Annual Letter to Shareholders: Data Center Developments
Rhea-AI Summary
Jet.AI (NASDAQ: JTAI) provided its 2026 shareholder letter outlining data center development progress, a near-term sale of its aviation unit to flyExclusive, and its stake in AI Infrastructure Acquisition Corp (AIIA).
Key metrics: ~$9 million cash, no debt, 49.5% ownership of an AIIA sponsor interest (valued ~$17M), and planned 2026 capital needs of ~$6.1M.
Positive
- Cash balance of approximately $9 million with no debt
- Indirect interest in AIIA sponsor implying ~$17 million valuation
- 17.5% GP stake in Manitoba and Maritimes projects
- Three data center projects targeting ~hundreds of megawatts capacity
- Existing $50M Hexstone facility and $35M ATM program
Negative
- Sale of aviation business delayed by prolonged SEC review
- Only ~$6.1M planned capital in 2026 versus larger project needs
- Material future milestones include ~$9.9M in 2027 obligations
- Project execution requires external financing, risking dilution or leverage
- AIIA sponsor value realizable only upon SPAC transaction completion
Market Reaction
Following this news, JTAI has gained 13.41%, reflecting a significant positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +29.0% during the session. Our momentum scanner has triggered 27 alerts so far, indicating elevated trading interest and price volatility. The stock is currently trading at $0.17. This price movement has added approximately $905K to the company's valuation.
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Market Reality Check
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JTAI traded down 12.71% with peers BNZI, IFBD and ORKT also in the momentum scanner, each moving down (median around -7.5%). This points to pressure across related small-cap software/AI names rather than a JTAI-only move.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14 | Merger timeline update | Positive | +13.7% | Extended flyExclusive merger outside date to <b>Apr 30, 2026</b> with reaffirmed commitment. |
| Dec 30 | Offering withdrawn | Neutral | -6.4% | Company withdrew a planned common stock offering citing market conditions. |
| Dec 23 | Moapa JV announcement | Positive | -28.3% | Announced JV for a <b>50 MW</b> Moapa data center with illustrative <b>$500M</b> enterprise value. |
| Dec 04 | Manitoba campus site | Positive | +4.6% | Revealed selected 350-acre Manitoba campus site positioned for gigawatt-scale deployments. |
| Nov 19 | AIIA IPO highlight | Positive | -2.4% | Highlighted AIIA’s <b>$138M</b> IPO and Jet.AI’s <b>49.5%</b> sponsor stake and governance roles. |
News tied to AI infrastructure and transactions has produced mixed reactions: some strategic updates led to gains, while sizeable data center JV and SPAC-related milestones previously saw sharp selloffs, indicating market skepticism around long-term capital-intensive plans.
Over the past few months, Jet.AI has steadily shifted toward AI infrastructure and data centers while progressing the planned spin-off and merger with flyExclusive. Key milestones included the AIIA SPAC bell event, a Midwestern Canadian campus announcement on Dec 4, 2025, and the Moapa 50 MW JV on Dec 23, 2025. The merger timeline was extended to Apr 30, 2026. Today’s shareholder letter expands on the same themes, detailing cash position, SPAC economics, and multi-site data center capital plans.
Regulatory & Risk Context
An effective Form S-3 shelf dated 2026-01-28 allows Jet.AI to issue up to $250 million of various securities to fund data center projects, AI infrastructure, operations, and potential acquisitions. This provides substantial financing flexibility alongside its ATM programs and credit facilities.
Market Pulse Summary
The stock is surging +13.4% following this news. A strong positive reaction aligns with management’s emphasis on tangible assets and financing tools. The letter outlined cash of about $9M with no debt, a discounted sponsor interest valued near $17M, and detailed capital plans for Manitoba, Maritimes, and Moapa. Past news on similar data center initiatives produced mixed moves, so any outsized gain could have reflected renewed confidence that these projects will translate into shareholder value.
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LAS VEGAS, Feb. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jet.AI Inc. (“Jet.AI or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: JTAI), an emerging provider of high-performance GPU infrastructure and AI cloud services, today issued a letter to its shareholders highlighting key milestones and recent operational developments reached and its 2026 strategic priorities.
Dear Shareholders,
Over the past year, we put capital to work in three data center development projects, sponsored an AI infrastructure SPAC (NYSE: AIIA), and continued progressing toward the sale of our aviation business to flyExclusive (NYSE: FLYX).
As of this writing, we have approximately
As a public company, what ultimately matters is not simply the capital we hold, but how we propose to deploy it. We are in a position to execute on a set of projects we believe offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, and the market is free to judge those decisions in real time.
Owning Jet.AI stock is, in effect, a decision to back this portfolio of projects and the team responsible for sourcing and executing others of comparable attractiveness over time. By contrast, ownership of the SPAC we sponsor (AIIA) represents a commitment to a single, defined transaction.
In the pages that follow, I’ll explain how we think about the value of the company and where we believe incremental capital can earn the highest returns.
The flyExclusive Transaction
We are in the final stages of selling our aviation business to flyExclusive, one of the largest private jet operators in the United States. When the transaction closes, our shareholders will own two distinct securities: JTAI, focused on AI data center infrastructure, and FLYX, a growing pure-play private aviation company.
The transaction has now been under SEC review for roughly a year, largely due to a single remaining accounting comment related to a technical disclosure at flyExclusive for the 2023 period. It is an edge case, and it has taken longer than anyone would have liked to resolve.
While both parties have worked diligently to address the comment, if the matter continues to linger, it may resolve itself with the passage of time. As flyExclusive files its next Form 10-K to report its 2024-2025 financials it subsequently will also update the S-4 to include the newly filed 10-K, which would eliminate the presentation of 2023 altogether.
We prefer a world with rigorous accounting standards, though ideally one without interruptions. The forty-three-day government shutdown and the backlog that followed reopening the SEC has materially slowed the process, and another shutdown has now occurred. Despite this, both parties remain fully committed to completing the transaction.
By way of example, if we close the deal with the
The Investment in AIIA
We own
AIIA currently holds approximately
Through the sponsor entity, Jet.AI has an indirect interest in approximately 2.3 million Class B shares of AIIA. These shares are convertible into Class A shares, which last traded at
Incremental Capital
In our estimation, if all three projects discussed in the following pages exited at the powered-land stage, value would reflect megawatts multiplied by
Human nature often leads investors to focus on simpler questions, even when more important ones deserve the time and effort. Instead of asking whether a business has durable economics, sensible pricing, and attractive returns on capital, they ask something simpler. In consumer businesses, that might be whether the company makes a good product. In small-cap investing, it often becomes, “Is this company going to raise money?” If the answer is yes, many investors stop there and sell or avoid the stock entirely.
In our view, that shortcut misses the point. The more important question is why capital might be raised and what return that capital is expected to earn. Raising money to survive is one thing. Raising money to pursue an opportunity with attractive economics is another. Over time, it is that distinction, not the mere fact that capital is raised, that separates good outcomes from poor ones.
For a dollar invested in a deal what return can we expect? In the case of flyExclusive the return is set by the merger premium of between 10
First, we are not funding full data center construction ourselves. That would require hundreds of millions, and in some cases billions, of dollars. Construction begins only after a project is pre-leased, and typically only after, or alongside, the raising of large amounts of debt and equity secured by the land, the lease, and the equipment. In other words, the heavy project financing arrives only after much of the risk has already been removed. That is precisely why early-stage capital can earn outsized returns.
Our role comes earlier. We invest in what is often called the sweat-equity portion of the capital stack, as a general partner. This is where both the risk and the potential return are highest, and for a small-cap company like ours, we believe this is where it makes the most sense to focus.
Second, in 2026, we have approximately six million dollars of remaining contractual obligations to Consensus Core. Once the two-million-dollar and four-million-dollar milestones are completed, both the Manitoba and Maritimes projects should be positioned to secure hyperscale letters of intent or leases. Only after such an LOI is in hand, and only then, would we be obligated to fund an additional twelve-million-dollar milestone. A shovel-ready data center site with verified hyperscaler interest places us on a path toward distributions that are many times the size of that investment. One of the largest private equity funds in the US is outright purchasing data center developments that are shovel ready, before construction even begins and paying a price in between that paid for powered land and fully constructed work.
Also in 2026, we have a one-hundred-thousand-dollar milestone related to the Moapa project. In 2027, we expect two additional Moapa milestones, one of approximately four point nine million dollars and another of five million dollars. During 2026, our work at Moapa will focus on the power study and other pre-construction steps, much of which depends on third parties such as consultants and local utilities completing their work.
Taken together, this results in a capital plan of approximately
Pursuing these opportunities will require external financing, and we have several tools available to us. These include a
Markets do not operate in isolation. The rapid expansion of the data center industry has already expressed itself in public-market pricing, including dividend yields below
Our Data Center Developments
We are investing in three data center projects with seasoned partners in Manitoba, and the Canadian Maritimes, and have signed a term sheet to develop an additional data center project alongside another partner in Moapa NV. Together, these projects represent our largest source of potential long-term value.
Before discussing megawatts and cap rates, it helps to start with something familiar.
When you build a house, you spend money on land and construction, usually with a mortgage. During construction, it often feels like a liability. Once the house is finished, occupied, and producing value, the picture changes. Risk declines. Financing improves. And because uncertainty has been removed, the market often values the house more highly.
Data center development works the same way. We buy land, secure power, pre-lease, finance and build. Once risk is reduced, the market assigns a higher multiple to the finished, income-producing asset. If that asset is ultimately placed into a REIT structure, the multiple can be higher still.
A simple rule of thumb is that one megawatt of capacity can generate about
Manitoba
The Manitoba project sits roughly ten miles south of Winnipeg on approximately 350 contiguous acres. The site benefits from immediate access to electrical infrastructure, natural gas, major east-west fiber routes, and a converter station.
The planned campus supports multi-hundred megawatt development potential, supplied by both grid power and natural gas. We own half of the GP interest, equivalent to
Scenario 1 - Powered Land Sale
Land without power is just land. Land with reliable, scalable power is something else entirely. In today’s market, powered land can command
At this stage, the powered-land outcome implies a value of in the range of
This is the most direct and predictable scenario. It depends primarily on securing and validating power, never trivial, but far simpler than executing a full build-out.
Scenario 2 - Build, Lease, Refinance
If the project is built and leased, value comes from stable cash flows and a sharp drop in perceived risk. Projects of this size are typically financed with about
It’s tempting to talk casually about a gigawatt, but the number deserves respect. A project measured in hundreds of megawatts or gigawatts is not an abstraction. It requires a developer with real experience, a completion bond, and the operational discipline to bring the facility online piece by piece. Total U.S. utility power is on the order of 1,250 gigawatts (500 GW of it based on natural gas). A one-gigawatt project is a ten-billion-dollar infrastructure undertaking, not a spreadsheet exercise. Our respective partners both insist on bringing in a large-scale developer when it’s time to build, we could not agree more. Data halls are commissioned and tested in roughly 12-megawatt increments, day after day, as the utility gradually steps up the load. Nothing happens all at once.
In Manitoba a refinancing could bring in an extraordinary amount of cash that would be largely absorbed by the LPs preferred return and return of capital, leaving a residual amount attributable to the GP wherein we own half the GP equity slice (equivalent to
Scenario 3 - REIT Spin-Off
Public markets tend to reward long-duration, predictable income streams. As mentioned earlier, data center REITs such as Digital Realty and Equinix are both trading today at dividend yields inside
Under this scenario, and assuming successful execution and market conditions consistent with current public comparables, Manitoba could support an implied value for our GP equity stake that is measured in the billions. Here is one approach to computing the value of our stake: {[(NOI – ((NOI /
The Maritimes
The Maritimes project is expected to support approximately 500 megawatts of capacity, and we again own
Scenario 1 - Powered Land:
Implied value of approximately
(500 MW x
Scenario 2 - Build, Lease, Refinance:
Implied value of waterfall distribution at refinancing approximately
Scenario 3 - REIT Spin-Off:
Implied value of approximately
Moapa
Moapa is a town of roughly 1,500 people, about an hour north of Las Vegas. The site sits just north of a demolished and remediated coal plant with strong electrical and natural gas connectivity and is expected to support approximately 50 megawatts on about 20 acres.
Our partner to be has a long track record in data center construction and operates one of the largest construction companies in Las Vegas. We have signed a term sheet, are conducting a power study, and are moving toward final documentation. In this project, we have negotiated 25 percentage points of the GP equity.
Scenario 1 - Powered Land: Approximately
Scenario 2 - Build, Lease, Refinance: Approximately
Scenario 3 - REIT Spin-Off: Approximately
Closing Thoughts
A trillion announced dollars of spending on data centers in the US last year and two separate executive orders from two presidents on opposite ends of the political spectrum strongly suggest that more than money is at stake. Our opportunities exist because of a rare alignment: a global competition for computing infrastructure and a genuine technological breakthrough in how machines process information. When those forces come together, it can make sense to lean forward, carefully, and with discipline, rather than stand still. Be assured, we’ll keep moving.
We thank you for your support and look forward to reporting more progress in the days ahead.
Sincerely,
Mike Winston
Founder and Executive Chairman
About Jet.AI
Jet.AI Inc. is a technology-driven company focused on deploying artificial intelligence tools and infrastructure to enhance decision-making, efficiency, and performance across complex systems. The Company is listed on the Capital Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol “JTAI”.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated May 6, 2025, between Jet.AI, flyExclusive, FlyX Merger Sub, Inc., and Jet.AI SpinCo, Inc. (as amended, the "Merger Agreement"), flyExclusive has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-284960) (the "Registration Statement") to register the shares of flyExclusive common stock that will be issued in connection with the proposed transactions. The Registration Statement includes a proxy statement of the Company and a prospectus of flyExclusive (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus"), and flyExclusive may file with the SEC other relevant documents concerning the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, FLYEXCLUSIVE, AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.
A copy of the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about the Company, may be obtained, free of charge, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov when they are filed. You will also be able to obtain these documents, when they are filed, free of charge, from the Company by accessing the Company's website at investors.jet.ai. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the filings with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference therein can also be obtained, without charge, by directing a request to the Company at 10845 Griffith Peak Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas, NV 89135, Attention: Board Secretary, or by phone at (702) 747-4000. The information on the Company's website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this communication or incorporated into other filings either company makes with the SEC.
Participants in the Solicitation of Proxies
Jet.AI, flyExclusive, and certain of their respective directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Jet.AI's stockholders in connection with the proposed transactions. Jet.AI's stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the proposed transactions of Jet.AI's directors and officers in the parties' filings with the SEC, including Jet.AI's annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Jet.AI's stockholders in connection with the proposed transactions and a description of their direct and indirect interests will be included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed transactions when it becomes available. Stockholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus carefully before making any voting or investment decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer, invitation or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the proposed transactions or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in contravention of applicable law. The proposed transactions are expected to be implemented solely pursuant to the legally binding definitive agreement, and which contains the material terms and conditions of the proposed transactions. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to the products and services offered by Jet.AI and the markets in which it operates, Jet.AI's projected future results, and Jet.AI's perception of market conditions. Statements that are not historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance or future financial condition. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our Company, our industry, our beliefs and our assumptions. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. As a result, caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements can be found in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Jet.AI assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as provided by law.
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