Ainos to Participate in Fireside Chat with Water Tower Research on January 26, 2026
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Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD / AIMDW) will participate in a fireside chat with Water Tower Research on Monday, January 26, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
The company will discuss its dual-engine SmellTech platform, partnership with Trusval Technology, progress scaling AI Nose technology toward commercial deployment, and strategic priorities for 2026. The event is listen-only and a replay will be posted under "Events" on Ainos' investor relations site.
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News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, AIMDW declined 12.00%, reflecting a significant negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
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While AIMD was down 1.55%, several peers like INBS (-3.69%) and ALUR (-4.15%) also declined, but NVNO rose 12.13%, pointing to mixed, stock-specific moves rather than a uniform sector trend.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12 | Research coverage | Positive | +2.1% | Water Tower Research highlighted rising SmellTech commercial momentum and AI Nose scale-up. |
| Jan 07 | Distribution deal | Positive | +0.6% | Trusval partnership with minimum 600-unit AI Nose commitment for wafer fabs. |
| Jan 02 | Platform strategy | Positive | +6.7% | Outlined long-term strategy to digitize smell via dual-engine SmellTech architecture. |
| Dec 16 | HQ relocation | Positive | +0.0% | Announced HQ move to Houston and formation of ScentAI software subsidiary. |
| Nov 13 | Earnings update | Positive | -9.8% | Q3 2025 results with more partnerships, patents, and lower operating expenses. |
Recent AI/platform and partnership announcements generally saw modest positive alignment, while the latest earnings update coincided with a sharper negative move.
Over the past few months, Ainos highlighted a strategic shift toward its SmellTech and AI Nose platform. On Nov 13, 2025, it reported Q3 2025 results with expanding partnerships, new patents, and cost reductions, but the stock fell 9.79%. Subsequent announcements on headquarters relocation, platform strategy, a Trusval distribution deal with a 600-unit commitment, and Water Tower Research coverage in early 2026 all focused on commercialization progress and generally produced small positive or flat reactions. Today’s fireside chat announcement fits this ongoing investor-communication and execution narrative.
Market Pulse Summary
The stock dropped -12.0% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite this largely informational fireside chat announcement would fit a pattern where the stock occasionally trades weakly around otherwise positive updates, as with the -9.79% move on the last earnings report. The event focuses on explaining strategy, partnerships, and 2026 priorities rather than introducing new financial data. Past episodes suggest that communication milestones alone have sometimes produced modest or uneven price responses.
AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.
HOUSTON, TEXAS / ACCESS Newswire / January 20, 2026 / Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD)(NASDAQ:AIMDW) ("Ainos" or the "Company"), a SmellTech platform company digitizing scent as a native data language for artificial intelligence, today announced that it will participate in a fireside chat with Robert Sassoon, senior research analyst at Water Tower Research, on Monday, January 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Ainos will discuss its dual-engine SmellTech platform strategy, the strategic benefits of its partnership with Trusval Technology, recent progress in scaling AI Nose technology into commercial deployment, and the Company's strategic priorities for 2026. The event will provide investors with deeper insight into Ainos' technology roadmap, commercialization strategy, and the expanding adoption of AI-powered scent intelligence across multiple applications.
To register for this listen-only event, please visit:
Fireside Chat Registration Link
The replay of the fireside chat will be available under "Events" on Ainos' investor relations website at https://ir.ainos.com/.
About AI Nose
AI Nose digitizes scent into Smell ID, an AI-driven form of scent intelligence. The full-stack electronic nose platform integrates high-precision MEMS sensor arrays with proprietary AI algorithms designed to support ppb-level scent detection sensitivity, subject to application conditions and deployment configurations. Smell ID converts analog scent signals into structured, actionable data, while the proprietary Smell Language Model (SLM) is designed to learn, classify, and contextualize complex scent patterns over time.
Built upon more than a decade of accumulated scent data and deep medtech expertise, AI Nose is designed to support continuous monitoring, predictive analysis, and real-time alerts across industrial and manufacturing environments. AI Nose is offered under a SmellTech-as-a-Service architecture, intended to support ongoing access to scent intelligence, analytics, and AI-driven insights through subscription-based deployment models.
About Ainos, Inc.
Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD) is a dual-platform AI and biotech company pioneering smelltech and immune therapeutics. Its AI Nose platform and smell language model (SLM) digitize scent into Smell ID, a machine-readable data format, powering intelligent sensing across robotics, smart factories, and healthcare. The company also develops VELDONA®, a low-dose oral interferon targeting rare, autoimmune, and infectious diseases. Ainos, a fusion of "AI" and "Nose," is redefining machine perception for the sensory age. To learn more, visit https://www.ainos.com. Follow Ainos on X, formerly known as Twitter, (@AinosInc) and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current assumptions and expectations of future events and trends, which affect or may affect the Company's business, strategy, operations or financial performance, and actual results and other events may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results, developments, business decisions or other events to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this press release. These factors include, among other things, our expectation that we will incur net losses for the foreseeable future; our ability to become profitable; our ability to raise additional capital to continue our product development; our ability to accurately predict our future operating results; our ability to advance our current or future product candidates through clinical trials, obtain marketing approval and ultimately commercialize any product candidates we develop; the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates; delays in completing the development and commercialization of our current and future product candidates; developing and commercializing additional products, including diagnostic testing devices; our ability to compete in the marketplace; compliance with applicable laws, regulations and tariffs, and factors described in the Risk Factors section of our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except to the extent required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of any new information, future events and developments or otherwise.
Investor Relations Contact
Feifei Shen
Email: IR@ainos.com
SOURCE: Ainos, Inc.
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