Cheer Holding Rolls Out Klon AI Beta for International Users

(SeaPRwire) –   — The Debut of the Company’s Initial Next-Gen AI Portrait and Digital Identity Application Signifies a Crucial Move in Global Expansion —

BEIJING, April 06, 2026 — Cheer Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHR) (“Cheer Holding” or the “Company”), a top provider of sophisticated mobile internet infrastructure and platform services, announced today that its inaugural AI-powered product designed for international markets, Klon AI, has officially commenced beta testing for users abroad. The Company has started distributing initial testing opportunities to users located in Asia, Latin America, and North America.

Klon AI serves as a cutting-edge, AI-driven application for creating portraits and digital identities, placing Cheer Holding in a leading position within the AI visual generation and personal digital identity sector. This beta introduction marks a major achievement in the Company’s strategy for global expansion, aiming to establish itself as a worldwide leader in AI-driven digital ecosystems.

Transforming Personal Visual Expression: Moving From Photography to AI-Generated Digital Identity

Utilizing generative AI technology, Klon AI revolutionizes the conventional process of creating portraits. It enables users to produce high-quality personal portraits and develop a dynamic AI digital identity without requiring photography gear or professional production crews.

In contrast to standard image editing utilities, Klon AI transitions the creative process from single-instance image creation to a continuous visual identity system. This allows users to establish a cohesive and tailored visual content structure suitable for the social media age.

Key Features: AI Portrait × Digital Twin

Klon AI is set to provide several primary features:

· AI Portrait Generation Engine: Utilizing sophisticated generative models, this engine supports the creation of high-fidelity portraits in a diverse array of styles.

· Global Scene Library: A collection of more than 600 scene templates that encompasses fashion, lifestyle, holidays, family, and other categories.

· AI Digital Twin: Permits users to construct a stable personal visual model for continuous content production.

· Social-First Content Generation: Facilitates the one-click transformation of portraits into short videos and content optimized for social media.

Visual Generation Experience Powered by Technology

Klon AI employs cutting-edge generative diffusion models and multimodal semantic understanding technologies to guarantee visual quality while ensuring precise control over facial features and stylistic elements. Through the use of proprietary identity consistency technology and a visual aesthetics optimization model, Klon AI maintains user identity across various scenes while automatically enhancing composition, lighting, and color to provide professional-grade outcomes.

Users worldwide can now request entry to Klon AI’s invite-only beta program to test its AI portrait and digital identity features. Early demand for beta access has been robust, indicating substantial global interest in the product’s advanced capabilities.

After the beta phase concludes, the Company intends to further improve Klon AI’s model capabilities and introduce new features focused on AI digital identity and generative media. This initiative aims to propel the evolution of personal content creation from a tool-based approach to one that is intelligent and systematic.

About Cheer Holding, Inc.

Cheer Holding stands as a premier provider of next-generation mobile internet infrastructure and platform services. The Company manages an extensive digital ecosystem that blends platforms, applications, technology, and industry sectors, with a primary focus on AI-driven content creation, e-commerce, and metaverse development. Additional information can be found at ir.gsmg.co.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements contained in this announcement constitute forward-looking statements. These statements involve both known and unknown risks and uncertainties, relying on current expectations and projections regarding future events and financial trends that the Company anticipates may impact its financial condition, operational results, business strategy, and financial requirements. Investors can recognize these forward-looking statements by the use of words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “potential,” “continue,” “is/are likely to,” or similar terminology. These forward-looking statements encompass, without limitation, statements concerning the success of our artificial intelligence initiatives, alterations or conditions that might influence the Company’s capacity to effectively develop and implement its global expansion strategies, AI initiatives, and technology infrastructure; matters associated with the development and application of artificial intelligence; the risk that the Company might not achieve success in establishing new business lines due to factors like shifts in the business landscape, technological advancements, competitive pressures, regulatory modifications, or other economic and policy elements; and the risk that the Company’s new business ventures could be negatively impacted by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors, or regarding the continued listing of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Furthermore, the Company is exposed to various risks and uncertainties detailed in documents periodically submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 20, 2026. The Company assumes no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, future occurrences, or otherwise, except as mandated by applicable law. This information is valid only as of the date of this release.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

James Li
Email: ir@gsmg.co
Tel: +86 10 6778 2900 (CN)