NEW YORK & SANTIAGO, Chile--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 10, 2026--
trii, a leading investing app in Latin America, today announced the launch of US stock trading in Chile, introducing a mobile-first solution that aims to remove traditional barriers to investing in the Chilean market. The launch is powered by Alpaca, a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs, providing access to options, stocks, ETFs, fixed income, and crypto.
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Retail investors across Latin America have faced significant hurdles to market participation, including high commission fees, limited financial education, and limited technological and market infrastructure. In Chile, while interest in wealth creation is growing, many potential investors remain intimidated by traditional brokerages. Recent data shows that more than 62% of Chileans find it difficult to invest their money, citing a lack of knowledge and awareness of accessible tools.
trii is addressing these challenges through their intuitive interface, low commissions and fees, and integrated financial education. Through the partnership between trii and Alpaca, hundreds of thousands of Chilean retail investors can now access the US markets, diversify away from local currency risks and political cycles, and gain global exposure. By making investing affordable, trii is making wealth building accessible to their users’ everyday financial life, not a one-time, high-pressure decision.
"US stocks open a completely different level of opportunity for our customers,” said Carlos Guayara, Founder of trii. “By giving access to the US market, we have removed the constraints of investing only in the local market while exposing customers to a broader set of companies with better liquidity and more efficient pricing. That alone already changes the investing experience."
“Working with Alpaca, an API-driven infrastructure partner, gave us the flexibility to integrate US stock trading without compromising on simplicity or speed,” added Guayara. “This allowed us to move faster and focus on what we do best, which is product, education, and user experience, while relying on proven execution and market access on the backend. With Alpaca, we are building trii to be an investment marketplace where people across LATAM can access reliable, scalable investment services while keeping a consistent experience for our customers."
"We are thrilled to support trii as they expand into Chile," said Yoshi Yokokawa, Co-founder and CEO of Alpaca. "Beyond providing the technology and reliable infrastructure they need to scale, we’re excited to support trii’s goal of giving more people easy, affordable access to the stock market. Together, we want to make investing simple and accessible for everyone across Chile and the broader LATAM region.”
With the launch of US stocks, trii is aiming to increase the number of Chilean investors while taking another step in its broader strategy to become LATAM’s brokerage of choice.
About Alpaca
Alpaca is a US-headquartered, self-clearing broker-dealer and a global leader in brokerage infrastructure APIs providing access to stocks, ETFs, options, fixed income, and crypto. Alpaca delivers embeddable finance solutions for tokenization, fully paid securities lending, high-yield cash, 24/5 trading, Shariah-compliant investing, and more. Today, Alpaca powers over 10 million brokerage accounts across hundreds of fintechs and institutions in 40+ countries with over $320M in funding. For more information, visit: alpaca.markets
About trii
trii is a mobile-first investment platform dedicated to democratizing access to the stock market in Latin America. Through its easy-to-use app, trii offers local and international stock trading, educational content, and low-cost entry points for retail investors. For more information, visit trii.co
AlpacaDB, Inc., the parent company of Alpaca Securities LLC and Alpaca Crypto LLC, provides services and technology, including the brokerage infrastructure API supporting Alpaca’s financial services.
Securities brokerage services are provided by Alpaca Securities LLC (dba “Alpaca Clearing”), memberFINRA/SIPC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AlpacaDB, Inc.
Cryptocurrency services are provided by Alpaca Crypto LLC, a FinCEN-registered MSB (NMLS #2160858) and subsidiary of AlpacaDB, Inc.
This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities or cryptocurrencies or open a brokerage account or cryptocurrency account in any jurisdiction where Alpaca Securities or Alpaca Crypto, respectively, are not registered or licensed, as applicable.
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trii Launches US Stock Trading in Chile, Expanding Global Investment Access with Alpaca
HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 10, 2026--
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY ) delivered first light imagery from its fourth Gen-3 satellite within hours following launch. As the Gen-3 constellation continues to expand, this milestone adds vital on-orbit capacity for warfighters and illustrates how the company’s best-in-class 35-centimeter satellites are meeting the global customer demand for responsive, tactical ISR at real-time mission speed.
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“Following launch, every BlackSky Gen-3 satellite has successfully demonstrated on-orbit first light operations on day one,” said Brian O’Toole, BlackSky CEO. “By consistently reducing launch-to-first light down to just hours and the imagery operations window down to days BlackSky is bringing trustworthy, operationally ready assets to meet our most demanding customers’ needs at mission-relevant speeds.”
BlackSky’s rapid commissioning process quickens customers’ access to valuable Gen-3 capacity and maximizes the long-term operational ROI of every asset in our constellation. All of BlackSky’s Gen-3 satellites have consistently delivered initial images with remarkable clarity and uniform quality, detailing vehicles, maritime vessels, and aircraft of various sizes, as well as individual people and their shadows. Sharper imagery reduces ambiguity and contributes to better analytics development with stronger insights for end users.
“Continued expansion of the Gen-3 constellation remains on track as each new satellite exceeds performance expectations and delivers real world mission-critical data seamlessly into end users’ workflows in real time,” said O’Toole.
BlackSky continues to expand the Gen-3 constellation through a regular interval of launches that increase capacity, the number of tasking opportunities and potential customer applications for automated real-time and predictive battlefield monitoring. BlackSky’s purpose-built software and hardware architecture is uniquely suited to provide secure, fast and flexible commercial services that complement national assets with mission-relevant tactical ISR capability at exceptional value.
To meet global demand for reliable access to data, BlackSky deploys its full technology stack—encompassing satellite production and proprietary AI development. This vertically integrated approach provides customers with dedicated access to data exactly when and where they need it, from flexible On-Demand and Assured subscriptions services to sovereign systems.
About BlackSky
BlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns and operates one of the industry’s most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence systems that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra ® tasking and analytics software platform and our proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation.
With BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge, and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY. To learn more, visit www.blacksky.com and follow us on X.
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A Gen-3, unit four, very high-resolution image collected over Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile demonstrates the timely operational value of high-cadence, space-based dynamic monitoring capabilities in support of strategic and tactical defense and intelligence missions. The BlackSky image, capturing an aircraft taking off from the airport, was collected March 8, 2026, at 11:31 a.m.
