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Webull reports another strong quarter of growth, marked by record trading volumes, increased customer assets, and strong net deposits. Webull continues to invest in strategic priorities, including enhanced offerings for its active traders, international expansion, and building its institutional business.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL) (“Webull” or the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“I’m proud to report a record second quarter for Webull, highlighted by our successful implementation of updated active trader functionality following the June 4 elimination of the Pattern Day Trader Rule,” said Anthony Denier, Group President and U.S. CEO. “Webull’s advanced technology platform enabled eligible customers to fully leverage the new trading environment from day one, contributing to record trading volumes and strong customer engagement. We also made significant progress in executing on our 2026 roadmap, including expanding our AI capabilities with the launch of Vega Analyst, extending our global footprint, and scaling our institutional business. We believe these investments are strengthening Webull’s position as a leading platform for active traders seeking access to investment opportunities across global markets and asset classes.”

“Q2 was the best quarter in Webull’s history, with record revenue of $198.8 million, up 51% year-over-year and 24% sequentially,” said H.C. Wang, Chief Financial Officer of Webull. “Adjusted operating profit reached $62.6 million, representing a 31.5% operating margin, while adjusted net income was $43.2 million. These results demonstrate the operating leverage inherent in our platform and the potential for further margin expansion.”

Second Quarter Results

Financial Results                                                                                                                                

Total revenues increased 51% year-over-year to $198.8 million.Trading-related revenue increased 66% year-over-year to $147.7 million.Total operating expenses increased 13% year-over-year, primarily driven by higher brokerage and transaction costs associated with rapid growth in trading volumes as well as product expansion, offset by lower share-based compensation expense.Adjusted operating expenses increased 26% year-over-year to $136.2 million.Income before income taxes totaled $34.7 million for the quarter, compared to a loss before taxes of $21.4 million for the prior year comparative quarter. The increase of $56.1 million in income was primarily due to total revenues growing 51%, which outpaced the 13% increase in total operating expenses.Adjusted operating profit totaled $62.6 million for the quarter, compared to $23.3 million for the prior year comparative quarter.Adjusted operating profit per share – basic and diluted was $0.12, compared with a basic and diluted adjusted operating profit per share of $0.05 in the prior year comparative quarter.Net income attributable to the Company was $24.4 million for the quarter, compared to a net loss of $28.3 million for the prior year comparative quarter.Adjusted net income increased to $43.2 million for the quarter, compared to $15.4 million for the prior year comparative quarter.Net income per ordinary share – basic and diluted was $0.05 and $0.04 per share, respectively, compared to basic and diluted loss per ordinary share of $1.20 per share for the prior year comparative quarter.Share Repurchase Program – During the quarter, the Company repurchased and cancelled 1,820,788 Class A ordinary shares at an average repurchase price of $6.03.

Operating Results

Customer assets (AUM) totaled $28.5 billion, representing 79% year-over-year growth, driven by net deposits which grew 7% year-over-year.Registered users increased 13% year-over-year to 28.2 million users.Funded accounts increased to 5.13 million, representing 8% year-over-year growth.Equity notional volume grew to $279 billion, representing a 73% year-over-year increase and an increase of 7% from the previous quarter.Options contracts volume grew to 213 million, a 68% year-over-year increase and an increase of 34% from the previous quarter.DARTs increased to 1.6 million, representing 62% year-over-year growth.

Company Highlights

Successfully implemented updated active trader functionality for all eligible customers following the elimination of the Pattern Day Trader Rule, contributing to record quarterly trading volumes.Vega AI added approximately 160,000 new users during the quarter, bringing total active users to approximately 480,000.Expanded Model Context Protocol (“MCP”) to support natural-language research, tool-building and trade execution through leading AI models.Introduced paper trading capabilities to achieve parity with live trading across asset classes, providing users with the ability to test and refine trading strategies.Continued international expansion with the launch of Webull in Spain, Argentina, and Colombia. Webull is now licensed across 35 markets globally and operates trading activities in 18 markets.International funded accounts grew to approximately 810,000.Announced the acquisition of Pi Securities in Thailand, expanding Webull’s presence in Asia-Pacific where customer assets now exceed $5 billion.Expanded Webull’s B2B offering with access to futures and prediction markets, and partnered with Monark Markets to provide accredited investors access to late-stage private companies through special purpose vehicles.

Conference Call Information 

Webull will host a conference call to discuss its results at 5:00 p.m. E.T. today, August 19, 2026. The conference call can be accessed at https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=y93ulpXT or participants may dial 1-844-744-1431 (U.S.) or 1-412-564-6518 (international).

Following the call, a replay and transcript will be available on the Company’s website at www.webullcorp.com/investor-relations, as well as the earnings press release and accompanying slide presentation.

About Webull Corporation 

Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL) owns and operates Webull, a leading digital investment platform built on next-generation global infrastructure and AI technologies. Through its global network of licensed brokerages, Webull offers investment services in 18 markets across North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Webull serves more than 28 million registered users globally, providing retail and institutional investors with 24/7 access to global financial markets. Users can put investment strategies to work by trading global stocks, ETFs, options, futures, fractional shares, and digital assets through Webull’s trading platform, which seamlessly integrates market data and information, its user community, and investor education resources. Learn more at www.webullcorp.com. You may also access certain information on Webull and its securities on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at http://www.sec.gov, where Webull will, among others, be filing reports, such as Reports on Form 6-K and its Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Contacts

For Investors
ir@webullcorp.com 

For Media
5W Public Relations
Nicholas Koulermos
Webull@5wpr.com
(212) 999-5585

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating profit per share, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating expenses, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures, to evaluate our operating results and for financial and operational decision-making purposes. Adjusted operating profit represents income from continuing operations, before income taxes, excluding share-based compensation expenses, one-time transactions, and other expense (income), net. Adjusted operating profit per share represents adjusted operating profit divided by our weighted average shares outstanding on a basic and diluted basis. Adjusted net income represents net income attributable to the Company, excluding share-based compensation expenses, foreign currency transaction gains and losses, and one-time transactions. Adjusted operating expenses represent total operating expenses, excluding share-based compensation expenses and one-time transactions.

We believe that adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating profit per share, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating expenses help identify underlying trends in our business that could otherwise be distorted by the effect of certain expenses that we include in income before income taxes, net income, and total operating expenses. We believe that adjusted operating profit, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating expenses provide useful information about our operating results, enhances the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects and allows for greater visibility with respect to key metrics used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making.

Adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating profit per share, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating expenses should not be considered in isolation or construed as an alternative to income before income taxes, earnings per share, net income attributable to the Company, and total operating expenses or any other measure of performance or as an indicator of our operating performance. Investors are encouraged to compare the historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating profit per share, adjusted net income, and adjusted operating expenses presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to our data. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety and not rely on a single financial measure.

For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned “Unaudited Quarterly Reconciliations of Non-GAAP and GAAP Financial Measures” set forth at the end of this press release.

Definitions

“Customer assets” refer to the sum of the fair value of all equities, ETFs, options, warrants, futures, digital assets and cash held by customers in their Webull brokerage accounts, net of customer margin balances, as of the record date. While customer assets are significantly impacted by mark-to-market valuations of customers’ investments and digital holdings, we consider customer assets an important metric as growth in customer assets generally leads to an increase in trading volumes and revenue.

“DARTs” refer to daily average revenue trades, which is the number of customer trades executed during a given period divided by the number of trading days in that period. DARTs provide us information on how active our customers trade.  A limitation of this metric is that it does not capture the size of the trade and revenue per trade varies significantly depending on size and type of trades.

“Equity notional volume” refers to the aggregate dollar value (purchase price or sale price as applicable) of trades executed over a specified period of time. Equity notional volume directly drives our equities trading revenue, as we earn payment for order flow or commissions for customers’ equities trades based on a percentage of notional value. However, equity notional volume is highly sensitive to market conditions in the short-term which makes predicting our equity trading revenue with precision difficult.

“Funded accounts” refer to Webull brokerage accounts into which the customer has made an initial deposit or money transfer, of any amount, whose account balance (which is measured as the fair value of assets in the customer’s account less the amount due from the customer) has not dropped to or below zero for 45 consecutive calendar days as of the record date. Funded accounts reflect unique customers, and multiple funded accounts by a single customer are counted as one funded account. Growth in our funded accounts provides insight as to the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and our ability to acquire monetizable customers. Funded accounts are positively correlated with, but are not determinative, of customer assets, trading volumes, and revenue.

“Options contracts volume” refers to the total number of options contracts bought or sold over a specified period of time. Options contracts volume directly drives our options trading revenue, as we earn payment for order flow or commissions for customers’ options trades on a per contract basis. However, options contracts volume is highly sensitive to market conditions in the short-term, which makes predicting our options trading revenue with precision difficult.

“Registered users” refer to those users who have registered on our platform but not necessarily have opened a brokerage account with one of our licensed broker-dealers. Growth in our registered users provides insight as to the popularity of the Webull App. While we do not generate revenue from registered users who do not have brokerage accounts with us, registering an account on the Webull App is the first step toward opening and funding a brokerage account with us.

 

 

Webull Corporation

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

June 30, 2026

December 31,
2025

(Unaudited)

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

701,621,304

$

653,188,906

Cash and cash equivalents segregated under federal and foreign requirements

1,224,069,199

1,537,119,275

Receivables from brokers, dealers, and clearing organizations

701,369,826

562,961,145

Receivables from customers, net

1,011,784,680

708,785,550

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

60,814,415

50,208,272

Customer-held fractional shares

223,802,727

172,309,953

Total current assets

3,923,462,151

3,684,573,101

Right-of-use assets

64,014,634

64,357,655

Property and equipment, net

41,473,511

35,894,855

Intangible assets, net

54,269,690

55,434,567

Goodwill

25,066,700

30,264,138

Deferred tax assets

3,450,909

9,346,987

Other non-current assets

1,000,000

1,000,000

Total non-current assets

189,275,444

196,298,202

Total assets

$

4,112,737,595

$

3,880,871,303

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

Payables due to customers

$

2,877,895,236

$

2,667,837,626

Payables due to brokers, dealers, and clearing organizations

1,632,515

3,481,115

Lease liabilities – current portion

3,497,320

3,611,195

Accounts payable and other accrued expenses

97,610,615

102,183,377

Revolving credit facility

17,611,040

Unsecured promissory notes

50,000,000

Total current liabilities

3,048,246,726

2,777,113,313

Lease liabilities – non-current portion

7,624,608

8,911,821

Unsecured promissory notes

65,000,000

Deferred tax liabilities

13,193,834

13,366,222

Total non-current liabilities

20,818,442

87,278,043

Total liabilities

3,069,065,168

2,864,391,356

Commitments and Contingencies

Shareholders’ equity

Class A ordinary shares ($0.00001 par value; 4,000,000,000 shares authorized,
446,769,891 and 445,905,406 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026,
respectively; and 440,715,769 and 439,591,284 shares issued and outstanding as
of December 31, 2025, respectively)

4,459

4,396

Class B ordinary shares ($0.00001 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized,
83,859,005 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31,
2025)

839

839

Treasury shares (864,485 and 1,124,485 shares as of June 30, 2026 and December
31, 2025, respectively)

Additional paid in capital

3,207,257,664

3,192,952,827

Accumulated deficit

(2,175,548,251)

(2,178,189,845)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

11,817,455

1,524,496

Total shareholders’ equity

1,043,532,166

1,016,292,713

Noncontrolling interest

140,261

187,234

Total equity

1,043,672,427

1,016,479,947

Total liabilities and total equity

$

4,112,737,595

$

3,880,871,303

 

 

Webull Corporation

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the Three Months Ended June
30,

For the Six Months Ended June
30,

2026

2025

2026

2025

Revenues

Equity and option order flow rebates

$

112,961,852

$

68,688,838

$

197,354,691

$

132,800,020

Interest related income

42,752,379

36,286,533

82,802,757

67,426,597

Handling charge income

34,780,092

20,105,503

61,192,834

37,652,513

Other revenues

8,336,757

6,412,476

17,408,814

10,983,055

Total revenues

198,831,080

131,493,350

358,759,096

248,862,185

Operating expenses

Brokerage and transaction

44,348,662

34,800,716

82,741,802

58,046,172

Technology and development

22,157,376

19,140,449

46,018,198

36,065,341

Marketing and branding

35,046,209

30,300,834

84,457,375

53,291,872

General and administrative

51,823,929

50,976,724

102,465,372

84,597,444

Total operating expenses

153,376,176

135,218,723

315,682,747

232,000,829

Other expense, net

10,768,430

17,659,796

21,200,591

18,749,213

Income (loss) before income taxes

34,686,474

(21,385,169)

21,875,758

(1,887,857)

Provision for income taxes

10,343,085

6,999,777

19,270,241

13,558,002

Net income (loss)

24,343,389

(28,384,946)

2,605,517

(15,445,859)

Less net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

(20,935)

(110,919)

(36,077)

(257,639)

Net income (loss) attributable to the Company

24,364,324

(28,274,027)

2,641,594

(15,188,220)

Preferred shares redemption value accretion

(21,702,737)

Fair value of ordinary shares issued to
preferred shareholders

(513,080,828)

(513,080,828)

Fair value of ordinary share warrants issued to
preferred shareholders

(15,600,000)

(15,600,000)

Excess carrying value of preferred shares repurchased

38,093,537

38,093,537

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary
shareholders

$

24,364,324

$

(518,861,318)

$

2,641,594

$

(527,478,248)

Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary
shareholders

Basic

$

0.05

$

(1.20)

$

0.00

$

(1.84)

Diluted

$

0.04

$

(1.20)

$

0.00

$

(1.84)

Weighted-average shares outstanding

Basic

530,642,516

431,390,035

528,397,409

286,155,488

Diluted

542,622,870

431,390,035

543,513,592

286,155,488

Net income (loss)

$

24,343,389

$

(28,384,946)

$

2,605,517

$

(15,445,859)

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

Change in cumulative foreign currency translation
adjustment

4,603,428

9,212,371

10,282,063

10,954,020

Other comprehensive income

4,603,428

9,212,371

10,282,063

10,954,020

Comprehensive income (loss)

28,946,817

(19,172,575)

12,887,580

(4,491,839)

Less comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling
interest

(20,935)

(110,919)

(36,077)

(257,639)

Less foreign currency translation adjustment
attributable to noncontrolling interest

(6,894)

12,414

(10,896)

(15,713)

Preferred shares redemption value accretion

(21,702,737)

Fair value of ordinary shares issued to
preferred shareholders

(513,080,828)

(513,080,828)

Fair value of ordinary share warrants issued to 
preferred shareholders

(15,600,000)

(15,600,000)

Excess carrying value of preferred shares repurchased

38,093,537

38,093,537

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to
   ordinary shareholders

$

28,974,646

$

(509,661,361)

$

12,934,553

$

(516,508,515)

 

 

Webull Corporation
Unaudited Quarterly Reconciliation of Non-GAAP and GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted Operating Expenses Reconciliation

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

For the Six Months Ended
June 30,

2025

2026

2025

2026

Total operating expenses (GAAP)

$

135,218,723

$

153,376,176

$

232,000,829

$

315,682,747

Less: Share-based compensation

26,969,402

17,135,196

35,038,447

34,336,772

Adjusted operating expenses (Non-
GAAP)

$

108,249,321

$

136,240,980

$

196,962,382

$

281,345,975

 

 

Adjusted Operating Profit Reconciliation

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

For the Six Months Ended
June 30,

2025

2026

2025

2026

Income (loss) before income taxes

$

(21,385,169)

$

34,686,474

$

(1,887,857)

$

21,875,758

Add: Other expense (income), net

17,659,796

10,768,430

18,749,213

21,200,591

Add: Share-based compensation

26,969,402

17,135,196

35,038,447

34,336,772

Adjusted operating profit (Non-GAAP)

$

23,244,029

$

62,590,100

$

51,899,803

$

77,413,121

Adjusted operating profit per share
   (Non-GAAP) – basic

$

0.05

$

0.12

$

0.18

$

0.15

Adjusted operating profit per share
   (Non-GAAP) – diluted

$

0.05

$

0.12

$

0.16

$

0.14

Weighted-average shares outstanding –
   basic

431,390,035

530,642,516

286,155,488

528,397,409

Weighted-average shares outstanding –
   diluted

473,431,087

542,622,870

325,521,525

543,513,592

 

 

Adjusted Net Income Reconciliation

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

For the Six Months Ended
June 30,

2025

2026

2025

2026

Net income (loss) attributable to the
   Company (GAAP)

$

(28,274,027)

$

24,364,324

$

(15,188,220)

$

2,641,594

Add: Share-based compensation

26,969,402

17,135,196

35,038,447

34,336,772

Add: Deferred tax impact of officer
   stock compensation and other items

(2,192,461)

5,845,761

Add: Foreign currency transaction losses
   (gains)

5,740,232

3,854,895

5,843,939

9,573,592

Add: Equity Offering Costs

10,976,693

10,976,693

Adjusted net income (Non-GAAP)

$

15,412,300

$

43,161,954

$

36,670,859

$

52,397,719

 

Contra Revenue Impact 

Most of our platform users are not considered customers under ASC 606, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), and promotional payments made to these platform users are accounted for as a marketing and branding expense. Conversely, for our platform users who have been determined to be customers under ASC 606, we account for these promotional payments as a reduction in revenue (i.e., “contra revenue”). The following presents how contra revenue impacted our revenues.

Quarterly Impact:

For the Three Months Ended
June 30,

For the Six Months Ended
June 30,

2025

2026

2025

2026

Contra revenue impact on:

Option handling fees

$

(1,440,872)

$

(4,196,056)

$

(1,559,413)

$

(8,189,029)

Platform and trading fees

(3,219,590)

(7,670,054)

(5,925,705)

(16,355,583)

Other income

(427,442)

(549,824)

(427,442)

(1,516,700)

Total contra revenue

$

(5,087,904)

$

(12,415,934)

$

(7,912,560)

$

(26,061,312)

 

Statement Regarding Unaudited Financial and Operational Information

The unaudited financial and operational information included in this press release is subject to potential adjustments and is based on the information available to management at this time. Potential adjustments to operational and consolidated financial information may be identified from work performed during Webull’s preparation of financial statements subsequent hereto or its year-end audit. Information may also be presented differently from the information included herein in the future. This could result in significant differences from the unaudited or other historical operational and financial information included herein.

Cautionary Note Regarding 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. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release or other statements of the Company made in connection herewith, including, for instance, statements as to business strategy and plans, future results of operations and financial position, planned products and services, objectives of management for future operations or strategies of the Company, market size and growth opportunities, competitive position and technological and market trends, are forward-looking statements. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including “anticipate,” “expect,” “suggests,” “plan,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential,” “seek,” “future,” “propose,” “continue,” “intend,” “estimates,” “targets,” “projects,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “forecast” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology although not all forward-looking statements contain such terminology.

All forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and forecasts and reflect the reasonable views, assumptions, expectations, and opinions of the Company and its management as of the date of this press release, and are therefore subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, some of which are not currently known to the Company and its management and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships and deepen engagement with users, customers and suppliers, and retain its management and key employees; (2) the reliance of key functions of the Company’s business on third-parties and the risk that the Company’s platform and systems rely on software and applications that are highly technical and may contain undetected errors that could result in unexpected network interruptions, failures, security breaches, or computer virus attacks; (3) the risks associated with the Company’s global operations and continued global expansion, including, but not limited to, the risks related to complex or constantly evolving political or regulatory environments that may result in substantial costs or require adverse changes to the Company’s business practices; (4) the Company’s estimates of expenses and costs, of profitability or of other operational and financial metrics as well as the Company’s expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of its products and service; (5) the Company’s reliance on trading related income, including payment for order flow (“PFOF”), and the risk of new regulation or bans on PFOF and similar practices; (6) the Company’s exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, rapidly changing interest rate environments, volatile prices of securities and digital assets and their respective trading volumes; (7) the Company’s reliance on a limited number of market makers and liquidity providers to generate a large portion of its revenues, and the negative impact of the loss of any of those market makers or liquidity providers; (8) the effects of competition in the Company’s industry and the Company’s need to constantly innovate and invest in new markets, products, technologies or services to retain, attract and deepen engagement with users; (9) changes in international trade policies and trade disputes that could result in tariffs, taxes or other protectionist measures adversely affecting our business; (10) risks related to general political, economic and business conditions globally and in jurisdictions where the Company operates; (11) risk of further actions taken by various government bodies in the United States that have made the Company the subject of inquiries and investigations relating to concerns about our connections to China; (12) the risk that the failure to protect customer data and privacy or to prevent security breaches relating to the Company’s platform could result in economic loss, damage to its reputation, deter customers from using its products and services, and expose it to legal penalties and liability; (13) the risks associated with incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into certain of our products and processes, including potential regulatory, operational, reputational, or compliance challenges; (14) risks related to the Company’s need as a regulated financial services company to develop and maintain effective compliance and risk management infrastructures as well as to maintain capital levels required by regulators and self-regulatory organizations; (15) the ability to meet, or continue to meet, stock exchange listing standards; (16) the possibility of adverse developments in pending or new litigation and regulatory investigations; (17) risks relating to our offering of event contracts or prediction market products in the United States, including potential changes in regulatory interpretations or enforcement priorities; (18) risks related to significant disruptions in the cryptocurrency market that negatively impacts user engagement with cryptocurrency trading on our platform; (19) political, regulatory or economic changes that affect cryptocurrencies, including changes in the governance of a cryptocurrency; (20) risks related to the offer and resale of our securities, such as dilution from the issuance of additional Class A ordinary shares upon the exercise of warrants, and increased volatility, or significant declines, in the price of our securities based on increased trading activity and the perception that sales of our securities may occur; (21) risks relating to the Company’s share repurchase program under which the Company may repurchase up to $100 million of its Class A ordinary shares, including that the program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time, and that the actual amount, timing and manner of any repurchases will depend on market conditions, share price, applicable legal requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors; and (22) other risks and uncertainties that are more fully described in filings made, or to be made, by the Company with the SEC, including in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s filings with the SEC, such as the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 9, 2026. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. Reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. There may be additional risks that the Company and its management presently do not know about or that the Company and its management currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In light of these factors, risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this press release may not occur, and any estimates, assumptions, expectations, forecasts, views or opinions set forth in this press release should be regarded as preliminary and for illustrative purposes only and accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

 

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The Apex Institute Reveals What Hiring Managers Actually Want in Cloud and AI Infrastructure Roles

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Job seekers spend most of their energy guessing what employers want. The people actually doing the hiring say the answer is simpler than most candidates think.

BOWIE, Md., Aug. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hiring managers filling cloud and AI infrastructure roles decide on four things: whether they trust you with a system that costs money when it breaks, whether you can explain a technical problem in plain language, whether you can point to real work you did, and how you behave when you do not know an answer. Skill only gets you past the first filter.

Most career advice is written from one side of the table. How to write a resume, how to answer interview questions, how to follow up. Almost none of it comes from the people actually deciding who gets hired.

That is the more useful conversation, says Tayo Lusi, founder of The Apex Institute. His training program tracks hiring patterns across cloud and infrastructure roles closely, and he says most candidates optimize for the wrong thing.

“Job seekers think hiring managers are looking for the smartest person in the room,” Tayo said. “Most of the time, they are looking for the person they trust the least to cause a problem at two in the morning.”

What do hiring managers actually decide on?

Four things, in roughly this order.

Trust. Would they hand you a system that costs real money and real downtime if it breaks.Communication. Can you explain a technical problem to someone who is not technical.Proof of real work. Can you point at something you built and say what problem it solved.Handling uncertainty. What you do when you hit something you do not know.

Does the most technically skilled candidate win?

Rarely. Skill is the entry fee, not the deciding factor.

Technical skill gets you through the first filter. It proves you can do the work at a baseline. Past that point the skill gap between finalists shrinks, and something else decides it.

That something else is trust. Hiring managers are not only asking whether you can build something. They are asking whether they want you paged at midnight when it goes down. If you want to know what to learn and in what order before any of this matters, the free Cloud Engineering Career Path Roadmap lays out the sequence.

Why does clear communication matter so much?

Because cloud and AI infrastructure roles are never isolated. You explain technical problems to non technical people, write documentation other engineers rely on, and stay calm describing what went wrong during an outage.

Candidates who can only speak in technical language raise a quiet red flag. Hiring managers read it as risk. If you cannot explain a problem clearly in an interview, they wonder how you will explain a production issue at 3 a.m. to a team already under pressure.

What counts as proof of real work?

A resume full of tool names says almost nothing. Everyone lists the same platforms and certifications. What separates candidates is pointing at something they built and explaining the problem it solved.

“A project with a clear before and after is worth more than five certifications,” Tayo said. “I have sat across from candidates who could not explain why the thing they built mattered. That is a bigger problem than not knowing enough tools.”

This is the common blind spot for graduates of traditional coding and IT programs. They finish with a list of completed lessons and no story about impact. Hiring managers notice that gap immediately.

Get the free Cloud Project Portfolio Blueprint and build the one project a hiring manager will actually ask about.

How should you handle not knowing an answer?

Say so, then explain how you would find out. That answer beats a confident guess almost every time.

Nobody walks in knowing a company’s specific systems, and hiring managers expect gaps. They are watching how you respond when you hit one. Someone who guesses confidently and gets it wrong is a bigger risk than someone honest about the gap, because in infrastructure work false confidence under pressure does more damage than missing knowledge.

Why are cloud and AI infrastructure roles harder to fill right now?

Because spending on this area is rising while hiring slows elsewhere. Roles sit open longer here than almost any other category in tech. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects continued growth across computer and information technology occupations through the decade, with demand concentrated near infrastructure and security.

That pressure does not lower the bar on trust and communication. It raises it, because a bad infrastructure hire is more expensive to unwind than almost any other role. And when you do reach the offer, the free Tech Salary Negotiation Scripts and the free Cloud Engineering Salary Benchmark cover what the role is worth and how to ask for it.

Can these qualities be taught?

That is the bet The Apex Institute is built on. Most programs teach the technical skill and leave the rest to the candidate. Here, communication, documented proof of work and how you handle uncertainty are part of the curriculum rather than an afterthought.

Students have reported more than $11 million in combined job offers across 41 people. Individual results vary and are not typical.

“We are not just trying to teach people cloud infrastructure,” Tayo said. “We are trying to teach people to think like the person on the other side of the interview table, because that is who decides whether they get hired.”

The longer term goal is bigger than any one cohort. The company aims to impact millions of lives globally, including future nonprofit initiatives in developing countries teaching foundational cloud and tech skills. The qualities hiring managers trust are not tied to a country or a background. They can be built anywhere.

How do you become the candidate they hire?

Stop trying to be the smartest person in the room. Be the one they trust with cloud and AI infrastructure roles at two in the morning.

Get the free Cloud Project Portfolio Blueprint and build proof instead of another certificate.

Book your free career strategy call and get an honest read on how you would interview today.

About The Apex Institute

The Apex Institute is an IT career training company that trains working professionals in cloud engineering, DevOps and AI infrastructure, helping them move into the roles employers are struggling to fill as AI adoption accelerates. Students have reported more than $11 million in job offers to date. Individual results vary and are not typical. Learn more at apexedu.io.

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Avidian Wealth Solutions Surpasses $6 Billion in Assets Under Management (as of date)

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The $6 billion milestone underscores more than two decades of growth for the independent, fiduciary-led firm.

HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Avidian Wealth Solutions, an independent SEC-registered investment advisor firm serving families throughout Texas and across the United States, has grown its total assets under management to more than $6 billion. The milestone continues a multi-year growth trajectory for the firm, which surpassed $4 billion in AUM in 2023.

“We remain focused on the same mission that has guided us from the start: helping the families we serve better consolidate and coordinate their financial lives and plan for their financial futures,” says Avidian CEO Luke Patterson.

Avidian’s growth over the past several years reflects an expanding footprint and a broadening suite of services, including financial planning, investment management, private fund opportunities, risk management, and endowment/foundation services, all delivered through a family office-style model. The firm has continued to add planners and CPAs to its team as it has grown.

“This milestone reflects the dedication of our team and the trust our clients place in us,” says Avidian CEO Luke Patterson. “We remain focused on the same mission that has guided us from the start: helping the families we serve better consolidate and coordinate their financial lives and plan for their financial futures.”

Moving forward, Avidian will stay committed to its service-driven approach, continuing to invest in its team and its offerings on behalf of the individuals and families it serves.

ABOUT AVIDIAN WEALTH SOLUTIONS

Avidian Wealth Solutions is a team of independent fiduciaries who are committed to meeting the unique needs and challenges of our clients. With a comprehensive and evolving suite of services including but not limited to financial planning, investment management, and insurance solutions, we strive to minimize risk through all aspects of our business, by understanding trends and planning strategically — while consistently maintaining our core values of trust, credibility, and transparency. For more information, visit Avidianwealth.com

For more information, please contact Justin King at 281-822-8802 or email justinking@avidianwealth.com.

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What If Your Selfie Became a Game? DREAMOSIS Turns You and Anything You Own Into a Collectible World

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DREAMOSIS is a new kind of mobile game where your selfie, everyday objects and real-world places become the building blocks of your own evolving collectible universe.

LONDON, Aug. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Take a selfie. Photograph anything around you. DREAMOSIS turns the combination into something that has never existed before — a unique digital Relic born from you and your world.

London-based Novifolium Ltd has launched DREAMOSIS, a mobile game built around a provocative idea:

What if the main character wasn’t designed by a game studio — because it was you?

Instead of entering somebody else’s predetermined universe, DREAMOSIS asks players to bring their own reality into the game.

Your face. Your possessions. The places you visit.

They become ingredients.

Take a selfie. Pick an object. See what you become.

The core experience starts with something almost everyone already does: taking a selfie.

Players combine a selfie + a photograph of virtually any object + a Dreamdrop discovered within DREAMOSIS.

Then the unexpected happens.

Those ingredients are transformed into a unique digital Relic that becomes part of the player’s collection.

A pair of sunglasses. A coffee cup. A souvenir found halfway around the world. Even something sitting forgotten on your desk.

If you can photograph it, it can become part of your DREAMOSIS world.

Because the ingredients come from the player, two people can play DREAMOSIS and emerge with radically different collections.

Dreamdrops hide parallel versions of the real world

Behind the selfie experience sits another layer: Dreamdrops.

Dreamdrops are collectible discoveries tied to parallel, imagined versions of real locations. Cities become explorable constellations of familiar landmarks, hidden places and unexpected curiosities — each reinterpreted through the DREAMOSIS universe.

A player exploring London, for example, might encounter Dreamdrops connected to places ranging from the British Museum and Highgate Cemetery to Little Venice, Portobello Road and the Barbican Conservatory — alongside more obscure locations waiting to be uncovered.

Some are visible. Others exist only as rumours until discovered.

But finding them is only the beginning.

The Dreamdrop becomes an ingredient. The player provides the selfie and the object. DREAMOSIS turns all three into something personal.

So a discovery associated with a real place can ultimately become a Relic that could belong to only one player.

This isn’t a game world. It’s your world, dreaming.

Traditional games create a universe and ask millions of people to enter it.

DREAMOSIS reverses that relationship.

It takes your face, your objects and echoes of places that actually exist and lets them collide inside a parallel collectible universe.

A journey can leave behind more than photographs.

A random possession can acquire another identity.

And a selfie can become the beginning of something that has never existed before.

The universe has already escaped the screen

DREAMOSIS doesn’t end as an app.

DREAMO — Novifolium’s physical collectible character series — was successfully backed on Kickstarter, demonstrating early interest in bringing the wider universe into physical form.

The relationship works in both directions: DREAMOSIS pulls people, objects and locations into its digital universe, while DREAMO brings characters from that creative world back into physical reality.

Together, the projects point toward a broader ambition:

A world that can move between person, place, screen and shelf.

What if the next entertainment universe is built from its audience?

Generative technology is changing how games, characters and digital worlds can be created.

DREAMOSIS asks a different question:

What happens when the player’s own face, possessions and experiences become the raw material?

Millions of players don’t have to experience exactly the same universe.

They can create millions of different ones.

One selfie. One object. One Dreamdrop. What will you become?

DREAMOSIS — The game doesn’t just give you a world. It dreams yours.

About DREAMOSIS

DREAMOSIS is a mobile interactive entertainment experience developed by Novifolium Ltd. Players combine selfies and photographs of real-world objects with collectible Dreamdrops connected to parallel interpretations of real locations, creating unique digital Relics and personal collections.

About DREAMO

DREAMO is Novifolium’s physical collectible character series. The project was successfully backed through Kickstarter and forms the physical collectible layer of the wider DREAMOSIS universe.

About Novifolium

Novifolium Ltd (Company No. 16788696) is a London-based company developing original entertainment, digital experiences and collectible intellectual property.

DREAMOSIS is available now on iOS and Android:
dreamosis.com/app

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