Faraday Future Strategically Launches Its Embodied AI Developer Platform Purpose-Built for AI Natives, Marking 2026 as the Inaugural Year of EAI Robotics Education

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 27, 2026--

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future”, “FF” or the “Company”), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced that it hosted the EAI Developer Ecosystem Forum and the strategic launch of the FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform in San Francisco on April 25. With this launch, FF unveils the Company’s EAI developer platform purpose-built for AI natives, marking 2026 as the inaugural year of EAI robotics education and officially opens recruitment for co-builders of its global developer ecosystem.

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The forum culminated in a live capability showcase featuring FF Futurist, the Company’s full-size professional EAI humanoid robot, demonstrating nine end-to-end Agent Skills across Home Assistant, Commercial Security, Pet Companion, and Hospitality and Reception scenarios. FF also previewed home security integration combining FX Aegis, FF’s professional EAI quadruped robot, with smart home automation. Recruitment for the first batch of 1.0 co-creation partners is now open at: https://www.ff.com/us/developer/apply/

The FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform features six developer tools (Brain Blocks, Create Studio, EAI Soul, EAI Scribe, EAI Studio, and an SDK and API) and four core infrastructure layers (a unified developer portal, a Sim-to-Real evolution field, a data closed-loop engine, and an agile development and release toolchain). Together, they make robot development as accessible as software development, lowering the barrier for everyone from K‑12 students to professional engineers to build executable robot capabilities known as Agent Skills.

The platform officially opens recruitment across three categories of developers: Young Futurist for K‑12 students aged 6 to 18, EAI Futurist for scenario experts and creators, and EAI Builder for professional engineers, research teams, and OEM partners. Each category follows a four-tier progression path from Beginner to Leader. A comprehensive developer incentive program covering revenue sharing, grants, hackathons, the Campus Program, a tier-based seniority system, and global community exposure ensures that every contributor truly benefits from the ecosystem they help build.

The forum drew leaders from across the embodied AI ecosystem, including Yong Wang, CEO of StarBot Robotics; Ling Zong, Ph.D., President of the Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (USA); Christine Chen, Professor at California Science and Technology University (CSTU); Heidi Yu, CEO of SocialBook; Lei Zarboulas, Founder of RedOlive Investors; Teddy Fang, CEO of NS Federation; and Edward Qu, CEO of Vigiles Robotics. The event closed with a panel discussion titled “The Robotics Education Revolution: How Embodied AI Is Raising the Next Generation of Builders.”

“The launch of the FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform is more than a product release. It is the opening of a new ecosystem where everyone, from K‑12 students to professional engineers, can build the capabilities that will define the embodied AI era,” said Chris Chen, Co-CEO of FF AI-Robotics. “By marking 2026 as the inaugural year of EAI robotics education, we are not only lowering the barrier to robot development. We are inviting the next generation of AI natives to co-create the future with us and ensuring that every developer who joins us truly benefits from the ecosystem they help build.”

Looking ahead, the FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform will serve as the foundational infrastructure for FF’s broader EAI ecosystem, connecting devices, data, and intelligence at scale. By cultivating a global community of AI-native developers and deepening partnerships across education, research, and industry, FF aims to accelerate the real-world deployment of EAI robots and reinforce its long-term positioning as a leader of the global Embodied AI ecosystem.

ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE

Faraday Future is a California-based global intelligent Company founded in 2014 and is dedicated to reshaping the future of mobility through vehicle electrification, intelligent technologies, and AI innovation. Its flagship vehicle, the FF 91, began deliveries in 2023 and reflects the brand's pursuit of ultra-luxury, cutting-edge technology, and high performance. FF's second brand, FX, targets the high-volume mainstream vehicle market. Its first model, Super One, is positioned as a first-class EAI-MPV, with deliveries planned to begin in 2026. FF recently announced its entry into the Embodied AI Robotics business with sales beginning this year, connecting its future strategy of bringing a new era of EAI vehicles and EAI robotics. For more information, please visit https://www.ff.com/.

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Important factors, that may affect actual results or outcomes include, among others: demand for our robotics products; competition in the robotics industry, which includes companies with far superior experience, funding and name recognition; our reliance on a single OEM for most of our robotics products; our ability to get the planned robotics products to comply with all applicable U.S. rules and regulations; the ability of the robotics OEM to timely supply robotics to the Company; the lack of a formal supply agreement with the robotics OEM; the robotics OEM initiating direct sales into the US under its own brand; the ability of the Company to adequately insure its robotics products; the ability of the Company to design its robotics products to meet market needs; tariff uncertainty for imported products, particularly from China; the ability of the U.S. Department of Commerce to review, condition, or prohibit robotics‑related transactions with a China OEM; demand from automobile dealers for robotics products; the Company's ability to maintain its listing on Nasdaq; the Company's ability to timely regain compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid requirement; the possibility of the Company's common stock being suspended from trading on Nasdaq if it's closing price is $0.10 or less for 10 consecutive trading days; the availability of sufficient share capital to execute on its strategy, which the Company currently lacks; the agreement of stockholders to substantially increase the Company's share capital, which could result in substantial additional dilution; the Company's ability to homologate FX vehicles for sale; the Company's ability to secure the necessary funding to execute on the FX strategy, which will be substantial; the Company's ability to secure an occupancy certificate for its Hanford facility; the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and improve its liquidity and financial position; the Company's ability to pay its outstanding obligations; the Company's ability to remediate its material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and the risks related to the restatement of previously issued consolidated financial statements; the Company's limited operating history and the significant barriers to growth it faces; the Company's history of losses and expectation of continued losses; the success of the Company's payroll expense reduction plan; the Company's ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and robots and the timing of these development programs; the Company's estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles and robots and cost to bring those vehicles to market; the rate and degree of market acceptance of the Company's vehicles; the Company's ability to cover future warranty claims; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of the Company's vehicles; current and potential litigation involving the Company; the Company's ability to receive funds from, satisfy the conditions precedent of and close on the various financings described elsewhere by the Company; the result of future financing efforts, the failure of any of which could result in the Company seeking protection under the Bankruptcy Code; the Company's indebtedness; the Company's ability to use its "at-the-market" program; insurance coverage; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for the Company's products; potential negative impacts of a reverse stock split; potential cost, headcount and salary reduction actions may not be sufficient or may not achieve their expected results; circumstances outside of the Company's control, such as natural disasters, climate change, health epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, and civil unrest; risks related to the Company's operations in China; the success of the Company's remedial measures taken in response to the Special Committee findings; the Company's dependence on its suppliers and contract manufacturer; the Company's ability to develop and protect its technologies; the Company's ability to protect against cybersecurity risks; and the ability of the Company to attract and retain employees, any adverse developments in existing legal proceedings or the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company's stock price. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025; Form 10-Qs for the quarters ended June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on May 9, 2025, August 19, 2025 and November 21, 2025, respectively; the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2026; and other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.

FF hosted the EAI Developer Ecosystem Forum and the strategic launch of the FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform in San Francisco on April 25, officially opening recruitment for its global developer ecosystem.

FF hosted the EAI Developer Ecosystem Forum and the strategic launch of the FF EAI Brain & Open Developer Platform in San Francisco on April 25, officially opening recruitment for its global developer ecosystem.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned whether the state's Democratic-led legislature complied with constitutional requirements when it sent a congressional redistricting plan to voters, in a case that carries high stakes for the balance of power in the U.S. House.

The new districts, which could net Democrats four additional seats, won narrow voter approval last week. But a Republican legal challenge contends the General Assembly violated procedural rules by placing the constitutional amendment before voters to authorize the mid-decade redistricting. If the court agrees that lawmakers broke the rules, it could invalidate the amendment and render last week's statewide vote meaningless.

The Virginia court proceedings mark the latest twist in a national redistricting battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an advantage in a November midterm election that will determine whether Republicans maintain their narrow majority in the U.S. House.

President Donald Trump kicked off a tit-for-tat round of gerrymandering last summer when he urged Texas Republicans to redraw districts to their favor in an attempt to win several additional House seats. That set off a chain reaction of similar moves in other states, leading to the voter approval last week of Virginia's new map.

Next up is Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a congressional redistricting plan that could essentially cancel out Virginia's changes by giving Republicans an improved chance of winning additional seats. The redistricting is on the agenda for a special session of the GOP-controlled Legislature beginning Tuesday.

During Monday's arguments, the Virginia Supreme Court focused on whether the new congressional districts should be invalidated because of the process used by lawmakers. The justices issued no immediate ruling.

Because the state’s redistricting commission was established by a voter-approved constitutional amendment, lawmakers had to propose an amendment to redraw the districts. That required approval of a resolution in two separate legislative sessions, with a state election sandwiched in between, to place the amendment on the ballot.

The legislature's first vote occurred last October — while early voting was underway but before it concluded on the day of the general election. Judicial questioning focused on whether that was too late, because early voting already had begun.

Attorney Matthew Seligman, who defended the legislature, argued that the “election” should be defined narrowly to mean the Tuesday of the general election. In that case, the legislature's first vote on the redistricting amendment occurred before the election and was constitutional, he told judges.

But an attorney arguing for the plaintiffs, Thomas McCarthy, said “election” means the entire period during which people can cast ballots, which lasts several weeks in Virginia. If that's the case, then the legislature's initial endorsement of the redistricting amendment came too late to comply with the state constitution, he said.

The purpose of Virginia's two-step amendment process, with an intervening election, is so voters can know whether legislative candidates support or oppose a proposed constitutional amendment, McCarthy said.

He pointed to the case of Democratic voter Camilla Simon, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit alongside Republican state lawmakers, who cast an early vote last fall for Democratic Del. Rodney Willett. After she voted, Willett sponsored the Democratic redistricting amendment, and Simon wished she could have undone her vote, McCarthy said.

“None of these voters had any idea this was coming, and that’s not how this process is supposed to work,” McCarthy told the justices.

Those defending the Democratic redistricting plan also contend that the voters' will should be respected.

The people voted to ratify the constitutional amendment, “and the challengers are asking to overturn that democratic result,” Seligman told reporters after the arguments.

So far, the two major parties have battled to a near draw in the states that have redrawn their congressional maps for this year's midterms.

Republicans think they could win up to nine more seats under revised districts in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. Democrats think they could win as many as 10 additional seats under new districts in California, Utah and Virginia. But legal challenges remain in both Virginia and Missouri.

Virginia currently is represented in the U.S. House by six Democrats and five Republicans who were elected from districts imposed by a court after a bipartisan redistricting commission failed to agree on a map after the 2020 census. The new districts, which won voter approval last Tuesday, could give Democrats an improved chance to win 10 districts.

Some candidates already have begun campaigning based on the new districts in advance of the state's Aug. 4 primary election.

In January, a judge in rural Tazewell County, in southwestern Virginia, ruled that lawmakers failed to follow their own rules for adding the redistricting amendment to a special session last fall. Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. also ruled that lawmakers failed to initially approve the amendment before the public began voting in last year’s general election and that the state had failed to publish the amendment three months before the election, as required by law. As a result, he said, the amendment is invalid and void.

The Virginia Supreme Court placed Hurley's order on hold and allowed the redistricting vote to proceed before hearing arguments on the case.

During Monday's arguments, justices also raised questions about the ability of lawmakers to expand the agenda for their special session and whether the three-month public notice requirement was important enough to thwart a voter-approved amendment.

Republicans have filed at least two additional legal challenges, which also are winding their way through the courts.

Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Missouri. Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed in Richmond and Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.

Attorney Matthew Seligman, representing Democratic state legislators, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

State Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, center, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Attorney Matthew Seligman, representing Democratic state legislators, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

A poster on the Virginia redistricting referendum is seen during voting at Mason Square, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Signs are seen outside Fairfax Government Center during the Virginia redistricting referendum, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)