EX-99.1 2 ea021868901ex99-1_xiao1corp.htm PRESS RELEASE - XIAO-I CORPORATION REPORTS UNAUDITED 2024 FIRST HALF FINANCIAL RESULTS

Exhibit 99.1

 

Xiao-I Corporation Reports Unaudited 2024 First Half Financial Results

 

SHANGHAI, October 28, 2024 -- Xiao-I Corporation (NASDAQ: AIXI) (“Xiao-I” or the “Company”), a leading artificial intelligence company, today reported its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

 

Financial and Business Highlights:

 

Net Revenues: Xiao-I posted net revenues of $32.95 million for H1 2024, an increase from $26.48 million in H1 2023, representing a 24.5% YoY growth, driven primarily by strong contributions from Hua Zang LLM (large language model) and Technology Development Services.
Gross Margin: Gross margin declined to 64.5% in H1 2024, compared to 77.3% in H1 2023. The decrease was primarily due to the growing scale of Technology Development Services and the delivery phase of Hua Zang LLM, which incurs higher costs during pre-training and fine-tuning. However, once models enter the subscription phase, gross margins are expected to improve. Long-term gross margins are projected to stabilize at 60-70%.
Total Operating Expenses: Operating expenses increased slightly to $36.10 million in H1 2024, up from $34.10 million in H1 2023.
R&D Expenses: R&D expenses were reduced to $26.90 million in H1 2024 from $29.65 million in H1 2023, a 9.3% reduction, as AI systems reached maturity and development efforts became more efficient.
Net Loss: Xiao-I reported a net loss of $15.54 million in H1 2024, compared to $18.77 million in H1 2023.

 

Hua Zang LLM and Transition to MaaS:

 

Xiao-I’s Hua Zang LLM, with capabilities similar to ChatGPT, has been a key driver behind the Company’s growth in the first half of 2024. Corporations are prioritizing AI adoption, and we believe Hua Zang’s unique ability to deploy locally addresses critical security and confidentiality concerns. This advantage, particularly appealing to organizations managing sensitive information, has fueled the growth of the Company’s Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions. By integrating customized AI models for large corporations, Xiao-I has established scalable, long-term revenue through a subscription-based approach. Additionally, the transition of its AI Chatbot clients from upfront licensing to MaaS has further contributed to predictable revenue streams.

 

Outlook for B2C and Overseas Expansion:

 

The Company is also enthusiastic about its B2C initiatives, particularly the Hearview AI glasses, which offer cutting-edge AI technology intended to assist individuals with hearing impairments. Xiao-I is committed to driving AI innovation in this market, with plans to expand its reach through strategic partnerships. Furthermore, the Company is actively exploring overseas opportunities engaging in ongoing discussions with potential clients in the U.S. for its Hua Zang LLM, which could position Xiao-I for significant international growth.

 

 

 

 

CEO’s Statement:

 

“Our performance in H1 2024 reflects the increasing demand for secure, customizable AI solutions, particularly in our Hua Zang LLM, which addresses key security concerns for our clients. We expect continued growth as we scale these services and transition more clients to our MaaS model,” said Mr. Hui Yuan.

 

Outlook for H2 2024:

 

Xiao-I maintains its full-year revenue projection of $73 million and expects stronger performance in the second half, driven by continued MaaS adoption and customized AI services. The Company anticipates that the net loss will be reduced through revenue growth and ongoing reduction in R&D expenses.

 

First Half 2024 Financial Results

 

Net Revenues

 

Net revenues were US$32.95 million for the first half of 2024, up 24.5% year over year from US$26.48 million for the same period of 2023, driven primarily by strong contributions from Hua Zang LLM and Technology Development Services.

 

By Revenue Type

 

By Product lines  2023H1   2024H1   % Change YoY 
MaaS  $22,958,930   $24,768,850    7.9 
Non-MaaS   3,516,489    8,184,915    132.8 
Total  $26,475,419   $32,953,765    24.5 

 

By Way of Delivery  2023H1   2024H1   % Change YoY 
Sale of software products  $535,004   $102,705    (80.8)
Sale of hardware products   30,175    2,539    (91.6)
Technology development service   1,763,797    8,039,536    355.8 
M&S service   1,426,784    670,959    (53.0)
Sale of cloud platform products   22,719,659    24,138,026    6.2 
Total  $26,475,419   $32,953,765    24.5 

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues was US$11.69 million for the first half of 2024, up 94.6% year over year from US$6.01 million for the same period of 2023. The increase in the cost of revenue is primarily impacted by the larger scale of revenue.

 

Gross Profit

 

Gross profit was US$21.27 million for the first half of 2024, representing an increase of 3.9% year over year from US$20.47 million for the same period of 2023. Gross margin declined to 64.5% in H1 2024, compared to 77.3% in H1 2023.

 

The decrease was primarily due to the increased low margin business and the initial delivery of Hua Zang LLM. During the period, the revenue of Technology Development increased 355.8% to US$8.0 million, which has relatively low gross margin due to its business nature. And with the ramp-up phase of Hua Zang LLM incurs higher costs due to customization, fine-tuning, and deployment.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

Total operating expenses were US$36.10 million in the first half of 2024, representing a slight increase of 5.9% year over year from US$34.10 million for the same period of 2023. Although the R&D expenses have gone down to US$2.75 million, it cannot offset the increment from general and administrative expenses of US$5.27 million. The major R&D investment finished with the delivery of Hua Zang LLM, which drove the R&D expenses to go down during the period. However, the Company has adjusted the staff structure due to the application of Hua Zang LLM in daily operation, which caused a temporary human optimization cost. The Company anticipate that with smaller coding team, higher productization and prompting team, the operation efficiency would enhance accordingly.

 

Net Loss

 

Net loss narrowed down to US$15.54 million for the first half of 2024, compared to US$18.77 million for the same period of 2023.

 

About Xiao-I Corporation

 

Xiao-I Corporation is a leading cognitive intelligence enterprise in China that offers a diverse range of business solutions and services in artificial intelligence, covering natural language processing, voice and image recognition, machine learning, and affective computing. Since its inception in 2001, the Company has developed an extensive portfolio of cognitive intelligence technologies that are highly suitable and have been applied to a wide variety of business cases. Xiao-I powers its cognitive intelligence products and services with its cutting-edge, proprietary AI technologies to enable and promote industrial digitization, intelligent upgrading, and transformation. For more information, please visit: www.xiaoi.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When The Company uses words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company’s ability to achieve its goals and strategies, the Company’s future business development and plans for future business development, including its financial conditions and results of operations, product and service demand and acceptance, reputation and brand, the impact of competition and pricing, changes in technology, government regulations, fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China, and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 30, 2024, as well as its current reports on Form 6-K and other filings, all of which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

 

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

Ms. Berry Xia

Email: ir@xiaoi.com

 

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XIAO-I CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data, or otherwise noted)

 

   As of
December 31,
2023
   As of
June 30,
2024
 
       (Unaudited) 
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $1,564,542   $1,822,370 
Restricted cash   20,676    27,107 
Accounts receivable, net   28,326,985    47,052,282 
Amounts due from related parties   -    157,616 
Inventories   67,826    81,242 
Contract costs   1,691,293    6,157,729 
Advance to suppliers   1,149,642    1,317,003 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets, net   5,233,553    4,837,217 
Total current assets   38,054,517    61,452,566 
           
Non-current assets:          
Property and equipment, net   2,125,629    2,121,020 
Intangible assets, net   212,445    161,666 
Long-term investments   2,650,458    2,552,384 
Right of use assets   2,431,475    1,130,594 
Prepaid expenses and other non-current assets   7,000,357    6,604,234 
Amount due from related parties-non-current   13,859,350    13,540,291 
Total non-current assets   28,279,714    26,110,189 
           
TOTAL ASSETS  $66,334,231   $87,562,755 
           
Commitments and Contingencies          
           
Liabilities          
Current liabilities:          
Short-term borrowings  $26,760,940   $33,023,723 
Accounts payable   13,674,339    32,225,465 
Amount due to related parties-current   704,947    206,716 
Deferred revenue   1,654,145    7,562,248 
Convertible loans   -    2,110,313 
Derivative liabilities   -    163,958 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities   13,938,253    19,840,661 
Lease liabilities, current   929,755    573,144 
Total current liabilities   57,662,379    95,706,228 
           
Non-current liabilities:          
Amount due to related parties-non-current   7,905,290    7,177,872 
Accrued liabilities, non-current   7,759,474    7,297,449 
Lease liabilities, non-current   1,473,950    504,547 
Total non-current liabilities   17,138,714    14,979,868 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES   74,801,093    110,686,096 
           
Shareholders’ deficit          
Ordinary shares (par value of $0.00005 per share; 1,000,000,000 shares and 1,000,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024, respectively; 24,015,592 shares and 24,778,926 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024, respectively)  $1,201   $1,239 
Preferred shares (par value of $0.00005 per share; nil and 3,700,000 preferred shares authorized as of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024; 3,700,000 and 3,700,000 preferred shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2024)   185    185 
Additional paid-in capital   108,729,047    109,361,437 
Statutory reserve   237,486    237,486 
Accumulated deficit   (110,833,045)   (126,333,034)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (2,998,562)   (2,815,101)
XIAO-I CORPORATION shareholders’ deficit   (4,863,688)   (19,547,788)
Non-controlling interests   (3,603,174)   (3,575,553)
Total shareholders’ deficit   (8,466,862)   (23,123,341)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT  $66,334,231   $87,562,755 

 

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XIAO-I CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data, or otherwise noted)

 

   For the six months ended
June 30,
 
   2023   2024 
Sale of software products  $535,004   $102,705 
Sale of hardware products   30,175    2,539 
Technology development service   1,763,797    8,039,536 
M&S service   1,426,784    670,959 
Sale of cloud platform products   22,719,659    24,138,026 
Net revenues   26,475,419    32,953,765 
Cost of sale of software products   (368,021)   (45,001)
Cost of sale of hardware products   (26,118)   (1,416)
Cost of technology development service   (1,286,290)   (5,429,050)
Cost of M&S service   (805,948)   (364,398)
Cost of sale of cloud platform products   (3,519,521)   (5,846,639)
Cost of revenues   (6,005,898)   (11,686,504)
Gross profit   20,469,521    21,267,261 
           
Operating expenses:          
Selling expenses   (2,377,409)   (1,862,535)
General and administrative expenses   (2,070,052)   (7,341,878)
Research and development expenses   (29,649,703)   (26,897,236)
Total operating expenses   (34,097,164)   (36,101,649)
           
Loss from operations   (13,627,643)   (14,834,388)
           
Other loss:          
Investment losses   (225,351)   (37,326)
Interest expenses   (1,570,847)   (937,374)
Fair value change of derivative liabilities   -    107,586 
Other income, net   525,431    159,027 
Total other loss   (1,270,767)   (708,087)
           
Loss before income tax expense   (14,898,410)   (15,542,475)
Income tax expenses   (3,871,118)   - 
Net loss  $(18,769,528)  $(15,542,475)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests   (173,782)   (42,485)
Net loss attributable to XIAO-I CORPORATION shareholders   (18,595,746)   (15,499,990)
Other comprehensive income          
Foreign currency translation change, net of nil income taxes   507,422    253,567 
Total other comprehensive income   507,422    253,567 
Total comprehensive loss  $(18,262,106)  $(15,288,908)
Total comprehensive (loss)/income attributable to non-controlling interests   (76,331)   27,621 
Total comprehensive loss attributable to XIAO-I CORPORATION shareholders   (18,185,775)   (15,316,529)
Earnings/(Loss) per ordinary share attributable to XIAO-I CORPORATION shareholders          
Basic   (0.80)   (0.64)
Diluted   (0.80)   (0.64)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding          
Basic   23,308,370    24,049,072 
Diluted   23,308,370    24,049,072 

 

 

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