12. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On August 5, 2026, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with E.F. Hutton & Co. (the “Placement Agent”), and a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with investors in connection with which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a “reasonable best efforts” public offering (the “Offering”) (i) 996,231 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 2,849,923 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,000 (or $5,000,285 assuming the full exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants), before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. As part of its compensation for acting as Placement Agent for the Offering, the Company paid the Placement Agent a cash fee of 4.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds plus reimbursement of certain expenses and legal fees and a 1% non-accountable expense allowance. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering for repayment of outstanding liabilities, potential acquisitions of assets or investments in businesses, products and technologies, and for marketing and advertising services. The remainder of the proceeds will be used for working capital purposes. The offering closed on August 7, 2026.