Initial deployment with three strategic partners across the U.S. and Southeast Asia

Positions KNOREX as a critical infrastructure layer for AI-native advertising automation in the $740B-plus global digital advertising market

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2026-- KNOREX Ltd. (NYSE American: KNRX) (“KNOREX” or the “Company”), a leading provider of AI-driven programmatic online advertising products and solutions, today announced the launch of its agentic AI-ready KNOREX Ads API, designed to serve as a foundational infrastructure layer for AI-native, cross-channel advertising workflows.

Global digital advertising spend is projected to exceed $740 billion in 2026, according to industry forecasts, as brands increasingly shift budgets toward performance-driven and AI-enabled channels. As enterprises adopt autonomous, agent-based systems to manage complex marketing operations, the need for scalable infrastructure that can unify execution across multiple advertising platforms is accelerating.

KNOREX has already deployed the Ads API with three strategic partners, including two in the United States and one in Southeast Asia, marking the initial commercial rollout of the technology. The Company plans to broaden adoption as demand for AI-driven advertising automation expands globally.

The launch represents a strategic expansion of KNOREX’s platform capabilities as the advertising industry transitions toward AI-native automation. By embedding open standards compatibility and unified cross-channel connectivity, the Company believes the KNOREX Ads API strengthens its long-term competitive positioning while expanding platform scalability and long-term monetization potential within its enterprise ecosystem.

The KNOREX Ads API is compatible with the Amazon Ads MCP Server, enabling customers to build AI agents that connect via natural-language prompts. This allows AI agents to access KNOREX Ads functionality without requiring custom integrations, reducing point-to-point connections and engineering maintenance while providing streamlined access to the capabilities of KNOREX XPO℠.

The API also supports the Advertising Common Protocol (AdCP), an open standard protocol designed to unify advertising platforms through a single interface, enabling natural language-driven workflows and automated execution across AI-native advertising ecosystems.

The KNOREX Ads API enables AI agents to automate workflows across programmatic advertising, Meta Ads, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, and TikTok Ads. AI agents can programmatically create and manage campaigns, retrieve and analyze cross-channel performance data, dynamically adjust budgets and bidding strategies, execute cross-channel optimization workflows, and generate reporting outputs.

By centralizing access to multiple advertising channels through a single standardized API, KNOREX believes the Ads API can serve as a foundation layer for AI-driven advertising operations, enabling developers, agencies, and enterprises to build scalable agentic systems more efficiently.

“Agentic AI represents the next structural evolution in digital advertising,” said Abhishek Kumar, Vice President of Product and Engineering of KNOREX. “As marketers adopt autonomous systems to manage increasingly complex cross-channel strategies, scalable infrastructure becomes mission-critical. By launching an open, AI-ready Ads API, we are positioning KNOREX to power the next phase of advertising automation while expanding interoperability across the KNOREX XPO platform.”

About KNOREX Ltd.

Founded in 2009, KNOREX Ltd. (NYSE American: KNRX) is a B2B technology company that provides AI-driven cross-channel programmatic advertising products and solutions to help businesses to simplify digital advertising. The Company's flagship platform, KNOREX XPO^sm, is an AI-powered, cloud-based advertising technology platform that enables marketers to efficiently plan, execute, and optimize cross-channel ad campaigns across a diverse range of digital media, including social media, search, CTV/OTT, video, audio, display, native, and DOOH advertising.

By leveraging advanced AI/ML-driven automation, KNOREX XPO allows advertisers to enhance campaign performance, reduce wasted ad spend, and scale their marketing efforts while maintaining efficiency and transparency. The platform is designed to address the growing complexity in digital marketing by centralizing campaign execution and analytics into a unified, data-driven workflow.

KNOREX serves global enterprises, agencies, and brands across multiple industries, helping them navigate the rapidly evolving digital advertising landscape with automated, intelligent, and data-driven solutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.

For additional information, please visit www.knorex.com.

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