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Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Any forward-looking statement in this Annual Report on Form 10-K reflects our current view with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our business, results of operations, industry and future growth. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the documents that we reference herein and have filed as exhibits hereto completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future This Annual Report on Form 10-K also contains, or may contain, estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our products, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K also contains, or may contain, estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our products, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained these industry, business, market and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by third parties, industry and general publications, government data and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which these data are derived.

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PART I

Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Amesite,” and the “Company,” as used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, refer to Amesite, Inc. Amesite holds all material assets and conducts all business activities and operations of the Company.

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview

Our mission is to empower people with AI tools. We have products in two sectors: higher education and healthcare. Higher education is presently challenged to offer useful, affordable professional development and workforce learning programs that generate revenue for them. Healthcare is presently challenged to integrate highly efficient, AI solutions into workflows in order to relieve the prodigious strain on services due to workforce shortages and high turnover. Amesite’s AI-powered solutions aim to solve both of these problems.

Artificial Intelligence is broadly transforming human work and learning. The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has resulted in reshaping of whole industries. We believe that all successful companies and organizations will have to successfully implement AI solutions in order to maintain excellence and competitiveness. While LLMs offer the promise of transformation, software solutions that successfully incorporate functions and features that are fit for purpose are essential. Scaled software platforms are often slow to integrate new technology, because they are burdened by the need to assure backward compatibility, and the inertial effects of large volumes of interlocking practices, from technology to sales to customer success. Small startups often lack the experience needed to create offerings that are both scalable and compliant with relevant regulations.

We believe that Amesite is uniquely positioned to address these markets. We are both agile and experienced. We believe our team is perfectly sized and skilled to create processes that fit the present technology moment – rapidly – while still offering nearly 50 combined years of technology experience, and decades of additional experience on team in sales, marketing and finance.

Our higher education platform, Amesite Engage, enables colleges and universities to offer courses and programs that build professional skills. Customers in higher education can use their own content, content provided by Amesite, or third-party content to deliver learning solutions. Amesite additionally supports higher education customers with instructional staff who contract with us. This enables any college or university to offer accessibly-priced and outstanding programs to build workforce and professional skills with a turnkey system that delivers the highest learner completion rate in the industry of over 96%.

NurseMagicTM, our healthcare app, specifically targets the largest segments in healthcare – nurses and caregivers – providing them support to do their jobs, manage stress, complete documentation and perform many other tasks. Nurses and caregivers can use the app for free, and we are presently marketing the app to enterprises, including home health care companies, skilled nursing companies and other organizations that deliver care and have had early success in entering pilot programs.

Our Sales Motion and Technology Pipeline

We offer a free version of NurseMagicTM, which enables us to determine needs, create desirable features and continuously improve the product, while building our reputation as a fast-growing, highly rated app. To generate revenue, we target healthcare organizations that have incredible pain in staffing, which limits their ability to provide excellent care, control costs and generate revenue. Modalities of care delivered by these enterprises include skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, residential, continuing care retirement communities, home health and rehabilitation centers. Our sales motion is simple: we outreach these organizations to demonstrate the incredible cost savings and removal of barriers to generating revenue. They offer an enterprise version of the app to their teams, working to improve patient care and reduce stress and turnover, via pilot phases. Pilot phases are designed to be short to speed time to close enterprise licenses. We estimate that the return on investment for these enterprises is as much as 15X, given that documentation requirements alone can consume up to 40% of nurses’ time.

In higher education, we principally target community colleges who are charged with driving workforce development as part of their missions. Here again, our sales motion is simple: we offer a no-fee setup that enables them to pay our license fees based on registrations, and we manage the entire system for them, even populating their branded offerings with content and providing them with instructors.

Our Platform includes our products and services and all of the technology and business services that create them, in part or whole: a blend of software, hardware, content, and technology that includes everything from behind-the-scenes processes to the user interface, our website, data handling, communication, and advanced analytics. We constantly improve both our product features and the infrastructure to deliver them, utilizing common infrastructure elements to seamlessly deliver turnkey products that are simple to use and operate, in two markets.

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Our Proprietary Technology

Our Platform utilizes a common infrastructure to deliver both Amesite Engage for higher education and NurseMagicTM for healthcare. Robust tools power our front-end technology. Our code architecture offers outstanding accessibility and agility for engineers, using best-in-class languages for both client and server-side functions. We also utilize tools employed by many high-end platforms, and our own proprietary models that we train on select corpuses that add value for our users and customers. We integrate new tools rapidly as they become available because our architecture enables fast integration of APIs.

We protect and utilize data to improve product performance.

Data and information about user behavior and use cases are collected with user permission. We validate algorithms using both offline and online testing. We will validate algorithms using both offline and online testing.

Our Research and Development

We continuously improve our products and have a practice, based on decades of experience in technology and higher education, on best-in-class metrics. For example, we train our algorithms on corpuses that our users rely upon, and 100% of our R&D is dedicated to improved product performance for users. We create 5 new features per week on average, and build out those most useful to our users.

As a result of our dedicated R&D and focus on deployability, our solutions require zero integrations to run for any organization, and NurseMagicTM is 100% deployable to any employee in an enterprise, 24/7, with in-app administration, and its features are 100% customizable to any customer.

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Our Intellectual Property

We’ve received eleven U.S. patents (8 utility, 3 design) and currently have four pending U.S. patent applications, including one to cover the artificial intelligence platform, and others related to security, power consumption, blockchain, design and other technologies, including methods and systems.

We have protected our source codes, methodologies, algorithms, and techniques directed to other aspects of our artificial intelligence learning platform using our trade secret rights. We have also registered our trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office for AMESITE®, KEEP LEARNING®, and LEARNING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT®, as well as have pending trademark applications for PREACTO™ and NURSEMAGIC℠. We have also secured domain names, including amesite.com, amesite.co, amesite.net, and others.

Competition

The software industry in healthcare is a mixture of large and midsized firms’ platform offerings, with apps available for narrow functionalities. The industry is characterized by high regulatory requirements, including HIPAA, and barriers to entry due to inertia common in large organizations. While we believe that NurseMagicTM is uniquely well-positioned since it focuses on utility for the user and was honed on data and specific needs of users, we face stiff competition from major Electronic Medical Record and Electronic Health Record (EMR and EHRs) companies.

The online and software industries for higher education are characterized by rapid evolution of technologies, fierce competition, government regulation, and strong defense of intellectual property. The overall market for technology solutions that enable providers to deliver education online is highly fragmented, rapidly evolving and subject to changing technology, shifting needs of learners and educators and frequent introductions of new methods of delivering education online. While we believe that our platform, programs, technology, knowledge, experience, and resources provide us with competitive advantages, we face competition from major online companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies, and public and private research institutions, among other competitors, including:

Online Program Management (OPM) firms, who create and launch educational products for EIs and businesses, using either their own or others’ Learning Management Systems (LMSs).

LMS technology firms, who offer technology platforms suitable for offering online educational or training products.

Learning product aggregators, who offer multiple ‘institutions or businesses’ learning products on online platforms for direct purchase by learners, or through licenses by institutions.

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Government Regulation and Product Approval

The healthcare industry is highly regulated, and products that provide services or tools to healthcare professionals are subject to stringent oversight from various regulatory bodies. These regulations include compliance with federal and state laws, as well as industry standards specific to healthcare practices.

We contract with healthcare providers and facilities across various modalities such as skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, home health, and rehabilitation centers. In these settings, we are required to comply with healthcare regulations that govern the use of technology in clinical environments. Our role as a service provider to healthcare professionals and facilities, either directly or through contractual agreements, necessitates compliance with these regulations. Any failure on our part, or on the part of our customers, to adhere to these regulations could negatively impact our operations and our ability to deliver services. Therefore, we work closely with our customers to ensure adherence to applicable healthcare laws and standards.

We will comply with healthcare laws, including but not limited to, regulations concerning data privacy and security, clinical documentation standards, and patient consent requirements. We closely monitor developments in state and federal healthcare regulations and will assist our customers in obtaining necessary approvals to use NurseMagic™ in their practice settings.

Our activities on behalf of our customers are also subject to federal and state laws, including consumer protection laws, data protection and privacy laws, and industry-specific regulations enforced by bodies such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Failure to comply with these regulations could result in legal liabilities, penalties, or restrictions on our ability to operate within certain healthcare modalities.

The education industry is also heavily regulated. Institutions of higher education that award degrees and certificates to signify the successful completion of an academic program are subject to regulation from three primary entities, namely, the U.S. Department of Education (the “DOE”), accrediting agencies, and state licensing authorities. Each of these entities promulgates and enforces its own laws, regulations and standards, which we refer to collectively as education laws.

We contract with higher education institutions that are subject to education laws. In addition, we are required to comply with certain education laws as a result of our role as a service provider to institutions of higher education, either directly or indirectly through our contractual arrangements with customers. Our failure, or that of our customers, to comply with education laws could adversely impact our operations. Our failure, or that of our Customers, to comply with education laws could adversely impact our operations. As a result, we work closely with our customers to maintain compliance with education laws. As a result, we work closely with our Customers to maintain compliance with education laws.

We will abide by education laws, including incentive compensation rules, misrepresentation rules, accreditation rules and standards, among state and federal regulations. We also closely monitor state law developments and we will work closely with our customers to assist them with obtaining any required approvals.

Our activities on behalf of our customers are also subject to other federal and state laws. These regulations include, but are not limited to, consumer marketing and unfair trade practices laws and regulations, including those promulgated and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, as well as federal and state data protection and privacy requirements.

Sales and Marketing

We offer a free version of NurseMagic™, which allows us to identify user needs, create valuable features, and continuously refine the app, all while establishing our reputation as a fast-growing, highly-rated product. This free version serves as a critical tool for building brand awareness and gathering feedback, which informs our development and marketing strategies.

To generate revenue, we target healthcare organizations that face significant staffing challenges, which often impact their ability to deliver high-quality care, manage costs, and generate revenue effectively. The healthcare modalities served by these organizations include skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, residential care, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), home health, and rehabilitation centers. Our sales approach is straightforward: we reach out to these organizations to demonstrate the substantial cost savings and revenue generation opportunities provided by our enterprise version of NurseMagic™.

Our sales process includes conducting pilot phases that allow organizations to evaluate the app’s effectiveness in reducing staff workload and improving patient care. These pilot programs are designed to be brief, enabling a swift transition to full enterprise licensing. We estimate that the return on investment for these organizations can be as high as 15 times, given that documentation requirements alone can consume up to 40% of nurses’ time.

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In addition to our enterprise-focused sales strategy, we leverage the power of digital marketing and social media to drive brand recognition and engagement. The NurseMagic™ brand has cultivated a strong online presence, with over 20,000 social media followers across various platforms. We have effectively engaged healthcare influencers to raise awareness and demonstrate the app’s benefits, contributing to our growing user base and brand credibility.

In the higher education sector, we primarily target community colleges that focus on workforce development as part of their mission. Our approach here is also straightforward: we provide a no-fee setup, allowing institutions to pay for our services based on student registrations. We manage the entire system for these institutions, from populating branded course offerings to providing instructors, making it easier for them to deliver high-quality educational experiences. Our branding in higher education has revolved around our ease of use, no setup fee deal, and our outstanding results on learner engagement and completion.

Board of Advisors

Dennis Bernard, Chairman of the Board of Advisors

Mr. Bernard is the founder and President of Bernard Financial Group and Bernard Financial Servicing Group (“BFG”). BFG is the largest commercial mortgage banking firm in Michigan, financing, on average, over $1.0 billion annually. Mr. Bernard has been involved with over 1,200 commercial real estate financial transactions totaling over $18.6 billion. Mr. Bernard specializes in both debt and equity placement with commercial lenders and institutional joint venture participants.

Martha A. Darling, Member

Over the past 22 years, Ms. Darling has held volunteer leadership roles nationally and in Michigan and has consulted on education policy issues for the National Academy of Sciences and other non-profit organizations. Prior to moving to Ann Arbor, Ms. Darling was a Senior Program Manager at The Boeing Company in Seattle, from which she retired in 1998. She joined Boeing in 1987, with assignments in 747 Program Management, Government Affairs and Boeing’s Corporate Offices, where she supported the chief executive officer and other executives. Previously, she was Vice President for Strategic Planning at Seattle-First National Bank and then, on loan from Seattle-First, she served as Executive Director of the Washington Business Roundtable’s Education Study. From 1977 to 1982 she served in Washington, D.C. as White House Fellow and Executive Assistant to Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal and then as Senior Legislative Aide to U.S. Senator Bill Bradley. She has also served as Special Assistant to the Governor of Washington, Research Social Scientist at the Battelle Seattle Research Center, and was a free-lance consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other international organizations for four years in Paris.

Theodore l. Spencer, Member

Mr. Spencer is Senior Advisor on Admissions Outreach at the University of Michigan. Prior to September 2014, he was Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions. Before joining Michigan in 1989, he was an Associate Director of Admissions at the United States Air Force Academy. He is a graduate of the Military Air War College and was one of thirty-five Air Force recruiting commanders in the United States. He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. Early in his career, he was a salesman for the IBM Corporation in the City of Detroit. Ted has presented at numerous professional conferences state-wide, nationally and internationally, and has written and published articles on the college admissions process. He has received numerous awards and was recognized as the Point Man on Diversity Defense for affirmative action in college admissions. He has previously served as a Trustee for the College Board and on the faculty for the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions. Ted holds a M.S. degree in sociology from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in political science from Tennessee State University.

Human Capital Management

General Information About Our Human Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2024, we have 9 full-time employees and 2 consultants. We intend to engage consultants in general administration on an as-needed basis. We also intend to engage experts in operations, finance and general business to advise us in various capacities. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe our relationship with our employees is good to excellent.

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Our Culture

Amesite’s mission is to empower people with AI tools. We believe that supporting our team with a wonderful environment supports and powers us to accomplish our goals. We also believe that supporting our team with a wonderful environment supports and powers us to accomplish our goals. Our values are summarized in our beats—the guideposts for our culture.

Diversity and Inclusion

To truly change how the world learns and improve the learning process and environment for learners across the world, we need to work with a diversity of partners as well as have a diverse workforce. We also must operate with a high degree of awareness of evolving social conditions, social justice – and create policy accordingly. We acknowledge that these measures evolve over time and commit to improving our policies as awareness of social inequities or injustice arise. We believe an equitable and inclusive environment with diverse teams produces more creative solutions and results in better outcomes for our customers, partners, employees, and stakeholders. We strive to attract, retain, and promote diverse talent at all levels of the organization. Our management team is 66% female, 33% racially diverse, and 83% female or racially diverse. The entire Amesite team is 55% female, 36% racially diverse, and 73% female or racially diverse. Additional information regarding Amesite’s social impact can be found in our 2023 ESG Report available at www.amesite.com.

Corporate Information

The Company was incorporated in November 2017. The Company is Amesite Inc. (Nasdaq: AMST) is a pioneering technology company specializing in the development and marketing of B2C and B2B AI-driven solutions, including its higher ed platform that offers professional learning. Leveraging its proprietary AI infrastructure, Amesite offers cutting-edge applications that cater to both individual and professional needs. NurseMagic™, the company’s mobile healthcare app, streamlines creation of nursing notes and documentation tasks, enhances patient communication, and offers personalized guidance to nurses on patient care, medications, and handling challenging workplace situations. The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The Company’s operations are in two segments.

On September 18, 2020, we consummated a reorganizational merger (the “Reorganization”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated July 14, 2020, whereby Amesite Inc. (“Amesite Parent”), our former parent corporation, merged with and into us, with our Company resulting as the surviving entity. In connection with the same, we filed a Certificate of Ownership and Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and changed our name from “Amesite Operating Company” to “Amesite Inc.” The stockholders of Amesite Parent approved the Merger Agreement on August 4, 2020. The directors and officers of Amesite Parent became our directors and officers.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Effective Date, each share of Amesite Parent’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Date, was converted, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of our common stock. Additionally, each option or warrant to acquire shares of Amesite Parent outstanding immediately before the Effective Date was converted into and became an equivalent option to acquire shares of our common stock, upon the same terms and conditions.

Our corporate headquarters are located at 607 Shelby Street, Suite 700 PMB 214, Detroit, Michigan 48226, and our telephone number is (734) 876-8130. We maintain a website at www.amesite.com. The contents of, or information accessible through, our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our website address is included in this document as an inactive textual reference only. We make our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports, available free of charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such reports with, or furnish such reports to, the SEC. The public may read and copy the materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may also obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Additionally, the SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information. The address of the SEC’s website is www.sec.gov. The information contained in the SEC’s website is not intended to be a part of this filing.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below, as well as general economic and business risks and the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The occurrence of any of the events or circumstances described below or other adverse events could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline. Additional risks or uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also harm our business.

Risks Related to Our Healthcare Business

We have significant compliance and regulatory risks.

NurseMagic™ is designed for use across various healthcare modalities, such as skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, home health, and rehabilitation centers. The healthcare sector is highly regulated, and our app is currently not HIPAA compliant. This lack of compliance poses significant risks when healthcare providers use the app in environments where Protected Health Information (PHI) is handled. Any unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse of PHI could lead to substantial fines, legal actions, and reputational damage, adversely affecting our business operations and financial condition.

Additionally, the use of the app in global markets exposes us to compliance risks under various international regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and other local privacy laws. Certain states have also adopted comparable privacy and security laws and regulations, which govern the privacy, collection, use, processing, disclosure, and protection of health-related and other personal information. Such laws and regulations will be subject to interpretation by various courts and other governmental authorities, thus creating potentially complex compliance issues for us and our customers. Such laws are continuing to be proposed at the state and federal level, reflecting a trend toward more stringent privacy legislation in the United States. The enactment of such laws could have potentially conflicting requirements that would make compliance challenging.

Although we work to comply with applicable laws, regulations and standards, our contractual obligations and other obligations, any actual or perceived failure by us or our employees, representatives, contractors, consultants, or other third parties to comply with such requirements or adequately address data privacy and security concerns, even if unfounded, could result in, among other adverse impacts, damage to our reputation, loss of customer confidence in our security measures, withdrawal or withholding of customer consent for using patient data, government investigations, and enforcement actions and litigation and claims by third parties, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

We have risks in gaining market adoption and winning customers from competitors.

The healthcare app market is rapidly evolving and increasingly competitive, with numerous established players offering compliant and integrated solutions tailored to specific healthcare needs. NurseMagic™ may struggle to gain traction against these competitors, particularly in modalities where compliance and integration with existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are crucial. Failure to demonstrate clear value and differentiation could result in low adoption rates, impeding our ability to scale and achieve sustainable revenue growth.

We are seeking to expand our business to the healthcare sector by offering highly efficient, AI solutions into home health aide and skilled nursing workflows to relieve the prodigious strain on services due to workforce shortages and high turnover, but it is uncertain whether our offerings will achieve and sustain high levels of demand and market adoption. Our future financial performance depends in part on growth in this market, our ability to market effectively and in a cost-efficient manner, and our ability to adapt to emerging demands of potential customers and the evolving regulatory landscape. It is difficult to predict the future growth rate and size of our target market.

Though we have already closed 5 pilot programs with healthcare providers, our reliance on pilot programs and the free version of the app to generate interest may prove inadequate in terms of conversions to enterprise licenses. If healthcare organizations do not perceive a significant return on investment or fail to see measurable improvements in staff efficiency and patient care, our sales efforts may not translate into long-term revenue. Our success depends in part on the willingness of providers and healthcare organizations to partner with us, increase their use of our platform, and our ability to demonstrate the value of our technology to providers, as well as potential customers. If providers, healthcare organizations or regulators work in opposition to us or if we are unable to reduce healthcare costs or drive positive outcomes for our customers, then the market for our services may not continue to develop, or it might develop more slowly than we expect.

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We face significant operational and financial risks.

Implementing and maintaining NurseMagic™ across diverse healthcare environments poses significant operational challenges. Each modality has unique requirements and workflows, and the app must be highly adaptable to meet these needs. The cost and complexity of developing features tailored to specific healthcare settings, as well as ensuring robust data security and performance, require substantial investment. If we are unable to effectively allocate resources to these areas, our growth and operational stability could be compromised.

As a public company, we incur significant overhead costs related to compliance, accounting, and legal obligations. If NurseMagic™ does not achieve the expected revenue or market penetration, we may be forced to scale back development and marketing efforts, which could hinder our ability to attract new customers and retain existing ones.

We face combined legal and reputational risks because of the data we manage and the nature of the business.

Failure to meet regulatory standards or to ensure the app's reliability and security could result in negative publicity, loss of trust, and damage to our brand reputation. This could lead to decreased user engagement and lower conversion rates for enterprise licenses. Additionally, any legal actions taken against us for non-compliance, data breaches, or misuse of the app could result in significant financial penalties and long-term damage to our business prospects.

In summary, the success of NurseMagic™ depends on our ability to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, effectively differentiate ourselves in a competitive market, and maintain operational and financial stability. Failure to manage these risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Higher Education Business

We have a limited operating history in online programs and may fail to grow our customer base.

We were incorporated in November 2017 and have only recently closed a significant number of seven (7) customers. We rely on the intent and the marketing investments and support of our customers to build revenue with this product, and if colleges and universities are not incentivized to dedicate resources to engage in workforce training and professional learning, we could fail to grow this line of business.

We have only recently developed a significant customer base and we have not generated sustainable revenue since inception. There can be no assurance that we will be able to do so in the future. We will incur significant losses in launching products and we may not realize sufficient subscriptions or profits in order to sustain our business.

We have only recently demonstrated growth in our customer base and we have not generated sustainable revenue since inception. We are subject to the substantial risk of failure facing businesses seeking to develop and commercialize new products and technologies. Maintaining and improving our platform will require significant capital. We also incur substantial accounting, legal and other overhead costs as a public company. If our offerings to customers are unsuccessful, result in insufficient revenue or result in us not being able to sustain revenue, we will be forced to reduce expenses, which may result in an inability to gain new customers. If our offerings to Customers are unsuccessful, result in insufficient revenue or result in us not being able to sustain revenue, we will be forced to reduce expenses, which may result in an inability to gain new Customers.

Our business model relies on us successfully licensing our platform and providing services to colleges, universities, and businesses for creation and online delivery of their learning products. If we fail to attract customers, or to negotiate agreements with them that provide us with sustainable revenue, it will impair our ability to operate and grow our business.

We may not be able to convince educational institutions and businesses that our methods will produce better outcomes than their current approaches to online learning products, in a cost-effective manner. We may also not be able to convince them to dedicate significant resources to moving courses onto our platform and gain their trust in operating them collaboratively. If our learning products are not better, or only modestly better than the incumbent versions, we will be unable to grow and gain more customers, which will materially harm our business.

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We will be relying on our college, university and museum customers to drive enrollment and revenue and continue to license our platform and pay for our services.

Factors within and outside of our control will affect enrollments and include the following:

Negative perceptions about online courses. Students may reject the opportunity to take courses online, when residential courses are offered as an option, due to negative perceptions of online education. Students may reject the opportunity to take courses online, when residential courses are offered as an option, due to negative perceptions of online education.

Ineffective marketing efforts. Our customers’ marketing efforts are required to drive enrollment of our online courses. If our customers fail to successfully execute our marketing strategies, they may not continue to license our platform. If our Customers fail to successfully execute our marketing strategies, they may not continue to license our platform.

Damage to customer reputation. Our customers’ rankings, reputation and marketing efforts strongly affect enrollments, none of which we control. If we fail to gain customers with strong, stable reputations and rankings, they will fail to achieve stable enrollments.

Lack of subscription to our courses. We do not control the courses required for a degree by our customers, and if the courses we offer do not build to a degree, enrollments could suffer. We do not control the courses required for a degree by our Customers, and if the courses we offer do not build to a degree, enrollments could suffer.

Reduced enrollment in higher education due to lack of funding. Significant reductions in student funding, through grants or loans, would reduce enrollments in courses on our platform and could adversely affect our business model. Significant reductions in student funding, through grants or loans, would reduce enrollments in courses on our platform and could adversely affect our business model.

General economic conditions. Any contraction in the economy could be expected to reduce enrollment in higher education, whether by reducing funding, reducing corporate allowances for continuing education, general reductions in employment or savings or other factors. Any contraction in the economy could be expected to reduce enrollment in higher education, whether by reducing funding, reducing corporate allowances for continuing education, general reductions in employment or savings or other factors. Any of these could substantially reduce licensing of our platform.

We face intense competition, which may cause pricing pressures, decreased gross margins and loss of market share, and may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We compete with other online education services companies, and colleges and universities themselves. We expect competition in our markets to intensify as new competitors enter the online education market, existing competitors merge or form alliances and new technologies emerge. Our competitors may introduce new solutions and technologies that are superior to our platform. Certain of our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements or may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can. Certain of our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in Customer requirements or may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale of their products than we can.

Increased competition could also result in pricing pressures, declining average selling prices for our service model, decreased gross margins and loss of market share. We will need to make substantial investments to develop these enhancements and technologies to our platform, and we cannot assure investors that we will have funds available for these investments or that these enhancements and technologies will be successful. If a competing technology emerges that is, or is perceived to be, superior to our existing technology and we are unable to adapt and compete effectively, our market share and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected, and our business, revenue, and results of operations could be harmed.

General Risks

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We are in the early stages of developing our customer base and have not completed our efforts to establish a stabilized source of revenue sufficient to cover our costs over an extended period of time. For the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we had net losses of $4,403,182 and $4,153,303, respectively. The assessment of the Company’s ability to meet its future obligations is inherently judgmental, subjective and susceptible to change.

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The assessment of the Company’s ability to meet its future obligations is inherently judgmental, subjective and susceptible to change. Based on their current forecast, management believes that it may not have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to maintain the Company’s planned operations for the next twelve months following the issuance of these financial statements. The Company has considered both quantitative and qualitative factors that are known or reasonably known as of the date of these financial statements are issued and concluded that there are conditions present in the aggregate that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

In response to the conditions, management plans include generating cash by completing financing transactions, which may include offerings of common stock. However, these plans are subject to market conditions, and are not within the Company’s control, and therefore, cannot be deemed probable. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in implementing their plans. As a result, the Company has concluded that management’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

We are dependent on the services of certain key management personnel, employees, advisors, and consultants. If we are unable to retain or motivate such individuals or hire qualified personnel, we may not be able to grow effectively.

We operate leanly, but as such we depend on the services of a number of key management personnel, employees, advisors and consultants and our future performance will largely depend on the talents and efforts of such individuals. We do not currently maintain “key person” life insurance on any of our employees, except for our Chief Executive Officer. The loss of one or more of such key individuals, or failure to find a suitable successor, could hamper our efforts to successfully operate our business and achieve our business objectives. Our future success will also depend on our ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly skilled personnel. Competition in our industry for qualified employees is intense, and our compensation arrangements may not always be successful in attracting new employees and/or retaining and motivating our existing employees. Future acquisitions by us may also cause uncertainty among our current employees and employees of the acquired entity, which could lead to the departure of key individuals. Such departures could have an adverse impact on the anticipated benefits of an acquisition.

We have risk factors within and outside of our control that may inhibit our ability to deliver products on our platform.

Our customers will rely on us to deliver stable platforms, with correct measures of performance in a manner that users can easily use.

Our operating results are highly susceptible to fluctuations due to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control. We may be unable to compete effectively in the marketplace, which could hinder our ability to attract and retain users, customers, and educational institutions on our platform. The mix of net revenues generated from different customer segments may not align with our expectations, leading to unpredictable financial outcomes. Additionally, the timing and magnitude of operating costs and capital expenditures required to maintain and expand our business, operations, and infrastructure may exceed our forecasts, adversely impacting our profitability.

Our focus on long-term objectives over immediate financial performance could result in periods of suboptimal results, and our investments in high-risk projects may fail to generate anticipated returns. Adverse economic conditions, both broadly and specific to our industry, could further weaken our financial position. We may struggle to keep our platform operational at a reasonable cost or without service interruptions, which could damage our reputation and erode user trust.

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Our geographical and product expansion initiatives may not achieve the intended outcomes, and we may fail to attract, inspire, and retain top-tier talent, impeding our ability to succeed at any scale. Government regulations—whether foreign, federal, state, or local—could impose constraints on our operations, potentially limiting our growth. We may be unable to effectively upgrade and develop our systems, infrastructure, and products, or to address emerging technologies or services that block our platform, leading to reduced user engagement.

We could face substantial costs and uncertainties from litigation, and we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights, which could erode our competitive position. Our revenue forecasting may be inaccurate, leading to misguided strategic decisions. Additionally, we may fail to manage fraud and other activities that violate our terms of service, further compromising our platform’s integrity. Our ability to successfully integrate and manage our relationships with enterprises in healthcare and with colleges and universities is uncertain, and any failure in either segment could diminish our reputation. Finally, geopolitical events such as war, threats of war, or terrorist actions could disrupt our operations and significantly impair our business performance.

We may have risks related to our financial condition.

We have a history of losses, will need substantial additional funding to continue our operations and may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future.

Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since inception. If our expectations prove incorrect, our business, operating results and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected. We anticipate that our operating expenses may increase in the foreseeable future as we continue to pursue the development of our platform, invest in marketing, sales and distribution of our platform to grow our business, acquire customers, and commercialize our technology. These efforts may prove more expensive than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in generating sufficient revenues to offset these increased expenses. In addition, we expect to incur significant expenses related to regulatory requirements, and our ability to obtain, protect, and defend our intellectual property rights.

We may also encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays, and other unknown factors that may increase our capital needs and/or cause us to spend our cash resources faster than we expect. Accordingly, we may need to obtain substantial additional funding to continue our operations. We cannot assure you that such additional funding will be available on favorable terms, or at all.

We may have risks related to managing any growth we may experience.

We may engage in future acquisitions that could disrupt our business, cause dilution to our stockholders and harm our financial condition and operating results.

While there are currently no specific plans to acquire any other businesses, we may, in the future, make acquisitions of, or investments in, companies that we believe have products or capabilities that are a strategic or commercial fit with our current business or otherwise offer opportunities. In connection with these acquisitions or investments, we may:

issue shares of our common stock or other forms of equity that would dilute our existing stockholders’ percentage of ownership;

We may not be able to complete acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all. If we do complete an acquisition, we cannot assure you that such acquisition will ultimately strengthen our competitive position or that such acquisition will be viewed positively by customers, financial markets, or investors. Furthermore, future acquisitions could pose numerous additional risks to our expected operations, including:

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If our security measures or those of our future business partners are breached or fail and result in unauthorized disclosure of data, we could lose customers and/or fail to attract new customers. Such breach or failure could also harm our reputation and expose us to protracted and costly lawsuits.

Our platform and computer systems store and transmit proprietary and confidential information that is subject to stringent legal and regulatory obligations. Due to the nature of our products, we face an increasing number of threats to our platform and computer systems including unauthorized activity and access, system viruses, worms, malicious code, denial of service attacks, and organized cyberattacks, any of which could breach our security and disrupt our platform. Due to the nature of our product, we face an increasing number of threats to our platform and computer systems including unauthorized activity and access, system viruses, worms, malicious code, denial of service attacks, and organized cyberattacks, any of which could breach our security and disrupt our platform. The techniques used by computer hackers and cyber criminals to obtain unauthorized access to data or to sabotage computer systems change frequently and generally are not detected until after an incident has occurred. Our cybersecurity measures or those of our future business partners may be unable to anticipate, detect or prevent all attempts to compromise our systems or those of our future business partners. Our internal computer systems and those of our future business partners are or may also be vulnerable to telecommunication and electrical failures, the occurrence of which could result in material disruptions of our services. If our security measures are breached or fail because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, we could be subject to liability or our business could be interrupted, potentially over an extended period of time. Any or all of these issues could harm our reputation, adversely affect our ability to attract new customers, cause existing customers to scale back their offerings or elect not to renew their agreements, cause prospective students not to enroll or students to not stay enrolled in our offerings, or subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or other action or liability. Any or all of these issues could harm our reputation, adversely affect our ability to attract new Customers, cause existing Customers to scale back their offerings or elect not to renew their agreements, cause prospective students not to enroll or students to not stay enrolled in our offerings, or subject us to third-party lawsuits, regulatory fines or other action or liability. Such issues could also cause a delay in the further development of our new technology for online education. Any reputational damage resulting from breach of our systems or disruption of our services could create distrust of our company by prospective customers. We do not currently have cyber risk insurance. If we obtain one, such insurance may not be adequate to cover losses associated with such events, and in any case, such insurance may not cover all of the types of costs, expenses and losses we could incur to respond to and remediate a security breach. As a result, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to protect against the threat of these disruptions and security breaches or to alleviate problems caused by such disruptions or breaches.

Unfavorable global economic, business, or political conditions could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Our results of operations could be adversely affected by general conditions in the global economy and in the global financial markets, including conditions that are outside of our control and the impact of health and safety concerns, such as those relating to the coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”). The recent global financial crisis in connection with COVID-19 caused extreme volatility and disruptions in the capital and credit markets. The recent global financial crisis in connection with COVID-19 has caused extreme volatility and disruptions in the capital and credit markets. A severe or prolonged economic downturn caused by this or other general conditions could result in a variety of risks to our business, including our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. A severe or prolonged economic downturn could result in a variety of risks to our business, including our ability to raise additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. Any of the foregoing could harm our business and we cannot anticipate all the ways in which the current economic climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact our business.

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Cyber security risks and the failure to maintain the integrity of internal, partner, and consumer data could result in damages to our reputation, the disruption of operations and/or subject us to costs, fines or lawsuits.

We have and will continue to collect and retain large volumes of internal, partner and consumer data, including personally identifiable information, for business purposes, including for transactional or target marketing and promotional purposes, and our various information technology systems enter, process, summarize and report such data. We also maintain personally identifiable information about our employees. The integrity and protection of our customer, employee, and company data is critical to our business and our customers and employees are likely to have a high expectation that we will adequately protect their personal information. The regulatory environment, as well as the requirements imposed on us by the credit card industry, governing information, security and privacy laws is increasingly demanding and continues to evolve. Maintaining compliance with applicable security and privacy regulations may increase our operating costs and/or adversely impact our ability to market our products and services.

We also rely on accounting, financial and operational management information technology systems to conduct our operations. If these information technology systems suffer severe damage, disruption or shutdown and our business continuity plans do not effectively resolve the issues in a timely manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

We may face various security threats, including cyber security attacks on our data (including our vendors’ and customers’ data) and/or information technology infrastructure. Although we utilize various procedures and controls to monitor and mitigate these threats, there can be no assurance that these procedures and controls will be sufficient to prevent penetrations or disruptions to our systems. Furthermore, a penetrated or compromised data system or the intentional, inadvertent or negligent release or disclosure of data could result in theft, loss, fraudulent or unlawful use of customer, employee, or company data which could harm our reputation or result in remedial and other costs, fines or lawsuits and require significant management attention and resources to be spent. In addition, our insurance coverage and indemnification arrangements that we enter into, if any, may not be adequate to cover all the costs related to cyber security attacks or disruptions resulting from such events.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

An active trading market for our common stock may not be sustained.

Although our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the market for our shares has demonstrated varying levels of trading activity. Furthermore, the current level of trading may not be sustained in the future. The lack of an active market for our common stock may impair investors’ ability to sell their shares at the time they wish to sell them or at a price that they consider reasonable, may reduce the fair market value of their shares and may impair our ability to raise capital to continue to fund operations by selling shares and may impair our ability to acquire additional intellectual property assets by using our shares as consideration.

We may acquire other companies or technologies, which could divert our management’s attention, result in dilution to our stockholders and otherwise disrupt our operations and adversely affect our operating results.

We may in the future seek to acquire or invest in businesses, applications and services or technologies that we believe could complement or expand our services, enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities. The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur various expenses in identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.

In addition, we do not have any experience in acquiring other businesses. If we acquire additional businesses, we may not be able to integrate the acquired personnel, operations and technologies successfully, or effectively manage the combined business following the acquisition. We also may not achieve the anticipated benefits from the acquired business due to several factors, including:

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In addition, a significant portion of the purchase price of companies we acquire may be allocated to acquired goodwill and other intangible assets, which must be assessed for impairment at least annually. In the future, if our acquisitions do not yield expected returns, we may be required to take charges to our operating results based on this impairment assessment process, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, which could adversely affect our operating results. In addition, if an acquired business fails to meet our expectations, our operating results, business and financial position may suffer.

Market and economic conditions may negatively impact our business, financial condition and share price.

Concerns over inflation, energy costs, geopolitical issues, the U.S. mortgage market and a declining real estate market, unstable global credit markets and financial conditions, and volatile oil prices have led to periods of significant economic instability, diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, diminished expectations for the global economy and expectations of slower global economic growth going forward, increased unemployment rates, and increased credit defaults in recent years. Our general business strategy may be adversely affected by any such economic downturns, volatile business environments and continued unstable or unpredictable economic and market conditions. If these conditions continue to deteriorate or do not improve, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult to complete, more costly, and more dilutive. Failure to secure any necessary financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy, financial performance, and share price and could require us to delay or abandon development or commercialization plans.

Future sales and issuances of our securities could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our shareholders and could cause our share price to fall.

We expect that significant additional capital will be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including research and development, increased marketing, hiring new personnel, commercializing our products, and continuing activities as an operating public company. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our shareholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner, we determine from time to time. If we sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in more than one transaction, investors may be materially diluted by subsequent sales. Such sales may also result in material dilution to our existing shareholders, and new investors could gain rights superior to our existing shareholders.

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We do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock so any returns will be limited to the value of our shares.

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. Any return to shareholders will therefore be limited to the increase, if any, of our share price.

We are an “emerging growth company” and can avail ourselves of reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, which could make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and we have elected to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 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 shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, pursuant to Section 107 of the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company” we have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

We may be at risk of securities class action litigation.

We may be at risk of securities class action litigation. In the past, small-cap issuers have experienced significant stock price volatility, particularly when associated with regulatory requirements by governmental authorities, which our industry now increasingly faces. If we face such litigation, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could harm our business and result in a decline in the market price of our common stock.

The Nasdaq Capital Market may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Although we expect to meet the Nasdaq Capital Market’s continued listing standards, we cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market in the future. In order to continue to have our securities listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we must maintain and comply with certain standards including, but not limited to, standards relating to corporate governance, stockholders’ equity and market value of listed securities. If we are unable to comply with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market our securities may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market. If our securities are delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market, we could face significant adverse consequences including, but not limited to:

Financial reporting obligations of being a public company in the United States are expensive and time-consuming, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to compliance matters.

As a publicly traded company, we incur significant additional legal, accounting, and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. The obligations of being a public company in the United States require significant expenditures and will place significant demands on our management and other personnel, including costs resulting from public company reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations regarding corporate governance practices, including those under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the listing requirements of the stock exchange on which our securities are listed. These rules require the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and changes in corporate governance practices, among many other complex rules that are often difficult to implement, monitor and maintain compliance with. Moreover, despite recent reforms made possible by the JOBS Act, the reporting requirements, rules, and regulations will make some activities more time-consuming and costly, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company.” Our management and other personnel devote a substantial amount of time to ensure that we comply with all of these requirements and to keep pace with new regulations, otherwise we may fall out of compliance and risk becoming subject to litigation or being delisted, among other potential problems.

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Our principal stockholders and management own a significant percentage of our stock and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to stockholder approval.

Our directors, executive officers and each of our stockholders who owned greater than 5% of our outstanding Common Stock beneficially, as of June 30, 2024, own approximately 32% of our common stock. Accordingly, these stockholders have and will continue to have significant influence over the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, a merger, the consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets or any other significant corporate transaction. The interests of these stockholders may not be the same as or may even conflict with our other investors’ interests. For example, these stockholders could delay or prevent a change in control of us, even if such a change in control would benefit our other stockholders, which could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their Common Stock as part of a sale of the Company or our assets. The significant concentration of stock ownership may negatively impact the value of our Common Stock due to potential investors’ perception that conflicts of interest may exist or arise.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between the Company and its stockholders, which could limit stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with the Company or its directors, officers, or employees.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Company, its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) or our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company, its directors, officers, employees or agents governed by the internal affairs doctrine, except for, as to each of (i) through (iv) above, any claim as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Court of Chancery, or for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction. This exclusive forum provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. To the extent that any such claims may be based upon federal law claims, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. However, our certificate of incorporation contains a federal forum provision which provides that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation are deemed to have notice of and consented to this provision. The Supreme Court of Delaware has held that this type of exclusive federal forum provision is enforceable. There may be uncertainty, however, as to whether courts of other jurisdictions would enforce such provision, if applicable.

These choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with the Company or its directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against the Company and its directors, officers and other employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find our choice of forum provisions contained in either our certificate of incorporation or bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, the Company may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm its business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and Delaware law make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us and make a takeover more difficult to complete, even if such a transaction were in stockholders’ interest.

Our certificate of incorporation and the Delaware General Corporation Law contain certain provisions that may have the effect of making it more difficult or delaying attempts by others to obtain control of our Company, even when these attempts may be in the best interests of our stockholders. We also are subject to the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits us from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner and prohibits the voting of shares held by persons acquiring certain numbers of shares without obtaining requisite approval. The statutes and our certificate of incorporation have the effect of making it more difficult to effect a change in control of our Company.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY

Risk Management and Strategy

We recognize the importance of assessing, identifying, and managing risks from cybersecurity threats. Our approach to cybersecurity risk management is aligned with our risk profile and business. We follow a formal, documented process to assess the data protection practices of certain third-party vendors that handle sensitive information on our behalf.

Although risks from cybersecurity threats have to date not materially affected, and we do not believe they are reasonably likely to materially affect, us or our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition, we could, from time to time, experience threats and security incidents relating to our and our third-party vendors’ information systems. For more information, please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Governance Related to Cybersecurity Risks

Our board of directors has oversight over cybersecurity risks. Our management provides periodic presentations to the board of directors on our cybersecurity program, including updates on cybersecurity risks and related cybersecurity strategy, as applicable. The management provides updates regarding our cybersecurity program to the board of directors when material.

While we have not experienced any material cybersecurity threats or incidents in recent years, there can be no guarantee that we will not be the subject of future threats or incidents.

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