Q1 revenues increased 412% year over year, driven by AI Nose products

Delivers strong turnaround from gross loss to gross profit in Q1

AI Nose gains traction beyond healthcare with strategic partnerships in robotics and semiconductor sectors

VELDONA® program advances with TFDA and IRB Approvals for two clinical trials in Taiwan

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / May 12, 2025 / Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIMD)(NASDAQ: AIMDW) ("Ainos", or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Chun-Hsien (Eddy) Tsai, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Ainos, commented, "Q1 2025 represents a significant step forward in advancing our long-term strategy to build a differentiated healthcare and technology company powered by scent digitization, AI-enhanced diagnostics and innovative therapeutics. Revenues increased 412% year over year, primarily driven by sales of AI Nose products for elderly care under the Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc. ("NISD") co-development project. This performance is a testament to the growing commercial viability of our proprietary AI Nose technology in healthcare."

"While our AI Nose technology has a deep root in healthcare use-case, we are expanding the application scope into the robotics and industrial sectors. We've made rapid progress in establishing strategic partnerships, including collaborations with a leading Japanese service robot developer to embed AI Nose into robots, and with the world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing provider to deploy AI Nose in semiconductor manufacturing environments. "

"Rising AI integration across industries validates our strategic direction. The global electronic nose market is projected to grow from $29.8 billion in 2025 to $76.5 billion by 2032. Demand is rising across healthcare, environmental, and industrial sectors-precisely where our AI Nose is gaining traction. In the industrial space, industrial robot installment grew 10% year over year to 4.28 million units in 2024, with rising integration of AI and sensors-an environment where we believe AI Nose can play a critical role in adding olfactory intelligence to automation systems. In healthcare, our scent-based applications for early disease detection align with the AI healthcare market, expected to surpass $180 billion by 2030."

"The U.S. Treasury Secretary recently emphasized the need for American leadership in AI and quantum technologies. At Ainos, we share this vision. Our AI-powered electronic nose addresses one of the untapped frontiers in AI and robotics-smell. While machines can see and hear, olfaction remains the missing sense. By pioneering digital scent, Ainos is unlocking a vital layer of perception for the next generation of intelligent systems."

"As a U.S.-based innovator, we're focused on scaling AI-powered smelltech sensing with deep R&D, IP expansion, and strategic long-term growth. While our first-quarter revenue grew from a low base, it reflects early traction for our breakthrough technology. With the AI market projected to reach $1.81 trillion by 2030, we believe AI Nose will redefine machine-environment interaction and position Ainos as a leader in this emerging field."

"At the same time, we've reached key milestones in VELDONA®, our low-dose interferon therapeutics program, securing Taiwan Food and Drug Administration ("TFDA") approval for initiating a clinical trial targeting HIV oral warts, and Institutional Review Board ("IRB") clearance from Taipei Medical University for a clinical trial targeting primary Sjögren's syndrome. Our launch two trials in parallel is a further demonstration of our capital-efficient approach, operational discipline, and commitment to developing innovative, patient-friendly therapies for rare and underserved indications."

"Looking ahead, we remain focused on execution and strategic partnerships that can accelerate commercialization and global reach. We are encouraged by the momentum we've built and the opportunities that lie ahead. We believe that our leading AI Nose technology and immunotherapy-combined with our agility and vision-position Ainos to unlock vast growth potential and deliver sustained shareholder value."

Christopher Lee, Chief Financial Officer of Ainos, remarked, "We saw the early financial benefits of our strategic shift in Q1. Thanks to our AI Nose products, revenues increased 412% year over year to $106,207. Cost of revenues declined 32% year over year to $18,233, resulting in gross profit of $87,974-marking a strong turnaround from gross loss of $6,025 in the previous year due to unique product compositions. Despite increased non-cash selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) on share-based compensation, our disciplined capital management enabled us to maintain operational efficiency with controlled spending, all while redirecting resources toward our programs with the most potential for growth. Looking into the quarters ahead, we will continue investing in research and development (R&D) to advance AI Nose and clinical trial progress in addition to evaluating the most optimal financing and partnership opportunities for supporting our core growth pillars alongside keeping financial flexibility."

Recent Business Developments

On April 30, 2025, Ainos formed a strategic partnership with ASE Chung Li ("ASECL"), a key site of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE), the world's leading provider of semiconductor assembly and test services. This partnership entails Ainos and ASECL to explore deploying the AI Nose across semiconductor manufacturing scenarios for improved real-time air quality monitoring, predictive maintenance, energy efficiency, precision process control, and yield optimization.

On April 21, 2025, Ainos announced the successful installation of its proprietary AI Nose olfaction module on a robot developed by ugo, Inc. ("ugo"), Japan's leading service robotics company. This installation marks a major milestone in multisensory robotics, paving the way for real-world applications. The Company and ugo are now entering the next phase of critical development, focusing on user interface (UI) design and backend control system integration and tuning of sensory parameters and response logic, expected to be completed within 2 to 4 weeks.

On April 14, 2025, Ainos secured approval from TFDA clearance for initiating clinical trials using its next-generation VELDONA® formulation for treating HIV-related oral warts. The Company also received IRB clearance from Taipei Medical University for a clinical trial targeting primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) with VELDONA® formulation.

On March 11, 2025, the Company formed a strategic partnership with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., the world's largest provider of semiconductor packaging and testing services. The collaboration aims to transform semiconductor manufacturing by incorporating Ainos' patented AI Nose technology to analyze airborne chemicals into "Smell IDs," thereby enhancing process efficiency, environmental safety, and ESG compliance.

On March 5, 2025, the Company entered a strategic partnership with ugo, Inc., Japan's leading service robotics provider, to integrate its AI Nose technology into ugo's robotic platform. This collaboration introduces olfactory perception to robots, enabling AI-driven scent detection for deployment across healthcare, industrial, and public security sectors-addressing labor shortages with intelligent automation.

On January 27, 2025, the Company announced that it had received a key invention patent in Japan for its oral interferon formulation, VELDONA®, targeting the treatment and prevention of coronavirus infections. With this grant, Ainos strengthens its global IP portfolio and advances its commercialization plans in the $16 billion global coronavirus therapeutics market.

On January 13, 2025, Ainos announced its revolutionary AI Nose for robotics application and invited robotics companies worldwide to join the Ainos Alliance.Powered by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) gas sensors, AI Nose is redefining robotic interaction with various environments-unlocking transformative applications for the industrial, healthcare, and consumer sectors.

About Ainos, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Ainos, Inc. develops disruptive medical and healthcare solutions based on its proprietary AI Nose and VELDONA® technologies. The name "Ainos" combines "AI" and "Nose" to signify the Company's commitment to enabling AI with the ability to smell and individuals to live healthier. The Company's clinical-stage product pipeline includes AI-driven, telehealth-friendly POCT solutions powered by AI Nose, VELDONA® human and animal oral therapeutics, and human orphan drugs. To learn more, visit https://www.ainos.com. Follow Ainos on X, formerly known as Twitter, (@AinosInc) and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date.

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