---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-023082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GXAI"
cik: "0001895618"
company_name: "GAXOS.AI INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:20:33.973002+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gaxos.ai acquires 19.99% stake in America First Defense for $2.9M

## Summary
- Purchase price $2,900,000 for 19.99% membership interest in AFD; closing expected by March 5, 2026.
- AFD develops detachable counter-drone system using protocol-level cyber attacks and biomimetic soft robotics for defense.
- Investment targets markets including Department of War, DHS, border security, and critical infrastructure operators.
- CEO Vadim Mats says deal positions Gaxos at intersection of AI, defense innovation, and national security priority.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-023082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GXAI
- cik: 0001895618
- company_name: GAXOS.AI INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895618/000121390026023082/0001213900-26-023082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895618/000121390026023082/ea0279482-8k_gaxos.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  GAXOS.AI INC. entered into Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with America First Defense.AI LLC valued at purchase of 19.99% membership interests for $2,900,000 (effective 2026-03-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: America First Defense.AI LLC
  - Value: purchase of 19.99% membership interests for $2,900,000
  - Effective: 2026-03-02
  source text: On March 2, 2026, Gaxos.ai Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with America First Defense.AI LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company ("AFD"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase, and AFD agreed to sell, 19.99% of AFD's outstanding membership interests (the "Membership Interests") for an aggregate purchase price of $2,900,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895618/000121390026023082/0001213900-26-023082-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.