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Foxx Development Holdings Inc

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Oct 24, 2024.

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FY2024 · Filed Oct 24, 2024

FOXX$1.600.0%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

In evaluating our business, careful consideration should be given to the following risk factors, in addition to the other information set forth in this Annual Report and in other documents that we file with the SEC. An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an investment decision. Our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results could be harmed by any of these risks, as well as other risks not currently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial. The trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these risks, and, as a result, you may lose all or part of your investment. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. This Annual Report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including the risks described below. Certain statements in this “Risk Factors”section are forward-looking statements. See “Forward Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business and Operations

We participate in a competitive industry. Competitors with greater resources and significant experience in high-volume product manufacturing may be able to respond more quickly and cost-effectively than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements.

We face significant competition in developing and selling consumer electronics and IoT solutions in the communication sector. Our primary competitors for smartphones and tablets products include Motorola, Inseego, HMD, TCL, Vortex, Tinno, BLU, Sky, Maxwest, and Hot Pepper. Our expected competitors for IoT products are Netgear, Franklin Wireless, TCL and ZTE. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors. Increased competition in mobile computing platforms, data capture products, or related accessories and software developments may result in price reductions, lower gross profit margins, and loss of market share, and could require increased spending on research and development, sales and marketing, and customer support. Some competitors may make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships with suppliers or companies that produce complementary products, which may create additional pressures on our competitive position in the marketplace.

Most of our competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources and experience than we do. In addition, because of the higher volume of components that many of our competitors purchase from their suppliers, they are able to keep their supply costs relatively low and, as a result, may be able to recognize higher margins on their product sales than we do. Many of our competitors may also have existing relationships with the channel partners who we use to sell our products, or with our potential customers. This competition may result in reduced prices, reduced margins and longer sales cycles for our products. Our competitors may also be able to more quickly and cost-effectively respond to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. The combination of brand strength, extensive distribution channels and financial resources of the larger vendors could cause us to lose market share and could reduce our margins on our products. If any of our larger competitors were to commit greater technical, sales, marketing and other resources to our markets, our ability to compete would be adversely impacted. If we are unable to successfully compete with our competitors, our sales will suffer and as a result our financial condition will be adversely impacted.

We have a relatively short operating history which may not be indicative of our future performance or financial results and if our revenue and earnings growth are not sustainable, we may not be able to generate the earnings necessary to fund our operations, continue to grow our business or repay our debt obligations.

Our relatively short operating history may not be indicative of our future performance or financial results. There is no assurance that we will be able to grow our revenues and earnings in future periods. Our growth rates may decline for any number of possible reasons, and some of them are beyond our operating entity’s control, including decreasing customer demand, increasing competition, emergence of alternative business models, or changes in government policies or general economic conditions. We expect to continue to expand our sales network and product offerings to bring greater convenience to our customers and to increase our customer base and number of transactions. However, the execution of our expansion plan is subject to uncertainty and the total number of items sold and number of transacting customers may not grow at the rate we expect for the reasons stated above. If our growth rates decline, investors’ perceptions of our business and prospects may be adversely affected and the market price of our Common Stock could decline accordingly.

We currently rely and may continue to rely on a limited number of third-party suppliers to produce our products. If these parties do not produce our products at a satisfactory quality, in a timely manner, in sufficient quantities or at an acceptable cost, our sales and development efforts could be delayed or otherwise negatively affected.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we selectively concentrated our resources on our tablet and mobile phone products, as they held the strongest market potential and revenue generation capability due to the increased demand for these products when remote work and online classes became more prevalent. Additionally, our customers, who are the distributors of our products, were willing to pay in full before manufacturing and delivery. Under our build-to-order business model, once we determine the product specifications of our customers, we work with suppliers, who are original equipment manufacturers, for the production of our products. To fulfill customer orders, we place purchase orders with suppliers, specifying the item description, quantity, and price of the products. We pay approximately 20% of the total purchase price upfront and the remaining balance upon shipment. We do not have short-term or long-term agreements with our suppliers and just rely on purchase orders. Because we had limited product lines, consisting mainly of our tablet and mobile phone products during the year ended December 31, 2023, we relied on a limited number of suppliers to fulfill our manufacturing needs. For the year ended June 30, 2024, three suppliers accounted for 49%, 31% and 18% of the Company’s total purchases. For the year ended June 30, 2023, one supplier accounted for 100% of the Company’s total purchases.

Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, if we continue to have limited product lines, we may continue to rely on a limited number of suppliers for the products we plan to launch. As of the date of this prospectus, we have begun changing our business strategy from relying on a limited number of suppliers to expanding the number of suppliers and lowering supplier concentration by actively increasing our business scale and expanding our product lines. We have added seven new suppliers to manufacture additional product lines to meet evolving customer demand.

We carefully select suppliers capable of meeting our customization requirements while maintaining the quality standards we demand and adhering to the desired timeframe for product launches. Although there are numerous suppliers of comparable quality worldwide, any disruptions to our current supply chain could lead to production delays and necessitate the allocation of time and resources for engaging with new suppliers. Additionally, transitioning to new suppliers may require extra time to communicate our customization needs effectively or to make adjustments to meet our specifications. Our reliance on a limited number of suppliers to manufacture our future products may present significant risks to us, including the following:

●reduced control over delivery schedules, yields and product reliability;
●price increases;
●manufacturing deviations from internal and regulatory specifications;
●the failure of a key manufacturer to perform as we require for technical, market or other reasons;
●difficulties in establishing additional manufacturer relationships if we are presented with the need to transfer our manufacturing process technologies to them;
●misappropriation of our intellectual property; and
●other risks in potentially meeting our product development schedule or satisfying the requirements of our market partners, distributors, direct customers and end users.

If we need to enter into agreements for the manufacturing of our future products, there can be no assurance we will be able to do so on favorable terms, if at all.

There could be a significant disruption in the supply of components from current sources or, in the event of a disruption, our contract manufacturers might not be able to locate alternative suppliers of materials of comparable quality at an acceptable price or at all. Further, our unaffiliated contract manufacturers have experienced and may continue to experience in the future, unexpected increases in work wages, whether government mandated or otherwise and increases in compliance costs due to governmental regulation concerning certain metals used in the manufacturing of our products. In addition, we cannot be certain that our unaffiliated manufacturers will be able to meet our product customizations or fill our orders in a timely manner. If we experience significant increases in demand, or reductions in the availability of materials, or need to replace an existing manufacturer, there can be no assurance additional supplies of components or additional manufacturing capacity will be available when required on terms acceptable to us, or at all, or that any supplier or manufacturer would allocate sufficient capacity to us in order to meet our product customizations. In addition, even if we are able to expand existing or find new manufacturing or sources of components, we may encounter delays in production and added costs as a result of the time it takes to train suppliers and manufacturers in our methods, products, quality control standards and labor, health and safety standards. Any delays, interruption or increased costs in labor or wages, or the supply of materials or manufacture of our products could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet retail customer and consumer demand for our products and result in lower revenues and net income both in the short- and long-term.

Because independent manufacturers make all of our products outside of our principal sales markets, our products must be transported by third parties over large geographic distances. Delays in the shipment or delivery of our products due to the availability of transportation, work stoppages, port strikes, infrastructure congestion or other factors, and costs and delays associated with consolidating or transitioning between manufacturers, could adversely impact our financial performance. In addition, manufacturing delays or unexpected demand for our products may require us to use faster, but more expensive, transportation methods such as air freight, which could adversely affect our profit margins. The cost of oil is a significant component in manufacturing and transportation costs, so increases in the price of petroleum products can adversely affect our profit margins. Changes in U.S. trade policies, including new and potential changes to import tariffs and existing trade policies and agreements, could also have a significant impact on our activities in foreign jurisdictions, and could adversely affect our results of operations. The Ukraine war, Israel-Hamas war, inflationary trends, shifts in consumer purchasing patterns, availability of transport, labor shortages in the shipping, trucking, and warehousing industries, port strikes, infrastructure congestion, equipment shortages and other factors have all contributed to delivery delays, greater costs and uncertainty in arranging and scheduling transport of our products. If we are unable to reliably and consistently arrange shipment and storage of our products, we may be unable to ship, deliver and store our products in which case, we will have to reverse sales and issue refunds to purchasers of our products. Supply chain disruptions, both domestic and international, have adversely impacted our operations. Continued disruptions in our supply chain and adverse consequences from aggressive trade policies could have a material adverse impact on our profitability and financial performance.

We currently rely on a limited number of third-party distributors and sales agents for the distribution of our current products and may continue to depend on them for future products. If we are unable to establish successful relations with third-party distributors or sales agents, or such third-party distributors or sales agents do not focus adequate resources on selling our products or are otherwise unsuccessful in selling them, sales of our products may not develop.

Currently, our customers are third-party distributors and sales agents who purchase products from us and then market our products to end-users across the United States. Under our build-to-order business model, our sales and distribution process begins with our customers placing purchase orders with us and specifying item description, quantity, and price of the products purchased. Subsequent to our customers paying a deposit of 15% to 20% of the total purchase price under the purchase order, we place purchase orders with suppliers to produce products that meet the specifications of our customers. We hold title to the manufactured products until the customer pays the full purchase price. We have the right to retake possession and resell the products if the customer default on the purchase order. Upon delivering the products to the customers, we receive the remaining 80% to 85% of the total purchase price. We do not have short-term or long-term agreements with our customers and just rely on purchase orders.

These distributors have established relationships with leading telecommunications carriers, and we have been relying on their connections, relationships, and market knowledge to effectively promote our products, enabling us to establish a strong presence in the market. Due to the reduced manufacturing capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the concentrated market demand for mobile phones and tablet products, we had been offering such products to a limited number of third-party distributors who demonstrated a strong intent to buy and were willing to offer more appealing payment terms. For the year ended June 30, 2024, three customers accounted for 41%, 29% and 16% of the Company’s total revenues. For the year ended June 30, 2023, one customer accounted for 100% of our total revenues. We relied on these customers to buy our mobile phones and tablet products and sell such products to end-users. We have begun changing our business strategy from relying on a limited number of customers to increasing the number of customers and lowering customer concentration by developing relationships with multiple more customers to diversify and avoid reliance on a few or a fixed set of distributors and we are also exploring other channels for selling our products, however, we may continue to rely on our customers to sell tablets and smartphones. We may also rely on these third-party distributors or sales agents to distribute and assist us with the marketing and sale of other products we expect to launch. Our future revenue generation and growth, particularly for phones and tablets, may continue to depend in large part on our success in establishing and maintaining this sales and distribution channel. Our customers purchase products from us and reselling them at a higher price to generate profit. However, if our customers encounter challenges such as difficulty in selling our products, negative feedback from end users, or insufficient profit margins to sustain their operations, they may choose not to continue purchasing or marketing our products. In addition, there can be no assurance that our customers will focus adequate resources on selling our products to end-users or will be successful in selling them. Many of our customers are in the business of distributing and sometimes manufacturing other, possibly competing, products. As a result, our customers may perceive our products as a threat to various product lines currently being distributed or manufactured by them. In addition, our customers may earn higher margins by selling competing products or combinations of competing products. If we are unable to establish successful relationships with our customers, we will need to further develop our own sales and distribution capabilities, which would be expensive and time-consuming and might not be successful. Additionally, if we need to enter into agreements for the distribution of our future products with other third parties, there can be no assurance we will be able to do so on favorable terms, if at all.

If we are unable to effectively execute our e-commerce business, our reputation and operating results may be harmed.

Our customers currently include individual e-commerce customers from TikTok Shop. We began our e-commerce operations in March 2024. The success of our e-commerce business depends on our investment in e-commerce platforms, consumer preferences, buying trends relating to e-commerce, and our ability to both maintain the continuous operation of our online store and provide a shopping experience that will generate orders and return visits to our online store.

We are also vulnerable to certain additional risks and uncertainties associated with our e-commerce business, including: changes in required technology interfaces; website downtime and other technical failures; costs and technical issues associated with website software, systems and technology investments and upgrades; data and system security; system failures, disruptions and breaches and the costs to address and remedy such failures, disruptions or breaches; computer viruses; and changes in and compliance with applicable federal and state regulations. In addition, our efforts to remain competitive with technology trends, including the use of new or improved technology, creative user interfaces and other e-commerce marketing tools such as paid search and mobile applications, among others, may increase our costs and may not increase sales or attract consumers. Our failure to successfully respond to these risks and uncertainties might adversely affect the sales of our e-commerce business, as well as damage our reputation and brands.

In addition, the success of our e-commerce business and the satisfaction of our customers depends on their timely receipt of our products and their ability to pick up their desired products. The efficient delivery and/or pick up of our products requires that we have adequate capacity to support the current level of e-commerce operations and any anticipated increased levels that may occur as a result of the growth of our e-commerce business. If we encounter difficulties with our e-commerce support team, we could face shortages of inventory, which would result in our inability to properly support our online store. Such a situation could cause us to incur significantly higher costs and lead to longer lead times associated with distributing products to our customers, which could cause us to lose customers. Experiencing any of these issues could have a material adverse effect on our business and harm our reputation.

As we expand our operations into international markets, we encounter risks linked to sourcing components globally from suppliers and engaging with third-party consultants. Additionally, as we continue to grow, we may further extend our reach by selling our products internationally.

We currently collaborate with partners across the globe, and we will continue to expand our operations in the global marketplace. International sales growth stands as a key element of our growth strategy. However, we acknowledge the risks inherent in our international operations, including, but not limited to:

●Foreign currency exchange rates;
●Economic or governmental instability in foreign markets in which we operate or in those countries from which we source our merchandise;
●Increases in the cost of transporting goods globally;
●Acts of war, terrorist attacks, outbreaks of contagious disease and other events over which we have no control; and
●Changes in foreign or domestic legal and regulatory requirements resulting in the imposition of new or more onerous trade restrictions, tariffs, duties, taxes, embargoes, exchange or other government controls.

Any of these risks could have an adverse impact on our results of operations, financial position or growth strategy. Furthermore, some of our international operations are conducted in parts of the world that experience corruption to some degree. Our employees and wholesalers could take actions that violate applicable anti-corruption laws or regulations. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could have an adverse impact on our reputation, our results of operations or our financial position.

Foreign exchange movements may also negatively affect the relative purchasing power of consumers and their willingness to purchase discretionary premium goods, such as our products, which would adversely affect our net sales. We do not currently use the derivative markets to hedge foreign currency fluctuations.

Our business is sensitive to consumer spending and general economic conditions.

Our business may be adversely affected by the Ukraine war, and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as macro-economic conditions such as inflation, employment levels, wage and salary levels, trends in consumer confidence and spending, reductions in consumer net worth, interest rates, inflation, the availability of consumer credit and taxation policies influence on public spending confidence. There continues to be a significant and growing volatility and uncertainty in the global economy due to the Coronavirus pandemic affecting all business sectors and industries. Recent dramatic downturns in the strength of global stock markets, currencies and key economies have highlighted many if not all, of these risks.

Consumer purchases in general may decline during recessions, periods of prolonged declines in the equity markets or housing markets and periods when disposable income and perceptions of consumer wealth are lower, and these risks may be exacerbated for us due to our focus on discretionary premium sporting good items. A downturn in the global economy, or in a regional economy in which we have significant sales, could have a material, adverse effect on consumer purchases of our products, our results of operations and our financial position, and a downturn adversely affecting our consumer base or travelers could have a disproportionate impact on our business.

We may be unable to appeal to new consumers while maintaining the loyalty of our core consumers.

Part of our growth strategy is to introduce new consumers to our brands by our new product offerings. If we are unable to attract new consumers, including customers for our tablets and mobile phones, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected if purchasing frequency decrease. Initiatives and strategies, such as smart home devices, wearables, and IoT platform, are intended to position our brand to appeal to new consumers may not appeal to our core consumers and may diminish the appeal of our brand to our core consumers, resulting in reduced core consumer loyalty. If we are unable to successfully appeal to new consumers while maintaining our brand’s image with our core consumers, then our net sales and our brand image may be adversely affected.

Our revenue heavily relied on revenue from Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

On November 15, 2021, U.S. Congress passed and the President signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Act”). The Infrastructure Act provided $14.2 billion to modify and extend the existing Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB Program) managed by the FCC to a longer-term broadband affordability program called the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP replaced the EBB Program, which was established during the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide eligible low-income households with discounts for broadband services such households need for work, school and healthcare. The ACP began to accept enrollments on December 31, 2021 and the FCC adopted final rules to implement the ACP on January 14, 2022. Due to a lapse in additional appropriation for the ACP, on January 11, 2024, the FCC released an order announcing steps to wind down the ACP. The program stopped accepting new enrollment on February 8, 2024, and announced that the program will not provide funding for currently enrolled individuals beyond the end of April 2024.

Although we cannot ascertain whether or how many of the end users purchased our products with the assistance of the ACP program, as we have been employing the strategy of engaging with customers who purchase products from us and then market our products to end-users through the networks of prominent telecommunications carriers across the United States, we believe some of the end-users may have been incentivized to purchase our products because of the discounts and benefits they received from the ACP. As the requirements for program and service standards may change over the years, there are uncertainties as to the population in our targeted demographics and demand for our products. The lapse in federal funding for the ACP may significantly lead to a loss of broadband services or coverage for existing individuals currently qualify for the program, or dissuade customers from acquiring or maintaining broadband services or tablets and laptops, which may in turn lead to a temporary decline in sales for us from the end-users who relied on the program to purchase mobile devices, tablets, or other IoT products.

Our revenue may rely on revenue from end-users who qualify for the Lifeline Program.

The Lifeline Program has provided discounts on phone service for qualifying low-income consumers since 1985. The Lifeline Program is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), and receives funding from the Universal Service Fund, a government program that receives annual contribution from telecommunication companies or their customers. Over the years, the FCC has adopted several reforms and changes to the Lifeline Program, including regarding its scope, eligibility and compliance requirements.

End-users qualifying for the Lifeline Program may continue to rely on such a program to receive discounts on phone service. It would be difficult to assess the exact number of individuals relying on this program. If the qualifications for receiving discounts and benefits change, there may be a smaller number of end-users who qualify for discounts on mobile and tablet products. Additionally, if there are changes to the device specifications under the program or if more comparable products become qualify for the program’s device requirements, we may experience less revenue generated from products designed to be sold to end-users under the Lifeline Program.

The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Consumers’ Research v. FCC, as it stands, may jeopardize the funding for the Lifeline Program.

Under 47 U.S.C. Section 254 (the “Section 254”), FCC is authorized to levy contributions from telecommunication carriers to a Universal Service Fund to expand and advance telecommunication services. By regulations, the FCC further delegates to the Universal Service Administrative Company (the “USAC”) to administer four programs that the Universal Service Funds subsidizes, including the Lifeline Program, the High-Cost Program, the E-rate Program, and the Rural Health Care Program, under 47 C.F.R. subparts 300, 500 and 600. Under the delegated authorities, USAC will determine the quarterly contribution amount to be collected, bill and collect the contributions from the telecommunication providers, and administer and distribute the fundings to the qualified participants to the four funding programs.

On July 24, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued a decision inConsumers’ Research v. FCC, finding that Congress’ delegation of authority to the FCC in Section 254 and FCC’s subdelegation of regulatory authorities to the USAC to administer the Universal Service Fund, in combination, to be in violation of the Legislative Vesting Clause in Article 1, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The Court held the contribution amount for the first calendar quarter of 2022 set by the USAC to be unconstitutional and remand to the FCC for further regulatory actions consistent with the decision.

The decision deviates from prior decisions issued by the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuit that reached the opposite conclusions. The defendants in the case, the FCC and the United States, have the discretion to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court by filing a petition for certiorari, although the defendants have yet to choose to do so as of the date of this Annual Report. It is unclear if the Supreme Court will grant the petition for certiorari to review the Fifth Circuit decision, and if so, whether it will affirm or reverse the Fifth Circuit decision, and when such decision will be issued. It is also unclear, as the decision stands, how the Fifth Circuit decision would impact the funding mechanism for the Universal Service Fund, the administration of the programs by the USAC, an/or the availabilities of funding to the programs funded by the Universal Service Fund, including the Lifeline Program that some of our current end-users rely on.

If the Fifth Circuit decision stands after a petition for certiorari is denied by the Supreme Court or the Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth Circuit decision on appeal, among other impacts, it is possible that the funding mechanism for the Lifeline Program will be invalidated and that no further funding will be distributed. As a result, we may experience less revenue generated from products designed to be sold to end-users under the Lifeline Program.

Defects or performance problems in our products could result in a loss of customers, reputational damage and decreased revenue. Additionally, the Company may face warranty, indemnity, and product liability claims that may arise from malfunctions.

Our current and future products such as tablets, smartphones, and IoT devices may contain undetected errors or defects, especially when first introduced or when new generations of products are released. Errors, defects, or poor performance can arise due to design flaws, defects in raw materials or components, which can affect the quality of such devices. Defects may also occur in components and products we purchase from third parties or assembled by our manufacturers. There can be no assurance that we will be able to detect and fix all defects in the hardware, software, and services we offer. Any actual or perceived errors, defects, or poor performance in such devices could result in the replacement or recall of the products, rejection of the products, damage to our reputation, lost revenue, and increases in customer service and support costs, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Furthermore, defective components may give rise to warranty, indemnity, or product liability claims against us that exceed any revenue or profit we receive from the affected products. If one of such devices were to cause injury to someone or cause property damage, including because of product malfunctions, defects, or improper installation, we could be exposed to product liability claims. We could incur significant costs and liabilities if we are sued and if damages are awarded against us. Further, any product liability claim we face could be expensive to defend and could divert management’s attention. The successful assertion of a product liability claim against us could result in potentially significant monetary damages, penalties or fines, subject us to adverse publicity, damage our reputation and competitive position, and adversely affect sales of our products. In addition, product liability claims, injuries, defects, or other problems experienced by other companies in the community building access control industry could lead to unfavorable market conditions for the industry as a whole and may have an adverse effect on our ability to attract new customers, thus harming our growth and financial performance.

Breaches of and other types of security incidents involving our systems, or those of our third-party service providers, could negatively impact our business, our brand and reputation, our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers, may cause us to incur significant liabilities and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and future prospects.

If we enter the IoT market, activities such as developing an IoT platform may necessitate periodic collection, usage, storage, transmission, or processing of data or information. While we will taken steps to mitigate our cyberattack risks and protect the confidential information that we may have access to, including but not limited to installation and periodical updates of antivirus software and backup of information on our computer systems, our security measures could be breached. Because techniques used to sabotage or obtain unauthorized access to systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Any cybersecurity incident, accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access to our systems could cause confidential information to be stolen and used for criminal purposes. Cybersecurity incidents, security breaches or unauthorized access to confidential information could also expose us to liability related to the loss of the information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and negative publicity. If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in our technology infrastructure are exposed and exploited, our relationships with our business partners could be severely damaged, we could incur significant liability, and our business and operations could be adversely affected. Additionally, if we fail to protect confidential information, we may be susceptible to potential claims such as breach of contract, negligence or other claims. Such claims will require significant time and resources to defend and there can be no assurances that favorable final outcomes will be obtained. In addition, the costs to respond to a cybersecurity event or to mitigate any identified security vulnerabilities could be significant, including costs for remediating the effects of such an event, paying a ransom, restoring data from backups, and conducting data analysis to determine what data may have been affected by the breach. In addition, our efforts to contain or remediate a security breach or any system vulnerability may be unsuccessful, and our efforts and any related failures to contain or remediate any breach or vulnerabilities could result in interruptions, delays, loss in customer trust, harm to our reputation, and increases in our insurance premiums that we may acquire.

Failure to accurately forecast consumer demand could lead to excess inventory or inventory shortages, which could result in decreased operating margins, reduced cash flows and harm to our business.

There is a risk we may be unable to sell excess products ordered from manufacturers. Inventory levels in excess of customer demand may result in inventory write-downs, and the sale of excess inventory at discounted prices could significantly impair our brand image and have an adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition and cash flows. Conversely, if we underestimate consumer demand for our products or if our manufacturers fail to supply products we require at the time we need them, we may experience inventory shortages. Inventory shortages might delay shipments to customers, negatively impact retailer, affect consumer relationships and diminish brand loyalty. The difficulty in forecasting demand also makes it difficult to estimate our future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows from period to period. A failure to accurately predict the level of demand for our products could adversely affect our net revenues and net income, and we are unlikely to forecast such effects with any certainty in advance.

If we are not able to enhance or introduce new products that achieve market acceptance and keep pace with technological developments, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

Our ability to attract new customers and increase revenue from existing customers depends in part on our ability to introduce new products, develop the IoT platforms, increase adoption and usage of our products and introduce new products and features. The success of any enhancements or new products depends on several factors, including timely completion, adequate quality testing, actual performance quality, market-accepted pricing levels and overall market acceptance and demand. Consumer preferences differ across and within different parts of the world, and shift over time in response to changing aesthetics and economic circumstances. We cannot determine in advance the ultimate effect of new product introductions and transitions. In addition, rapid technological development and advancements may render smartphones in the common forms and with the common functionalities that are generally available to consumers today outdated or obsolete, and emerging products and services may substitute smartphones as consumers generally know them today. We believe that our success in developing products that are innovative and that meet our consumers’ functional needs is an important factor in our image as a premium brand, and in our ability to charge premium prices. We rely upon our research and development team and third party consultants that we may engage from time to time from the fields of electrical and mechanical engineering, industrial design, sustainability, and related fields, as well as other experts to design, develop customization standards, and test cutting-edge performance products. Enhancements and new products that we develop may not be introduced in a timely or cost-effective manner, may contain defects, may have interoperability difficulties with our platform, or may not achieve the market acceptance necessary to generate significant revenue. Even if we are able to introduce innovative products to the market, we may still experience problems with the quality or performance of our products, we may incur substantial expense to remedy the problems. Our ability to manage the risks associated with new product production ramp-up issues, the availability of products in appropriate quantities and at expected costs to meet anticipated demand and the risk that new products may have quality or other defects or deficiencies in the early stages of introduction. If we are unable to anticipate or respond to changes in consumer preferences or fail to successfully enhance our existing platform and capabilities to meet evolving customer requirements, increase adoption and usage of our platform, develop new products, or if our efforts to increase the usage of our products are more expensive than we expect, then our business, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

We may be subject to additional obligations to collect and remit sales tax and other taxes, and we may be subject to tax liability for past transactions, which could harm our business.

We do not collect sales and use, value added and similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we have sales, based on our belief that such taxes are not applicable in certain jurisdictions. State, local and foreign jurisdictions have differing rules and regulations governing sales, use, value added and other taxes, and these rules and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that may change over time. In particular, the applicability of such taxes on subscriptions to our platform in various jurisdictions is unclear. Further, these jurisdictions’ rules regarding tax nexus are complex and vary significantly. As a result, we could face the possibility of audits that could result in tax assessments, including associated interest and penalties. A successful assertion that we should be collecting additional sales, use, value added or other taxes in those jurisdictions where we have not historically done so could result in substantial tax liabilities and related penalties for past transactions, discourage customers from purchasing our application or otherwise harm our business and operating results. In addition, we are required to withhold and timely remit payroll-related taxes for which we are also subject to the possibility of audits that could result in tax assessments, including associated interest and penalties.

Changes in tax laws or regulations that are applied adversely to us or our customers could increase the costs of our platform and adversely impact our business.

New income, sales, use or other tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be enacted at any time, which could affect the tax treatment of our (and our subsidiaries’) domestic and foreign financial results. Any new taxes could adversely affect our domestic and international business operations, and our business and financial performance. Further, existing tax laws, statutes, rules, regulations or ordinances could be interpreted, changed, modified or applied adversely to us. Specifically, taxation of cloud-based software is constantly evolving as many state and local jurisdictions consider the taxability of software services provided remotely. These events could require us or our customers to pay additional tax amounts on a prospective or retroactive basis, as well as require us or our customers to pay fines or penalties and interest for past amounts deemed to be due. If we raise our prices to offset the costs of these changes, existing and potential future customers may elect not to continue to use or purchase subscriptions to our platform in the future. Additionally, new, changed, modified or newly interpreted or applied tax laws could increase our customers’ and our compliance, operating and other costs, as well as the costs of our platform. Any or all of these events could harm our business and operating results.

Our success depends on the continuing efforts of our senior management and key employees and our ability to retain key executives and to attract, retain, and motivate qualified personnel.

Our future success is significantly dependent upon the continued service of our senior management and other key employees. If we lose their service, we may not be able to locate suitable or qualified replacements, and may incur additional expenses to recruit and train new staff, which could severely disrupt our business and growth. Our management members are critical to our vision, strategic direction, culture and overall business success. If there is any internal organizational structure change or change in responsibilities for our management or key personnel, or if one or more of our senior management members were unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, the operation of our business and our business prospects may be adversely affected.

We currently have limited personnel. As of June 30, 2024, we had in total of 25 employees. We will need to attract, hire and retain additional qualified employees to achieve the Company’s objectives. Recruiting and retaining qualified technical personnel and sales and marketing personnel will be critical to our success. Our employees may choose to pursue other opportunities. If we are unable to motivate or retain key employees, our business may be severely disrupted, and our prospects could suffer. There is no assurance that our management members would not join our competitors or form a competing business. Our limited personnel and resources may result in greater workloads for our employees compared to those at companies with which we compete for personnel, which may lead to higher levels of employee dissatisfaction and turnover. Recruiting and retaining qualified research, development, marketing and sales personnel will be critical to our success.

We believe our future success depends on our continued ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain qualified and skilled employees. Competition for personnel with expertise in our industry is intense. We may not be able to hire and retain these personnel at compensation levels consistent with our existing compensation and salary structure. Some of the companies with which we compete for experienced employees have greater resources than we have and may be able to offer more attractive terms of employment. In addition, we invest significant time and resources in training our employees, which increases their value to competitors who may seek to recruit them. If we fail to retain our employees, we could incur significant expenses in hiring and training new employees, and our ability to serve customers and business partners could diminish, resulting in a material adverse effect to our business.

Most members of our management team have limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies in the United States. Our management team may not successfully or efficiently manage our transition to being a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituents will require significant attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Risks Related to the Regulation of Our Business and Operations

Changes in laws or regulations relating to data protection, or any actual or perceived failure by us to comply with such laws and regulations or our privacy policies, could materially and adversely affect our business or could lead to government enforcement actions and significant penalties against us, and adversely impact our operating results.

We currently do not collect any sensitive data or confidential information. There are numerous federal, state and international laws and regulations regarding privacy, data protection, information security, and the collection, storing, sharing, use, processing, transfer, disclosure, and protection of personal information and other data, and the scope of such laws and regulations may change, be subject to differing interpretations, or conflict with other laws and regulations. Further, any significant change to applicable laws, regulations, or industry practices regarding the collection, use, retention, security, or disclosure of data, or their interpretation, or any changes regarding the manner in which the consent of relevant users for the collection, use, retention, or disclosure of such data must be obtained, could increase our costs and require us to modify our services and candidate products, possibly in a material manner, which we may be unable to complete, and may limit our ability to store and process patients’ data or develop new services and features.

The legislative and regulatory landscape for data protection continues to evolve, and in recent years there has been an increasing focus on privacy and data security issues. Numerous federal and state laws, including state data breach notification laws, state health information privacy laws, and federal and state consumer protection laws, govern the collection, use, and disclosure of health-related and other personal information. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations could result in government enforcement actions and create liability for us (including the imposition of significant civil or criminal penalties), private litigation and/or adverse publicity that could negatively affect our business.

We conduct business in the United States in a heavily regulated environment, and if we fail to obtain all necessary equipment authorizations required to import, market, or sell our equipment, we could be subject to enforcement proceedings that may harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business relies on our ability to import and market our devices in the United States. We endeavor to ensure that our operations comply with applicable laws. However, failure to comply with applicable FCC equipment authorization rules could lead to enforcement action, including monetary forfeitures or loss of equipment authorizations. FCC investigations or enforcement proceedings also require financial and other resources to defend. Any future FCC investigations or enforcement could harm our business or our financial condition.

In addition, new devices or modifications to our approved devices could require that we obtain additional equipment authorizations. Failure to obtain the requisite authorizations could likewise subject our past or present operations to FCC enforcement action, including monetary forfeitures or loss of equipment authorization. Failure to obtain necessary equipment authorizations as required for new or modified devices could preclude such devices from being imported, sold, or marketed in the United States. Further, we rely on third-parties authorized by the FCC to test our equipment to ensure compliance with applicable FCC regulations, and to submit all necessary reports and data to obtain any required FCC equipment authorizations. There is no guarantee these third-party testing laboratories have conducted equipment evaluations in accordance with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practice, or that any measurements performed or data collected conform with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.

The FCC’s equipment authorization rules and/or the FCC’s interpretation of those rules may change in the future. As noted above, we endeavor to comply with applicable laws and regulations, and we will rely on U.S. telecommunications counsel to evaluate the impact of any applicable changes to the FCC’s rules or rule interpretations in the future.

Changes to the Covered List may impact business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The FCC maintains and periodically updates a Covered List of communications equipment and services that have been determined by the U.S. government to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons to national security pursuant to the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. Equipment produced by a company on the Covered List cannot receive an equipment authorization. And, therefore, cannot be imported, marketed, or sold in the United States. The FCC has previously concluded that placement on the Covered List applies to equipment authorizations both prospectively and retrospectively. In other words, the FCC has determined that it has the authority to revoke previously issued equipment authorization as well as deny future authorizations for equipment produced by a company added to the Covered List. In addition, while the FCC has previously declined to prohibit equipment authorization for devices that incorporate equipment produced by a company on the Covered List as a component, the FCC is currently considering whether to expand its prohibition to such component parts.

While we do not anticipate our or any of our suppliers’ addition to the Covered List, the addition of our or any of our suppliers to the Covered List could negatively impact our business operations in the United States and our financial condition. Inclusion on the Covered List could result in the loss of required equipment authorizations for some or all of our equipment identified by the FCC as critical to national security. A loss of required equipment authorizations would preclude our ongoing sale of affected devices in the United States and could require us to replace affected component parts for devices imported, marketed, or sold in the United States. This could impose financial burdens and operational challenges that adversely affect our business.

We may collaborate with additional business partners outside of the United States and potentially expand into markets beyond the United States, which may incur significant cost and expose us to significant risks.

To date, we have not operated or generated any revenue outside of the United States. However, we anticipate diversifying our current supply chain by sourcing components from additional suppliers in Asia. Additionally, we may expand our market presence beyond the United States, aiming to sell our products in other regions such as Latin America. Due to our limited experience with international operations and developing and managing sales and distribution channels in international markets, our international expansion efforts may not be successful.

Operating or selling in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to intellectual property, regulatory, economic and political risks that are different from those in the United States. As we increase our international sales efforts and explore international operations, we will face increased risks in doing business internationally that could harm our business, including:

●the need to establish and protect our brand in international markets;
●the need to localize and adapt our solution for specific countries, including translation into foreign languages and associated costs and expenses;
●difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations, particularly hiring and training qualified sales and service personnel;
●the need to implement and offer customer care, in various languages;
●different pricing environments, longer sales and accounts receivable payment cycles and collections issues;
●privacy and data protection laws and regulations that are complex, expensive to comply with and may require that client data be stored and processed in a designated territory;
●increased risk of piracy, counterfeiting and other misappropriation of our intellectual property in our locations outside the United States;
●new and different sources of competition;
●general economic conditions in international markets;
●fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies, which may make our solution more expensive in other countries or may increase our costs, impacting our operating results when translated into U.S. dollars;
●compliance challenges related to the complexity of multiple, conflicting and changing governmental laws and regulations, including employment, tax, telecommunications and telemarketing laws and regulations;
●increased risk of international telecom fraud;
●laws and business practices favoring local competitors;
●compliance with laws and regulations applicable to foreign operations and cross border transactions, including anti-corruption laws, supply chain restrictions, import and export control laws, tariffs, trade barriers, economic sanctions and other regulatory or contractual limitations on our ability to sell our solution in certain foreign markets, and the risks and costs of non-compliance;
●restrictions or taxes on the transfer of funds;
●adverse tax consequences; and
●unstable economic and political conditions and potential accompanying shifts in laws and regulations.

These risks could harm our international operations, increase our operating costs and hinder our ability to grow our international business and, consequently, our overall business and results of operations.

We may expand into new product or service categories, which may subject us to new regulatory clearances, approvals and compliance requirements.

We currently only engage in the sales of smartphones and tablets in the United States, but may expand into other product or service categories, including IoT products, wearables, health and wellness products, environmental management solutions, and IoT cloud platform. We may need to undergo additional testing and certifications, such as those required for FCC Equipment Authorization, Google Mobile Services (GMS), PTCRB (PCS Type Certification Review Board), Conformité Européenne (CE), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), or RoHS certification.

Some of the new product or service categories may subject us to new regulatory clearance, approval and compliance requirements, including but not limited to federal laws and regulations concerning telecommunication service providers, public utilities or public services laws and regulations, federal and state data protection, privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations, federal and state consumer protection laws and regulations, among other laws and regulations affecting interconnection, roaming, internet openness, net neutrality, robocalling/robotexting, disabilities access, digital discrimination and other areas of potential regulations.

The changing regulatory environment may have a material impact on our ability to begin to market existing and new devices or services. If we become subject to those regulations, our failure to obtain or, once obtained, maintain, any regulatory clearances and approvals and to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements could negatively affect our business. Regulatory authorities may change their clearance or approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions which may prevent or delay clearance or approval of our products or services under development. Such policy or regulatory changes could impose additional requirements on us that could delay our ability to obtain new clearances or approvals or increase the costs of compliance.

There can be no assurance that government regulations that may become applicable to our products or the interpretation of those regulations will not change or that our will be able to obtain any required regulatory clearances and approvals for its products. The extent of potentially adverse government regulation that might arise from future legislation or administrative action and the impact on our business and results of operations cannot be predicted.

Recent and future federal legislative, regulatory and executive actions on information and communications technology and services involving national security and foreign ownership restrictions or requirements may substantially limit the scope of our operations, impact our abilities to expand into new products or services, or substantially or severely impact our operations or financial results.

In recent years, the U.S. Government has expressed concerns with the security of information and communications technology and services (“ICTS”) sourced from providers in China, Russia, and other jurisdictions. The U.S. Congress and various executive agencies, including the FCC, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Justice, have enacted, imposed or proposed a series of measures aimed at increasing oversight of certain commercial transactions involving Chinese companies or investments by such companies in the United States.

For example, under the authority conferred by Executive Order 13873, issued in May 2019, the Department of Commerce promulgated final rules (the “ICTS Rules”) in January 2021 under 15 C.F.R. Part 7 that broadly empowers that agency (in consultation with other executive agencies) to block, condition, or regulate any “transaction” involving the “acquisition, importation, transfer, installation, dealing in, or use of any information and communications technology or service” designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by a Chinese company (i.e., given China’s designation as a “foreign adversary” under Executive Order 13873) that poses “undue risks or unacceptable risks” to U.S. national security. An additional Executive Order, issued January 19, 2021, directs the Commerce Department to adopt rules requiring Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers to collect additional information about their customers and new record-keeping requirements, and would allow the Department of Commerce to take actions to address “malicious cyber-enabled activities.” In June 2023, the Department published an amended rules to the ICTS Rules to clarify its ability to regulate transactions involving software, including so-called “connected software applications,” and to further enumerate the criteria that the Department will consider when reviewing such transactions.

Similarly, in April 2020, the President published Executive Order 13913 to formalize an ad-hoc inter-agency group as the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (the “Team Telecom”). The Executive Order empowers Team Telecom to review FCC license and transfer applications involving foreign participation to determine whether grant of the requested license or transfer approval may pose a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests of the United States, and to review existing licenses to identify any additional or new risks to national security or law enforcement interests that did not exist when a license was first granted. Following an investigation, Team Telecom may recommend that the FCC revoke or modify existing licenses or deny or condition approval of new licenses and license transfers. The FCC refers three types of licenses or authorizations to the Telecom Committee: (1) international Section 214 authorizations allowing telecommunications carriers to provide telephone service between the United States and foreign points; (2) submarine cable licenses allowing persons to operate submarine cables that connect the United States with a foreign country or with another portion of the United States; and (3) common carrier, broadcast, or aeronautical radio station licenses when the applicant is a corporation with foreign ownership over certain thresholds.

In addition, in April 2023, the FCC proposed new rules to overhaul its licensing requirements and review process for providers that hold “international Section 214 authorization,” as provided under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, by requiring enhanced disclosures about licensees’ foreign ownership, use of “untrusted” equipment and “foreign-owned managed network service providers,” as well as making those licenses subject to periodic national security reviews.

In November 2023, the FCC also adopted new rules to expand its equipment authorization rules to apply to equipment “components,” and potentially enable revocation of current authorizations for national security reasons. Under the new rules, the FCC will not issue new authorizations for telecommunications equipment produced by certain Chinese entities identified in a cover list, until the FCC approves these entities’ plans to ensure that their equipment is not marketed or sold for public safety purposes, government facilities, critical infrastructure, or other national security purposes. The FCC did not, however, revoke any of its prior authorizations for these companies’ equipment, although it sought comments on whether it should do so in the future.

In August 2023, the President issued Executive Order 14105, which addresses national security risks arising from outbound capital investment from the United States to foreign companies involved in certain sensitive technologies. The order asked the Department of Treasury to establish an outbound investment review regime (the “Outbound Investment Review Regime”) to screen outbound capital flows that can be exploited to accelerate development of technologies used to support foreign countries’ military, intelligence, surveillance, and cyber capabilities. The order cited China (including Hong Kong and Macau) as a country of concern. On August 14, 2023, the Treasury Department published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public comment to implement the Outbound Investment Review Regime in three categories of covered national security technologies and products: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On June 21, 2024, after reviewing public comments on the ANPRM, the Treasury Department published a set of proposed rules to formalize the texts for the Outbound Investment Review Regime. The final rules under such regime may have potential impacts on our operations, products and services or business relationships, or any transactions that we enter into, in the future.

Lastly, in February 2024, the National Security Division of the Department of Justice published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to seek public comments on the establishment of a new licensing and screening regime (“Outbound Data Transfer Review Regime”) to restrict U.S. persons from transferring bulk sensitive personal data and select U.S. government data to covered foreign persons in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela, through the means of data brokerage, vendor agreement, employment agreement and investment agreement.

This patchwork of sector-specific and general regulatory restrictions, limits or review requirements may have varying level of impacts on our operations and financial performance. Some of the regulatory actions have not been finalized, with its final content or requirements subject to change. Many of the regulatory actions, even if finalized or adopted, have not been fully implemented or operationalized, and there are significant discretions or uncertainties with regard to the ways and manners under which such actions may be enforced and interpreted by the relevant regulatory authorities.

We currently do not transact with any entities on the “Covered List” under FCC’s equipment authorization regime, or any entity subject to export control or economic sanctions. In addition, we do not currently operate any telecommunication services and do not intent to operate any telecommunication services in the near future or apply for a Section 214 license, and are therefore not subject to Team Telecom or FCC national security review regimes or requirements. In addition, we have not received any subpoena, notice, or correspondence with any regulatory agencies arising from the ICTS Rules, and have no reason to believe that we have engaged in any transactions subject to the ICTS Rules.

We currently work with suppliers in China for various components, excluding SoCs, in our product assembly, while proposed regulations such as the Outbound Investment Review and Outbound Data Transfer regimes may heighten scrutiny on our transactions, leading to operational adjustments, increased compliance costs, and potential limitations on funding and strategic opportunities.

The Outbound Investment Review Regime and the Outbound Data Transfer Review Regime, if and depending as to how they are implemented, together with enhanced powers assigned to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), export control and trade restrictions managed by the Department of Commerce, and the economic sanctions regime managed by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) within the Department of Treasury, could result in increased scrutiny of transactions involving our business and potential interference with business transactions that we deem to be beneficial. If the ICTS Rules are applied against us, or the Outbound Investment Review Regime and the Outbound Data Transfer Review Regime are finalized in a way that affects our operations, products and services or business relationships, we may be forced to limit or change our future product or service offerings, cease business partnerships or collaborations with certain Chinese and foreign companies for R&D or manufacturing, and otherwise significantly change our operations or business models to comply with applicable rules and regulations. Such compliance costs may cause significant financial cost, reputational damages, otherwise reduce our profits. In addition, there is significant uncertainty as to how such rules and regulations will be implemented and enforced, to the extent that any transactions that the company seeks to engage may be subject to review under the ICTS Rules, the Outbound Investment Review Regime and the Outbound Data Transfer Review Regime, we may also be severely limited in our abilities to secure outside funding, or explore strategic acquisition or investment opportunities with covered individuals or entities, or may be forced to abandon covered transactions. In the event of regulatory changes or reviews, we may need to collaborate with other suppliers or manufacturers in Southeast Asia for our product production, potentially causing additional time-to-market delays and impacting profitability.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

Our intellectual property rights are valuable and any inability to protect our intellectual property rights could harm our business and operating results.

Our future success and competitive position depend in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property and proprietary business know-hows. Our practice is to require employees and consultants to execute non-disclosure and proprietary rights agreements upon commencement of employment or consulting arrangements. These agreements acknowledge our exclusive ownership of all intellectual property developed by the individuals during their work for us and require that all proprietary information disclosed will remain confidential. Such agreements may not be enforceable in full or in part in all jurisdictions and any breach could have a negative effect on our business and our remedy for such breach may be limited.

While we take steps to protect our intellectual property, the steps we take may be inadequate to prevent infringement, misappropriation, or other violations of our intellectual property rights. We will not be able to protect our intellectual property if we are unable to enforce our rights or if we do not detect unauthorized use of our intellectual property. We may be required to resources to monitor and protect our intellectual property rights. From time to time, legal action by us may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property rights of others or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in costs and diversion of resources.

Third parties may in the future assert claims of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights against us. They may also assert such claims against our customers, whom we may indemnify against claims that our products infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third parties. If we do infringe a third party’s rights and are unable to provide a sufficient workaround, we may need to negotiate with holders of those rights to obtain a license to those rights or otherwise settle any infringement claim as a party that makes a claim of infringement against us may obtain an injunction preventing us from shipping products containing the allegedly infringing technology. As the number of products and competitors in our market increase and overlaps occur, claims of infringement, misappropriation and other violations of intellectual property rights may increase. Any claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation of intellectual property rights by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim and could distract our management from our business.

Future assertions of patent rights by third parties, and any resulting litigation, may involve patent holding companies or other adverse patent owners who have no relevant product revenues and against whom our own patents may therefore provide little or no deterrence or protection. There can be no assurance that we will not be found to infringe or otherwise violate any third-party intellectual property rights or to have done so in the past.

●Cease selling, making, licensing or using products that are alleged to infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of others;
●Expend additional development resources to attempt to redesign our products or otherwise develop non-infringing technology, which may not be successful;
●Enter into potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements to obtain the right to use necessary technologies or intellectual property rights;
●Take legal action or initiate administrative proceedings to challenge the validity and scope of the third-party rights or to defend against any allegations of infringement; and
●Indemnify our partners and other third parties.

In addition, royalty or licensing agreements, if required or desirable, may be unavailable on terms acceptable to us, or at all, and may require significant royalty payments and other expenditures. Some licenses may also be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. Any of the foregoing events could seriously harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management and harm our business and operating results. Moreover, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments and if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our ordinary shares. We expect that the occurrence of infringement claims is likely to grow as the market for our products and solutions grows.

Accordingly, our exposure to damages resulting from infringement claims could increase and this could further exhaust our financial and management resources.

Some aspects of our technology include open source software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could harm our business.

Our research and development of products, particularly the development of modules for integration into environmental management solutions, incorporate software covered by open-source licenses. For example, we use open-source algorithms such as Linear Regression, Neural Networks, and SLAM technology in developing these modules. The terms of various open-source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts, creating a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our research and development based on such open-source resources. If the use of open-source algorithms is limited or restricted by the providers of such algorithms or due to regulations, our research and development could be interrupted and delayed, necessitating the search for alternative sources or modifications to our research methods. In addition to risks related to license requirements, use of open-source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open-source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the origin of the software. Many of the risks associated with use of open-source software cannot be eliminated and, if such risks materialize, could harm our business.

Moreover, we cannot assure you that our processes for use of open-source software will be effective. If we are held not to have complied with the terms of an applicable open-source software license, we could be required to seek licenses from third parties to continue offering our services on terms that are not economically feasible, to re-engineer our technology to remove or replace the open source software, to discontinue the use of certain technology if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely basis, to pay monetary damages, to make generally available the source code for our proprietary technology, or to waive certain intellectual property rights, any of which could harm our business.

Responding to any infringement or other enforcement claim, regardless of its validity, could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition, by, among other things:

●resulting in time-consuming and costly litigation;
●diverting management’s time and attention from developing our business;
●requiring us to redesign certain components of our research and development objectives using alternative non-infringing source technology or practices, which could require significant effort and expense;
●disrupting our research and development processes if we are forced to cease offering certain services;
●requiring us to waive certain intellectual property rights associated with use of open source software, or contributions to third-party open source projects; and
●requiring us to satisfy indemnification obligations.

We have integrated, and may continue to integrate in the future, open-source AI algorithms in certain tools and features available on our platform. AI technology presents various operational, compliance, and reputational risks and if any such risks were to materialize, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

We have integrated open-source AI algorithms in many aspects of research and development of new modules. We may continue to integrate open-source AI algorithms in the research and development of new product or service offerings. Given that AI is a rapidly developing technology that is in its early stages of business use, it presents a number of operational, compliance and reputational risks. AI algorithms are currently known to sometimes produce unexpected results and behave in unpredictable ways that can generate irrelevant results, which, if incorporated into our research and development, these open-source components may result in unexpected outcomes that may not support our research and development objectives. Similarly, the data set could contain copyrighted material resulting in infringing output.

We expect that there will continue to be new laws or regulations concerning the use of AI technology, which might be burdensome for us to comply with and may limit our ability to offer or enhance our existing tools and features or new offerings based on AI technology. Further, the use of AI technology involves complexities and requires specialized expertise. We may not be able to attract and retain top talent to support our AI technology initiatives. If any of the operational, compliance or reputational risks were to materialize, our business and results of operations may be adversely affected.

We may be subject to risks associated with AI and open-source AI algorithms.

Recent technological advances in AI and open-source AI algorithms may pose risks to us. Our use of open-source AI algorithms could give rise to legal or regulatory action, create liabilities, or materially harm our business. While we aim to use open-source AI algorithms responsibly and attempt to mitigate ethical and legal issues presented by its use, we may ultimately be unsuccessful in identifying or resolving issues before they arise. Further, as the technology is rapidly evolving, costs and obligations could be imposed on us to comply with new regulations.

We also could be exposed to the risks of open-source AI algorithms if third-party service providers or any counterparties, whether or not known to us, also use the same open-source AI algorithms in their business activities. We will not be in a position to control the use of such technology in third-party products or services. Use by third-party service providers could give rise to issues pertaining to competition, data privacy, data protection, and intellectual property considerations.

Risks Related to Our Financial Performance

We may not be able to raise or it may only be available on terms unfavorable to us or our stockholders, which may result in our inability to fund our working capital requirements and harm our operational results.

We have and expect to continue to have substantial working capital needs. Our cash on hand, together with cash generated from product sales, services, cash equivalents and short-term investments will not meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months. In fact, we will be required to raise additional funds throughout 2023 or we will need to limit operations until such time as we can raise substantial funds to meet our working capital needs. In addition, we will need to raise additional funds to fund our operations and implement our growth strategy, or to respond to competitive pressures and/or perceived opportunities, such as investment, acquisition, marketing and development activities. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock. Any debt financing that we may secure in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be adversely affected.

If we experience operating difficulties or other factors, many of which may be beyond our control, cause our revenues or cash flows from operations, if any, to decrease, we may be limited in our ability to spend the capital necessary to complete our development, marketing and growth programs. We require additional financing, in addition to the anticipated cash generated from our operations, to fund our working capital requirements. Additional financing might not be available on terms favorable to us, or at all. If adequate funds were not available or were not available on acceptable terms, our ability to fund our operations, take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, develop or enhance our business or otherwise respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited. In such a capital restricted situation, we may curtail our marketing, development, and operational activities or be forced to sell some of our assets on an untimely or unfavorable basis.

Our operating losses have raised substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our operating losses raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements as of and for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 with respect to this uncertainty. The perception of our ability to continue as a going concern may make it more difficult for us to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations and could result in the loss of confidence by investors, suppliers and employees.

We intend to grow and may experience periods of rapid growth and expansion, which could place a significant additional strain on our limited personnel, information technology systems and other resources. Any failure by us to manage our growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our commercialization and development goals.

To achieve our goals, we must successfully increase manufacturing output to meet potential expected customer demand. In the future, we may experience difficulties with manufacturing, quality control, component supply, inventory, distribution and shortages of qualified personnel, among other problems. These problems could result in delays in availability of our scanner systems and increases in expenses. Any such delay or increased expense could adversely affect our ability to generate revenue.

Future growth will also impose significant added responsibilities on management, including the need to identify, recruit, train and integrate additional employees. In addition, rapid and significant growth will place a strain on our administrative and operational infrastructure.

In order to manage our operations and growth we will need to continue to improve our operational and management controls, reporting and information technology systems and financial internal control procedures. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, it may be difficult for us to execute our business strategy and our operating results and business could suffer.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Failure to maintain effective internal controls could cause our investors to lose confidence in us and adversely affect the market price of our common stock. If our internal controls are not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.

Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports in a timely manner. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Specifically, we concluded that as of June 30, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting related to the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect our ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data including: a) lack of sufficient segregation of duties due to limited resources; b) lack of adequate design of controls and proper documentation needed in order to demonstrate that controls in place are operating effectively for significant transaction classes; c) inability to prepare complete and accurate financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principle (“GAAP) in a timely manner; d) inefficient oversight of those charged with governance with respect to complete and accurate finance reporting; e) lack of appropriate controls surrounding authorized signor access for bank accounts; and f) inappropriate implementation of controls over the identification of related party transactions.

While we have designed and implemented, or expect to implement, measures that we believe address or will address these control weaknesses, we continue to develop our internal controls, processes and reporting systems by, among other things, hiring qualified personnel with expertise to perform specific functions, and designing and implementing improved processes and internal controls, including ongoing senior management review and audit committee oversight. We plan to remediate the identified material weaknesses by hiring financial consultants and expect to hire additional accounting staff to complete the remediation. We expect to incur additional costs to remediate this weakness, primarily personnel costs and external consulting fees. We may not be successful in implementing these systems or in developing other internal controls, which may undermine our ability to provide accurate, timely and reliable reports on our financial and operating results. Further, we will not be able to fully assess whether the steps we are taking will remediate the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting until we have completed our implementation efforts and sufficient time passes in order to evaluate their effectiveness. In addition, if we identify additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we may not detect errors on a timely basis and our financial statements may be materially misstated.

Our independent registered public accounting firm did not perform an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting during any period in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, in the course of auditing our consolidated financial statements for the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, we identified six material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. As defined in standards established by the PCAOB, a “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses identified relate to: (i) lack of sufficient segregation of duties due to limited resources, (ii) lack of adequate design of controls and proper documentation needed in order to demonstrate that controls in place are operating effectively for significant transaction classes, (iii) inability to prepare complete and accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP in a timely manner, (iv) inefficient oversight of those charged with governance with respect to complete and accurate financial reporting, (v) lack of appropriate controls surrounding authorized signor access for bank accounts, and (vi) inappropriate implementation of controls over the identification of related party transactions. Additionally, each of the aforementioned material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of the consolidated financial statements that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

We continue to focus on internal control over financial reporting and have taken certain measures to remediate the material weaknesses described above, including hiring more qualified accounting personnel with relevant GAAP and SEC reporting experience and qualifications to strengthen the financial reporting function and to set up a financial and system control framework, implementing regular and continuous U.S. GAAP accounting and financial reporting training programs for our accounting and financial reporting personnel; and establishing internal audit function by engaging an external consulting firm to assist us with assessment of Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance requirements and improvement of overall internal control.

We are working to remediate the material weaknesses. At this time, we cannot provide an estimate of costs expected to be incurred in connection with implementing a remediation plan; however, these remediation measures will be time consuming and will place significant demands on our financial and operational resources. While we believe that these measures will improve our internal control over financial reporting, the implementation of these measures is ongoing, and we cannot assure you that we will be successful in doing so or that these measures will significantly improve or remediate the material weaknesses described above. We cannot assure you that the measures we have taken to date, and are continuing to implement, will be sufficient to remediate the material weaknesses we have identified or avoid potential future material weaknesses. If the steps we take do not correct the material weaknesses in a timely manner, we will be unable to conclude that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting. We also cannot assure you that there will not be any additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting in the future.

We expect that we will need to implement new systems to enhance and streamline the management of our financial, accounting, human resources and other functions. However, such systems will likely require us to complete many processes and procedures for the effective use of the systems, which may result in substantial costs. Any disruptions or difficulties in implementing or using these systems could adversely affect our controls and harm our business. Moreover, such disruption or difficulties could result in unanticipated costs and diversion of management attention. In addition, we may discover additional weaknesses in our system of internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that could result in a material misstatement of our financial statements. Our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.

We may not be able to remediate any material weaknesses prior to the deadline imposed by Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting. The failure to achieve and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event that we are not able to successfully remediate the existing material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting or identify additional material weaknesses, or if our internal control over financial reporting is perceived as inadequate or it is perceived that we are unable to produce timely or accurate consolidated financial statements, investors may lose confidence in our results of operations, the price of our common stock could decline, we could become subject to investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC or other regulatory agencies, which could require additional financial and management resources, or our common stock may not be able to remain listed on such exchange.

Risks Related to Ownership of our Securities

An active trading market for our Common Stock may not be available on a consistent basis to provide stockholders with adequate liquidity. The price of our Common Stock may be extremely volatile, and stockholders could lose all or part of their investment.

The trading price of our Common Stock is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control, including limited trading volume. In addition to the factors discussed in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this Annual Report, these factors include:

●additions or departures of key personnel;
●any significant change in our management;
●Our ability to effectively manage our growth;
●Our cash position;
●overall performance of the equity markets;
●sales of our Common Stock by certain stockholders pursuant to, and following the termination or expiry of the applicable lock-up period or any similar agreement restricting our securityholders’ ability to sell our Common Stock;
●trading volume of our Common Stock;
●actions by institutional or activist stockholders;
●change in accounting standards, policies, guidelines, interpretations or principles;
●ineffectiveness of our internal controls;
●significant lawsuits, including patent or stockholder litigation;
●failure to raise additional funds on acceptable terms, or at all;
●general political, economic, industry and market conditions, including rising interest rates and inflation; and

In addition, the stock market in general, and the markets for special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) post-business combination businesses in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of our Common Stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, price volatility may be greater if the public float and trading volume of our Common Stock is low. If the market price of our Common Stock falls, you may not realize any return on your investment and may lose some or all of your investment. In the past, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities. This type of litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which would harm our business, operating results or financial condition.

The global economy, including credit and financial markets, has experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including severely diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, increases in inflation rates, higher interest rates and uncertainty about economic stability. For example, the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war created volatility in the global capital markets and may have further global economic consequences, including disruptions of the global supply chain and energy markets. There have also been disruptions to the U.S. banking system due to bank failures in the past several years, including with respect to Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. Any such volatility and disruptions may have adverse consequences on us or the third parties on whom it relies. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, including as a result of political unrest or war, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult to obtain in a timely manner or on favorable terms, more costly or more dilutive. Increased inflation rates can adversely affect us by increasing its costs, including labor and employee benefit costs. In addition, higher inflation could also increase customers’ operating costs, which could result in reduced budgets for customers and potentially less demand for our products, if and when approved. Any significant increases in inflation and related increase in interest rates could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. In addition, future debt or other financing arrangements may contain terms prohibiting or limiting the amount of dividends that may be declared or paid on our Common Stock. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited in the foreseeable future to the appreciation of the market price (if any) of our stock.

We are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various public company reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including being permitted to provide only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure, not being required to have its internal control over financial reporting audited by our independent registered public accounting firm under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“Section 404”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We may take advantage of these exemptions until the last day of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of the consummation of our IPO or until we are no longer an emerging growth company, whichever is earlier. We will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period if certain earlier events occur, including if we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, our annual gross revenues equal or exceed $1.235 billion or we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period prior to such time. In particular, in this Annual Report on, we have provided only two years of audited financial statements and have not included all of the executive compensation related information that would be required if it were not an emerging growth company, and it may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold stock.

In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards and to adopt certain of the reduced disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result of the accounting standards election, we will not be subject to the same implementation timing for new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, which may make comparison of its financials to those of other public companies more difficult. As a result of these elections, the information that we provide in this Annual Report may be different than the information you may receive from other public companies in which you hold equity interests. In addition, it is possible that some investors will find our Common Stock less attractive as a result of these elections, which may result in a less active trading market for our Common Stock and higher volatility in its share price.

If we engage in future acquisitions or strategic partnerships, this may increase capital requirements, dilute stockholders, cause us to incur debt or assume contingent liabilities, and subject us to other risks.

We intend to evaluate various acquisition opportunities and strategic partnerships, including licensing or acquiring complementary drugs, intellectual property rights, technologies or businesses. Any potential acquisition or strategic partnership may entail numerous risks, including:

●increased operating expenses and cash requirements;
●the issuance of our equity securities;

Our Bylaws provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and, to the extent enforceable, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.

The Charter provides that, unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for the following types of actions or proceedings under Delaware statutory or common law:

●any action asserting a claim against us or any of our current or former directors, officers or other employees arising under the DGCL, the Charter, or the Bylaws;
●any action seeking to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Charter or our Bylaws;
●any action as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; and

This provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, the Charter further provides that, unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant named in such complaint. While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid and several state trial courts have enforced such provisions and required that suits asserting Securities Act claims be filed in federal court, there is no guarantee that courts of appeal will affirm the enforceability of such provisions and a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of the Charter. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions. If a court were to find either exclusive forum provision in the Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with litigating Securities Act claims in state court, or both state and federal court, which could seriously harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. These exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, or could result in increased costs for a stockholder to bring a claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near Delaware, both of which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. If a court were to find either exclusive forum provision in the Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, all of which could seriously harm our business.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the listing standards of Nasdaq, and other applicable securities rules and regulations. We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems and resources. For example, the Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and results of operations. As a result of the complexity involved in complying with the rules and regulations applicable to public companies, our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition. Although we have already hired additional employees to assist us in complying with these requirements, we may need to hire more employees in the future or engage outside consultants, which will increase our operating expenses.

We also expect that being a public company and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) and compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”), and qualified executive officers.

As a result of disclosure of information in the filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which may result in an increased risk of threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If such claims are successful, our business and results of operations could be harmed, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management and harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

As a result of becoming a public company, we are obligated to develop and maintain proper and effective internal controls over financial reporting and any failure to maintain the adequacy of these internal controls may adversely affect investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.

We are required, pursuant to Section 404, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. In 2029, five years after our listing, we may be required to comply with auditor attestation requirements, as required by Section 404. This will require that we incur substantial additional professional fees and internal costs to expand our accounting and finance functions and that we expend significant management efforts.

We may identify weaknesses in our system of internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that could result in a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements. Our control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.

Any failure to maintain internal control over financial reporting could severely inhibit our ability to accurately report our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. If our financial statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations. If we do not file financial statements on a timely basis as required by the SEC, we could face severe consequences. If we are unable to conclude that its internal control over financial reporting is effective, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, the market price of our Common Stock could decline, and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. Moreover, responding to such investigations, are likely to consume a significant amount of our management resources and cause us to incur significant legal and accounting expenses. Failure to remedy any material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, or to maintain effective control systems, could also restrict our future access to the capital markets. This could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our financial statements.

As a public reporting company, we are subject to filing deadlines for reports that we file pursuant to the Exchange Act, and our failure to timely file such reports may have material adverse consequences on our business.

Following the consummation of the Business Combination, we failed to timely file our Form 8-K with Form 10 information prior to the “staleness” date (as determined in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC) applicable to the financial statements that were required by the applicable accounting requirements and other rules and regulations of the SEC to be included in such filing (including pro forma financial information); thus, we have not remained current in our reporting requirements with the SEC since we became an SEC reporting company on September 26, 2024. We will not be eligible to use a registration statement on Form S-3 that would allow us to continuously incorporate by reference our SEC reports into the registration statement, or to use “shelf” registration statements to conduct offerings, until approximately one year from the date we regained (and maintain) status as a current filer after we have filed current financial information with the SEC. Until such time, if we determine to pursue an offering, we would be required to conduct the offering on an exempt basis, such as in accordance with Rule 144A, or file a registration statement on Form S-1. Using a Form S-1 registration statement for a public offering would likely take significantly longer than using a registration statement on Form S-3 and increase our transaction costs, and could, to the extent we are not able to conduct offerings using alternative methods, adversely impact our liquidity, ability to raise capital or complete acquisitions in a timely manner. The use of Form S-1 would also prevent us from conducting offerings on a “shelf basis,” limiting our flexibility as to the terms, timing or manner of any such offering.

We cannot guarantee that in the future our reporting will always be timely. If we are unable to satisfy SEC filing deadlines or otherwise provide disclosures of material information on a timely basis, stockholders and potential investors in our Common Stock may have incomplete information about our business and results of operations, which may impact their ability to make an informed investment decision, result in a reduction in the trading price, trading volume or analyst coverage of our Common Stock or expose us to potential liability.

Any such negative outcome could result in payments of substantial damages or fines, damage to our reputation or adverse changes to our business practices. Defending against litigation is costly and time-consuming, and could divert management’s attention and our resources. Furthermore, during the course of litigation, there could be negative public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, which could have a negative effect on the market price of the our Common Stock.

Our failure to meet the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq could result in a delisting of its securities.

If we fail to satisfy the continued listing requirements of Nasdaq, such as the corporate governance requirements or the minimum share price requirement, Nasdaq may take steps to delist our securities. Such a delisting would likely have a negative effect on the price of the securities and would impair your ability to sell or purchase the securities when you wish to do so. In the event of a delisting, any action taken by us to restore compliance with listing requirements may not allow our securities to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our securities, prevent our securities from dropping below the Nasdaq minimum share price requirement or prevent future non-compliance with Nasdaq’s listing requirements. Additionally, if our securities are not listed on, or become delisted from Nasdaq for any reason, and are quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board, an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity securities that is not a national securities exchange, the liquidity and price of our securities may be more limited than if we were quoted or listed on Nasdaq or another national securities exchange.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research, or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, about our business, our Common Stock share price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our Common Stock will depend, in part, on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. If few or no securities or industry analysts cover us, the trading price for our Common Stock would likely be negatively impacted. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade our Common Stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our share price would likely decline. In addition, if our operating results fail to meet the forecast of analysts, our share price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our Common Stock could decrease, which might cause our share price and trading volume to decline.

Future sales of our Common Stock, or the perception that future sales may occur, may cause the market price of our Common Stock to decline, regardless of our operating performance.

Due to the significant number of redemptions of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”), of ACAC in connection with the Business Combination, there was a significantly lower number of shares of Class A common stock that converted into shares of our Common Stock in connection with the Business Combination. As a result, the shares of our Common Stock being registered for resale (a portion of which may not be resold until the expiration of the applicable lock-up period) are anticipated to constitute a considerable percentage of our public float. The registration of these shares for resale creates the possibility of a significant increase in the supply of our Common Stock in the market. The increased supply, coupled with the potential disparity in purchase prices, may lead to heightened selling pressure, which could negatively affect the public trading price of our Common Stock. We will not receive the proceeds from the resale of the shares of Common Stock by the selling securityholders.

In connection with the Business Combination, 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock were issued to the stockholders of Foxx and, of such shares, only 2,312,333 are subject to contractual lock-up restrictions and/or held by affiliates whose ability to sell is dependent upon the effectiveness of a resale registration statement. All shares of Common Stock that are not subject to such restrictions may be sold at any time. Sales of a substantial number of our shares of Common Stock and/or Warrants in the public market by our existing securityholders, or the perception that those sales might occur, could depress the market price of our shares of Common Stock and Warrants and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable to predict the effect that such sales may have on the prevailing market price of our shares of Common Stock and Warrants.

Our Warrants are exercisable for Common Stock, the exercise of which would increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.

As of the date of this Annual Report, there were (i) 4,312,494 Warrants (the “Public Warrants”) with an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant held by public security holders; and (ii) 7,843,923 warrants (the “Restricted Warrants”) with an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant held by Acri Capital Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company controlled by our Chairwoman, CFO and director, Joy Yi Hua. To the extent such warrants are exercised, additional shares of our Common Stock will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of our Common Stock and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock, the impact of which increases as the value of our stock price increases.

Our Warrants may not be exercised at all and we may not receive any cash proceeds from the exercise of the Warrants.

Holders of our Warrants will be less likely to exercise their Warrants if the exercise prices of their Warrants exceed the market price of our Common Stock. There is no guarantee that our Warrants will continue to be in the money prior to their expiration, and as such, the Warrants may expire worthless. As such, any cash proceeds that we may receive in relation to the exercise of the Warrants overlying shares of Common Stock will be dependent on the trading price of our Common Stock. There is no assurance that the holders of the Warrants will elect to exercise any or all of such Warrants. As of the date of this Annual Report, all of the Restricted Warrants and Public Warrants, which have an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant, are “out of the money,” meaning the exercise price is higher than the market price of our Common Stock. Holders of such “out of the money” Warrants are not likely to exercise such Warrants. There can be no assurance that such Warrants will be in the money prior to their respective expiration dates, and therefore, we may not receive any cash proceeds from the exercise of such Warrants.

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