Related party transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related party transactions

9.       Related party transactions

Employment Agreement with CEO/CFO

Effective April 15, 2021, Cecil Bond Kyte was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer upon mutually acceptable terms and conditions to be determined at a later date subject to the Company’s financial condition. From April 15, 2021 through July 7, 2024, Mr. Kyte served as the Company’s CEO and CFO without compensation. For the period July 7, 2024, through December 31, 2024, the Company paid Mr. Kyte $210,000 for his services as CEO and CFO of the Company.

Effective January 1, 2025, the Company entered into an employment agreement (“Agreement”) with Mr. Kyte to serve as the Company’s CEO and CFO, with an annual base salary of $420,000. In addition, the Agreement provides for the payment of a retention bonus (“Bonus”) in the amount of $1,557,500 to Mr. Kyte, $517,167 of which was paid to Mr. Kyte on execution of the Agreement; $519,167 of the Bonus will be paid to Mr. Kyte on the execution and delivery of a customer contract for the lease or purchase of the Company’s AOT product; and, $519,166 of the Bonus will be paid to Mr. Kyte upon the execution, closing, and effective date of debt or equity financing in favor of the Company in the amount of no less than $5,000,000. As part of the employment agreement, Mr. Kyte was also issued a stock option exercisable into 20,817,500 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock at an exercise price of $0.03 per share, and a stock option exercisable into 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock at an exercise price of $0.03 per share (See Note 8). The stock options vested immediately and expire in ten years. Mr. Kyte was also issued stock options exercisable into 7,218,750 shares of the Company’s restricted stock in his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors and as a Chairman of the Board who oversees financial and audit functions, which vest up to one year, and have an exercise price of $0.02 to $0.15 per share. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company paid $624,000 to Mr. Kyte under this employment agreement, and recorded the fair value of vested stock options of $4,581,000 which costs are included in operating expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for such period. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there were no employment agreement related transactions with Mr. Kyte. A copy of Mr. Kyte’s Employment Agreement with the Company was included as an attachment to Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2025.

Reimbursements for Rent

The Company reimburses Mr. Kyte in rent expenses for a home office and partial storage space in Carson City, Nevada at a rate of $1,000 per month under a month-to-month rental agreement. Total rent expense during the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, and 2024 were $3,000 and $3,000, respectively which are included as part of operating expenses in the attached consolidated statement of operations.

Other

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued to its corporate secretary 1,500,000 shares of restricted common stock with a fair value of $240,000 (see Note 7), and stock options exercisable into 1,500,000 shares of common stock (See Note 8). The Company also issued stock options exercisable into 10,263,888 shares of common stock to other members of the Company’s Board of Directors (see Note 8). During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there were no similar transactions.