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Perituza Software Solutions held its second Applying AI in Corporate Workflows workshop in Colombo, focusing on using AI to improve corporate sales operations through practical demos, buy-vs-build guidance, Microsoft 365 integrations and change management to drive measurable ROI.
SLIIT concluded its September 2026 convocation, awarding degrees to over 3,500 graduates, the largest cohort in its history. The institution cites a 98% employment rate within six months and links the cohort to national ICT export and digital-economy targets under the Public Investment Programme.
Doc990, operated by Digital Health (a subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC), has partnered with Lassana Health to integrate Lassana's pharmacy platform into the Doc990 app and web, enabling prescription ordering and medicine delivery across the Western Province.
Evolution Auto says TOPS (trillion operations per second) is becoming a key spec for software-defined EVs, promoting models offering 48 TOPS (XPENG L03) up to 100 TOPS (AVATR 07) and urging consumers to consider computing capability alongside battery and range.
Soft Gallery (Pvt) Ltd opened a new office and announced a global expansion roadmap for its Gallery HR platform, which serves about 350 client organisations across seven countries, and will enhance the product with AI, automation and advanced HR analytics.
Salesforce expanded Headless 360 so authorised AI agents can securely access reusable Salesforce capabilities via new MCP servers, Data 360, Slack integrations, developer tools and reusable Skills. The update aims to integrate AI agents into Marketing, Sales, Service, Commerce and data workflows while preserving identity, permissions and governance.
Spera unveiled Spera Humanoid, Prototype One, a full-scale bipedal humanoid developed in Sri Lanka for security applications and aimed at international markets as the company moves toward commercial deployment.
The Digital Marketing Association of Sri Lanka will host Digital Summit Asia/Sri Lanka 2026 on 1-2 October at Waters Edge Colombo. DMASL aims to grow digital marketing's GDP contribution from 4% to 15% and the summit features 75+ international speakers and sponsors including Hatton National Bank, John Keells and Aitken Spence.
The Gates Foundation will spend at least $1 billion over the next two years to expand equitable access to artificial intelligence and AI-enabled solutions. The funding is earmarked roughly 40% for education, 40% for health, 10% for agriculture and 10% for digital foundations (languages, datasets).
The Export Development Board has called for RFPs to appoint a service provider to revamp its website and run a digital marketing campaign to boost the global visibility of Sri Lanka's ICT sector; bids are due 29 Sep 2026 with a pre-bid meeting on 21 Sep.
The Cabinet approved 39 hospital infrastructure projects for implementation from 2027, incorporating them into the 2027-2031 Public Investment Program. It also unveiled the 'Arogya' primary-care rollout with NIC-linked e-health records (Rs.1,500m allocated in 2026) and plans to train and recruit public health nursing officers.
Logical, a Sri Lankan‑founded AI startup, is building an ambient AI assistant that proactively helps users across email, chats and meetings and can take actions across apps; the company has been accepted into Y Combinator and raised over LKR 150 million in initial funding.
The Digital Marketers Association of Sri Lanka will host Digital Summit Asia | Sri Lanka 2026 on 1-2 Oct 2026 at Water's Edge, Colombo, powered by Visa. The two-day event will bring regional digital, creative and marketing leaders and sessions on AI, MarTech, FinTech and the creator economy.
patpat.lk won Gold for Best Mobile User Experience, Advertising and Marketing at the BestWeb.LK Awards 2026 and also received a Silver for Best Advertising and Marketing Website, recognising its investment in mobile UX and overall digital presence.
Visa supported the Scale Up 2.0 National SME Forum 2026 as Platinum Partner, promoting digital payments, cross-border commerce and digital capability-building to help Sri Lankan SMEs scale, improve competitiveness and access new markets.
DFCC Bank launched Sri Lanka's first eight-language ATM and Cash Recycler Machine experience (English, Sinhala, Tamil, French, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, German) across its ATM and CRM network using BPC's SmartVista payments infrastructure, including at Bandaranaike International Airport.
Applied Materials will invest $5 billion in India over the next decade to expand research, scale up its supply chain and grow its workforce, the US semiconductor equipment maker said at SEMICON India.
GSMA Intelligence and Huawei report, unveiled at UNESCO's Digital Learning Week, finds 38% of people covered by mobile broadband remain offline and a digital skills gap affects 3.1 billion people; closing the gap could add about $3.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030.
Salesforce has launched Slackforce Surfaces, letting teams turn Salesforce and other enterprise data into live, interactive interfaces inside Slack; the feature is available today for most Slack plans and live-data refresh begins rolling out in October.
CFA Society Sri Lanka hosted a high-level industry-academia dialogue on developing the next generation of finance and investment talent, focusing on AI, technology and data analytics, changing skill requirements and closer alignment between universities and employers.
HNB PLC has enabled HNB TxB clients to make real-time online payments to all LankaPay-connected government billers via a single portal from 1 September 2026, covering 306 government institutions including Customs, Inland Revenue and the Employees' Provident Fund.
Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, has become Asia's richest person with a net worth above $105 billion after his fortune rose by more than $12 billion following private valuation markups tied to ByteDance's aggressive AI expansion and new AI products.
Roar Global launched Roar AI, described as Sri Lanka's first AI gateway, giving developers and businesses single-platform access to over 200 frontier and open-source AI models along with locally hosted infrastructure and billing in Sri Lankan rupees.
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming became Asia's richest person after his fortune surpassed $105 billion, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows. His wealth has risen more than eightfold since March 2019, driven by higher ByteDance valuation and investor interest in its AI products.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka hosted its inaugural Reserve Management Conference in Colombo on 10-11 September 2026, bringing central bankers, sovereign asset managers and IFIs together to discuss building foreign reserve buffers, geopolitical risks, the role of the US dollar, digital/tokenised assets and AI in reserve management.
Payable has launched Payments.lk, a new payment gateway that charges no setup or monthly fees and offers published rates from 2.29% for local cards and from 0.99% for LankaQR and LankaPay, targeting startups, SMEs, freelancers and professionals.
The Cabinet approved a five-year $4.01 million Global Network Infrastructure Services contract for SriLankan Airlines to SITA Switzerland SARL, covering 1 Oct 2026-30 Sep 2031. The sole bid was accepted on the recommendation of the High-Level Standing Procurement Committee to secure passenger, ticketing, cargo, departure control and airport systems.
Vietjet signed a Repair-by-the-Hour MRO contract and a digital aviation/AI & cybersecurity MoU with Thales, and a Letter of Intent with CFM International to assess local LEAP engine MRO capabilities, supporting its fleet expansion and routes including Colombo-Ho Chi Minh City.
EMBRAX Multiversity launched a three-day Harvard-style executive leadership programme in Colombo (15-17 Sept 2026) featuring Harvard Business School Professor Elie Ofek to train executives on AI, innovation and marketing leadership using the Harvard Case Method.
HNB PLC enabled online payments to all government institutions on LankaPay's Online Payment Platform via its TxB platform from 1 Sep 2026, allowing HNB TxB clients (SME to corporates) to settle in real time to 306 government billers through a single portal, replacing manual submissions.