HK Stock Market Move | VSTECS (00856) surged more than 8% and officially released its self-developed new product VClaw. The research and development investment plan for the year is expected to increase by 100% compared to the previous year.

VSTECS (00856) rose by more than 8%, reaching an increase of 8.88% as of the time of publication, amounting to 8.58 Hong Kong dollars, with a turnover of 49.6738 million Hong Kong dollars. On the news front, on March 19th, VSTECS released its annual performance report for the year ending December 31, 2025. The group achieved revenue of 97.626 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 9.59% year-on-year; profit attributable to equity holders of the company was 1.353 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 28.66% year-on-year; basic earnings per share were 97.68 Hong Kong cents; and a final dividend of 41.77 Hong Kong cents per share is proposed. Of note, according to VSTECS official Weibo news, VSTECS officially announced the release of their self-developed new product, VClaw, at the annual financial report conference. This product is targeted towards high-frequency office scenarios within enterprises, optimized around key needs such as installation deployment, security and control, and compatibility with domestic office environments, and can serve as a universal AI work entry for enterprise digital employees. This marks the latest advancement in VSTECS' self-developed technology division's layout of enterprise-level AI products. With the release of VClaw, the company further enhances its AI full-stack product and solution layout. As per the plan, VSTECS' R&D investment plan for 2026 is expected to increase by 100%, focusing on areas such as intelligent body development and management platform, large-scale model service platform, computing power scheduling and multi-cloud management, to further strengthen its capability in enterprise-level AI products and solutions. In the future, VSTECS will continue to increase investment in enterprise-level AI products, industry solutions, and ecosystem collaboration.