RedCloud To Establish AI R&D Hub in Türkiye to Advance R.A.I.D. Into Enterprise Deployment
New engineering base at ITU Teknokent to accelerate RedAI roadmap and early enterprise adoption of real-time trade intelligence
London, UK , March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedCloud Holdings plc (NASDAQ: RCT) ("RedCloud" or the "Company"), the technology company building AI infrastructure for global trade today announced the intent to establish a dedicated AI research and development hub at ITU Teknokent in Istanbul, one of the region’s most prestigious technology ecosystems.
The hub will focus on data science and engineering to deliver advanced offerings, such as the R.A.I.D. (Realtime AI for Distribution) engine, moving from validated capability into enterprise-grade deployment, supporting early adopter customers and accelerating integration into the Company’s RedAI platform, initially in Türkiye and subsequently across international markets.
This marks a deliberate shift from model validation to planned productization, building the engineering capability required to operationalise real-time decision intelligence across complex FMCG trade environments.
From tested intelligence to operational infrastructure
R.A.I.D. has been tested across millions of FMCG transactions, demonstrating recommendation performance above industry benchmarks and establishing a new model for decision-making in high-frequency, fragmented trade environments. The R.A.I.D. engine will be commercialized within the RedAI platform later this year and exist within the intelligence layer embedded in RedAI trading networks.
The focus now moves to intended deployment at scale.
The Türkiye R&D hub will serve as a core engineering centre for:
- Translating R.A.I.D. into enterprise-ready workflows
- Integrating intelligence into live distribution and trading environments
- Supporting early adopter enterprise customers
- Expanding RedAI’s capability across demand, pricing, inventory and credit decisioning
This approach reflects a broader shift in global trade systems, from software that supports decisions to infrastructure that executes them.
Why Türkiye
Türkiye sits at the intersection of Europe, the Middle East and Asia, which RedCloud believes makes it one of the most strategically important FMCG trade corridors globally.
Its combination of large-scale domestic demand advanced manufacturing capacity and highly fragmented retail and distribution networks, creates both significant opportunity and structural inefficiency. These are precisely the conditions where real-time intelligence has the greatest impact. Locating the R&D hub within ITU Teknokent places RedCloud inside a high-density ecosystem of engineering talent, academic research and deep technology capability.

