The award, presented at the ninth edition of the region's leading trading gathering, caps a year of continuous product expansion.
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- STARTRADER was named Best Fintech Forex Broker at the Forex Expo Dubai Awards, organised by HQMENA and presented during Forex Expo Dubai 2026, held September 22 and 23 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. STARTRADER participated as Global Sponsor of the event.
The recognition follows a year in which STARTRADER expanded its 24/7 offering, driven by the belief that clients should not be constrained by traditional market hours.
CEO Peter Karsten delivered a keynote on Pre-IPO trading risks, a timely subject as listed technology companies raise valuation and volatility questions. He joined a podcast session titled The Edge of Reason: Trading Markets 2027, examining where market structure is heading.
Booth 161 featured a suspended LED canopy and a curved video-wall carrying the STARTRADER wordmark alongside its Official NBA Partner and Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East branding. Inside, a wall of NBA team emblems, a basketball-column installation, and a branded mascot display sat alongside lounge seating and a reception counter.
Built on Trust. Driven by Growth. is more than STARTRADER's tagline; this week it read as a summary of the year. Trust, earned through products shaped by client feedback. Growth, visible in a range spanning every hour of the week.
"Awards are milestones, not destinations. What this one tells us is that the direction we chose, building around our clients rather than around convention, is the right one. That is the standard we will keep holding ourselves to." - Peter Karsten, CEO, STARTRADER
About STARTRADER
STARTRADER is a global brand under which different entities provide multi-asset brokerage services and related market access solutions to retail and institutional clients through a range of platforms, including MetaTrader, STARTRADER APP, and STAR Copy. STARTRADER operates through entities authorised, licensed or regulated in their respective jurisdictions, including by CMA, ASIC, FSCA, FSA and FSC, as applicable, combining strong governance with a client-first approach, serving both retail clients and partners with a commitment to transparency, reliability, and long-term growth. In the UAE, the relevant CMA-licensed entity conducts Category 5 introduction and promotion activities only and does not provide trading, brokerage, execution, custody or client money services.
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STARTRADER Named Best Fintech Forex Broker at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
STARTRADER Named Best Fintech Forex Broker at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
STARTRADER Named Best Fintech Forex Broker at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
Powered by W-Hong LLM, EliteMind lets students take AI models and programs from digital learning into real-world sensing, reasoning and action.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- WhalesBot, a global leader in STEM and AI education, has announced EliteMind, a modular Physical AI robot designed to bring AI learning into the physical world for elementary and middle school students. With EliteMind, students can develop their own models and programs in WhalesBot's learning platform, then deploy them directly for testing and hands-on experimentation, turning digital AI projects into tangible, interactive experiences.
Powered by W-Hong LLM, WhalesBot's AI model built for STEM and AI education, EliteMind brings perception, reasoning, and physical action together in a complete Physical AI loop. It integrates intent recognition, voice interaction, visual understanding, and AI-powered creation with physical control, giving students a hands-on way to understand how AI works in the physical world. Its lightweight, modular design allows sensors and actuators to be combined across different robotic configurations, enabling students to build and explore a range of real-world AI applications.
EliteMind connects with OceanLevel, WhalesBot's AI literacy learning platform, to bridge structured AI learning and hands-on practice in the physical world. Within this system, WhalesBot OceanLevel provides age-appropriate AI courses, AI tools, model training, and programming, while EliteMind brings what students learn and build in the digital environment into the real world for practice, testing, and feedback. Together, they bring AI understanding, digital creation, and hands-on practice into one continuous learning experience.
"As AI increasingly operates in real-world systems, AI education also needs to move beyond the screen," said Xufeng Fei, CEO of WhalesBot, who has advocated for STEM and AI education for decades. "With EliteMind, we aim to support a learning journey from foundational AI literacy to hands-on practice and competition, helping students build practical AI skills step by step."
The launch of EliteMind further strengthens WhalesBot's growing portfolio of AI products powered by W-Hong LLM and adds a new physical dimension to its STEM & AI Learning Ecosystem. Looking ahead, WhalesBot will continue to develop new ways to help students move from understanding AI to building with it and applying it in the real world.
For more information about EliteMind and the WhalesBot STEM & AI Learning Ecosystem, visit https://www.whalesbot.ai/
About WhalesBot
WhalesBot Technology, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, provides STEM and AI education solutions for learners aged 3 to 22, with more than 1 million units sold in over 81 countries and regions. WhalesBot also sponsors ENJOY AI, an international STEM and robotics competition built around creative robotics and coding challenges.
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WhalesBot Launches EliteMind, Bringing Physical AI Into STEM & AI Education
