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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions

 

Loans from Related Parties

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company entered into related party loan transactions with AiChat’s Chief Executive Officer and director, Kester Poh, board member Balaji Swaminathan, and Sea Easy Capital Ltd. (“SEA”). AiChat has a financing arrangement with SEA, a Singapore-based entity that the spouse of Balaji Swaminathan, a member of the Company’s board of directors, controls by virtue of her ownership or control of a majority (51%) of the capital stock of SEA. Mr. Swaminathan also serves on the advisory board of SEA. All loans were provided on terms consistent with those offered to unrelated third parties.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had outstanding related party loans from three parties as described above. The loan from Mr. Poh to AiChat had an outstanding balance of approximately $104,028, consisting of $86,562 in principal and $17,466 in accrued interest. The loan from Mr. Swaminathan had an outstanding balance of approximately $49,113, including $48,613 in principal and $500 in accrued interest. The loans to AiChat from SEA’s financing arrangement had an outstanding balance of approximately $177,646, comprised of $156,778 in principal and $20,868 in accrued interest.

 

a. Summary of Short-Term Loans to Related Parties

 

 

 

Average Interest Rate as of June 30, 2025

 

 

June 30,

2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Term Loan Facility

 

 

12.07%

 

$293,580

 

 

$277,307

 

Less: Interest Reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

(35,341)

 

 

(15,321)

Total Debt

 

 

 

 

 

$258,239

 

 

$261,986

 

 

b. Summary of Other Long-Term Loans to Related Parties

 

 

 

Maturity Year

 

Average Interest Rate as of June 30, 2025

 

 

June 30,

2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Term Loan Facility

 

2026

 

 

6.9%

 

$26,007

 

 

$54,881

 

Less: Interest Reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,493)

 

 

(9,829)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$22,514

 

 

$45,052