---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-020414"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SONM"
cik: "0001178697"
company_name: "DNA X, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:33:54.926805+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DNA X (SONM) dismisses auditor Baker Tilly, engages TAAD; 2025 audit includes going concern

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed Baker Tilly on April 27, 2026; engaged TAAD LLP for fiscal 2026.
- Baker Tilly's 2025 report included substantial doubt about going concern.
- Unremediated material weakness: insufficient staff with technical accounting expertise for complex transactions.
- No disagreements with Baker Tilly on accounting principles or practices during prior periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-020414
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SONM
- cik: 0001178697
- company_name: DNA X, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178697/000149315226020414/0001493152-26-020414-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178697/000149315226020414/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-020414
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-020414.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-020414.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 40ae5e9247425fb4630c228b4bea801a007de022
  claim: DNA X, Inc. dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 27, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of DNA X, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178697/000149315226020414/0001493152-26-020414-index.htm
- claim_id: 54bdcb329f55745d4f59d4f3c4340e675693e088
  claim: DNA X, Inc. engaged TAAD LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 27, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of TAAD LLP (“TAAD”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178697/000149315226020414/0001493152-26-020414-index.htm

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