UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024
or
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from ___________ to ___________
Commission
File No. 001-40729
DATCHAT,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | | 47-2502264 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction | | IRS Employer |
of Organization) | | Identification Number |
204 Neilson Street, | | |
New Brunswick, NJ | | 08901 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
(732)
374-3529
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not
applicable
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | DATS | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Series A Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.98 per share | | DATSW | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate
by checkmark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulations S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
Non accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
| | Emerging growth company | ☒ |
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As
of August 14, 2024, there were 3,009,329 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.
DATCHAT,
INC.
FORM
10-Q
June
30, 2024
INDEX
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). Any statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or
future events or performance are not historical facts and are forward-looking statements. These statements are often, but not always,
made through the use of words or phrases such as “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and “would.” For example, statements concerning financial
condition, possible or assumed future results of operations, growth opportunities, industry ranking, plans and objectives of management,
markets for our common stock and future management and organizational structure are all forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of performance. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement.
Any
forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the risk factors discussed throughout our Annual Report on
Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024. Some of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to
differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
| ● | our
business strategies; |
| ● | the
timing of regulatory submissions; |
| ● | our
ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our existing product candidates and any other product candidates we may develop,
and the labeling under any approval we may obtain; |
| ● | risks
related to market acceptance of products; |
| ● | intellectual
property risks; |
| ● | risks
associated to our reliance on third party organizations; |
| ● | our
competitive position; |
| ● | our
industry environment; |
| ● | our
anticipated financial and operating results, including anticipated sources of revenues; |
| ● | assumptions
regarding the size of the available market, benefits of our products, product pricing and timing of product launches; |
| ● | management’s
expectation with respect to future acquisitions; |
| ● | statements
regarding our goals, intentions, plans and expectations, including the introduction of new products and markets; |
| ● | our
cash needs and financing plans. |
The
foregoing list sets forth some, but not all, of the factors that could affect our ability to achieve results described in any forward-looking
statements. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference herein and have filed as exhibits
our Annual Report on Form 10-K, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from
what we expect. You should assume that the information appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is accurate as of the date hereof.
Because the risk factors referred to in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024, could cause actual results
or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not place
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made,
and except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time,
and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statements. We qualify all the information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and particularly our forward-looking
statements, by these cautionary statements.
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DATCHAT,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
| |
June 30, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
(Unaudited) | | |
| |
ASSETS | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
CURRENT ASSETS: | |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 587,518 | | |
$ | 953,362 | |
Short-term investments, at fair value | |
| 4,661,494 | | |
| 5,236,781 | |
Accounts receivable | |
| 192 | | |
| 183 | |
Prepaid expenses | |
| 105,352 | | |
| 185,675 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Current Assets | |
| 5,354,556 | | |
| 6,376,001 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
N0N-CURRENT ASSETS: | |
| | | |
| | |
Property and equipment, net | |
| 45,000 | | |
| 56,565 | |
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net | |
| 38,846 | | |
| 73,977 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Non-current Assets | |
| 83,846 | | |
| 130,542 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Assets | |
$ | 5,438,402 | | |
$ | 6,506,543 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CURRENT LIABILITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
$ | 361,348 | | |
$ | 322,762 | |
Operating lease liability | |
| 44,037 | | |
| 83,674 | |
Contract liabilities | |
| 143 | | |
| 118 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Current Liabilities | |
| 405,528 | | |
| 406,554 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 405,528 | | |
| 406,554 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | |
| | | |
| | |
Preferred stock ($0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized) | |
| | | |
| | |
Series A Preferred stock ($0.0001 Par Value; 1 Share designated;
none issued and outstanding on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Series B Preferred stock ($0.0001 Par Value; 2,000,000 Share designated; 2,000,000 issued and outstanding on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023) | |
| 200 | | |
| 200 | |
Common stock ($0.0001 par value; 180,000,000 shares authorized; 3,076,274 and 2,103,321 shares issued and 3,009,329 and 2,036,376 shares outstanding on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively) | |
| 308 | | |
| 210 | |
Common stock to be issued (139 shares on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023) | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Additional paid-in capital | |
| 56,772,699 | | |
| 54,597,083 | |
Treasury stock, at cost (66,945 shares on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023) | |
| (397,969 | ) | |
| (397,969 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive gain | |
| - | | |
| 34,553 | |
Accumulated deficit | |
| (50,255,147 | ) | |
| (48,134,088 | ) |
Total DatChat, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity | |
| 6,120,091 | | |
| 6,099,989 | |
Noncontrolling interest | |
| (1,087,217 | ) | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Stockholders’ Equity | |
| 5,032,874 | | |
| 6,099,989 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | |
$ | 5,438,402 | | |
$ | 6,506,543 | |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
DATCHAT,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
| |
For the Three Months Ended | | |
For the Six Months Ended | |
| |
June 30, | | |
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
NET REVENUES | |
$ | 151 | | |
$ | 172 | | |
$ | 282 | | |
$ | 326 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
OPERATING EXPENSES: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Compensation and related expenses | |
| 522,596 | | |
| 1,380,038 | | |
| 1,420,260 | | |
| 2,929,730 | |
Marketing and advertising expenses | |
| 32,883 | | |
| 46,599 | | |
| 67,600 | | |
| 160,402 | |
Professional and consulting expenses | |
| 250,274 | | |
| 321,157 | | |
| 503,899 | | |
| 577,077 | |
Research and development expense | |
| 226,058 | | |
| 337,458 | | |
| 459,976 | | |
| 620,231 | |
General and administrative expenses | |
| 235,443 | | |
| 241,679 | | |
| 479,069 | | |
| 438,781 | |
Impairment loss on digital currencies and other digital assets | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 23,381 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total operating expenses | |
| 1,267,254 | | |
| 2,326,931 | | |
| 2,930,804 | | |
| 4,749,602 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS | |
| (1,267,103 | ) | |
| (2,326,759 | ) | |
| (2,930,522 | ) | |
| (4,749,276 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest income, net | |
| 62,995 | | |
| 39,595 | | |
| 177,465 | | |
| 67,833 | |
Gain on initial consolidation of variable interest entities | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 42,737 | |
Gain on deconsolidation of variable interest entities | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 107 | | |
| - | |
Foreign currency exchange loss | |
| - | | |
| (66 | ) | |
| (12,965 | ) | |
| (66 | ) |
Realized loss on short-term investments | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (47,672 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Total other income (expenses), net | |
| 62,995 | | |
| 39,529 | | |
| 164,607 | | |
| 62,832 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
NET LOSS | |
| (1,204,108 | ) | |
| (2,287,230 | ) | |
| (2,765,915 | ) | |
| (4,686,444 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss of subsidiary attributable to noncontrolling interest | |
| 220,861 | | |
| - | | |
| 644,856 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS | |
$ | (983,247 | ) | |
$ | (2,287,230 | ) | |
$ | (2,121,059 | ) | |
$ | (4,686,444 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss | |
$ | (1,204,108 | ) | |
$ | (2,287,230 | ) | |
$ | (2,765,915 | ) | |
$ | (4,686,444 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Other comprehensive (loss) gain: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Unrealized gain on short-term investments | |
| - | | |
| 112,535 | | |
| - | | |
| 197,570 | |
Unrealized foreign currency translation gain | |
| - | | |
| 582 | | |
| 12,965 | | |
| 758 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Comprehensive loss | |
$ | (1,204,108 | ) | |
$ | (2,174,113 | ) | |
$ | (2,752,950 | ) | |
$ | (4,488,116 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
$ | (0.33 | ) | |
$ | (1.10 | ) | |
$ | (0.73 | ) | |
$ | (2.27 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING: | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
| 3,009,329 | | |
| 2,074,042 | | |
| 2,907,757 | | |
| 2,068,907 | |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
DATCHAT,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR
THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
| |
Series B | | |
| | |
| | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
| | |
Accumulated
Other | | |
| | |
| | |
Total | |
| |
Preferred
Stock | | |
Common
Stock | | |
to
be Issued | | |
Paid-in | | |
Treasury
Stock | | |
Comprehensive | | |
Accumulated | | |
Noncontrolling | | |
Stockholders’ | |
| |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Capital | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Gain
(Loss) | | |
Deficit | | |
Interest | | |
Equity | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Balance,
December 31, 2023 | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
$ | 200 | | |
| 2,103,321 | | |
$ | 210 | | |
| 139 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 54,597,083 | | |
| 66,945 | | |
$ | (397,969 | ) | |
$ | 34,553 | | |
$ | (48,134,088 | ) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 6,099,989 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock based compensation in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 6,695 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 6,695 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock-based professional fees in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,019 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,019 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Issuance
of common shares in subsidiary for services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,500 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,500 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Issuance of common stock for cash, net of allocated offering costs of $149,248 | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 382,972 | | |
| 39 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 559,212 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 559,251 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Sale of pre-funded warrants, net of allocated offering costs of $229,919 | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 861,522 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 861,522 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Cashless
exercise of pre-funded warrants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 589,981 | | |
| 59 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (59 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Initial
recording on noncontrolling interest | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 442,361 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (442,361 | ) | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (34,553 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (34,553 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss for the period | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (1,137,812 | ) | |
| (423,995 | ) | |
| (1,561,807 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance,
March 31, 2024 | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
| 200 | | |
| 3,076,274 | | |
| 308 | | |
| 139 | | |
| - | | |
| 56,511,333 | | |
| 66,945 | | |
| (397,969 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (49,271,900 | ) | |
| (866,356 | ) | |
| 5,975,616 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock based compensation in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,349 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 3,349 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock-based professional fees in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,019 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 22,019 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Issuance
of common shares in subsidiary for cash | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 235,998 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 235,998 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss for the period | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (983,247 | ) | |
| (220,861 | ) | |
| (1,204,108 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance,
June 30, 2024 | |
| 2,000,000 | | |
$ | 200 | | |
| 3,076,274 | | |
$ | 308 | | |
| 139 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 56,772,699 | | |
| 66,945 | | |
$ | (397,969 | ) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (50,255,147 | ) | |
$ | (1,087,217 | ) | |
$ | 5,032,874 | |
| |
Series B | | |
| | |
| | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
| | |
Accumulated
Other | | |
| | |
| | |
Total | |
| |
Preferred
Stock | | |
Common
Stock | | |
to
be Issued | | |
Paid-in | | |
Treasury
Stock | | |
Comprehensive | | |
Accumulated | | |
Noncontrolling | | |
Stockholders’ | |
| |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Capital | | |
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Gain | | |
Deficit | | |
Interest | | |
Equity | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Balance,
December 31, 2022 | |
| - | | |
$ | - | | |
| 2,059,717 | | |
$ | 206 | | |
| 139 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 52,285,488 | | |
| - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (39,729,118 | ) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 12,556,576 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock based compensation in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 603,278 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 603,278 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock-based professional fees in connection with stock
option grants and shares | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 21,900 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 21,900 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Issuance
of common stock for professional services | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 14,300 | | |
| 1 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 99,999 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 100,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Purchase
of treasury stock | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 47,985 | | |
| (311,174 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (311,174 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 132,883 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 132,883 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Rounding
for reverse split | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 25 | | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss for the period | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (2,399,214 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (2,399,214 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance,
March 31, 2023 | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 2,074,042 | | |
| 207 | | |
| 139 | | |
| - | | |
| 53,010,665 | | |
| 47,985 | | |
| (311,174 | ) | |
| 132,883 | | |
| (42,128,332 | ) | |
| - | | |
| 10,704,249 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock based compensation in connection with stock option grants | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 752,155 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 752,155 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accretion
of stock-based professional fees in connection with stock
option grants and shares | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 33,058 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 33,058 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Purchase
of treasury stock | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 18,960 | | |
| (86,795 | ) | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (86,795 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 65,445 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 65,445 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net
loss for the period | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| (2,287,230 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (2,287,230 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance,
June 30, 2023 | |
| - | | |
$ | - | | |
| 2,074,042 | | |
$ | 207 | | |
| 139 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 53,795,878 | | |
| 66,945 | | |
$ | (397,969 | ) | |
$ | 198,328 | | |
$ | (44,415,562 | ) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 9,180,882 | |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
DATCHAT,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
| |
For the Six Months Ended | |
| |
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | |
| |
Net loss | |
$ | (2,765,915 | ) | |
$ | (4,686,444 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Depreciation and amortization | |
| 11,565 | | |
| 12,941 | |
Amortization of right of use asset | |
| 35,131 | | |
| 28,782 | |
Stock-based compensation | |
| 10,044 | | |
| 1,355,433 | |
Stock-based professional fees | |
| 94,038 | | |
| 118,936 | |
Stock-based professional fees - Dragon Interactive | |
| 12,616 | | |
| - | |
Gain from initial consolidation of variable interest entities | |
| - | | |
| (42,737 | ) |
Gain on deconsolidation of variable interest entities | |
| (107 | ) | |
| - | |
Foreign currency exchange loss | |
| 12,965 | | |
| 66 | |
Impairment loss on digital currencies and other digital assets | |
| - | | |
| 23,381 | |
Realized gain on short-term investments | |
| - | | |
| (125,782 | ) |
Unrealized loss on short-term investments | |
| - | | |
| 47,672 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts receivable | |
| (9 | ) | |
| 277 | |
Accounts receivable - related party | |
| - | | |
| 42,000 | |
Prepaid expenses | |
| 40,207 | | |
| 53,612 | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
| 38,693 | | |
| 23,633 | |
Contract liabilities | |
| 25 | | |
| (81 | ) |
Operating lease liability | |
| (39,637 | ) | |
| (31,807 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |
| (2,550,384 | ) | |
| (3,180,118 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments | |
| 6,121,770 | | |
| 3,845,000 | |
Purchase of short-term investments, net | |
| (5,594,001 | ) | |
| (964,072 | ) |
Purchase of property and equipment | |
| - | | |
| (32,185 | ) |
Increase in cash from consolidation of variable interest entities | |
| - | | |
| 64,538 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NET CASH PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |
| 527,769 | | |
| 2,913,281 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Repayment of related party advances | |
| - | | |
| (1,315 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net | |
| 559,251 | | |
| - | |
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary common stock | |
| 235,998 | | |
| - | |
Proceeds from sale of pre-funded warrants | |
| 861,522 | | |
| - | |
Purchase of treasury stock | |
| - | | |
| (397,969 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |
| 1,656,771 | | |
| (399,284 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | |
| (365,844 | ) | |
| (666,121 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | |
| - | | |
| 758 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - beginning of period | |
| 953,362 | | |
| 1,732,956 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS - end of period | |
$ | 587,518 | | |
$ | 1,067,593 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash paid for: | |
| | | |
| | |
Interest | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
Income taxes | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |
| | | |
| | |
Initial recording on noncontrolling interest deficit | |
$ | 442,361 | | |
$ | - | |
Common stock issued for future services | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 100,000 | |
See
accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization
DatChat, Inc. (the “Company”) was
incorporated in the State of Nevada on December 4, 2014 under the name of YssUp, Inc. On March 4, 2015, the Company’s corporate
name was changed to Dat Chat, Inc. In August 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company approved to change the name of the Company from
Dat Chat, Inc. to DatChat, Inc. The Company established a fiscal year end of December 31. The Company is a secure messaging, metaverse,
and social media company that not only focuses on protecting privacy on personal devices, but also protects user information after it
is shared with others. The Company believes that one’s right to privacy should not end the moment they click “send.”
The Company’s flagship product, DatChat Messenger & Private Social Network, is a mobile application that gives users the ability
to communicate with privacy and protection.
On June 16, 2022, the Company formed a majority
owned subsidiary, Dragon Interact, Inc., under the name “SmarterVerse, Inc.”, a company incorporated under the laws of the
State of Nevada (“Dragon”). On February 14, 2024, Dragon filed a Certificate of Amendment with the State of Nevada to change
its name from “SmarterVerse, Inc.” to “Dragon Interactive Corporation”. On February 14, 2023, Dragon entered into
a subscription agreement with Metabizz, LLC. In connection with the subscription agreement, Dragon sold Metabizz, LLC 8,000,000 shares
of its common stock for $800, which was 40% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Dragon. On October 2, 2023, pursuant to the
Stock Purchase Agreement, Dragon issued the Company an additional 12,000,000 shares of its common stock for $500,000 in Dragon expenses
paid to Metabizz on behalf of Dragon. On August 7, 2024, Dragon filed a Certificate of Amendment with the State of Nevada to change its
name from “Dragon Interactive Corporation” to “Dragon Interact, Inc”.
On January 10, 2024, VR Interactive LLC (“VR
Interactive”), a company 45% owned by Darin Myman, the Company’s CEO and 3.75% owned by Peter Shelus, the Company’s
chief technology officer and director, purchased 8,000,000 shares of Dragon from the Metabizz shareholders. Mr. Myman is a partner in
VR Interactive. Therefore, VR Interactive, a related party, became a 25% non-controlling interest in Dragon. On January 25, 2024, Dragon
entered into a 9-month consulting agreement with an individual for business development, financial and market due diligence services to
be rendered over the term of the agreement. In connection with this consulting agreement, Dragon issued 1,500,000 of its shares for services
to be rendered. During the three months ended June 30, 2024. Dragon issued 786,660 of its shares for net cash proceeds of $235,998. Accordingly,
as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company owns 70% and 75% of Dragon, respectively.
On February 14, 2023, based on the Company’s
analysis, Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS were determined to be variable interest entities (see below). Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS
were formed by a group of technology professionals to provide programming services only to Dragon. One of the founders of Metabizz, LLC
was the chief technology officer of Dragon. On March 31, 2024, based on the Company’s analysis, the Company deconsolidated Metabizz,
LLC and Metabizz SAS. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company ceased doing business with Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS
and will pay technology professionals directly.
On June 29, 2022, the Company, DatChat Patents
I, Inc., a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of DatChat that was formed on June 23, 2022 (“Merger Sub I”), DatChat
Patents II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of DatChat that was formed on June 23, 2022 (“Merger
Sub II”), and Avila Security Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Avila”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger
(the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of
Avila in consideration for the issuance of 100,000 shares (the “Acquisition Shares”) of the Company’s restricted stock.
The acquisition included intellectual property rights in blockchain based digital rights management and object sharing technology, including
encrypted WebRTC real-time video and audio streaming communications. Immediately following the merger, Merger Sub I was merged into Avila
and Merger Sub I was dissolved and Avila was merged into Merger Sub II. Other than owning certain patents, Avila had no operations or
no employees and was not considered a business.
On September 19, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate
of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effectuate a 1-for-10 reverse
stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding and authorized shares of common stock,
par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”). The Reverse Stock Split became effective on September 19, 2023. Proportional
adjustments for the Reverse Stock Split were made to the Company’s outstanding stock options, warrants and equity incentive plans,
and authorized shares. On December 27, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with
the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the number of authorized common stock from 18,000,000 shares to 180,000,000
shares. All share and per-share data and amounts have been retroactively adjusted as of the earliest period presented in the consolidated
financial statements to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.
Basis of presentation
Management acknowledges its responsibility for
the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which reflect all adjustments, consisting of
normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary in its opinion for a fair statement of its financial position and the results of its
operations for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (the “U.S. GAAP”) for
interim financial information and with the instructions Article 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Operating results for interim periods are not
necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the fiscal year as a whole.
Certain information and note disclosure normally
included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP has been condensed or omitted from these statements pursuant to
such accounting principles and, accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes necessary for comprehensive financial statements.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the summary of significant accounting policies
and notes to the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 of the Company which were included in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2024.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
The Company consolidates its subsidiaries that
are wholly-owned and majority owned, and entities that are variable interest entities (“VIE”) where the Company is determined
to be the primary beneficiary. The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
DatChat, Inc., DatChat Patents II, LLC, its majority owned subsidiary, Dragon and VIE entities, Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS through
March 31, 2024, at which date the VIE entities were deconsolidated. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
The Company accounts for it noncontrolling interest
in Dragon in accordance with ASC Topic 810-10-45, which requires the Company to present noncontrolling interests as a separate component
of total shareholders’ equity on the consolidated balance sheets and the consolidated net loss attributable to its noncontrolling
interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statements of operations. Through January 10, 2024, the date
that VR Interactive purchased 8,000,000 shares of Dragon from the Metabizz LLC, any noncontrolling interest eliminated in consolidation.
Because this change in ownership moved from a consolidated entity (the VIE entities) to a nonconsolidated entity (VR Interactive), subsequent
to January 10, 2024 the Company ceased eliminating the noncontrolling interest in consolidation and recorded an initial negative noncontrolling
interest of $386,480 in total equity for the portion of equity ownership not attributable to DatChat based on the minority interest holders’
ownership interest in the carrying value of Dragon’s equity. Additionally, on January 25, 2024, the date that Dragon issued 1,500,000
of its shares to an individual, the Company recorded an initial negative noncontrolling interest of $55,881 in total equity for the portion
of additional equity ownership not attributable to the Company based on this minority interest holders’ ownership interest in the
carrying value of Dragon’s equity.
On March 31, 2024, based on the Company’s
analysis, the Company deconsolidated Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company ceased doing
business with Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS and will pay technology professionals directly. In connection with the deconsolidation of
Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS, during the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $107.
Variable interest entities
Pursuant to ASC 810-10-25-22, an entity
is defined as a VIE if it either lacks sufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support,
or it is structured such that the holders of the voting rights do not substantively participate in the gains and losses of the entity.
When determining whether an entity that meets the definition of a business qualifies for a scope exception from applying VIE guidance,
the Company considers whether: (i) it has participated significantly in the design of the entity, (ii) it has provided more than half
of the total financial support to the entity, and (iii) substantially all of the activities of the VIE are conducted on its behalf. A
VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary, the party that has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the
VIE’s economic performance and has the right to receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could be
potentially significant to the VIE. The primary beneficiary assessment must be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis.
Based on the Company’s analysis, on February
14, 2023, Metabizz, LLC, a Florida corporation, and Metabizz SAS, a company incorporated under the laws of Columbia (collectively “Metabizz”),
were determined to be VIE entities in accordance with ASC 810-10-25-22 because the equity owners in Metabizz did not have the characteristics
of a controlling financial interest and the initial equity investments in these entities may be or are insufficient to meet or sustain
its operations without additional subordinated financial support from DatChat. The equity owners of Metabizz had only a nominal equity
investment at risk, and the Company absorbed or received a majority of the entity’s expected losses or benefits. The Company participated
significantly in the design of Metabizz. The Company has provided working capital advances to Metabizz to allow Metabizz to fund its day-to-day
obligations. Substantially all of the activities of Metabizz were conducted for the Company’s benefit, as evidenced by the fact
that the operations of Metabizz consisted of development of software and technologies to be used by Dragon and the Company provided working
capital to Metabizz to pay employees and independent contractors to perform the development services on behalf of the Company. Repayment
of the working capital advances is not guaranteed by the equity owner of Metabizz and creditors of Metabizz do not have recourse against
the Company. Accordingly, the Company was required to consolidate the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of Metabizz using the
fair value method. Additionally, the managing partner of Metabizz was also the Chief Innovation Officer of Dragon. Since Metabizz, LLC
and Metabizz SAS were considered VIE’s, any noncontrolling interest eliminated in consolidation. In connection with the initial
consolidation of Metabizz, on February 14, 2023 (the initial consolidation date), the Company recorded a gain on initial consolidation
of variable interest entities of $42,737.
On March 31, 2024, based on the Company’s
analysis, the Company deconsolidated Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company ceased
doing business with Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS and will pay technology professionals directly. In connection with the deconsolidation
of Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS, during the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $107.
The Company’s consolidated balance sheets
included the following assets and liabilities from its VIEs:
| |
June 30, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Cash | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 5,862 | |
Total assets | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 5,862 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Due to the Company and Dragon (eliminates in consolidation) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,023,746 | |
Total liabilities | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,023,746 | |
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Going concern
These unaudited consolidated financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments
in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $587,518 and short-term investments of $4,661,494.
Short-term investments include U.S. Treasury zero coupon bills that are all highly rated and have initial maturities between four and
twelve months.
As reflected in the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements, the Company had a net loss of $2,765,915 for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Net cash used in operations
was $2,550,384 for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Additionally, as of June 30, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $50,255,147
and has generated minimal revenues since inception. As of June 30, 2024, after an equity capital raise that occurred on January 16, 2024,
and certain capital raises that occurred on April 3, 2024 and May 31, 2024 for the Company’s a majority owned subsidiary, Dragon
(formerly, SmarterVerse, Inc.) (see Note 5) the Company had working capital of $4,949,028, including cash of $587,518 and short-term investments
of $4,661,494. These factors, including continued net losses, cash used in operations and minimal revenues, raise substantial doubt about
the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issuance date of this report. Management
cannot provide assurance that the Company will ultimately achieve profitable operations or become cash flow positive or raise additional
debt and/or equity capital. The Company is seeking to raise capital through additional debt and/or equity financings to fund our operations
in the future. Although the Company has historically raised capital from sales of common shares, there is no assurance that it will be
able to continue to do so. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital or secure additional lending in the near future, management
expects that the Company will need to curtail its operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related
to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the
Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Use of estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and the related disclosures at the date of the consolidated financial statements and
during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. Significant estimates include assumptions used
in assessing impairment of long-term assets, the valuation of intangible assets, the valuation of digital currencies and other digital
assets, the valuation of lease liabilities and related right of use assets, the valuation of short-term investments, the valuation of
deferred tax assets, the fair value of assets and liabilities of VIE’s on the initial VIE consolidation date, the allocation of
corporate expenses to subsidiaries which impacts noncontrolling interest, and the fair value of non-cash equity transactions.
Cash and cash equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments
and other short-term investments with maturities of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains
cash and cash equivalent balances at one financial institution that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).
The Company’s account at this institution is insured by the FDIC up to $250,000. On June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company
had cash in excess of FDIC limits of approximately $73,429 and $446,379, respectively. To reduce its risk associated with the failure
of such financial institution, the Company evaluates at least annually the rating of the financial institution in which it holds deposits.
Any material loss that the Company may experience in the future could have an adverse effect on its ability to pay its operational expenses
or make other payments and may require the Company to move its cash to other high quality financial institutions.
Fair value measurements and fair value of
financial instruments
The carrying value of certain financial instruments,
including cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and due to related party are carried at historical cost basis,
which approximates their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.
The Company analyzes all financial instruments
with features of both liabilities and equity under the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (the “FASB”) accounting
standard for such instruments. Under this standard, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest
level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The following table represents the Company’s
fair value hierarchy of its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2024 and December
31, 2023.
| |
June 30, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
Description | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | | |
Level 1 | | |
Level 2 | | |
Level 3 | |
Short-term investments | |
$ | 4,661,494 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 5,236,781 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
The Company’s short-term investments are
level 1 measurements and are based on redemption value at each date.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Short-term investments
The Company’s portfolio of short-term investments
consists of marketable debt securities which are comprised solely of highly rated U.S. government securities with maturities of more than
three months, but less than one year. The Company classifies these as available-for-sale at purchase date and will reevaluate such designation
at each period end date. The Company may sell these marketable debt securities prior to their stated maturities depending upon changing
liquidity requirements. These debt securities are classified as current assets in the consolidated balance sheet and recorded at fair
value, with unrealized gains or losses included in accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss) and as a component of the consolidated
statements of comprehensive loss. Gains and losses are recognized when realized. Gains and losses are determined using the specific identification
method and are reported in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations. Short-term investments are carried
at fair value, which is based on quoted market prices for such securities, if available, or is estimated on the basis of quoted market
prices of financial instruments with similar characteristics.
An impairment loss may be recognized when the
decline in fair value of the debt securities is determined to be other-than-temporary. The Company evaluates its investments for other-than-temporary
declines in fair value below the cost basis each quarter, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the cost basis
of the short-term investments may not be recoverable. The evaluation is based on a number of factors, including the length of time and
the extent to which the fair value has been below the cost basis, as well as adverse conditions related specifically to the security,
such as any changes to the credit rating of the security and the intent to sell or whether the Company will more likely than not be required
to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, the Company recorded an unrealized gain on short-term investments of $0 and $197,570, which is as a component of the consolidated
statements of comprehensive loss.
Accounts receivable
The Company recognizes an allowance for losses
on accounts receivable and notes receivable in an amount equal to the estimated probable losses net of recoveries under the current expected
credit loss method. The allowance is based on an analysis of historical bad debt experience, current receivables aging and expected future
write-offs, as well as an assessment of specific identifiable customer accounts and notes receivable considered at risk or uncollectible.
On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASC 326, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses”. In accordance with ASC 326, an allowance
is maintained for estimated forward-looking losses resulting from the possible inability of customers to make the required payments (current
expected losses). The amount of the allowance is determined principally on the basis of past collection experience and known financial
factors regarding specific customers. The expense associated with the allowance for doubtful accounts on accounts receivable is recognized
in general and administrative expenses. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable amounted to $192 and $183, respectively,
and for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not recognize any bad debt expense.
Accounting for digital currencies and other
digital assets
The Company accounts for digital currencies and
other digital assets held as indefinite-lived intangible assets in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other
(“ASC 350”). The Company has ownership of and control over its digital currencies and digital assets and the Company may use
third-party custodial services to secure them. The digital currencies and digital assets are initially recorded at cost and are subsequently
remeasured, net of any impairment losses incurred since acquisition. The Company believes that digital currencies and other digital assets
meet the definition of indefinite-lived intangible assets and accounts for them at historical cost less impairment, applying the guidance
in ASC 350. The Company monitors any standard-setting, regulatory or technological developments that may affect the Company’s accounting
for digital currencies or its controls and processes related to digital currencies.
The Company determines the fair value of its digital
currencies and other digital assets on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, based on quoted prices
on the active exchange(s) that it has determined is the principal market for Ethereum (Level 1 inputs) and other digital assets.
The Company performs an analysis each quarter to identify whether events or changes in circumstances, principally decreases in the quoted
prices on active exchanges, indicate that it is more likely than not that its digital assets are impaired. In determining if an impairment
has occurred, the Company considers the lowest market price quoted on an active exchange since acquiring the respective digital asset.
If the then current carrying value of a digital asset exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss has occurred with respect to those digital
assets in the amount equal to the difference between their carrying values and the fair value. The impaired digital assets are written
down to their fair value at the time of impairment and this new cost basis will not be adjusted upward for any subsequent increase in
fair value. Gains are not recorded until realized upon sale, at which point they are presented net of any impairment losses for the same
digital assets held. In determining the gain or loss to be recognized upon sale, the Company calculates the difference between the sales
price and carrying value of the digital assets sold immediately prior to sale. Impairment losses and gains or losses on sales are recognized
within operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company
recorded an impairment loss of $0 and $23,381, respectively, which consists of the impairment of virtual real estate and digital currencies.
Based on the Company’s impairment analysis, the decrease in value of the virtual real estate and digital currencies, which was based
on the lowest market price quoted on an active exchange, was deemed to be other than temporary. Additionally, the Company determined that
it will not utilize its virtual real estate.
Property and equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost and
are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from three to five years. Leasehold improvements
are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life or lease term including scheduled renewal terms. Maintenance and repairs are charged
to expense as incurred. When assets are retired or disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts,
and any resulting gains or losses are included in income in the year of disposition. The Company examines the possibility of decreases
in the value of these assets when events or changes in circumstances reflect the fact that their recorded value may not be recoverable.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Capitalized internal-use software costs
Costs incurred to develop internal-use software,
including Metaverse software development, are expensed as incurred during the preliminary project stage. Internal-use software development
costs are capitalized during the application development stage, which is after: (i) the preliminary project stage is completed; and (ii)
management authorizes and commits to funding the project and it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the function
intended. Capitalization ceases at the point the software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use, and after
all substantial testing is completed. Upgrades and enhancements are capitalized if it is probable that those expenditures will result
in additional functionality. Amortization is provided for on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of the internal-use software
development costs and related upgrades and enhancements. When existing software is replaced with new software, the unamortized costs of
the old software are expensed when the new software is ready for its intended use. Software development costs incurred during the six
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were expensed since the Metaverse software development project is in the preliminary project stage.
Such costs are included in research and development costs on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations and were incurred with
Metabizz (see Note 4).
Impairment of long-lived assets
In accordance with ASC Topic 360, the Company
reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may
not be fully recoverable, or at least annually. The Company recognizes an impairment loss when the sum of expected undiscounted future
cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. The amount of impairment is measured as the difference between the asset’s
estimated fair value and its book value.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with
ASC Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires revenue to be recognized in a manner that depicts the transfer of
goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those
goods or services.
In accordance with ASU Topic 606 - Revenue
from Contracts with Customers, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with that core principle by applying the following steps:
Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with
a customer.
Step 2: Identify the performance obligations
in the contract.
Step 3: Determine the transaction price.
Step 4: Allocate the transaction price
to the performance obligations in the contract.
Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or
as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
The Company recognizes revenues from subscription
fees on the Company’s messaging application in the month they are earned. Annual and lifetime subscription payments received that
are related to future periods are recorded as deferred revenue to be recognized as revenues over the contract term or period. Lifetime
subscriptions are being recognized to revenues over the estimated useful life of the subscription of 12 months.
The Company tracks its revenue by product. The
following table summarizes revenue by product for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
| |
For the
Three Months Ended June 30, | | |
For the
Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Subscription revenues | |
$ | 151 | | |
$ | 172 | | |
$ | 282 | | |
$ | 326 | |
Total | |
$ | 151 | | |
$ | 172 | | |
$ | 282 | | |
$ | 326 | |
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Research and Development
Research and development costs incurred in the
development of the Company’s products are expensed as incurred and include costs such as outside development costs, salaries and
other allocated costs incurred. During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, research and development costs incurred in the development
of the Company’s software products were $226,058 and $337,458, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023,
research and development costs incurred in the development of the Company’s software products were $459,976 and $620,231, respectively.
Research and development costs are included in research and development expense on the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements
of operations.
Advertising Costs
The Company applies ASC 720 “Other Expenses”
to account for advertising related costs. Pursuant to ASC 720-35-25-1, the Company expenses the advertising costs as they are incurred.
Advertising costs were $32,883 and $46,599 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Advertising costs were $67,600
and $160,402 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, Advertising costs are included in marketing and advertising
expenses on the unaudited consolidated statements of operations.
Leases
The Company applied ASC Topic 842, Leases (Topic
842) to arrangements with lease terms of 12 months or more. Operating lease right of use assets (“ROU”) represents the right
to use the leased asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum
lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company use an incremental
borrowing rate based on the information available at the adoption date in determining the present value of future payments. Lease expense
for minimum lease payments is amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative expenses
in the statements of operations.
Income taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant
to the provision of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes” (“ASC
740-10”), which requires, among other things, an asset and liability approach to calculating deferred income taxes. The asset and
liability approach requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance is provided to offset any
net deferred tax assets for which management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred asset will not be realized.
The Company follows the provision of ASC 740-10
related to Accounting for Uncertain Income Tax Positions. When tax returns are filed, there may be uncertainty about the merits of positions
taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. In accordance with the guidance of ASC 740-10, the benefit of
a tax position is recognized in the consolidated financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management
believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation
processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more likely than
not recognition threshold are measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon
settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefit associated with tax positions taken that exceed the amount
measured as described above should be reflected as a liability for uncertain tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheet along with
any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. The Company believes its tax positions
are all more likely than not to be upheld upon examination. As such, the Company has not recorded a liability for uncertain tax benefits.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
The Company has adopted ASC 740-10-25, “Definition
of Settlement”, which provides guidance on how an entity should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the
purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits and provides that a tax position can be effectively settled upon the completion
and examination by a taxing authority without being legally extinguished. For tax positions considered effectively settled, an entity
would recognize the full amount of tax benefit, even if the tax position is not considered more likely than not to be sustained based
solely on the basis of its technical merits and the statute of limitations remains open. The federal and state income tax returns
of the Company are subject to examination by the IRS and state taxing authorities, generally for three years after they are filed.
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation is accounted for based
on the requirements of ASC 718 – “Compensation–Stock Compensation”, which requires recognition in the consolidated
financial statements of the cost of employee, non-employee and director services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments
over the period the employee or director is required to perform the services in exchange for the award (presumptively, the vesting period).
The ASC also requires measurement of the cost of employee and director services received in exchange for an award based on the grant-date
fair value of the award. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur.
Noncontrolling interests
The Company follows ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation,”
governing the accounting for and reporting of noncontrolling interests (“NCI”) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries
and the loss ofd control of subsidiaries. Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCI be treated as a separate
component of equity, not as a liability, that increases and decreases in the parent’s ownership interest that leave control intact
be treated as equity transactions rather than as step acquisitions or dilution gains or losses, and that losses of a partially-owned consolidated
subsidiary be allocated to noncontrolling interests even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance. The net loss attributed
to NCI was separately designated in the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Losses attributable
to NCI in a subsidiary may exceed a NCI’s interests in the subsidiary’s equity. The excess attributable to NCI is attributed
to those interests. NCI shall continue to be attributed their share of losses even if that attribution results in a deficit NCI balance.
The Company allocates certain corporate common expenses to its subsidiaries
based on the ratio of direct subsidiary expenses to total consolidated expenses. Management believes that this allocation method is reasonable.
Foreign currency translation
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S.
dollar. Except for Metabizz SAS, the functional currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the Company’s
VIE, Metabizz SAS, is the Columbian Peso (“COP”). For Metabizz SAS, results of operations and cash flows are translated at
average exchange rates during the period, assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate at the end of the period,
and equity is translated at historical exchange rates. As a result, amounts relating to assets and liabilities reported on the statements
of cash flows may not necessarily agree with the changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets. Translation adjustments
resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining comprehensive
loss. The cumulative translation adjustment and effect of exchange rate changes on cash for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
was $0 and $758, respectively. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange
rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional
currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date with any transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate
fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency included in the results of operations as incurred.
On March 31, 2024, based on the Company’s analysis, the Company deconsolidated Metabizz SAS (See Note 2).
Basic and diluted net loss per share
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing
the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the
weighted average number of common shares and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. The following were excluded
from the computation of diluted shares outstanding as they would have had an anti-dilutive impact on the Company’s net loss.
| |
June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Common stock equivalents: | |
| | |
| |
Common stock warrants | |
| 67,385 | | |
| 67,385 | |
Common stock options | |
| 140,570 | | |
| 158,795 | |
Total | |
| 207,955 | | |
| 266,180 | |
Reclassifications
Certain line items on the statement of operations
and comprehensive loss for the six months ended June 30, 2023 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Specifically,
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, realized gains on short-term investments of $39,104 and $61,981, respectively, were
reclassified to interest income, and for the six months ended June 30, 2023, gain on initial consolidation of variable interest entities
of $63,801 was reclassified to research and development expense. These reclassifications did not change the Company’s reported net
loss or comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
Recent accounting pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently
issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on its financial statements.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE 2 – SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
On June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s
short-term investments consisted of the following:
| |
June 30, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
| |
Cost | | |
Unrealized Gain | | |
Fair Value | | |
Cost | | |
Unrealized Gain | | |
Fair Value | |
US Treasury zero coupon bills | |
$ | 4,661,494 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 4,661,494 | | |
$ | 5,189,263 | | |
$ | 47,518 | | |
$ | 5,236,781 | |
Total short-term investments | |
$ | 4,661,494 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 4,661,494 | | |
$ | 5,189,263 | | |
$ | 47,518 | | |
$ | 5,236,781 | |
As of June 30, 2024, short-term investments mature
between July 2024 and October 2024.
NOTE 3 – OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE
ASSETS AND OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES
In January 2019, the Company renewed and extended
the term of its lease facility for another three-year period from January 2019 to December 2021 starting with a monthly base rent of $2,567
plus a pro rata share of operating expenses beginning January 2019. The base rent was subject to annual increases beginning the 2nd
and 3rd lease year as defined in the lease agreement. In addition to the monthly base rent, the Company is charged separately
for common area maintenance which is considered a non-lease component. These non-lease component payments are expensed as incurred and
are not included in operating lease assets or liabilities. On August 27, 2021, the Company entered into an amendment agreement with
the same landlord to modify the facility lease to relocate and increase the square footage of the lease premises. The term of the lease
commenced on October 1, 2021 and will expire on December 31, 2024 with a new monthly base rent of $7,156 plus a pro rata share of operating
expenses beginning January 2022. The base rent will be subject to 3% annual increases beginning in the 2nd and 3rd
lease year as defined in the amended lease agreement. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, rent expense amounted to $45,477
and $45,477, respectively, and were included in general and administrative expenses.
On August 27, 2021, upon the execution of the
amendment agreement, the Company recorded right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $198,898. The remaining lease term for
the operating lease is 6 months as of June 30, 2024 and the incremental borrowing rate is 18.0% (based on historical borrowing rates).
Right-of- use assets are summarized below:
| |
June 30, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
Office lease | |
$ | 198,898 | | |
$ | 198,898 | |
Less accumulated amortization | |
| (160,052 | ) | |
| (124,921 | ) |
Right-of-use asset, net | |
$ | 38,846 | | |
$ | 73,977 | |
Operating Lease liabilities are summarized below:
| |
June 30, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
Office lease | |
$ | 198,898 | | |
$ | 198,898 | |
Reduction of lease liability | |
| (154,861 | ) | |
| (115,224 | ) |
Total lease liability | |
| 44,037 | | |
| 83,674 | |
Less: current portion | |
| 44,037 | | |
| 83,674 | |
Long term portion of lease liability | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
Minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable
operating lease on June 30, 2024 are as follows:
For the year ended June 30: | |
| |
2025 | |
$ | 46,393 | |
Total | |
| 46,393 | |
Less: present value discount | |
| (2,356 | ) |
Total operating lease liability | |
$ | 44,037 | |
NOTE 4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to Related Party
The Company’s officer, Mr. Darin Myman,
from time to time, provides advances to the Company for working capital purposes. These advances are short-term in nature and non-interest
bearing. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company repaid $1,315. On June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had
a payable to the officer of $0.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Research and Development
On July 19, 2022, the Company entered into a software
development agreement with Metabizz. On February 14, 2023, the Company began consolidating Metabizz as VIEs. For the period from January
1, 2023 to date of consolidation (February 14, 2023), the Company paid Metabizz $185,600 for software development services which is included
in research and development expense on the accompanying unaudited consolidated statements of operations.
Other
See Note 6 for Employment Agreement with the Company’s
chief executive officer, Darin Myman.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, the wife of the Company’s chief executive officer was employed as an executive secretary and earned $36,000 and $36,000, respectively.
On January 10, 2024, VR Interactive LLC (“VR
Interactive”), a company 45% owned by Darin Myman, the Company’s CEO and 3.75% owned by Peter Shelus, the Company’s
chief technology officer and director, purchased 8,000,000 shares of Dragon from the Metabizz shareholders for cash amounting to $120,000.
Mr. Myman is a partner in VR Interactive. Therefore, VR Interactive, a related party, became a 25% non-controlling interest in Dragon.
NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Shares Authorized
On September 19, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate
of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effectuate a 1-for-10 reverse
stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding and authorized shares of common stock,
par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”). The Reverse Stock Split became effective on September 19, 2023. Proportional
adjustments for the Reverse Stock Split were made to the Company’s outstanding stock options, warrants and equity incentive plans,
and authorized shares.
On November 9, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate
of Correction with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to correct a typographical error contained in the Certificate of Change
that was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on September 19, 2023 in order to effectuate the Reverse Stock Split.
The Certificate of Change incorrectly stated that the authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share following the
change was 1,000,000. The Reverse Stock Split had no impact on the number of authorized shares of preferred, par value $0.0001, which
remains unchanged at 20,000,000 shares.
On December 27, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate
of Change (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to increase the number of authorized
common stock from 18,000,000 shares to 180,000,000 shares.
All share and per-share data and amounts have
been retroactively adjusted as of the earliest period presented in the consolidated financial statements to reflect the Reverse Stock
Split.
The authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000
shares, of which 180,000,000 are shares of common stock and 20,000,000 are shares of preferred stock.
2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
On July 26, 2021, the Company adopted the 2021
Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, and authorized the reservation of 200,000 shares of common stock for future issuances under the plan. The
Plan provides that the Company may grant options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, other stock-based
awards or any combination of the foregoing. On December 19, 2022, Company held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, and the shareholders
approved to amend the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder
to 300,000 shares from 200,000. On November 10, 2023, the board of directors of the Company approved the adoption of the Amended and Restated
2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, the sole purpose of which was to remove any inadvertent references to the Company being a Delaware
corporation or the 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan being governed under Delaware law and to properly state that the Company is a Nevada
corporation and that the 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan is governed by Nevada law.
Preferred Stock
Series A Preferred Stock
In August 2016, the Company designated one share
of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), which has a stated value equal
to $1.00 as may be adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits. Each one (1) share of the Series A Preferred Stock shall
have voting rights equal to (x) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote divided
by (y) forty-nine one hundredths (0.49) minus (z) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective
vote. The Series A Preferred Stock does not convert into securities of the Company. The Series A Preferred Stock does not contain any
redemption provision. In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holder of Series A Preferred shall not have any priority or preferences
with respect to any distribution of any assets of the Company and shall be entitled to receive equally with the holders of the Company’s
common stock. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
Series B Preferred Stock
On August 4, 2023, the Board filed the Certificate
of Designation of Preferences (“COD”), Rights and Limitations of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B COD”)
with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada designating 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock as Series B (the “Series B Preferred”).
The outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have 10 votes per share and shall vote together with the outstanding shares of
the Company’s common stock as a single class exclusively with respect to the Authorized Stock Increase (as defined in the Series
B COD) and shall not be entitled to vote on any other matter. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be voted, without action by
the holder, on the Authorized Stock Increase in the same proportion as shares of Common Stock are voted (excluding any shares of Common
Stock that are not voted) on the Authorized Stock Increase. The Series B Preferred shall not have the right to vote and/or consent on
any matter other than an Authorized Stock Increase Proposal. The Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any
distribution of assets or rights upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, shall not be convertible into Common
Stock or any other security of the Company, and shall not be entitled to any dividends or distributions.
The outstanding
shares of Series B preferred shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part (i) if such redemption is ordered by the board of directors,
or (ii) automatically and effective immediately after the effectiveness of an anticipated Authorized Stock increase. The aggregate consideration
payable for the outstanding Series B Preferred redeemed in the redemption shall be $10 in cash (the “Redemption Price”).
From and
after the time at which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock is called for Redemption (whether automatically or otherwise) in accordance
with Series B COD, such shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding, and the only right of the former holder of such
shares of Series B Preferred Stock, as such, will be to receive the applicable Redemption Price. The shares of Series B Preferred Stock
redeemed by the Company pursuant to the Series B COD shall be automatically retired and restored to the status of an authorized but unissued
share of Preferred Stock, effective immediately after such Redemption.
On August
4, 2023, the Company issued 2,000,000 of Series B preferred for aggregate cash of $1,000.
Common Stock
Sale of Common Stock and Warrants
On January 16, 2024, the Company entered into
an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with EF Hutton LLC (the “Representative”), as the representative
of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”)
of 382,972 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 590,000 shares
of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”). The public offering price for each share of Common Stock was $1.85 for aggregate
gross proceeds of $708,498, and public offering price for the Pre-Funded Warrants was $1.8499 for each Pre-Funded Warrant for aggregate
gross proceeds of $1,091,441. In connection with this Offering, the Company raised aggregate gross proceeds of $1,799,939 and received
net proceeds of $1,420,773, net of Underwriters discounts and offering costs of $279,166 and legal fees of $100,000.
The per share exercise price for the Pre-Funded
Warrants was $0.0001 and the Pre-Funded Warrants were exercisable immediately. The Underwriters immediately exercised the 590,000 Pre-Funded
Warrants and the Underwriters received 589,981 shares of Common Stock since the exercise was cashless. The Pre-Funded Warrants are not
and will not be listed for trading on any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system.
The Company is using the net proceeds from the
Offering for general corporate purposes, for sales and marketing and for research and development.
The Underwriting Agreement contained customary
representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company. It also provided for customary indemnification by each of the Company and
the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, for losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the Offering, including for liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. In addition, pursuant to the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement, each of the Company’s directors and executive officers entered into “lock-up” agreements
with the Representative that generally prohibit, without the prior written consent of the Representative and subject to certain exceptions,
the sale, transfer or other disposition of securities of the Company until July 17, 2024. Further, pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting
Agreement, the Company agreed for a period of 180-days from the closing date, subject to certain exceptions, not to issue, enter into
any agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible
or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file any registration statement; (iii) complete any offering
of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank, or (iv) enter into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
On April 3, 2024, Dragon entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor, pursuant to which Dragon agreed to sell an aggregate of 120,000 shares
of Dragon’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $36,000. Following the sale, the Company
retained approximately 71.4% ownership of Dragon.
On May 31, 2024, Dragon entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor, pursuant to which Dragon agreed to sell an aggregate of 666,660 shares
of Dragon’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $199,998. Following the sale, the Company
retains approximately 70.0% ownership of Dragon.
2023 Stock Repurchase Plan
On January 6, 2023, the Board of Directors of
the Company approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the purchase of up to $2 million of the Company’s common stock (the
“2023 Stock Repurchase Program”). In connection with the 2023 Stock Repurchase Program, during the year ended December 31,
2023, the Company purchased 66,945 shares of its common stock for $397,969, or at an average price of $5.94 per share, which has been
reflected as treasury stock on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet on June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. During the six months
ended June 30, 2024, the Company did not purchase any treasury shares. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company purchased
66,944 shares of its common stock for $397,969, or at an average price of $5.94 per share.
Common Stock Issued for Professional Services
On March 6, 2023, the Company entered into a six-month
consulting agreement with an entity for investor relations services. In connection with this consulting agreement, the Company issued
14,300 restricted common shares of the Company to the consultant. These shares vest immediately. These shares were valued at $100,000,
or $6.99 per common share, based on the quoted closing price of the Company’s common stock on the measurement date. In connection
with this consulting agreement, during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded stock-based professional fees
of $0 and $63,978, respectively.
On July 25, 2023, the Company issued 19,802 of
its common shares pursuant to a one-year consulting agreement. These shares were valued at $100,000, or a per share price of $5.05, based
on the quoted closing price of the Company’s common stock on the measurement date. In connection with these shares, during the six
months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded stock-based professional fees of $50,000 with the remaining $6,720 recorded as a prepaid
asset as of June 30, 2024, which will be amortized into stock-based professional fees over the remaining term.
On January 25, 2024, Dragon entered into a 9-month
consulting agreement with an individual for business development, financial and market due diligence services to be rendered over the
term of the agreement. In connection with this consulting agreement, Dragon issued 1,500,000 of its shares for services to be rendered.
The Dragon shares were valued at $22,500, or $0.015 per shares, based on the sale of the Dragon shares in a private transaction. In the
connection with the issuance of these shares, during the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded stock-based compensation
of $12,616, and as of June 30, 2024, the Company recorded prepaid expenses of $9,884, which will be amortized into professional fees over
the remaining term of the agreement.
Stock Options
2023
On February 3, 2023, the Company granted an aggregate
of 7,500 options to purchase the Company’s common stock to the Company’s board of directors. The options each have a term
of 5 years from the date of grant and are exercisable at an exercise price of $12.50 per share. The options vest six months from date
of grant. The stock options were valued at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option pricing model which will be recognized as stock-based
compensation expense over the vesting period.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
On February 3, 2023, the Company granted an aggregate
of 21,500 options to purchase the Company’s common stock to an officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The options each
have a term of 5 years from the date of grant and are exercisable at an exercise price of $12.50 per share. The options vest 25% every
six months from date of grant for 2 years. The stock options were valued at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option pricing model
which will be recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the vesting period.
On September 6, 2023, the Company granted an aggregate
of 10,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock to the Company’s chief financial officer (5,000 options) and to an
employee of the Company (5,000 options). The options each have a term of 5 years from the date of grant and are exercisable at an exercise
price of $15.00 per share. The options vest immediately. The stock options were valued at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option
pricing model which will be recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the vesting period.
The 2023 stock option grants were valued at the
respective grant dates using a Black-Scholes option pricing model using the assumptions discussed below. In connection with the stock
option grants, the Company valued these stock options at a fair value of $185,628, or an average of $4.76 per option. and records stock-based
compensation expense over the vesting period. Upon cancellation of unvested stock options, the fair value of these cancelled options will
be reversed.
2024
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, certain employees were terminated and accordingly, 18,100 and 306,250 unvested options were forfeited, respectively,.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, accretion
of stock-based expense related to stock options amounted to $54,082 of which $10,044 was recorded in compensation and related expenses
and $44,038 was recorded in professional and consulting expenses as reflected in the consolidated statements of operations. During the
six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized total stock-based expenses related to stock options of $1,410,391 of which $1,355,433
was recorded in compensation and related expenses and $54,958 was recorded in professional and consulting expenses as reflected in the
statements of operations. As of June 30, 2024, a balance of $13,492 remains to be expensed over future vesting periods related to unvested
stock options issued for services to be expensed over a weighted average period of 0.60 years.
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the
stock options were valued at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions. The simplified
method was used for the expected option term and expected volatility was based on historical volatility:
| | 2023 | |
Dividend rate | | — | % |
Term (in years) | | | 3 years | |
Volatility | | | 168.0 | % |
Risk—free interest rate | | | 3.96 | % |
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
The
following is a summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024 as presented below:
| | Number of Options | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | |
Balance on December 31, 2023 | | | 158,670 | | | $ | 105.30 | | | | 3.12 | |
Granted | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Cancelled | | | (18,100 | ) | | | 32.69 | | | | - | |
Balance on June 30, 2024 | | | 140,570 | | | $ | 114.65 | | | | 2.52 | |
Options exercisable on June 30, 2024 | | | 126,283 | | | $ | 123.88 | | | | 2.44 | |
Weighted average fair value of options granted during the 2024 period | | | | | | $ | - | | | | | |
On
June 30, 2024, the aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding was $0.
Common
Stock Warrants
On
January 16, 2024, in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, the Company sold pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 590,000 shares
of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”). The public offering price was $1.8499 for each Pre-Funded Warrant for aggregate
gross proceeds of $1,091,441. The per share exercise price for the Pre-Funded Warrants was $0.0001 and the Pre-Funded Warrants were exercisable
immediately. The Underwriters immediately exercised the 590,000 Pre-Funded Warrants and the Underwriters received 589,981 shares of Common
Stock since the exercise was cashless.
A
summary of the Company’s outstanding stock warrants, including 44,252 Series A public warrants, is presented below:
| | Number of Warrants | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) | |
Balance on December 31, 2023 | | | 67,385 | | | $ | 49.80 | | | | 2.65 | |
Issued | | | 590,000 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Exercised | | | (590,000 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Balance on June 30, 2024 | | | 67,385 | | | | 49.80 | | | | 2.15 | |
Warrants exercisable on June 30, 2024 | | | 67,385 | | | $ | 49.80 | | | | 2.15 | |
On
June 30, 2024, the aggregate intrinsic value of warrants outstanding was $0.
DATCHAT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2024 AND 2023
(Unaudited)
NOTE 6 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Lease Agreement
See Note 3 for disclosure on the Company’s
operating lease for its offices.
Employment Agreement
On August 27, 2021 (the “Effective Date”),
the Company entered into an agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Darin Myman effective as of August 15, 2021 pursuant
to which Mr. Myman’s (i) base salary will increase to $450,000 per year, and (ii) Mr. Myman may be entitled to receive an annual
bonus in an amount up to $350,000, which annual bonus may be increased by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Compensation Committee”), in its sole discretion, upon the achievement of additional criteria established by
the Compensation Committee from time to time (the “Annual Bonus”). The Employment Agreement provides for a term of
one (1) year (the “Initial Term”) from the date of the Effective Date and shall automatically be extended for additional
terms of one (1) year each (each a “Renewal Term”) unless either party gives prior written notice of non-renewal to
the other party no later than six (6) months prior to the expiration of the Initial Term, or the then current Renewal Term, as the case
may be. In addition, pursuant to the Employment Agreement, upon termination of Mr. Myman’s employment for death or Total Disability
(as defined in the Employment Agreement), in addition to any accrued but unpaid compensation and vacation pay through the date of his
termination and any other benefits accrued to him under any Benefit Plans (as defined in the Employment Agreement) outstanding at such
time and the reimbursement of documented, unreimbursed expenses incurred prior to such termination date (collectively, the “Payments”),
Mr. Myman shall be entitled to the following severance benefits: (i) 24 months of his then base salary; (ii) if Mr. Myman elects continuation
coverage for group health coverage pursuant to COBRA Rights (as defined in the Employment Agreement), then for a period of 24 months
following Mr. Myman’s termination he will be obligated to pay only the portion of the full COBRA Rights cost of the coverage equal
to an active employee’s share of premiums (if any) for coverage for the respective plan year; and (iii) payment on a pro-rated
basis of any Annual Bonus or other payments earned in connection with any bonus plan to which Mr. Myman was a participant as of the date
of his termination (together with the Payments, the “Severance”). Furthermore, pursuant to the Employment Agreement, upon
Mr. Myman’s termination (i) at his option (A) upon 90 days prior written notice to the Company or (B) for Good Reason (as defined
in the Employment Agreement), (ii) termination by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or (iii) termination
of Mr. Myman’s employment within 40 days of the consummation of a Change in Control Transaction (as defined in the Employment Agreement),
Mr. Myman shall receive the Severance; provided, however, Mr. Myman shall be entitled to a pro-rated Annual Bonus of at least $200,000.
In addition, any equity grants issued to Mr. Myman shall immediately vest upon termination of Mr. Myman’s employment by him for
Good Reason or by the Company at its option upon 90 days prior written notice to Mr. Myman, without Cause.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company approved and the Company recorded a bonus to the Company’s
chief executive officer in the amount of $300,000 and $300,000, respectively.
Underwriting Engagement Letter
On February 23, 2024, Dragon entered into an engagement
letter agreement (the Agreement”) with EF Hutton LLC (“EF Hutton”), whereby EF Hutton will act as the lead underwriter,
deal manager and investment banker for a proposed initial public offering (the “Offering”) for a period of (i) 12 months from
the date of this Agreement, or (ii) the final closing, if any, of the Offering (the “Engagement Period”); provided, however,
that (a) the Company may terminate this Agreement on or after the 180th day following the date of the Agreement upon fifteen days prior
written notice to EF Hutton, and (b) EF Hutton may terminate the Agreement on or after the 120th day following the date of the Agreement
upon thirty days prior written notice to the Company. During the Engagement Period, the Company also engaged EF Hutton as its placement
agent in a bridge financing with an offering size/transactional size of up to approximately $5.0 million; EF Hutton shall receive a placement
fee of 10.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the bridge financing. The placement fee shall be provided to EF Hutton at the closing
of the bridge financing. In connection with the Offering, an underwriting discount of 8.0% (the “Underwriting Discount”) of
the total gross proceeds of the Offering shall be provided to EF Hutton at the closing of the Offering, and each closing of the Over-Allotment
Option (if any). As additional compensation for EF Hutton’s services, the Company shall issue to EF Hutton or its designees at the
closing of the Offering (the “Closing”), and each closing of the Over-Allotment Option (if any), warrants (the “Underwriter’s
Warrants”) to purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of common
stock sold in the Offering. The Underwriter’s Warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part,
during the four and a half-year period commencing six (6) months from the effective date of the Offering, at a price per share equal to
100.0% of the public offering price per security. Additionally, the Company will provide an expense advance (the “Advance”)
to EF Hutton of $50,000, of which $25,000 was paid upon the execution of the Agreement and included in prepaid expenses on the accompanying
unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2024, and an additional $25,000 is due upon the initial filing of a registration statement,
which has not occurred as of the date of this report.
NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On August 7, 2024, the Company’s majority owned subsidiary,
Dragon Interactive Corporation, filed a Certificate of Amendment with the State of Nevada to change its name from “Dragon Interactive
Corporation” to “Dragon Interact, Inc”.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and
analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related
notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited financial statements and related notes for the year ended
December 31, 2023 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, or SEC. In addition to historical
information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual
results may differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are
not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All amounts in this report are in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.
Overview
We are a blockchain, cybersecurity, and social
media company that not only focuses on protecting privacy on personal devices, but also protects user information after it is shared with
others. We believe that one’s right to privacy should not end the moment they click “send”, and that we all deserve
the same right to privacy online that we enjoy in our own living rooms. Our flagship product, DatChat Messenger & Private Social Network,
is a privacy platform and mobile application that gives users the ability to communicate with the privacy and protection they deserve.
Recently, we have expanded our business and product offerings to include the co-development of a mobile-based social and gaming metaverse,
known as “Habytat”, as well as the development of Museum, a social network and multi-media storage platform for consumers
and enterprises.
DatChat Messenger & Private Social Network
Our platform allows users to exercise control
over their messages and posts, even after they are sent. Through our application, users can delete messages that they have sent, on their
own device and the recipient’s device as well. There is no set time limit within which they must exercise this choice. A user can
elect at any time to delete a message that they previously sent to a recipient’s device.
The application also enables users to hide secret
and encrypted messages behind a cover, which messages can only be unlocked by the recipient and which are automatically destroyed after
a fixed number of views or fixed amount of time. Users can decide how long their messages last on the recipient’s device. The application
also includes a screen shot protection system, which makes it virtually impossible for the recipient to screenshot a message or picture
before it gets destroyed. In addition, users can delete entire conversations at any time, making it like the conversation never even happened.
In addition to the foregoing, the application
also provides users with the ability to connect via an encrypted live video chat that also is designed to prevent screenshots or screen
grabs. The application integrates with iMessage, making private messages potentially available to hundreds of millions of users.
Habytat
In June 2022, we formed a majority owned subsidiary,
Dragon Interact, Inc. (formerly, SmarterVerse, Inc.) (“Dragon “). In August 2022, we launched the “Habytat”, a
virtual space that blends real world and virtual realities into one, in real time, using emerging technology like virtual and augmented
reality, to create a highly immersive 3D environment. Habytat is supported by proprietary artificial intelligence (“AI”) and
utilizes a machine learning engine to develop more realistic looking content, daily rewards, games, and new utilities that are designed
to further enhance the user experience in an engaging way. Our goal is to leverage our patents and develop new technology that leads to
more people joining and seeing the value in the metaverse. Currently, the development agreement is not active.
Each Habytat user is granted user rights to use
a designated piece of virtual property in Geniuz City, the first world within Habytat, through the minting and issuance of a unique NFT.
Geniuz City is designed to be a near photo-realistic world based on Miami’s Wynwood arts district and its surrounding areas. Geniuz
City enables users to visit art galleries, explore the town, interact with other users, take selfies with famous landmarks, customize
their properties and enjoy the culture of Geniuz City.
Users will be able to customize their virtual
property to represent their personal style and taste. Users will then be able to accumulate reward points when they visit and interact
with such virtual property or invite others to join Habytat, and such rewards can be used to enhance, expand, and improve their virtual
property. The official in-world currency of Habytat is the “Nirad,” which can be earned through participation on the DatChat
Social Network+ or Habytat and used to upgrade properties and experiences in Habytat.
Mobile Metaverse
In May 2023, we launched the open mobile metaverse,
Habytat 1.0, as part of our mission to democratize access to the metaverse. We hope that by making Habytat available via mobile devices
and offering free ownership of virtual land and homes, that Habytat will break down obstacles that previously limited participation, such
as the necessity for expensive virtual reality (“VR”) gear or metaverse properties. We have assembled a team of over twenty
game developers, graphic artists and back-end developers to create Habytat 1.0.
HabyPets
In August 2023, we launched a series of novel
AI-powered pets called “HabyPets.” HabyPets provides an interactive experience within the Habytat world, creating a more
immersive and personal experience for users. Supported by Habytat’s proprietary AI and machine learning engine, HabyPets grow over
time from playful companions to mature adult pets. Similar to real-life pets, these AI pets can be trained by users via a range of behavioral
commands, replicating the natural progression of real pets over time. These include, but are not limited to, catching frisbees, playing
with toys, engaging in tug of war, and even participating in thrilling races with other pets at the park. By actively engaging with their
pets, users can establish a connection and provide proper care for their virtual companions, fostering a realistic experience within
the Habytat metaverse.
Myseum
We are currently developing “Myseum,”
a platform that will allow users to create a personal museum designed to easily share pictures, videos and documents utilizing planned
features, such as creating instant sharing spaces at family gatherings, time released video messages, multi-tiered social media, and secure
family document storage and sharing. Currently, Myseum is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2024 and will encompass features and
social networking technology designed to unlock and share digital media.
Spin-off and Name Change
In January 2024, we announced plans to spin-off
the Habytat platform business into a new standalone public company pursuant to a distribution of the Dragon shares as further discussed
below. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we currently own approximately 70.0% of Dragon, the entity that owns and operates the
Habytat platform business. This marked a significant step forward in our corporate strategy to reposition the Company as a pureplay social
media ecosystem centered around our Myseum assets.
In February 2024, Dragon changes its name from
“SmarterVerse, Inc.” name to “Dragon Interactive Corporation”.
In February 2024, Darin Myman was appointed as
President of Dragon.
On August 7, 2024, Dragon filed a Certificate
of Amendment with the State of Nevada to change its name from “Dragon Interactive Corporation” to “Dragon Interact,
Inc”.
If the share distribution proceeds, it is currently
contemplated that our shareholders will maintain their current shares in the Company and receive a pro-rata distribution of a portion
of our shares of Dragon. The proposed share distribution remains subject to approval by our board of directors as well as other customary
conditions, including the filing and effectiveness of either a Form S-1 or Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission and obtaining of any other required regulatory approvals. Upon consummation of the proposed distribution, Dragon would
become a standalone public company with plans to list on a national stock exchange. No assurance can be given that the spin-off and/or
the distribution will occur as anticipated or at all.
Recent Events
On January 16, 2024, we entered into an underwriting
agreement with EF Hutton LLC, as the representative of the underwriters named therein, relating to an underwritten public offering of
382,972 shares of our common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up 590,000 shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately
$1.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, which closed
on January 16, 2024.
Basis of Presentation
The financial statements contained herein have
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (the “U.S. GAAP”)
and the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Critical Estimates
This management’s discussion and analysis
of financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us 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 consolidated financial statements,
and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we base our estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these
estimates if conditions differ from our assumptions. While our significant accounting policies and significant estimates are more fully
described in Note 1 in the “Notes to Financial Statements”, we believe the following estimates are critical to the process
of making significant judgments and estimates in preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Capitalized internal-use software costs
Costs incurred to develop internal-use software
including Metaverse software development, are expensed as incurred during the preliminary project stage. Internal-use software development
costs are capitalized during the application development stage, which is after: (i) the preliminary project stage is completed; and (ii)
management authorizes and commits to funding the project and it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the function
intended. Capitalization ceases at the point the software project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use, and after
all substantial testing is completed. Upgrades and enhancements are capitalized if it is probable that those expenditures will result
in additional functionality. Amortization is provided for on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of the internal-use software
development costs and related upgrades and enhancements. When existing software is replaced with new software, the unamortized costs of
the old software are expensed when the new software is ready for its intended use. Software development costs incurred during the six
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were expensed since the Metaverse software development project is in the preliminary project stage.
Such costs are included in research and development costs on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
Variable interest entities
Pursuant to ASC 810-10-25-22, an entity
is defined as a VIE if it either lacks sufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support,
or it is structured such that the holders of the voting rights do not substantively participate in the gains and losses of the entity.
When determining whether an entity that meets the definition of a business qualifies for a scope exception from applying VIE guidance,
the Company considers whether: (i) it has participated significantly in the design of the entity, (ii) it has provided more than half
of the total financial support to the entity, and (iii) substantially all of the activities of the VIE are conducted on its behalf. A
VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary, the party that has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the
VIE’s economic performance and has the right to receive benefits or the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could be
potentially significant to the VIE. The primary beneficiary assessment must be re-evaluated on an ongoing basis.
Based on the Company’s analysis, on February
14, 2023, Metabizz, LLC, a Florida corporation, and Metabizz SAS, a company incorporated under the laws of Columbia (collectively “Metabizz”),
were determined to be VIE entities in accordance with ASC 810-10-25-22 because the equity owners in Metabizz did not have the characteristics
of a controlling financial interest and the initial equity investments in these entities may be or were insufficient to meet or sustain
its operations without additional subordinated financial support from DatChat. The equity owners of Metabizz had only a nominal equity
investment at risk, and the Company absorbed or received a majority of the entity’s expected losses or benefits. The Company participated
significantly in the design of Metabizz. The Company provided working capital advances to Metabizz to allow Metabizz to fund its day-to-day
obligations. Substantially all of the activities of Metabizz were conducted for the Company’s benefit, as evidenced by the fact
that the operations of Metabizz consisted of development of software and technologies to be used by Dragon and the Company provided working
capital to Metabizz to pay employees and independent contractors to perform the development services on behalf of the Company. Repayment
of the working capital advances is not guaranteed by the equity owner of Metabizz and creditors of Metabizz do not have recourse against
the Company. Accordingly, the Company was required to consolidate the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of Metabizz using the
fair value method. Additionally, the managing partner of Metabizz was also the Chief Innovation Officer of Dragon. Since Metabizz, LLC
and Metabizz SAS were considered VIE’s, any noncontrolling interest eliminated in consolidation. In connection with the initial
consolidation of Metabizz, on February 14, 2023 (the initial consolidation date), the Company recorded a gain on initial consolidation
of variable interest entities of $42,737.
On March 31, 2024, based on the Company’s
analysis, the Company deconsolidated Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company ceased
doing business with Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS and will pay technology professionals directly. In connection with the deconsolidation
of Metabizz, LLC and Metabizz SAS, during the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $107.
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation is accounted for based
on the requirements of the Share-Based Payment Topic of ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”),
which requires recognition in the financial statements of the cost of employee, non-employee and director services received in exchange
for an award of equity instruments over the period the employee, non-employee or director is required to perform the services in exchange
for the award (presumptively, the vesting period). ASC 718 also requires measurement of the cost of employee, non-employee, and director
services received in exchange for an award based on the grant-date fair value of the award.
Leases
We applied ASC Topic 842, Leases (Topic 842) to
arrangements with lease terms of 12 months or more. Operating lease right of use assets (“ROU”) represents the right to use
the leased asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease
payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use an incremental borrowing rate
based on the information available at the adoption date in determining the present value of future payments. Lease expense for minimum
lease payments is amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative expenses in the
statements of operations.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to the notes to the unaudited consolidated
financial statements.
Results of Operations
Revenue
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, we generated minimal revenues of $151 and $172, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we generated minimal
revenues of $282 and $326, respectively.
Operating expenses
For the three months ended June 30, 2024, operating
expenses amounted to $1,267,254 as compared to $2,326,931 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $1,059,677, or 45.5%.
For the six months ended June 30, 2024, operating expenses amounted to $2,930,804 as compared to $4,749,602 for the six months ended June
30 2023, a decrease of $1,818,798, or 38.3%. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, operating expenses consisted of
the following:
| |
Three Months Ended June 30, | | |
Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Compensation and related expenses | |
$ | 522,596 | | |
$ | 1,380,038 | | |
$ | 1,420,260 | | |
$ | 2,929,730 | |
Marketing and advertising expenses | |
| 32,883 | | |
| 46,599 | | |
| 67,600 | | |
| 160,402 | |
Professional and consulting expenses | |
| 250,274 | | |
| 321,157 | | |
| 503,899 | | |
| 577,077 | |
Research and development | |
| 226,058 | | |
| 337,458 | | |
| 459,976 | | |
| 620,231 | |
General and administrative expenses | |
| 235,443 | | |
| 241,679 | | |
| 479,069 | | |
| 438,781 | |
Impairment loss on digital currencies and other digital assets | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 23,381 | |
Total | |
$ | 1,267,254 | | |
$ | 2,326,931 | | |
$ | 2,930,804 | | |
$ | 4,749,602 | |
Compensation and related expenses
Compensation and related expenses include salaries,
stock-based compensation, health insurance and other benefits.
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, compensation and related expenses amounted to $522,596 and $1,380,038, respectively, a decrease of $857,442, or 62.1%. The decrease
was attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation of $746,806 and an overall decrease in compensation and other related expenses
of $110,636.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, compensation and related expenses amounted to $1,420,260 and $2,929,730, respectively, a decrease of $1,509,470, or 51.5%. The decrease
was attributable to a decrease in stock-based compensation of $1,345,389 and an overall decrease in compensation and other related expenses
of $164,081.
Marketing and advertising expenses
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, marketing and advertising expenses amounted to $32,883 and $46,599, respectively, a decrease of $13,716, or 29.4%. During the six
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, marketing and advertising expenses amounted to $67,600 and $160,402, respectively, a decrease of
$92,808, or 57.9%. The decrease was primarily due to an overall decrease in promotions, branding and digital marketing strategies and
social media ads.
Professional and consulting expenses
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, we reported professional and consulting expenses of $250,274 and $321,157, respectively, a decrease of $70,883, or 22.1%. The decrease
was primarily attributable to a decrease in legal fees of $38,753, a decrease in investor relations of $34,840, a decrease in stock-based
consulting fees of $28,727, and a decrease other professional fees of $2,511, offset by an increase in other consulting fees of $27,742,
and an increase in accounting fees of $6,207.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, we reported professional and consulting expenses of $503,899 and $577,077, respectively, a decrease of $73,178, or 12.7%. The decrease
was primarily attributable to a decrease in investor relations of $44,646, a decrease in legal fees of $28,835, a decrease in stock-based
consulting fees of $12,283, and a decrease other professional fees of $2,476, offset by an increase in other consulting fees of $9,954,
and an increase in accounting fees of $5,108.
Research and development expenses
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, we incurred $226,058 and $337,458 in research and development expenses, a decrease of $111,400, or 33.0%. During the six months
ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we incurred $459,976 and $620,231 in research and development expenses, a decrease of $160,255, or 25.8%.
Research and development costs were incurred in connection with our Metaverse software development project, including the development
of Habytat which is in the preliminary stage.
General and administrative expenses
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, general and administrative expenses amounted to $235,443 and $241,679, a decrease of $6,236, or 2.6%. The decrease was primarily
attributable to a decrease in travel expenses of $11,108, a decrease of public company fees of $5,796, and a decrease in other general
and administrative expenses of $3,557, offset by an increase in internet and computer expenses of $14,225.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, general and administrative expenses amounted to $479,069 and $438,781, an increase of $40,288, or 9.2%. The increases are primarily
attributable to an increase in internet and computer expenses of $62,219, and an increase in proxy meeting expense of $28,465, offset
by a decrease in travel expense of $43,100 and a decrease in other general and administrative expenses of $7,296.
Impairment loss on digital currencies and
other digital assets
During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, operating expenses included an impairment charge related to the write down of digital assets of $0. During the six months ended
June 30, 2024 and 2023, operating expenses included an impairment charge related to the write down of digital assets of $0 and $23,381,
respectively.
Loss from Operations
During the three months ended June 30, 2024, loss
from operation amounted to $1,267,103 as compared to $2,326,759 during the three months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $1,059,656,
or 45.5%. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, loss from operation amounted to $2,930,522 as compared to $4,749,276 during the six
months ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $1,818,754, or 38.3%.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expenses) primarily consisted of
interest income, gain on initial consolidation of variable interest entities, gain on deconsolidation of variable interest entities, foreign
currency exchange loss, and realized gains or losses on short-term investments. During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023,
we reported other income, net of $62,995 and $39,529, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we reported other
income, net of $164,607 and $62,832, respectively.
During the three months ended June 30, 2024, other
income, net solely consisted of interest income of $62,995. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, other income, net primarily consisted
of interest income of $39,595 and a foreign currency exchange loss of $66.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, other
income, net primarily consisted of interest income of $177,465, a gain on deconsolidation of variable interest entities of $107, and a
foreign currency exchange loss of $12,965. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, other income, net primarily consisted of interest
income of $67,833, a gain on initial consolidation of variable interest entities of $42,737, a foreign currency exchange loss of $66,
and a realized loss on short-term investments of $47,672.
Net Loss
Due to the foregoing reasons, during the three
months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, our net loss was $1,204,108, or $(0.33) per common share (basic and diluted) and $2,287,230, or ($1.10)
per common share (basic and diluted), respectively, a decrease of $1,083,122, or 47.4%. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and
2023, our net loss was $2,765,915, or $(0.73) per common share (basic and diluted) and $4,686,444, or ($2.27) per common share (basic
and diluted), respectively, a decrease of $1,920,529, or 41.0%.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Plan of Operations
As of June 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents
of $587,518 and short-term investments of $4,661,494. Short-term investments include U.S. Treasury zero coupon bills that are all highly
rated and have initial maturities between four and twelve months.
The consolidated financial statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the
normal course of business. As reflected in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements, we had a net loss of $2,765,915
for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Net cash used in operations was $2,550,384 for the six months ended June 30, 2024. Additionally,
as of June 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $50,255,147 and have generated minimal revenues since inception. As of June 30,
2024, we had working capital of $4,949,028, including cash of $587,518 and short-term investments of $4,661,494. These factors raise substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issuance date of this report. Management
cannot provide assurance that we will ultimately achieve profitable operations or become cash flow positive or raise additional debt and/or
equity capital. We are seeking to raise capital through additional debt and/or equity financings to fund our operations in the future.
Although we have historically raised capital from sales of common shares, there is no assurance that it will be able to continue to do
so. If we are unable to raise additional capital or secure additional lending in the near future, management expects that the Company
will need to curtail its operations. These unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability
and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue
as a going concern.
On January 16, 2024, we entered into an underwriting
agreement with EF Hutton LLC, as the representative of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to an
underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 382,972 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”)
and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 590,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”). The public offering
price for each share of Common Stock was $1.85 for aggregate gross proceeds of $708,498, and public offering price for the Pre-Funded
Warrants was $1.8499 for each Pre-Funded Warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,091,441. In connection with this Offering, we raised
aggregate gross proceeds of $1,799,939 and received net proceeds of $1,420,773, net of Underwriters discounts and offering costs of $279,166
and legal fees of $100,000.
On April 3, 2024, Dragon entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor, pursuant to which Dragon agreed to sell an aggregate of 120,000 shares
of Dragon’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $36,000. Following the sale, the Company
retained approximately 71.4% ownership of Dragon.
On May 31, 2024, Dragon entered into a Securities
Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor, pursuant to which Dragon agreed to sell an aggregate of 666,660 shares
of Dragon’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $199,998. Following the sale, the Company
retains approximately 70.0% ownership of Dragon.
Our primary uses of cash have been for compensation
and related expenses, fees paid to third parties for professional services, marketing and advertising expenses, and general and administrative
expenses. All funds received have been expended in the furtherance of growing the business. We received funds from the sale of our common
stock and the exercise of warrants. The following trends are reasonably likely to result in changes in our liquidity over the near to
long term:
| ● | An
increase in working capital requirements to finance our current business, |
| ● | Cost
of research and development, |
| ● | Addition
of administrative, technical and sales personnel as the business grows, and |
| ● | The
cost of being a public company. |
Cash Flow Activities for the Three months
ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities totaled
$2,550,384 and $3,180,118 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, and 2023, respectively, a decrease of $629,734.
Net cash flow used in operating activities for
the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily reflected a net loss of $2,765,915 adjusted for the add-back (reduction) of non-cash items
consisting of depreciation and amortization of $11,565, amortization of right of use assets of $35,131, accretion of stock-based stock
option and common stock expense of $116,698, a non-cash gain from deconsolidation of variable interest entities of $(107), and foreign
currency exchange loss of $12,965, offset by changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily consisting of an increase in accounts
receivable of $9, a decrease in prepaid expenses of $40,207, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $38,693, an increase
in contract liabilities of $25, and a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $39,637.
Net cash flow used in operating activities for
the six months ended June 30, 2023 primarily reflected a net loss of $4,686,444 adjusted for the add-back (reduction) of non-cash items
consisting of depreciation of $12,941, amortization of right of use assets of $28,782, accretion of stock-based stock option and common
stock expense of $1,474,369, a non-cash gain from initial consolidation of variable interest entities of $(42,737), impairment loss on
digital assets of $23,381, and net unrealized and realized gain on short-term investments of $78,110, offset by changes in operating assets
and liabilities primarily consisting of a decrease in accounts receivable of $277, a decrease in accounts receivable – related party
of $42,000, a decrease in prepaid expenses of $53,612, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $23,699, a decrease in
contract liabilities of $81, and a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $31,807.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities amounted
to $527,769 and $2,913,281 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we
received gross proceeds from the sale of short-term investments of $6,121,770 and purchased short-term investments of $5,594,001.
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we
received gross proceeds from the sale of short-term investments of $3,845,000 and purchased short-term investments of $964,072. Additionally,
we received $64,538 in cash upon initial consolidation of variable interest entities and purchased property and equipment of $32,185.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
totaled approximately $1,656,771 and $(399,284) for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we
received $559,251 from the sale of common stock, net, received $235,998 from the sale of subsidiary common stock, net, and received $861,522
from the sale of pre-funded warrants.
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we
repaid related party advances of $1,315 and we used cash of $397,969 to purchase treasury stock.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into any other financial guarantees
or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that
are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholders’ equity or that are not reflected in our financial statements. Furthermore,
we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity
or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity,
market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.
JOBS Act
On April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups
Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company”
can 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.
We have chosen to take advantage of the extended
transition periods available to emerging growth companies under the JOBS Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards until
those standards would otherwise apply to private companies provided under the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not
be comparable to those of companies that comply with public company effective dates for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the
JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company,” we intend to rely on certain of these exemptions, including, without limitation,
(i) providing an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b)
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and (ii) complying with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information
about the audit and the financial statements, known as the auditor discussion and analysis. We will remain an “emerging growth company”
until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more; (ii)
the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of our initial public offering, which would be December 31,
2024; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the
date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
ABOUT MARKET RISK.
We are a “smaller reporting company,”
as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures
that are designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or 1934 Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer
and chief financial officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We carried out an evaluation, under
the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer
(principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined
in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the 1934 Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, because of the Company’s
limited resources and limited number of employees, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective
as of June 30, 2024.
Management’s Report on Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Internal control
over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. All internal control systems, no matter
how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance
with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
The ineffectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting was due to the following material weaknesses which we identified in our internal control over financial reporting:
| ● | We
lack segregation of duties within accounting functions duties as a result of our limited financial resources to support hiring of personnel. |
| ● | The
lack of multiples levels of management review on complex business, accounting and financial reporting issues. |
| ● | We
have not implemented adequate system and manual controls. |
Remediation Plans
Management is committed to the remediation of
the material weaknesses described above, as well as the improvement of the Company’s overall internal control over financial reporting.
Management plans on implementing actions to remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise to the material
weaknesses. Remediation efforts include the possible hiring of additional accounting and finance personnel with appropriate expertise
to strengthen overall controls and the establishment of disbursement review and approval processes. The material weaknesses will not be
considered remediated until management designs and implements effective controls that operate for a sufficient period of time and management
has concluded, through testing, that these controls are effective. Our management will monitor the effectiveness of our remediation plan
and will make changes management determines to be appropriate. Until the remediation efforts (including any additional measures management
identifies as necessary) are completed, the material weaknesses described above will continue to exist.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting.
There have been no changes in our internal control
over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and
Procedures
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls
and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable
assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the
fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls
and procedures relative to their costs.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
From time to time, we may become involved in various
lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an
adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such
legal proceedings or claims that will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
or operating results.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
Risk factors that affect our business and financial
results are discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2023 as filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024 (“Annual Report”). Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes
in our risk factors from those previously disclosed in our Annual Report. You should carefully consider the risks described in our Annual
Report, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report are
not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also
may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business,
financial condition, and/or results of operations could be negatively affected.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
We did not have any common stock repurchases during
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2024,
none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written
plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c)
or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit No. |
|
Description of Exhibits |
4.1 |
|
Amended and Restated 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2023) |
4.2 |
|
Underwriting Agreement dated January 16, 2024 between DatChat, Inc. and EF Hutton LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2024) |
4.3 |
|
Form of Pre-Funded Warrant (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 1.1) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 19, 2024) |
31.1* |
|
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
31.2* |
|
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
32.1** |
|
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
32.2** |
|
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
101.INS* |
|
Inline XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH* |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
101.CAL* |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
101.DEF* |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |
101.LAB* |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
101.PRE * |
|
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
104* |
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page from the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, is formatted in Inline XBRL |
* |
Filed herewith. |
** |
Furnished herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
|
DATCHAT, INC. |
|
|
Dated: August 14, 2024 |
/s/ Darin Myman |
|
Darin Myman |
|
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
|
(Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
Dated: August 14, 2024 |
/s/ Brett Blumberg |
|
Brett Blumberg |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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