Bryan Barton
Analyst · H.C. Wainwright
Thanks, Pat. I want to walk through 4 areas this morning: our Core platform, which will have 2 product variants, our first Prime build and our commercial engagements, and then I will close with a brief look at the rest of 2026. Starting with the AirJoule Core platform. In 2025, we made a deliberate decision to focus our build activity on the core platform because Core and Prime share common assortment chamber architecture, which means every Core deployment also derisks the path to Prime. This year, we have improved the performance and durability of the Core system through systematic optimization across 3 areas: air flow distribution, thermal management and contactor coating. The first-generation Core design is now locked. We may make minor dimensional adjustments as we finalize manufacturing, but we're at a form factor that we can scale. We now have updated product spec sheets available on our website at airjouletech.com, and I would encourage anyone interested in the technical specifications to take a look. We're planning to launch the Core platform in 2 product variants, targeting 2 distinct markets. The first is the AirJoule Core AWG variant with the target commercialization launch of late 2026. The primary customer focus for Core AWG is the U.S. military and small residential deployments. With the U.S. military, we are collaborating through our existing cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. The CRADA brings together AirJoule's waste heat to water platform and ERDC's tactical water recovery research to deliver resilient water supply solutions for forward-deployed personnel. The second variant is the AirJoule Core DH with the target commercial launch in 2027. Core DHs materially the same product as Core AWG, the same hardware, optimized through process configuration and controls for dehumidification application. This variant targets the global installed base of conventional desiccant wheel dehumidification systems for humidity control between 30% and 50% relative humidity. I want to spend a moment on the dehumidification opportunity because this is the first time we are presenting concrete performance data publicly. AirJoule's metal organic framework assortment regenerate at 60 to 70 degrees Celsius compared with 120 to 150 degrees required for conventional desiccant wheels. That difference is fundamental. It enables key pump driven regeneration in place of electric reheat or natural gas. Our initial performance data shows up to approximately 40% energy savings versus incumbent desiccant wheel technology in our target operating ranges, and we expect further improvements over the next few quarters leading up to the product launch. Our initial target markets for Core DH are dry storage and cold storage facilities operating between 30% and 50% relative humidity. Last year, we announced an MoU with a defense contractor to collaborate on this dehumidification application. This engagement has informed our Core DH development, and we expect other markets and applications to follow. Now let me turn it over to AirJoule Prime. As Matt mentioned, we have hit a meaningful milestone with the completion of our first full-scale AirJoule Prime system, which is now operational outdoors at our Newark facility. We will provide a meaningful update on its performance on our next earnings call. AirJoule Prime has been engineered for scaled manufacturing from day 1. The Prime contains 16 vacuum chambers sourced from established suppliers at low cost. With the balance of the bill of materials made up of off-the-shelf components such as valves and pumps. The only custom component is the sorbent coated contactor, which we are manufacturing in-house. The overall design of Prime is set. Further refinement will be limited to sorbent level improvements and individual component tuning. All of the work we did across 2025 to optimize Core, particularly the thermal management and the air flow directly informed the Prime design, and it's expected to translate it into Prime performance. The Prime is designated or designed to deliver up to 2,000 liters per day or less than 200-watt hours per liter when paired with low-grade waste heat with the maximum power draw of just 12.5 kilowatts and configurability across waste heat sources from 60 degrees Celsius and above. Over the next several months, we will continue to optimize this system in Newark. This first prime unit is planned for deployment in Europe as part of our Net Zero innovation hub collaboration. We are also building another prime system to serve as our internal showcase unit at our Newark facility, supporting customer demonstrations and proof of value engagements throughout the year. Regarding product certification, we will pursue UL certification of the AirJoule systems for electrical components, while water quality certification will be addressed on a case-by-case basis, depending on the customer requirements and their location. And importantly, our products already meet FDA bottled water standards and will be compliant with California water quality standards which are the most stringent regulatory standards in the United States. We believe that designing for compliance with the most demanding applications positions us well across the rest of our addressable market. Let me turn now to customer engagements that lead to a commercial pipeline in 2027 and beyond. First, hyperscale data centers. As we've talked about previously, AirJoule's value proposition for data centers is that we can utilize low-grade waste heat to produce pure distilled water on-site. On-site water generation delivers operational resilience and supports water stewardship and community license that hyperscale operators increasingly require. We're currently working with a leading hyperscale operator on a detailed evaluation of AirJoule Prime's economic and technical performance at discrete data center locations. This work has deepened our understanding of the value that AirJoule can deliver when tethered to waste heat. Building from this understanding, we recently published a white paper articulating AirJoule's economic benefit across both water cooled and air cooled data center configurations. AirJoule can help address the water permit constraints for new data center construction by generating distilled water on site from [ atmosphere ] community. And given that a 100-megawatt data center can generate $3 million to $5 million per day of revenue, eligible CapEx can be recovered in just days of avoided permit delay. We're also building momentum through the Net Zero innovation hub for data centers. Waste heat reuse from data centers has emerged as an important regulatory priority in Europe under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive and we are in close conversations with the consortium members to address that need. As referenced earlier, our first Prime unit is planned for deployment in Europe in conjunction with the Net Zero Innovation Hub to demonstrate AirJoule's integration into a data center and its ability to convert waste heat into pure water. Second, residential development. We're deepening a co-development framework with a global partner targeting water-scarce U.S. residential markets in the U.S. Southwest. The Southwest is increasingly an environment in which residential development projects are restricted due to the lack of water security. Our AirJoule platform addresses that constraint directly. And during the first quarter, we completed deployment of an AirJoule Core system at the Red Dot Ranch Foundation site in Pescadero, California. The pilot validated off-grid water generation that supports Red Dot Ranch's climate positive housing development. Third, water delivery and distilled -- trucks distilled water. The global water distribution market is approximately $50 billion. And in many U.S. markets distilled water sells for above $1 per gallon, driven not by raw supply, but by logistics of trucking water from distant wells to the customer. In collaboration with a waste heat partner, AirJoule's waste heat to water economics can result in operating costs below $0.10 per gallon, positioning us favorably in this supply chain. We have early-stage conversations underway with waste heat providers, distributors and end users about future collaborations. And finally, the Middle East. In January, we announced an exclusive distribution agreement with TenX Investment across 6 golf countries, the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, [indiscernible] and Kuwait. We are pacing deployment activity to align with regional conditions and the availability of production-ready hardware later in 2026. Putting it all together, we're excited about the opportunities ahead of us. We're seeing growing traction for our data center application, opportunities in the residential development space continue to deepen with our co-development partner, and the launch of our Dehumidification product is attracting interest from customers. Through the rest of 2026, we will complete the commissioning of our first prime system at Newark and prepare for its deployment in Europe via the Net Zero innovation hub. We will deliver our first commercial core systems, we will publish additional dehumidification performance data and build out customer engagements for the Core DH variant. And we will continue to build the deployed base and contracted customer relationships that supports scaled commercial activity in 2027. With that, I'll turn it over to Stephen for the financial update.