Taiwan Carbon Nano Technology Corp., which holds a roughly 10% stake in Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIMD), sold 46,000 shares of the company’s common stock on January 28, 2026, realizing about $99,806 from the transaction. The shares changed hands at $2.1697 apiece, a price below AIMD’s then-current trading level of $2.35.
Following the sale, Taiwan Carbon Nano Technology Corp. directly holds 989,925 Ainos shares. The disposition was reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Form 4 filing. A footnote in that filing records the stated purpose of the sale as funding for general operating purposes.
Market metrics included in the reporting underscore that AIMD remains a small-cap security by market value, with a market capitalization noted at $14.87 million. Analysis from InvestingPro, cited in the filing materials, characterizes the company as appearing overvalued and points to a high debt burden alongside a weak financial health score. InvestingPro also lists 15 additional insights intended to help investors interpret AIMD’s price dynamics; the security’s beta is quoted at 2.46, reflecting elevated volatility.
The insider sale comes as Ainos has experienced notable price swings in recent trading. The stock advanced 27.72% over the past week and is up 43.29% year-to-date, while nevertheless having declined 31.11% over the previous 12 months.
In separate corporate developments disclosed alongside the transaction, Ainos has entered into a distribution and deployment agreement with Taiwan-based Trusval Technology to bring Ainos’ AI Nose technology into semiconductor front-end manufacturing environments. The arrangement includes an initial minimum purchase commitment of 600 AI Nose units designated for deployment across front-end wafer fabrication environments. Under the agreement, Trusval will serve as Ainos’ authorized sales agent and deployment partner for the AI Nose technology.
Additionally, Ainos and Trusval formalized a three-year distribution agreement granting Trusval distribution rights for Ainos’ AI Nose and related products and services. That contract contains a provision granting Trusval one-year exclusive distribution rights for those products when sold to certain clients. Specific financial terms of the agreements and details about the clients covered by exclusivity were not disclosed.
These concurrent disclosures combine an insider share sale with commercial progress intended to expand deployment of Ainos’ sensor technology in semiconductor manufacturing. The filings make clear the corporate intentions and the stated reasons for the insider sale, while leaving detailed financial terms of the Trusval agreements and the identities of clients under the exclusivity clause undisclosed.