ma ket a d dist ibute MaluDB ma aged Database-as-a-Se vice (“DBaaS”) solutio s i Malaysia, I do esia a d Si gapo e. Th ough this expa ded pa t e ship, Sagtec will delive ma aged AI memo y i f ast uctu e to AI sta tups, softwa e develope s, fou de s a d e te p ises ac oss these ma kets u de the Skilliks.AI b a d. Ki etic Seas i te ds to lau ch its co espo di g U.S. ma aged se vice platfo m i the fou th qua te of 2026.

Why AI Needs Pe siste t Memo yAs o ga izatio s i c easi gly deploy a tificial i tellige ce fo busi ess-c itical applicatio s, pe siste t memo y has become a impo ta t compo e t of e te p ise AI systems. While mode AI models ca p ocess a d ge e ate sophisticated espo ses, they typically equi e a exte al memo y laye to etai i fo matio ac oss sessio s, p ese ve histo ical co text a d mai tai i stitutio al k owledge ove time.

MaluDB add esses this equi eme t by p ovidi g AI applicatio s with pe siste t memo y while e abli g o ga izatio s to mai tai ow e ship a d gove a ce of thei i stitutio al k owledge. The platfo m is desig ed to c eate a du able a d auditable eposito y of o ga izatio al i fo matio that ca be secu ely accessed by AI systems while emai i g u de custome co t ol.

MaluDB is desig ed to suppo t both eme gi g AI develope s a d la ge e te p ises:

• Fo sta tups a d fou de s, MaluDB e ables develope s a d AI codi g age ts to p ovisio a complete AI memo y backe d withi mi utes without ma agi g u de lyi g i f ast uctu e.
• Fo e te p ises, MaluDB is built o Postg eSQL tech ology a d e gi ee ed to p ovide scalability, gove a ce, auditability a d secu ity suitable fo busi ess-c itical AI deployme ts.

The MaluDB p oject is eleased as ope -sou ce softwa e a d is mai tai ed by Ki etic Seas. To lea mo e about the p oject, visit https://maludb.o g/.

Ma ket Oppo tu ity a d G owth Ta getsThe lau ch ta gets o e of the fastest-g owi g segme ts of e te p ise softwa e. Acco di g to publicly available i dust y esea ch published by G a d View Resea ch, Mo do I tellige ce, a d Ve ified Ma ket Repo ts, the global cloud database a d Database-as-a-Se vice (“DBaaS”) ma ket is estimated at app oximately US$20 billio to US$25 billio i 2025 a d is expected to g ow at a estimated 17% to 21% compou d a ual g owth ate, eachi g app oximately US$50 billio to US$74 billio by 2030, with Asia-Pacific expected to be the fastest-g owi g egio al ma ket.

A tificial i tellige ce is also cha gi g how cloud i f ast uctu e is p ovisio ed. Acco di g to Neo , as disclosed i Datab icks’ a ou ceme t of its p oposed acquisitio of Neo , mo e tha 80% of ew databases p ovisio ed o the Neo platfo m a e ow c eated automatically by AI age ts athe tha by huma use s. Skilliks.AI is desig ed to suppo t this eme gi g t e d by e abli g develope s a d AI age ts to p ovisio gove ed AI memo y databases th ough a ma aged cloud platfo m.

Ma ageme t of Sagtec a d Ki etic Seas has established combi ed ope ati g objectives fo the joi t MaluDB a d Skilliks.AI platfo m of app oximately US$1.4 millio i the fi st full yea of ope atio , i c easi g to app oximately US$5.0 millio i the seco d yea a d app oximately US$12.5 millio i the thi d yea . These figu es ep ese t the combi ed eve ue objectives of both compa ies ac oss the joi t platfo m a d should ot be i te p eted as eve ue att ibutable to Sagtec o Ki etic Seas i dividually.

Ma ageme t expects co sulti g e gageme ts to ge e ate a sig ifica t po tio of eve ue du i g the i itial comme cializatio phase, while ecu i g subsc iptio eve ue is expected to become the p ima y g owth d ive as custome adoptio expa ds.

The Skilliks.AI Platfo m: Sove eig AI Memo y fo I te atio al Ma ketsSkilliks.AI will p ovide tie ed ma aged AI memo y se vices a gi g f om a f ee develope tie to dedicated vi tual machi es u i g the complete MaluDB stack, togethe with e te p ise deployme ts that i clude gove a ce, complia ce a d ope atio al suppo t.

The platfo m is desig ed a ou d data sove eig ty, allowi g custome data to emai withi egio al ju isdictio s while suppo ti g deployme t alo gside self-hosted ope -weight AI models without depe de cy o fo eig -hosted AI APIs.

Subject to completio of Sagtec’s sove eig AI data ce t e bei g developed th ough its subsidia y CL Tech ologies, a d cu e tly ta geted fo completio i the fou th qua te of 2026, the platfo m is expected to p ovide AI memo y i f ast uctu e fo e te p ises a d public-secto o ga izatio s th oughout ASEAN equi i g egio al data eside cy.

Roles U de the Expa ded Pa t e shipU de the expa ded pa t e ship:

• Ki etic Seas will co ti ue to develop, host a d mai tai the Skilliks.AI platfo m a d its u de lyi g i f ast uctu e, p ovide seco d-li e tech ical suppo t, a d emai the lead mai tai e of the ope -sou ce MaluDB p oject.
• Sagtec will lead sales, ma keti g, localizatio , fi st-li e custome suppo t a d billi g ac oss its i te atio al ma kets, leve agi g its i stalled base of mo e tha 12,000 SaaS custome s.

Reve ue ge e ated f om hosti g a d co sulti g se vices sold by o th ough Sagtec will be sha ed 70% to Sagtec a d 30% to Ki etic Seas, while eve ue ge e ated f om i te atio al sales o igi ated by Ki etic Seas u de the Skilliks b a d, togethe with futu e E te p ise Editio s of MaluDB, will be sha ed equally betwee the pa ties.

Ma ageme t Comme ta y“Southeast Asia’s busi esses a e adopti g AI apidly, but ma y o ga izatio s emai focused o mai tai i g co t ol ove whe e thei i stitutio al k owledge esides,” said Ng Che Lok, Chai ma , Executive Di ecto a d Chief Executive Office of Sagtec. “Th ough this pa t e ship, we ca p ovide ou existi g custome base a d the wide egio al ma ket with e te p ise AI memo y i f ast uctu e built o ope -sou ce tech ology a d suppo ted by egio al hosti g capabilities. This ep ese ts a atu al exte sio of ou AI st ategy a d compleme ts ou i vestme t i sove eig AI i f ast uctu e.”

Edwa d Ho ou , Chai ma a d Chief Executive Office of Ki etic Seas, said:“Memo y is o e of the most valuable assets a o ga izatio p ovides to its AI systems. MaluDB has bee desig ed to emai pe ma e tly ope sou ce, allowi g o ga izatio s of all sizes—f om sta tups to global e te p ises—to deploy e te p ise-g ade AI memo y with gove a ce a d t a spa e cy. Togethe with Sagtec’s egio al p ese ce, we believe this pa t e ship positio s us well to suppo t the g owi g adoptio of e te p ise AI ac oss Southeast Asia.”

Buildi g o a Established Pa t e shipThe expa ded collabo atio builds upo the compa ies’ st ategic pa t e ship established i August 2025 a d subseque t ag eeme ts, i cludi g thei exclusive AI co-developme t pa t e ship ac oss Malaysia, I do esia a d Si gapo e a ou ced i Novembe 2025.

The collabo atio also suppo ts developme t of the p eviously a ou ced US$4.0 millio AI-d ive mobility platfo m fo G a dp ide Luxu y T avel Sd . Bhd., which is bei g developed utilizi g the Skilliks tech ology platfo m. Both compa ies also i te d to pa ticipate i the Claude Pa t e Netwo k a d develop a sha ed team of ce tified AI a chitects to p ovide e te p ise AI mig atio a d AI memo y a chitectu e co sulti g.

The Skilliks.AI platfo m is expected to e te beta testi g du i g the fou th qua te of 2026, with comme cial availability ac oss ASEAN ma kets ta geted fo the fi st half of 2027.

About Sagtec Global LimitedSagtec Global Limited (NASDAQ: SAGT) is a Nasdaq-listed tech ology solutio s specialist headqua te ed i Kuala Lumpu , Malaysia. The compa y p ovides customizable e te p ise softwa e solutio s, AI-powe ed tech ologies, a d digital t a sfo matio se vices, i cludi g its p op ieta y cloud-based sma t o de i g system Speed+ a d AI-d ive SaaS platfo ms se vi g mo e tha 12,000 clie ts. Si ce its IPO i Ma ch 2025, Sagtec has expa ded its ope atio s ac oss Malaysia, Southeast Asia, a d the Middle East. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.sagtec-global.com.

About Ki etic Seas I co po atedKi etic Seas I co po ated (OTCQB: KSEZ) is a a tificial i tellige ce tech ology compa y headqua te ed i Schaumbu g, Illi ois, p ovidi g AI co sulti g, i f ast uctu e, hosti g, a d educatio se vices. Ki etic Seas is the develope a d official mai tai e of MaluDB, the ope -sou ce AI memo y database (maludb.o g), a d the ow e a d ope ato of the Skilliks AI p oject-lifecycle platfo m. The compa y ope ates a AI data ce te with NVIDIA GPU i f ast uctu e a d se ves clie ts i healthca e, p ofessio al se vices, a d the public secto . Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.ki eticseas.com.

Ma ket Resea ch Sou cesMa ket size a d g owth estimates efe e ced i this p ess elease a e based o publicly available esea ch published by G a d View Resea ch, Mo do I tellige ce, a d Ve ified Ma ket Repo ts. The stateme t ega di g AI-ge e ated database p ovisio i g is based o ope atio al met ics published by Neo , as disclosed i Datab icks’ a ou ceme t of its p oposed acquisitio of Neo , with additio al i dust y obse vatio s epo ted by Supabase.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme tsThis p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. These stateme ts a e based o the Compa y’s cu e t expectatio s, estimates a d p ojectio s about its busi ess, i dust y a d futu e esults, a d i volve k ow a d u k ow isks a d u ce tai ties that may cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied by such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts may i clude, but a e ot limited to, stateme ts ega di g the expected lau ch, scope, timi g, featu es a d be efits of the Skilliks.AI platfo m a d MaluDB hosti g se vices, the completio a d capabilities of the Compa y’s data ce te , estimates of ma ket size a d g owth, the eve ue ta gets fo the joi t platfo m, the expected be efits of the expa ded pa t e ship, a d the a ticipated impact of the ag eeme ts o the Compa y’s busi ess a d fi a cial co ditio . Ma ket size estimates a e de ived f om thi d-pa ty i dust y sou ces that the Compa y believes to be easo able but has ot i depe de tly ve ified, a d platfo m eve ue ta gets a e ma ageme t objectives that a e i he e tly u ce tai a d do ot co stitute fi a cial guida ce. Actual esults may diffe mate ially due to facto s i cludi g, amo g othe s, the pa ties’ ability to develop a d lau ch the platfo m o the a ticipated timeli e, ma ket adoptio of memo y database se vices, competitio , egulato y developme ts, a d the isks desc ibed i the Compa y’s fili gs with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio . Reade s a e cautio ed ot to place u due elia ce o these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, which speak o ly as of the date he eof. The Compa y u de takes o obligatio to update o evise a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, except as equi ed by law.

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