KIDZ AI Secures New Financing to Advance KIDZBot Physical AI Robotics Ecosystem

• Establishes dedicated obotics subsidia y, Classove Robix I c., to build a full obotics ecosystem spa i g p op ieta y softwa e, cu iculum, teache t ai i g, a d multi-OEM ha dwa e pa t e ships.
• Begi i g to e gage with atio wide high school etwo ks, add essi g a pote tial U.S. ma ket of 16 millio stude ts
• Selected to p ese t o “F om AI Tools to Outcome-D ive Lea i g Systems” at the 2026 AI i Educatio Co fe e ce this Decembe

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswi e / Septembe 18, 2026 / KIDZ AI I c. (NASDAQ:KIDZ)(NASDAQ:KIDZW) (“KIDZ AI” o the “Compa y”), a leadi g p ovide of live o li e lea i g a d AI-powe ed educatio solutio s, today a ou ced that it has secu ed $1.9 millio i fu di g th ough its p eviously a ou ced $500 millio Se io Secu ed Co ve tible Note fi a ci g facility, befo e deducti g placeme t age t fees a d othe offe i g expe ses (the “Fi a ci g”).

The et p oceeds a e expected to suppo t the expa sio of ma ufactu i g capacity a d comme cial deployme t of KIDZBot, the Compa y’s p op ieta y Physical AI educatio al obotics platfo m, as well as the co ti ued expa sio of its b oade ecosystem, followi g its u veili g a d ecog itio as a fi alist at the 2026 EdTechX Awa ds.

Alo gside the Fi a ci g, KIDZ AI a ou ced the fo matio of Classove Robix I c., a dedicated ope ati g subsidia y focused o embodied AI ha dwa e developme t, OEM pa t e ships, a d i stitutio al campus dist ibutio .

Buildi g the KIDZBot Educatio Ecosystem:

• KIDZBot Applicatio (A d oid Completed, iOS i Developme t): The Compa y has developed two dedicated applicatio s, Kidzqbot a d Kidzb icks, suppo ti g its obotics a d Physical AI educatio i itiatives. The A d oid ve sio s of both applicatio s a e cu e tly ope atio al, while the iOS ve sio s a e u de developme t. Both applicatio s p ovide visual block codi g, ROS i te faces, a d AI-powe ed lea i g a d expe ime tatio .
• P op ieta y Cu iculum: The Compa y is developi g a KIDZBot cu iculum focused o obotics, codi g, ha ds-o lea i g, a d p actical applicatio s of Physical AI.
• Educato T ai i g: The Compa y is also developi g t ai i g a d o boa di g mate ials to help educato s i t oduce KIDZBot a d obotics-based lea i g i class oom setti gs.

Explo i g B oade Ha dwa e Pa t e ships:

• Th ough Classove Robix I c., the Compa y i te ds to explo e OEM/ODM pa t e ships with obotics ha dwa e ma ufactu e s a d tech ology develope s to expa d its obotics po tfolio.
• Pote tial a eas i clude huma oid obots, obotic a ms, quad uped obots, a d wheeled auto omous platfo ms that could compleme t the Compa y’s softwa e a d educatio al p og ams.

E gagi g Existi g Use s a d Educatio al Netwo ks:

• The Compa y has begu i t oduci g KIDZBot to its egiste ed use s, p ovidi g a i itial cha el to e gage stude ts a d families i te ested i obotics a d Physical AI educatio .
• The Compa y has also begu e gagi g with educatio al pa t e s a d multi-state high school etwo ks to explo e pote tial oppo tu ities fo class oom a d i stitutio al deployme t of KIDZBot.

Acco di g to official data f om the Natio al Ce te fo Educatio Statistics (NCES), the U ited States has mo e tha 27,000 public a d p ivate seco da y schools, se vi g mo e tha 16 millio high school stude ts. As schools co ti ue to expa d ha ds-o STEM a d AI educatio , the e is g owi g i te est i accessible obotics platfo ms that ca be used i class oom setti gs. KIDZBot is bei g developed as a ha dwa e a d softwa e platfo m desig ed to suppo t obotics, codi g, a d ha ds-o Physical AI lea i g fo seco da y stude ts.

Academic Recog itio & Co fe e ce P ese tatio

The Compa y also a ou ced that its p ese tatio p oposal, titled “F om AI Tools to Outcome-D ive Lea i g Systems,” has bee accepted fo p ese tatio at the 2026 AI i Educatio Co fe e ce, scheduled to take place i Decembe 2026. Selected fo the co fe e ce’s Poste Sessio , KIDZ AI will p ese t its wo k o i teg ati g Physical AI a d outcome-d ive lea i g app oaches i to ha ds-o educatio al expe ie ces.

“Secu i g this $1.9 millio of additio al fi a ci g a d establishi g Classove Robix I c. ep ese ts a impo ta t step i the Compa y’s co ti ued developme t,” said Stepha ie Luo, CEO of KIDZ AI. “We a e focused o buildi g a p actical obotics educatio ecosystem a ou d KIDZBot, combi i g ha dwa e, softwa e, cu iculum, a d educato suppo t. With ou A d oid applicatio fully ope atio al a d the iOS ve sio cu e tly i developme t, we a e co ti ui g to expa d the KIDZBot platfo m. Togethe with ou egiste ed use base, o goi g discussio s with educatio al etwo ks, a d b oade obotics developme t effo ts, we see oppo tu ities to b i g ha ds-o Physical AI lea i g to mo e stude ts a d schools.”

Additio al details ega di g the te ms of the Se io Secu ed Co ve tible Note was p ovided i the Compa y’s Cu e t Repo t o Fo m 8-K filed with the U.S. Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio (SEC) o Septembe 17, 2026.

About KIDZ AI I c.

KIDZ AI I c. (NASDAQ:KIDZ)(NASDAQ:KIDZW) is a AI-d ive educatio tech ology compa y developi g p op ieta y lea i g systems that combi e a tificial i tellige ce, AI age ts a d obotics. The Compa y is also pu sui g oppo tu ities i AI compute i f ast uctu e, GPU cloud platfo ms a d elated data-ce te ecosystems.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme ts

This p ess elease co tai s “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” withi the mea i g of the safe ha bo p ovisio s of the U.S. P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e eithe histo ical facts o assu a ces of futu e pe fo ma ce. I stead, they a e based o ly o KIDZ AI’s cu e t beliefs, expectatio s a d assumptio s ega di g the futu e of KIDZ AI’s busi ess, futu e pla s a d st ategies, p ojectio s, a ticipated eve ts a d t e ds, the eco omy a d othe futu e co ditio s. Because fo wa d-looki g stateme ts elate to the futu e, they a e subject to i he e t u ce tai ties, isks a d cha ges i ci cumsta ces that a e difficult to p edict a d ma y of which a e outside of KIDZ AI’s co t ol i cludi g, but ot limited to: KIDZ AI’s ability to execute its busi ess model, i cludi g obtai i g ma ket accepta ce of its p oducts a d se vices; KIDZ AI’s fi a cial a d busi ess pe fo ma ce, i cludi g fi a cial p ojectio s a d busi ess met ics a d a y u de lyi g assumptio s the eu de ; KIDZ AI’s ability to obtai a d deploy the GPUs a d elated equipme t ecessa y to pe fo m its obligatio s u de existi g ag eeme ts a d achieve its goals a d expected esults; KIDZ AI’s ability to mai tai the listi g of its secu ities o Nasdaq; cha ges i KIDZ AI’s st ategy, futu e ope atio s, fi a cial positio , estimated eve ue a d losses, p ojected costs, p ospects a d pla s; KIDZ AI’s ability to att act a d etai a la ge umbe of custome s; KIDZ AI’s futu e capital equi eme ts a d sou ces a d uses of cash; KIDZ AI’s ability to att act a d etai key pe so el; KIDZ AI’s expectatio s ega di g its ability to obtai a d mai tai i tellectual p ope ty p otectio a d ot i f i ge o the ights of othe s; cha ges i applicable laws o egulatio s; isks associated with i te atio al ope atio s, i cludi g political, egulato y, cu e cy a d e fo ceme t isks; a d the possibility that KIDZ AI may be adve sely affected by othe eco omic, busi ess, a d/o competitive facto s. These isks a d u ce tai ties also i clude those isks a d u ce tai ties i dicated i KIDZ AI’s fili gs with the SEC. KIDZ AI’s actual esults a d fi a cial co ditio may diffe mate ially f om those i dicated i the fo wa d-looki g stateme ts. The efo e, you should ot ely o a y of these fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.

A y fo wa d-looki g stateme t made by KIDZ AI i this p ess elease is based o ly o i fo matio cu e tly available to KIDZ AI a d speaks o ly as of the date o which it is made. KIDZ AI u de takes o obligatio to publicly update a y fo wa d-looki g stateme t, whethe w itte o o al, that may be made f om time to time, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e developme ts o othe wise, except as equi ed by law.

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