−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere
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of Operations
−Removed: of the filing of this Report, it is the intention of the board of directors for our company to develop and manufacture high-performance
−Removed: computer systems that are scalable, upgradeable, and cost effective for processing cryptocurrencies, tokens and blockchain-based transactions.
−Removed: In November 2021, we established AIQ Systems, a subsidiary company in South Korea, and contracted an engineering design team to
−Removed: start the development of an ASIC chip, which we plan to incorporate into an industrial-grade immersion-cooled bitcoin mining system.
−Removed: Currently, the first phase of ASIC chip development is complete, we are now waiting for the release by one of the qualified semiconductor
−Removed: foundries of a low-voltage design kit that will allow us to move to the next phase of chip development.
−Removed: In parallel to chip development,
−Removed: we have been working with a number of vendors that can supply immersion-cooled systems that will be altered to accommodate the electrical
−Removed: distribution and cooling specifications we require to meet our system performance and energy consumption goals.
−Removed: we move through the chip and immersion-cooled bitcoin mining system development process, we will continue to refine and finalize the
−Removed: course of action needed to implement our business plan and operations.
−Removed: As a result, management has not fully determined our actual short-term
−Removed: or long-term capital requirements, which management expects to be substantial.
−Removed: is anticipated that we will incur expenses in the implementation of the business plan described herein, and such expenses will require
−Removed: substantial financing to complete the development of our ASIC chip and immersion-cooled bitcoin mining system and to achieve our goals,
−Removed: and a failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or
−Removed: terminate our product development plans, any commercialization efforts or other operations.
−Removed: We may not be able to secure financing on
−Removed: favorable terms, or at all, to meet our future capital needs.
−Removed: In addition, even if we are able to obtain sufficient funding to commence
−Removed: our business operations, we may need to pursue additional financing in the future to make expenditures and/or investments to support
−Removed: the growth of our business and may require additional capital to pursue our business objectives and respond to new competitive pressures,
−Removed: pay extraordinary expenses or fund our growth, including through acquisitions.
−Removed: Additional funds, however, may not be available when we
−Removed: need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory
−Removed: to us when we require it, our ability to commence our proposed business operations, to continue to grow and support our business and
−Removed: to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.
+Added: It is the intention of our
+Added: board of directors for our company to pursue the development of the 80 acres of land in Imperial County, California that we recently
+Added: put under an exclusive option agreement and develop it for a large-scale, 100% geothermal/solar-powered, certifiable clean energy,
+Added: data center operation that will utilize immersion and liquid cooled and conventional energy efficient data center systems and provide colocation services to enterprise IT customers.
+Added: To implement our plan, we have
+Added: optioned the land and hired an experienced data center builder and operator and we are now in the process of acquiring the other principal
+Added: ingredients needed for our data center operation – clean energy and fiber connectivity.
+Added: To this end, over the next couple of months,
+Added: we plan to finish negotiations with local geothermal and solar power producers to deliver clean energy for our operation, and to complete
+Added: agreements with multiple communication providers for access to their close-by long-haul and dark fiber communication networks for connectivity.
+Added: We are also in the process of
+Added: developing partnerships with leading-edge containerized and modular immersion and liquid cooled data center system providers whose systems
+Added: we will offer for rent to our customers.
+Added: We believe that, when construction of our data center is complete, the principal differentiators
+Added: of our data center operations in the marketplace are expected to be that we are powered by 100% certified clean energy and that we provide
+Added: leading-edge immersion and liquid cooled energy-efficient data center systems that will support the ever-increasing power and cooling
+Added: needs of high-performance enterprise IT computer systems.
+Added: It is anticipated that we will
+Added: incur expenses in the implementation of the business plan described herein, and such expenses will require substantial financing to complete
+Added: the development of the property for a data center operation and to achieve our goals.
+Added: The failure to obtain this necessary capital when
+Added: needed on acceptable terms, or at all, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our development plans, any commercialization
+Added: efforts or other operations.
+Added: We may not be able to secure financing on favorable terms, or at all, to meet our future capital needs.
+Added: addition, even if we are able to obtain sufficient funding to commence our business operations, we may need to pursue additional financing
+Added: in the future to make expenditures and/or investments to support the growth of our business and may require additional capital to pursue
+Added: our business objectives and respond to new competitive pressures, pay extraordinary expenses or fund our growth, including through acquisitions.
+Added: Additional funds, however, may not be available when we need them on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.
+Added: If we are unable to obtain
+Added: adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to commence our proposed business operations,
+Added: to continue to grow and support our business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited.
currently have only limited capital with which to pay these anticipated expenses.
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following summary should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: For the years ended
+Added: For the years ended December 31,
Operating Expenses
−Removed: and administrative
−Removed: Total Expenses
−Removed: Loss from operations
+Added: Professional fees
+Added: Restricted stock grants
+Added: Impairment loss
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Total operating (income) expenses
+Added: Income (loss) from operations
Financing costs
−Removed: Loss on extinguishment
−Removed: of series A convertible preferred stock
+Added: Interest income
+Added: Net income (loss)
$ (2,181,000 )
+Added: $ (6,749,000 )
the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we had no revenues.
−Removed: operating expenses increased from $391,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to $6,152,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021,
−Removed: which represented an increase of $5,761,000.
−Removed: The increase was attributable to (1) accretion of stock-based compensation related
−Removed: to the restricted stock awards issued to two consultants amounting to $4,791,000, (2) vested warrants amounting to $847,000, and
−Removed: (3) other expenses such as filing, legal and transfer agent fees and consulting fees paid to outside third parties in 2021.
−Removed: financing cost increased from $227,000 in the year ended December 31, 2020 to $597,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021, which
−Removed: represented an increase of $370,000.
−Removed: Financing costs increased due to the issuance of convertible promissory notes with associated
−Removed: interest and discount.
−Removed: on extinguishment of series A convertible preferred stock
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2020, our loss on extinguishment of series A convertible preferred stock of approximately $138,000 was attributable
−Removed: to the difference between the fair value of the issued Notes as an extinguishment and book basis of the series A preferred stock, and
−Removed: the fair value of the warrants issued.
+Added: professional fees decreased from $1,033,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021 to $667,000 in the year ended December 31, 2022, which
+Added: represented a decrease of approximately $366,000.
+Added: The decrease was attributable to a reduction in the use of outside professional services.
+Added: stock grant expense (gain )
+Added: Our restricted stock grant expense
+Added: (gain) decreased from an expense of $5,062,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021 to a gain of $(4,791,000) in the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2022, which represented a decrease of $9,853,000 brought about by the cancellation of the stock grants made in 2021.
+Added: impairment loss increased from nil in the year ended December 31, 2021 to $154,000 in the year ended December 31, 2022, which represented
+Added: an increase of approximately $154,000 due to the impairment of intangibles and other assets as a result of the suspension of our South Korean subsidiary’s
+Added: and administrative expenses
+Added: general and administrative expenses decreased from $57,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021 to $51,000 in the year ended December 31,
+Added: 2022, which represented a decrease of approximately $6,000.
+Added: financing cost increased from $597,000 in the year ended December 31, 2021 to $1,744,000 in the year ended December 31, 2022, which represented
+Added: an increase of $1,147,000.
+Added: Financing costs increased due to the amortization of debt issuance costs.
and Capital Resources
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of December 31,
−Removed: Current assets
−Removed: Current liabilities
−Removed: Working deficit
$ (3,143,000 )
−Removed: working capital improved from a $1,323,000 deficit as of December 31, 2020 to a deficit of $578,000 as of December 31, 2021 for
−Removed: a total change of $745,000.
−Removed: The improved working capital was due to the combined effect of the issuance of convertible debentures
−Removed: and the forgiveness of debt during the year.
−Removed: For the years ended
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Effect of exchange rate
−Removed: Change in cash during the period
−Removed: Cash, beginning of period
+Added: working capital decreased from a $578,000 deficit as of December 31, 2021 to a deficit of $3,143,000 as of December 31, 2022 for a
+Added: total change of $2,565,000.
+Added: The decline in our working capital was due to (i) an increase in a book basis of our convertible
+Added: promissory notes book basis increasing due to the amortization of debt issuance discounts and (ii) the decrease in our cash and cash
+Added: the years ended December 31,
+Added: cash used in operating activities
+Added: cash used in investing activities
+Added: cash provided by financing activities
+Added: of exchange rate changes
+Added: in cash during the period
+Added: Cash, beginning of
Cash, end of period
−Removed: used in operating activities increased by approximately $382,000, which is predominantly related to the increase in our expenditures
−Removed: for filing fees, legal fees, transfer agent fees and consulting fees paid during the year.
−Removed: line with our current plan of operations, we made a $38,000 deposit to an engineering and design firm for the design and development
−Removed: work for our ASIC chip.
−Removed: provided by financing activities increased by $3,592,000 primarily due to the proceeds from the issuance of convertible debentures.
+Added: flows from operations
+Added: Cash used in operating activities
+Added: decreased to approximately $255,000 in 2022 from approximately $382,000 in 2021, which was predominantly related to the reduction in our
+Added: expenditures for filing fees, legal fees, transfer agent fees and consulting fees paid during the year.
+Added: flow from investing
+Added: We made payments of $105,000 in
+Added: 2022 and $38,000 in 2021 to an engineering and design firm for the design and development work for our planned ASIC chip development.
+Added: flows from financing
+Added: We made payments of $50,000 to reduce notes payable in 2022 and 2021.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: in 2021, we received $3,592,000 and $150,000 in proceeds from the issuance of convertible debentures and notes payable, respectively.
audited financial statements included in this Report have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies that our company will
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development stage and, apart from our cash balances, have only limited assets.
−Removed: has not generated revenues in the last two fiscal years, has never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or generate earnings
−Removed: in the immediate or foreseeable future.
+Added: Our company has not generated revenues in the last two
+Added: fiscal years, has never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or generate earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future.
The continuation of our company as a going concern is dependent upon:
−Removed: (i) continued financial
−Removed: support from our shareholders;
−Removed: (ii) the ability of our company to continue raising necessary debt or equity financing to achieve its
−Removed: operating objectives;
−Removed: and (iii) our ability to acquire assets and establish a business or merge or otherwise acquire business opportunities.
+Added: (i) continued financial support from our shareholders;
+Added: ability of our company to continue raising necessary debt or equity financing to achieve its operating objectives;
+Added: and (iii) our ability
+Added: to acquire assets and establish a business or merge or otherwise acquire business opportunities.
independent auditors included an explanatory paragraph in their report on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022
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consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary from the formation date.
−Removed: All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Currency Translation
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and Debt Discounts
−Removed: accordance with ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options , the Company first allocates the cash proceeds of the notes
−Removed: between the notes and the warrants on a relative fair value basis, secondly, proceeds are then allocated to the conversion feature.
−Removed: Company accounts for debt discounts originating in connection with conversion features that remain embedded in the related notes in accordance
−Removed: with ASC 470-20.
−Removed: These costs are classified on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the debt liability.
−Removed: The Company amortizes
−Removed: these costs over the term of its debt agreements as financing cost in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 470-20,
+Added: Debt with Conversion and Other Options , we first allocate the cash proceeds of the notes between the notes and any warrants on
+Added: a relative fair value basis.
+Added: Proceeds are then allocated to the conversion feature.
+Added: We account for debt discounts originating in connection with conversion
+Added: features that remain embedded in the related notes in accordance with ASC 470-20.
+Added: These costs are classified on the balance sheet as a
+Added: direct deduction from the debt liability.
+Added: We amortize these costs over the term of our debt agreements as financing cost in the consolidated
+Added: statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
account for our stock-based compensation under ASC 718, “ Compensation – Stock Compensation ” using the fair value
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Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: Company’s management reviewed all recently issued accounting standard updates (“ASU’s”) not yet adopted by the
−Removed: Company and does not believe the future adoptions of any such ASU’s may be expected to cause a material impact on the Company’s
−Removed: consolidated financial condition or the results of its operations.
+Added: Our management reviewed all recently-issued
+Added: accounting standard updates (“ASU’s”) not yet adopted by our company and does not believe the future adoptions of any
+Added: such ASU’s may be expected to cause a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or the results of
+Added: -our operations.
Sheet Arrangements
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that are material to stockholders.
−Removed: and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, we are not required to provide this information.
−Removed: Statements and Supplementary Data.
+Added: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
financial statements and notes thereto and the reports of RBSM LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth
on pages F-1 through F-18 of this Report.
−Removed: In and Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
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