---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-014995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLAI"
cik: "0001473490"
company_name: "Global AI, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:33:20.479528+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global AI appoints founder Darko Horvat as CEO and Chairman, effective Sept 1, 2025

## Summary
- Darko Horvat named CEO and Chairman; base salary $650K, annual incentive target 50% of base.
- Equity grants: time-based options 2.5% (4-yr vest), milestone options 2.5%, market-cap RSUs $18.75M–$37.5M.
- Sale bonus of 1% of enterprise value on qualifying change of control.
- Horvat holds 42.3M Class A and 40.0M Class B shares, representing 96.6% voting power.
- Press release cites focus on AI platform, strategic acquisitions, and global expansion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-014995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLAI
- cik: 0001473490
- company_name: Global AI, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473490/000149315225014995/0001493152-25-014995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1473490/000149315225014995/form8-k.htm

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