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VANCOUVER, BC, March 9, 2026 /CNW/ - Hydaway Digital Corp. (TSXV: HIDE) ("Hydaway" or the "Company")(EQNX::nobreakspace)is pleased to announce that the Company's advanced compute infrastructure has been successfully integrated with recently acquired RealityChek, unlocking access to a substantial and scalable source of high-performance computing power.

Integrating Hydaway's compute power significantly enhances RealityChek's ability to develop, train, and refine highly sophisticated, cybersecurity focused AI detection models. By leveraging(EQNX::nobreakspace)Hydaway Digital's robust processing capabilities, RealityChek can now deploy complex forensic analysis tools, accelerate model training cycles, and process vast datasets with greater speed and precision on a cost-effective basis, strengthening its position at the forefront of next generation digital threat detection and AI-driven security intelligence.

"Acquiring RealityChek has already proven to be a great decision for Hydaway shareholders. The combination of the two companies has created a dynamic and enhanced business offering, unlocking cost-effective, scalable highâ?(EQNX::leftsinglequotation)performance compute for RealityChek to become a leader in artificial intelligence security detection and verification, powered by AI. We are excited to support this growth and we continue to seek additional business opportunities for partnerships and to attract talented and motivated people," said Hydaway CEO, Karl Kottmeier.

In a world where the use of AI is becoming more and more integrated into our daily lives, detecting what is real and what is not, whether it be a picture or video is becoming harder and harder to detect. RealityChek, now being powered by Hydaway, will allow its platform and technology to scale and advance its models to not only help detect, but also verify content.

Stock Options Grant

The Company also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 300,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") of the Company to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.80 per Option. The Options are exercisable for a five-year period from the date of grant and may be subject to certain vesting provisions as determined by the board of directors. All Options were granted pursuant to the Company's stock option plan and are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About the Company

Hydaway Digital is a computer rendering and GPU rental service provider located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The Company is focused on expanding access to scalable compute power and building infrastructure to support AI training, inference, and high-performance workloads and has recently acquired RealityCheck, a cyber security company currently finalizing design, development, testing, optimization, and deployment of the RealityChek artificial intelligence detection and verification platform, and design and development of an interactive content-labelling(EQNX::nobreakspace)that strengthens and improves the platform by generating human-verified training data.

Please visit the Company's website at www.hydawaydigital.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements", including statements respecting the services to be provided the Company and the consideration to be paid to the Company. The use of any of the words "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "would", "project", "should", "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which the forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. These statements speak only as of the date of this News Release. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks including various risk factors discussed in the Company's disclosure documents which can be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

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SOURCE Hydaway Digital Corp.

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