Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under
the supervision and with the participation of our current management, including our CEO and CFO, we evaluated the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), as of June 30, 2025. Based on this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our CEO and
CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2025, because of certain material weaknesses
in our internal control over financial reporting, as further described below.
Notwithstanding
the conclusion by our CEO and CFO that our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2025, were not effective, and notwithstanding
the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below, management believes that the consolidated financial
statements and related financial information included in this Interim Report on Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our
financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows as of the dates presented, and for the periods ended on such dates, in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Material
Weaknesses
Costs of Goods Sold. During
the preparation of financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, management identified multiple costs that were improperly
included in cost of goods sold in the prior quarter ended March 31, 2025. The root cause of the error was a lack of a preventative control
designed to ensure proper categorization of expenses on purchase orders generated by our operating departments. Furthermore, the Company
lacked a detective control designed to ensure finance department management analyzed the cost of goods sold period over period increases
aligned with budgeted and actual level of production. Our failure to properly design and implement adequate controls over financial reporting
resulted in a $310,160 overstatement of cost of goods sold and corresponding understatement of total operating expenses. See Note 4 of
the condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited) included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Accounting Personnel and
Financial Reporting Controls. Management also identified that the Company does not currently have adequate staffing in its accounting
department and has not yet designed and implemented the appropriate processes and internal controls to support accurate and timely financial
reporting, which (i) may restrict the Company’s ability to review and approve certain material journal entries which increases the
likelihood that a material misstatement of interim or annual financial statements might not be prevented; and (ii) resulted in the Company’s
inability to have proper segregation of duties between the preparation, review and approval of certain material reconciliations related
to financial reporting in a timely manner.
Fair
Value Calculation Controls. In addition, management identified a material weakness in the design of internal controls related to
the review of the fair value calculation of SAFE notes performed by a third-party valuation specialist. The controls lacked the precision
needed to detect inappropriate inputs that could materially impact valuation.
The
Company is actively working to remediate the material weakness identified in this section captioned “ Part I, Item 4. Controls
and Procedures .” Remediation efforts include enhancing the design and implementation of controls over the accounting for financial
instruments and hiring additional qualified accounting personnel.
Internal
Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange
Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
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II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
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