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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis

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Spectral Capital Corporation (“Spectral” or the “Company”, also “We” or “Us”) is a technology company focused on the identification, acquisition, development, and financing of technology that has the potential to transform existing industries.

We have interests in telecommunications, data and switching services, specifically providing international long distance reselling services on a business-to-business (“B2B”) basis.

We intend to resume this line of our business and seek partnerships to expand our network as well as seek technological advancement opportunities that may provide us with a substantial advantage over our competition.

Additionally, we have majority ownership of two non-operating technology companies:

Noot Holdings, Inc.

(“Noot”) and Monitr Holdings, Inc.

We believe the underlying technologies for both Noot and Monitr have the potential to create profitable businesses on their own but require substantial capital to upgrade their software to become competitive.

We currently do not have the financial means for these required upgrades and are actively seeking optimal partners for these assets in order to develop these services to their full potential.

Spectral Capital Corporation operates as a next-generation technology platform company focused on the systematic development, monetization, and application of intellectual property at the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid classical computing.

Our business model is designed around four interlocking growth pillars:

(1) the continued expansion of a robust patent and trade secret portfolio, (2) the monetization of that intellectual property through licensing agreements and equity-linked partnerships, (3) the creation of scalable, software-based products leveraging our proprietary technologies, and (4) the acquisition and transformation of small technology businesses through integration of Spectral's IP.

This integrated approach supports both near-term cash generation and long-term enterprise value creation.

Intellectual Property Development

At the core of Spectral’s operations is its commitment to building a defensible and forward-looking intellectual property portfolio.

In 2024, we filed 104 new patent applications covering innovations across AI architecture, probabilistic modeling, optimization techniques, quantum-classical hybrid computing, and secure computation.

These patents reflect internal research conducted by our scientific and engineering consultants, as well as technology developed through our integration of acquired entities.

In parallel, Spectral has established a structured internal process for IP generation, which includes invention harvesting sessions, collaboration with outside technical consultants, and an internal review and vetting framework that ensures high-value, novel, and commercially relevant filings.

This process has resulted in the development of over 400 additional patentable inventions, which we expect to file on a phased basis throughout 2025 and 2026.

We believe this makes Spectral one of the most prolific early-stage IP generators in our target domains.

Licensing and IP Monetization

Licensing of Spectral’s intellectual property represents a major channel for revenue and equity upside.

Our licensing model typically includes upfront cash payments, ongoing royalties, and/or equity stakes in licensee companies.

This dual-structure model allows us to capture both current income and long-term appreciation as our partners grow.

We target firms across multiple sectors including AI-enabled software, edge computing, autonomous systems, cybersecurity, and industrial automation.

These sectors benefit from Spectral’s unique capabilities in scalable algorithms, hybrid compute methods, and secure data processing.

Spectral has ongoing licensing discussions with several early-stage and mid-market companies and anticipates finalizing new agreements throughout the coming fiscal year.

We are also exploring broader joint development and white-labeling opportunities that allow third-party firms to embed our technology into their existing platforms.

Software Product Development

In addition to licensing its technologies, Spectral develops high-value software products that showcase and operationalize its inventions.

These products are designed to be cost-effective to build and deploy, relying heavily on reusable code modules and algorithmic libraries developed in-house.

Our software tools address critical needs in analytics, risk forecasting, high-efficiency search, anomaly detection, and automated decision-making.

These solutions are typically designed as standalone or API-accessible tools and are suitable for rapid pilot testing and scalable deployment.

Because the products are IP-rich, they serve the dual purpose of generating revenue and validating the commercial viability of our underlying inventions.

Software revenue is expected to grow as we continue to commercialize our internally developed tools and expand our licensing base.

Strategic Acquisitions and Business Transformation

Spectral pursues targeted acquisitions of small, undercapitalized, or undervalued technology firms with latent potential that can be unlocked through application of our IP.

These businesses often have customer relationships, domain expertise, or specialized distribution channels but lack scalable technological differentiation.

Upon acquisition, Spectral deploys its proprietary tools and patented processes to transform these operations.

We integrate AI-enhanced analytics, automated workflows, and new product offerings that significantly increase revenue and operational efficiency.

By focusing on IP-led transformation, we aim to drive both top-line growth and substantial margin expansion in the acquired entities.

In 2024, we began implementing this strategy with early acquisition targets and expect to report initial performance improvements in 2025.

Organizational Capabilities

To support our operations, Spectral has assembled a cross-disciplinary team of inventors, engineers, consultants, and business strategists.

In 2024, we added a number of highly experienced advisors in IP law, AI model design, computational physics, and corporate development.

This bench of experts enhances our capacity to identify patentable innovations, ensure rigorous filings, and guide technical and commercial validation of our IP.

The team operates in a distributed structure across North America and Europe, giving us access to global expertise and operational flexibility.

Our operational infrastructure is lean by design, with a strong emphasis on leveraging automation, cloud-based development environments, and modular deployment strategies to maximize return on R\&D investment.

This capital-efficient operating model enables Spectral to generate high-value outputs with minimal fixed overhead, while retaining the agility to scale with opportunity.

Technology and Market Positioning

Spectral’s operations are uniquely positioned at the convergence of three critical technology trends:

AI acceleration, hybrid computing, and IP-driven enterprise infrastructure.

By focusing on technologies that sit at the intersection of these trends, we position ourselves not only as an innovator but as a multiplier for others’ success—whether through licensing, acquisition, or product deployment.

Our emphasis on hybrid classical architectures allows us to provide practical, near-term enhancements to existing systems while preserving forward compatibility with quantum and neuromorphic compute systems as they mature.

Our products and services are designed to align with the growing demand for scalable, high-performance computation in privacy-sensitive, regulated, or high-complexity domains such as healthcare, finance, logistics, and defense.

We view this positioning as a durable source of long-term differentiation and value creation.

Outlook for Operations

In 2025, Spectral plans to significantly expand its operational footprint in all four pillars.

We anticipate a sharp increase in patent filings, a broadening of our licensing relationships, a commercial launch of multiple proprietary software tools, and follow-on acquisitions to reinforce our transformation strategy.

These activities will be supported by continued expansion of our expert network and disciplined capital allocation aimed at maximizing shareholder value.

We believe our integrated approach—rooted in original invention and practical deployment—uniquely positions Spectral to thrive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Spectral Capital is a Deep Quantum Technology Platform Company.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between quantum computing and today’s classical computing by creating a practical and scalable foundation for the next generation of technology.

We aim to redefine the future of computing by integrating plasmonic and quantum technologies.

Our focus includes developing quantum systems that operate at room temperature without the need for cryogenic cooling, harness the speed of light for data transmissions, and secure our innovations with a robust wall of patents, ensuring a defensible position in decentralized cloud computing, advanced quantum algorithms, quantum databases, and room temperature quantum chips.

PLAN OF OPERATIONS

We are a technology startup accelerator that invests in early-stage companies.

We target industry verticals and solutions where disruption and network effects allow for rapid adoption and displacement of incumbents.

We work with startups, focusing them on rapid development, getting to market, and refining their products and services with innovative features that reflect direct customer and market feedback.

In addition to meeting some of the financing needs of our portfolio companies, we provide our teams with executive support at the technology, marketing and operations level in an effort to bring optimal results.

Additionally, We have interests in wholesale telecommunications, data and switching services consisting of international long distance reselling services on a business-to-business (“B2B”) basis.

Our technology portfolio consists of two companies, of which we are the majority owner:

Noot and Monitr.

Noot is a mobile technology company that created the mobile application “Noot” which utilized proprietary search engine technology for mobile devices that delivered personalized information to the user.

While Noot is no longer a working mobile application, its foundation of mobile search and machine learning is still relevant today.

Given adequate funding to upgrade its software, we believe there are alternative markets in which Noot could enter.

The mobile search sector has much room to grow.

Currently, we are unable to provide the necessary funds for this upgrade;

however, we are actively seeking optimal partners for this endeavor.

Monitr, launched in late 2014, is a technology and financial data services company that identifies for investors stocks that its software detects to be trending up in price at the moment.

· Monitr leverages cloud computing, big data and software to analyze the financial markets to discover those stocks that are trending now.

Thousands of companies, news stories, blogs and opinion pieces are analyzed daily to uncover the trends and displayed in an accessible and easy-to-use web-based interface for investors and traders.

· Many investors use only a few sources to become informed of market conditions.

Monitr provides investors with access to thousands of sources.

Monitr specializes in the analysis of news and opinion to determine the aggregate sentiment and trends of equities across markets in part to detect trends and provide relevant data for its users.

Although Monitr is no longer a working application, with the growth of Fintech, Monitr has a growing list of competitors.

However, we believe that Monitr´s trend-detecting software could perform well relative to the competition but will require substantial additional investment to become competitive in the growing marketplace.

Currently, we are unable to provide the necessary funds for this upgrade;

however, we are actively seeking optimal partners for this endeavor.

Additionally, we intend to resume our telecommunications reselling services through our partnership with Sky Data PLL OU (Estonia) (“SKY”), specifically providing international long distance reselling services on a B2B basis.

We are working to form partnerships in order to expand our business as well as seek technological advancement opportunities that may provide us with an advantage over our competition.

Over the course of the next 12 months, we intend to:

Resume the telecommunication re-selling services operations along with our partner, SKY;

Form partnerships with data providers to expand traffic;

Identify optimal partnerships to develop Noot and/or Monitr;

Increase capital through private placement or other equity sale opportunities.

Spectral’s operational plan focuses on developing and integrating its quantum-enabled cloud platform through a series of strategic initiatives.

Development of Advanced Applications and Services:

Spectral plans to expand its service portfolio by creating specialized quantum-powered applications targeting high-value markets.

Projects include a quantum-enhanced search engine and advanced data analytics tools utilizing quantum parallelism for superior performance.

Additionally, Spectral will develop a Quantum Commodity Exchange – a hyper-secure, decentralized trading platform for commodity markets – leveraging its quantum ledger technology.

The company will also enhance AI and machine learning applications with quantum algorithms for accelerated training and complex data modeling.

All these solutions will be offered under a unified Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) model, providing on-demand access to quantum-driven technologies.

Implementation and Continuous Optimization:

Spectral will establish performance benchmarks for its cloud infrastructure, middleware, and applications while continuously optimizing for reliability, scalability, and energy efficiency.

Strategic partnerships with industry leaders and academic institutions will further drive innovation and ensure the platform remains at the forefront of quantum computing advancements.

We believe that if we can follow and achieve this plan, we will position Spectral as a vertically integrated player in the quantum computing industry, delivering secure, sustainable, and accessible quantum-driven solutions across multiple sectors.

Additionally, we plan to relaunch Noot and Monitr as separate product offerings.

NOOT, currently in beta testing, harnesses the power of quantum computing and security to create a more secure Collective Intelligence, leveraging insights from a wide array of disciplines and expertise shared in coalitions stored on Spectral’s proprietary Distributed Quantum Ledger Database (DQLDB) powered by sustainable green micro data centers.

MONITR is a revolutionary web-based collaboration and document management platform, currently in beta testing.

It integrates seamlessly with both quantum and traditional non-quantum technologies.

The platform is designed to empower businesses, individuals, and investment clubs to store, organize, share, and access information securely using Spectral’s proprietary Vogon Distributed Quantum Ledger Database (DQLDB).

MONITR stands out as a tool for Authentic and Collective Intelligence, leveraging ontological models and collective human input to enhance the accuracy and relevance of responses.

It addresses the limitations of traditional large language models by grounding responses in real-world, human-like understanding.

The platform utilizes a structured approach to data management with JSON-formatted Epochs and Distributed Quantum Ledger Database, supporting the development of Collective Intelligence by enabling diverse groups of people to contribute their knowledge and insights into a decentralized system.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

Revenues and Cost of Revenues

We are currently engaged in a technology development business and intend to resume operations within the telecom industry.

Net revenues decreased from $98,323 for the year ended December 31, 2022 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The decrease is due to us temporarily pausing our telecom related operations during 2023.

We are currently engaged in our development as a technology platform company with robust intellectual property holdings.

Net revenues were unchanged for the year ended December 31, 2024 to $0 from the year ended December 31, 2023 where they were also $0.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses decreased $123,906, from $339,383 for the year ended December 31, 2022 to $215,477 for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The decrease was due to our pause in the telecom reselling services business.

Operating expenses increased $2,789,471, from $215,477 for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $3,004,948 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The increase was due to our pause in the telecom reselling services business and significant development related to our new operations.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

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Net cash used in operating activities increased $1,606,428, from $47,532 for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $1,653,960 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

This continued low amount of costs was primarily related to our limited operations due to the cash flow limitations.

Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $18,330 from $55,530 for the year ended December 31, 2022 to $37,100 for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 primarily related to sales of common stock.

This increase in cash used was primarily related to increases in operating expenses due to the commencement of our Quantum as a Service accelerator business.

Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $1,724,095 from $37,100 for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $1,761,195 for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily related to sales of common and preferred stock and advances received.

We believe that our current financial resources are not sufficient to meet our working capital requirements over the next year.

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