Skip to content Auddia Provides Update on McCarthy Finney Merger as Process Advances Toward Expected Closing June 11, 2026 Company expects merger to close in July Merger to create diversified AI‑driven operating company BOULDER, CO, June 11, 2026 – PRISM MediaWire (Press Release Service – Press Release Distribution) – Auddia Inc. (NASDAQ: AUUD) (“Auddia” or the “Company”), an AI first technology company that has built a proprietary AI platform for audio identification and classification to reinvent how consumers engage with audio and how artists get discovered, today announced that it has received the initial comment letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the Company’s Form S‑4 registration statement filed on May 14, 2026 in connection with its proposed merger with McCarthy Finney, Inc. (“MCFN”). Auddia Provides Update on McCarthy Finney Merger as Process Advances Toward Expected Closing Auddia expects to file an amended S‑4 addressing all comments early next week and anticipates the registration statement will proceed through the normal review cycle. “We are pleased with the progress of the S-4 process and are now able to provide more clarity on the expected closing timeline,” said Jeff Thramann, CEO of Auddia . Although the timeline remains subject to SEC clearance, Nasdaq approval, and an affirmative shareholder vote, the Company anticipates these will be achieved in support of a merger closing occurring in July. The proposed merger with MCFN is designed to create a diversified AI‑driven operating company with four core subsidiaries, LT350, Influence Healthcare, Voyex, and Auddia. Each will leverage the McCarthy Finney Operating System (MCFN‑OS) to drive efficiency and scale. Additional merger updates will be provided as the process advances. About the Merger to form McCarthy Finney Auddia entered into a definitive merger agreement on February 17, 2026. The merger contemplates a business combination between Auddia Inc. and Thramann Holdings, LLC, a single member Colorado LLC. Thramann Holdings fully owns LT350, Influence Healthcare, and Voyex, three early-stage AI native operating companies. Upon merger completion, Auddia will change its name to McCarthy Finney and trade under the ticker MCFN. McCarthy Finney is an AI holding company that will deliver AI and Web3 services to its four portfolio companies: LT350, Influence Healthcare, Voyex, and Auddia. LT350 is a distributed AI data center company with 13 issued, 1 allowed, and 2 pending patents on a proprietary solar parking lot canopy infrastructure platform that integrates modular battery storage and GPU cartridges into the ceiling of the canopy to turn any parking lot into an AI data center. The Company aims to build the most secure, lowest latency, cost effective, and rapidly deployed network of distributed AI data centers at the edge by leveraging the use of underutilized parking lot space while strengthening the existing power infrastructure of local utilities. Influence Healthcare is a health-tech company leveraging AI, blockchain, and vertical integration to empower surgeons to drive adoption of value based care (VBC) to the surgical specialties. The Company’s mission is to leverage technology and value based enterprises (VBEs) to build an alternative healthcare system that minimizes the corporate practice of medicine, eliminates administrative waste, and enhances the autonomy and pay of health care providers to empower them to improve quality and return the patient physician relationship to the center of medicine. Voyex is a travel services platform that leverages agentic AI, an integrated fintech platform, and utilization of charter and private jet aircraft to significantly improve the travel experience. The Company aims is to alleviate the leading pain points for travelers of lengthy flight delays and cancellations. About Auddia Inc. Auddia, through its proprietary AI platform for audio identification and classification, is reinventing not only how consumers engage with AM/FM radio, podcasts, and other audio content but also how artists and labels promote their music and gain access to mainstream radio audiences. Auddia’s Discovr Radio is the first music-promotion platform to deliver artists guaranteed exposure to radio listeners. Auddia’s flagship audio superapp, called faidr , delivers multiple industry firsts, including: Ad-free listening on any AM/FM radio station Content skipping across any AM/FM station One-touch skipping of entire podcast ad breaks Integrated artist discovery experiences For more information, visit www.auddia.com . Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this communication, other than purely historical information, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including for purposes of the “safe harbor” provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, concerning Auddia, Th