−Removed: This Annual Report on
−Removed: Form 10-K contains forward-looking information based on our current expectations.
−Removed: Because our business is subject to many risks and our
−Removed: actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us, this section includes a discussion
+Added: This Annual Report
+Added: on Form 10-K contains forward-looking information based on our current expectations.
+Added: Because our business is subject to many risks and
+Added: our actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us, this section includes a discussion
of important factors that could affect our business, operating results, financial condition and the trading price of our securities.
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deem immaterial may also impair our business operations.
−Removed: Risks related to the COVID-19
−Removed: Public health officials have
−Removed: recommended and mandated precautions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
−Removed: Our research and development and our entire business may be adversely
−Removed: impacted by actions taken to contain or treat the impact of COVID-19, and the extent of such impact will depend on future developments,
−Removed: which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.
−Removed: The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted economic activity and conditions worldwide.
−Removed: Although our business has not been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to date, the Company cannot predict with certainty the
−Removed: full extent the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our business including macroeconomic conditions and customer demand for our products in
−Removed: Risks related to our financial
−Removed: position and need for additional capital
−Removed: Our auditors have expressed
−Removed: substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which may hinder our ability to obtain further financing.
−Removed: Our past working capital
−Removed: deficiency, stockholders’ deficit and recurring losses from operations raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as
−Removed: a going concern.
−Removed: As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph in its report on
−Removed: our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 with respect to this uncertainty.
−Removed: Our existing cash of $1.66 million
−Removed: at December 31, 2022 will only be sufficient to fund our current operating plans into the second quarter of 2023.
−Removed: The Company has based
−Removed: these estimates, however, on assumptions that may prove to be wrong.
−Removed: We will need additional funding to complete the development of our
−Removed: full product line and scale products with a demonstrated market fit.
−Removed: Management has plans to secure such additional funding.
−Removed: unable to raise capital when needed or on acceptable terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate our technology development
−Removed: and commercialization efforts.
−Removed: We have incurred significant
−Removed: net losses since inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future and may never achieve or
−Removed: maintain profitability.
−Removed: Since inception, we have incurred significant net
+Added: Risks related to our
+Added: financial position and need for additional capital
+Added: Our auditors have
+Added: expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, which may hinder our ability to obtain further financing.
+Added: Our past working capital deficiency, stockholders’
+Added: deficit and recurring losses from operations raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: As a result, our
+Added: independent registered public accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements for the
+Added: year ended December 31, 2023 with respect to this uncertainty.
+Added: Our existing cash of $804,556 at December 31, 2023 will only be sufficient
+Added: to fund our current operating plans into February 2024.
+Added: The Company secured approximately $3.6 million of additional financing in February
+Added: and March 2024, but will need to obtain additional financing to pay off debt and to extend current operations into the second quarter
+Added: The Company has based these estimates, however, on assumptions that may prove to be wrong.
+Added: We will need additional funding to
+Added: complete the development of our full product line and scale products with a demonstrated market fit.
+Added: Management has plans to secure such
+Added: additional funding.
+Added: If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on acceptable terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate
+Added: our technology development and commercialization efforts.
+Added: We have incurred
+Added: significant net losses since inception and anticipate that we will continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future and may never
+Added: achieve or maintain profitability.
+Added: Since inception, we have incurred significant
We expect to continue to incur net losses in the near term.
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incur legal expenses related to avoiding and defending against intellectual property infringement, misappropriation and other claims.
−Removed: To become profitable, we
−Removed: must develop and eventually commercialize the faidr product or the Vodacast platform, with significant market potential.
−Removed: This will require
−Removed: us to be successful in a range of challenging activities, and our expenses will increase substantially as we acquire and retain users.
−Removed: We may never succeed in any or all of these activities and, even if we do, we may never generate revenue that is significant or large
−Removed: enough to achieve profitability.
+Added: To become profitable,
+Added: we must develop and eventually commercialize the faidr product or the Vodacast platform, with significant market potential.
+Added: require us to be successful in a range of challenging activities, and our expenses will increase substantially as we acquire and retain
+Added: We may never succeed in any or all of these activities and, even if we do, we may never generate revenue that is significant or
+Added: large enough to achieve profitability.
If we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly
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limit or terminate our product development efforts or other operations.
−Removed: We expect our expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities,
−Removed: particularly as we continue to invest in sales, marketing and engineering resources and bring our products to market.
−Removed: Furthermore, we
−Removed: continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.
−Removed: Our existing cash of $1.66 million at December 31, 2022
−Removed: will only be sufficient to fund our current operating plans into the second quarter of 2023.
−Removed: The Company has based these estimates, however,
−Removed: on assumptions that may prove to be wrong.
−Removed: We will need additional funding to complete the development of our full product line and scale
−Removed: products with a demonstrated market fit.
−Removed: Management has plans to secure such additional funding.
−Removed: If we are unable to raise capital when
−Removed: needed or on acceptable terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce, or eliminate our technology development and commercialization efforts.
−Removed: Building and scaling technology
−Removed: products is a time-consuming, expensive and uncertain process that takes years to complete, and we may never generate the necessary user
−Removed: experience required to obtain market acceptance and achieve meaningful product sales.
+Added: We expect our expenses to increase in connection
+Added: with our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue to invest in sales, marketing and engineering resources and bring our products
+Added: Furthermore, we continue to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company.
+Added: Our existing cash of $804,556
+Added: at December 31, 2023 will only be sufficient to fund our current operating plans into February 2024.
+Added: The Company secured additional financing
+Added: in February and March 2024, but will need to obtain additional financing to pay off debt and to extend current operations into the second
+Added: quarter of 2024.
+Added: The Company has based these estimates, however, on assumptions that may prove to be wrong.
+Added: We will need additional funding
+Added: to complete the development of our full product line and scale products with a demonstrated market fit.
+Added: Management has plans to secure
+Added: such additional funding.
+Added: If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on acceptable terms, we would be forced to delay, reduce, or
+Added: eliminate our technology development and commercialization efforts.
+Added: Building and scaling
+Added: technology products is a time-consuming, expensive and uncertain process that takes years to complete, and we may never generate the necessary
+Added: user experience required to obtain market acceptance and achieve meaningful product sales.
In addition, our product candidates, once developed,
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and product candidates.
−Removed: We may seek additional capital
−Removed: through a combination of public and private equity offerings, debt financings, strategic partnerships and alliances and licensing arrangements.
−Removed: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of stockholders
−Removed: will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of existing stockholders.
−Removed: The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed payment obligations and could involve restrictive covenants, such as limitations
−Removed: on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire or license intellectual property rights and other operating
−Removed: restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business.
−Removed: If we raise additional funds through strategic partnerships
−Removed: and alliances and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, or our other
−Removed: product candidates, or grant licenses on terms unfavorable to us.
−Removed: We have generated historical
−Removed: revenue from our mobile app platform for radio stations, but future revenue growth is dependent on new software services.
−Removed: Our ability to generate revenue
−Removed: from product sales and achieve profitability depends on our ability to successfully complete the development and commercialization of
−Removed: future software products.
+Added: We may seek additional
+Added: capital through a combination of public and private equity offerings, debt financings, strategic partnerships and alliances and licensing
+Added: arrangements.
+Added: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership
+Added: interest of stockholders will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights
+Added: of existing stockholders.
+Added: The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed payment obligations and could involve restrictive
+Added: covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, limitations on our ability to acquire or license intellectual
+Added: property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business.
+Added: If we raise additional
+Added: funds through strategic partnerships and alliances and licensing arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights
+Added: to our technologies, or our other product candidates, or grant licenses on terms unfavorable to us.
+Added: We have generated
+Added: historical revenue from our mobile app platform for radio stations, but future revenue growth is dependent on new software services.
+Added: Our ability to generate
+Added: revenue from product sales and achieve profitability depends on our ability to successfully complete the development and commercialization
+Added: of future software products.
Our ability to generate meaningful revenue from product sales depends heavily on our success in:
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business plan may make it difficult for investors to evaluate the success of our business to date and to assess our future viability.
−Removed: We are an early-stage company
−Removed: founded in 2012, with a limited operating history that has recently changed its business plan to develop and sell our new and potential
−Removed: There can be no assurance that any of our future products and services will be successfully developed, protected from competition
−Removed: by others, or marketed successfully.
+Added: We are an early-stage
+Added: company founded in 2012, with a limited operating history that has recently changed its business plan to develop and sell our new and
+Added: potential products.
+Added: There can be no assurance that any of our future products and services will be successfully developed, protected from
+Added: competition by others, or marketed successfully.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will ever have positive net earnings.
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adverse effect on our business and our securities prices.
−Removed: We are required to comply with the SEC’s rules
−Removed: implementing Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires management to certify financial and other information in our
−Removed: quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting,
+Added: We are required to comply with the SEC’s
+Added: rules implementing Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires management to certify financial and other information
+Added: in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our controls over financial reporting.
+Added: This assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting,
as well as a statement that our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal
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would adversely affect our business.
−Removed: Ensuring that we have adequate
−Removed: internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly
−Removed: and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently.
−Removed: The rapid growth of our operations and the completed IPO has created
−Removed: a need for additional resources within the accounting and finance functions due to the increasing need to produce timely financial information
−Removed: and to ensure the level of segregation of duties customary for a U.S.
+Added: Ensuring that we have
+Added: adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis
+Added: is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently.
+Added: The rapid growth of our operations and the completed IPO
+Added: has created a need for additional resources within the accounting and finance functions due to the increasing need to produce timely financial
+Added: information and to ensure the level of segregation of duties customary for a U.S.
public company.
−Removed: We continue to reassess the sufficiency of finance
−Removed: personnel in response to these increasing demands and expectations.
+Added: We continue to reassess the sufficiency
+Added: of finance personnel in response to these increasing demands and expectations.
Our management is responsible
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price of our common stock to decline and make it more difficult for us to finance our operations and growth.
−Removed: Risks related to the development
−Removed: of our products
−Removed: Our subscription revenue
−Removed: margins and our freedom to operate our faidr radio platform rely on continuity of the established music licensing framework.
−Removed: Present music licensing costs
−Removed: and general rights to play music are determined by an established statutory rate framework which could change in the future.
−Removed: licensing costs and general rights to play music content could impact our direct costs for content or even prohibit access to content
+Added: Risks related to the
+Added: development of our products
+Added: Our subscription
+Added: revenue margins and our freedom to operate our faidr radio platform rely on continuity of the established music licensing framework.
+Added: Present music licensing
+Added: costs and general rights to play music are determined by an established statutory rate framework which could change in the future.
+Added: in licensing costs and general rights to play music content could impact our direct costs for content or even prohibit access to content
that is fundamental to the platform.
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will rely on the established “personal use exemption” which allows individuals to record content for time-shifting purposes.
−Removed: The faidr platform will allow
−Removed: consumers to access broadcast audio content “live,” in real-time with a slight delay, and also enables consumers to buffer
−Removed: audio content on the user’s device for delayed playback, that can take advantage of the App’s intelligent listening capabilities.
−Removed: We believe that the limited buffering provided for within the faidr App is lawful and falls within the United States Supreme Court’s
−Removed: ruling allowing consumers the right to time shift programming for later consumption.
−Removed: The faidr App only permits buffering on the user’s
−Removed: mobile device in a manner that does not permit librarying of content by the consumer and no right to offload content from the faidr App
−Removed: to another device, other than through the exploitation of the “analog hole” (e.g., allowing another device to record audio
−Removed: while it is playing through the faidr App).
−Removed: While we believe that the functionality of the faidr App is protected under current law, there
−Removed: is a risk that one or more aspects of the faidr App may be found to violate the rights of third parties.
−Removed: If it is determined that we are
−Removed: not permitted to give consumers the right to buffer content locally and also control their listener experience by receiving alternative
−Removed: programming to what is included in an AM/FM station’s transmission, certain features of the faidr App may have to be disabled or
−Removed: discontinued, the costs to the Company for access to content could increase significantly, and result in an increase in the consumer price
−Removed: of the App, thus making the faidr App less desirable in the marketplace.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain
−Removed: and maintain patent protection for our products and product candidates, or if the scope of the patent protection obtained is not sufficiently
−Removed: broad, our competitors could develop and commercialize products and product candidates similar or identical to ours, and our ability to
−Removed: successfully commercialize our products and product candidates may be adversely affected.
−Removed: Our commercial success will
−Removed: depend, in part, on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection in the United States and other countries with respect to our
−Removed: products and product candidates.
−Removed: We seek to protect our proprietary position by filing patent applications in the United States and abroad
−Removed: related to our products and product candidates that are important to our business.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that
−Removed: additional patents will be issued or granted with respect to applications that are currently pending or that we may apply for in the future
−Removed: with respect to one or more of our products and product candidates, or that issued or granted patents will not later be found to be invalid
−Removed: and/or unenforceable.
−Removed: The patent prosecution process is expensive and time-consuming.
−Removed: not be able to file and prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner.
−Removed: possible that we will fail to identify patentable aspects of our research and development output before it is too late to obtain patent
−Removed: Although we enter into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to patentable aspects of
−Removed: our research and development output, such as our employees, collaboration partners, consultants, advisors and other third parties, any
−Removed: of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose such output before a patent application is filed, thereby jeopardizing our ability
−Removed: to seek patent protection.
−Removed: Real or perceived errors,
−Removed: failures or bugs in our platform or products could materially and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
−Removed: The software underlying our
−Removed: platform and products is highly technical and complex.
−Removed: Our software has previously contained, and may now or in the future contain, undetected
−Removed: errors, bugs or vulnerabilities.
−Removed: In addition, errors, failures and bugs may be contained in open source software utilized in building
−Removed: and operating our products or may result from errors in the deployment or configuration of open source software.
−Removed: Some errors in our software
−Removed: may only be discovered after the software has been deployed or may never be generally known.
−Removed: Any errors, bugs or vulnerabilities discovered
−Removed: in our software after it has been deployed, or never generally discovered, could result in interruptions in platform availability, product
−Removed: malfunctioning or data breaches, and thereby result in damage to our reputation, adverse effects upon customers and users, loss of customers
−Removed: and relationships with third parties, including social media networks, loss of revenue or liability for damages.
−Removed: In some instances, we
−Removed: may not be able to identify the cause or causes of these problems or risks within an acceptable period of time.
−Removed: Risks related to our business
+Added: The faidr platform will
+Added: allow consumers to access broadcast audio content “live,” in real-time with a slight delay, and also enables consumers to
+Added: buffer audio content on the user’s device for delayed playback, that can take advantage of the App’s intelligent listening
+Added: capabilities.
+Added: We believe that the limited buffering provided for within the faidr App is lawful and falls within the United States Supreme
+Added: Court’s ruling allowing consumers the right to time shift programming for later consumption.
+Added: The faidr App only permits buffering
+Added: on the user’s mobile device in a manner that does not permit librarying of content by the consumer and no right to offload content
+Added: from the faidr App to another device, other than through the exploitation of the “analog hole” (e.g., allowing another device
+Added: to record audio while it is playing through the faidr App).
+Added: While we believe that the functionality of the faidr App is protected under
+Added: current law, there is a risk that one or more aspects of the faidr App may be found to violate the rights of third parties.
+Added: If it is determined
+Added: that we are not permitted to give consumers the right to buffer content locally and also control their listener experience by receiving
+Added: alternative programming to what is included in an AM/FM station’s transmission, certain features of the faidr App may have to be
+Added: disabled or discontinued, the costs to the Company for access to content could increase significantly, and result in an increase in the
+Added: consumer price of the App, thus making the faidr App less desirable in the marketplace.
+Added: If we are unable to
+Added: obtain and maintain patent protection for our products and product candidates, or if the scope of the patent protection obtained is not
+Added: sufficiently broad, our competitors could develop and commercialize products and product candidates similar or identical to ours, and
+Added: our ability to successfully commercialize our products and product candidates may be adversely affected.
+Added: Our commercial success
+Added: will depend, in part, on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection in the United States and other countries with respect to
+Added: our products and product candidates.
+Added: We seek to protect our proprietary position by filing patent applications in the United States and
+Added: abroad related to our products and product candidates that are important to our business.
+Added: We cannot be certain
+Added: that additional patents will be issued or granted with respect to applications that are currently pending or that we may apply for in
+Added: the future with respect to one or more of our products and product candidates, or that issued or granted patents will not later be found
+Added: to be invalid and/or unenforceable.
+Added: The patent prosecution process is expensive and
+Added: time-consuming.
+Added: We may not be able to file and prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely
+Added: It is also possible that we will fail to identify patentable aspects of our research and development output before it is too late
+Added: to obtain patent protection.
+Added: Although we enter into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to patentable
+Added: aspects of our research and development output, such as our employees, collaboration partners, consultants, advisors and other third parties,
+Added: any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose such output before a patent application is filed, thereby jeopardizing our
+Added: ability to seek patent protection.
+Added: Real or perceived
+Added: errors, failures or bugs in our platform or products could materially and adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
+Added: The software underlying
+Added: our platform and products is highly technical and complex.
+Added: Our software has previously contained, and may now or in the future contain,
+Added: undetected errors, bugs or vulnerabilities.
+Added: In addition, errors, failures and bugs may be contained in open source software utilized in
+Added: building and operating our products or may result from errors in the deployment or configuration of open source software.
+Added: in our software may only be discovered after the software has been deployed or may never be generally known.
+Added: Any errors, bugs or vulnerabilities
+Added: discovered in our software after it has been deployed, or never generally discovered, could result in interruptions in platform availability,
+Added: product malfunctioning or data breaches, and thereby result in damage to our reputation, adverse effects upon customers and users, loss
+Added: of customers and relationships with third parties, including social media networks, loss of revenue or liability for damages.
+Added: instances, we may not be able to identify the cause or causes of these problems or risks within an acceptable period of time.
+Added: Risks related to our
+Added: business operations
+Added: Our recently announced growth strategy includes
+Added: seeking acquisitions of other companies or assets in our industry sector.
+Added: We may not be successful in identifying, making and integrating
+Added: business or asset acquisitions, if any, in the future.
+Added: As announced in April 2023, we anticipate that
+Added: a component of our growth strategy may be to make strategically focused acquisitions of businesses or assets.
+Added: Pursuit of this strategy
+Added: may be restricted by the on-going volatility and uncertainty within the capital markets which may significantly limit the availability
+Added: of funds for such acquisitions.
+Added: Our ability to use shares of our common stock in an acquisition transaction may be adversely affected
+Added: by the volatility in the price of our common stock and by the potential requirement of shareholder approval under applicable Nasdaq listing
+Added: In addition to restricted funding availability,
+Added: the success of our recently announced strategy will depend on our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates and to negotiate
+Added: acceptable financial and other terms.
+Added: There is no assurance that we will be able to do so.
+Added: The success of an acquisition also depends
+Added: on our ability to perform adequate due diligence before the acquisition and on our ability to integrate the acquisition after it is completed.
+Added: While we intend to commit significant resources to ensure that we conduct comprehensive due diligence, there can be no assurance that
+Added: all potential risks and liabilities will be identified in connection with an acquisition.
+Added: Similarly, while we expect to commit substantial
+Added: resources, including management time and effort, to integrating acquired businesses into ours, there is no assurance that we will be successful
+Added: in integrating these businesses.
+Added: If we fail in performing adequate due diligence or in successfully integrating acquired businesses, our
+Added: future operations would be negatively impacted.
Our future success
depends on our ability to retain key employees, consultants and advisors and to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel.
−Removed: We are highly dependent on
−Removed: members of our executive team;
+Added: We are highly dependent
+Added: on members of our executive team;
the loss of whose services may adversely impact the achievement of our objectives.
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development and commercialization objectives.
−Removed: If we are unable to
−Removed: manage expected growth in the scale and complexity of our operations, our performance may suffer.
−Removed: If we are successful in executing
−Removed: our business strategy, we will need to expand our managerial, operational, financial and other systems and resources to manage our operations,
−Removed: continue our technology development activities and, in the longer term, scale a commercial infrastructure to support our product roll
−Removed: out and end user projections.
+Added: If we are unable
+Added: to manage expected growth in the scale and complexity of our operations, our performance may suffer.
+Added: If we are successful
+Added: in executing our business strategy, we will need to expand our managerial, operational, financial and other systems and resources to manage
+Added: our operations, continue our technology development activities and, in the longer term, scale a commercial infrastructure to support our
+Added: product roll out and end user projections.
Future growth would impose significant added responsibilities on members of management.
−Removed: It is likely that
−Removed: our management, finance, sales, marketing and engineering systems and facilities currently in place may not be adequate to support this
−Removed: future growth.
−Removed: Our need to effectively manage our operations, growth and future product commercialization requires that we continue to
−Removed: develop more robust business processes and improve our systems and procedures in each of these areas and to attract and retain sufficient
−Removed: numbers of talented employees.
−Removed: We may be unable to successfully implement these tasks on a larger scale and, accordingly, may not achieve
−Removed: our product development and growth goals.
−Removed: Any cybersecurity-related attack, significant data breach or disruption
−Removed: of the information technology systems or networks on which we rely could negatively affect our business.
−Removed: Our operations rely on information
−Removed: technology systems for the use, storage and transmission of sensitive and confidential information with respect to our customers, our
−Removed: customers’ consumers or other social media audiences, the third-party technology platforms of other parties and our employees.
−Removed: malicious cybersecurity-related attack, intrusion or disruption by either an internal or external source or other breach of the systems
+Added: is likely that our management, finance, sales, marketing and engineering systems and facilities currently in place may not be adequate
+Added: to support this future growth.
+Added: Our need to effectively manage our operations, growth and future product commercialization requires that
+Added: we continue to develop more robust business processes and improve our systems and procedures in each of these areas and to attract and
+Added: retain sufficient numbers of talented employees.
+Added: We may be unable to successfully implement these tasks on a larger scale and, accordingly,
+Added: may not achieve our product development and growth goals.
+Added: Any cybersecurity-related attack, significant
+Added: data breach or disruption of the information technology systems or networks on which we rely could negatively affect our business.
+Added: Our operations rely on
+Added: information technology systems for the use, storage and transmission of sensitive and confidential information with respect to our customers,
+Added: our customers’ consumers or other social media audiences, the third-party technology platforms of other parties and our employees.
+Added: A malicious cybersecurity-related attack, intrusion or disruption by either an internal or external source or other breach of the systems
on which our platform and products operate, and on which our employees conduct business, could lead to unauthorized access to, use of,
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co-insurance requirements, would harm our business.
−Removed: Many governments have enacted
−Removed: laws requiring companies to provide notice of data security incidents involving certain types of personal data.
−Removed: In addition, some of our
−Removed: customers require us to notify them of data security breaches.
−Removed: Security compromises experienced by our competitors, by our customers or
−Removed: by us may lead to public disclosures, which may lead to widespread negative publicity.
+Added: Many governments have
+Added: enacted laws requiring companies to provide notice of data security incidents involving certain types of personal data.
+Added: In addition, some
+Added: of our customers require us to notify them of data security breaches.
+Added: Security compromises experienced by our competitors, by our customers
+Added: or by us may lead to public disclosures, which may lead to widespread negative publicity.
Any security compromise in our industry, whether
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collect and use personal information and harm our brand.
−Removed: We receive, store and otherwise
−Removed: process personal information and other data from and about our customers and our employees.
−Removed: We also receive personal information and other
−Removed: data about our customers’ consumers or other social media audiences.
+Added: We receive, store and
+Added: otherwise process personal information and other data from and about our customers and our employees.
+Added: We also receive personal information
+Added: and other data about our customers’ consumers or other social media audiences.
There are numerous federal, state, local and international
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adoption and use of, and reduce the overall demand for, our platform.
−Removed: Additionally, if the third
−Removed: parties we work with, such as vendors or developers, violate applicable laws or regulations or our policies, such violations may also
−Removed: put our customers’ and their users’ and consumers’ or other social media audiences’ content at risk and could
+Added: Additionally, if the
+Added: third parties we work with, such as vendors or developers, violate applicable laws or regulations or our policies, such violations may
+Added: also put our customers’ and their users’ and consumers’ or other social media audiences’ content at risk and could
in turn have an adverse effect on our business.
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and the amount of payment for content rights could negatively impact our business, operations and financial condition.
−Removed: We may be subject to litigation, disputes
−Removed: or regulatory inquiries for a variety of claims, which could adversely affect our results of operations, harm our reputation or otherwise
−Removed: negatively affect our business.
−Removed: From time to time, we may
−Removed: be involved in litigation, disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: These may include claims, lawsuits
−Removed: and proceedings involving labor, and employment, wage and hour, commercial, alleged securities law violations or other investor claims,
−Removed: claims for trademark or copyright infringement and other matters.
−Removed: We expect that the number and significance of these potential disputes
−Removed: may increase as our business expands, our company grows larger and more users listen to streaming audio through our faidr App.
−Removed: agreements with customers limit our liability for damages arising from our platform, we cannot assure you that these contractual provisions
−Removed: will protect us from liability for damages in the event we are sued or protect us from claims against third parties with whom we do not
−Removed: have agreements.
−Removed: Radio station owners may object to our providing access to their simulcast streams through the faidr App in a manner
−Removed: that gives the consumer the ability to control whether the consumer listens to audio advertisements included in the station’s transmissions.
−Removed: The copyright owners of musical works and sound recordings may object to our providing users with the ability to buffer audio content
−Removed: for time shifting purposes.
−Removed: Although we carry general liability insurance coverage, our insurance may not cover all potential claims to
−Removed: which we are exposed or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed.
−Removed: Any claims against us, whether meritorious
−Removed: or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, adversely affect our reputation
−Removed: and result in the diversion of significant operational resources.
−Removed: Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot assure you
−Removed: that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our revenue, business, brand, results of operations
−Removed: and financial condition.
−Removed: Risks related to our intellectual property
−Removed: Our business is subject
−Removed: to the risks of earthquakes, fire, floods and other natural catastrophic events, and to interruption by man-made problems such as power
−Removed: disruptions, computer viruses, cyberattack, data security breaches or terrorism.
−Removed: A significant natural disaster,
−Removed: such as an earthquake, fire or a flood, occurring where a business partner is located could adversely affect our business, results of
+Added: We may be subject
+Added: to litigation, disputes or regulatory inquiries for a variety of claims, which could adversely affect our results of operations, harm
+Added: our reputation or otherwise negatively affect our business.
+Added: From time to time, we
+Added: may be involved in litigation, disputes or regulatory inquiries that arise in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: These may include claims,
+Added: lawsuits and proceedings involving labor, and employment, wage and hour, commercial, alleged securities law violations or other investor
+Added: claims, claims for trademark or copyright infringement and other matters.
+Added: We expect that the number and significance of these potential
+Added: disputes may increase as our business expands, our company grows larger and more users listen to streaming audio through our faidr App.
+Added: While our agreements with customers limit our liability for damages arising from our platform, we cannot assure you that these contractual
+Added: provisions will protect us from liability for damages in the event we are sued or protect us from claims against third parties with whom
+Added: we do not have agreements.
+Added: Radio station owners may object to our providing access to their simulcast streams through the faidr App in
+Added: a manner that gives the consumer the ability to control whether the consumer listens to audio advertisements included in the station’s
+Added: transmissions.
+Added: The copyright owners of musical works and sound recordings may object to our providing users with the ability to buffer
+Added: audio content for time shifting purposes.
+Added: Although we carry general liability insurance coverage, our insurance may not cover all potential
+Added: claims to which we are exposed or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all liability that may be imposed.
+Added: Any claims against us, whether
+Added: meritorious or not, could be time consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant amounts of management time, adversely affect
+Added: our reputation and result in the diversion of significant operational resources.
+Added: Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot
+Added: assure you that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our revenue, business, brand, results of
operations and financial condition.
−Removed: Further, if a natural disaster or man-made problem were to affect our network service providers or
−Removed: Internet service providers, this could adversely affect the ability of our customers to use our products and platform.
−Removed: In addition, natural
−Removed: disasters and acts of terrorism could cause disruptions in our or our customers’ businesses, national economies, or the world economy.
−Removed: We also rely on our network and third-party infrastructure and enterprise applications and internal technology systems for our engineering,
−Removed: sales and marketing and operations activities.
−Removed: If a major disruption is caused by a natural disaster or man-made problem, we may be unable
−Removed: to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our development activities, lengthy interruptions
−Removed: in service, breaches of data security and loss of critical data, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations
−Removed: and financial condition.
+Added: Risks related to our intellectual property
+Added: Our business is
+Added: subject to the risks of earthquakes, fire, floods and other natural catastrophic events, and to interruption by man-made problems such
+Added: as power disruptions, computer viruses, cyberattack, data security breaches or terrorism.
+Added: A significant natural
+Added: disaster, such as an earthquake, fire or a flood, occurring where a business partner is located could adversely affect our business, results
+Added: of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Further, if a natural disaster or man-made problem were to affect our network service providers
+Added: or Internet service providers, this could adversely affect the ability of our customers to use our products and platform.
+Added: natural disasters and acts of terrorism could cause disruptions in our or our customers’ businesses, national economies, or the
+Added: world economy.
+Added: We also rely on our network and third-party infrastructure and enterprise applications and internal technology systems
+Added: for our engineering, sales and marketing and operations activities.
+Added: If a major disruption is caused by a natural disaster or man-made
+Added: problem, we may be unable to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our development
+Added: activities, lengthy interruptions in service, breaches of data security and loss of critical data, any of which could adversely affect
+Added: our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Any failure to protect our intellectual
property rights could impair our business.
−Removed: Our success and ability to
−Removed: compete depend in part upon our intellectual property.
+Added: Our success and ability
+Added: to compete depend in part upon our intellectual property.
We attempt to protect our intellectual property rights, both in the United States
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the copyright before we can file an infringement suit in the United States, and our remedies in any such infringement suit may be limited.
−Removed: In order to protect our intellectual
−Removed: property, we may be required to spend significant resources to monitor and protect our rights.
−Removed: Litigation brought to protect and enforce
−Removed: our intellectual property rights could be costly, time-consuming and distracting to management, and could result in the impairment or
−Removed: loss of portions of our intellectual property.
−Removed: Furthermore, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses,
−Removed: counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights.
−Removed: Our failure to secure, protect
−Removed: and enforce our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our brand and adversely affect our business.
−Removed: If third parties claim
−Removed: that we infringe upon or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights, our business could be adversely affected.
+Added: In order to protect our
+Added: intellectual property, we may be required to spend significant resources to monitor and protect our rights.
+Added: Litigation brought to protect
+Added: and enforce our intellectual property rights could be costly, time-consuming and distracting to management, and could result in the impairment
+Added: or loss of portions of our intellectual property.
+Added: Furthermore, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with
+Added: defenses, counterclaims and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights.
+Added: Our failure to
+Added: secure, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights could adversely affect our brand and adversely affect our business.
+Added: If third parties
+Added: claim that we infringe upon or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights, our business could be adversely affected.
We face the risk of claims
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adversely affecting our customer satisfaction and ability to attract customers.
−Removed: Our use of “open source”
−Removed: software could negatively affect our ability to offer and sell access to our platform and products and subject us to possible litigation.
+Added: Our use of “open
+Added: source” software could negatively affect our ability to offer and sell access to our platform and products and subject us to possible
We use open source software
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results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: Additionally, we may from
−Removed: time-to-time face claims from third parties claiming ownership of, or seeking to enforce the terms of, an open source license, including
+Added: Additionally, we may
+Added: from time-to-time face claims from third parties claiming ownership of, or seeking to enforce the terms of, an open source license, including
by demanding release of source code for the open source software, derivative works or our proprietary source code that was developed using
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redesign the allegedly infringing products to avoid infringement, misappropriation, or violation, which could be costly, time-consuming, or impossible.
−Removed: Intellectual property litigation
−Removed: is typically complex, time consuming, and expensive to resolve and would divert the time and attention of our management and technical
+Added: Intellectual property
+Added: litigation is typically complex, time consuming, and expensive to resolve and would divert the time and attention of our management and
+Added: technical personnel.
It may also result in adverse publicity, which could harm our reputation and ability to attract or retain customers.
−Removed: grow, we may experience a heightened risk of allegations of intellectual property infringement.
−Removed: An adverse result in any litigation claims
−Removed: against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
+Added: As we grow, we may experience a heightened risk of allegations of intellectual property infringement.
+Added: An adverse result in any litigation
+Added: claims against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Indemnity provisions
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could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
−Removed: From time to time, customers may require us to indemnify
−Removed: or otherwise be liable to them for breach of confidentiality or failure to implement adequate security measures with respect to their
−Removed: data stored, transmitted or processed by our employees, platform or products.
−Removed: Although we normally contractually limit our liability with
−Removed: respect to such obligations, we may still incur substantial liability related to them.
−Removed: Any dispute with a customer with respect to such
−Removed: obligations could have adverse effects on our relationship with that customer and other current and prospective customers, reduce demand
−Removed: for our platform or products, and harm our revenue, business and operating results.
−Removed: Risks related to ownership of our common stock
−Removed: Our executive officers,
−Removed: directors, and principal stockholders will maintain the ability to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.
−Removed: Our executive officers, directors and stockholders
−Removed: who owned more than 5% of our outstanding common stock will, in the aggregate, beneficially own common shares representing approximately
−Removed: 37% of our outstanding common stock as of March 10, 2023.
−Removed: As a result, if these stockholders were to act together, they would most
−Removed: likely be able to control most or all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, as well as our management and affairs.
−Removed: these persons, if they act together, they would likely control the election of directors and approval of any merger, consolidation, or
−Removed: sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
−Removed: This concentration of voting power could delay or prevent an acquisition of our company
−Removed: on terms that other stockholders may desire or result in management of our company with which our public stockholders disagree.
+Added: From time to time, customers may require us to
+Added: indemnify or otherwise be liable to them for breach of confidentiality or failure to implement adequate security measures with respect
+Added: to their data stored, transmitted or processed by our employees, platform or products.
+Added: Although we normally contractually limit our liability
+Added: with respect to such obligations, we may still incur substantial liability related to them.
+Added: Any dispute with a customer with respect to
+Added: such obligations could have adverse effects on our relationship with that customer and other current and prospective customers, reduce
+Added: demand for our platform or products, and harm our revenue, business and operating results.
+Added: Risks related to ownership of our common
A significant portion
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cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is performing well.
−Removed: Sales of a substantial
−Removed: number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time, subject to certain restrictions described below.
−Removed: sales, or the perception in the market that holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of
−Removed: our common stock.
−Removed: We have 12,850,709 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 10, 2023.
−Removed: Substantially all of these shares,
−Removed: unless held by our affiliates, may be resold in the public market immediately without restriction.
−Removed: Shares held by our affiliates may be
−Removed: resold into the public market subject to compliance with the requirements of the SEC’s Rule 144.
−Removed: The issuance of
−Removed: warrants in the IPO will cause existing stockholders to experience additional dilution if those warrants are exercised.
−Removed: In addition to the shares
−Removed: of common stock we issued in the IPO, we also issued 4,590,590 Series A Warrants.
−Removed: The Series A Warrants issued in the IPO are exercisable
−Removed: for an equal number of shares of our common stock.
−Removed: If the holders of the Series A Warrants exercise their warrants, existing stockholders
−Removed: will experience dilution at the time they exercise their warrants.
−Removed: In July 2021, certain
−Removed: holders of our publicly traded Series A Warrants exercised 3,498,898 warrants.
−Removed: As of March 10, 2023, we currently have 1,091,692 Series
−Removed: A Warrants that remain outstanding.
−Removed: We also offered a warrant
−Removed: to the representative of the IPO underwriters that is exercisable for 319,345 shares (the “Representative’s Warrant”).
−Removed: If the representative of the underwriters exercises these warrants in the future, existing stockholders will experience additional dilution.
−Removed: The price of our common
−Removed: stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for investors in our securities.
+Added: Sales of a substantial number of shares of our
+Added: common stock in the public market could occur at any time, subject to certain restrictions described below.
+Added: These sales, or the perception
+Added: in the market that holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our common stock.
+Added: 2,194,196 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of March 29, 2024.
+Added: Substantially all of these shares, unless held by our affiliates,
+Added: may be resold in the public market immediately without restriction.
+Added: Shares held by our affiliates may be resold into the public market
+Added: subject to compliance with the requirements of the SEC’s Rule 144.
+Added: The issuance of common stock pursuant to
+Added: our equity line facility may cause substantial dilution to our existing shareholders, and the sale of such shares acquired by our equity
+Added: line provider could cause the price of our common stock to decline.
+Added: Under our Equity Line Purchase Agreement with
+Added: White Lion, the Company has the right, but not the obligation to require White Lion to purchase, from time to time, up to of $10,000,000
+Added: in aggregate gross purchase price of newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: From February 15, 2024 through March 19,
+Added: 2024, the Company has sold 1,340,000 shares to White Lion for total proceeds of $3,606,508.
+Added: After White Lion has acquired shares under
+Added: the Equity Line Purchase Agreement, it may sell all, some or none of those shares.
+Added: Sales to White Lion by us pursuant to the Equity Line
+Added: Purchase Agreement may result in substantial dilution to the interests of other holders of our common stock.
+Added: The sale of a substantial number of shares to
+Added: White Lion, or anticipation of such sales, could make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future
+Added: at a time and at a price that we might otherwise desire.
+Added: The number of shares of our common stock ultimately offered for resale by White
+Added: Lion is dependent upon the number of shares of common stock issued to the White Lion pursuant to the Equity Line Purchase Agreement.
+Added: on a variety of factors, including market liquidity of our common stock, the issuance of shares to White Lion may cause the trading price
+Added: of our common stock to decline.
+Added: The price of our
+Added: common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially, which could result in substantial losses for investors in our securities.
Our common stock price
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future performance.
−Removed: In the past, following periods
−Removed: of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class-action litigation often has been instituted against
−Removed: that company.
−Removed: Such litigation, if instituted against us, could cause us to incur substantial costs to defend such claims and divert management’s
−Removed: attention and resources.
+Added: In the past, following
+Added: periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class-action litigation often has been instituted
+Added: against that company.
+Added: Such litigation, if instituted against us, could cause us to incur substantial costs to defend such claims and divert
+Added: management’s attention and resources.
If securities analysts
do not publish research or reports about our business or if they publish negative evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could
−Removed: The trading market for our
−Removed: common stock will rely, in part, on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business.
−Removed: do not currently have, and may never obtain, research coverage by industry or financial analysts.
−Removed: If no, or few, analysts commence coverage
−Removed: of us, the trading price of our stock would likely decrease.
−Removed: Even if we do obtain analyst coverage, if one or more of the analysts covering
−Removed: our business downgrade their evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline.
−Removed: If one or more of these analysts cease to
−Removed: cover our stock, we could lose visibility in the market for our stock, which in turn could cause our stock price to decline.
−Removed: may not be able to continue our current listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
−Removed: A delisting of our common stock from
−Removed: Nasdaq could limit the liquidity of our stock, increase its volatility and hinder our ability to raise capital.
−Removed: may not be able to satisfy the requirements for the continued listing of our common stock on Nasdaq.
−Removed: particular, the Nasdaq listing rules require listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share.
−Removed: As previously reported
−Removed: in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2022, we received a written notice from Nasdaq indicating that the Company was not
−Removed: in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing.
−Removed: 1, 2022, Nasdaq notified the Company that the Company had regained compliance with the minimum bid price and that matter was closed.
−Removed: Nasdaq listing rules also require companies with listed securities to maintain a minimum stockholders equity of $2.5 million.
−Removed: As of December
−Removed: 31, 2022, we had stockholders equity of $3.85 million.
−Removed: our common stock is delisted by Nasdaq, our common stock may be eligible for quotation on an over-the-counter quotation system or on the
−Removed: Upon any such delisting, our common stock would become subject to the regulations of the SEC relating to the market for penny
−Removed: A penny stock is any equity security not traded on a national securities exchange that has a market price of less than $5.00 per
−Removed: The regulations applicable to penny stocks may severely affect the market liquidity for our common stock and could limit the ability
−Removed: of shareholders to sell securities in the secondary market.
−Removed: In such a case, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of or obtain
−Removed: accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock, and there can be no assurance that our common stock will be eligible for
−Removed: trading or quotation on any alternative exchanges or markets.
−Removed: from Nasdaq could adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing through public or private sales of equity securities, would
−Removed: significantly affect the ability of investors to trade our securities and would negatively affect the value and liquidity of our common
−Removed: Delisting could also have other negative results, including the potential loss of confidence by employees, the loss of institutional
−Removed: investor interest and fewer business development opportunities.
−Removed: If we do not keep a
−Removed: registration statement updated for the term of the warrants, the holders will not be able to exercise the warrants.
−Removed: While we intend to keep a
−Removed: registration statement/prospectus updated until February 16, 2026 (five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement),
−Removed: we may not be able to do so, nor will we necessarily be providing adequate public financial information to allow the holders to sell the
−Removed: common stock underlying the Series A Warrants.
−Removed: Accordingly, investors might not be able to exercise their Series A Warrants and sell the
−Removed: underlying common stock at a time when it is beneficial to do so.
−Removed: In order to keep a prospectus
−Removed: effective, we will be required to, among other actions, file post-effective amendments to the registration statement containing current
−Removed: financial and other information.
−Removed: Each such registration statement will have to be filed with, and declared effective by the SEC.
−Removed: can be no assurance that such post-effective amendments will be declared effective.
+Added: The trading market for
+Added: our common stock will rely, in part, on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business.
+Added: We do not currently have, and may never obtain, research coverage by industry or financial analysts.
+Added: If no, or few, analysts commence
+Added: coverage of us, the trading price of our stock would likely decrease.
+Added: Even if we do obtain analyst coverage, if one or more of the analysts
+Added: covering our business downgrade their evaluations of our stock, the price of our stock could decline.
+Added: If one or more of these analysts
+Added: cease to cover our stock, we could lose visibility in the market for our stock, which in turn could cause our stock price to decline.
+Added: We may not be able
+Added: to continue our current listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
+Added: A delisting of our common stock from Nasdaq could limit
+Added: the liquidity of our stock, increase its volatility and hinder our ability to raise capital.
+Added: We may not be able to
+Added: satisfy the requirements for the continued listing of our common stock on Nasdaq.
+Added: In particular, the Nasdaq listing rules require
+Added: listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share.
+Added: As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
+Added: November 28, 2023, we received a written notice from Nasdaq indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the $1.00 minimum bid
+Added: price requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued listing.
+Added: As a result, the Nasdaq staff determined to delist
+Added: the Company’s Common Stock from Nasdaq, unless the Company timely requests an appeal of the Staff’s determination to a Hearings
+Added: Panel (the “Panel”), pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5800 Series.
+Added: The Company’s hearing
+Added: with the Panel occurred on January 18, 2024.
+Added: On November 21, 2023,
+Added: the Company received a written notice from Nasdaq indicating that it is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which
+Added: requires companies listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market to maintain a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders’ equity for continued
+Added: listing (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”).
+Added: In its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September
+Added: 30, 2023, the Company reported stockholders’ equity of $2,415,012, and, as a result, does not currently satisfy Listing Rule 5550(b)(1).
+Added: Nasdaq’s November written notice has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company’s common stock.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: hearing with the Panel occurred on January 18, 2024.
+Added: The hearing addressed all outstanding listing compliance matters, including compliance
+Added: with the Stockholders’ Equity Notice as well as compliance with the Bid Price Requirement.
+Added: On January 30, 2024, the Panel granted the Company’s
+Added: request for an exception to the Exchange’s listing rules until April 22, 2024, to demonstrate with all applicable continued listing
+Added: requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market.
+Added: On March 20, 2024, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq stating
+Added: it had regained compliance with the minimum bid requirement.
+Added: The Panel reminded the Company that although it regained compliance with
+Added: the minimum bid requirement, it is also required to regain compliance with the equity requirement.
+Added: Therefore, this matter will remain
+Added: open until the Company demonstrates compliance with all continued listing requirements.
+Added: If our common stock is
+Added: delisted by Nasdaq, our common stock may be eligible for quotation on an over-the-counter quotation system or on the pink sheets.
+Added: any such delisting, our common stock would become subject to the regulations of the SEC relating to the market for penny stocks.
+Added: stock is any equity security not traded on a national securities exchange that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share.
+Added: The regulations
+Added: applicable to penny stocks may severely affect the market liquidity for our common stock and could limit the ability of shareholders to
+Added: sell securities in the secondary market.
+Added: In such a case, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of or obtain accurate quotations
+Added: as to the market value of our common stock, and there can be no assurance that our common stock will be eligible for trading or quotation
+Added: on any alternative exchanges or markets.
+Added: Delisting from Nasdaq
+Added: could adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing through public or private sales of equity securities, would significantly
+Added: affect the ability of investors to trade our securities and would negatively affect the value and liquidity of our common stock.
+Added: could also have other negative results, including the potential loss of confidence by employees, the loss of institutional investor interest
+Added: and fewer business development opportunities.
We are an “emerging
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an exemption from the requirement to seek nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
−Removed: We may choose to take advantage
−Removed: of some, but not all, of the available exemptions.
+Added: We may choose to take
+Added: advantage of some, but not all, of the available exemptions.
We have taken advantage of reduced reporting burdens in this Annual Report.
−Removed: In particular,
−Removed: we have not included all of the executive compensation information that would be required if we were not an EGC.
−Removed: We cannot predict whether
−Removed: investors will find our common stock less attractive if we rely on certain or all of these exemptions.
−Removed: If some investors find our common
−Removed: stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.
−Removed: We continue to incur
−Removed: increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance
−Removed: As a public company, and
−Removed: particularly after we are no longer an EGC, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a
−Removed: private company.
+Added: In particular, we have not included all of the executive compensation information that would be required if we were not an EGC.
+Added: predict whether investors will find our common stock less attractive if we rely on certain or all of these exemptions.
+Added: If some investors
+Added: find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price
+Added: may be more volatile.
+Added: We continue to
+Added: incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to
+Added: new compliance initiatives.
+Added: As a public company,
+Added: and particularly after we are no longer an EGC, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as
+Added: a private company.
In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley
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on our business and stock price.
−Removed: We are not currently required
−Removed: to comply with the rules of the SEC implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and therefore are not required to make a formal
−Removed: assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for that purpose.
−Removed: Upon becoming a publicly traded company,
−Removed: we will be required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which will require
−Removed: management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report on the
−Removed: effectiveness of controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: Though we will be required to disclose changes made in our internal controls and procedures
−Removed: on a quarterly basis, we will not be required to make our first annual assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant
−Removed: to Section 404 until the year following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC.
−Removed: Our independent registered public accounting
−Removed: firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until the later of the year
−Removed: following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC or the date we are no longer an emerging growth company and are an
−Removed: accelerated or large accelerated filer.
+Added: We are not currently
+Added: required to comply with the rules of the SEC implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and therefore are not required to make
+Added: a formal assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for that purpose.
+Added: Upon becoming a publicly traded
+Added: company, we will be required to comply with the SEC’s rules implementing Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which will
+Added: require management to certify financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports and provide an annual management report
+Added: on the effectiveness of controls over financial reporting.
+Added: Though we will be required to disclose changes made in our internal controls
+Added: and procedures on a quarterly basis, we will not be required to make our first annual assessment of our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting pursuant to Section 404 until the year following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC.
+Added: Our independent
+Added: registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting
+Added: until the later of the year following our first annual report required to be filed with the SEC or the date we are no longer an emerging
+Added: growth company and are an accelerated or large accelerated filer.
To comply with the requirements
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to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements.
−Removed: Provisions in our corporate
−Removed: charter and our bylaws and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult
−Removed: and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
+Added: Provisions in our
+Added: corporate charter and our bylaws and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders,
+Added: more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.
We are a Delaware corporation.
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authorize our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval, which could be used to institute a stockholder rights plan, or so-called “poison pill,” that would work to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, effectively preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our board of directors.
−Removed: Moreover, because we are
−Removed: incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a person who owns in excess
−Removed: of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction
+Added: Moreover, because we
+Added: are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a person who owns in
+Added: excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction
in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed
−Removed: Because we do not anticipate
−Removed: paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future, capital appreciation, if any, will be your sole source of gain.
−Removed: We have never declared or
−Removed: paid cash dividends on our capital stock.
+Added: Because we do not
+Added: anticipate paying any cash dividends on our capital stock in the foreseeable future, capital appreciation, if any, will be your sole source
+Added: We have never declared
+Added: or paid cash dividends on our capital stock.
We currently intend to retain all of our future earnings, if any, to finance the growth and
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incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions.
−Removed: Unresolved Staff Comments
−Removed: We own no properties.
−Removed: current corporate headquarters is based in a leased office in Boulder, Colorado.
−Removed: Our current lease term expires on December 14, 2023,
−Removed: unless renewed.
−Removed: If we do not renew the lease, we believe that we will find suitable space elsewhere on acceptable terms.
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