{"id":7983,"date":"2026-10-09T18:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2026-10-09T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:40:16","slug":"99x-launches-ai-hub-to-increase-visibility-on-ai-assisted-workflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/99x-launches-ai-hub-to-increase-visibility-on-ai-assisted-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"99x launches AI-Hub to increase visibility on AI-assisted workflows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New AI Hub strengthens 99x\u2019s AI-first approach, while its agentic AI platform wins the Gold award as the \u201cBest Agentic AI Solution\u201d at the National AI Awards 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

99x, a global product engineering company headquartered in Norway, has launched AI Hub, an observability platform designed to provide greater visibility into AI-assisted workflows and performance metrics. The event also celebrated 99x\u2019s xians.ai platform being recognised as Sri Lanka\u2019s Best Agentic AI Solution at the National AI Awards. The 99x leadership also shared updates on the Group\u2019s global growth, evolving market outlook and the opportunities emerging for Sri Lankan technology talent in the AI era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event brought together members of the 99x leadership team including Odd-Sverre \u00d8stlie, Group CEO, 99x Norway, Kalana Wijesekara, Chief Developer Experience Officer, 99x Product Engineering, Shehani Seneviratne, Chief Operating Officer, 99x Product Engineering, and Chrishan de Mel, Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer, 99x Product Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening the event, Chrishan de Mel shared how 99x\u2019s Agent Control Plane xians.ai was awarded as the \u201cBest Agentic AI Solution\u201d at recently concluded National AI Awards. The platform was also awarded national recognition at the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards as the \u201cBest Innovation in Internal Processes, Technology or Framework\u201d category. Earlier this year, the 99x\u2019s AI-first initiatives won the Overall Gold award at the Best Management Practices awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As 99x increasingly adopts AI tools and agents across engineering, support and other functions, the company identified the need for greater visibility into how these AI-assisted workflows perform. This aligns with 99x\u2019s AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) approach, which focuses on integrating AI across the different stages of developing and delivering digital products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As AI continues to reshape traditional engineering workflows, it also creates new opportunities to improve productivity, quality and speed. This need led to the development of AI Hub, 99x\u2019s new platform for observing and measuring AI-assisted workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the AI Hub launch, Kalana Wijesekara, Chief Developer Experience Officer of 99x, said, \u201cAI adoption is happening at a remarkable pace, but adopting more tools does not automatically mean achieving better outcomes. AI Hub gives teams the visibility to understand what is happening within their AI-assisted workflows, measure what matters to them and make informed decisions about how those workflows should evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharing an update on the 99x Group\u2019s global journey and market outlook, Odd-Sverre \u00d8stlie highlighted the company\u2019s continued expansion across Europe, the Americas and Asia, alongside growing demand from customers seeking to integrate AI into their products and operations. He stated, \u201cAI is fundamentally changing the expectations our customers have from their technology partners. They want to move faster, experiment more quickly and increasingly understand how AI can create measurable business value. Our ambition is to be a long-term engineering partner that can help customers navigate this transformation,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion also explored how AI is reshaping the technology workforce and the opportunities this creates for Sri Lanka\u2019s IT industry. Shehani Seneviratne, COO of 99x Product Engineering, highlighted the emergence of roles such as the Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), engineers who work closely with customers to understand real-world challenges and apply technology directly to solve them. As AI accelerates the pace of product development, the ability to combine engineering expertise with business understanding, problem-solving and customer engagement is becoming increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also highlighted 99x\u2019s continued engagement with universities through industry sessions, mentoring and hackathons, helping develop the next generation of technology talent and strengthening Sri Lanka\u2019s position as a destination for global technology and product engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch of AI Hub advances 99x\u2019s AI-first strategy, moving beyond the adoption of AI tools towards greater visibility, measurement and continuous improvement of AI-enabled work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Caption: From left: Chrishan de Mel, Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer, 99x Product Engineering; Odd-Sverre \u00d8stlie, Group CEO, 99x Norway; Shehani Seneviratne, Chief Operating Officer, 99x Product Engineering; Kalana Wijesekara, Chief Developer Experience Officer, 99x Product Engineering.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New AI Hub strengthens 99x\u2019s AI-first approach, while its agentic AI platform wins the Gold award as the \u201cBest Agentic AI Solution\u201d at the National AI Awards 2026 99x, a global product engineering company headquartered in Norway, has launched AI Hub, an observability platform designed to provide greater visibility into AI-assisted workflows and performance metrics. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t