secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS)
CIK:        0001892492
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-003597
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Eightco ($ORBS) partners with Futurum Group to launch FOTAP, first AI trust scoring platform
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- Strategic partnership with Futurum Group to develop Futurum ORBS Trust and Authentication Platform (FOTAP).
- FOTAP delivers quantitative trust scores (0-100) across data governance, algorithmic transparency, security, compliance, ethical AI, and accountability.
- Business model: enterprises, AI vendors, and investors pay for trust intelligence and certification; scores published publicly quarterly.
- Beta testing begins Q2 2026; general availability planned for Q4 2026.
- Platform integrates ORBS authentication infrastructure with Futurum's AI market datasets covering Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892492/000149315226003597/0001493152-26-003597-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892492/000149315226003597/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-003597

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