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FF Launches Five Major Transformations, Targets Restoring FFAI Market Cap to Peak Levels

① Recently completed $70 million in fundraising from institutional investors.

② Launching five major transformations across strategy, product & technology & business, finance, capital, and AI systems to strengthen FF’s five unique values.

③Aims to Rapidly Strengthen FF’s Five Unique Values, Restore FFAI Market Cap to 2021 IPO Levels, and Achieve Positive Operating Cash Flow by Q4 2027

④ Aims to become one of the top three companies in North America by real-world deployment volume of EAI humanoid and bionic robots within five years.

⑤ With “AI First” and “Stockholders First” as Core Principles, FF Targets Achieving in Two Years What It Has Pursued Over the Past 12 Years

Every day when I walk into the office and see the fire in our team’s eyes, I become even more convinced that the spark we ignited 12 years ago is now burning stronger than ever.

The next two years will be the most critical two years in FF’s history. The era of physical AI has arrived, and FF has the opportunity to once again stand at the forefront of the times and become an important driver of the commercialization of real EAI scenarios.

FF’s brightest days are ahead of us!

#FaradayFuture #PhysicalAI

• Combined with the $45 million announced in April, the Company has secured a total of $70 million in financing over the past two months, enough to fully support the Phase 1 (by end of 2026) objective of FF EAI robotics strategy. Driven by rising demand across the FF’s four primary product lines and key application scenarios, including education, security inspection, reception and guided tours, performance, and university research, as well as the upcoming new products, the Company raised the full-year shipment target to 1,500 units. 
• With improved strategy, fundamentals, and the latest recent financing, for the first time in years, FF has the room to shift financing decisions from liquidity-driven to capital-structure-driven. With near-term runway pressure materially eased, the Company believes it is now positioned to systematically select the financing mix that best serves long-term stockholder value, rather than accept terms dictated by short-term liquidity needs. For its EAI Vehicle business, FF expects to gradually move away from a high-cost short-term funding approach toward a business-phase fit financing mix of operating cash flow, industry partnerships, and long-term capital to accelerate returns for its stockholders.
• Following the conclusion of the SEC investigation with no penalties and the full return of the founding team, FF is upgrading its previous “Ten-Punch Combo” strategy into “Five Key Transformations” under AI-First philosophy. The full strategic plan set to be unveiled in YT’s Investor Weekly Report this coming Sunday.

 Los Angeles, CA (May 15, 2026) -- Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (Nasdaq: FFAI) ("FF", "Faraday Future", or the "Company"), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced it has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with investors to issue convertible promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $25 million USD. The Company expects proceeds from the financing to accelerate the implementation of FF's EAI strategy to maintain FF's first-mover advantage as the first U.S. company to deliver both humanoid and bionic robots.

Pursuant to the Agreement, the investors purchased from the Company convertible promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $25 million USD. The shares of common stock underlying the convertible promissory notes issued in the financing are currently unregistered, subject to trading restrictions, and not immediately tradable. Of this amount, $12.5 million will be remitted directly to the Company's operating account. The remaining $12.5 million will be deposited, pursuant to controlled account agreements with each investor, into control accounts under the control of such investor and will be released to the Company upon satisfaction of certain conditions. For more information on the key terms of this financing, please refer to the Company's Form 8-K to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on or about May 15, 2026.

Combined with the $45 million financing announced in April, the Company has secured a total of $70 million in financing over the past two months, enough to fully support the Phase 1 (by end of 2026) objective of FF EAI robotics strategy. Driven by rising demand across the FF’s four primary product lines and key application scenarios, including education, security inspection, reception and guided tours, performance, and university research, as well as the upcoming new products, the Company raised the full-year shipment target to 1,500 units.

Evolving into a Physical AI company with the “AI First” philosophy, FF is focusing on two product engines: Embodied AI (EAI) humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive robots. By building a “Three-in-One ecosystem” of “Device, Data, and Brain & Open-Source and Open Developer Platform,” the Company aims to create an evolutionary flywheel, with the goal of maximizing commercial value.

The significance of this financing is not the amount itself, but that — for the first time in years with near-term runway pressure materially eased — the Company believes it can shift financing decisions from liquidity-driven to capital-structure-governance-driven. With improved strategy and fundamentals, FF expects to gradually move its EAI Vehicle business away from high-cost short-term funding approach, toward a business-phase fit financing mix of operating cash flow, industry partnerships, and long-term capital to accelerate returns for its stockholders. 

ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE

Founded in 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a U.S.-based Physical AI ecosystem company dedicated to reshaping the future of robotics and mobility solutions through AI innovation and technologies. FF focuses on two major product strategies within the Embodied AI (EAI) robotics business: EAI humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive-focused robots. By building a Three-in-One ecosystem of “Device, Data, EAI Brain & Open-Source and Open Platform,” FF aims to create an evolutionary flywheel: scaled device delivery, data collection and training, continuous evolution of the EAI Brain, stronger product capability, and even larger-scale delivery and deployment. Through this flywheel, FF seeks to maximize its commercial value and lead to the advancement of Physical AI. For more information, please visit Faraday Future’s official website: https://www.ff.com/

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “plan to,” “can,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “potential,” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding FF’s entry into the embodied AI robotics market, involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the Company’s ability to homologate FX vehicles for sale; the Company’s ability to secure the necessary funding to execute on the FX strategy, which will be substantial; demand for the Super One; demand for the Company’s robotics products; competition in the robotics industry, which includes companies with far superior experience, funding and name recognition; the Company’s reliance on a single OEM for most of its robotics products; the Company’s ability to get the planned robotics products to comply with all applicable U.S. rules and regulations; the ability of the robotics OEM to timely supply robotics to the Company; tariff uncertainty for imported products, particularly from China; the ability of the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, condition, or prohibit robotics-related transactions with a China OEM; demand from automobile dealers for robotics products; the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the Company’s ability to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement; that the Company’s common stock will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq if the closing price of its Class A common stock is $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the ability to secure the necessary agreements to upgrade the Super One to an 800V architecture or to develop the AIHER model, none of which have been finalized; the Company’s ability to design and develop AIHER technology; the Company’s ability to secure financing for the 800V architecture of the Super One; the Company’s ability to secure an occupancy certificate for its Hanford facility; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company’s ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company’s ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company’s limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company’s history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company’s payroll expense reduction plan; the Company’s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and robots and the timing of these development programs; the Company’s estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and robots and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company’s vehicles; the Company’s ability to cover future warranty claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of the Company’s vehicles; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company’s ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company’s indebtedness; the Company’s ability to use its “at-the-market” program; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company’s products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company’s control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company’s operations in China; the success of the Company’s remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company’s dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company’s ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company’s ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees, any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company’s stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026, and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

CONTACTS

Investors (English): ir@ff.com  

Investors (Chinese): cn-ir@faradayfuture.com

Media:  john.schilling@ff.com

• EAI robotics emerges as the Company's new revenue engine in its inaugural quarter of deliveries. A total of $512,000 revenue in Q1 2026 nearly matches full-year 2025 revenue of $536K. Software skill package revenue accounting for 26%, operating loss narrowing 18% Year-Over-Year, and stockholders’ equity keep positive and grew 148% compared with Q4 2025.
• Evolving into a Physical AI company with the “AI First” philosophy, FF is focusing on two product engines: Embodied AI (EAI) humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive robots. By building a “Three-in-One ecosystem” of “Device, Data, and Brain & Open-Source and Open Developer Platform,” the Company aims to create an evolutionary flywheel, with the goal of maximizing commercial value.
• EAI robotics shipments reached 68 units by end of April, exceeding expectations; Driven by rising demand across the FF’s four primary product lines and key application scenarios, including education, security inspection, reception and guided tours, performance, and university research, as well as the upcoming new products, the Company raised the full-year shipment target to 1,500 units, supported by a major new product launch in early June, aiming to build the first large-scale EAI robotics education system in the U.S. and serving as the primary catalyst for the inaugural year of the nation’s EAI robotics education ecosystem. The Company believes education is expected to become the largest initial application scenario in the consumer-facing robotics market.
• Secured $45 million in new financing to support the first phase of robotics success while optimizing its capital structure to advance long-term strategic financing initiatives; the Company continues to optimize its capital structure and is currently actively engaging with strategic investors and long-term capital to secure the remaining funding required for the mass production of the FX Super One.
• Upgraded internal governance to an “AI-PPTI” framework, completely reconstructing company operations with AI agents and data-driven decision making.
• Following the conclusion of the SEC investigation with no penalties and the full return of the founding team, FF is upgrading its previous “Ten-Punch Combo” strategy into “Five Key Transformations” under AI-First philosophy. The full strategic plan set to be unveiled in YT’s Investor Weekly Report this coming Sunday.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (Nasdaq: FFAI) ("FF", "Faraday Future", or the "Company"), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2026, and provided updates on key operational and strategic developments.

“The first quarter of 2026 marked a pivotal transition for our business as our Three-in-One EAI ecosystem strategy began forming a tangible commercial closed loop,” said YT Jia, Global CEO of Faraday Future. “We have officially upgraded our positioning to become a physical AI ecosystem company. By achieving scaled delivery of humanoid and bionic EAI robot terminals, generating positive single-product gross margins, we are rapidly converting our first-mover advantage into sustained competitive leadership.”

Jia added: “Looking ahead, we will fully implement the Strategy and our industrial bridge strategy. Our priorities are building a robotics ecosystem-driven revenue base, focusing on humanoid and bionic robots, with automotive robots serving as a complementary focus, and achieving a clear path toward sustainable profitability. We will also continue advancing our long-term ecosystem of ‘Device, Data, and Brain & Open-Source and Open Developer Platform.’ With the full return of the founding team, launching and executing our upgraded set of transformation initiatives, we are positioned to drive long-term value creation, rebuild capital market trust and confidence, and enter the firm’s next phase of growth.”

FIRST QUARTER 2026 HIGHLIGHTS

Robotics Delivering Early Validation as a High-Margin, Capital-Efficient Growth Engine

The Company’s EAI Robotics business reached a key inflection point in the first quarter of 2026, generating initial sales revenue and positive product gross margin while establishing a foundation for scaled deployment. As of April 30, 2026, FF had shipped 68 EAI robots, and May shipments are expected to continue accelerating as the Company progresses toward its first shipment quarter target of 200 units. The Company expects cumulative shipments to exceed 1,500 EAI robots in 2026.

This momentum is being supported by continued expansion of the Company’s EAI Robotics strategy, including education-focused use cases, broader ecosystem development and more than 1,200 non-binding, paid pre-orders at launch. FF believes EAI Robotics provides a capital-efficient pathway to support near-term commercialization, cash flow generation and long-term EAI ecosystem expansion.

On the compliance front, following the earlier certifications of the Futurist and Master humanoid robots, the FX Aegis quadruped completed its full compliance certification in the United States. As a result, all FX Aegis robots delivered to date can now be converted to formal deliveries, supporting the Company’s continued expansion in the U.S. EAI Robotics market.

Unified EAI Strategy Driving Ecosystem Value

The Company continued to advance its Three-in-One EAI ecosystem strategy, integrating EAI devices with the EAI Brain, Open Source and Open Developer Platform capabilities, and the EAI Data Factory. During the quarter and subsequent period, FF launched its developer portal, advanced Open Claw as a key component of its open developer platform and began applying these capabilities across FF EAI robots.

The Data Factory Business Unit signed its first sales order in early May. The Data Factory continues to build capabilities for efficient, large-scale data collection, and structured processing, transforming low-cost raw data from real-world deployments into high-quality training data through advanced post-processing.

Strengthened Governance and System Building

To drive the “AI First” philosophy, the Company completely upgraded its internal AI governance from “PPTIA” to “AI-PPTI.” This framework transitions AI from an auxiliary tool to key infrastructure, reconstructing organizational processes to use AI agents for data-driven operations and decision making.

Organizationally, the Company continued to strengthen its leadership structure, operating infrastructure, and EAI education ecosystem. The Board has acknowledged and appointed FF Founder YT Jia as Global CEO and Jerry Wang as Global Executive Chairman. The Board has also accepted Matthias Aydt’s resignation as Global Co-CEO and appointed independent director Chad Chen as Lead Independent Director.

This leadership transition represents a significant organizational and governance change for the Company marking the full return of the founding team and founder-driven entrepreneurial spirit at both the Board and core management levels, and represents a key step in deepening the execution of the Company’s EAI strategy, creating long-term value for stockholders, and further reinforcing the Company’s guiding principle of putting stockholders first.

To support its next stage of growth, the Company relocated its headquarters to El Segundo, CA, also known as Silicon Beach, enhancing access to senior talent and reinforcing its position within a leading technology and innovation hub. FF also established a dedicated Education Ecosystem Product Line to support the development and scaled deployment of its EAI robotics education system. In April, California State Treasurer Fiona Ma joined the unveiling of the FF EAI Robotics Education & Innovation Lab, supporting the Company’s broader efforts to expand EAI education use cases and engage with government, education and industry partners.

Regulatory Clarity Achieved and Capital Structure Strengthened

On March 18th, the SEC officially concluded its investigation of over four years without taking any penalties or legal action against the Company or its leadership, removing a major historical overhang.

The Company leveraged this momentum to improve its capital position. The Company successfully secured $45 million in new financing from American institutional investors. Additionally, FF revised an agreement with an AIXC-designated third party to secure a $12 million subscription, replacing anti-dilution clauses with fixed obligations linked to operation milestones. Looking forward, FF remains fully committed to taking all necessary measures to satisfy Nasdaq’s minimum bid price compliance requirement during its 180-day grace period.

RESULTS FOR FIRST QUARTER 2026

• Revenue: For the first quarter of 2026, robotics emerged as the Company's new revenue engine in its inaugural quarter of deliveries. The company generated revenue of $512,000, representing a 62% increase from $316,000 in the same period last year, which itself nearly matches full-year 2025 revenue of $536K. This includes both device sales and ecosystem revenue, with ecosystem revenue (including SKILLS, software capability packs, etc.) accounting for 26% of total revenue.
• Total Stockholders’ Equity: Increased 148% to $19.2 million from the prior-year end, making the second consecutive quarter of positive equity growth.
• Net Loss from Operations: $35.9 million, a 18% decrease from $43.8 million in Q1 2025.
• G&A Expenses: Declined 33% year-over-year, from $13.7 million in Q1 2025 to $9.2 million in Q1 2026, primarily driven by a substantial reduction in professional fees, reflecting the Company's continued discipline in optimizing its cost structure.
• Operating Cash Outflow: Increased by 55% to $31.5 million, compared to $20.3 million in Q1 2025, primarily driven by losses from continuing operations and changes in working capital.
• Total Operating Expenses: $24.5 million, representing an increase of $1.8 million compared to Q1 2025.

2026 OUTLOOK

Looking ahead, 2026 is expected to mark an important transition year for Faraday Future as the Company advances from initial EAI Robotics commercialization toward broader scaling of its Three-in-One EAI ecosystem strategy. The Company’s priorities are focused on increasing EAI robot deliveries, expanding education-driven use cases, improving operating cash flow and further validating the integrated Device-Data-Brain model across EAI Robotics and EAI Vehicles.

EAI Robotics: Scaling a Capital-Efficient Commercial Platform

The Company expects EAI Robotics to be its primary near-term commercialization priority in 2026. FF is targeting cumulative shipments of more than 1,500 EAI robots by year-end, with education expected to serve as the initial entry point for scaled deployment. Over time, the Company plans to expand into universities, research institutions, vocational education systems and additional high-value use cases, including security, inspection and other enterprise applications.

From a product perspective, FF expects to initially prioritize humanoid robotics while progressively expanding into quadruped robotics and other intelligent form factors. This phased approach is intended to support real-world validation, refine products within defined use cases, establish repeatable deployment models, and develop standardized solutions that can scale over time.

Building on positive product gross margin achieved in early deliveries, the Company intends to continue improving product economics through increased scale, supply chain efficiency, and ongoing product iteration. Given the lower capital requirements of robotics relative to the automotive business, FF believes EAI Robotics can support near-term revenue generation, operating cash flow improvement, and broader EAI ecosystem development.

Three-in-One EAI Ecosystem: Connecting Devices, Brain and Data

The Company’s EAI Robotics strategy is expected to further validate its Three-in-One EAI ecosystem, which integrates EAI Devices, the EAI Brain and Open Platform, and the EAI Data Factory. As more EAI robots are deployed across education and enterprise environments, FF expects to generate real-world data that can support model training, product optimization and continuous improvement in user experience.

This feedback loop is central to the Company’s Device-Data-Brain architecture. Increased device deployment is expected to generate data, data improves the AI system, improved AI capabilities enhance product utility and stronger product performance supports further adoption. Over time, FF believes this closed-loop model can support broader commercialization opportunities beyond hardware sales, including software, data applications and ecosystem partnerships.

The Company believes education is expected to become the largest initial application scenario in the consumer-facing robotics market. Strategic collaboration with educational institutions, research organizations and vocational education partners is expected to play an important role in this ecosystem. These partnerships are intended to support talent development, technology innovation, application deployment and the development of a broader EAI robotics education market.

EAI Automotive Robots: Advancing FX Super One with Capital Discipline

In automotive robots (EAI Vehicles), the Company will continue advancing FX Super One while maintaining a disciplined approach to capital deployment and production ramp up. Based on strategic cooperation with its bridge strategy partner, FF plans to upgrade FX Super One to a more competitive 800V architecture or accelerate the AIHER project, while pausing the original Super One 400V cooperation project.

This approach is intended to improve product competitiveness, reduce near-term cash outflows and better align vehicle execution with capital availability, operational readiness and long-term stockholder value creation. The Company expects EAI Vehicles to remain an important component of its broader EAI strategy, while EAI Robotics provides a more capital-efficient pathway for near-term commercialization and ecosystem validation.

Capital Strategy: Restoring Market Confidence and Improving Financing Efficiency

From an operating and financial perspective, the Company is focused on strengthening revenue recognition, budgeting, cost management and monthly operating review processes to support robotics-driven revenue realization, improve margin visibility and enhance cash flow discipline.

From a capital perspective, FF is shifting toward a longer-term, value-oriented capital structure. The Company intends to strengthen investor communication, reduce reliance on high-cost short-term financing channels and continue engaging strategic and institutional investors with the objective of improving financing efficiency, dilution efficiency and financial flexibility over time.

Long-Term Positioning

FF is officially evolving into a U.S.-based Physical AI company, focusing on two product engines: Embodied AI (EAI) humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive robots. By building a “Three-in-One ecosystem” of “Device, Data, and Brain & Open-Source and Open Platform,” the Company aims to create an evolutionary flywheel of “scaled device delivery, data collection and training, continuous evolution of the EAI Brain, stronger product capability, and larger-scale delivery”, with the goal of maximizing commercial value.

EARNINGS WEBCAST

Faraday Future management will host a webcast today, May 14, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time (4:30 p.m. Pacific time). Interested investors and other parties can listen to a webcast of the conference call by logging onto the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://investors.ff.com/. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website shortly thereafter. More detail on FF’s 2026 Q1 earnings, when filed, can be found in our SEC filings and online at https://investors.ff.com/financial-information/sec-filings.

ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE

Founded in 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a U.S.-based Physical AI ecosystem company dedicated to reshaping the future of robotics and mobility solutions through AI innovation and technologies. FF focuses on two major product strategies within the Embodied AI (EAI) robotics business: EAI humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive-focused robots. By building a Three-in-One ecosystem of “Device, Data, EAI Brain & Open-Source and Open Platform,” FF aims to create an evolutionary flywheel: scaled device delivery, data collection and training, continuous evolution of the EAI Brain, stronger product capability, and even larger-scale delivery and deployment. Through this flywheel, FF seeks to maximize its commercial value and lead to the advancement of Physical AI. For more information, please visit Faraday Future’s official website: https://www.ff.com/

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “plan to,” “can,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “potential,” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding FF’s entry into the embodied AI robotics market, involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the Company’s ability to homologate FX vehicles for sale; the Company’s ability to secure the necessary funding to execute on the FX strategy, which will be substantial; demand for the Super One; demand for the Company’s robotics products; competition in the robotics industry, which includes companies with far superior experience, funding and name recognition; the Company’s reliance on a single OEM for most of its robotics products; the Company’s ability to get the planned robotics products to comply with all applicable U.S. rules and regulations; the ability of the robotics OEM to timely supply robotics to the Company; tariff uncertainty for imported products, particularly from China; the ability of the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, condition, or prohibit robotics-related transactions with a China OEM; demand from automobile dealers for robotics products; the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the Company’s ability to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement; that the Company’s common stock will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq if the closing price of its Class A common stock is $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the ability to secure the necessary agreements to upgrade the Super One to an 800V architecture or to develop the AIHER model, none of which have been finalized; the Company’s ability to design and develop AIHER technology; the Company’s ability to secure financing for the 800V architecture of the Super One; the Company’s ability to secure an occupancy certificate for its Hanford facility; the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company’s ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company’s ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company’s limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company’s history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company’s payroll expense reduction plan; the Company’s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and robots and the timing of these development programs; the Company’s estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and robots and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company’s vehicles; the Company’s ability to cover future warranty claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of the Company’s vehicles; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company’s ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company’s indebtedness; the Company’s ability to use its “at-the-market” program; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company’s products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company’s control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company’s operations in China; the success of the Company’s remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company’s dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company’s ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company’s ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees, any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company’s stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026, and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

• FF’s EAI robotics products are now live and available for purchase on RobotShop’s global platform. With FF’s products now live, professional buyers across RobotShop's global network can purchase FF EAI robotics today.
• FF is the first U.S. company to deliver both humanoid and bionic EAI robots and to expand into the education market and has cumulatively shipped 68 EAI robots with a positive product gross margin. May shipments will continue to accelerate as the Company progresses steadily toward its first delivery quarter target of 200 units.

Los Angeles, CA (May 13, 2026) – Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future,” “FF” or the “Company”), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced that FF AI-Robotics has signed an MOU with RobotShop, one of North America’s leading robotics-focused e-commerce platforms. RobotShop is FF’s first FF PAR partner in the EAI robotics category. As part of this MOU, FF's EAI robotics products are already live and available for purchase on RobotShop's platform, with the broader partnership framework to be further developed under the terms of the agreement.

FF AI-Robotics can be found here: https://www.robotshop.com/search?q=FF

With FF's products now live, professional buyers across RobotShop's global network can purchase FF EAI robotics today. The Company believes that the following three strategic pillars define the benefits of the collaboration with RobotShop:

First, industry validation of the FF PAR model — now in market. RobotShop becoming FF's first FF PAR partner in EAI robotics, with products now live on the platform, is a significant t external validation to date of FF's co-creation ecosystem and online direct-sales model. The model is no longer a concept; it is operating in market.

Second, a core gateway to global professional users — open today. With products live on RobotShop, FF achieves immediate product coverage across North America and other core global markets. This directly addresses a major constraint on the sales ramp and substantially compresses the time and cost of building proprietary channels. Professional buyers can purchase FF EAI robotics on RobotShop starting now.

Third, channel infrastructure for FF’s scaled EAI education strategy — activated RobotShop's core user base overlaps closely with the EAI education ecosystem FF is building. With FF products now live on the platform, this channel is actively supporting FF's effort to build the first scaled EAI education system in the U.S. FF's EAI Robotics business is entering scaled deployment and has been validated by both the education sector and the capital markets. This reflects the Company's first-mover advantage as the first U.S. company to deliver both humanoid and bionic robots and to comprehensively expand into the education market.

“Our partnership with RobotShop allows us to bring our full portfolio of EAI Robotics’ products to our users with a practical path to adoption, in an efficient, convenient platform which supports them at every step, from product discovery to distribution,” said Chris Chen, Co-CEO of FF AI-Robotics. “This partnership is a perfect fit for us as it offers strong transactional support for our mission of becoming a physical AI ecosystem company focused on EAI Robotics, matched with RobotShop’s strong global presence and reputation in the robotics industry.”

As of April 30, 2026, FF has shipped 68 EAI robots with a positive product gross margin. May shipments are expected to continue to accelerate as the Company progresses steadily toward its first delivery quarter target of 200 units. The Company expects cumulative shipments to exceed 1,000 units in 2026. More importantly, market recognition of FF's EAI Robotics strategy and execution continues to grow, with the foundation for subsequent scaled deployment in process.

Through ongoing robot deliveries, ramp-up, and use case expansion, FF is building a self-reinforcing “Device-Data-Brain” business model, where scaled device deliveries and deployment drive data collection and training, which feeds the AI brain, which improves product capability, which accelerates sales and deployment, which generates more data, which advances an even smarter AI brain. Through this accelerating flywheel, FF aims to rapidly convert its first-delivery first-mover advantage in robotics into a sustainably leading position.

Looking ahead, on the B2B education front, the Company will focus on advancing strategic partnerships and robot procurement agreements with the first batch of K-12 schools and universities, as well as EAI education summer camps and similar initiatives. On the B2C family education front, FF expects to accelerate execution of its strategy to bring education robots into households, continuing to drive the deployment of the first scaled EAI education system in the United States. Driven by the “EAI Robotics + EAI EV” Dual-Engine Strategy, the Company is entering a new phase of growth.

ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE

Founded in 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a U.S.-based Physical AI ecosystem company dedicated to reshaping the future of robotics and mobility solutions through AI innovation and technologies. FF focuses on two major product strategies within the Embodied AI (EAI) robotics business: EAI humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive-focused robots. By building a Three-in-One ecosystem of “Device, Data, EAI Brain & Open-Source and Open Platform,” FF aims to create an evolutionary flywheel: scaled device delivery, data collection and training, continuous evolution of the EAI Brain, stronger product capability, and even larger-scale delivery and deployment. Through this flywheel, FF seeks to maximize its commercial value and lead to the advancement of Physical AI. For more information, please visit Faraday Future’s official website: https://www.ff.com/

ABOUT ROBOTSHOP

With nearly 25 years of experience, RobotShop has evolved into a leading global platform for robotics solutions. RobotShop is a trusted partner at every step, from discovery to deployment, from DIY kits to humanoids. We enable robotics to move from idea to real-world application, where robotics and physical AI work for humans. Everything Robotics. Infinite Possibilities. For more information, please visit: www.robotshop.com

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "plan to," "can," "will," "should," "future," "potential," and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding FF’s MOU with RobotShop, and the Company's EAI robotics business, involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company's control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: the Company's ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company's share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; demand for the Company's robotics products; competition in the robotics industry, which includes companies with far superior experience, funding and name recognition; the Company's reliance on a single OEM for most of its robotics products; the Company's ability to get the planned robotics products to comply with all applicable U.S. rules and regulations; the ability of the robotics OEM to timely supply robotics to the Company; tariff uncertainty for imported products, particularly from China; the ability of the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, condition, or prohibit robotics-related transactions with a China OEM; demand from automobile dealers for robotics products; the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the Company’s ability to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement; that the Company’s common stock will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq if the closing price of its Class A common stock is $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company's ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company's ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company's limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company's history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company's payroll expense reduction plan; the Company's ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and robots and the timing of these development programs; the Company's estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and robots and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company's vehicles; the Company's ability to cover future warranty claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of the Company's vehicles; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company's ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company's indebtedness; the Company's ability to use its "at-the-market" program; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company's products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company's control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company's operations in China; the success of the Company's remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company's dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company's ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company's ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees, any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company's stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026, and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

CONTACTS:

Investors (English): ir@ff.com

Investors (Chinese): cn-ir@ff.com

Media: john.schilling@ff.com

The Future is Now!

• As the first U.S. company to deliver both humanoid and bionic robots, FF holds a significant first-mover advantage in building a “Device sales - real-world deployment - data collection - Brain model tuning - real-world Brain model updates” data closed loop in the U.S.
• The Data Factory comprises Centralized and Decentralized components and, powered by FF's proprietary data engine, refines massive real-world raw data into high-value structured action assets directly usable for robot training, establishing a high-margin, asset-light, and recurring-purchase closed-loop data business model.Going forward, the Data Factory will continue to build capabilities for efficient, large-scale data collection, and structured processing, transforming low-cost raw data from real-world deployments into high-quality training data through advanced post-processing. At the appropriate time, FF also plans to open source select data capabilities to contribute to the advancement of the Physical AI industry.

Los Angeles, CA (May 12, 2026) -- Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future,”” FF,” or the “Company”), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced that its Data Factory Business Unit has signed its first sales order. As a key pillar of FF’s “Three-in-One” EAI ecosystem strategy spanning Device, Brain, and Data, the Data Factory's launch closes the EAI ecosystem's data commercialization loop and continues to strengthen the Device-Data-Brain flywheel effect.

The Data Factory consists of two components: Centralized and Decentralized. The planned Centralized Data Factory supplies the foundational training data required for the base version of the EAI Brain, reinforcing the foundation for model iteration. The Decentralized Data Factory uses low-barrier distributed data collection to disrupt the traditional custom-built data collection approach and is tightly integrated with the real-world deployment of EAI Devices, enabling data to continuously flow back from real-world scenarios into the EAI Brain and driving ongoing evolution of model capabilities. Building on this architecture, the Company is constructing a “Device sales - real-world deployment - data collection - Brain model tuning - real-world Brain model updates” data closed loop. As the first U.S. company to deliver both humanoid and bionic robots, FF holds a significant first-mover advantage in building this closed loop in the U.S.

On the product and technology side, the Data Factory leverages FF's proprietary Data OS to refine internet data and low-cost distributed collection data at scale into high-value structured action assets directly usable for robot training, completing the critical leap from unstructured raw data to structured training data. On the commercial side, the Company is building a high-margin, asset-light, and recurring-purchase closed-loop data business model around data services, standardized data products, and subscription offerings. Beyond supporting the closed loop of the "Three-in-One" EAI ecosystem, data produced by the Data Factory can also be sold externally to generate revenue. Within two months of launching the Data Factory, the Company has completed the initial build-out of the Decentralized Data Factory and concluded the signing of its first order, laying the foundation for scaled expansion ahead.

“The formal establishment of the Data Factory is not just the realization of a key link within our 'Three-in-One' EAI ecosystem strategy. It also signals that FF is building core infrastructure for the Physical AI era,” said Chris Chen, Co-CEO of FF AI-Robotics. “If the EAI Brain is the engine, data is the fuel that powers its continuous evolution. Through the coordination of our Centralized and Decentralized Data Factories, we are turning every real-world Device deployment into the driving force for upgrading Brain capabilities. We look forward to working with global ecosystem partners to build the Data Factory into critical data infrastructure that advances the Physical AI industry.”Looking ahead, alongside scaling its operations and external sales, the Data Factory will develop the capability to convert low-cost real world raw data into high-quality training data through post-processing, further expanding data production scale. At the appropriate time, FF will also open source select data capabilities to contribute to the Physical AI industry. The continued build-out and expansion of the Data Factory will steadily amplify the “Device-Data-Brain” flywheel effect, rapidly converting FF’s first delivery first-mover advantage into a sustainably leading position and further solidifying FF's strategic standing as a global leader in the EAI ecosystem.

About Faraday Future

 Founded in 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a U.S.-based Physical AI ecosystem company dedicated to reshaping the future of robotics and mobility solutions through AI innovation and technologies. FF focuses on two major product strategies within the Embodied AI (EAI) robotics business: EAI humanoid and bionic robots, and EAI automotive-focused robots. By building a Three-in-One ecosystem of “Device, Data, EAI Brain & Open-Source and Open Platform,” FF aims to create an evolutionary flywheel: scaled device delivery, data collection and training, continuous evolution of the EAI Brain, stronger product capability, and even larger-scale delivery and deployment. Through this flywheel, FF seeks to maximize its commercial value and lead to the advancement of Physical AI. For more information, please visit Faraday Future’s official website: https://www.ff.com/

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words "plan to," "expect," "will," "should," "future," "potential," and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding the future development and scaling of FF's Data Factory, the continued build-out of FF's "Three-in-One" EAI ecosystem strategy, future external sales of Data Factory output and related revenue generation, the planned development of post-processing capabilities to convert low-cost internet data into high-quality model-training data, the future open-sourcing of select data capabilities, the ongoing evolution of the EAI Brain, and FF's strategic positioning within the global EAI ecosystem, involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the Company's control, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: the Company's ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company's share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; demand for the Company's robotics products; competition in the robotics industry, which includes companies with far superior experience, funding and name recognition; the Company's reliance on a single OEM for most of its robotics products; the Company's ability to get the planned robotics products to comply with all applicable U.S. rules and regulations; the ability of the robotics OEM to timely supply robotics to the Company; tariff uncertainty for imported products, particularly from China; the ability of the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, condition, or prohibit robotics-related transactions with a China OEM; demand from automobile dealers for robotics products; the Company’s ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the Company’s ability to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq’s $1.00 minimum bid price requirement; that the Company’s common stock will be suspended from trading on Nasdaq if the closing price of its Class A common stock is $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company’s share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company's ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company's ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company's limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company's history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company's payroll expense reduction plan; the Company's ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and robots and the timing of these development programs; the Company's estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and robots and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the Company's ability to cover future warranty claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company's ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company's indebtedness; the Company's ability to use its "at-the-market" program; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company's products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company's control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company's operations in China; the success of the Company's remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company's dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company's ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company's ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees, any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company's stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026; and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

Investors: ir@ff.com

Investors (Chinese): cn-ir@faradayfuture.com

Media: john.schilling@ff.com

 

I believe a lot of people already know Jia's infamous history in China and earned nickname "Accountant Jia", and his background story is readily available on the Wiki.

But the practical question is quite simple, what's his utmost prioirty, and is it in his interest to make FFAI succeed as a manufacturing power house, is it realistic? if anyone buy FFAI's share based on fundamental, R&D, products and its future, the following is essential to grasp:

🛑 1. YT Jia's Personal Debt and Regulatory Status

• The Debt Profile: When Jia filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, his restructuring documents revealed $2.3 billion to $3.6 billion in personal debt claims. This massive debt load stems from the spectacular collapse of his previous Chinese technology empire, LeEco.
• The Creditor Trust: Jia restructured his personal debt by creating a creditor trust. He transferred his entire personal equity ownership stake in Faraday Future over to his Chinese creditors.
• The China Return Dilemma: In China, Jia is officially designated on national courts as a "discredited debt defaulter" (老赖). He faces immediate, strict consumption restrictions, potential border exit bans, and intense civil litigation if he returns. For Jia, keeping FFAI alive is his sole mechanism to avoid total asset liquidation. The creditor trust requires FFAI shares to maintain value for his Chinese creditors to recoup their losses.

👔 2. Executive Reshuffling & High-Salary Insiders

Faraday Future executed a highly protective corporate reshuffling:

• Jia Reappointed as Sole Global CEO: To maximize his direct control over the remaining funds, FFAI officially reappointed YT Jia as the company's sole Global CEO.
• Family Control via Jerry Wang: Concurrently, Jiawei "Jerry" Wang (YT Jia's nephew) was appointed as Global Executive Chairman.
• The Compensation Dynamic: These high-tier executive packages—often paired with lucrative bonuses and equity incentives—allow Jia's inner family circle to maintain structural voting power via FF Global Partners. This configuration ensures that whatever financing is injected by institutional convertible notes can continue to flow into executive overhead and affiliate consulting contracts, even as public shareholders experience massive dilution.

📉 3. The R&D Mirage: Can FFAI Afford Real Engineering?

FFAI’s current financial framework leaves virtually zero capital for legitimate, ground-up hardware R&D:

                       ┌─────────────────────────────┐
                       │   Available Cash Inflows    │
                       └──────────────┬──────────────┘
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                        FFAI Financial Priority Matrix
         ┌────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┐
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┌──────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐
│   Nasdaq Fees    │         │  PR, Videos,     │         │ Real Hardware    │
│  & Legal Costs   │         │  Social Media    │         │ Engineering & R&D│
└────────┬─────────┘         └────────┬─────────┘         └────────┬─────────┘
         │                            │                            │
         ▼                            ▼                            ▼
   CRITICAL PRIORITY            HIGH PRIORITY                ZERO FUNDING
 (To maintain listing)        (To drive retail buzz)      (Using white-label)

• The Budget Starvation: FFAI's latest financial results show a massive operating cash drain, leaving them with highly restricted capital. Real-world automotive or humanoid robotics R&D requires hundreds of millions of dollars annually in testing facilities, safety certifications, and custom tooling. FFAI simply does not have this liquidity.
• The "Turning Point" Narrative Strategy: Jia's weekly video updates utilize broad, non-binding corporate phrases like "strategic transformations," "new growth chapters," and "EAI Brain flywheels". This language allows the company to generate a continuous stream of social media impressions without having to deliver physical product milestones.

FFAI's core operational priority is capital consumption for corporate survival. By spending their limited funds on high-production-value video marketing, public relations campaigns, and legal compliance (like reverse stock splits), they maintain just enough trading volume to print and sell new shares. The goal is not to become a profitable manufacturing powerhouse, but to prolong the narrative indefinitely so the executive circle can stay funded and stave off personal debt liquidation.

Furthermore, Jia or Jerry stressed so much about "EAI or FFAI's own softwares package" for the robot, but avoids broadcasting footage of its own office labs or internal engineering teams. Thinking most publics are idiots

This absence points directly to their strategic reliance on crowdsourced, open-source code rather than capital-intensive in-house software development.

🖥️ 1. The Strategy: Shifting the R&D Burden to the Crowd

FFAI’s promotional strategy avoids showcasing internal staff because their technical core, the "FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform," is designed to shift the burden of engineering away from FFAI:

• Relying on OpenClaw: In corporate updates, YT Jia has stated that FFAI integrates OpenClaw into the agent layer of their robotics platform. Because OpenClaw is an existing open-source framework, FFAI does not need a massive roster of proprietary software engineers to build foundational models from scratch.
• Crowdsourcing "Agent Skills": The corporate goal of the platform is to enlist K-12 students, hobbyists, and university academics to build what they call "Agent Skills". Instead of hiring engineers, FFAI uses an incentive program to encourage external users to program the robots.
• The "Data Closed-Loop Engine": FFAI positions itself as a data assembler. They want external users to operate the hardware and feed data back into their servers. They aim to act as an ecosystem manager rather than a direct developer.

🎥 2. Why the Videos Focus on Tours and Dancing Robots

Focusing promotional media on university workshops, public handovers, and robot dances serves immediate financial purposes over engineering milestones:

                       ┌─────────────────────────────┐
                       │   FFAI Media Strategy Goal  │
                       └──────────────┬──────────────┘
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         ┌────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┐
         ▼                            ▼                            ▼
┌──────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐
│ Overcome White-  │         │   Generate Low-  │         │ Secure Free B2B  │
│ Label Skepticism │         │    Cost Content  │         │   Data & Validation│
└────────┬─────────┘         └────────┬─────────┘         └────────┬─────────┘
         │                            │                            │
         ▼                            ▼                            ▼
 Shows a user base,           Easier than filming          University labs run 
 ignoring hardware             complex internal             the tests for them, 
 origin.              coding labs.         creating validation.

Overcoming the White-Label Skepticism

If FFAI filmed inside their own offices, the camera would capture engineers working on hardware clearly marked by Agibot or writing code on top of standard open-source systems. Touring universities and showing customers using the robots changes the conversation from "Who engineered this hardware?" to "Look at how many people are joining our community."

Creating Low-Cost Content

Filming a high-end, internal R&D environment requires continuous, verifiable progress. Showing a robot performing a dance, delivering food, or interacting with a crowd generates immediate social media engagement with much lower technical execution requirements.

Validation via Academic MoUs

By focusing on academic entities like the Boston International Business School (BIBS) or hosting events near the Berkshire Hathaway meeting, FFAI uses institutional prestige to build market confidence. This helps keep retail investor sentiment positive while avoiding the high costs of building independent, localized research teams.

⚖️ The Bottom Line

FFAI does not show software development scenes because the community is their development team. FFAI operates an asset-light, open-source framework where the primary technical work is outsourced to universities and third-party developers. Their corporate resources are focused on marketing and event promotion to maintain trading momentum and support further share issuance.

If you are curious about how much their new income is

With respect to Mr. Jia:

● A retention bonus of $800,000 the (“Retention Bonus”), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including a prorated claw back right if Mr. Jia fails to remain employed with the Company for at least forty-eight months beginning on May 5, 2026. The Retention Bonus shall be payable in two equal installments on (i) May 15, 2026 and (ii) May 15, 2027.

● An annual grant of time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) having a grant date fair value equal to $5.94 million, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on May 5, 2027, subject to Mr. Jia’s continued employment with the Company on each such vesting date.

● An annual grant of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) having a target grant date fair value equal to $5.94 million, vesting in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the achievement of one or more applicable performance metrics to be approved by the Board, subject to Mr. Jia’s continued employment with the Company on each such vesting date.

● A monthly housing allowance of $8,000 (net of any taxes payable).

With respect to Mr. Wang:

● An annual base salary of $600,000 per year.

● An annual cash bonus target of $400,000, subject to the achievement of certain performance objectives established by the Board.

● A promotion bonus of $200,000 the (“Promotion Bonus”), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including a prorated claw back right if Mr. Wang fails to remain employed with the Company for at least forty-eight months beginning on May 5, 2026. The Promotion Bonus shall be payable in two equal installments on (i) May 15, 2026 and (ii) May 15, 2027.

● An annual grant of time-based RSUs having a grant date fair value equal to $1.5 million, vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on May 5, 2027, subject to Mr. Wang’s continued employment with the Company on each such vesting date.

● An annual grant of PSUs having a target grant date fair value equal to $1.5 million, vesting in equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the achievement of one or more applicable performance metrics to be approved by the Board, subject to Mr. Wang’s continued employment with the Company on each such vesting date.

● A monthly housing allowance of $6,000 (net of any taxes payable).

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001805521/000121390026054140/ea0290013-8k_faraday.htm

① The Board of Directors has officially appointed me as FF’s Global CEO. With the return of Founder Mode, entrepreneurial spirit, and the founding team, Faraday Future has now entered its fourth stage of development.

② FF has also been formally upgraded into a Physical AI ecosystem company, focusing on two major product lines: humanoid and bionic robotics, as well as vehicle robotics.

③ U.S. government officials, El Segundo City Government Officials and educational institutions attended and extended their congratulations at FF’s 12th anniversary celebration.

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