CSAI Cloudastructure, Inc. - 10-K

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

An investment in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties, together with all of the other information contained in this Form 10-K, including our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K, before deciding whether to invest in our Class A common stock. The occurrence of one or more of the events or circumstances described in these risk factors, alone or in combination with other events or circumstances, may have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, revenue, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects, in which event you could lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described below are not intended to be exhaustive and are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. This Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those described below.

Risks Related to Our Business

Our technology continues to be developed, and it is unlikely that we will ever develop our technology to a point at which no further development is required.

We are developing complex technology that requires significant technical and regulatory expertise to develop, commercialize and update to meet evolving market and regulatory requirements. If we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize our technology and products, it could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to individually identifiable biometric or other personally identifiable information is otherwise obtained, our reputation may be harmed, and we may incur significant liabilities.

In the ordinary course of our business, we may collect and store sensitive data, including personally identifiable information (“PII”), owned or controlled by ourselves or our customers, and other parties. We communicate sensitive data electronically, and through relationships with multiple third-party vendors and their subcontractors. These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business-critical information, including commercial information, and business and financial information. We face a number of risks relative to protecting this critical information, including loss of access risk, inappropriate use or disclosure, inappropriate modification, and the risk of our being unable to adequately monitor, audit, and modify our controls over our critical information. This risk extends to the third-party vendors and subcontractors we use to manage this sensitive data. As a custodian of this data, we therefore inherit responsibilities related to this data, exposing ourselves to potential threats. Data breaches occur at all levels of corporate sophistication (including at companies with significantly greater resources and security measures than our own) and the resulting fallout stemming from these breaches can be costly, time-consuming, and damaging to a company’s reputation. Further, data breaches need not occur from malicious attacks or phishing only. Often, employee carelessness can result in sharing PII with a much wider audience than intended. Consequences of such data breaches could result in fines, litigation expenses, costs of implementing better systems, and the damage of negative publicity, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

Our collection, processing, use and disclosure of individually identifiable biometric or other personally identifiable information is subject to evolving and expanding privacy and security regulations.

Data privacy remains an evolving landscape, with new regulations coming into effect at both the domestic and international level. For example, various states, such as California, Massachusetts, and others, have implemented similar privacy laws and regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), which created new data privacy rights for users. The CCPA requires covered businesses that process personal information of California residents to disclose their data collection, use and sharing practices. Further, the CCPA provides California residents with new data privacy rights (including the ability to opt out of certain disclosures of personal data), imposes new operational requirements for covered businesses, provides for civil penalties for violations as well as a private right of action for data breaches and statutory damages (which is expected to increase data breach class action litigation and result in significant exposure to costly legal judgements and settlements). Aspects of the CCPA and its interpretation and enforcement remain uncertain. In addition, the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”), which took effect January 1, 2023, expanded the CCPA. The CPRA, among other things, gives California residents the ability to limit use of certain sensitive personal information, further restricts the use of cross-contextual advertising, establishes restrictions on the retention of personal information, expands the types of data breaches subject to the CCPA’s private right of action, provides for increased penalties for CPRA violations concerning California residents under the age of 16, and establishes a new California Privacy Protection Agency to implement and enforce the CPRA. The CCPA and other similar laws could impact our business activities depending on how they are interpreted. New legislation proposed or enacted in various other states will continue to shape the data privacy environment nationally. For example, Virginia passed its Consumer Data Protection Act, and Colorado passed the Colorado Privacy Act, both of which differ from the CPRA and became effective in 2023. Additional states have since also passed comprehensive privacy laws with additional obligations and requirements on businesses. Certain state laws may be more stringent or broader in scope, or offer greater individual rights, with respect to confidential, sensitive and personal information than federal, international or other state laws, and such laws may differ from each other, which may complicate compliance efforts.

Additionally, all U.S. states and the District of Columbia have enacted breach notification laws that may require that we notify customers, employees or regulators in the event of unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal or confidential information experienced by us or our service providers. These laws are not consistent, and compliance in the event of a widespread data breach is difficult and may be costly. Moreover, states have been frequently amending existing laws, requiring attention to changing regulatory requirements. We also may be contractually required to notify customers of a security breach. Although we may have contractual protections with our service providers, any actual or perceived security breach could harm our reputation and brand, expose us to potential liability or require us to expend significant resources on data security and in responding to any such actual or perceived breach. Any contractual protections we may have from our service providers may not be sufficient to adequately protect us from any such liabilities and losses, and we may be unable to enforce any such contractual protections. In addition to government regulation, privacy advocates and industry groups have and may in the future propose self-regulatory standards from time to time. These and other industry standards may legally or contractually apply to us, or we may elect to comply with such standards.

Our success is highly dependent on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled executive officers and employees.

To succeed, we must recruit, retain, manage and motivate qualified technical and management personnel, and we face significant competition for experienced personnel. We are highly dependent on the principal members of our management. If we do not succeed in attracting and retaining qualified personnel, particularly at the management level, it could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan and harm our operating results. In particular, the loss of one or more of our executive officers could be detrimental to us if we cannot recruit suitable replacements in a timely manner. We could in the future have difficulty attracting experienced personnel to our company and may be required to expend significant financial resources in our employee recruitment and retention efforts.

We face intense competition for qualified personnel. We may incur significant costs to attract and recruit skilled personnel, and we may lose new personnel to our competitors or other technology companies before we realize the benefit of our investment in recruiting and training them. Many of the other technology companies that we compete against for qualified personnel have greater financial and other resources, different risk profiles and a longer operating history than we do. They also may provide more diverse opportunities and better prospects for career advancement. Some of these characteristics may be more appealing to high-quality candidates than what we have to offer. Additionally, laws and regulations, such as restrictive immigration laws, may limit our ability to recruit outside of the United States. If we are unable to continue to attract and retain high-quality personnel, the rate and success at which we develop and commercialize our products and services could be limited and our potential for successfully growing our business could be harmed.

Volatility in the trading price of our Class A common stock may also affect our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. Many of members of our management and other key personnel hold equity awards that have vested in part or are exercisable, which could adversely affect our ability to retain these personnel. Shares of our Class A common stock were first listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market in January 2025, and the market price of the shares has declined significantly since the initial listing.

Privacy and data security laws and regulations could require us to make changes to our business, impose additional costs on us and reduce the demand for our software solutions.

Our business model contemplates that we will transmit a significant amount of PII through our platform. Privacy and data security have become significant issues in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we may offer our video surveillance solutions. The regulatory framework relating to privacy and data security issues worldwide is evolving rapidly and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. Federal, state and foreign government bodies and agencies have in the past adopted, or may in the future adopt, laws and regulations regarding the collection, use, processing, storage and disclosure of personal or identifying information obtained from customers and other individuals. In addition to government regulation, privacy advocates and industry groups may propose various self-regulatory standards that may legally or contractually apply to our business. Because the interpretation and application of many privacy and data security laws, regulations and applicable industry standards are uncertain, it is possible that these laws, regulations and standards may be interpreted and applied in a manner inconsistent with our existing privacy and data management practices. As we expand into new jurisdictions or verticals, we will need to understand and comply with various new requirements applicable in those jurisdictions or verticals.

To the extent applicable to our business or the businesses of our customers, these laws, regulations and industry standards could have negative effects on our business, including by increasing our costs and operating expenses, and delaying or impeding our deployment of new core products or services. Compliance with these laws, regulations and industry standards requires significant management time and attention, and failure to comply could result in negative publicity, subject us to fines or penalties or result in demands that we modify or cease existing business practices. In addition, the costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, such laws, regulations and industry standards may adversely affect our customers’ ability or desire to collect, use, process and store PII using our products and services, which could reduce overall demand for them. Even the perception of privacy and data security concerns, whether or not valid, may inhibit market acceptance of our products and services in certain verticals. In particular, some regulatory bodies have recently become more interested in technologies that we employ including artificial intelligence (“AI”) and face recognition. Any of these outcomes could adversely affect our business and operating results.

If our products and services do not achieve broad acceptance both domestically and internationally, we will not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth. Our revenues are primarily derived from a cloud-based services model for our products and technology. We also receive some hardware revenue as well as revenue for remote guarding services. We cannot accurately predict the future growth rate or the size of the market for our products and services. The expansion of the market for our solutions depends on a number of factors, such as:

the cost, performance and reliability of our products and services and the solutions offered by our competitors;

customers’ perceptions regarding the benefits of cloud-based video surveillance solutions;

public perceptions regarding the intrusiveness of these solutions and the manner in which organizations use biometric and other identity information collected;

public perceptions regarding the confidentiality of private information;

proposed or enacted legislation related to privacy of information;

customers’ satisfaction regarding our cloud-based video surveillance system; and

marketing efforts and publicity regarding our video surveillance solutions.

Even if our products and services gain wide market acceptance, our solutions may not adequately address market requirements and may not continue to gain market acceptance. If cloud-based video surveillance solutions generally or our solutions specifically do not gain wide market acceptance, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our revenues and results of operations would suffer.

Issues raised by the use of AI (including machine learning) in our platforms may result in reputational harm or liability.

AI is integrated into our surveillance systems and Remote Guarding services and is a significant element of our business. As with many developing technologies, AI presents risks and challenges that could affect its further development, adoption, and use, and therefore our business. AI algorithms may be flawed. Datasets may be insufficient, of poor quality or contain biased information. Inappropriate or controversial data practices by, or practices reflecting inherent biases of, data scientists, engineers and end-users of our systems could impair the acceptance of AI solutions. If the recommendations, forecasts or analyses that AI applications assist in producing are deficient or inaccurate, we could be subjected to competitive harm, potential legal liability and brand or reputational harm. Some AI scenarios present ethical issues. If we enable or offer AI solutions that are controversial because of their purported or real impact on human rights, privacy, employment or other social issues, we may experience brand or reputational harm.

We operate in a highly competitive industry that is dominated by multiple very large, well-capitalized market leaders and is constantly evolving. New entrants to the market, existing competitor actions, or other changes in market dynamics could adversely impact us.

The level of competition in the security industry is high, with multiple exceptionally large, well-capitalized competitors holding a majority share of the market, such as Avigilon (a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc.), Tyco Integrated Security (a business unit of Johnson Controls International plc), Stealth Monitoring, GardaWorld Security Corporation (doing business as ECAMSECURE), EyeQ Monitoring and Watchtower. Many of the companies in the video surveillance market have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, significantly greater financial, technological, sales, marketing, and other resources than we do. At any point, these companies may decide to devote their resources to creating a competing solution which will impact our ability to maintain or gain market share in this industry. Further, such companies will be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or client requirements, more quickly develop new products, or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. Likewise, their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the video surveillance industry and compete more effectively on the basis of price and production. In addition, new companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing competition in the video surveillance industry.

We believe that our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors, including the type and quality of our products and services and the strength of our brand names, as well as many factors beyond our control. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors, and increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced profit margins, loss of market share and an inability to generate cash flows that are sufficient to maintain or expand the development and marketing of new products or services, any of which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be as successful as our competitors incorporating AI into our business or adapting to a rapidly changing marketplace.

Our competitors may be larger, more diversified, better funded and have access to more advanced technology, including AI. These competitive advantages may enable our competition to innovate better and more quickly and to compete more effectively on quality and price, causing us to lose business and profitability. Burgeoning interest in AI may increase our competition and disrupt our business model. AI may lower barriers to entry in our industry, and we may be unable to effectively compete with the products or services offered by new competitors. AI-related changes to the products and services we offer may affect our customers’ expectations, requirements or tastes in ways we cannot adequately anticipate or adapt to, causing our business to lose sales, market share or the ability to operate profitably and sustainably.

Successful infringement claims against us could result in significant monetary liability or prevent us from selling some of our products.

We believe our products and services may be highly disruptive to a very large and growing market. Our competitors are well capitalized with significant intellectual property protection and resources, and they (or patent trolls) may initiate infringement lawsuits against us. Such litigation could be expensive, time-consuming and could prevent us from selling our products and services, which would significantly harm our ability to grow our business as planned.

We rely on other companies to provide certain hardware and software solutions for our products.

We depend on certain third-party suppliers and subcontractors to meet our contractual obligations to our customers and conduct our business. While we are not dependent on any one supplier for any of our hardware or software solutions, our ability to meet our obligations to our customers may be adversely affected if one or more suppliers or subcontractors does not provide the agreed-upon supplies or perform the agreed-upon services in compliance with customer requirements and in a timely and cost-effective manner. Likewise, the quality of our products and services may be adversely impacted if companies to whom we delegate manufacture of major components or subsystems for our products, or from whom we acquire such items, do not provide major components and subsystems which meet required specifications and perform to our and our customers’ expectations. If we encounter problems with one or more of these parties and they fail to perform to expectations, it could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

We plan to implement new lines of business or offer new products and services within existing lines of business.

We plan on introducing new computer vision algorithms, or improving existing ones, such as face recognition and object detection, that must be executed at sustainable computational costs. We also plan on introducing machine learning algorithms that combine information from our video surveillance system. There are substantial risks and uncertainties associated with these efforts, both in the development of these new products and services, as well as the execution and delivery of these products and services to our customers. We may invest significant time and resources into these endeavors, and there is no guarantee we will be successful in our development or launch of such products and services. Initial timetables for the introduction and development of such new products or services may not be achieved and price and profitability targets may not prove feasible. We may not be successful in introducing these new products and services in response to industry trends or developments in technology, or those new products may not achieve market acceptance. As a result, we could lose business, be forced to price products and services on less advantageous terms to retain or attract clients or be subject to cost increases. As a result, our business, financial condition or results of operations may be adversely affected.

Certain acquisitions could adversely affect our financial results.

We may pursue strategic acquisitions as part of our business strategy. There is no assurance that we will be able to find suitable acquisition candidates or be able to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. We may also discover liabilities or deficiencies associated with any companies acquired that were not identified in advance, which may result in unanticipated costs. The effectiveness of our due diligence review and ability to evaluate the results of such due diligence may depend upon the accuracy and completeness of statements and disclosures made or actions taken by the target companies or their representatives. As a result, we may not be able to accurately forecast the financial impact of an acquisition transaction, including tax and accounting charges. In addition, we may not be able to successfully integrate acquired businesses and may incur significant costs to integrate and support acquired companies. Any of these factors could adversely affect our financial results.

Our business may be adversely impacted by leverage in connection with acquisitions.

As stated above, we may pursue strategic acquisitions as part of our business strategy. If we are able to identify acquisition candidates, such acquisitions may be financed with a substantial amount of indebtedness. Although the use of leverage presents opportunities to increase our profitability, it has the effect of potentially increasing losses as well. If income and appreciation from acquisitions acquired through debt are less than the cost of the debt, the total return will decrease. Accordingly, any event which adversely affects the value of an acquisition will be magnified to the extent we are leveraged and we could experience losses substantially greater than if we did not use leverage.

Increased indebtedness could also make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to any other debt agreements, increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions and require that a greater portion of our cash flow be used to pay indebtedness, which would reduce the availability of cash available for other purposes, and limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry. Our failure to comply with any covenants under such indebtedness could result in an event of default that, if not cured or waived, could result in an acceleration of repayment of other existing indebtedness, which in turn could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is required to devote substantial time to compliance initiatives. We are subject to financial reporting and other requirements for which our accounting and other management systems and resources may not be adequately prepared.

As a public company since only January 2025, and particularly after we are no longer an emerging growth company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, the federal securities laws, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC and Nasdaq have imposed various requirements on public companies, including requirements to file annual, quarterly, and event driven reports with respect to their business and financial condition, and to establish and maintain effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices. These rules and regulations have increased our legal and financial compliance costs, have made certain activities more time-consuming and costly, and require our management and other personnel to devote a substantial amount of time to compliance initiatives. We also expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance.

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we will be required to furnish a report by our management on our internal control over financial reporting, including an attestation report on internal control over financial reporting issued by our independent registered public accounting firm, beginning with the first full year after we become a public company. However, while we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to include an attestation report on internal control over financial reporting issued by our independent registered public accounting firm. To achieve compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we will be engaged in a process to document and evaluate our internal control over financial reporting, which is both costly and challenging. We will need to continue to dedicate internal resources, potentially engage outside consultants, adopt a detailed work plan to assess and document the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting, continue steps to improve control processes as appropriate, validate through testing that controls are functioning as documented and implement a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting. Despite our efforts, there is a risk that neither we, nor our independent registered public accounting firm will be able to conclude within the prescribed time frame that our internal control over financial reporting is effective as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements. We could also become subject to investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

As a public company, we are also required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures. Disclosure controls and procedures means our controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. We believe a control system, no matter how well-designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Due to the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and any design may not succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures. Accordingly, because of the inherent limitations in our control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Intellectual property rights do not necessarily address all potential threats to our competitive advantage.

The degree of future protection afforded by our intellectual property rights is uncertain because intellectual property rights have limitations and may not adequately protect our business or permit us to maintain our competitive advantage. For example:

others may be able to develop products and services that are similar to our product candidates but that are not covered by the claims of the patents that we own or license;

we or our licensors or future collaborators might not have been the first to make the inventions covered by the issued patents or pending patent applications that we own or license;

we or our licensors or future collaborators might not have been the first to file patent applications covering certain of our inventions;

others may independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies without infringing our intellectual property rights;

it is possible that our licensors’ pending patent applications will not lead to issued patents;

issued patents that we own or license may be held invalid or unenforceable, as a result of legal challenges by our competitors;

our competitors might conduct research and development activities in countries where we do not have patent rights and then use the information learned from such activities to develop competitive products for sale in our major commercial markets;

we may not develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable;

we cannot predict the scope of protection of any patent issuing based on our patent applications, including whether the patent applications that we own or in-license will result in issued patents with claims that cover our product candidates or uses thereof in the United States or in other foreign countries;

the claims of any patent issuing based on our patent applications may not provide protection against competitors or any competitive advantages, or may be challenged by third parties;

if enforced, a court may not hold that our patents are valid, enforceable and infringed;

we may need to initiate litigation or administrative proceedings to enforce and/or defend our patent rights which will be costly whether we win or lose;

we may choose not to file a patent application in order to maintain certain trade secrets or know-how, and a third party may subsequently file a patent application and obtain an issued patent covering such intellectual property;

we may fail to adequately protect and police our trademarks and trade secrets; and

the patents of others may have an adverse effect on our business, including if others obtain patents claiming subject matter similar to or improving that covered by our patents and patent applications.

Should any of these events occur, they could significantly harm our business, results of operations and prospects.

Intellectual property litigation may lead to unfavorable publicity that harms our reputation and causes the market price of our common shares to decline.

During the course of any intellectual property litigation, there could be public announcements of the initiation of the litigation as well as results of hearings, rulings on motions, and other interim proceedings in the litigation. If securities analysts or investors regard these announcements as negative, the perceived value of our existing product candidates, programs or intellectual property could be diminished. Such announcements could also harm our reputation or the market for our future product candidates, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, our business and competitive position would be harmed.

In addition to the protection afforded by other types of intellectual property, we rely on the protection of our trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information to maintain our competitive position. Although we have taken steps to protect our trade secrets and unpatented know-how, including entering into confidentiality agreements with third parties (including, but not limited to, contractors, collaborators, and outside scientific advisors), and confidential information and inventions agreements with employees, consultants, licensors and advisors, we cannot provide any assurances that all such agreements have been duly executed, and any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. We require our employees to enter into written confidentiality agreements that assign to us any inventions, developments, creative works and useful ideas of any description that are conceived of, reduced to practice or developed in the course of their employment. In addition, we require our third-party contractors to enter into a written non-disclosure agreement that requires the third party to not disclose certain of our confidential information in any manner or for any purpose other than as necessary and/or appropriate in connection with their obligations for a defined period of time, subject to certain exclusions. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets. We may need to share our proprietary information, including trade secrets, with our current and future business partners, collaborators, contractors and others located in countries at heightened risk of theft of trade secrets, including through direct intrusion by private parties or foreign actors, and those affiliated with or controlled by state actors.

Moreover, third parties may still obtain this information or may come upon this or similar information independently, and we would have no right to prevent them from using that technology or information to compete with us. If any of these events occurs or if we otherwise lose protection for our trade secrets, the value of this information may be greatly reduced and our competitive position would be harmed. If we or our licensors do not apply for patent protection prior to such publication or if we cannot otherwise maintain the confidentiality of our proprietary technology and other confidential information, then our ability to obtain patent protection or to protect our trade secret information may be jeopardized.

We may be subject to claims that we have wrongfully hired an employee from a competitor or that we or our employees have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged confidential information or trade secrets of their former employers.

Risks Related to Our Financial Condition and Capital Requirements

We have a limited operating history, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate our current business and predict our future success and viability.

Our Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 28, 2003, as Connexed Technologies Inc. However, the Company was a development stage company until 2021. The likelihood of our creation of a successful business must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the growth of a business, operation in a competitive industry, and the continued development of our technology and products. We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase for the near future, and there is no assurance that we will be profitable in the near future. You should consider our business, operations, and prospects in light of the risks, expenses and challenges faced as an emerging growth company.

We have historically operated at a loss, which has resulted in an accumulated deficit.

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we incurred net losses of approximately $8.5 million and approximately $6.5 million, respectively. There can be no assurance that we will ever achieve profitability. Even if we do, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Failure to do so would continue to have a material adverse effect on our accumulated deficit, would affect our cash flows, would affect our efforts to raise capital and is likely to result in a decline in the value of your investment in our Company.

We anticipate sustaining operating losses for the foreseeable future.

It is anticipated that we will sustain operating losses for the foreseeable future as we expand our team, continue with research and development, and strive to gain customers and gain market share in our industry. Our ability to become profitable depends on our ability to expand our customer base. There can be no assurance that this will occur. Unanticipated problems and expenses are often encountered in offering new products which may impact whether the Company is successful. Furthermore, we may encounter substantial delays and unexpected expenses related to development, technological changes, marketing, regulatory requirements and changes to such requirements or other unforeseen difficulties. There can be no assurance that we will ever become profitable. If the Company sustains losses over an extended period of time, it may be unable to continue in business.

We will require substantial additional capital to finance our operations. If we are unable to raise such capital when needed, or on acceptable terms, we may be forced to delay, reduce and/or eliminate one or more of our research and drug development programs or future commercialization efforts.

Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since inception, and we expect our expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities and growth. The Company will continue to invest in building out its sales and marketing teams as well as maintain a robust engineering and development team. General and administrative expenses will increase as we grow and because the cost of maintaining a public company is significantly higher than maintaining a privately held company. Accordingly, we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in order to maintain our continuing operations.

Our estimate as to how long we expect our existing capital to be able to continue to fund our operations is based on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Changing circumstances, some of which may be beyond our control, could cause us to consume capital significantly faster than we currently anticipate, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned.

Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:

the initiation, progress, timeline, cost and results of our products;

the cost and timing of manufacturing activities;

the effect of competing technological and market developments;

the payment of licensing fees, potential royalty payments and potential milestone payments;

the cost of general operating expenses; and

the costs of operating as a public company.

Advancing the development of our product will require a significant amount of capital. In order to fund all of the activities that are necessary to complete the development of our product, we will be required to obtain further funding through equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and licensing arrangements or other sources, which may dilute our stockholders or restrict our operating activities. Adequate additional funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.

Our failure to raise capital as and when needed or on acceptable terms would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy, and we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, suspend or eliminate one or more of our research-stage programs, clinical trials or future commercialization efforts, grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves, obtain funds through arrangement with collaborators on terms unfavorable to us or pursue merger or acquisition strategies, all of which could adversely affect the holdings or the rights of our stockholders.

Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our existing stockholders.

We may seek additional capital through a variety of means, including through equity, debt financings, or other sources. We may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. During 2025, we raised capital through the sale of our preferred stock, which is convertible into our Class A common stock. We also have financing facilities in place that may result in additional sales of our convertible preferred stock and/or Class A common stock. Please see Note 5, Share Capital below for more information. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences and anti-dilution protections that adversely affect your rights as a stockholder.

Such financing may also result in imposition of debt covenants, increased fixed payment obligations or other restrictions that may adversely affect our ability to conduct our business. If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.

We may need additional financing, and if such financing is not available to us or is not available on acceptable terms, we may be limited in our ability to grow our business.

We have historically incurred losses from operations. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, we incurred a net loss of approximately $8.5 million and, as of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $49.3 million. Our failure to generate sufficient revenues, effectively manage expenses or raise additional capital could adversely affect our ability to achieve our intended business objectives.

Since inception we have relied primarily on financing activities to fund our operations, including raising over $35 million in funding in an offering under Regulation A of the Securities Act. During 2025, we raised additional capital through the sale of shares of our Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series 1 Preferred”) for gross proceeds of $6.3 million and the sale of shares of our Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series 2 Preferred”) for aggregate gross proceeds of $11.0 million. The Series 1 Preferred shares and Series 2 Preferred shares were sold to Streeterville Capital, LLC, a Utah limited liability company (“Streeterville”). Pursuant to the agreement we have in place with Streeterville, we may sell additional shares of our Series 2 Preferred to Streeterville for aggregate gross proceeds of $29.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement.

In addition, we have entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with Atlas Sciences, LLC, a Utah limited liability company (“Atlas”), that gives us the right, subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement, to require that Atlas purchase up to an aggregate of $50.0 million of our Class A common stock. The Equity Purchase Agreement expires November 25, 2024. In February 2026, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Maxim Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Maxim”), that allows us to sell shares of our Class A common stock in an “at-the-market” offering through Maxim, as sales agent, for aggregate gross proceeds of $9.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement.

Please see Note 5, Share Capital below for more information regarding these various financing arrangements.

We believe our ability to sell additional shares of our Series 2 Preferred stock to Streeterville and our ability to sell shares of our Class A common stock to Atlas and through our agreement with Maxim, in each case subject to the respective terms and conditions of those agreements, will provide us with, and allow us to maintain, stockholders’ equity in excess of the required minimum under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505(b) as well as enable us to fund our operations through at least the next 12 months. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505(b)(1) requires that we maintain stockholders' equity of at least $2.5 million for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. As of December 31, 2025, our stockholders' equity was approximately $8.9 million. However, we cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. It is possible that we may not be able to satisfy all of the requirements and conditions to allow us to sell additional shares of our capital stock through the financing arrangements described above, including if we are unable to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement applicable under Nasdaq rules, as described below.

We do not currently have any debt financing, but we may pursue debt financing to raise capital necessary to fund our operations, particularly if we are unable to sell additional shares of capital stock through the financing arrangements described above. Any debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that impact our ability to conduct business.

If we are not able to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, we may have to: (i) significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development or commercialization of new products; (ii) seek collaborators for further development and commercialization of our products; or (iii) relinquish or otherwise dispose of some or all of our rights to technologies or the products that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize.

We have a limited number of customers accounting for a substantial portion of our revenue, and such substantial customer concentration could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We derive a significant portion of our revenues from a few major customers. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Hasta Capital accounted for approximately 17%, RV Mobile Power accounted for approximately 17%, Federal Capitol Partners accounted for approximately 6%, and Greystar accounted for approximately 5% of our revenues, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2024, SunRoad Enterprises accounted for approximately 18%, Avenue 5 accounted for approximately 11%, and Fairfield Residential accounted for approximately 9% of our total revenues, respectively. There are inherent risks whenever a large percentage of total revenue is derived from a limited number of customers. It is not possible for us to predict the future level of demand for our products and services that will be generated by these customers. If we experience declining or delayed sales from these customers due to market, economic or competitive conditions, we could be pressured to reduce our prices or our customers could decrease the purchase quantity of our products and services, which could have an adverse effect on our margins and financial position and could negatively affect our revenues and results of operations. If any one of our largest customers terminates the purchase of our products and services, such termination would materially negatively affect our revenues, results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, our reliance on a limited number of customers may limit our bargaining power and ability to negotiate favorable terms in future contracts. If we are unable to diversify our customer base and reduce our dependence on a small number of customers, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be adversely affected by any negative developments involving these key customers. To mitigate these risks, we are actively seeking to expand our customer base and reduce our reliance on a few significant customers. However, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in these efforts, and our financial performance may continue to be significantly influenced by our key customers.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Class A common stock

We received a notice from Nasdaq that our Class A common stock may be delisted from trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market if we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements, including the minimum bid price requirement. A delisting of our Class A common stock is likely to reduce the liquidity of our common stock and may inhibit or preclude our ability to raise additional financing.

We are required to comply with certain Nasdaq continued listing requirements, including a minimum bid price for our Class A common stock, as well as a series of financial tests relating to stockholder equity, market value of listed securities and number of market makers and stockholders. If we fail to maintain compliance with any of those requirements, our common shares could be delisted from Nasdaq.

On February 17, 2026, we received a letter (the “Notification Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of Nasdaq indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our Class A common stock for the last 30 consecutive business days, we are not currently in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).

The Notification Letter does not result in the immediate delisting of our Class A common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until August 17, 2026, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our Class A common stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the 180-day compliance period.

If we do not regain compliance by August 17, 2026, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify for the additional compliance period, we will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market (except for the bid price requirement) and must provide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.

If we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), or if we are otherwise not eligible for an additional compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that our Class A common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, we may appeal the delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

We intend to monitor the closing bid price of our Class A common stock and will consider available options to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, which may include effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary and if approved by our stockholders. There can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

If our Class A common stock is delisted from trading on Nasdaq, and we are unable to obtain listing on another national securities exchange or take action to restore our compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements, a reduction in some or all of the following may occur, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our stockholders:

the liquidity of our Class A common stock;

the market price of our Class A common stock;

our ability to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations;

the number of investors that will consider investing in our common stock;

the availability of information concerning the trading prices and volume of our common stock; and

the number of broker-dealers willing to execute trades in shares of our common stock.

In addition, our failure to maintain the listing of our Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market may result in the loss of confidence in our company and could trigger defaults or penalties under existing or future agreements that include listing-based covenants, including the sales agreement with Maxim and the Series 2 Purchase Agreement and Equity Line of Credit described above. While companies that lose their Nasdaq listing may have their securities quoted on the over-the-counter market during any appeal period, trading on such venues is typically more limited, less transparent, and more volatile than on a national securities exchange, which could further depress the price and liquidity of our shares.

An active trading market for our Class A common stock may not be sustained, and the market price of shares of our Class A common stock may be volatile.

Prior to the listing of our Class A common stock in January 2025, there was no public market for shares of our Class A common stock. However, while our Class A common stock is now publicly traded, there can be no assurance that an active and liquid trading market for our Class A common stock will continue to develop or be sustained, which could depress the market price of shares of our Class A common stock and could affect the ability of our stockholders to sell our Class A common stock. In the absence of an active public trading market, investors may not be able to liquidate their investments in our Class A common stock. An inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling shares of our Class A common stock, our ability to motivate our employees through equity incentive awards and our ability to acquire other companies, products or technologies by using shares of our Class A common stock as consideration.

The public price of our Class A common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to the risk factors described in this Form 10-K and others beyond our control, including:

changes in the industries in which we operate;

variations in our operating performance and the performance of our competitors in general;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly or annual operating results;

publication of research reports by securities analysts about us or our competitors or our industry;

the public’s reaction to our press releases, our other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;

our failure or the failure of our competitors to meet analysts’ projections or guidance that we or our competitors may give to the market;

additions and departures of key personnel;

changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us;

changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;

the volume of shares of our Class A common stock available for public sale; and

general economic and political conditions such as recessions, pandemics, interest rates, fuel prices, foreign currency fluctuations, international tariffs, social, political and economic risks and acts of war or terrorism.

In addition, securities exchanges have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. Stock prices of many companies have fluctuated in a manner often unrelated to the operating performance of those companies. These fluctuations may be even more pronounced in the trading market for our Class A common stock shortly following the listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq as a result of the supply and demand forces described above. In the past, stockholders have instituted securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert resources and the attention of management from our business and harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Sales of a substantial number of our Class A common stock in the public market could cause the price of our shares of Class A common stock to further decline, which could impair our ability to raise capital through the future sale of additional equity securities.

Substantial sales of our Class A common stock could result in an oversupply of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq and cause the public trading price of our Class A common stock to decline significantly. Even the perception that such sales may occur could depress the market price of our shares of Class A common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the future sale of additional equity securities. Since our Class A common stock was initially listed on Nasdaq in January 2025, our founder has sold over 1,300,000 shares of our Class A common stock and may continue to sell additional shares in the future. We cannot predict the effect that future sales of our common stock would have on the market price of our common stock.

As described under Note 5, Share Capital below, we currently have three financing arrangements in place that may result in our sale of a substantial number of shares of Class A common stock or shares of our Series 2 Preferred stock, which is convertible into shares of our Class A common stock. Each of these three financing arrangements are likely to result in significant additional shares of our Class A common stock being issued and sold, which would likely cause further downward pressure on the price of our Class A common stock.

As of February 28, 2026, we have 5,638 shares of Class B common stock outstanding, which have super voting rights.

Our common stock consists of Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Our Class B common stock is entitled to 20 votes per share. In addition to the dilutive effect on the voting power and value of our Class A common stock, the foregoing structure of our capital stock may render our Class A common stock ineligible for inclusion in certain securities market indices, and thus adversely affect the price and liquidity of, and public sentiment regarding, our Class A common stock or other securities. The existence of, and voting rights associated with, our Class B common stock, either alone or in conjunction with certain of the other provisions of our charter could also have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in our control or make the removal of our management more difficult.

You may be diluted by future issuances of preferred stock or additional Class A common stock in connection with our financing arrangements, incentive plans, acquisitions or otherwise; future sales of such shares in the public market, or the expectations that such sales may occur, could lower our stock price.

Our charter authorizes us to issue shares of Class A common stock and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to our Class A common stock for the consideration and on the terms and conditions established by our board of directors in its sole discretion. We could issue a significant number of shares of Class A common stock in the future in connection with investments or acquisitions. Any of these issuances could dilute our existing stockholders, and such dilution could be significant. Moreover, such dilution could have a material adverse effect on the market price for the shares of our Class A common stock.

The future issuance of shares of preferred stock with voting rights may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of shares of our Class A common stock, either by diluting the voting power of our Class A common stock if the preferred stock votes together with the Class A common stock as a single class, or by giving the holders of any such preferred stock the right to block an action on which they have a separate class vote, even if the action were approved by the holders of our shares of our Class A common stock.

To raise additional capital, we may in the future sell additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that are lower than the prices paid by existing stockholders, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders, which could result in substantial dilution to the interests of existing stockholders. In addition, to the extent that outstanding warrants or options are exercised, new options or other equity awards are issued under our Incentive Plan, or we issue additional shares in the future, stockholders may experience further dilution.

We may issue debt and equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities, any of which may be senior to our common stock as to distributions and in liquidation, which could negatively affect the value of our common stock.

In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by entering into debt or debt-like financing that is unsecured or secured by up to all of our assets, or by issuing additional debt or equity securities, which could include issuances of secured or unsecured commercial paper, medium-term notes, senior notes, subordinated notes, guarantees, preferred stock, hybrid securities, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities. In the event of our liquidation, our lenders and holders of our debt and preferred securities would receive distributions of our available assets before distributions to the holders of our common stock. Because our decision to incur debt and issue securities in future offerings may be influenced by market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings or debt financings. Further, market conditions could require us to accept less favorable terms for the issuance of our securities in the future.

We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock, so any returns will be substantially limited to the value of our common stock.

We have no current plans to pay any cash dividends on our common stock. The declaration, amount and payment of any future dividends on shares of our common stock will be at the sole discretion of our board of directors. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends from future earnings for the foreseeable future. Our board of directors may take into account general and economic conditions, our financial condition and results of operations, our available cash and current and anticipated cash needs, capital requirements, contractual, legal, tax, and regulatory restrictions, implications on our payment of dividends to our stockholders and such other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, our ability to pay dividends may be limited by covenants of any indebtedness we incur. As a result, you may not receive any return on an investment in our common stock unless you sell our common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.

The future issuance of shares of preferred stock with dividend or conversion rights, liquidation preferences or other economic terms favorable to the holders of preferred stock could adversely affect the market price for our Class A common stock by making an investment in the Class A common stock less attractive. For example, investors in the Class A common stock may not wish to purchase Class A common stock at a price above the conversion price of a series of convertible preferred stock because the holders of the preferred stock would effectively be entitled to purchase Class A common stock at the lower conversion price, causing economic dilution to the holders of Class A common stock.

Because we have no current plans to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell your Class A common stock for a price greater than that which you paid for it.

We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development, commercialization and growth of our business, and therefore we do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends on our Class A common stock in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Our future ability to pay cash dividends on our Class A common stock may also be limited by the terms of any future debt securities or credit facility. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of the Class A common stock you purchase in this offering will be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company, and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies may make our Class A common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions and relief from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) having the option of delaying the adoption of certain new or revised financial accounting standards, (iii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and (iv) exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold stock. Further, pursuant to Section 107 of the JOBS Act, we have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. As a result, our operating results and financial statements may not be comparable to the operating results and financial statements of other companies who have adopted the new or revised accounting standards.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our direct listing on Nasdaq, (ii) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, (iii) the last day of the fiscal year in which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our Class A common stock held by non-affiliates was $700.0 million or more as of the last business day of the second fiscal quarter of such year or (iv) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in the Exchange Act. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company even after we are no longer an emerging growth company. We may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies until the fiscal year following the determination that our voting and non-voting Class A common stock held by non-affiliates is $250 million or more measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our annual revenues are less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting Class A common stock held by non-affiliates is $700 million or more measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.

It is possible that some investors will find our Class A common stock less attractive as a result of the foregoing, which may result in a less active trading market for our Class A common stock and higher volatility in our stock price.

Our charter provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and, to the extent enforceable, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to choose the judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our charter provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees to us or our stockholders; (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the Securities Act or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.

Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our charter provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our charter, but there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to these provisions. These exclusive-forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. If a court were to find either exclusive-forum provision in our charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could harm our results of operations.

The uncertainty associated with the fact that few companies have undertaken direct listings to date may lead to increased volatility and pricing challenges for our Class A common stock.

On January 30, 2025, we completed a direct listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq. Few companies have conducted direct listings, making the direct listing process we undertook relatively novel. The absence of a traditional underwritten offering may contribute to a less orderly market for our Class A common stock, resulting in increased volatility in the trading price and potential difficulties in achieving a stable market price. Unlike a traditional initial public offering, there was no firm-commitment underwritten offering to help inform efficient and sufficient price discovery. Consequently, the public price of our Class A common stock may be more volatile than it would be if shares were initially listed in connection with a firm-commitment underwritten initial public offering. In addition, the trading volume and price of shares of our Class A common stock may be more volatile and subject to greater fluctuations due to the direct listing method.

The direct listing process differs from an initial public offering underwritten on a firm-commitment basis and the impact of awareness of our brand and investor recognition of our Company on the demand for our Class A common stock is unpredictable and our marketing and brand development efforts may not be successful.

We did not conduct a traditional “roadshow” with underwriters prior to the opening of trading of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq. Instead, we engaged in certain investor presentations and educational meetings to enhance our brand awareness and investor recognition of our Company. These presentations were announced through financial news outlets, and any electronic presentation materials were made publicly available on our website without restriction.

There is no assurance that our investor presentations or other educational meetings had the same impact on awareness of our brand and investor recognition of our Company as a traditional “roadshow” conducted in connection with a firm-commitment underwritten initial public offering. As a result, the price discovery process for our Class A common stock may have been less efficient, and demand among investors may have been insufficient following our listing. This could contribute to increased volatility in the public price of our Class A common stock.

Claims for indemnification by our directors and officers may reduce the amount of money available to us.

Our charter provides that our directors and officers will be indemnified by us to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and any indemnification agreements that we enter into with our directors and officers:

we will indemnify our directors and officers for serving us in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at our request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law;

Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful;

we may, in our discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law;

we are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such directors or officers shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification;

we are authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors, officers, employees, and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons; and

we may not retroactively amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provisions to reduce our indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees, and agents.

While we have procured directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, such insurance policies may not be available to us in the future at a reasonable rate, may not cover all potential claims for indemnification, and may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability. Large indemnity payments to our directors and officers in excess of any available insurance would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

General Risks

Reports published by analysts, including projections in those reports that differ from our actual results, could adversely affect the price and trading volume of our Class A common stock.

Securities research analysts may establish and publish their own periodic projections for our Company. These projections may vary widely and may not accurately predict the results we actually achieve. The price of our Class A common stock may decline if our actual results do not match the projections of these securities research analysts. Similarly, if one or more of the analysts who write reports on us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price could decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, our stock price or trading volume could decline.

Our internal computer systems, or those of any of our manufacturers, contractors, consultants, collaborators or potential future collaborators, may fail or suffer security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of, or destruction of our proprietary or confidential data, employee data or personal data, which could result in additional costs, loss of revenue, significant liabilities, harm to our brand and material disruption of our operations.

Despite the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems and those of our current and any future manufacturers, contractors, consultants, collaborators and third-party service providers, are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses, cybersecurity threats, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failure. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to, or to sabotage, systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an extended period. Some of the federal, state and foreign government requirements include obligations of companies to notify individuals of security breaches involving particular personally identifiable information, which could result from breaches experienced by us or by our vendors, contractors or organizations with which we have formed strategic relationships. Notifications and follow-up actions related to a security breach could impact our reputation, cause us to incur significant costs, including legal expenses and remediation costs. We also rely on third parties for certain portions of our manufacturing process, and similar events relating to their computer systems could also have a material adverse effect on our business. To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in a loss of, or damage to, our data, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could be exposed to litigation and governmental investigations, the further development and commercialization of our product candidates could be delayed, and we could be subject to significant fines or penalties for any noncompliance with certain state, federal and/or international privacy and security laws.

Our insurance policies may not be adequate to compensate us for the potential losses arising from any such disruption, failure or security breach. In addition, such insurance may not be available to us in the future on economically reasonable terms, or at all. Further, our insurance may not cover all claims made against us and could have high deductibles in any event, and defending a suit, regardless of its merit, could be costly and divert management attention.

Our operations are vulnerable to interruption by fire, severe weather conditions, power loss, telecommunications failure, terrorist activity, pandemics/epidemics and other events beyond our control, which could harm our business.

Our facility is located in a region which experiences severe weather from time to time. We have not undertaken a systematic analysis of the potential consequences to our business and financial results from a major tornado, flood, fire, earthquake, power loss, terrorist activity, pandemics/epidemics or other disasters, and we do not have a recovery plan for such disasters. In addition, we do not carry sufficient insurance to compensate us for actual losses from interruption of our business that may occur, and any losses or damages incurred by us could harm our business. The occurrence of any of these business disruptions could seriously harm our operations and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Form 10-K”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity. The factors listed under “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in this Form 10-K provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in any forward-looking statement.

Overview and Recent Developments

We were formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 28, 2003. We provide an award-winning cloud-based artificial intelligence (“AI”) video surveillance and Remote Guarding (as described below) service built on AI and machine learning platforms.

Compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2)

On February 17, 2026, we received a letter (the “Notification Letter”) from the Listing Qualifications Staff of Nasdaq indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our Class A common stock for the last 30 consecutive business days, we are not currently in compliance with the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Notification Letter does not result in the immediate delisting of our Class A common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until August 17, 2026, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. To regain compliance, the closing bid price of our Class A common stock must be at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the 180-day compliance period.

If we do not regain compliance by August 17, 2026, we may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. To qualify for the additional compliance period, we will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market (except for the bid price requirement) and must provide written notice of our intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If we do not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period(s), or if we are otherwise not eligible for an additional compliance period, Nasdaq will provide notice that our Class A common stock will be subject to delisting. At that time, we may appeal the delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

We intend to monitor the closing bid price of our Class A common stock and will consider available options to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, which may include effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary and if approved by our stockholders. There can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

History of the Company and Overview of Our Business

We operated as a small Silicon Valley startup until early 2021 when we raised over $35 million in funding under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). With these funds, we quickly built a sales, marketing and support structure and achieved a degree of early success in the property management space. As of the date of this Form 10-K, we have contracts in place with five of the top 10 property management companies on the National Multifamily Housing Council’s (“NMHC’s”) 2024 NMCH 50 list (Greystar Real Estate Partners, Avenue5 Residential, LLC, Cushman & Wakefield, BH Management Services, LLC and FPI Management, Inc.). Our cloud-based solutions allow our customers to provide real-time safety and security solutions for their properties, as well as easily manage security across all of their locations. As of the date of this Form 10-K, we are focused on expanding into more of our existing top tier customer locations and acquiring additional customers in the property management (“proptech”) space, and we anticipate entering into additional markets in 2026.

Our intelligent AI solution works by identifying objects (faces, license plates, animals, guns, etc.) in video footage so that property managers can quickly search for those objects. Additionally, our AI and Remote Guarding services provide a proactive response to crime. Remote guarding combines video surveillance, AI analytics, monitoring centers, and security agents (“Remote Guarding”). Based on internal data comparing the total number of actual threatening activity alerts received by our Remote Guards, against all potentially suspicious and threatening activity alerts received by our Remote Guards, on average, from 2023 to the date of this Form 10-K, our Remote Guarding services deterred over 97% of all threatening activity for our customers. We believe AI security delivers multiple benefits for many property owners, including, without limitation:

Deterring crime and improving overall safety;

Improving occupancy rates and rental rates; and

Reducing onsite guard costs and lowering insurance rates

As of the date of this Form 10-K, we are the only seamless, cloud-based, AI surveillance and Remote Guarding solution on the market of which we are aware. We also believe that our solution is more affordable and easier to use than the various solutions that our competitors offer. Our Remote Guarding service bridges the line between AI and human intelligence. AI has the ability to monitor all cameras at the same time and all of the time, a task from which humans would fatigue. When the AI detects an event occurring, the Remote Guards are notified. The Remote Guards can then determine if escalation is required. With real-time human intervention, our Remote Guarding service can turn video surveillance from a forensic tool, used after a crime has been committed, into a real time crime prevention tool. This has the potential to greatly increase value for our customers.

Net Revenues

Our net revenues are primarily derived from subscriptions to our core business services, including cloud video surveillance and Remote Guarding, as well as from hardware sales and installation services.

Revenues from cloud video surveillance and Remote Guarding services are billed based on the number of camera views deployed by the customer. Hardware revenues consist primarily of sales of cloud video recorders, surveillance cameras, and horn and axis speakers held in inventory. Installation services represent labor associated with the deployment and configuration of hardware and related software.

Hardware revenues are recognized upon shipment of the related products to the customer, while installation service revenues are recognized based on the percentage of completion of the services performed. Subscription revenues are billed either monthly or annually and are recognized over the contractual service period in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Cost of Goods Sold

Our cost of goods sold primarily consists of hosting costs associated with the delivery of our cloud-based services, including data storage, bandwidth, and related infrastructure expenses. Cost of goods sold also includes the cost of equipment sold to customers, such as cloud video recorders, surveillance cameras, and related peripherals, as well as labor and third-party costs incurred in connection with installation services. In addition, cost of goods sold includes compensation, benefits, and other direct costs associated with personnel in our operations department who support the delivery, monitoring, and maintenance of our services.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses consist of general and administrative, research and development, and sales and marketing expenses, and include both cash and non-cash items.

General and administrative expenses primarily include salaries and benefits, professional fees, consulting costs, and other expenses related to the administrative and corporate functions of the Company. Research and development expenses consist primarily of product development costs, including employee compensation and related expenses. Sales and marketing expenses include public relations, advertising, and direct marketing costs, as well as personnel-related expenses associated with sales and marketing activities.

Total operating expenses also include non-cash expenses, primarily consisting of depreciation expense, bad debt expense, and stock-based compensation expense.

Comparison of Year Ended December 31, 2025, to the Year Ended December 31, 2024

Net Revenues

Net revenues increased to $5,065,529 in 2025 from $1,364,293 in 2024, representing an increase of $3,701,236, or approximately 271%. The increase was driven by growth across all revenue categories, reflecting continued customer adoption of our services, expanded deployments, and increased sales activity.

Cloud Video Surveillance revenue increased to $767,026 in 2025 from $323,475 in 2024, an increase of $443,551, or approximately 137%. This increase was primarily attributable to a higher number of subscribed camera views resulting from new customer acquisitions and expansion of deployments with existing customers.

Remote Guarding revenue increased to $706,349 in 2025 from $282,849 in 2024, an increase of $423,500, or approximately 150%. The increase was driven by increased customer demand for remote monitoring services, as well as growth in the installed base of cameras eligible for remote guarding.

Hardware revenue increased to $1,464,603 in 2025 from $341,193 in 2024, an increase of $1,123,410, or approximately 329%. The increase was primarily due to higher volumes of hardware sold in connection with larger customer deployments and bundled service offerings compared to the prior year.

Other revenue, which includes installation services, door subscriptions, and other ancillary services, increased to $2,127,551 in 2025 from $416,776 in 2024, an increase of $1,710,775, or approximately 410%. This increase was largely attributable to higher installation activity associated with increased hardware sales, expanded customer deployments, and increased adoption of additional subscription-based services.

Overall, the increase in net revenues reflects continued execution of our growth strategy, expansion of our customer base, and increased penetration of our integrated hardware, installation, and subscription-based service offerings.

The following table summarizes our revenue by service line:

Year Ended December 31,

Cloud Video Surveillance

Remote Guarding

Hardware

Other (installation, door subscriptions, etc.)

The significant increase in hardware and installation revenue during fiscal year 2025 was primarily attributable to initial deployment activity associated with new customer acquisitions and the expansion of existing customer relationships. As new customer locations are onboarded, we typically experience an initial period of higher hardware and installation revenue, followed by a shift toward recurring subscription-based revenue as those locations transition to ongoing cloud video surveillance and Remote Guarding services. We expect the proportion of recurring subscription revenue to increase over time as our installed base matures, although the timing and pace of this shift will depend on the rate of new customer acquisitions and the scope of future deployment activity.

Of total net revenues of $5,065,529 for the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately $1,473,375, or 29%, was derived from recurring subscription services (Cloud Video Surveillance and Remote Guarding), while the remaining $3,592,154, or 71%, was derived from non-recurring hardware sales and installation services.

Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of goods sold increased to $3,576,688 in 2025 from $984,447 in 2024, representing an increase of $2,592,241, or approximately 263%. The increase was primarily attributable to higher service delivery costs associated with significant revenue growth, increased customer deployments, and expanded installation activity during 2025.

Hosting and data center bandwidth costs increased to $331,546 in 2025 from $273,128 in 2024, an increase of $58,418, or approximately 21%. This increase was primarily driven by higher data storage, bandwidth usage, and infrastructure costs resulting from growth in cloud video surveillance subscriptions and increased camera deployments.

Remote Guarding costs increased to $261,956 in 2025 from $114,440 in 2024, an increase of $147,516, or approximately 129%. The increase was primarily attributable to higher labor and monitoring costs associated with the expansion of Remote Guarding services and increased customer utilization, as well as costs related to the establishment of our India-based subsidiary, which commenced operations in July 2025.

Hardware costs increased to $754,873 in 2025 from $218,025 in 2024, an increase of $536,848, or approximately 246%. This increase was driven by higher volumes of hardware sold in connection with larger customer deployments and increased overall sales activity.

Installation labor costs increased to $2,228,313 in 2025 from $378,853 in 2024, an increase of $1,849,460, or approximately 488%. The increase was primarily attributable to a substantial increase in installation activity related to hardware sales and customer deployments, as well as increased internal and third-party labor costs required to support this growth.

Overall, the increase in cost of goods sold reflects higher service delivery, hardware, and installation costs incurred to support the Company’s significant revenue growth and expanded operational scale during 2025.

Year Ended December 31,

Hosting and Data Center Bandwidth

Remote Guarding

Hardware

Installation Labor

Operating Expenses

The following table summarizes our operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2025, and as compared to the same period in 2024:

Year Ended December 31,

General and administrative

Research and development

Sales and marketing

Non-cash expenses (stock comp, depreciation, bad debt, etc.)

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased to $2,439,401 in 2025 from $1,240,930 in 2024, an increase of $1,198,471, or approximately 97%. The increase was primarily driven by higher payroll and consulting expenses incurred to support the Company’s growth and expanded corporate infrastructure.

Payroll expenses increased by $623,157 compared to the prior year, reflecting increased headcount, higher compensation levels, and the impact of personnel added during 2025. These hires were primarily related to administrative, finance, and operational support functions. The year-over-year increase also reflects the fact that all personnel experienced salary reductions during 2024, with a compensating bonus for the related shortfall paid out in 2025.

Consulting expenses increased by $371,883 year over year, primarily due to increased use of third-party consultants for accounting, compliance, internal controls, and other strategic initiatives associated with scaling the business.

Professional services expenses increased by $68,764, reflecting higher legal, audit, and advisory costs related to increased business activity and compliance requirements.

The remaining increase in general and administrative expenses was attributable to higher equipment, facilities, and other general corporate costs and was not individually material.

Overall, the increase in general and administrative expenses reflects investments made to support the Company’s growth, operational complexity, and corporate governance requirements.

Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses increased to $1,883,461 in 2025 from $1,266,229 in 2024, representing an increase of $617,232, or approximately 49%. The increase was primarily attributable to higher payroll and consulting expenses related to expanded product development efforts.

Payroll expenses increased by $505,287 year over year, primarily reflecting higher compensation costs for existing personnel. The increase also reflects salary reductions implemented during 2024, with a compensating bonus for the related shortfall paid in 2025. These costs were incurred to support the ongoing development and enhancement of the Company’s technology platform and service offerings.

Consulting expenses increased by $83,518 compared to the prior year, primarily due to continued use of third-party development resources and specialized technical consultants to accelerate product development initiatives.

The remaining changes in research and development expenses, including equipment and other costs, were not individually material.

Overall, the increase in research and development expenses reflects the Company’s continued investment in its technology platform and product innovation to support long-term growth.

Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses were the largest component of operating expenses in 2025 and increased to $2,882,042 from $1,812,751 in 2024, representing an increase of $1,069,291, or approximately 59%. The increase was primarily attributable to higher payroll and increased sales and marketing program costs incurred to support revenue growth and customer acquisition.

Payroll expenses increased by $744,700 year over year, primarily reflecting the addition of sales and marketing personnel during 2025, as well as higher compensation levels associated with these hires. These personnel additions were made to expand sales coverage, support customer acquisition efforts, and drive increased demand for the Company’s products and services. The increase also includes the effect of salary reductions in 2024 and a compensating bonus paid in 2025.

Sales and marketing program costs increased by $342,997 compared to the prior year, primarily due to increased spending on advertising, marketing campaigns, lead generation activities, and other customer acquisition initiatives.

The remaining changes in sales and marketing expenses were attributable to routine fluctuations in travel, facilities, and other costs and were not individually material.

Overall, the increase in sales and marketing expenses reflects the Company’s strategic investments in personnel and marketing initiatives to support continued revenue growth.

Non-cash expenses. Non-cash operating expenses increased to $2,429,509 in 2025 from $2,245,411 in 2024, representing an increase of $14,098, or approximately 8%. Non-cash expenses primarily consist of stock-based compensation, depreciation expense, and bad debt expense.

Stock-based compensation expense increased by $293,942, or 14%, compared to the prior year. The increase was primarily attributable to equity awards granted to employees during 2025, including grants associated with increased headcount and retention initiatives.

Depreciation expense increased by $17,304, or 24%, reflecting additional capitalized assets placed into service during the year.

Bad debt expense decreased by $127,148, or approximately 92%, compared to the prior year. The decrease was primarily attributable to improved collections experience and lower levels of uncollectible accounts during 2025.

Overall, the change in non-cash operating expenses reflects higher equity-based compensation and depreciation, partially offset by a reduction in bad debt expense.

Net Loss

As a result of the foregoing, net loss for the year ended December 31, 2025 was approximately $8,462,000, compared to $6,535,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing an increase in net loss of approximately $1,927,000, or approximately 29%.

Revenue and cost of sales resulted in gross profit of approximately $1,489,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to gross profit of approximately $374,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024. Despite the significant improvement in gross profit, the increase in net loss was primarily attributable to higher operating expenses, including increased sales and marketing, general and administrative, and research and development expenses incurred to support revenue growth, expand operations, and invest in personnel, technology, and corporate infrastructure.

Overall, the increase in net loss reflects the Company’s continued investment in growth initiatives and operational scale, which exceeded the improvements in gross profit during the year.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of the date of this Form 10-K, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

From inception we have funded our operations principally through the net proceeds from sales of our capital stock and to a lesser extent from cash flows generated from operating activities.

Summary of Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.

Year Ended December 31,

( in thousands )

Net cash (used in) operating activities

Net cash (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $6,917,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $3,277,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase in cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to the Company’s increased net loss and higher operating expenses associated with expanded sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative activities. These increases were partially offset by changes in working capital, including timing of customer collections and vendor payments.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $315,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to $27,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash used in investing activities during 2025 primarily related to purchases of property and equipment to support the Company’s operational growth, including investments in technology infrastructure and office equipment.

Financing Activities

Since inception we have relied primarily on financing activities to fund our operations, including raising over $35 million in funding in an offering under Regulation A of the Securities Act, and through the sale of preferred stock. Please see Note 5, Share Capital below.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $15,633,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $685,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily attributable to proceeds from financing transactions with Streeterville completed during 2025, which were used to fund operating losses, support growth initiatives, and strengthen the Company’s liquidity position.

The following table summarizes our financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024.

Years Ended December 31,

( in thousands )

Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock

Proceeds from issuance of Preferred stock

Preferred dividends payable

Registration Statement related costs

Funding Requirements

We anticipate incurring additional losses for the foreseeable future, and we may never become profitable. As described above, our operating expenses increased significantly from 2024 to 2025 as a result of our growth. We expect operating expenses to continue to increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue development of our existing and new products and services. In addition, we expect to continue to incur further costs and expenses associated with being a public company and working to maintain the listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq.

Our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to further implement our business plan, raise capital, and generate revenues. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. We have incurred operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $49,000,000. Management expects to continue to incur operating losses and negative cash flows for the foreseeable future.

As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately $8,453,000 of cash on hand and approximately $8,605,000 of net working capital (including cash on hand), and our anticipated operating requirements for the next 12 months, assuming the maintenance of our current operations, do not exceed our available capital resources. We believe that the Series 2 Equity Financing, the Equity Line, and the ATM Facility that we have in place, as described in Note 5, Share Capital below, will provide us with, and allow us to maintain, stockholders’ equity in excess of the required minimum under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505(b) as well as enable us to fund our operations through at least June 30, 2027. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505(b)(1) requires that we maintain stockholders' equity of at least $2.5 million for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. As of December 31, 2025, our stockholders' equity was approximately $8.9 million. Notwithstanding, we may also raise additional capital pursuant to one or more registered offerings of equity or debt securities.

However, if we are unable to raise additional capital or otherwise obtain funding as and when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to reduce operations or delay or eliminate new or existing products and services, which could raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to raise additional capital or otherwise obtain necessary funding is likely to be significantly dependent on our ability to maintain the listing of our Class A common stock on Nasdaq.

We have based the foregoing estimates on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and we could use our capital resources sooner than we expect. We have a planning and budgeting process in place to monitor our operating cash requirements, including amounts projected for capital expenditures, which are adjusted as our future funding requirements change. These funding requirements include, but are not limited to, our product and service development, our general and administrative requirements, and the costs of operating as a public company, and are offset by our ability to generate revenue from operations and the availability of equity or debt financing. Furthermore, our balance sheet is currently debt free, which we believe will provide us with additional flexibility in terms of our ability to tap into lines of credit and other types of debt instruments.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

In addition to ongoing capital expenditures and working capital needs to fund operations over the next 12 months, our contractual obligations to make future payments primarily relate to our operating lease obligations, capital lease obligations and insurance obligations, all of which are governed by agreements with month-to-month terms, and which are generally terminable after a notice period at any time. We purchase equipment, software and inventory necessary to conduct our operations on an as-needed basis.

During the periods presented, we had an outstanding obligation to the SEC pursuant to the terms of a final settlement. See “ Business—Legal Proceedings ” for additional details regarding the settlement. Our obligation was paid in full on August 9, 2024. We do not have any other long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

Emerging Growth Company

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jump Start Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”). As an emerging growth company, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting and disclosure requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not emerging growth companies, and we have elected to take advantage of those exemptions. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

have an auditor attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”);

submit certain executive compensation matters to Member advisory votes pursuant to the “say on frequency” and “say on pay” provisions (requiring a non-binding Member vote to approve compensation of certain executive officers) and the “say on golden parachute” provisions (requiring a non-binding Member vote to approve golden parachute arrangements for certain executive officers in connection with mergers and certain other business combinations) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; or

disclose certain executive compensation related items, such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.

In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company may take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies. This means that an emerging growth company can delay adopting certain accounting standards until such standards are otherwise applicable to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period. Since we will not be required to comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for other public companies, our financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of companies that comply with public company effective dates. If we were to subsequently elect to comply with these public company effective dates, such election would be irrevocable pursuant to Section 107 of the JOBS Act.

We will remain an emerging growth company for up to the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of our direct listing on Nasdaq, or until the earliest of: (i) the last date of the fiscal year during which we had total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more; (ii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (iii) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” as defined under Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

We do not believe that being an emerging growth company will have a significant impact on our business. Also, even once we are no longer an emerging growth company, we still may not be subject to auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act unless we meet the definition of a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer under Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our audited financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results could differ from these estimates.

Our significant accounting policies are described in “Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. The recent accounting changes that may potentially impact our business are described under “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in “Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”