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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-022751"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIMD"
cik: "0001014763"
company_name: "Ainos, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:30:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:44:03.107400+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ainos Q1 2026: operating expenses down 30% to $2.28M, secures $2.8M financing, progresses AI Nose deployments

## Summary
- Operating expenses declined ~30% YoY to approximately $2.28 million for Q1 2026.
- Strengthened balance sheet with NT$90 million (~$2.8 million) financing arrangement during the quarter.
- Continued deployment under $2.1M commercial arrangement in backend semiconductor environments targeting ~1,400 AI Nose systems.
- Initiated pilot and validation activities in front-end semiconductor environments and expanded distribution partnership.
- Expanded AI Nose into healthcare infrastructure settings including hospital utility, HVAC, and MRI environments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-022751
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIMD
- cik: 0001014763
- company_name: Ainos, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:30:29+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014763/000149315226022751/0001493152-26-022751-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014763/000149315226022751/form8-k.htm

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