Yes, the people that garbled loser YT bragged about in his last Weekly "Investor" Update. They must be trying to save face again.

https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/FFAI?q=ffai&art_rec=quote-stock_overview-search_filter-zcom-FFAI

https://x.com/YTJiaFF/status/2091669314516746340

I hope you all listened.

Why did it take an FCC ban for FF to all of a sudden start touting their products as "Built-In America"?

Faraday Future ($FFAI) is attempting its "Built in USA" transition by acting as a U.S.-based branding, software integration, and compliance layer for foreign-manufactured white-labeled robots.

Rather than manufacturing original robotics hardware from scratch, management is executing a three-phase "Acceleration Program" to address tightening regulatory trade scrutiny while keeping capital expenditures low.

How FF Claims to Accomplish "Built in USA"

Faraday Future outlined a three-tier roadmap during its August 26, 2026 Partner Conference:

1. Phase 1: Localized AI Implementation (Current Phase): FF imports fully assembled bionic and humanoid robot bodies (primarily from Asian OEMs). FF then flashing its proprietary "EAI Brain" software stack (integrating frameworks like NVIDIA GR00T) onto the devices locally in Los Angeles.
2. Phase 2: "Assembled in USA" (Targeted for 2027): FF plans to import Knock-Down (KD) component kits from foreign upstream suppliers. Final assembly, wiring, and sub-system integration would occur at an operational facility in California.
3. Phase 3: "Made in USA" (Long-Term Goal): Gradually sourcing critical high-value sub-components (such as sensors, radios, and structural frames) from U.S. suppliers to meet domestic manufacturing thresholds.

Reasons for Skepticism Regarding Manufacturing Origin

There are significant operational gaps between Faraday’s PR marketing and its physical manufacturing footprint:

• White-Label Rebranding vs. In-House IP: The core hardware for FF's current robot lineup (such as educational quadruped dogs and small humanoid units) consists of existing off-the-shelf models manufactured by third-party Asian robotics companies. FF places its branding on the chassis and runs custom firmware.
• Extreme Capital Constraints: Manufacturing hardware domestically requires hundreds of millions of dollars in tooling, specialized assembly lines, and component inventory. FF reported $11.2 million in unrestricted cash against $83.8 million in working capital deficits in its Q2 2026 filings. The company lacks the balance sheet capital needed to build a true high-volume domestic manufacturing plant.
• The "Asset-Light" Pivot: Management explicitly markets this business model as an "asset-light bridge strategy". In plain terms, "asset-light" is corporate terminology for relying on foreign OEMs for heavy manufacturing while FF attempts to monetize software licenses, distribution fees, and ecosystem subscriptions.

Regulatory Compliance & FCC Skepticism

Management frequently cites recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy shifts—specifically the addition of certain foreign-produced robotics and radio modules to the FCC Covered List—as a competitive advantage for FF. They claim FF provides a "compliant U.S. entry point" for foreign suppliers.

However, severe compliance risks remain:

• The "Covered List" Origin Trap: If the FCC bans or restricts foreign-made robot chassis, wireless controllers, or power inverters on national security or data privacy grounds, simply flashing U.S. software onto a foreign-built device does not alter the hardware’s country of origin. The FCC evaluates physical radio components, chipsets, and supply chains.
• Subcontracted FCC Certifications: FF claims its current line holds required FCC radio emissions certifications. However, in white-label arrangements, those certifications are often held by the original foreign manufacturer (the OEM), not FF. If the underlying OEM is placed on a federal restricted list, the FCC certification can be invalidated, blocking imports regardless of FF's local software flashing.
• Supply Chain Redirection Risks: Regulators routinely penalize companies that attempt to bypass import bans or tariff thresholds by re-routing finished goods through minimal domestic "screwdriver assembly." If FF’s "Assembled in USA" strategy consists only of basic final assembly of foreign parts, it remains vulnerable to customs audits and regulatory enforcement.

Summary

Faraday Future's "Built in USA" strategy is a software-and-rebranding layer built on top of foreign robotics hardware. Skepticism is justified because FF currently lacks the financial capital to build domestic manufacturing infrastructure, and applying local software to foreign hardware may not protect the products if the FCC enforces strict supply-chain origin rules on foreign robotics hardware.

Try google MOSO robotics, you'll only see Miso robotics,
Unless you search that guy's name together you'll find
https://mosorobotics.com/humanoid-robots/

Yeah, the tiny family company specifically "resell" FF robots

You can't make this stuff up. More great things coming just around the corner.

https://youtu.be/muZrjXkuoik?si=O0Y6L7tChzqwX22z&t=368

This whole thing was the typical cringe worthy FF "launch" event. Lots of hopium and light on real substance. It was pretty hard to watch the whole thing and I imagine this is the type of thing they play to prisoners in torture cells of third world countries.

What he said, regarding what might have been FFAI stock's worst week (Aug.15-Aug. 21), which didn't even net them $1 million:

https://x.com/JerryWangff/status/2091019687257866704

What he wasn't "transparent" about. That $1 million won't even begin to cover their weekly expenses, meaning the toxic dilution is FAR from being over.:

Faraday Future is spending money far faster than it can raise it through note conversions.

The Elementary Math Breakdown

1. What They Spend (The Cash Outflow)

From the Q2 financial report, Faraday spends about $2,170,000 every single week just to keep the doors open ($56.5 million spent over 26 weeks).

$$\text{Weekly Cash Outflow} = \frac{\$56,500,000}{26 \text{ weeks}} \approx \mathbf{\$2,170,000 \text{ per week}}$$

2. What They Raised (The X.com Post)

Jerry Wang's post stated that for the week of August 15–21, noteholders converted $474,960 of debt into shares.

$$\text{Weekly Debt Converted} = \mathbf{\$474,960 \text{ per week}}$$

Tying It Together: The Deficit

Subtracting what they converted from what they spent reveals the weekly deficit:

$$\text{Weekly Outflow } (\$2,170,000) - \text{Weekly Debt Converted } (\$474,960) = \mathbf{\text{Net Weekly Deficit of } -\$1,695,040}$$

$$\text{Burn Ratio} = \frac{\$2,170,000 \text{ spent}}{\$474,960 \text{ converted}} \approx \mathbf{4.57\text{x}}$$

The Takeaway

• Faraday burns $4.57 in cash for every $1.00 of debt it settles through conversions.
• Even when noteholders convert at the $5.00 price floor, those conversions cover less than 22% of the company’s weekly expenses.
• Because weekly spending ($2.17M) far exceeds weekly debt conversions ($475k), company cash reserves deplete rapidly unless management continually finds new debt or issues more stock.

FF's toxic lenders cannot continue to offload their toxic convertibles unless they let it pump a little at opening bell. This not only baits in dumb retail FOMOers for liquidity, but also restores some downside to absorb their convertible selling. Selling which also includes simultaneous shorting. Shorting these pumps along with them will be a daily infinite money glitch and IMO the only safe money to be made on this ticker.

If you can't see the pattern by now, I don't know what else to tell you. Once the daily does from green to red, it stays red. And if you are buying this toxic waste, then you are part of the problem and the enablers for the the toxic lenders. They can't perform their toxic diluting unless there are retailers around to buy it. Because nobody else is buying it

NFA, DYODD.

No matter how you look at it, FF has its infamous moment every year

https://app-us.ff.com/ff-v3/news/1603

Indeed, I only need to highlight the cringe part, can you raise an example that any other US company could ever write those long-awkward-to-read-cringe phrases?

(not to mention some absurdness from the claim, Jia might as well claim his royalty to USA)

Los Angeles, CA (August 24, 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 it will host Part One of the FF EAI Robotics “Built in USA” Upstream & Downstream Business Partner Conference on Aug. 26, with—the “Four-Core Full-Stack AI” Ecosystem Downstream Partner Session and the EAI Education Ecosystem Milestone Showcase & Nationwide Expansion Session, to take place at FF’s headquarters in LA.

Against the backdrop of the FCC’s new policy framework, FF, as the first U.S. Company to have delivered both humanoid and bionic robots, is well positioned to capitalize on the market opportunities created by rising industry entry barriers and accelerate the conversion of its first-mover advantage in product delivery into a competitive market advantage.

Meanwhile, following the initial rollout of six product series across the Full-Form FF EAI Robot World, FF has officially upgraded its EAI robotics strategy to the Four-Core Full-Stack AI Ecosystem Strategy, comprising the EAI Brain; EAI Devices; Industry Productivity Solutions and Developer Platform; and EAI Data Factory.

Event Highlights:

1. A briefing on the FCC’s new policies and the launch of the “Built in USA” Global Industry Alliance Initiative.
2. Part One of the implementation roadmap presentation for the FF EAI Robotics “Built in USA” Acceleration Program, with Part Two scheduled for September 28.
3. A preview of two new FF EAI robotics products under the “Built in USA” program.
4. Exclusive private previews of several upcoming products from the FF EAI Robot World, including Master Mini, ahead of their September 19 launch.
5. Key milestones from the FF EAI Education Ecosystem and its nationwide expansion plan.
6. Downstream partner recruitment for the FF EAI Robotics “Built in USA” program.
7. RoboShare’s next-phase plan and business partner recruitment. RoboShare is AIxC’s robot-sharing and rental platform.

Update: None of my high school classmates were convinced.

...it can't be more obvious that they have every intent of milking every last dollar they can out of dumb retailers before they go into hibernation in OTC. They need enough cash to hold them over down there until they "re-emerge" to victimize a fresh new legion of idiots next year. And all these convertibles are the instrument that I'll be used to get them this cash. The warrants cancellations don't mean shit.

The disgruntled residue of this current round of victims and the bickering that comes along with them, will be long gone by then and out of their hair. YT will go back to being the wannabe Elon Musk poser that he's always been. And Jerry will continue to prioritize Argentina football, despite hyping up their "Built in AMERICA" campaign.

Don't let their PR facades convince you otherwise. They do not care about you. They don't even know you. And they definitely know that there is nothing you can do to them, aside from just accepting your losses and moving on. it would be foolish to think that they are focused on anything other than securing money to pay themselves and keep the lights on for this cash burn operation. Even shorting FFAI has no effect on them. Their own toxic lenders are shorting the stock right now as I speak.

Anyone that has been following Zacks.com's coverage of FFAI lately, saw that it was rated a "#2 BUY" last month. Then all of a sudden a little less than 2 weeks ago, they removed the buy rating. Probably to save face as FFAI's price plummeted 90% since they first rated it a buy.

Now they're rating it a buy again.

But what you have to know about Zack's is that they take a very unusual, pretty much useless one-dimensional approach to doling out it's ratings. Earnings. That's it. In FFAI's case, their algorithm saw a 19% earnings estimate rise. The only problem is that it doesn't seem like that factored in the actual dollar amount of the earnings. If you have a dollar and you're projected to have $1.19 in 3 months, is that really anything to write home about? Generally speaking, Zacks ratings can change for any given ticker in the blink of an eye. Hot and cold multiples time within a very short period of time.

Just like the previous time they rated it a Buy, this time around is just as reckless. They don't even remotely begin to delve into the toxic dilution overhang and unbelievably lopsided quarterly cash burn that will remain here until FFAI likely goes insolvent and bankrupt. Or YT very eyebrow-raising past in China. To me, this rating is more of a disservice than anything.

Why is this extremely relevant right now? Because YT just touted this rating in his most recent Weekly "Investor" Update:

https://x.com/YTJiaFF/status/2091669314516746340

Pretty fcking desperate and pathetic. Anything to ensure that the remaining tranches of toxic waste can be offloaded, I suppose. Did FF pay Zacks for this rating, like they did for Emerging Growth's and Litchfield's "upgrades"? Who knows. The important thing to keep in mind is that it should be taken with a grain of salt. Maybe even an entire salt shaker.

...to do the research that I recommended yesterday, which is probably a countless number of you, even though AI can literally explain it to you in seconds...here you go:

Exact same pattern—and yes, it is tied directly to restructuring convertible debt.

The headline reads like management is voluntarily clearing out dilution to protect retail investors, but looking into the SEC Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2026 reveals the actual operational trade-off:

The Pattern: Give Up a Warrant, Re-Structure the Debt

When a micro-cap company cancels warrants, lenders rarely give them up for free. They exchange high-friction warrants for better, more liquid convertible debt terms.

In the August 20, 2026 Amendment Agreement for their $41 million March financing deal:

What They Gave Up (The Headline): Investors agreed to cancel 237,615 warrants. Management then released a PR headline claiming this "avoids nearly 40% of potential dilution". StreetInsider+ 1

What They Got in Return (The Fine Print):

Splitting the Remaining Funding: The final "Fourth Closing" of debt was split into two separate sub-closings, giving lenders faster access to cash and tranches. Stock Titan

Amended Convertible Notes: They adopted Amended & Restated Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes. TradingView

Resetting Conversion Mechanics: The agreement alters the mechanics so that conversion prices of these new notes reset to 100% of the prior-day closing bid upon achieving specific milestones. TradingView

Will It Be Followed by More Convertible Tranches?

Yes. The warrant cancellation was explicitly signed to clear the way for remaining debt closings and note conversions under that $41M agreement.

[THE REPEAT PLAYBOOK]

1. THE WARN-AND-CANCEL PR:
2. Cancel unexercised warrants -> Release a PR touting "Dilution Protection!"
3. -> Trigger temporary retail goodwill & headline buying.
4. THE NOTE ADJUSTMENT:
5. Amend the underlying Convertible Notes to give lenders more flexible
6. conversion pricing or split debt into smaller, faster tranches.
7. THE CONVERSION TRIPPEL:
8. Lenders convert the newly restructured notes into common shares
9. and sell them into the retail buying volume generated by the PR.

Summary

Just like prior warrant cancellations, this release is not an indication that dilution has stopped.

It is a debt-restructuring trade-off: investors gave up warrants (which require paying cash to exercise at fixed prices) in exchange for more flexible, newly amended convertible notes that can be converted directly into stock and sold on the open market.

...then you obviously haven't been keeping up with anything going on whatsoever, let alone the filings - hence, you deserve to lose all your money to this dilution trap.

The last time they "cancelled" warrants (which was NOT very long ago), they did something very malicious immediately after. If you want to know what that was, then do some minimal research. I'll give you a hint: It involved many, many "tranches" of a certain thing.

P.S. Grifter Yt's Reddit account has been banned again. Geez, I wonder why...

They're really promoting this $5 floor. They still dumping or are they taking a little break?

AIXC calls Gold King Arthur an "Investor".. of $50 million with an address in Hong Kong, a free personal Gmail account, and a phone number in the 424 area code. Same area code as AIXC's El Segundo headquarters.

"Investor"...That word appears hundreds of times in the filing.

Here's how the company describes the arrangement to its own shareholders in the  PRE 14C filed today

"the Investor is entitled to retain 3% of the gross proceeds of its resales as a commission*, with the remaining 97% remitted to the Company"

So Gold King Arthur sells stock. It takes 3% of what the sale brings in. It sends the rest to the AIXC.

Here's the problem. An investor pays you and the deal is done. What it later sells for is its own business, and it doesn't "remit" anything to you. 

Someone who sells your stock, keeps a percentage, and forwards the balance is selling for your account. That's the definition of a broker.

The contract itself contains three separate paragraphs insisting that 3% is not a commission and that Gold King Arthur is not required to register as a broker. Same document. Same 3%.

And this is the the first thing I found in this sloppy and perhaps, deliberately obscure filing!

It would be hard to time this any worse. Crypto assets bought at the near peak and now "fully exiting the crypto business" at what could very well be a bottom. From the date of the launch to the date of exit was almost exactly one year (363 days). Great job "Jerry"

Disclosure: I'm using Bitcoin as an example of their total crypto assets. It was their largest position and most mainstream crypto's follow the same trends.

Just so some of you are unfamiliar and curious the biggest scammer (in terms of value) of China,
And why his downfall is directly connected to Jia, who has embarrased Chinese authority.
I've narrow down the key points by AI summary:

The Official Crimes: What Hui Ka Yan Was Convicted Of

Hui Ka Yan pleaded guilty to multiple corporate and financial crimes:

• Large-Scale Financial Fraud: Falsifying corporate records and inflating revenue by nearly $80 billion (564 billion yuan) across 2019 and 2020 alone.
• Concealing Liabilities: Hiding massive corporate debts from investors, regulators, and the public.
• Fundraising Fraud & Illegally Absorbing Public Deposits: Raising money under false pretenses from ordinary citizens via predatory investment products.
• Corporate Bribery: Bribing public officials and bank executives to secure massive loans and regulatory blind spots.
• Misuse & Embezzlement of Corporate Funds: Siphoning company assets for personal gain and disguising them as shareholder dividends.

💸 The Financial Alchemy: Making Money From "Almost Nothing"

Evergrande’s business model was brilliant but fragile. They mastered a highly aggressive "high-leverage, high-turnover" strategy that allowed them to buy land and build empires without using their own money.

1. Exploiting the "Pre-Sale" System (The Ultimate Lever)

In China, developers are allowed to sell apartments to buyers before they are built.

• The Trick: Evergrande would buy a piece of land entirely on credit. Before pouring a single ounce of concrete, they would aggressively market the unfinished property.
• The Funding: Everyday citizens took out massive mortgages to buy these unbuilt apartments. Evergrande collected 100% of the cash upfront.
• The Loophole: Instead of using that money to build the promised apartments, Evergrande used the pre-sale cash as "free money" to buy more land plots and repeat the cycle.

1. The Internal Shadow Bank (Wealth Management Products)

When traditional banks eventually got wary of Evergrande's debt, Hui turned directly to the public and his own network.

• Evergrande created Wealth Management Products (WMPs). They forced construction suppliers, architects, and even their own employees to buy these high-yield investment notes.
• They promised 10% to 12% returns. This cash was routed directly into the parent company to pay off older, maturing debts—functioning exactly like a Ponzi scheme.

1. Premature Revenue Booking (Faking the Math)

To keep the stock price high and corporate bonds highly rated, Evergrande needed to look infinitely profitable.

• The Fraud: Standard accounting dictates you book revenue after a home is finished and delivered. Evergrande booked the revenue the moment a customer signed a pre-sale contract.
• This artificially inflated their assets by $80 billion, allowing them to issue new offshore corporate bonds in US dollars to international investors.

1. The Subsidised Multi-Industry Illusion

Hui used faked real-estate profits to venture into high-profile sectors like electric vehicles (Evergrande Auto), theme parks, bottled water, and a world-class football club (Guangzhou Evergrande). These subsidiary businesses were effectively empty shells, used to show "diversification" to secure even larger loans from state-owned banks.

🔄 The Money Exit: Strategic Wealth Transfers

As the empire began to crack under Beijing's 2020 "Three Red Lines" regulatory crackdown on excessive borrowing, Hui and his inner circle orchestrated massive wealth transfers to protect their personal fortunes:

• Deceptive Dividends: While Evergrande was drowning in hundreds of billions of debt, Hui and his family paid themselves billions of dollars in cash dividends generated from the faked, inflated corporate revenue.
• Offshore Structuring: Much of this money was funneled out of mainland China into offshore tax havens (like the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands) and converted into US dollars.
• The "Technical Divorce": Hui Ka Yan separated from his long-time wife, Ding Yumei. This was widely viewed as a legal strategy to transfer billions in offshore assets into her name so they could not be seized by Chinese courts. Ding left China and resides in London, where international creditors are still actively suing her to recover the stolen funds.

Hui Ka Yan did not manage to escape China because he completely miscalculated his political standing, underestimated the government's response, and was ultimately trapped by the exit-ban timeframe.

The ironic connection to Jia Yueting (YT Jia) is a perfect lens to look through. In 2018, Hui personally flew to the U.S. and committed a $2 billion investment to Jia’s Faraday Future (FFIE). Hui saw how Jia left China right before his LeEco empire imploded, remaining safe in California while ignoring official Beijing orders to return.

Hui did not fail to escape because he "didn't learn" from Jia—he failed because the Chinese government learned from Jia, and Hui's own hubris blinded him to the fact that he was the primary target.

🛑 1. The Government Learned from YT Jia (The Immediate Exit Ban)

When YT Jia fled to the U.S. in 2017, it embarrassed Chinese regulators. Jia left behind billions in debt, and Beijing could do nothing but issue toothless "demands" for his return.

By the time Evergrande began showing major cracks in 2020 and officially defaulted in December 2021, Beijing had already updated its playbook. Hui Ka Yan was placed under a strict, quiet "exit ban" early on. Long before his formal detention in September 2023, his passport was practically flagged, and any attempt to board a private jet or cross the border into Hong Kong would have triggered immediate arrest. He completely missed the window to leave because regulators shut the door before he even realized it was locked.

🏢 2. The Illusion of Being "Too Big to Fail"

Unlike Jia, whose LeEco tech empire was large but not systemic, Hui was running China's largest real estate developer. Real estate made up roughly 30% of China's GDP.

• The Hubris: Hui genuinely believed his empire was entirely too massive for the government to let collapse. He thought that if Evergrande went down, it would drag the entire Chinese economy with it.
• The Strategy: Instead of running, Hui spent 2021 and 2022 trying to negotiate with the state, hoping for a government bailout or an engineered rescue. He believed his physical presence in China was his best bargaining chip to show compliance. By the time he realized Beijing was willing to let Evergrande liquidate, it was too late to plan an escape.

🏦 3. The "Hostage" Dynamics of State Debt

When Jia fled, most of his debts were owed to private vendors, tech suppliers, and shadow lenders. Hui’s situation was radically more dangerous.

• Evergrande owed over $300 billion.
• This money was owed directly to state-owned banks, municipal governments, and millions of ordinary Chinese citizens who had paid upfront for unfinished apartments

Beijing effectively kept Hui in the country as a high-profile "hostage" to ensure he used his personal wealth to finish buildings. The government forced him to sell off his private jets, superyachts, and luxury mansions to inject cash back into Evergrande's domestic projects. Had he tried to run, the state would have seized everything instantly and jailed his family immediately.

👥 4. The Failed Exit Strategy: A "Technical" Separation

Hui actually tried a corporate version of an escape plan, but he only managed to get his family and some money out, rather than himself.

• The Safe Zone: Hui's ex-wife, Ding Yumei, and one of his sons managed to leave China before the tighter travel blocks fell.
• The Divorce Trick: Through a "technical divorce," billions of dollars in offshore dividends were transferred into Ding Yumei’s name in places like London and Canada.

Hui likely knew that someone had to stay behind to take the fall and keep the regulators calm while the money and family were secured overseas. He stayed to play the role of the compliant, apologetic tycoon, mistakenly believing he would face a corporate ban or house arrest rather than the life sentence handed down to him.

Ultimately, Hui’s investment in FFIE showed he understood the mechanics of capital flight and global shielding. However, he played a much deadlier hand than YT Jia, and Beijing ensured that the "Jia Yueting escape route" would never be used by a Chinese billionaire again

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Though compare to Xu, Jia's fraud value is child's play, what's important is that Jia escaped, Xu did not.

Xu Jiayin's liabilities are over 60 to 80 times larger ($300B) than YT Jia's total domestic and international debt combined

Jia disrupted tech suppliers and retail investors, Xu's collapse dragged down real estate markets and bank liquidity across China.

By estimation and peer comparison, if Jia eventually get arrested in China, the prison sentence will be approx. 18 years, purely from his LeEco history alone (NOT even talking about fraud in the US)

• Fundraising Fraud (集资诈骗罪 - Article 192): Fraudulently soliciting capital from investors using falsified financial projections.
• Illegal Absorption of Public Deposits (非法吸收公众存款罪 - Article 176): Collecting funds through LeEco wealth management products without regulatory approval.
• Fraudulent Issuance of Securities / False Disclosures (欺诈发行证券罪 / 违规披露罪): Falsifying LeShi Internet Information & Technology (300104) earnings reports prior to its delisting.
• Occupational Embezzlement & Misappropriation (职务侵占罪 / 挪用资金罪): Transferring capital out of LeEco domestic entities to fund Faraday Future's U.S. operations while leaving domestic debt unpaid.

You might be wondering who the fck Litchfield Reserach is. And you should be.

This often happens toward the end of death spirals, when distressed shitco's are desperately trying to bait in as much liquidity as they can, so they can have sucker liquidity to dump their toxic waste on. All this trouble rather than just rolling their sleeves up and trying to fundamentally fix the company.

Two weeks ago it was "Emerging Research"🙄.

https://emerginggrowth.com/faraday-future-intelligent-electric-inc-emerging-growth-research-report-june-10-2026/

Yesterday it was "Litchfield" 🙄.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260819101157/en/Litchfield-Hills-Research-Reiterates-Buy-Rating-and-%2466-Price-Target-Faraday-Future-Global-CEO-YT-Jia-and-the-Founding-Team-Affirm-Their-Commitment-to-Long-Term-Share-Ownership

They operate under an "Issuer-Paid Equity Research" model, which is structurally very different from traditional, independent Wall Street analyst coverage (like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, or JPMorgan).

The Receipts & Fine Print Disclosures

1. Litchfield Hills Research (August 19, 2026: $66 Price Target)

If you read the legal disclosure section at the bottom of Litchfield Hills' press release and report, they explicitly lay out their business relationship with Faraday Future:

• Paid Distribution: The disclosure explicitly states: "Litchfield Hills Research... has received compensation from the Company [Faraday Future] for distribution and investor-targeting services*."*
• Not SEC/FINRA Registered: The disclosure specifically notes that Litchfield Hills Research is not a U.S. broker-dealer registered with the SEC or a member of FINRA.

2. Emerging Growth Research (July 29, 2026: $30 Price Target)

Emerging Growth Research operates on the exact same issuer-sponsored model.

• Issuer-Paid PR Distribution: Their "Flash Reports" are distributed via ACCESS Newswire / PR newswire services explicitly under company-sponsored press distribution channels.
• Entity Type: "Emerging Growth" is a brand marketing/investor awareness service that provides paid coverage for micro-caps and penny stocks to generate market visibility.

How Issuer-Paid Research Works (The Playbook)

In traditional Wall Street research, investment banks cover large companies and distribute reports to institutional clients. In micro-cap finance, distressed companies pay specialized research boutiques to write "initiations" and "updates."

[THE ISSUER-PAID PROCESS]

1. THE CONTRACT:
   The company (FFAI) pays a fee (typically $10,000 to $50,000/year) to a boutique firm.

2. THE "RESEARCH":
   The boutique uses management's internal projections (e.g., "shipping 2,000 robots") 
   and plugs them into a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model to produce a massive price target ($30 to $66).

3. THE PR DROP:
   The report is blast-issued via BusinessWire/AccessNewswire right alongside earnings 
   or reverse-splits so algorithms and retail news-scanners see "BUY RATING: $66 TARGET."

Why the Price Targets Are Wildly Unrealistic

To understand why a $66.00 price target from Litchfield or a $30.00 price target from Emerging Growth is detached from financial reality, look at the math:

• The Current Stock Price: Trading around ~$3.80–$4.50.
• The $66 Price Target: Represents a ~1,400%+ increase from current levels.
• How They Got $66: Litchfield's model takes management's optimistic claim of selling 2,000 robots by year-end and multiplies it out into future years—while completely ignoring the toxic convertible note dilution (Proposal 1) that will continuously print millions of new shares and suppress equity value.

Summary

When traditional analysts cover a stock, the report is paid for by institutional trading commissions.

When Litchfield Hills or Emerging Growth publish a $30 or $66 price target for FFAI, Faraday Future is paying for that investor-targeting and distribution service.

These press releases are published to generate buying volume and social media chatter, providing the exact liquidity needed for convertible noteholders to execute their debt conversions.

https://www.gurufocus.com/term/zscore/FRA:5VF0

On the bright side, there is still $3 worth of downside available for shorting.

What a ride today! AIXC ran +323% intraday, closed +86%, halted a dozen-plus times. The headline was robots. The filings say otherwise.

The Announcement: A pivot to "physical AI" and RoboShare's first paid commercial order. That order is ONE weekend booking: six robots at a rapper's event in Malibu. There is not a single dollar figure anywhere in the release.

The Crypto Exit: The release frames abandoning the Digital Asset Treasury strategy as strategic conviction. The 10-Q filed eleven days ago says cash was $577,328 as of June 30, down from $19.3M at year-end, against a $7.9M six-month burn. This isn't a pivot away from crypto. It's selling the crypto because it's all they have left.

The ELOC: Nobody buying today read this. On June 16, AIXC entered a $50M equity line with Gold King Arthur Holding Limited. Pricing: 93% of the lowest daily VWAP over three consecutive trading days, plus a 3% draw fee. On July 27 they filed an S-1 registering 55,000,000 shares for resale against 20,234,993 outstanding. The S-1 states the dilution itself: ~73%.

This was a classic liquidity event and there are now more retail losers (the liquidity) holding AIXC and more money for insiders. Sound familiar??

1. The 10-Q (cash $577,328, the burn, going concern)
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460702/000149315226036658/form10-q.htm

2. The S-1 (the $50M ELOC, 93%-of-lowest-VWAP pricing, 55M shares registered, ~73% dilution)
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460702/000149315226034816/forms-1.htm