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Perfect Corp. provides AI and augmented-reality technology for beauty, fashion, skincare, photo and video creative markets. Company news centers on its hybrid model: consumer products such as the YouCam mobile apps and web-editing tools, and enterprise solutions that support virtual try-on, AI skin and hair analysis, product recommendations, developer APIs and omnichannel retail experiences.
Recurring updates include unaudited financial results, new YouCam content and generative-AI features, partnerships with retailers, technology platforms and developer programs, and product demonstrations for beauty and retail use cases. Governance news also includes board and special-committee updates when the company reports corporate review matters.
Perfect (NYSE: PERF) has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders for October 19, 2026, in New Taipei City, Taiwan, to vote on authorizing and approving a previously announced Merger Agreement with ProjectNY, under which Perfect would merge with Merger Sub and remain as a privately held surviving company. The board, following a unanimous Special Committee recommendation, approved the Merger Agreement and plans to recommend shareholder approval. Shareholders of record as of September 8, 2026, may attend and vote.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) announced its 8th Global Beauty & Fashion Tech Forum, to be held on Monday, September 28, 2026, at the Haft Theater at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) School of Graduate Studies in New York City. The event, hosted with FIT and partnered with CEW, will run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and focus on how AI and emerging technologies drive innovation, personalization, customer satisfaction, and revenue in beauty and fashion.
Programming includes CEW-led fireside discussions, networking, and expert panels on topics such as AI-driven business impact, intelligent commerce, entrepreneurship at the intersection of AI, beauty and fashion, APIs and agents, and longevity. From 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Perfect Corp. will co-host the Startup World Cup NYC Regional with Pegasus Tech Ventures, where selected founders pitch for a chance to advance to the Global Grand Finale in San Francisco and compete for a $1 million investment prize. Additional NYC prizes include airfare and hotel for the winner, plus $2,500 and $1,500 cash awards for second and third place.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) reported unaudited results for Q2 and the six months ended June 30, 2026. Q2 2026 revenue was $16.3 million, essentially flat year over year, while gross profit rose 7.4% to $13.2 million and gross margin improved to 80.9% from 75.3%. Operating loss narrowed sharply to $0.1 million and net income increased to $1.3 million, up from $0.2 million in Q2 2025.
For the first half of 2026, revenue grew 5.9% to $34.3 million, gross profit rose 12.7% to $27.9 million, and operating results shifted to a $1.4 million profit from a $1.6 million loss. Net income for the period was $3.6 million, up 45.3%. Operating cash inflow was $5.2 million, below $8.0 million a year earlier. Cash and cash equivalents were $125.6 million (or $177.1 million including time deposits and US Treasuries). Key metrics showed pressure, with YouCam active subscribers down 14.6% to 820,000 and Key Customers declining to 113 from 139.
According to Perfect, a definitive agreement for a going‑private transaction was signed on July 10, 2026, following a preliminary proposal and special committee review earlier in the year.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) announced the launch of AI MV in its YouCam Video app (v1.63.0), a feature that turns any song into a fully produced music video in minutes. Users import a song or generate an AI song, add a text prompt, and choose one of three MV styles—Storytelling, Singing, or Hybrid—then AI automatically builds a complete, share-ready video.
According to Perfect Corp., AI MV can create scene-by-scene videos without cameras or production budgets, and users may upload their own or a character photo to appear as a virtual artist. The feature is available on both iOS and Android YouCam Video apps.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) announced it will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2026 before U.S. markets open on Monday, July 27, 2026. The company provides AR- and AI-powered SaaS solutions for beauty and fashion brands and offers YouCam consumer apps for photo, video, and camera users.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) agreed on July 10, 2026 to a definitive Merger Agreement with ProjectNY, a Cayman Islands company controlled by Ms. Alice H. Chang, under which ProjectNY will merge into Perfect and Perfect will become a privately held surviving company.
At the Merger’s effective time, each ordinary share other than Excluded, Continuing and Dissenting Shares will be cancelled in exchange for US$2.00 in cash per share without interest. This represents a premium of approximately 48.1% to the March 17, 2026 closing price and about 39.6% to the 30‑day VWAP before the March 18, 2026 proposal announcement.
Voting and support agreements with the Chairwoman Parties and CyberLink cover around 53.4% of issued share capital and 81.2% of voting power. The deal, expected to close in Q4 2026, will be funded with the Company’s and subsidiaries’ available cash, requires approval by at least two‑thirds of votes cast at an extraordinary general meeting, and will result in NYSE delisting and deregistration of Class A shares and warrants.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) will showcase its AI and AR beauty, skin, and fashion APIs at WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026 in Berlin on July 9–10. Attendees can see live demos, explore use cases, and receive 500 free YouCam API units for testing.
The company also launched the global YouCam API Skin AI & Apparel VTO Hackathon on Devpost, offering 1,000 free API credits per participant and up to US$5,000 in cash prizes, with submissions due August 16, 2026.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) launched YouCam API Project Management, a dashboard for agencies, system integrators, and developers to centrally manage multi-client AI and AR deployments.
Features include bulk API purchasing, per-client API keys, custom usage limits, and real-time, per-client analytics to track budgets and campaign performance from a single interface.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) expanded its YouCam API platform with an 11-API AI Hair & Beard suite, combining virtual try-on and AI diagnostics in one integration. The portfolio covers color, style, extensions, bangs, volume, waves, beards, and hair type, length, frizz, and density detection.
All APIs support Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling direct use in AI agents and LLM workflows. Developers can obtain a free API key and test via the YouCam API Playground.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) will showcase new AI and AR beauty technologies at VivaTech 2026 in Paris from June 17–20. Visitors can experience the company’s AI Beauty Agent, Beauty AI Agent Skill with agent-to-agent (A2A) integration, and its flexible AI API ecosystem.
The new Beauty AI Agent Skill lets brands plug dermatologist-verified skin analysis, virtual try-on, and personalized recommendations into existing AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT. A multi-category workflow and pay-as-you-go APIs aim to help brands, agencies, and developers build scalable, personalized visual commerce experiences.