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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-017442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALMU"
cik: "0001828805"
company_name: "Aeluma, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T03:50:16.658812+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aeluma appoints former NVIDIA finance VP Mike Byron to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 4 to 5; Byron elected Class II director, term expiring at 2026 annual meeting.
- Byron retired Dec 2024 as VP Finance Operations & Systems at NVIDIA after 22 years; previously VP & CAO.
- Granted option to purchase 45,833 shares, vesting through Nov 2025, with change-in-control acceleration.
- Cites Byron's semiconductor finance expertise to scale technology for AI, quantum computing, and defense.
- Press release notes partnerships with NASA, DoD, and DOE for advanced manufacturing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-017442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALMU
- cik: 0001828805
- company_name: Aeluma, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828805/000121390025017442/0001213900-25-017442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828805/000121390025017442/ea0232087-8k_aeluma.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-017442
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-017442.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-017442.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Byron was elected as Director at Aeluma, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board elected Michael Byron (the “New Director”) to fill the vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828805/000121390025017442/0001213900-25-017442-index.htm

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