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Note 1 - Business Description and Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
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Note 1 - Business Description and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Business Description

 

TaoWeave, Inc. ("TaoWeave" or the "Company") was formed as a Delaware corporation in May 2000.

 

TaoWeave is focused on the Bittensor ecosystem, a decentralized, open-source protocol that coordinates the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (“AI”) models. The Company's principal asset is TAO, Bittensor’s native cryptocurrency, which the Company accumulates and stakes on the Bittensor network to generate yield in the form of additional TAO tokens. The Company's goal is to provide public-market investors with economic exposure to the Bittensor ecosystem. The Company also operates legacy businesses including managed services for network solutions and video collaboration and collaboration products.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31 of each calendar year. The accompanying interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited and have been prepared on substantially the same basis as the Company's annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. In the opinion of the Company’s management, these interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the Company's financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

The December 31, 2025 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data in this document was derived from audited consolidated financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q do not include all disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, and notes thereto included in the Company’s fiscal 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on  March 20, 2026 (the “2025 Annual Report”).

 

The results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods included in these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period or the entire fiscal year.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of TaoWeave and the Company's 100%-owned subsidiaries (i) GP Communications, LLC (“GP Communications”), whose business function is to provide interstate telecommunications services for regulatory purposes, and (ii) Oblong Industries, Inc. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The U.S. Dollar is the functional currency for all subsidiaries.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

As of June 30, 2026, the Company's total cash balance of $735,000 is available. As of December 31, 2025, the Company's total cash balance of $2,258,000 was available, with $500,000 held in short-term certificates of deposit with MidFirst Bank. The Company considers highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Stock-Based Expense

 

In June 2025, the Company granted warrants to an advisor related to digital assets. See Note 8 - Capital Stock for further information. The total stock-based cost of these warrants is $335,000, which was expensed ratably over the twelve-month original life of the contract and the vesting period of the warrants. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, $82,000 and $166,000 was recorded as stock-based advisory fees in general and administrative expense, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2025, $169,000 was recorded as stock-based advisory fees in general and administrative expense, and as of June 30, 2026, no expense remains to be recognized.

 

Segments

 

The Company currently operates in three segments: (1) "Digital Assets", which represents the business surrounding the Company's treasury activity with Bittensor, (2) “Managed Services”, which represents the business surrounding managed services for video collaboration and network solutions, and (3) “Collaboration Products”, which represents the business surrounding the Company's Mezzanine™ product offerings. See Note 12 - Segment Reporting for further discussion. The Company continually evaluates its operations for changes in its segment activity.

 

Use of Estimates

 

Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts could differ from the estimates made. The Company continually evaluates the reasonableness of estimates used in the preparation of the Company's consolidated financial statements. Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively based upon such periodic evaluation. The significant areas of estimation include determining estimated credit losses, the inputs used to determine the fair value of equity-based awards, fair value of the SAFE investment, and the fair value of digital assets.

 

Significant Accounting Policies

 

The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are disclosed in the Company's 2025 Annual Report and there have been no changes, other than those listed below, to the Company’s significant accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2026.

 

Investments in Equity Securities. Investments in equity securities and other ownership interests in entities that the Company does not consolidate and over which it does not exercise significant influence are accounted for under ASC 321. The Company evaluates each investment for embedded features requiring bifurcation under ASC 815-15; where separation is required, the host instrument remains within ASC 321. Equity securities with a readily determinable fair value are measured at fair value with changes recognized in net income. For equity securities without a readily determinable fair value, the Company may elect the fair value option under ASC 825-10 on an instrument-by-instrument basis at initial recognition; absent such election, the Company applies the measurement alternative under ASC 321-10-35-2 and measures the investment at cost less impairment, adjusted for observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. The Company performs a qualitative impairment assessment each reporting period and writes the investment down to fair value, with the loss recognized in net income, if that assessment indicates impairment.

 

Investment in Manako. Because Manako is a private company and no readily determinable fair value exists for our SAFE investment (as defined in Note 5 - Investment in Manako Labs Ltd.), we account for it under the measurement alternative in ASC 321-10-35-2, at cost of $1.0 million, less impairment, if any, adjusted for any observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar Manako securities. Determining whether an impairment indicator exists, and the amount of any impairment or upward adjustment, requires significant judgment, including with respect to Manako’s cash runway, the continued operation of Subnet 44, and the occurrence of any future Manako financing transactions that could serve as an observable price input. No impairment was determined to exist during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. See Note 5 - Investment in Manako Labs Ltd. for further information.

 

Intangible Assets. The Company records intangible assets when it acquires, or is granted, a contractual or other legal right to an identifiable, non-monetary asset that lacks physical substance, including licenses, distribution and commercialization rights, permits, and similar arrangements. Intangible assets are initially recorded at cost or, where acquired other than for cash at the fair value of the consideration given or the asset received, whichever is more clearly determinable, consistent with ASC 350-30 and, where applicable, ASC 718 or ASC 805. The Company’s intangible assets to date have finite useful lives. The Company amortizes finite-lived intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, which management determines based on the contractual or legal term of the underlying arrangement (including expected renewals where appropriate), the period over which the asset is expected to contribute to future cash flows, and any other pertinent factors, such as the level of required maintenance expenditures and the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and industry conditions. The Company does not currently hold any intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. The Company reviews its finite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset (or asset group) may not be recoverable, in accordance with ASC 360-10-35. Impairment indicators the Company considers include significant underperformance of the underlying arrangement relative to expectations, a significant adverse change in the manner in which an asset is used, the likelihood of early termination of a related contract, or significant negative industry or economic trends. If such indicators are present, the Company compares the carrying amount of the asset to the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. If the carrying amount exceeds those undiscounted cash flows, the Company recognizes an impairment loss equal to the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the asset’s fair value, with fair value generally estimated using a discounted cash flow or other applicable valuation technique. The Company reassesses the remaining useful life of each intangible asset each reporting period and, if its estimate of the remaining period of benefit changes, accounts for the change prospectively as a change in accounting estimate, adjusting the periodic amortization charge over the revised remaining useful life. 

 

Valuation of the Closing Warrant and useful life of the related intangible asset. We measured the Closing Warrant (as defined in Note 6) issued to Manako at its grant-date fair value of $60,000 using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires management to select assumptions for expected volatility, the risk-free interest rate, and the expected term. We capitalized this amount as an intangible commercialization and licensing rights asset because it represents consideration for a multi-period contractual right rather than a currently consumed good or service, and we are amortizing it on a straight-line basis over an estimated three-year useful life of the underlying license Term and renewal expectations. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recorded amortization expense of $2,000, and no impairment was determined to exist. See Note 6 - Intangible Asset for further information.

 

Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under ASC 606, the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company applies the following five-step model: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the identified performance obligations; and (v) recognize revenue as, or when, the Company satisfies each performance obligation, either over time or at a point in time, depending on the nature of the good or service and the terms of the arrangement.

 

Principal versus agent determination. We evaluated our role in Customer Agreements entered into under the TLDA (as defined in Note 5 - Investment in Manako Labs Ltd.) and concluded we act as principal, based on our control over pricing (within Manako’s pricing floor), primary responsibility for customer fulfillment and first-level support, and discretion in setting price, in accordance with ASC 606-10-55-36 through 55-40. This conclusion required judgment, and a different conclusion would result in Net Revenue (as defined in Note 10) being presented net of the Revenue Share (as defined in Note 10) rather than gross, with a corresponding decrease in both revenue and cost of revenue but no effect on gross profit or net loss. See Note 10 - Revenue Recognition - Manako Technology License and Distribution Agreement for further information.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires public business entities to disclose additional information about certain expenses in the notes to the financial statements. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on its Consolidated Financial Statements.