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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
|
☒ |
Quarterly
Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For
the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024
|
☐ |
Transition
Report pursuant to 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For
the transition period from __________ to__________
Commission
File Number: 333-260902
Bubblr,
Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wyoming |
|
86-2355916 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.) |
21
West 46th Street
New
York, New York 10036
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(646)
814 7184
(Registrant’s
telephone number)
(Former
name, former address, and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 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 and posted pursuant
to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such 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, smaller reporting company,
or an emerging growth company.
|
☐
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 check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
DURING
THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
Yes
☐ No ☐
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
State
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date: As of May
7, 2024, there were 159,690,447 outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value.
INDEX
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
Our
consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q are as follows:
These
unaudited consolidated financial statements are condensed and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America for interim financial information and the SEC instructions to Form 10-Q. In the opinion of management,
all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the interim period ended March
31, 2024, are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2024.
BUBBLR
INC.
INDEX
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March
31, 2024
BUBBLR
INC.
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
March
31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
(Unaudited)
| |
March 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
ASSETS | |
| | | |
| | |
Current Assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash | |
$ | 951 | | |
$ | 7,668 | |
Other receivables | |
| 88,937 | | |
| 87,503 | |
Total current assets | |
| 89,888 | | |
| 95,171 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Non-current Assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
Property and equipment, net | |
| 2,349 | | |
| 31,302 | |
Intangible assets, net | |
| 1,409,681 | | |
| 1,456,628 | |
Total non-current assets | |
| 1,412,030 | | |
| 1,487,930 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | |
$ | 1,501,918 | | |
$ | 1,583,101 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) | |
| | | |
| | |
Current Liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable | |
$ | 398,365 | | |
$ | 373,606 | |
Accrued liabilities | |
| 1,106,074 | | |
| 943,007 | |
Loan payable, current | |
| - | | |
| 12,611 | |
Loan payable - related party, current | |
| 263,970 | | |
| 158,247 | |
Loan payable | |
| 263,970 | | |
| 158,247 | |
Total current liabilities | |
| 1,768,409 | | |
| 1,487,471 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Non-current liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Loan payable - related party, non-current | |
| 548,341 | | |
| 552,639 | |
Warrant derivative liability | |
| 40,367 | | |
| 39,116 | |
Total non-current liabilities | |
| 588,708 | | |
| 591,755 | |
Total Liabilities | |
| 2,357,117 | | |
| 2,079,226 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | |
| | | |
| | |
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 2,000 authorized, 903 shares issued and outstanding | |
| 1 | | |
| 1 | |
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 3,000,000,000 shares authorized; 159,690,447 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023 | |
| 1,596,904 | | |
| 1,596,904 | |
Additional paid-in capital | |
| 13,277,905 | | |
| 13,168,915 | |
Accumulated deficit | |
| (16,095,315 | ) | |
| (15,612,775 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | |
| 365,306 | | |
| 350,830 | |
Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) | |
| (855,199 | ) | |
| (496,125 | ) |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) | |
$ | 1,501,918 | | |
$ | 1,583,101 | |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
BUBBLR
INC.
Consolidated
Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
For
the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023
(Unaudited)
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
For the Three Months Ended March
31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Revenue | |
$ | | | |
$ | | |
Sales | |
| 1,504 | | |
| - | |
Cost of sales | |
| 622 | | |
| - | |
Gross profit | |
| 882 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Operating Expenses | |
| | | |
| | |
General and administrative | |
$ | 310,068 | | |
$ | 16,289 | |
Professional fees | |
| 8,028 | | |
| (225,570 | ) |
Sales and marketing | |
| 18,173 | | |
| 312,463 | |
Amortization and depreciation | |
| 53,991 | | |
| 59,627 | |
Research and development | |
| 47,865 | | |
| 39,152 | |
Total operating expense | |
| 438,125 | | |
| 201,961 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Operating loss | |
| (437,243 | ) | |
| (201,961 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other income (expense) | |
| | | |
| | |
Other income | |
| 1,478 | | |
| 98 | |
Interest expense | |
| (3,592 | ) | |
| (1,129 | ) |
Disposal of fixed assets | |
| (9,355 | ) | |
| - | |
Gain (loss) on change in fair value of warrant derivative liability | |
| (1,251 | ) | |
| (72,519 | ) |
Foreign currency transaction (loss) gain | |
| (10,904 | ) | |
| 21,175 | |
Total other income (expense) | |
| (23,624 | ) | |
| (52,375 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Provision for income tax | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Net loss after income tax | |
$ | (460,867 | ) | |
$ | (254,336 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign currency translation gain (loss) | |
| 14,476 | | |
| (19,142 | ) |
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | |
| 14,476 | | |
| (19,142 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net comprehensive loss | |
$ | (446,391 | ) | |
$ | (273,478 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted | |
$ | 0.00 | | |
$ | 0.00 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding, basic, and diluted | |
| 159,690,447 | | |
| 154,904,171 | |
BUBBLR
INC.
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit
For
the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023
(Unaudited)
| |
Number
of Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Number
of Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Paid-in Capital | | |
Accumulated Deficit | | |
Comprehensive
Income (Loss) | | |
Equity (Deficit) | |
| |
Series C Preferred Stock | | |
Common Stock | | |
Additional | | |
| | |
Accumulated Other | | |
Total Stockholders’ | |
| |
Number of Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Number of Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Paid-in Capital | | |
Accumulated Deficit | | |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) | | |
Equity (Deficit) | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
Balance -December 31, 2022 | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 154,309,318 | | |
$ | 1,543,093 | | |
$ | 11,006,607 | | |
$ | (12,875,437 | ) | |
$ | 412,013 | | |
$ | 86,277 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Issuance of common shares for Services - Consulting | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 1,455,784 | | |
| 14,558 | | |
| 270,780 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 285,338 | |
Forfeit of restricted stock units | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (659,052 | ) | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (659,052 | ) |
Issuance of common shares for Series C Preferred Shares Dividend | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 183,676 | | |
| 1,837 | | |
| 20,296 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 22,133 | |
Dividend Series C Preferred Shares | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (21,672 | ) | |
| | | |
| (21,672 | ) |
Net Loss | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (254,336 | ) | |
| | | |
| (254,336 | ) |
Other comprehensive income | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (19,142 | ) | |
| (19,142 | ) |
Balance -March 31, 2023 | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 155,948,778 | | |
$ | 1,559,488 | | |
$ | 10,638,631 | | |
$ | (13,151,445 | ) | |
$ | 392,871 | | |
$ | (560,454 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance December 31, 2023 | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 159,690,447 | | |
$ | 1,596,904 | | |
| 13,168,915 | | |
$ | (15,612,775 | ) | |
$ | 350,830 | | |
$ | (496,125 | ) |
Balance | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 159,690,447 | | |
$ | 1,596,904 | | |
| 13,168,915 | | |
$ | (15,612,775 | ) | |
$ | 350,830 | | |
$ | (496,125 | ) |
Vesting of Share Options | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 108,990 | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 108,990 | |
Dividend Series C Preferred Shares | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| (21,673 | ) | |
| | | |
| (21,673 | ) |
Net Loss | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| | | |
| - | | |
| | | |
| (460,867 | ) | |
| | | |
| (460,867 | ) |
Other comprehensive income | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| 14,476 | | |
| _14,476 | |
Balance -March 31, 2024 | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 159,690,447 | | |
$ | 1,596,904 | | |
$ | 13,277,905 | | |
$ | (16,095,315 | ) | |
$ | 365,306 | | |
$ | (855,199 | ) |
Balance | |
| 903 | | |
$ | 1 | | |
| 159,690,447 | | |
$ | 1,596,904 | | |
$ | 13,277,905 | | |
$ | (16,095,315 | ) | |
$ | 365,306 | | |
$ | (855,199 | ) |
BUBBLR
INC.
Consolidated
Statement of Cashflows
For
the Three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited)
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
March 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss | |
$ | (460,867 | ) | |
$ | (254,336 | ) |
Adjustments for: | |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | |
| | | |
| | |
Stock-based compensation | |
| - | | |
| 285,338 | |
Forfeit of restricted stock units | |
| - | | |
| (659,052 | ) |
Vesting of stock-based compensation | |
| 108,990 | | |
| | |
Change in fair value of warrant derivative liability | |
| 1,251 | | |
| 72,519 | |
Disposal of fixed assets | |
| 9,355 | | |
| - | |
Amortization of intangible asset | |
| 51,489 | | |
| 56,521 | |
Depreciation | |
| 2,502 | | |
| 3,106 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
(Increase) decrease in other receivables | |
| (2,121 | ) | |
| 3,778 | |
Increase in accounts payable | |
| 25,674 | | |
| 336,901 | |
Increase in accrued liabilities | |
| 145,563 | | |
| (3,156 | ) |
Net cash used in operating activities | |
| (118,164 | ) | |
| (158,381 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash flows from investing activities | |
| | | |
| | |
Purchase of intangible assets | |
| (15,566 | ) | |
| (11,138 | ) |
Proceeds on the sale of fixed assets | |
| 16,960 | | |
| - | |
Net cash used in investing activities | |
| 1,394 | | |
| (11,138 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash flows from financing activities | |
| | | |
| | |
Repayment of loans payable | |
| (12,611 | ) | |
| (2,430 | ) |
Repayment of loans payable - related party | |
| - | | |
| (18,228 | ) |
Proceeds from loans payable - related party | |
| 105,076 | | |
| 223,777 | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | |
| 92,465 | | |
| 203,119 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash | |
| 17,588 | | |
| (31,018 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net Change in Cash | |
| (6,717 | ) | |
| 2,582 | |
Cash - Beginning of Period | |
| 7,668 | | |
| 32,533 | |
Cash - End of Period | |
$ | 951 | | |
$ | 35,115 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Supplemental information: | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash paid for interest | |
$ | 301 | | |
$ | 4,774 | |
Cash paid for taxes | |
$ | - | | |
$ | - | |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
BUBBLR
INC.
Notes
to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2024, and 2023
NOTE
1 - ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS AND LIQUIDITY
Organization
and Operations
On
March 26, 2020, Bubblr Holdings Ltd. (a UK company formed on February 18, 2016) merged into U.S. Wireless Online, Inc. (“UWRL”),
a Wyoming corporation formed on October 22, 2019, and became a 100% subsidiary of UWRL. On March 30, 2021, the Company’s corporate
name changed to Bubblr, Inc. (“the Company”).
Bubblr,
Inc. is an application software company that is currently developing its disruptive Ethical Web platform. This WEB.Ɛ platform will
provide a holistic view of progress in developing digital products, services, and teams — designed to inform our ability to use
our in-house code and that of our partners, lead advances in development criteria, and respond quickly to shifts in trends and applications.
Going
Concern Matters
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplates the Company’s continuation as a going concern. The Company incurred
a net comprehensive loss of $446,391 during the three months ended March 31, 2024, and has an accumulated deficit of $16,095,315 as of March
31, 2024. In addition, current liabilities exceed current assets by $1,678,521 as of March 31, 2024.
Management
intends to raise additional operating funds through equity and/or debt offerings. However, there can be no assurance management will
be successful in its endeavors.
There
are no assurances that the Company will be able to either (1) achieve a level of revenues adequate to generate sufficient cash flow from
operations; or (2) obtain additional financing through either private placement, public offerings, and/or bank financing necessary to
support its working capital requirements. To the extent that funds generated from operations and any private placements, public offerings,
and/or bank financing are insufficient, the Company will have to raise additional working capital. No assurance can be given that additional
financing will be available, or if available, will be on terms acceptable to the Company. If adequate working capital is not available
to the Company, it may be required to curtail or cease its operations.
Due
to uncertainties related to these matters, there exists substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability or classification of
asset-carrying amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result should the Company be unable to continue as a
going concern.
NOTE
2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s fiscal year-end
is December 31.
Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Bubblr Holdings Ltd., Bubblr
Ltd., and Bubblr CLN Ltd. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Some of these judgments can be subjective and complex, and, consequently,
actual results may differ from these estimates.
Convertible
Financial Instruments
The
Company bifurcates conversion options from their host instruments and accounts for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments
if certain criteria are met. The criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative
instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument
that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not remeasured at fair value under otherwise applicable
generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur, and (c) a separate instrument
with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when
the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as that term is described under applicable GAAP.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
Company accounts for financial instruments in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” ASC 820
establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives
the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described
below:
Level
1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or
liabilities.
Level
2 – Quoted prices in non-active markets or in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, observable inputs other than quoted
prices, and inputs that are not directly observable but are corroborated by observable market data.
Level
3 – Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
The
carrying value of the Company’s current assets and liabilities are deemed to be their fair value due to the short-term maturity
and realization. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company acquired warrant derivative liabilities, which are Level 3 financial
instruments adjusted to fair market value on reporting dates. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 the warrant liabilities balances
were $40,367 and $39,116 respectively. There were no changes in the fair value hierarchy leveling during the three months ended March
31, 2024.
Stock
Based Compensation
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Compensation–Stock
Compensation,” which prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee and
non-employee services are acquired. Share-based payments to employees and non-employees, including grants of stock options, are recognized
as compensation expenses in the financial statements based on the fair values of the stock awards on the grant date. That expense is
recognized over the period required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the
vesting period).
Common
Stock Purchase Warrants and Derivative Financial Instruments
Common
stock purchase warrants and other derivative financial instruments are classified as equity if the contracts (1) require physical settlement
or net-share settlement or (2) give the Company a choice of net-cash settlement or settlement in its own shares (physical settlement
or net-share settlement). Contracts which (1) require net-cash settlement (including a requirement to net cash settle the contract if
an event occurs and if that event is outside the control of the Company), (2) give the counterparty a choice of net-cash settlement or
settlement in shares (physical settlement or net-share settlement), or (3) that contain reset provisions that do not qualify for the
scope exception are classified as liabilities. The Company assesses the classification of its common stock purchase warrants and other
derivatives at each reporting date to determine whether a change in classification between equity and liabilities is required.
Basic
and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share
Pursuant
to ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share,” basic net income and net loss per share are computed by dividing the net income and net
loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income and net loss per share is the same as basic net
income and net loss per share when their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect due to our continuing net losses.
For
the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, the following outstanding stock was excluded from the computation of diluted net loss
per share as the result was anti-dilutive.
SCHEDULE
OF COMPUTATION OF DILUTED NET LOSS PER SHARE
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
March 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
(Shares) | | |
(Shares) | |
Series C Preferred Stock | |
| 3,384,135 | | |
| 3,384,135 | |
Warrants | |
| 2,358,101 | | |
| 2,358,101 | |
Total | |
| 5,742,236 | | |
| 5,742,236 | |
Anti-dilutive shares | |
| 5,742,236 | | |
| 5,742,236 | |
Foreign
Currency Translations
The
functional currency of the Company’s international subsidiaries is generally their local currency of Great British Pounds (GBP).
Local currency assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates on the balance sheet date, and local currency revenues and
expenses are translated at weighted average exchange rates during the period. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates. The
resulting translation adjustments are recorded directly into accumulated other comprehensive income.
SCHEDULE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENTS
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2023 | |
| |
March 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | | |
2023 | |
Period-end GBP£: U.S.$ exchange rate | |
| 1.2632 | | |
| 1.2341 | | |
| 1.2199 | |
Weighted average GBP£: U.S.$ exchange rate | |
| 1.2684 | | |
| 1.2152 | | |
| 1.2447 | |
Aggregate
transaction gains or losses, including gains or losses related to foreign-denominated cash and cash equivalents and the re-measurement
of certain inter-company balances, are included in the statement of operations as other income and expense. Gains on foreign exchange
transactions totaling $5,210 and losses of $19,142 were recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” The asset
and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary
differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences
are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount believed more likely than
not to be realized.
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company did not have any amounts recorded pertaining to uncertain tax positions.
UK
Taxes
We
do not consider ourselves to be engaged in a trade or business in the UK and, as such, do not expect to be subject to UK corporate income
taxation. We have subsidiaries based in the UK that are subject to the tax laws of that country. Under current law, those subsidiaries
are taxed at the applicable corporate income tax rates. Should any UK subsidiaries be deemed to undertake business activities in the
US, they would be subject to US corporate income tax in respect of their US activities only. Relief would then be available against the
UK tax liabilities in respect of the overseas taxes arising from US activities. At present, this is not applicable as our UK subsidiaries
only undertake activities in the UK. Our UK subsidiaries file separate UK income tax returns.
UK
Tax Risk
Companies
that are incorporated outside the UK may become subject to UK taxes in a number of circumstances, including circumstances in which (1)
they are deemed resident in the UK for tax purposes by reason of their central management and control being exercised from the UK or
(2) they are treated as carrying on a trade, investing or carrying on any other business activity in the UK, whether or not through a
UK Permanent Establishment (“PE”).
In
addition, the Finance Act 2015 introduced a new tax known as the diverted profits tax (“DPT”), which is charged at 25% of
any “taxable diverted profit.”. The DPT has had an effect since April 1, 2015, and may apply in circumstances including (1)
where arrangements are designed to ensure that a non-UK resident company does not carry on a trade in the UK through a PE; and (2) where
a tax reduction is obtained through the involvement of entities or transactions lacking economic substance. We intend to operate in such
a manner that none of our companies should be subject to the UK DPT and that none of our companies (other than those companies incorporated
in the UK) should: (1) be treated as resident in the UK for tax purposes; (2) carry on a trade, invest or carry on any other business
activity in the UK (whether or not through a UK PE).
However,
this result is based on certain legal and factual determinations, and since the scope and the basis upon which the DPT will be applied
by HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) in the UK remains uncertain and since applicable law and regulations do not conclusively
define the activities that constitute conducting a trade, investment or business activity in the UK (whether or not through a UK PE),
and since we cannot exclude the possibility that there will be a change in law that adversely affects the analysis, HMRC might successfully
assert a contrary position. The terms of an income tax treaty between the UK and the home country of the relevant Bubblr subsidiary,
if any, could contain additional protections against UK tax.
Any
arrangements between UK-resident entities of Bubblr and other entities of Bubblr are subject to the UK transfer pricing regime. Consequently,
if any agreement between a UK resident entity of Bubblr and any other Bubblr entity (whether that entity is resident in or outside of
the UK) is found not to be on arm’s length terms and, as a result, a UK tax advantage is being obtained, an adjustment will be
required to compute UK taxable profits as if such an agreement were on arm’s length terms. Any transfer pricing adjustment could
adversely impact the tax charge incurred by the relevant UK resident entities of Bubblr.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption of
any such pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on our financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain
accounts have been reclassified in prior periods to conform to current period presentation. Compensation expense that was previously
reported separately has been combined with general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss for all periods presented.
NOTE
3 – OTHER RECEIVABLES
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, accounts receivable consisted of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF OTHER RECEIVABLES
| |
March 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| | |
| |
Deposit | |
$ | 200 | | |
$ | 200 | |
UK R&D credit | |
| 79,582 | | |
| 80,205 | |
UK VAT receivable | |
| 9,155 | | |
| 7,098 | |
Total other receivables | |
$ | 88,937 | | |
$ | 87,503 | |
NOTE
4 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, property and equipment consisted of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
| |
Motor Vehicles | | |
Computer Equipment | | |
Office Equipment | | |
Total | |
Cost | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 53,470 | | |
$ | 29,646 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 83,116 | |
Additions | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Disposals | |
| (53,054 | ) | |
| (3,502 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (56,556 | ) |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (416 | ) | |
| (231 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (647 | ) |
At March 31, 2024 | |
| - | | |
| 25,913 | | |
| - | | |
| 25,913 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Less accumulated depreciation | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 25,997 | | |
$ | 25,817 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 51,814 | |
Depreciation expense | |
| 1,053 | | |
| 1,449 | | |
| - | | |
| 2,502 | |
Disposals | |
| (26,847 | ) | |
| (3,502 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (30,349 | ) |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (203 | ) | |
| (200 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (403 | ) |
At March 31, 2024 | |
| - | | |
| 23,564 | | |
| - | | |
| 23,564 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net book value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At March 31, 2024 | |
| - | | |
| 2,349 | | |
| - | | |
| 2,349 | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 27,473 | | |
$ | 3,829 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 31,302 | |
During
the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recorded depreciation expenses of $2,502 and a loss of $9,317 on the disposal of a
motor vehicle.
NOTE
5 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
A
Patent on the Internet-Search Mechanism (“IBSM”) has been granted in the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada,
and Australia. The patent is pending in the European Union, and the United Kingdom.
Patents
on Contextual Enveloping of Dynamic Hypertext Links and Real-Time Data Processing are pending in the United States
Patents
are reported at cost, less accumulated amortization, and accumulated impairment loss. Costs include expenditure that is directly attributable
to the acquisition of the asset. Once a patent provides economic benefit to the Company, amortization is provided on a straight-line
basis on all patents over their expected useful lives of 20 years.
Intellectual
Property
Intellectual
Property capitalizes the Company’s qualifying internal research and developments costs. Intellectual property is amortized
over its useful life of 7 years and reported at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment loss.
Trademarks
The
Company has the following trademarks.
Mark |
|
Category |
|
Proprietor |
|
Country |
|
Class(es) |
|
Status |
|
Reg.
Date. |
|
File
No. |
CITIZENS
JOURNALIST |
|
Words |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
European
Union |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
16-Nov-2019 |
|
206382.EM.01 |
CITIZENS
JOURNALIST |
|
Word |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
05-Jul-2019 |
|
206382.GB.01 |
CITIZENS
JOURNALIST |
|
Words |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
16-Nov-2019 |
|
206382.GB.02 |
CITIZENS
JOURNALIST |
|
Word |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
States |
|
9
38 41 42 |
|
REGD-DEC
USE |
|
08-Feb-2022 |
|
206382.US.01 |
|
|
Words
and Color Device |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
European
Union |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
16-Nov-2019 |
|
206383.EM.01 |
|
|
Series
of Logos |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
05-Jul-2019 |
|
206383.GB.01 |
|
|
Words
and Color Device |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
16-Nov-2019 |
|
206383.GB.02 |
|
|
Words
and Device |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
States |
|
9
38 41 42 |
|
ACCEPTED |
|
|
|
206383.US.01 |
BAU
NOT OK/BAU Not OK |
|
Series
of Marks |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
11-Oct-2019 |
|
208674.GB.01 |
NEWZMINE/NewzMine |
|
Series
of Marks |
|
Bubblr
Limited |
|
United
Kingdom |
|
9
38 42 |
|
REGISTERED |
|
25-Dec-2020 |
|
227753.GB.01 |
The
Company capitalizes trademark costs where the likelihood of acceptance is expected. Each trademark has been determined to have an infinite
useful life and is assessed each reporting period for impairment. If there has been a reduction in the value of the trademark or if the
trademark is not successfully registered, the assets will be impaired and charged to expense in the period of impairment.
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, trademarks consisted of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF TRADEMARKS
| |
March 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Trademarks: | |
| | | |
| | |
NewzMineTM | |
$ | 13,421 | | |
$ | 12,994 | |
Citizens Journalist™ | |
| 25,367 | | |
| 25,367 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (2,088 | ) | |
| (1,804 | ) |
| |
$ | 36,700 | | |
$ | 36,558 | |
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, intangible assets consisted of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS
| |
Patents | | |
Trademarks | | |
Intellectual Property | | |
Capitalized Acquisition Costs | | |
Total | |
Cost | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 220,926 | | |
$ | 36,558 | | |
$ | 3,109,540 | | |
$ | 45,745 | | |
$ | 3,412,769 | |
Cost, beginning | |
$ | 220,926 | | |
$ | 36,558 | | |
$ | 3,109,540 | | |
$ | 45,745 | | |
$ | 3,412,769 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Additions | |
| 15,139 | | |
| 427 | | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| 15,566 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (1,718 | ) | |
| (285 | ) | |
| (24,180 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (26,183 | ) |
At March 31, 2024 | |
$ | 234,347 | | |
$ | 36,700 | | |
$ | 3,085,360 | | |
$ | 45,745 | | |
$ | 3,402,152 | |
Cost, ending | |
$ | 234,347 | | |
$ | 36,700 | | |
$ | 3,085,360 | | |
$ | 45,745 | | |
$ | 3,402,152 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Less accumulated amortization | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 8,541 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,940,736 | | |
$ | 6,864 | | |
$ | 1,956,141 | |
Less accumulated amortization, beginning | |
$ | 8,541 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,940,736 | | |
$ | 6,864 | | |
$ | 1,956,141 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Amortization expense | |
| 1,630 | | |
| - | | |
| 49,287 | | |
| 572 | | |
| 51,489 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (70 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (15,089 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (15,159 | ) |
At March 31, 2024 | |
$ | 10,101 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,974,934 | | |
$ | 7,436 | | |
| 1,992,471 | |
Less accumulated amortization, ending | |
$ | 10,101 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,974,934 | | |
$ | 7,436 | | |
| 1,992,471 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Net book value | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
At March 31, 2024 | |
$ | 224,246 | | |
$ | 36,700 | | |
$ | 1,110,426 | | |
$ | 38,309 | | |
$ | 1,409,681 | |
At December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 212,385 | | |
$ | 36,558 | | |
$ | 1,168,804 | | |
$ | 38,881 | | |
$ | 1,456,628 | |
During
the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company purchased $15,566 intangible assets and recorded amortization expenses of $51,489.
No impairment was recorded.
NOTE
6 – ACCRUED LIABILITIES
As
of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
SCHEDULE
OF ACCRUED LIABILITIES
| |
March 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Director fees | |
$ | 120,000 | | |
$ | 90,000 | |
Dividends payable | |
| 86,688 | | |
| 65,016 | |
Other accruals | |
| 49,892 | | |
| 76,945 | |
Settlement payable | |
| 166,986 | | |
| 166,986 | |
Wages and salaries | |
| 682,508 | | |
| 544,060 | |
Total Accrued liabilities | |
$ | 1,106,074 | | |
$ | 943,007 | |
NOTE
7 – LOAN PAYABLE
In
November 2019, the Company purchased a vehicle under a capital finance arrangement. The term of this loan was 5 years, and the annual
interest rate is 6.90%. At March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2022, loan payable obligations included in current liabilities were $0 and
$11,987, respectively, and loan payable obligations included in long-term liabilities were $0 and $12,611, respectively.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2022, the Company made $1,691 and $2,430, respectively, in loan payments.
The
vehicle was sold in February 2024.
NOTE
8 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Loans
from Related Parties
The
Company has loans from our founder, Stephen Morris, with a balance of $1,316,435 and $678,549 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
respectively:
Loan
1 - Stephen Morris, Founder, CTO and Chair.
On
May 23, 2022, the Company entered an amendment to the Loan Agreement between Bubblr Limited and Mr. Morris to change the loan from a
demand loan to have a maturity date on the earlier of (i) the completion of an offering by Bubblr, Inc., in the amount of no less than
$7,500,000 in a public offering, or (ii) two years from the date of the amendment.
In
addition, on a date no later than five (5) business days from the completion of bridge financing of no less than $1.5 million USD, the
Company shall pay to Mr. Morris an amount equal to £115,000 GBP as an installment payment on the principal of the Loan, and the
balance of the principal of the Loan shall be paid at the Maturity Date
On
September 6, 2022, the Company entered into a second amendment (the “Amendment”) with Bubblr Limited and Mr. Morris to add
$60,000 (£52,088) to the principal of the loan in exchange for Mr. Morris canceling his Special 2019 Series A Preferred Stock,
which has super-voting rights.
On
December 20, 2022, the Company entered into a third amendment (the “Amendment”) with Bubblr Limited and Mr. Morris to reduce
the outstanding principal amount of the loan by $71,540 (£59,543) in exchange for the Company assigning advances receivables of
$71,540 (£59,543) whereon Mr. Morris is entitled to amounts received pursuant to such receivables and will bear the risk of non-payment
with respect to such receivables. After this assignment, the Company will have no right to receive any amounts collected with respect
to such receivables and will have no liability for non-payment of the receivables or any collections costs.
On
December 27, 2023, Stephen Morris converted $821,431.87 in principal amount of promissory notes
payable and due to him from the Company into 2,489,186 shares of Common Stock. The conversion price for the Common Stock was $0.33 per
share.
At
March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, Loan 1 payable obligations included in current liabilities were $229,575 and $125,910, respectively.
Loan
2 - Stephen Morris, Founder, CTO and Chair.
On
September 7, 2022, our wholly owned subsidiary, Bubblr Limited, entered into a new loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”)
with Mr. Morris for $501,049 (£434,060). The Loan Agreement is unsecured, carries no interest, is non-convertible, and is due upon
maturity, which is three years after the date of the agreement.
At
March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, Loan 2 payable obligations included in current liabilities were $552,639 and $548,341, respectively.
Activity
on Loan 1 and Loan 2 arrive at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, balances is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION SHARE HOLDERS LOANS
| |
Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
Year Ended December 31, | |
| |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Beginning balance loan 1 current | |
$ | 125,910 | | |
| 374,018 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (980 | ) | |
| 62,356 | |
Additions | |
| 104,930 | | |
| 510,968 | |
Loan resolution agreement – Stephen Morris | |
| - | | |
| (821,432 | ) |
Ending balance – loan 1 current | |
$ | 229,575 | | |
$ | 125,910 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Beginning balance loan 2 non-current | |
$ | 552,639 | | |
$ | 525,291 | |
Effects of currency translation | |
| (4,298 | ) | |
| 27,348 | |
Ending balance loan 2 non-current | |
$ | 548,341 | | |
| 552,639 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Ending balance loan 1 and loan 2 current and non-current | |
$ | 777,916 | | |
$ | 678,549 | |
Related
Party Loan – Professor Paul Morrissey, Director.
On
September 8, 2022, the Company entered into a new loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Professor Paul Morrissey for
$32,337 (£25,401). The Loan had an original issue discount of $6,954 (£5,700). The Loan Agreement is unsecured, non-convertible
and carries a fixed interest rate of 2.85% every four weeks on the original principal, is non-convertible, and was payable in 4 weeks
after the date of the agreement. The debt discount is amortized to interest expense during the loan’s outstanding period. The loan
outstanding at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, is $34,395 (£27,229) and $32,337 (£25,401) respectively.
NOTE
9 - WARRANT LIABILITY
The
Company analyzed the warrants issued in connection with the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (see Note 10) for derivative accounting
consideration under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined that the instruments should be classified as a liability due to
reset provisions and variability in exercise price resulting in there being no fixed value or explicit limit to the number of shares
to be delivered upon exercise. ASC 815 requires us to assess the fair market value of the derivative liability at the end of each reporting
period and recognize any change in the fair market value as other income or expense item.
The
Company determined our warrant liabilities to be a Level 3 fair value measurement during the year based on management’s estimate
of the expected future cash flows required to settle the liabilities and used the Black Scholes pricing model to calculate the fair value
as of March 31, 2024. The Black Scholes model requires three basic data inputs: the exercise or strike price, time to expiration, the
risk-free interest rate, the current stock price, the estimated volatility of the stock price in the future, and the dividend rate. Changes
to these inputs could produce a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement. The fair value of each warrant is estimated using
the Black-Scholes valuation model.
For
the period ended March 31, 2024, the estimated fair values of the warrant liabilities measured on a recurring basis are as follows:
SCHEDULE
OF ESTIMATED FAIR VALUES OF WARRANT LIABILITIES MEASURED ON A RECURRING BASIS
| |
Three Months Ended | |
| |
March 31, 2024 | |
Expected term | |
| 1.59 - 2.50 years | |
Expected average volatility | |
| 177
– 220 | % |
Expected dividend yield | |
| 8.33 | % |
Risk-free interest rate | |
| 1.50 – 5.46 | % |
The
following table summarizes the changes in the warrant liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2024, and year ended December
31, 2023:
SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN WARRANT LIABILITIES
Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
| |
| |
Warrant liability December 31, 2022 | |
$ | 198,479 | |
Addition of new warrants | |
| - | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | |
| (159,363 | ) |
Warrant liability as of December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 39,116 | |
| |
| | |
Addition of new warrants | |
$ | - | |
Change in fair value of warrant liability | |
| 1,251 | |
Warrant liability as of March 31, 2024 | |
$ | 40,367 | |
NOTE
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred
Stock
The
Company has authorized 25,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Board of Directors is authorized to divide
the authorized shares of Preferred Stock into one or more series, each of which shall be so designated as to distinguish the shares thereof
from the shares of all other series and classes.
Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock
On
March 4, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation with the Wyoming Secretary of State, which established 2,000 shares of
the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, with a Stated Value of $1,200 per share.
The
Company has the right to redeem the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the following schedule:
|
● |
The
Company shall have the right to redeem the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock upon three business days of written notice at a price
equal to 120% of the Stated Value together with any accrued but unpaid dividends; and |
|
|
|
|
● |
The
Company shall pay an 8% per annum dividend on the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be paid quarterly, and at
the Company’s discretion, in cash or Series C Convertible Preferred Stock. Dividends shall be deemed to accrue from the date
of issuance of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus,
or other funds of the Company legally available for the payment of dividends. |
The
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock will vote together with the common stock on an as-converted basis subject to the Beneficial Ownership
Limitations (as set forth in the Certificate of Designation).
Each
share of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the issuance at the
option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to Beneficial Ownership Limitations) determined by
dividing the Stated Value of $1,200 of such share by the Conversion Price of $0.3202.
On
March 4, 2022, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “GHS Securities Purchase Agreement”) with GHS
Investments, LLC (“GHS”), whereby GHS agreed to purchase, in tranches, up to $700,000 of the Company’s Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock in exchange for 700 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
On
March 4, 2022, the Company issued to GHS the first tranche of 300 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, as well as commitment
shares of 35 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 941,599 warrant shares (the “GHS Warrant”). Warrant shares
represent 75% of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “GHS
Warrant Shares”). The Company has agreed to register the shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the conversion of the Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock and the GHS Warrant Shares.
GHS
delivered gross proceeds of $266,000 to the Company (excluded were legal fees and a transaction fee charged by Spartan Capital).
On
March 9, 2022, the Company entered a Securities Purchase Agreement with Proactive Capital Partners LP (“Proactive”), whereby
Proactive agreed to purchase 160 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. .
The
Company agreed to issue Proactive commitment shares of 8 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 472,205 warrant shares (the
“Warrant”). Warrant shares represent 75% of the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Warrant Shares”). The Company has agreed to register the shares of common stock issuable
pursuant to the conversion of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and the Warrant Shares.
On
March 9, 2022, the Company issued 168 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred stock to Proactive Capital Partners LP as per the Securities
Purchase Agreement. Proactive delivered gross proceeds of $290,000 to the Company (excluded were legal fees).
On
April 24, 2022, the Company issued the second tranche of 200 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 562,149 warrant shares
as per its Securities Purchase Agreement (the “GHS Securities Purchase Agreement”) with GHS Investments, LLC (“GHS”),
of March 4, 2022. GHS delivered gross proceeds of $184,000 to the Company (excluded were legal fees and a transaction fee charged by
Spartan Capital).
On
May 25, 2022, the Company issued the third tranche of 100 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 281,074 warrant shares as
per its Securities Purchase Agreement (the “GHS Securities Purchase Agreement”) with GHS Investments, LLC (“GHS”),
of March 4, 2022. GHS delivered gross proceeds of $92,000 to the Company (excluded were legal fees and a transaction fee charged by Spartan
Capital).
On
September 24, 2022, the Company issued the fourth tranche of 100 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and 281,074 warrant shares
as per its Securities Purchase Agreement (the “GHS Securities Purchase Agreement”) with GHS Investments, LLC (“GHS”),
of March 4, 2022. GHS delivered gross proceeds of $92,000 to the Company (excluded were legal fees and a transaction fee charged by Spartan
Capital).
On
September 7, 2022, our wholly owned subsidiary, Bubblr Limited, entered into a new loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”)
with Mr. Morris for £434,060 (US$550,468 at March 31, 2024). In order to enter into the new loan, GHS Investments, LLC agreed to
waive a prohibition on borrowing over $200,000 found in our Certificate of Designation for the Series C Preferred Stock, in exchange
for our company issuing 345,220 shares of common stock: 281,000 shares of common stock to GHS and 64,220 shares of common stock to Proactive.
The resulting common shares were valued at $71,703, recorded as interest expense.
As
a result of the above transactions, the Company received total net proceeds of $789,000, of which $721,275 has been allocated to the
warrants and Series C Preferred Stock based on the warrants’ fair market values on each contract date, with the residual loss of
$28,043 allocated to day-one loss on warrant liability associated with the March 2022 issuances, and excess proceeds of $95,768 allocated
to the Series C Preferred Stock associated with the April, May, and September 2022 issuances.
As
at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had 903 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.
Common
Stock
The
Company has authorized 3,000,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.01 per share. Each common share entitles the holder to one
vote, in person or proxy, on any matter on which action of the stockholders of the corporation is sought.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued the following unregistered securities:
|
● |
625,000
shares for Consultancy services valued at $100,000. |
|
● |
500,000
shares for Professional services valued at $65,000. |
|
● |
311,159
shares for dividend due of Series C Preferred Stock valued at $43,805. |
|
● |
1,455,784
shares for Investor Relations services valued at $285,338. |
During
the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company did not issue unregistered securities.
As
at March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company had 159,690,447 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.
The
above securities were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4.(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and/or in reliance on the exception from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Warrants
The
Company identified conversion features embedded within warrants issued during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Company has
determined that the conversion feature of the Warrants represents an embedded derivative since the conversion price includes a reset
provision which could cause adjustments in redemption value and the number of shares issued upon exercise (see Note 9 - Warrant Liability).
A
summary of activity during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, follows:
SUMMARY OF WARRANTS ACTIVITY
| |
Warrants Outstanding | | |
Weighted Average | |
| |
Number of | | |
Weighted Average | | |
Remaining life | |
| |
Warrants | | |
Exercise Price | | |
(years) | |
| |
| | |
| | |
| |
Outstanding, December 31, 2023 | |
| 2,538,101 | | |
$ | 0.32 | | |
| 4.27 | |
Granted | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited/canceled | |
| - | | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Outstanding, March 31, 2024 | |
| 2,538,101 | | |
$ | 0.32 | | |
| 3.52 | |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Exercisable Warrants, March 31, 2024 | |
| 2,538,101 | | |
$ | 0.32 | | |
| 3.52 | |
The
following table summarizes information relating to outstanding and exercisable warrants as of March 31, 2024:
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION RELATING
TO OUTSTANDING AND EXERCISABLE WARRANTS
Warrants Outstanding | | |
Warrants Exercisable | |
Number of
Warrants | | |
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual life (in
years) | | |
Weighted Average Exercise Price | | |
Number of
Shares | | |
Weighted Average
Exercise Price | |
941,599 | | |
| 3.43 | | |
$ | 0.34 | | |
| 941,599 | | |
$ | 0.34 | |
472,205 | | |
| 3.44 | | |
| 0.34 | | |
| 472,205 | | |
| 0.34 | |
562,149 | | |
| 3.57 | | |
| 0.35 | | |
| 562,149 | | |
| 0.35 | |
281,074 | | |
| 3.65 | | |
| 0.22 | | |
| 281,074 | | |
| 0.22 | |
281,074 | | |
| 3.74 | | |
| 0.22 | | |
| 281,074 | | |
| 0.22 | |
2,538,101 | | |
| 3.52 | | |
$ | 0.32 | | |
| 2,538,101 | | |
$ | 0.32 | |
As
at March 31, 2024, the intrinsic value of the warrants is $0, as the price of the Company’s stock was below the warrant exercise
price.
2022
Equity Incentive Plan
On
April 1, 2023, the Company granted options for purchasing our Common stock to executives, management, and a non-executive director as
consideration for time served. The Board of Directors determine the terms of the stock option grants that are consistent with our 2022
Equity Incentive Plan.
Our
stock option grant general policy is that options vest 40% after 90 days of service, and the remaining options vest monthly over two
years. The maximum term is ten years.
The
following table summarizes the stock options activity for the three months ended March 31, 2024:
SUMMARY OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY
| |
Number of Shares | | |
Weighted-Average Exercise Price (per share) | |
| |
| | |
| |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | |
| 14,400,000 | | |
$ | 0.1560 | |
Granted | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Exercised | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or expired | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Outstanding at March 31, 2023 | |
| 14,400,000 | | |
$ | 0.1560 | |
Exercisable at March 31, 2024 | |
| 10,788,000 | | |
| | |
Weighted-average fair value of options granted in the period | |
| | | |
$ | 0.1560 | |
The
total intrinsic value of options on March 31, 2023, is zero because the closing stock price was below the weighted average exercise value.
The
weighted average fair value of stock options granted is based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following weighted
average assumptions.
SCHEDULE
OF THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FAIR VALUE OF STOCK OPTIONS
| |
Three Month | |
| |
March 31, 2024 | |
Expected life in years | |
| 9.01 | |
Risk-free interest rate | |
| 4.20 | % |
Annual forfeiture rate | |
| 0 | % |
Volatility | |
| 221 | % |
Expected dividend yield | |
| 0 | % |
The
following table summarizes certain information regarding the Company’s non-vested shares as of the three-month period ended March
31, 2024:
SCHEDULE
OF NON-VESTED SHARES
| |
Number of Shares | | |
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value | |
| |
| | |
| |
Non-vested as of December 31, 2023 | |
| 14,400,000 | | |
$ | 0.1560 | |
Granted | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Forfeited or expired | |
| - | | |
| - | |
Vested | |
| (10,788,000 | ) | |
| 0.1560 | |
Non-vested as of March 31, 2024 | |
| 3,612,000 | | |
$ | 0.1560 | |
The
following table summarizes the stock options exercisable for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024:
SUMMARY
OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY OUTSTANDING AND EXERCISABLE
| |
Options | | |
Options | |
| |
Outstanding | | |
Exercisable | |
| |
| | |
| |
Number of shares | |
| 14,400,000 | | |
| 10,788,000 | |
Weighted-average contractual life in years | |
| 9.01 | | |
| 9.01 | |
Weighted-average exercise price | |
$ | 0.1560 | | |
$ | 0.1614 | |
Intrinsic value | |
$ | 0.00 | | |
$ | 0.00 | |
As
of March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $108,990 in compensation costs. There were $517,783 of unrecognized compensation costs related
to non-vested share options, which we will recognize over the next 15 months.
NOTE
11 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lease
The
Company rents virtual space month-to-month at 21 West 46th St, New York, NY 10036. The monthly
rate is $200. Due to its short term, this lease is exempt from ASC 842 lease accounting due to
its short term.
Investor
Relations
On
February 14, 2023, the Company entered a Consulting Agreement with Beyond Media SEZC. The agreement is for twelve months. Beyond Media
will receive $7,000 monthly in cash and will be issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock valued at $180,000 for entering into the agreement.
On
June 15, 2023, the Company entered a Consulting Agreement with Launchpad LLC. The agreement is for six months. Launchpad LLC will receive
$3,000 in cash per month.
Steven
Saunders, Former Chief Commercial Officer, and Director
On
January 31, 2023, the Company entered Separation Agreements with Steven Saunders. He is no longer an officer or director of our Company,
and all prior agreements are terminated. To satisfy all amounts due, Mr. Saunders and the Company agreed to a settlement totaling $116,000.
As of March 31, 2024, the amount due to Mr. Saunders was $79,250.
Rik
Willard, Former Chief Executive Officer, and Director
On
January 31, 2023, the Company entered into Separation Agreements with Rik Willard, our then-Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Willard is no
longer an officer or director of our Company, and all prior agreements are terminated in their entirety. To satisfy all amounts due,
Mr. Willard and the Company agreed to a settlement total sum of $112,418. As of March 31, 2024, the amount due to Mr. Willard was $86,811.
Stephen
Morris, Founder, Chief Technical Officer, and Director
On
April 1, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended Employment Agreement with Stephen Morris, Founder, Chief Technical Officer, and Chair.
The Company will compensate Mr. Morris with $450,000 base pay per annum, with payments reduced by 60% to $180,000 per annum until the
Company has secured $5,000,000 in debt or equity financing.
On
April 1, 2023, the Company agreed to grant Mr. Morris an option to purchase 3,360,000 shares of
common stock at $0.187 per share (628,320) under the 2022 Incentive Plan. The options were fully vested as Mr.
Morris completed two years and three months of service.
On
December 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Second Amended Employment Agreement with Stephen Morris to reduce his base pay from $450,000
to $90,000 per annum and forfeit $270,000 of deferred compensation.
David
Chetwood, Chief Financial Officer, and Director
On
April 1, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended Employment Agreement, effective February 10, 2023, with David Chetwood, Chief Financial
Officer, and Director. The Company will compensate Mr. Chetwood with a base pay of $450,000 per annum, with payments reduced by 60% to
$180,000 per annum until the Company has secured $5,000,000 in debt or equity financing.
On
May 12, 2023, the Company agreed to grant Mr. Chetwood an option to purchase 3,360,000 shares of common stock at $0.1625 per share ($546,000),
with 40% vesting after 90 days of service and 60% vesting monthly over the following two years, under the 2022 Incentive Plan. As of
March 31, 2024, there were 1,092,000 non-vested share options, which we will recognize over the next 13 months.
On
December 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Second Amended Employment Agreement with David Chetwood to reduce his base pay from $450,000
to $180,000 per annum and forfeit $236,200 of deferred compensation.
Timothy
Burks, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
On
April 1, 2023, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Timothy Burks, Chief Executive Officer, and Director. The Company
will compensate Mr. Burks $600,000 per annum base pay with payments reduced by 60% to $240,000 per annum until the Company has secured
$5,000,000 in debt or equity financing.
On
July 1, 2023, the Company
agreed to grant Mr. Burks an option to purchase 4,800,000 shares of common stock at $0.1353 per share ($649,440), with 40% vesting after
90 days of service and 60% vesting monthly over the following two years,
under the 2022 Incentive Plan. As of March 31, 2024, there were 1,800,000
non-vested share options, which we will recognize
over the next 15 months.
On
December 31, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended Employment Agreement with Timothy Burks to reduce his base pay from $600,000 to
$240,000 per annum and forfeit $270,000 of deferred compensation.
Paul
Morrissey, Director
On
April 6, 2023, the Company entered into a Non-executive Director Agreement with Paul Morrissey. The Company will compensate Mr. Morrissey
$300,000 per annum directors fee, with payments reduced by 60% to $120,000 per annum until the Company has secured $5,000,000 in debt
or equity financing.
On
July 6, 2023, the Company agreed to grant Mr. Morrissey an option to purchase 1,920,000 shares of common stock at $0.1353 per share ($259,776),
with 40% vesting after 90 days of service and 60% vesting monthly over the following two years, under the 2022 Incentive Plan. As of
March 31, 2024, there were 720,000 non-vested share options, which we will recognize over the next 15 months.
On
December 31, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended Non-Executive Director Agreement with Morrissey to reduce his director fee from
$300,000 to $120,000 per annum and forfeit $270,000 of deferred compensation.
NOTE
12 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 7, 2024 when the financial statements were available to be issued. The Company has
concluded no subsequent events have occurred that require disclosure.
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking
Statements
Some
of the statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Bubblr, Inc. (hereinafter the “Company,” “Bubblr,”
“BBLR,” “Ethical Web.AI,” “we,” “us” or “our”) discuss future expectations,
contain projections of our plan of operation or financial condition or state other forward-looking information. In this Annual Report,
forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words such as “anticipate,” “plan,” “believe,”
“expect,” “estimate”, and the like. Forward-looking statements involve future risks and uncertainties, and there
are factors that could cause actual results or plans to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These statements are subject
to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
by the statements. The forward-looking information is based on numerous factors and is derived using numerous assumptions. A reader should
not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Annual Report. Key factors that
may cause actual results to differ from projections include, for example:
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strategies, prospects, plans, expectations, forecasts, or objectives; |
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our
ability to achieve marketable products and the costs and timing thereof; |
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acceptance
of our products by our target market and our ability to compete in such market; |
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our
ability to raise additional financing when needed and the terms and timing thereof; |
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our
ability to expand, protect and maintain our intellectual property rights; |
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our
future operations, financial position, revenues, costs, expenses, uses of cash, capital requirements, our need for additional financing
or the period for which our existing cash resources will be sufficient to meet our operating requirements; |
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our
analysis of the target market for our platform; |
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the
impact of COVID-19 and/or other future pandemics and other adverse public health developments on our operations and our industry; |
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regulatory
developments in the United States and other countries; |
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our
compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including those of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC; |
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our
ability to compete in the United States and internationally with larger and more substantial companies; |
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general
economic, business, political and social conditions; |
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our
reliance on and our ability to retain (and if necessary, timely recruit and replace) our officers, directors and key employees and
their ability to timely and competently perform; |
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our
ability to generate significant revenues and achieve profitability; |
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our
ability to manage the growth of our business; |
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our
commercialization of our platform and marketing capabilities and strategies; |
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our
ability to expand, protect and maintain our intellectual property position; |
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the
success of competing third-party platforms; |
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our
ability to fully remediate our identified internal control material weaknesses; |
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our
ability to comply with regulatory requirements relating to our business, and the costs of compliance with those requirements; |
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the
specific risk factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” set forth in this Annual Report; and |
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various
other matters, many of which are beyond our control. |
Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof.
We believe the information contained in this Form 10-K to be accurate as of the date hereof. Changes may occur after that date. We will
not update that information except as required by law in the normal course of our public disclosure practices. Additionally, the discussion
regarding our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes
included in this Form 10-Q.
Business
Except
as otherwise indicated herein or as the context otherwise requires, references in this Quarterly Report to “Bubblr,” the
“Company,” “Ethical Web.AI,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Bubblr, Inc.
and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Bubblr Limited and Bubblr Holdings Limited, which are a non-trading company and IP holding
company, respectively, both formed and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom.
Overview
Bubblr,
Inc., d/b/a Ethical Web.AI is an artificial intelligence or AI company that has patent protected intellectual properties. We compete
with a number of large companies who include AI in their suite of product offerings – companies such as Amazon, AI Brain, C3.ai,
Data Robot, Inc., Google, IBM, Open AI and Anthropic. All of those companies have far greater financial resources and more populated
human assets in the development of AI technology, training data and algorithms than our Company has.
The
AI industry also has numerous smaller companies that compete in the AI space without owning any protected intellectual property and that
rely heavily, if not totally, on access or linkage to third party search engines and AI.
Here
is a simple explanation of Generative AI
Generative
artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science focused on creating programs that can generate new, original content. This
technology harnesses the power of AI to produce outputs that a human might otherwise create, ranging from written text to complex code
and from stunning images to original music compositions. At its core, generative AI works by synthesizing new forms from familiar elements,
drawing from a vast array of data on which it has been trained.
For
the uninitiated, it might help to think of generative AI as a sophisticated assistant capable of crafting entirely new creations based
on a set of learned patterns and examples. For instance, you could ask this AI to draft an essay, compose a piece of music, or even generate
a computer program. It is not just rehashing what it has seen before; it is creating something new from the pieces it knows.
The
concept of generative AI is not novel—it has been around for some time. Consider Google Translate, which has been translating text
since 2006, and Siri, Apple’s voice assistant introduced in 2011. These are early examples of generative AI in action, responding
to human queries with generated language that seeks to be as close as possible to natural human speech or text. As these technologies
have evolved, they have become more integrated into our daily lives, often functioning in the background, and smoothing out our interactions
with the digital world.
Recent
advancements have been groundbreaking. OpenAI’s GPT-4, released in 2023, claimed capabilities surpassing the performance of most
humans in standardized tests like the LSAT. This is a testament to how far AI has come in understanding and generating human-like text.
GPT-4 can write essays, debug code, create summaries, and even compose music, demonstrating a breadth of capabilities that were once
thought to be solely within the realm of human expertise.
The
process that allows generative AI to perform these feats is called language modelling. This process involves the AI examining a sequence
of words (the context) and predicting what comes next. This is not done through a simple count of word frequencies, but through the use
of neural networks—complex mathematical models that can learn patterns in data. By training on a massive corpus of text data from
diverse sources like Wikipedia, books, and websites, these neural networks learn to anticipate the next word in a sequence with a high
degree of accuracy.
Training
a generative AI model involves a careful and resource-intensive process. The AI is fed enormous amounts of text, and during training,
it tries to predict parts of the text that are intentionally omitted. This training is iterative and can take months or even years as
the model constantly refines its predictions to match reality more closely. Once trained, the model has parameters—essentially,
learned weights and biases that guide its predictions. These parameters are fine-tuned through additional training to specialize in the
AI for particular tasks, a process known as fine-tuning.
Despite
the impressive capabilities of generative AI, there are significant considerations and challenges. The technology’s rapid development
has sparked discussions about its energy usage, potential to displace jobs, and ability to perpetuate or even create biases and misinformation.
For example, the training of large models like GPT-4 requires substantial computational resources, which translates to significant energy
consumption and associated carbon emissions. Moreover, as generative AI continues to excel at tasks traditionally performed by humans,
there’s concern over job displacement, particularly in fields like customer service, content creation, and programming.
Generative
AI also raises questions about the authenticity of content and the propagation of biases. Since the AI learns from existing data, any
historical biases present in that data can be reflected in the AI’s outputs. This has led to the development of methods to align
AI’s behavior with ethical standards and societal values. OpenAI, for instance, has focused on making GPT helpful, honest, and
harmless by fine-tuning it with human feedback to avoid toxic, biased, or offensive content.
In
sum, generative AI is a transformative technology with the potential to change how we interact with machines and automate the creation
of content. It is a field that is evolving rapidly, offering tremendous benefits while also posing new challenges that society must address
responsibly. As we continue to harness its power, it is crucial to balance innovation with ethical considerations, ensuring that generative
AI serves as a tool for positive change rather than a source of harm.
Finally,
it is not cheap. Building the training data for Chat GPT 4 was estimated to cost $100 million. It costs even more to process the queries.
It is not Skynet, and it will not take over the world. It is simply an incredibly powerful tool to massively enhance productivity for
most office-based professionals.
Our
Current Business
Bubblr,
Inc., d/b/a Ethical Web.AI, stands at the forefront of a technological revolution committed to remedying the fragmented landscape of
the current Internet through its advanced, ethically focused artificial intelligence software platforms. Our Company, fortified by robust
patent protections, embodies integrity and innovation in technology, aspiring to mend the dysfunctional aspects of online experiences
while promoting digital wellness and ethical engagement.
Our
product ecosystem, at the heart of our value proposition, features two trailblazing solutions poised to redefine user interaction within
the digital realm:
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Community-Centric
Super App Platform: Our innovative SaaS open-source platform empowers communities to conceive and customize their local ‘super
apps.’ Our platform’s distinguishing architecture is a testament to our commitment to consumer privacy and local economic
enrichment. These super apps, beyond safeguarding user anonymity, emerge as cost-effective marketing conduits for local businesses
and as crucial revenue engines for communities. This expansive platform, nearing its full operational capacity, anticipates its commercial
launch shortly, with substantial revenue contributions forecasted for 2024. |
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2.
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AI
Seek: AI Seek is our transformative generative AI application that surpasses the capabilities of existing technologies such as
Chat GPT-4. AI Seek champions user anonymity and affordability, being 25% more cost-efficient. Initially introduced to the consumer
market, our strategic roadmap encompasses licensing this technology to academic institutions. This initiative not only diversifies
universities’ revenue streams, but also arms them with sophisticated tools to authenticate student submissions by detecting
AI-generated content, thereby safeguarding academic integrity. |
Ethical
Web AI thrives on a business model characterized by low operational costs, yet significant revenue and margin potential, reflective of
the SaaS open-source framework’s inherent scalability and profitability. In comparison to peer entities, many of which boast market
capitalizations exceeding $1 billion, our Company signifies a compelling investment proposition given our ethical technology differentiation,
robust intellectual property suite, and foreseeable market demand.
Bubblr’s
Mission
Mission
At
Ethical Web AI, our mission transcends the norms of technological advancement; we are dedicated to fostering a new era of the internet,
rooted in the principles of ethical engagement, consumer privacy, and communal prosperity. We champion these ideals by demonstrating
the commercial viability and success of our products, which are designed not merely as tools of technology but as extensions of community
values and enablers of equitable digital ecosystems.
Our
suite of heavily patent-protected products upholds the sanctity of user anonymity, standing as testaments to the possibility of achieving
commercial success without relying on invasive online advertising tactics. These offerings are emblematic of our commitment to real decentralization,
a principle that forms the bedrock of our design philosophy and operational paradigm.
We
endeavor to decentralize profits and authority, channeling control back into the hands of local communities that engage with our technology.
This approach disrupts traditional power structures in the digital economy, dismantling monopolistic barriers and facilitating an environment
where businesses, irrespective of their scale, can compete fairly and thrive collectively. Such a landscape not only contributes to local
economic vibrancy, but also empowers communities, providing them with substantial new revenue streams, thereby promoting self-sufficiency
and innovation at a grassroots level.
Our
mission then, in essence, is to promulgate the principles of the ethical web throughout the digital world. By showcasing the success
of our business model, we intend to inspire a ripple effect, catalyzing an industry-wide shift towards practices that honor consumer
privacy, champion true decentralization, and promote equitable access and opportunity for all entities within the digital space.
In
this journey, we remain steadfast in our belief that technology should be a force for communal good, a platform for fair economic participation,
and a space that respects and protects individual privacy. Through our innovative products and their principled underpinnings, Ethical
Web AI is pioneering this transformative vision for a balanced and conscientious digital future.
Products
The
AI Seek App
In
the dynamic realm of artificial intelligence, the advent of generative AI applications has marked a significant milestone, challenging
even formidable industry giants like Google. One such revelation has been the emergence of Chat GPT models, which, despite their advanced
capabilities, have shown certain limitations in adaptability, cost-effectiveness, and data contemporaneity. Ethical Web AI, leveraging
its innovative spirit and strategic intellectual property assets, has introduced AI Seek, a state-of-the-art generative AI app crafted
to transcend these limitations and offer a superior, consumer-friendly alternative.
Technological
Edge and Consumer Anonymity
AI
Seek, built on the foundations of our proprietary patents, presents a significant upgrade over existing technologies such as Chat GPT-4.
Our version stands out not only in terms of enhanced performance but also in its cost structure, being 25% more affordable. Upholding
our commitment to user privacy, AI Seek operates with complete consumer anonymity. This commitment is reflected in its no-registration
process, absence of cookies, and a staunch policy against behavioral data tracking, setting a new standard for user privacy in the AI
space.
Contemporaneous
Data Integration
One
of AI Seek’s groundbreaking features is its patented ability to incorporate up-to-date information beyond the constraints of the
app’s initial training data. This functionality starkly contrasts with models like Chat GPT-4, which possesses data only up until
September 2021. Especially for queries requiring current financial figures or trending data, AI Seek proves invaluable, offering precise,
real-time insights. This feature significantly enriches the user experience, particularly for professionals and entities requiring the
latest information.
Dynamically
generated hypertext links
Another
groundbreaking feature of AI Seek, which is patented and unique, is that each prompt query result is delivered in a unique web page which
includes dynamically generated hypertext links. These hypertext links may include multimedia such as videos and images along with text
links to other salient web pages, making it a far superior research tool.
Commercial
Strategy and University Collaboration
While
AI Seek’s initial phase focuses on direct consumer engagement, our strategic vision extends to licensing partnerships with educational
institutions. The plan involves universities adopting a branded version of AI Seek, thereby opening a new revenue channel by offering
this advanced tool to their students, faculty, and benefactors. Furthermore, this strategy assists academic institutions in maintaining
integrity standards by enabling them to assess the extent of AI-generated content in student submissions, thereby limiting the possibility
of plagiarism and misattribution.
Revenue
Generation and User Feedback
AI
Seek, though in its infancy, has already begun to generate revenue, with a small dedicated user base of individuals. The continuous engagement
and constructive feedback from these early adopters have been instrumental in refining the app’s functionalities. With a marketing
campaign set to launch this year, we anticipate a significant uptick in adoption, forecasting that each app instance could contribute
at least $15 monthly.
In
conclusion, AI Seek represents not just a product but a pivotal step toward reshaping the interaction between humans and artificial intelligence.
By balancing superior technology with ethical practices and user empowerment, AI Seek is poised to lead the new wave of generative AI
applications, carving a niche for itself in the market.
The
licensed version will just take 20% of the net margin generated by each University. Our initial estimate indicates this will remain significant.
Ethical
Web AI Licensed Open-Source Platform
In
the rapidly evolving digital landscape, Ethical Web AI is pioneering a transformative approach to online interactions and transactions
with its Licensed Open-Source Platform. This platform, a direct innovation from our first granted patent, US Patent No. 10977387, entitled
“Internet Search Mechanism,” stands as a beacon of technological advancement and community empowerment.
Innovation
Valuation and Global Recognition
Our
unique internet search mechanism, granted by the USPTO in April 2021, has not only been recognized in the United States but has also
been awarded patents in four other key territories. In an independent valuation, the potential of this patented technology was highlighted,
estimating its worth at an impressive $4.7 billion in a hypothetical acquisition scenario by an internet conglomerate. This value underscores
the platform’s transformative potential in reshaping the internet’s commercial landscape.
Technological
Advancement and Open-Source Capabilities
The
complexity and breadth of the platform are testament to recent advancements in technology, enabling its rich feature set and extensive
scalability. At its core, the platform offers open-source app templates, allowing licensees to construct community-centric super apps
tailored to their local needs and economic contexts. Unlike conventional single-purpose applications like Uber Eats or Hotels.com, these
super apps present a comprehensive marketplace, accommodating an unlimited array of products and services within a single digital ecosystem.
Revolutionizing
Commercial Interactions
What
distinguishes our platform further is its revolutionary approach to e-commerce. Businesses, rather than surrendering a high percentage
of their transaction value, are charged a fixed monthly listing fee determined by the community licensees. This structure not only fosters
a fair, competitive environment for smaller enterprises but also ensures that more revenue remains within local economies.
Anonymity,
User Control, and the Future of Search
These
community super apps are set to redefine internet search and e-commerce, areas that have seen little fundamental change in the past quarter-century.
One of the platform’s innovative features is the “concierge search,” where users can anonymously leave requests for
goods or services not immediately available, enabling future transaction fulfilment.
Furthermore,
Ethical Web AI takes user privacy and control seriously. Our platform ensures user anonymity and places consumers in full control of
communication channels, transforming the way they interact with online marketplaces.
Community
Impact and Invitation to Explore
Beyond
commercial benefits, our platform represents a new avenue for significant community revenue, fostering local development and self-sustainability.
We invite interested parties to explore the diverse potential of our platform through five distinct use-case scenarios detailed on our
website. Each illustrates the platform’s versatility and its adaptability to various market sectors.
Conclusion
In
conclusion, the Ethical Web AI Licensed Open-Source Platform is more than a technological breakthrough; it is a new paradigm for online
commerce, community growth, and digital privacy. By decentralizing the Internet marketplace, we are building a more equitable, prosperous
digital future for communities and especially small businesses alike.
Intellectual
Property
We
have created a new search mechanism, “AN INTERNET-BASED SEARCH MECHANISM,” which has been granted a patent in South Africa
(2016/06947), New Zealand (725014), the United States of America (‘Utility Patent No. US 10977387), Canada (2962520), and we have
patents pending on the same processes in Australia (2015248619), the European Union (15723990.6) and the United Kingdom (PCT/GB2015/051130),
creating an alternative economic ecosystem to tackle the current broken model and better serve all main participant groups. This utility
patent defines a profoundly unique way for internet users to search the internet for goods or services rather than text-based search
engine solutions. The technical manifestation of this utility patent is the Ethical Web ATI Open-Source Platform.
We
have filed a sister patent that is specifically for searching for information rather than goods or services. US Patent Application No.
17/980298 was filed in the USA in November 2022. It is titled “Contextual enveloping via dynamically generated hypertext links.”
This utility patent defines a radically unique way for consumers to search for information only, which again is radically different from
traditional search engines. The technical manifestation of this patent is the AI Seek AI LLM (Large Language Model) as it works exceptionally
well with AI LLMs such as Chat GPT 4 and Claude 2. It is the confident opinion of our patent agents, Murgatroyd’s, that this patent
will be granted in November 2024.
We
have also recently filed another patent with the U.S. Patent Office (application number 18/376,101), which currently has a generic title
of “computer-implemented method and system.” Again, this is a utility patent that resolves a significant issue with existing
foundation AI LLM, such as Chat GPT and Claude 2, whereby they are unable to provide information that needs contemporaneous data. This
is because the established AI LLMs have a training data database that is limited to some point in the past. For example, Chat GPT’s
training data only goes up to September 2021. Claude 2 will be updating their training data to January 2023. This utility patent uses
an internally trained AI LLM that identifies those search prompts that require contemporaneous data (for example, stock prices and sports
data) and augments the prompt with the necessary contemporaneous data to radically improve AI LLM’s output to include references
to the necessary contemporaneous data. The technical manifestation of this patent is delivered in version 4 and beyond of our AI Seek
consumer app.
Competition
The
space for online marketplaces and ad networks is rapidly evolving. The Advertising Technology (Ad-tech) industry includes all kinds of
tools, software platforms (Google, Facebook), agencies, data-brokers, etc. It facilitates targeted advertisements that have become exponentially
more invasive over the past decade due to massive amounts of personal data collection. It is a complex and opaque ecosystem that tracks,
profiles, discriminates (both personal and business) and manipulates for profit. It is a multi-billion-dollar industry that is now facing
litigation, investigations, and new regulations to curb its practices.
We
face intense competition from companies with much larger capital resources than us, and, as a result, we could struggle to attract users
and gain market share. Many of our existing or future competitors have greater financial resources and greater brand name recognition
than we do and, as a result, may be better positioned to adapt to changes in the industry or the economy as a whole. We will strive to
advance our technology in each of these sectors ahead of our competitors to gain market share. We also face intense competition in attracting
and retaining qualified employees. Our ability to continue to compete effectively will depend upon our ability to attract new employees,
retain, and motivate our existing employees and to compensate employees competitively. We face significant competition in several aspects
of our business, and such competition might increase, particularly in the market for networks and online marketplaces. A key advantage
against better resourced competitors is provisioning our technology and related acquisitions as an Open Source SAAS platform. This pushes
all of the consumer and merchant marketing responsibility to the registered partners.
Our
competitors may announce new products, services, or enhancements that better address changing industry standards or the needs of users,
such as mobile access or different market focus. Any such increased competition could cause pricing pressure, loss of business or decreased
user activity, any of which could adversely affect our business and operating results.
We
believe that we have competitive strengths and protection via our IP which is defensible under the umbrella protection of our granted
patents.
Government
Regulation
We
are subject to a number of foreign and domestic laws and regulations that affect companies conducting business online, many of which
are evolving and could be interpreted in ways that could harm our business. In the United States and abroad, laws and regulations relating
to the liability of providers of online services for activities of their users and other third parties are being tested by a number of
claims, including actions based on invasion of privacy and other torts, unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, and
other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched, or the content provided by users. Further, some countries impose
regulations regarding or require licenses to conduct various aspects of our business, including employee recruiting and news related
services. Any court ruling or other governmental action that imposes liability on providers of online services for the activities of
their users or other third parties could harm our business. In addition, rising concern about the use of social networking technologies
for illegal conduct, such as the unauthorized dissemination of national security information, money laundering or supporting terrorist
activities, may in the future produce legislation or other governmental action that could require changes to our website platform, restrict
or impose additional costs upon the conduct of our business or cause users to abandon material aspects of our platform.
In
the area of information security and data protection, most states have enacted laws and regulations requiring notification to users when
there is a security breach of personal data or requiring the adoption of minimum information security standards that are often vaguely
defined and difficult to practically implement. The costs of compliance with these laws and regulations may increase in the future as
a result of amendments or changes in interpretation. Furthermore, any failure on our part to comply with these laws and regulations may
subject us to significant liabilities.
We
are also subject to federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations regarding privacy and protection of data. Our privacy policies describe
our practices concerning the use, storage, transmission, and disclosure of personal information, including visitor and user data. Any
failure by us to comply with these terms or privacy-related laws and regulations could result in proceedings against us by governmental
authorities or others, which could harm our business. In addition, the interpretation of privacy and data protection laws and regulations
and their application to online services are unclear, evolving and in a state of flux. For example, in October 2015, the highest court
in the European Union invalidated reliance on the US-EU Safe Harbor regime as one of the legally recognized mechanisms under which the
personal data of European citizens could be transferred to the United States. There is a risk that these laws and regulations may be
interpreted and applied in conflicting ways from state to state, country to country, or region to region, and in a manner that is not
consistent with our current data protection practices or that new laws or regulations will be enacted. In addition, because our platform
will be accessible worldwide, certain foreign governments may claim that we are required to comply with their laws and regulations, including
with respect to the storage, use and disclosure of user information, even in jurisdictions where we have no local entity, employees,
or infrastructure. Complying with these varying domestic and international requirements could cause us to incur additional costs and
change our business practices. Further, any failure by us to adequately protect our users’ privacy and data could result in a loss
of user confidence in our services and ultimately in a loss of users, which could adversely affect our business.
Employees
As
of May 7, 2024, we have five full-time employees. Our employees are not represented by any labor union.
Legal
Proceedings
From
time to time, we may become party to various lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business.
We are not currently a party, as plaintiff or defendant, to any legal proceedings that we believe to be material or which, individually
or in the aggregate, would be expected to have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operation if determined
adversely to us.
Smaller
Reporting Company
The
Company is a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. There are certain exemptions available
to us as a smaller reporting company, including: (1) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section
404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act; (2) scaled executive compensation disclosures; and (3) the requirement to provide only two years of
audited financial statements, instead of three years. As long as we maintain our status as a “smaller reporting company,”
these exemptions will continue to be available to us.
Implications
of Being an Emerging Growth Company
We
are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 or “JOBS Act.”
As
an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of reduced or “scaled” disclosure requirements that are otherwise applicable
to public companies. These reduced or scaled disclosure requirements include, but are not limited to:
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able to take advantage of the reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements
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exempt from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden
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We
elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in this Annual Report and may elect to take advantage of other
reduced reporting requirements in our future filings with the SEC. As a result, the information that we provide to our stockholders may
be different than you might receive from other public reporting companies that are not emerging growth companies.
The
JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company may take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised
accounting standards. We have irrevocably elected to not avail ourselves of this exemption and, therefore, we will be subject to the
same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.
Compliance
after Termination of Emerging Growth Company Status
After
our emerging growth company status is terminated, we will not be able to take advantage of the reduced or scaled disclosure requirements
described in subparagraphs 1. and 4., above. However, in the event we are a “smaller reporting company,” as that term is
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after our emerging growth company status has terminated, we
will still be able to take advantage of the reduced or scaled disclosure requirements described in subparagraphs 2. and 3., above, for
as long as we continue to have smaller reporting company status.
Available
Information
We
make available, free of charge, on or through our website, at www.ethicalweb.ai, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which includes our audited
financial statements, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and our Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or
furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains a website that contains these reports and other information
at www.sec.gov. Our website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be, and are not incorporated
into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Results
of Operation
Revenues
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 | |
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2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Change | |
Sales | |
$ | 1,504 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,504 | | |
| 100 | % |
Total revenue | |
$ | 1,504 | | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 1,504 | | |
| 100 | % |
In
the three months ended March 31, 2024, revenues were $1,504.We did not achieve revenues from operations in 2023. We will not achieve
higher revenues unless we are able to develop, market, support, and deliver our products and service offerings. There can be no assurances
we can achieve significant revenues despite our efforts.
Operating
Expenses
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |
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2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Change | |
General and administrative | |
$ | 310,068 | | |
$ | 16,289 | | |
$ | 293,779 | | |
| 1,804 | % |
Professional fees | |
| 8,028 | | |
| (225,570 | ) | |
| 233,598 | | |
| (104 | ) |
Sales and marketing | |
| 18,173 | | |
| 312,463 | | |
| (294,290 | ) | |
| (94 | ) |
Amortization and depreciation | |
| 53,991 | | |
| 59,627 | | |
| (5,636 | ) | |
| (9 | ) |
Research and development | |
| 47,865 | | |
| 39,152 | | |
| 8,713 | | |
| 22 | |
Total operating expenses | |
$ | 438,125 | | |
| 201,961 | | |
$ | 236,164 | | |
| 117 | % |
General
and administrative
General
and administrative expenses consist mainly of compensation and costs associated with non-specific costs of running the business. These
include, but are not limited to, office costs, computer software, and telecoms.
The
increase in general and administrative costs was primarily due to accrued compensation, director fees for new executives, and stock options
awarded offset by the forfeiture of restricted stock units reducing expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Professional
fees
Professional
fees consist of costs in relation to legal, accounting, and consultants.
The
decrease in professional fees was primarily due to the forfeiture of restricted stock units reducing expenses in the three months ended
March 31, 2023.
Sales
and Marketing
Sales
and marketing costs are costs incurred specifically in relation to fees and expenses for investor relations, advertising, marketing,
press releases, and public relations. The decrease was due to a decrease in funding in the three months ended March 31, 2024 and new
investor relations services contracts paid for by issuing shares of common stock in the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Amortization
and depreciation
A
sizable portion of the amortization and depreciation costs are from the amortization of patents and intellectual property. The patents
and intellectual property are held in the UK subsidiary, Bubblr Ltd.
Research
and Development
Costs
incurred in relation to the development of the Company’s platform include costs associated with development staff and specialist
software for product development and deployments.
Other
Income (Expense), Net
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |
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2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Change | |
Other income | |
$ | 1,478 | | |
$ | 98 | | |
$ | 1,380 | | |
| 1,408 | % |
Interest expense | |
| (3,592 | ) | |
| (1,129 | ) | |
| (2,463 | ) | |
| 218 | |
Disposal of fixed assets | |
| (9,355 | ) | |
| - | | |
| (9,355 | ) | |
| 100 | |
Gain on change in fair value of warrant derivative liability | |
| (1,251 | ) | |
| (72,519 | ) | |
| 71,268 | | |
| (98 | ) |
Foreign currency transaction (gain) loss | |
| (10,904 | ) | |
| 21,175 | | |
| (32,079 | ) | |
| (151 | ) |
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$ | (23,624 | ) | |
$ | (52,375 | ) | |
$ | 28,751 | | |
| (55 | )% |
Other
Income
The
Company earns interest income from its cash reserves and advances receivable.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense consists of interest on borrowings, a Company vehicle, and related party loans.
Gain
on change in fair value of warrant derivative liability.
The
Company analyzed the warrants issued in connection with the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (see Note 11) for derivative accounting
consideration under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. ASC 815 requires us to assess the fair market value of the derivative liability
at the end of each reporting period and recognize any change in the fair market value as other income or expense items.
The
market price of the common stock has decreased from the initial award of warrants in the period ending March 31, 2024. If the warrants
were exercised at March 31, 2024, at their respective exercise price determined at issue, the Company would realize a gain due to the
difference between the cash received on conversion and the issue cost to the Company of $0.04 per share, the fair value market price
of the common stock at March 31, 2024.
Foreign
currency translation gain (loss)
The
gains and losses in foreign currency translation are due to fluctuations in the exchange rates of the U.S. dollar and British pound sterling.
Net
Loss after income tax
The
net loss after income tax was $460,867 and $254,336 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
The
following table provides selected financial data about our Company on March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023.
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Year Ended | | |
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Ended March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | | |
Change | |
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Current Assets | |
$ | 89,888 | | |
$ | 95,171 | | |
$ | (5,283 | ) | |
| (6 | )% |
Current Liabilities | |
| 1,768,409 | | |
| 1,487,471 | | |
| 280,938 | | |
| 19 | |
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Working Capital Deficit | |
$ | (1,678,521 | ) | |
$ | (1,392,300 | ) | |
$ | (286,221 | ) | |
| 21 | % |
Current
Assets
Current
assets consist of cash and other receivable which is primarily a R&D credit in the UK.
Current
Liabilities
Current
Liabilities consist of accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and loans.
The
increase in current liabilities was primarily due to increases of $24,759 in accounts payable, $30,000 in accrued director fees, $138,448
in accrued wages and salaries, and $101,426 in additional related-party loans in the three-month period ended March 31, 2024.
Working
Capital Deficit
The
working capital deficit increased by $286,221.
Liquidity
During
the last two years, and through the date of this Report, we have faced an increasingly challenging liquidity situation that has limited
our ability to execute our operating plan. We will need to obtain capital to continue operations. There is no assurance that we can secure
such funding on acceptable terms.
As
no revenues are generated from our current operations, we will require additional debt or capital to continue operating and expanding
our business. Sources of additional financing or arrangements with third parties may include equity or debt financing, bank loans, related-party
loans, or revolving credit facilities. We may not be successful in locating suitable financing transactions in the period required or
at all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means. Unless we can attract additional investment, our operating as a
going concern is in doubt.
We
voluntarily file annual, quarterly, and current reports with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”). In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and the rules subsequently implemented
by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) have imposed various requirements on public companies,
including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial
compliance costs and to make some activities of ours more time-consuming and costly. To meet the needs to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, we will need an investment of capital.
If
we cannot obtain sufficient additional capital, we may have to cease filing our SEC reports and cease operations completely. If we obtain
additional funds by selling any of our equity securities or by issuing common stock to pay current or future obligations, the percentage
ownership of our stockholders will be reduced, and stockholders may experience additional dilution, or the equity securities may have
rights preferences or privileges senior to the common stock.
Cash
Flow
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Three
Months Ended March 31, | | |
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2024 | | |
2023 | | |
Change | | |
% | |
Cash used in Operating activities | |
$ | (118,164 | ) | |
$ | (158,381 | ) | |
$ | 40,217 | | |
| (25 | )% |
Cash provided (used) in Investing Activities | |
| 1,394 | | |
| (11,138 | ) | |
| 12,532 | | |
| (113 | ) |
Cash provided by Financing Activities | |
| 92,465 | | |
| 203,119 | | |
| (110,654 | ) | |
| (54 | ) |
Cash on Hand | |
$ | 951 | | |
$ | 35,115 | | |
$ | (34,164 | ) | |
| (97 | )% |
Operating
Activities
The
decrease in net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to increased accrued liabilities.
Investing
Activities
Net
cash used in investing activities was on Patents and Trademarks offset by the sale of a motor vehicle fixed asset.
Financing
Activities
The
reduction in net cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to a decrease in related party loans in 2024.
Cash
on Hand
The
Company is currently exploring future fundraising options, including equity, debt, the sale of/or the licensing of the Company’s
Patent(s) and/or IP, with a holdback of the Company’s rights to use the IP to secure funding for operations. If we cannot secure
additional funding, the implementation of our business plan will be impaired. There can be no assurance that such additional financing
will be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
This
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Preparing these financial statements
requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our
estimates are based on our historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, which
form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While our significant accounting policies are
described in more detail in the notes to our financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, we believe that the following accounting
policies are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas
involving management’s judgments and estimates.
We
believe our most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to the following:
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Foreign
Currency Translations
The
functional currency of the Company’s international subsidiaries is generally their local currency of Great British Pounds (GBP).
Local currency assets and liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date, and local currency revenues
and expenses are translated at weighted average rates of exchange during the period. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates.
The resulting translation adjustments are recorded directly into accumulated other comprehensive income.
Intangible
Assets
The
cost of intangible assets with determinable useful lives is amortized to reflect the pattern of economic benefits consumed on a straight-line
basis over the estimated periods benefited. Patents, technology, and other intangibles with contractual terms are generally amortized
over their respective legal or contractual lives. When certain events or changes in operating conditions occur, an impairment assessment
is performed, and lives of intangible assets with determinable lives may be adjusted.
Long-Lived
Assets
Long-lived
assets are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets
may not be fully recoverable or that the useful lives of these assets are no longer appropriate. Each impairment test is based on comparing
the undiscounted future cash flows to the recorded value of the asset. The asset is written down to its estimated fair value if an impairment
is indicated.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes”. The asset
and liability method provides that deferred tax bases of assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences
of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and for operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect
when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that
is believed more likely than not to be realized.
Convertible
Financial Instruments
The
Company bifurcates conversion options from their host instruments and accounts for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments
if certain criteria are met. These criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded
derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid
instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not remeasured at fair value under otherwise
applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur, and (c) a separate
instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this
rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as that term is described under applicable U.S. GAAP.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
Company accounts for financial instruments in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” ASC 820
establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives
the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718 Compensation - Stock Compensation which prescribes accounting
and reporting standards for all share-based payment transactions in which employee and non-employee services are acquired. Share-based
payments to employees and non-employees, including grants of stock options, are recognized as compensation expenses in the financial
statements based on the stock awards’ fair values on the grant date. That expense is recognized over the period required to provide
services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). Stock
Options awarded as compensation per the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan are deemed to be unissued until vested. Stock Option
compensation is recognized as an expense over the vesting period. Awards forfeited due to unfulfillment of obligations, such as termination
of employment prior to the award being fully vested, for no cash or other consideration, are not recognized as an expense, and any previously
recognized costs are reversed in the period of forfeiture.
Common
Stock Purchase Warrants and Derivative Financial Instruments
Common
stock purchase warrants and other derivative financial instruments are classified as equity if the contracts (1) require physical settlement
or net-share settlement or (2) give the Company a choice of net-cash settlement or settlement in its own shares (physical settlement
or net-share settlement). Contracts which (1) require net-cash settlement (including a requirement to net cash settle the contract if
an event occurs and if that event is outside the control of the Company), (2) give the counterparty a choice of net-cash settlement or
settlement in shares (physical settlement or net-share settlement), or (3) contain reset provisions that do not qualify for the scope
exception are classified as liabilities. The Company assesses the classification of its common stock purchase warrants and other derivatives
at each reporting date to determine whether a change in classification between equity and liabilities is required.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
For
discussion of recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements, please see Note 2 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements
as of and for the quarters ended March 31, 2024, and 2023 included herein.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As
of March 31, 2024, there were no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not
applicable.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports is recorded,
processed, summarized, and reported within the periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated
and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosures. However, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness
of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period
being reported by this Form 10-Q and have concluded that we have material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in our internal control
over financial reporting as described below. Accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective or sufficient to
accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level as of March 31, 2024.
Management’s
Report of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
chief executive officer and our chief financial officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. An evaluation was performed of the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting. The evaluation was based on the framework in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of
any evaluation of effectiveness in future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions
or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Based
on our evaluation under the criteria set forth in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework, our management concluded that as of
March 31, 2024, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective because of the identification of material weaknesses
described as follows:
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did not have controls designed to validate the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the determination of accounting
transactions. Accordingly, we have a material weakness because there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to
the interim or annual consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. |
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have limited written documentation of our internal control policies and procedures. Written documentation of key internal controls
over financial reporting is a requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is applicable to us. Management evaluated
the impact of our failure to have written documentation of our internal controls and procedures on our assessment of our disclosure
controls and procedures and has concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness. |
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do not have sufficient segregation of duties within accounting functions, which is a basic internal control. Due to our size and
nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible. However, to the extent
possible, separate individuals should perform the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets, and the recording of transactions.
Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have segregation of duties on our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures
and has concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a material weakness. |
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have insufficient personnel with the requisite expertise in the key functional areas of finance and accounting. |
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do not have a functioning audit committee and only one outside director on our board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight
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Remediation
Plan to Address the Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
Management is committed to improving its internal controls when we have adequate resources. We will appoint independent directors and
establish an audit committee in 2024. Due to these material weaknesses, misstatements that could be material to the annual or interim
consolidated financial statements could occur that would not be prevented or detected during our financial close and reporting process.
Our
Company plans to enhance and improve the design of our internal controls over financial reporting. During the period covered by this
quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we have been unable to remediate the material weaknesses identified above. To remediate such weaknesses,
we plan to implement the following changes: (i) appoint additional qualified personnel to address inadequate segregation of duties and
ineffective risk management, and (ii) adopt sufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting. The remediation
efforts set out are largely dependent upon our securing additional financing to cover the costs of implementing the changes required.
Remediation efforts may be materially affected if we do not secure such funds.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In
the three months ended March 31, 2024, there were no material changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially
affected or are reasonably likely to affect our internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
We
are not a party to any pending legal proceedings. We are unaware of any pending legal proceeding to which any of our officers, directors,
or any beneficial holders of 5% or more of our voting securities are adverse to us or have a material interest adverse to us.
Item
1A: Risk Factors
Not
applicable.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The
information set forth below relates to our issuances of securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933.