"Our latest actions demonstrate a commitment to transforming our balance sheet, safeguarding the financial health of the Company, and focusing on long-term growth, where we are still bullish on our ability to grow the long-term financial stability of our businesses as a whole. We believe our strong, pre-redemption cash position today of roughly $9.73M stands very strong as compared to our current market capitalization.  Obviously, along with the conversion of the preferred shares to common stock, the associated preferential rights of these shares also no longer remain outstanding," remarked Irving Kau, Chief Financial Officer of Focus Universal.

"Furthermore, our forthcoming asset building purchase, which in part will serve as corporate headquarters, holds a very high capitalization rate for Los Angeles County of over 10% with a Los Angeles County Assessor assessed aggregate value of $28,329,330 in 2026 and generating roughly $3.1 million in annual rents.  Moreover, we hope these conversion results along with our recapitalization coupled with our forthcoming asset purchase moves will significantly reduce corporate expense burden, bolster our equity value, and reduce any potential overhang on our shares. Prior to this asset purchase, the Company currently also carried no long-term debt," continued Irving Kau.  "We sincerely thank our shareholders for their unwavering support and belief in the equity value and future upside of our growth and company will allow us to realize our strategic growth plans and accelerate value creation for our shareholders."

About Focus Universal Inc.

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. For maintenance cost control, the company has also omnibus patents encompassing these patents into patent family groups. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing material may contain "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, each as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation statements regarding the Company's product development and business prospects, and can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "potential," "should," "continue" or the negative versions of those words or other comparable words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and its current plans or expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect current plans. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the security laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

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The offering consisted of the sale of 1,117,318 Common Units (or Pre-Funded Units), each consisting of (i) one (1) share of Common Stock or one (1) Pre-Funded Warrant, (ii) one (1) Series A PIPE Common Warrant to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock per warrant at an exercise price of $3.33 and (iii) one (1) Series B PIPE Common Warrant to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock per warrant at an exercise price of $3.33. The price per Common Unit was $3.58 (or $3.57999 for each Pre-Funded Unit, which is equal to the offering price per Common Unit sold in the offering minus an exercise price of $0.00001 per Pre-Funded Warrant). The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. For each Pre-Funded Unit sold in the offering, the number of Common Units in the offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. The initial exercise price of each Series A Common Warrant is $3.33 per share of Common Stock. The Series A Common Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 24 months after the initial issuance date. The initial exercise price of each Series B Common Warrant is $3.33 per share of Common Stock. The Series B Common Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 60 months after the initial issuance date.

Aggregate gross proceeds to the Company were approximately $4.0 million. The transaction closed on April 7, 2026. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash, for general corporate purposes and working capital.

Aegis Capital Corp. acted as exclusive placement agent for the private placement. Corporate Securities Legal LLP acted as counsel to the Company. Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. acted as counsel to Aegis Capital Corp.

The securities described above were sold in a private placement transaction not involving a public offering and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be reoffered or resold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the investors, the Company has agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC covering the resale of the Common Stock and the Shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and warrants.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Focus Universal Inc.

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. For maintenance cost control, the company has also omnibus patents encompassing these patents into patent family groups. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing material may contain "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, each as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation statements regarding the Company's product development and business prospects, and can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "potential," "should," "continue" or the negative versions of those words or other comparable words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and its current plans or expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect current plans. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the security laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

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The offering consisted of the sale of 1,117,318 Common Units (or Pre-Funded Units), each consisting of (i) one (1) share of Common Stock or one (1) Pre-Funded Warrant, (ii) one (1) Series A PIPE Common Warrant to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock per warrant at an exercise price of $3.33 and (iii) one (1) Series B PIPE Common Warrant to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock per warrant at an exercise price of $3.33. The offering price per Common Unit is $3.58 (or $3.57999 for each Pre-Funded Unit, which is equal to the offering price per Common Unit sold in the offering minus an exercise price of $0.00001 per Pre-Funded Warrant). The Pre-Funded Warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. For each Pre-Funded Unit sold in the offering, the number of Common Units in the offering will be decreased on a one-for-one basis. The initial exercise price of each Series A Common Warrant is $3.33 per share of Common Stock. The Series A Common Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 24 months after the initial issuance date. The initial exercise price of each Series B Common Warrant is $3.33 per share of Common Stock. The Series B Common Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire 60 months after the initial issuance date.

Aggregate gross proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $4.0 million. The transaction is expected to close on or about April 7, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash, for general corporate purposes and working capital.

Aegis Capital Corp. is acting as exclusive placement agent for the private placement. Corporate Securities Legal LLP is acting as counsel to the Company. Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. is acting as counsel to Aegis Capital Corp.

The securities described above are being sold in a private placement transaction not involving a public offering and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be reoffered or resold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the investors, the Company has agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC covering the resale of the Common Stock and the Shares issuable upon exercise of the pre-funded warrants and warrants.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Focus Universal Inc.

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. For maintenance cost control, the company has also omnibus patents encompassing these patents into patent family groups. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing material may contain "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, each as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation statements regarding the Company's product development and business prospects, and can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "potential," "should," "continue" or the negative versions of those words or other comparable words. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company and its current plans or expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect current plans. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the security laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

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Unlike generative AI, which is probabilistic and focused on content creation, Focus Universal's AI addresses the industry's core challenge: accuracy. It understands financial structures, extracts and validates data from Word documents, applies XBRL tagging with high accuracy, and identifies discrepancies that may be missed by existing validation tools. By combining structured data interpretation with built-in validation, the platform ensures repeatable, compliant, and audit-ready outputs.

Applying this AI to SEC reporting fundamentally transforms workflows. Tasks that once required teams of professionals working for months or weeks can now be completed with a single click, eliminating reliance on rigid templates. The system consolidates financial data, generates statements, performs EDGARization, converts documents to SEC-compliant HTML, and automatically applies XBRL tagging - all with built-in compliance checks.

Focus Universal's solution delivers significant operational efficiencies: no setup required, filings completed in minutes rather than months or weeks, minimal training, and reduced human error. It is equally effective for repeat and first-time filers and remains stable even when financial report structures change.

Today, most public companies prepare financial reports in Microsoft Word, even though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires HTML filings with XBRL tagging tasks that are typically handled by specialized filing agents. The top five U.S. filing agents, each with over $1 billion in market capitalization, employ thousands of employees to perform EDGARization and XBRL tagging. A typical financial report contains thousands of financial data that must be extracted from hundreds of pages and accurately tagged.  EDGARization typically processes only about 10 pages per hour, and XBRL tagging is even more time-consuming - a single report can take an entire week to complete.  Focus Universal's AI-powered software fundamentally changes this model. Tasks that once required by a professional filing agent working over several days can now be completed in minutes.

"I'm incredibly proud of what our team has accomplished," said Desheng Wang, CEO of Focus Universal. "By overcoming generative AI's core challenge - accuracy - this technology unlocks the potential for massive real-world applications. SEC financial reporting automation is just one example of what our new AI can achieve. This is not incremental innovation - it represents a fundamental transformation of financial reporting. Our AI addresses the industry's central challenge of accuracy while enabling fully automated execution of complex financial workflows at unprecedented speed.

With this breakthrough, Perfecular Inc., a subsidiary of Focus Universal, will bring to market two software solutions this month: one designed to help public companies prepare financial reports, and another to assist filing agents in automating EDGARization and XBRL tagging. By leveraging these tools, a single user can perform tasks that would traditionally require the efforts of a thousand employees. We are confident that our software offers a substantial advantage over existing tools in terms of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.  The company intends to explore a spin-off and potential IPO of its subsidiary.

According to industry analysis, the global financial reporting software market was valued at approximately $13.9 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $36.6 billion by 2030, driven by increasing regulatory complexity and demand for automation.  Focus Universal believes its AI-driven technology is well positioned to address this growing demand by replacing manual, error-prone workflows with intelligent, scalable automation.

About Focus Universal:

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company had developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 28 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. As a process of maintenance without losing protection, the company is in the process of filing additional omnibus patents. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

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The Reverse Split will be effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 9, 2026, and will be reflected with the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") and in the marketplace at the open of business on February 9, 2026 (the "Effective Date"), whereupon the common stock shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis. In connection with the Reverse Split, the Company's common stock shares will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol "FCUV" but will trade under a new CUSIP Number, 34417J 500.

As of the Effective Date, every 10 shares of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock will be combined into one share of common stock. The par value per share of the Company's common stock will remain unchanged. As of January 27, 2026, there were 9,865,249 shares of common stock outstanding. As a result of the Reverse Split, there will be approximately 986,524 common stock shares outstanding (subject to adjustment due to the effect of not issuing any fractional shares). No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Split. Instead, each stockholder will be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share. Furthermore, proportional adjustments will be made to the number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Company's equity awards, securities and warrants, if any, as well as the applicable exercise price, and the number of shares authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's equity incentive plans.

The Company's transfer agent, VStock Transfer, LLC, will serve as the exchange agent and paying agent for the Reverse Split. Registered stockholders holding pre-reverse stock split shares of common stock electronically in book-entry form are not required to take any action to receive post-reverse stock split shares. Those stockholders who hold their shares in brokerage accounts or in "street name" will have their positions automatically adjusted to reflect the Reverse Split, subject to each broker's particular processes, and will not be required to take any action in connection with the Reverse Split.

Additional information about the reverse stock split will be found in the Company's 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2026 a copy of which will be available at www.sec.gov.

About Focus Universal:
Focus Universal Inc. (NASDAQ: FCUV) is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The Company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and 8 trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Capital Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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The Company will also showcase its groundbreaking technologies at CES 2026, highlighting innovative solutions that demonstrate the power of next-generation Universal Smart IoT capabilities and AI-driven SEC financial reporting automation. The Company looks forward to engaging with industry leaders, investors, and the global technology community during the event.  The Focus Universal team will host meetings at Booth 10371, located in the North Hall Showcase of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 6-9, 2026.

IoT projects are inherently complex, costly, and time-consuming to develop. According to Cisco, approximately 75% of IoT projects fail, and Microsoft reports that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage.

By leveraging Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT Platform, companies can save millions of dollars in development costs and several years of engineering time when designing and deploying new IoT products, as stated by the company.

Using the Universal Smart IoT Platform, the Focus Universal team successfully developed four cost-effective commercial IoT solutions within one month, all in response to customer requests, according to Focus:

1. Commercial Aquaculture IoT - Aquaculture is widely adopted worldwide. IoT integration significantly improves fish farm production efficiency while reducing operational costs.
2. Commercial Tequila and Wine Production IoT - Tequila production plays a vital economic role in Mexico. This IoT solution provides real-time monitoring of the fermentation process, reducing labor requirements and production costs.
3. Commercial Reverse Osmosis IoT - Reverse osmosis is a critical process in steel manufacturing. IoT enables centralized monitoring of thousands of units, eliminating manual data recording and improving operational efficiency.
4. Commercial Hydroponic IoT - Hydroponics is an advanced agricultural technology. IoT adoption enables automated monitoring and control, significantly enhancing productivity.

Traditionally, developing a single IoT solution may require multiple years of R&D and multimillion-dollar investments. In contrast, by adopting the Universal Smart IoT Platform, Focus Universal completed four fully functional commercial IoT solutions in just one month.

Focus Universal Inc. not only promotes its Universal Smart IoT Platform but also provides customized IoT development services tailored to customer requirements.

The Company's offerings extend beyond the Universal Smart IoT Platform to include next-generation smart devices that disrupt traditional hardware markets. One such revolutionary product is the Ubiquitor, a universal multi-sensor smart device designed to replace single-function, standalone traditional devices in both cost and functionality.

The Ubiquitor can connect to virtually any type of sensor - and theoretically an unlimited number of sensors. As additional sensors are integrated, the average cost of the Ubiquitor per sensor becomes negligible. Consequently, the effective system cost approaches the cost of the sensors themselves, which is already significantly lower than that of traditional devices.

When deployed in conjunction with Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT Platform, total product development costs are reduced to a fraction of conventional approaches, delivering substantial savings in raw materials, engineering resources, and time-to-market.

IoT has long been recognized as a revolutionary technology with the large potential to change the world - ranking as the top transformative technology, widespread adoption has been limited by high development costs and technical complexity.  The customized nature of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and projects often require bespoke design built from scratch, leading to skyrocketing development and implementation costs. Dedicating decades to researching and overcoming these specific challenges, resulting in Universal Smart IoT, Focus Universal has developed an innovative platform that radically simplifies IoT development and dramatically reduces associated costs.

Unlike traditional IoT systems, where engineers start from scratch for each new device, the company's platform provides a pre-built common foundation. Utilizing Focus' platform, different IoT devices can share roughly 90% of the same hardware and software, substantially reducing development costs and complexity. This unique approach not only accelerates time-to-market but also democratizes access to IoT solutions.

Further enhancing this ecosystem is Focus Universal's Universal Smart Software Platform, which eliminates the need for multiple device-specific applications. Engineers no longer need to build separate apps for each IoT product - the company's platform supports them all without sacrificing performance or functionality, according to the company technology lead. This streamlined app development process can significantly cut costs and improve efficiency, allowing us to offer the company's IoT platform to customers at a fraction of the cost required to develop custom solutions.

Superiority of IoT Over Traditional Non-IoT Devices 

The advantages of adopting IoT devices over traditional non-IoT devices are significant. IoT devices offer real-time data collection, remote monitoring, and automated control, which greatly improve efficiency and reduce manual labor. They enhance accuracy, minimize human error, and enable predictive maintenance that can prevent costly downtime. IoT systems also provide increased scalability, seamless integration with cloud platforms, and valuable analytics that support smarter decision-making. In contrast, traditional devices operate in isolation, require more hands-on management, and cannot deliver the same level of insight or automation.

What Groundbreaking IoT Solutions Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

• Full-Fledged IoT System: At CES, Focus Universal will demonstrate a 100% complete IoT system, integrating hundreds or even thousands of industrial sensors and cameras across multiple locations, including the U.S. and overseas. IoT administrators can log into their accounts to monitor and control devices worldwide, showcasing capabilities that surpass traditional IoT deployments.
• Simple Sensor Management: Adding or removing sensors is as easy as installing an office phone. Building and expanding an IoT system becomes a straightforward task, rather than a complex research project.
• Efficient Hardware Utilization: Unlike traditional IoT devices, where each sensor typically connects to a dedicated device, Universal Smart IoT allows multiple sensors to share a single device. This significantly reduces hardware requirements and costs.
• Reliable Backup Solutions: While hundreds or thousands of sensors share the same device, a malfunction could potentially impact all connected sensors. Universal Smart IoT provides backup solutions: if the main device fails, a backup device takes over seamlessly, allowing maintenance personnel to replace the faulty device without interrupting overall IoT operations.
• Sensor-Dependent Apps: CES will also showcase sensor-dependent applications. Adding or removing sensors dynamically changes the user interface, enabling engineers to focus on specific sensor modules rather than the entire IoT system. The Universal Smart IoT platform handles up to 90% of IoT design, dramatically simplifying deployment and management.
• Cost Efficiency: Traditional IoT devices require displays, knobs, buttons, built-in circuitry, and device-specific functions. With Universal Smart IoT, everything except the sensor module is eliminated. This dramatically cuts hardware costs and streamline production.
• Universality & Interoperability: All functionalities traditionally scattered across separate IoT devices are integrated into a single, unified platform. Sensors and actuators from different categories operate seamlessly together, enabling unprecedented interoperability and reusability.
• Flexibility: Adding or modifying functionality only requires updating the sensor software. In contrast, traditional IoT devices often require new hardware, redesigned circuits, or even new enclosures - making changes slow, expensive, and time-consuming. Universal Smart IoT also enables flexible data sharing and handling, overcoming the limitations of proprietary IoT architecture.
• Broad Compatibility: Compatibility goes beyond manufacturers' it spans across industries. With full interoperability and true interchangeability, the long-awaited dream of a universal IoT ecosystem is finally becoming reality
• Upgradeability: Highly modular design allows future hardware and software upgrades to build directly on existing IoT infrastructure rather than reinventing the wheel
• Expandability and Scalability: Unlike traditional IoT systems that support only fixed vendor-defined sensors, Universal Smart IoT allows users to connect anywhere from a few sensors to hundreds or even thousands - of any type, in any combination, even from multiple vendors.
• Security: Built-in sensor-level security safeguards measurement and control functionality, helping organizations comply with sensor security requirements and preventing unauthorized access.
• Modularity:  Highly modular design minimizes development, testing, maintenance, and support time - freeing engineers to focus on innovation instead of infrastructure.
• Fast Prototyping: Time-to-market is critical. Focus' cost-effective, production-ready Universal Smart IoT platform shortens design-build-test cycles and provides significant competitive advantage.
• Plug-and-Play Operation:  Users can combine sensors in any configuration, plug them into the platform, and operate instantly - no special ordering, coding, or software setup required.
• Simplification & Standardization: By centralizing all IoT intelligence into the universal platform, design and manufacturing are simplified to the fullest extent. Only sensor modules require development. Up to 90% of traditional design work is eliminated, drastically reducing time to market.
• Cloud IoT: Users can access the cloud-enabled Universal Smart IoT system from any web-enabled device, anywhere in the world - to control instruments, monitor performance, collect data, or adjust settings remotely.

Focus Universal's IoT project reflects the broader challenges facing the industry today. After more than 20 years of research and development and over $20 million invested, it is clear that the traditional approach to building IoT systems is costly, slow, and inefficient. It is unrealistic - and economically impractical - for 19.8 billion IoT devices worldwide to repeat this same expensive development process, which is a major reason so many IoT projects fail.

However, if these 19.8 billion devices leverage a single Universal Smart IoT common platform instead of starting from scratch, the economics change completely. Even though $20 million is a substantial investment, spread across the global IoT device base, the average development cost per device becomes negligible. IoT customers gain all the benefits of advanced IoT capabilities without bearing the prohibitive costs.

Competitors that refuse to adopt a universal platform must continue spending heavily, which often leads to failure. Industry surveys confirm this reality: Cisco reports a 75% IoT project failure rate, and Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's patented technology - backed by decades of R&D and significant investment - creates a substantial barrier to entry, making it extremely difficult for competitors to replicate or match these capabilities.

What Groundbreaking AI-Driven SEC Financial Reporting Software Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

SEC financial reporting is traditionally a complex, costly, and time-consuming process.  The entire process may take several weeks. Delays in filing can result in SEC reviews, enforcement actions, and significant penalties.  Focus Universal, by contrast, has developed a fully automated, end-to-end solution powered by both automation and Variegated AI, whereby Focus believes the technology enables the computer to conduct the activities for which the computer is designed and optimal and allows the human to remain within the decision loop and center upon what the human excels. With a single click, the company's software can:

• Retrieve financial statements from accounting platforms,
• Reformat data into spreadsheets for consolidated financial reporting,
• Automatically generate consolidated financials,
• Populate the word-processed version of SEC filings,
• Convert the documents to SEC-compliant versions via EDGARization, and
• Embed accurate tags into the HTML file - with very limited manual input. 

Built-in validation, including self-consistency and compliance checks, ensures accuracy and eliminates human error. Essentially, Focus believes what once took months of manual work can now be completed in minutes.  Edgarization is the process of converting source documents - such as Microsoft Word, Excel, or PDF files - into the SEC-compliant Edgar HTML format. Traditionally, this process handles only ten pages per hour. The company's software, however, can process a hundred-page SEC financial report in a few seconds. Focus Universal is partnering with industry-leading partners to conduct real-time testing of this technology.

Immense Dual Market Opportunities

Statista reports that the number of IoT devices worldwide is expected to grow from 19.8 billion in 2025 to more than 40.6 billion by 2034. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market, valued at USD 1.18 trillion in 2023, is projected to reach US $2.65 trillion by 2030, reflecting a CAGR of 11.4% from 2024 to 2030. Yet despite this tremendous growth potential, industry surveys show that most IoT projects fail - Cisco reports a 75% failure rate, while Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT technology was specifically developed to address these challenges, unlock the full potential of the IoT revolution, and bring this groundbreaking solution to the global base of 19.8 billion IoT device users. By delivering up to 90% cost savings and unprecedented simplification of IoT deployment, the technology plays a decisive role in accelerating IoT adoption worldwide

According to recent industry analysis, the Financial Reporting Software Market was valued at US $13.9 Billion in 2022 and is projected to grow to US $36.6 Billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 12.8%. The surge is driven by the increasing complexity of financial data, the high cost of compliance, and the need for scalable, efficient, and intelligent reporting tools. Focus believes this innovation does not replace the SEC-required review process but removes much of the labor-intensive, manual work, dramatically cutting preparation and revision time for public companies.

Beyond showcasing the claims in this press release, our AI solution has not only detected errors in Mega Company's financial reports but also uncovered bugs in the SEC's open-source software - demonstrating the unmatched speed, accuracy, and power of our technology.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and valued investments are important to the company. The Focus Universal management team warmly invites potential investors and shareholders to meet us at Booth 10371 in the North Hall Showcase of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 6th - 9th, 2026. for a face-to-face demonstration and discussion, allowing you to experience firsthand the power of our game-changing technology. Remarkably, Focus Universal has achieved this with minimal expenditure, reflecting our belief that human creativity is far more valuable than simply burning money to reach a goal. Focus Universal believes itself to be a clean, well-prepared company, ready for growth.  For investors and stakeholders unable to attend in person, the company invites direct contact through the investor relations department in order to share additional details to ensure the opportunity to explore these innovations firsthand.

About Focus Universal:

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company had developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 28 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. As a process of maintenance without losing protection, the company is in the process of filing additional omnibus patents. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

For company inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations
626-272-3883
ir@focusuniversal.com

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The Company will also showcase its groundbreaking technologies at CES 2026, highlighting innovative solutions that demonstrate the power of next-generation Universal Smart IoT capabilities and AI-driven SEC financial reporting automation. The Company looks forward to engaging with industry leaders, investors, and the global technology community during the event.  The Focus Universal team will host meetings at Booth 10371, located in the North Hall Showcase of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 6-9, 2026.

By leveraging Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT Platform, companies can save millions of dollars in development costs and multiple years of engineering time when designing new IoT products. The formal establishment of the Company's Sales Division marks the commencement of the commercialization of Focus Universal's groundbreaking technology. On the very first day following the Sales Division's formation, multiple companies expressed strong interest in the Company's products and solutions.

The Company's offerings extend beyond the Universal Smart IoT Platform to include next-generation smart devices that disrupt traditional hardware markets. One such revolutionary product is the Ubiquitor, a universal multi-sensor smart device designed to replace single-function, standalone traditional devices in both cost and functionality.

The Ubiquitor can connect to virtually any type of sensor - and theoretically an unlimited number of sensors. As additional sensors are integrated, the average cost of the Ubiquitor per sensor becomes negligible. Consequently, the effective system cost approaches the cost of the sensors themselves, which is already significantly lower than that of traditional devices.

When deployed in conjunction with Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT Platform, total product development costs are reduced to a fraction of conventional approaches, delivering substantial savings in raw materials, engineering resources, and time-to-market.

IoT has long been recognized as a revolutionary technology with the large potential to change the world - ranking as the top transformative technology, widespread adoption has been limited by high development costs and technical complexity.  The customized nature of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and projects often require bespoke design built from scratch, leading to skyrocketing development and implementation costs. Dedicating decades to researching and overcoming these specific challenges, resulting in Universal Smart IoT, Focus Universal has developed an innovative platform that radically simplifies IoT development and dramatically reduces associated costs.

Unlike traditional IoT systems, where engineers start from scratch for each new device, the company's platform provides a pre-built common foundation. Utilizing Focus' platform, different IoT devices can share roughly 90% of the same hardware and software, substantially reducing development costs and complexity. This unique approach not only accelerates time-to-market but also democratizes access to IoT solutions.

Further enhancing this ecosystem is Focus Universal's Universal Smart Software Platform, which eliminates the need for multiple device-specific applications. Engineers no longer need to build separate apps for each IoT product - the company's platform supports them all without sacrificing performance or functionality, according to the company technology lead. This streamlined app development process can significantly cut costs and improve efficiency, allowing us to offer the company's IoT platform to customers at a fraction of the cost required to develop custom solutions.

Superiority of IoT Over Traditional Non-IoT Devices

The advantages of adopting IoT devices over traditional non-IoT devices are significant. IoT devices offer real-time data collection, remote monitoring, and automated control, which greatly improve efficiency and reduce manual labor. They enhance accuracy, minimize human error, and enable predictive maintenance that can prevent costly downtime. IoT systems also provide increased scalability, seamless integration with cloud platforms, and valuable analytics that support smarter decision-making. In contrast, traditional devices operate in isolation, require more hands-on management, and cannot deliver the same level of insight or automation.

What Groundbreaking IoT Solutions Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

• Full-Fledged IoT System: At CES, Focus Universal will demonstrate a 100% complete IoT system, integrating hundreds or even thousands of industrial sensors and cameras across multiple locations, including the U.S. and overseas. IoT administrators can log into their accounts to monitor and control devices worldwide, showcasing capabilities that surpass traditional IoT deployments.
• Simple Sensor Management: Adding or removing sensors is as easy as installing an office phone. Building and expanding an IoT system becomes a straightforward task, rather than a complex research project.
• Efficient Hardware Utilization: Unlike traditional IoT devices, where each sensor typically connects to a dedicated device, Universal Smart IoT allows multiple sensors to share a single device. This significantly reduces hardware requirements and costs.
• Reliable Backup Solutions: While hundreds or thousands of sensors share the same device, a malfunction could potentially impact all connected sensors. Universal Smart IoT provides backup solutions: if the main device fails, a backup device takes over seamlessly, allowing maintenance personnel to replace the faulty device without interrupting overall IoT operations.
• Sensor-Dependent Apps: CES will also showcase sensor-dependent applications. Adding or removing sensors dynamically changes the user interface, enabling engineers to focus on specific sensor modules rather than the entire IoT system. The Universal Smart IoT platform handles up to 90% of IoT design, dramatically simplifying deployment and management.
• Cost Efficiency: Traditional IoT devices require displays, knobs, buttons, built-in circuitry, and device-specific functions. With Universal Smart IoT, everything except the sensor module is eliminated. This dramatically cuts hardware costs and streamline production.
• Universality & Interoperability: All functionalities traditionally scattered across separate IoT devices are integrated into a single, unified platform. Sensors and actuators from different categories operate seamlessly together, enabling unprecedented interoperability and reusability.
• Flexibility: Adding or modifying functionality only requires updating the sensor software. In contrast, traditional IoT devices often require new hardware, redesigned circuits, or even new enclosures - making changes slow, expensive, and time-consuming. Universal Smart IoT also enables flexible data sharing and handling, overcoming the limitations of proprietary IoT architecture.
• Broad Compatibility: Compatibility goes beyond manufacturers' it spans across industries. With full interoperability and true interchangeability, the long-awaited dream of a universal IoT ecosystem is finally becoming reality
• Upgradeability: Highly modular design allows future hardware and software upgrades to build directly on existing IoT infrastructure rather than reinventing the wheel
• Expandability and Scalability: Unlike traditional IoT systems that support only fixed vendor-defined sensors, Universal Smart IoT allows users to connect anywhere from a few sensors to hundreds or even thousands - of any type, in any combination, even from multiple vendors.
• Security: Built-in sensor-level security safeguards measurement and control functionality, helping organizations comply with sensor security requirements and preventing unauthorized access.
• Modularity: Highly modular design minimizes development, testing, maintenance, and support time - freeing engineers to focus on innovation instead of infrastructure.
• Fast Prototyping: Time-to-market is critical. Focus' cost-effective, production-ready Universal Smart IoT platform shortens design-build-test cycles and provides significant competitive advantage.
• Plug-and-Play Operation: Users can combine sensors in any configuration, plug them into the platform, and operate instantly - no special ordering, coding, or software setup required.
• Simplification & Standardization: By centralizing all IoT intelligence into the universal platform, design and manufacturing are simplified to the fullest extent. Only sensor modules require development. Up to 90% of traditional design work is eliminated, drastically reducing time to market.
• Cloud IoT: Users can access the cloud-enabled Universal Smart IoT system from any web-enabled device, anywhere in the world - to control instruments, monitor performance, collect data, or adjust settings remotely.

Focus Universal's IoT project reflects the broader challenges facing the industry today. After more than 20 years of research and development and over $20 million invested, it is clear that the traditional approach to building IoT systems is costly, slow, and inefficient. It is unrealistic - and economically impractical - for 19.8 billion IoT devices worldwide to repeat this same expensive development process, which is a major reason so many IoT projects fail.

However, if these 19.8 billion devices leverage a single Universal Smart IoT common platform instead of starting from scratch, the economics change completely. Even though $20 million is a substantial investment, spread across the global IoT device base, the average development cost per device becomes negligible. IoT customers gain all the benefits of advanced IoT capabilities without bearing the prohibitive costs.

Competitors that refuse to adopt a universal platform must continue spending heavily, which often leads to failure. Industry surveys confirm this reality: Cisco reports a 75% IoT project failure rate, and Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's patented technology - backed by decades of R&D and significant investment - creates a substantial barrier to entry, making it extremely difficult for competitors to replicate or match these capabilities.

What Groundbreaking AI-Driven SEC Financial Reporting Software Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

SEC financial reporting is traditionally a complex, costly, and time-consuming process.  The entire process may take several weeks. Delays in filing can result in SEC reviews, enforcement actions, and significant penalties.  Focus Universal, by contrast, has developed a fully automated, end-to-end solution powered by both automation and Variegated AI, whereby Focus believes the technology enables the computer to conduct the activities for which the computer is designed and optimal and allows the human to remain within the decision loop and center upon what the human excels. With a single click, the company's software can: 

• Retrieve financial statements from accounting platforms,
• Reformat data into spreadsheets for consolidated financial reporting,
• Automatically generate consolidated financials,
• Populate the word-processed version of SEC filings,
• Convert the documents to SEC-compliant versions via EDGARization, and
• Embed accurate tags into the HTML file - with very limited manual input. 

Built-in validation, including self-consistency and compliance checks, ensures accuracy and eliminates human error. Essentially, Focus believes what once took months of manual work can now be completed in minutes.  Edgarization is the process of converting source documents - such as Microsoft Word, Excel, or PDF files - into the SEC-compliant Edgar HTML format. Traditionally, this process handles only ten pages per hour. The company's software, however, can process a hundred-page SEC financial report in a few seconds. Focus Universal is partnering with industry-leading partners to conduct real-time testing of this technology.

Immense Dual Market Opportunities

Statista reports that the number of IoT devices worldwide is expected to grow from 19.8 billion in 2025 to more than 40.6 billion by 2034. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market, valued at USD 1.18 trillion in 2023, is projected to reach US $2.65 trillion by 2030, reflecting a CAGR of 11.4% from 2024 to 2030. Yet despite this tremendous growth potential, industry surveys show that most IoT projects fail - Cisco reports a 75% failure rate, while Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT technology was specifically developed to address these challenges, unlock the full potential of the IoT revolution, and bring this groundbreaking solution to the global base of 19.8 billion IoT device users. By delivering up to 90% cost savings and unprecedented simplification of IoT deployment, the technology plays a decisive role in accelerating IoT adoption worldwide

According to recent industry analysis, the Financial Reporting Software Market was valued at US $13.9 Billion in 2022 and is projected to grow to US $36.6 Billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 12.8%. The surge is driven by the increasing complexity of financial data, the high cost of compliance, and the need for scalable, efficient, and intelligent reporting tools. Focus believes this innovation does not replace the SEC-required review process but removes much of the labor-intensive, manual work, dramatically cutting preparation and revision time for public companies.

Beyond showcasing the claims in this press release, our AI solution has not only detected errors in Mega Company's financial reports but also uncovered bugs in the SEC's open-source software - demonstrating the unmatched speed, accuracy, and power of our technology.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and valued investments are important to the company. The Focus Universal management team warmly invites potential investors and shareholders to meet us at Booth 10371 in the North Hall Showcase of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 6th - 9th, 2026. for a face-to-face demonstration and discussion, allowing you to experience firsthand the power of our game-changing technology. Remarkably, Focus Universal has achieved this with minimal expenditure, reflecting our belief that human creativity is far more valuable than simply burning money to reach a goal. Focus Universal believes itself to be a clean, well-prepared company, ready for growth.  For investors and stakeholders unable to attend in person, the company invites direct contact through the investor relations department in order to share additional details to ensure the opportunity to explore these innovations firsthand. 

About Focus Universal:

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company had developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 28 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. As a process of maintenance without losing protection, the company is in the process of filing additional omnibus patents. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

For company inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations
626-272-3883
ir@focusuniversal.com

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As previously disclosed, on June 30, 2025, the Company was notified by Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(2) because its market value of listed securities (MVLS) was below $35.0 million for 30 consecutive business days. The Nasdaq staff made this determination of compliance following the Company's recent public offerings, announced on October 27, 2025, which generated estimated net proceeds of $9.44 million from the $10 million offering. As a result of these transactions, the Company satisfied the minimum stockholders' equity requirement under Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), and the matter regarding its previous deficiency is now considered closed.

"Through our recent public offerings, we have significantly strengthened our balance sheet, enabling us to regain compliance in accordance with Nasdaq's stockholders' equity standard," said Dr. Desheng Wang, CEO of Focus Universal Inc. "We deeply appreciate the support of all the investors who participated in our offerings and believe in our long-term vision. With a highly scalable business model, we are more optimistic than ever about the Company's outlook. and remain committed to building shareholder value as we continue to scale our business and drive sustainable growth." 

"Regaining compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements is an important requirement for Focus Universal," Dr. Wang continues. "And as we reflect on the market and growing business potential, we remain focused on creating long-term shareholder value through our fundamental research and development, which aims to address the core challenges in IoT and labor-intensive data entry. Universal Smart IoT not only preserves the information-sharing capabilities of traditional IoT but also provides universal common hardware and software platforms. As a result, the prohibitive development and production costs, as well as the technological complexity that have hindered traditional IoT, are finally resolved.  The longstanding challenges of IoT have been solved. When the 90% of universal IoT infrastructure is no longer repeatedly rebuilt, IoT development becomes far cheaper and simpler than building non-IoT devices."

Dr. Desheng Wang also concluded, "Furthermore, our SEC Financial Reporting software is 10,000 times faster than traditional manual methods, demonstrating the transformative power of automation and AI-driven innovation.  With a single click, months of complex SEC financial reporting work can be completed in just one minute. We plan to showcase all of these technologies at CES from January 6th to 9th in Las Vegas."

About Focus Universal:

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. For maintenance cost control, the company has also omnibus patents encompassing these patents into patent family groups.  These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets. 

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

For company inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations
626-272-3883
ir@focusuniversal.com

View the original release on www.newmediawire.com

IoT has long been recognized as a revolutionary technology with the large potential to change the world - ranking as the top transformative technology, widespread adoption has been limited by high development costs and technical complexity. The customized nature of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and projects often require bespoke design built from scratch, leading to skyrocketing development and implementation costs. Dedicating decades to researching and overcoming these specific challenges, resulting in Universal Smart IoT, Focus Universal has developed an innovative platform that radically simplifies IoT development and dramatically reduces associated costs.

Unlike traditional IoT systems, where engineers start from scratch for each new device, the company's platform provides a pre-built common foundation. Utilizing Focus' platform, different IoT devices can share roughly 90% of the same hardware and software, substantially reducing development costs and complexity. This unique approach not only accelerates time-to-market but also democratizes access to IoT solutions.

Further enhancing this ecosystem is Focus Universal's Universal Smart Software Platform, which eliminates the need for multiple device-specific applications. Engineers no longer need to build separate apps for each IoT product - the company's platform supports them all without sacrificing performance or functionality, according to the company technology lead. This streamlined app development process can significantly cut costs and improve efficiency, allowing us to offer the company's IoT platform to customers at a fraction of the cost required to develop custom solutions

One of the company's revolutionary products, the Ubiquitor, exemplifies this efficiency. The Ubiquitor can connect to any sensor - or even a large number of independent sensors - without theoretical limit. As more sensors are added, the average cost of the Ubiquitor per sensor becomes negligible. This results in an effective cost, which approaches the cost of the sensors alone, already significantly lower than traditional devices. When used in conjunction with the company's universal platform, the total development cost is a fraction of conventional approaches, offering substantial savings in both raw materials and engineering time.

Superiority of IoT Over Traditional Non-IoT Devices

The advantages of adopting IoT devices over traditional non-IoT devices are significant. IoT devices offer real-time data collection, remote monitoring, and automated control, which greatly improve efficiency and reduce manual labor. They enhance accuracy, minimize human error, and enable predictive maintenance that can prevent costly downtime. IoT systems also provide increased scalability, seamless integration with cloud platforms, and valuable analytics that support smarter decision-making. In contrast, traditional devices operate in isolation, require more hands-on management, and cannot deliver the same level of insight or automation.

What Groundbreaking IoT Solutions Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

• Full-Fledged IoT System: At CES, Focus Universal will demonstrate a 100% complete IoT system, integrating hundreds or even thousands of industrial sensors and cameras across multiple locations, including the U.S. and overseas. IoT administrators can log into their accounts to monitor and control devices worldwide, showcasing capabilities that surpass traditional IoT deployments.
• Simple Sensor Management: Adding or removing sensors is as easy as installing an office phone. Building and expanding an IoT system becomes a straightforward task, rather than a complex research project.
• Efficient Hardware Utilization: Unlike traditional IoT devices, where each sensor typically connects to a dedicated device, Universal Smart IoT allows multiple sensors to share a single device. This significantly reduces hardware requirements and costs.
• Reliable Backup Solutions: While hundreds or thousands of sensors share the same device, a malfunction could potentially impact all connected sensors. Universal Smart IoT provides backup solutions: if the main device fails, a backup device takes over seamlessly, allowing maintenance personnel to replace the faulty device without interrupting overall IoT operations.
• Sensor-Dependent Apps: CES will also showcase sensor-dependent applications. Adding or removing sensors dynamically changes the user interface, enabling engineers to focus on specific sensor modules rather than the entire IoT system. The Universal Smart IoT platform handles up to 90% of IoT design, dramatically simplifying deployment and management.
• Cost Efficiency: Traditional IoT devices require displays, knobs, buttons, built-in circuitry, and device-specific functions. With Universal Smart IoT, everything except the sensor module is eliminated. This dramatically cuts hardware costs and streamline production.
• Universality & Interoperability: All functionalities traditionally scattered across separate IoT devices are integrated into a single, unified platform. Sensors and actuators from different categories operate seamlessly together, enabling unprecedented interoperability and reusability.
• Flexibility: Adding or modifying functionality only requires updating the sensor software. In contrast, traditional IoT devices often require new hardware, redesigned circuits, or even new enclosures - making changes slow, expensive, and time-consuming. Universal Smart IoT also enables flexible data sharing and handling, overcoming the limitations of proprietary IoT architecture.
• Broad Compatibility: Compatibility goes beyond manufacturers' it spans across industries. With full interoperability and true interchangeability, the long-awaited dream of a universal IoT ecosystem is finally becoming reality
• Upgradeability: Highly modular design allows future hardware and software upgrades to build directly on existing IoT infrastructure rather than reinventing the wheel
• Expandability and Scalability: Unlike traditional IoT systems that support only fixed vendor-defined sensors, Universal Smart IoT allows users to connect anywhere from a few sensors to hundreds or even thousands - of any type, in any combination, even from multiple vendors.
• Security: Built-in sensor-level security safeguards measurement and control functionality, helping organizations comply with sensor security requirements and preventing unauthorized access.
• Modularity:  Highly modular design minimizes development, testing, maintenance, and support time - freeing engineers to focus on innovation instead of infrastructure.
• Fast Prototyping: Time-to-market is critical. Focus' cost-effective, production-ready Universal Smart IoT platform shortens design-build-test cycles and provides significant competitive advantage.
• Plug-and-Play Operation:  Users can combine sensors in any configuration, plug them into the platform, and operate instantly - no special ordering, coding, or software setup required.
• Simplification & Standardization: By centralizing all IoT intelligence into the universal platform, design and manufacturing are simplified to the fullest extent. Only sensor modules require development. Up to 90% of traditional design work is eliminated, drastically reducing time to market.
• Cloud IoT: Users can access the cloud-enabled Universal Smart IoT system from any web-enabled device, anywhere in the world - to control instruments, monitor performance, collect data, or adjust settings remotely.

Focus Universal's IoT project reflects the broader challenges facing the industry today. After more than 20 years of research and development and over $20 million invested, it is clear that the traditional approach to building IoT systems is costly, slow, and inefficient. It is unrealistic - and economically impractical - for 19.8 billion IoT devices worldwide to repeat this same expensive development process, which is a major reason so many IoT projects fail.

However, if these 19.8 billion devices leverage a single Universal Smart IoT common platform instead of starting from scratch, the economics change completely. Even though $20 million is a substantial investment, spread across the global IoT device base, the average development cost per device becomes negligible. IoT customers gain all the benefits of advanced IoT capabilities without bearing the prohibitive costs.

Competitors that refuse to adopt a universal platform must continue spending heavily, which often leads to failure. Industry surveys confirm this reality: Cisco reports a 75% IoT project failure rate, and Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's patented technology - backed by decades of R&D and significant investment - creates a substantial barrier to entry, making it extremely difficult for competitors to replicate or match these capabilities.

What Groundbreaking AI-Driven SEC Financial Reporting Software Will Be Unveiled at CES 2026

SEC financial reporting is traditionally a complex, costly, and time-consuming process. The entire process may take several weeks. Delays in filing can result in SEC reviews, enforcement actions, and significant penalties.  Focus Universal, by contrast, has developed a fully automated, end-to-end solution powered by both automation and Variegated AI, whereby Focus believes the technology enables the computer to conduct the activities for which the computer is designed and optimal and allows the human to remain within the decision loop and center upon what the human excels. With a single click, the company's software can:

• Retrieve financial statements from accounting platforms,
• Reformat data into spreadsheets for consolidated financial reporting,
• Automatically generate consolidated financials,
• Populate the word-processed version of SEC filings,
• Convert the documents to SEC-compliant versions via EDGARization, and
• Embed accurate tags into the HTML file - with very limited manual input.

Built-in validation, including self-consistency and compliance checks, ensures accuracy and eliminates human error. Essentially, Focus believes what once took months of manual work can now be completed in minutes.  Edgarization is the process of converting source documents - such as Microsoft Word, Excel, or PDF files - into the SEC-compliant Edgar HTML format. Traditionally, this process handles only ten pages per hour. The company's software, however, can process a hundred-page SEC financial report in a few seconds. Focus Universal is partnering with industry-leading partners to conduct real-time testing of this technology.

Immense Dual Market Opportunities

Statista reports that the number of IoT devices worldwide is expected to grow from 19.8 billion in 2025 to more than 40.6 billion by 2034. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market, valued at USD 1.18 trillion in 2023, is projected to reach US $2.65 trillion by 2030, reflecting a CAGR of 11.4% from 2024 to 2030. Yet despite this tremendous growth potential, industry surveys show that most IoT projects fail - Cisco reports a 75% failure rate, while Microsoft found that 30% of projects fail at the early proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal's Universal Smart IoT technology was specifically developed to address these challenges, unlock the full potential of the IoT revolution, and bring this groundbreaking solution to the global base of 19.8 billion IoT device users. By delivering up to 90% cost savings and unprecedented simplification of IoT deployment, the technology plays a decisive role in accelerating IoT adoption worldwide

According to recent industry analysis, the Financial Reporting Software Market was valued at US $13.9 Billion in 2022 and is projected to grow to US $36.6 Billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 12.8%. The surge is driven by the increasing complexity of financial data, the high cost of compliance, and the need for scalable, efficient, and intelligent reporting tools. Focus believes this innovation does not replace the SEC-required review process but removes much of the labor-intensive, manual work, dramatically cutting preparation and revision time for public companies.  Beyond showcasing the claims in this press release, our AI solution has not only detected errors in Mega Company's financial reports but also uncovered bugs in the SEC's open-source software - demonstrating the unmatched speed, accuracy, and power of our technology.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and valued investments are important to the company. The Focus Universal management team warmly invites potential investors and shareholders to meet us at Booth 10371 in the North Hall Showcase of the Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 6th - 9th, 2026. for a face-to-face demonstration and discussion, allowing you to experience firsthand the power of our game-changing technology. Remarkably, Focus Universal has achieved this with minimal expenditure, reflecting our belief that human creativity is far more valuable than simply burning money to reach a goal. Focus Universal believes itself to be a clean, well-prepared company, ready for growth.  For investors and stakeholders unable to attend in person, the company invites direct contact through the investor relations department in order to share additional details to ensure the opportunity to explore these innovations firsthand.

About Focus Universal:

Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company had developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 28 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. As a process of maintenance without losing protection, the company is in the process of filing additional omnibus patents. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties related to market conditions and the completion of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the preliminary prospectus filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and Focus Universal specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

For company inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations
626-272-3883
ir@focusuniversal.com

View the original release on www.newmediawire.com

Universal Smart Device: Revolutionizing IoT

The company's universal smart device, Ubiquitor, is a groundbreaking solution capable of connecting to any sensor or a vast number of independent sensors, theoretically without limit. When a moderate number of sensors are connected, the cost of the Ubiquitor, averaged across sensors, becomes negligible. As stated by the company, the effective cost approaches that of the sensors alone, which represents just a fraction of the material costs of traditional devices, as stated by the company. Additionally, the Ubiquitor's efficiency and cost-effectiveness are evident when coupled with Focus' platform system, whereby development costs are a fraction of traditional device development requirements, resulting in substantial savings in both raw material and development costs.

Revolutionizing IoT Infrastructure

"Universal Smart IoT not only preserves the information-sharing capabilities of traditional IoT but also provides universal common hardware and software platforms. As a result, the prohibitive development and production costs, as well as the technological complexity that have hindered traditional IoT, are finally resolved. After two decades of research and development, the longstanding challenges of IoT have been solved. When the 90% of universal IoT infrastructure is no longer repeatedly rebuilt, IoT development becomes far cheaper and simpler than building non-IoT devices," Desheng Wang commented.

The Internet of Things (IoT) market size was valued at $0.54 Trillion in 2022 and is projected to $3.30 Trillion by 2030, exhibiting a CAGR of 26.1%.  A Cisco Systems survey had revealed that three-quarters of IoT projects are failing, and a similar Microsoft company survey reported 30% of IoT projects failed in the proof-of-concept stage. Focus Universal developed the universal smart IoT technology aimed at overcoming these challenges.  

Gamechanger for Financial Reporting

In addition to showcasing the universal smart device and the universal smart IoT platform, the company intends to showcase their financial filing software.  As described by Dr. Desheng Wang, CEO of Focus Universal Inc., "Our SEC Financial Reporting software is 10,000 times faster than traditional manual methods, demonstrating the transformative power of automation and AI-driven innovation." Dr. Wang continues, "With a single click, months of complex SEC financial reporting work can be completed in just one minute. As Focus Universal, we are excited to showcase all these groundbreaking technologies at CES 2026, delivering on our commitment to our shareholders and the global technology community. We cordially invite all, prospective customers, investors, and shareholders to experience firsthand the remarkable power, efficiency, and potential of our technology at CES 2026."

A Commitment to Innovation and Sustainability

Our technology delivers substantial benefits to the entire world, and the company believes the global impact it creates will be reflected in the value returned to us. The 2026 CES marks the official commercialization of this breakthrough. Focus Universal deeply appreciates the dedication of our research and development team and the continued patience and support of our shareholders.

About Focus Universal:
Focus Universal Inc. is a provider of patented hardware and software design technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. The company has developed five disruptive patented technology platforms with 26 patents and patents pending in various phases and eight trademarks pending in various phases to solve the major problems facing hardware and software design and production within the industry today. For maintenance cost control, the company has also omnibus patents encompassing these patents into patent family groups. These technologies combined to have the potential to reduce costs, product development timelines and energy usage while increasing range, speed, efficiency, and security. Focus currently trades on the Nasdaq Markets. 

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