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Nature of Business and Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Nature of Business and Organization [Abstract]

Nature of Business and Organization

Note 1 – Nature of Business and Organization

GD Culture Group Limited (“GDC” or the “Company”), formerly known as Code Chain New Continent Limited, is a Nevada corporation and a holding company. The Company currently conducts its operations on virtual content production (the “Virtual Content Production”) through the Company and two subsidiaries, AI Catalysis corp. (“AI Catalysis”) and Shanghai Xianzhui Technology Co., Ltd. (“SH Xianzhui”). The Company focuses its business mainly on: 1) AI-driven digital human creation and customization, and 2) Live streaming and e-commerce. The Company has relentlessly been focusing on serving its customers and creating value for them through the continual innovation and optimization of its products and services. Currently, the Company’s subsidiaries, Citi Profit Investment Holding Limited (“Citi Profit BVI”), Highlights Culture Holding Co., Limited (“Highlight HK”), Shanghai Highlight Entertainment Co., Ltd. (“Highlight WFOE”) are holding companies with no material operations.

SH Xianzhui was incorporated by Highlight WFOE and two other shareholders on August 10, 2023. SH Xianzhui is principally engaged in the provision of social media marketing agency service. Highlight WFOE initially owned 60% of the total equity interest of SH Xianzhui. On October 27, 2023, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement with Highlight WFOE and Beijing Hehe Property Management Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Hehe”), which was amended on November 10, 2023 (such equity purchase agreement, as amended, the “Agreement” for purpose of this section “Investment in JV”), pursuant to which the Highlight WFOE agreed to purchase 13.3333% of the equity interest in SH Xianzhui from Beijing Hehe and the Company agreed to issue 400,000 shares of common stock of the Company, valued at $2.7820 per share, the average closing bid price of the common stock of GDC as of the five trading days immediately preceding the date of the Agreement, to Beijing Hehe or its assigns. On January 11, 2024, the Company issued the 400,000 shares of its common stock, at the price of $2.5 per share, to Beijing Hehe and the transaction was completed. Up to the date of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, the Company owns 73.3333% of the total equity interest of SH Xianzhui.

AI Catalysis is a Nevada corporation, incorporated on May 18, 2023. AI Catalysis is expected to bridge the realms of the internet, media, and artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies. Positioned at the crossroads of traditional and streaming media, AI Catalysis plans to elevate the experience of media with AI-based interactive and smart content, aiming to transform the whole media landscape. At present, AI Catalysis primarily focused on the application of AI digital human technology with the sectors of e-commerce and entertainment to improve the interaction experiences online. AI Catalysis strives to deliver stable interactive livestreaming products to AI Catalysis’ users. AI Catalysis foresees future expansion to a variety of business sectors with AI applications in different scenarios. AI Catalysis plans to enter into the livestreaming market with a focus on e-commerce and livestreaming interactive game.

Acquisition of Pallas

On September 8, 2025, the Company (the “Acquirer”), Pallas Capital Holding Ltd, a British Virgin Islands company incorporated on June 30, 2025 (“Pallas” or the “Target”), and the shareholders of the Target (each a “Seller” and collectively, the “Sellers”) executed an agreement and plan of securities exchange (the “Share Exchange Agreement”, and the transactions contemplated thereby, collectively, the “Pallas Transaction”), pursuant to which, the Sellers wish to sell to the Acquirer, and the Acquirer wishes to purchase from the Sellers, 100% interest in and to the ordinary shares of the Target (the “Target Shares”). In exchange for the Target Shares, the Acquirer shall issue an aggregate of 39,189,344 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “GDC Shares”) to such Sellers. On September 29, 2025, the Sellers transferred to Acquirer 10,000 shares of Target Shares, being all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Target, and received in exchange certificates representing the 39,189,344 GDC Shares. Thereafter, Pallas became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Pallas was established for the primary purpose of holding digital assets as a long-term reserve, with the objective of achieving potential appreciation in value. As of September 30, 2025, Pallas held 7,500 units of Bitcoin.

Two shareholders of the Company, who beneficially own 11.4%, in the aggregate, of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, immediately before the execution of the Pallas Transaction, also serve as the directors and share voting and dispositive power over the shares issued by the Target. Accordingly, the Transaction constitutes a related party transaction for the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

Referring to FASB ASC Topic 805-10-55-5, the Company applied two steps (including step 1, screen test and step 2, evaluation of process and input) in evaluating whether the acquisition was an asset acquisition or a business combination. Pallas had no operations except for holding Bitcoin as a reserve, and substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in its Bitcoin. Therefore, the Company decided that Pallas cannot constitute a business and such Pallas Transaction should be accounted for as an asset acquisition. The purchase consideration is measured based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock issued and the consideration is further allocated to the value of the asset acquired in the transaction. Given the related party nature of the Pallas Transaction and the fact that the acquired digital assets are highly liquid and have observable market prices, which indicated that the fair value of the assets acquired is far higher than the fair value of the common stock issued, management concluded that the such Pallas transaction indicated a capital contribution from the shareholders. Accordingly, the excess of the fair value of the digital assets acquired over the fair value of the common stock issued should be recorded as an increase in additional paid-in capital and the value of the assets acquired, which was concurrently with the determination of the value of the assets acquired under asset acquisition.

Subsidiaries of the Company

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of GDC and each of the following entities:

Name		Background			Ownership
Citi Profit BVI		●	A British Virgin Island company Incorporated in April 2019		100% owned by the Company
Highlight HK		●	A Hong Kong company		100% owned by Citi Profit BVI
		●	Incorporated in November 2022
Highlight WFOE		●	A PRC limited liability company and deemed a wholly foreign owned enterprise (WFOE)		100% owned by Highlight HK
Highlight WFOE		●	Incorporated in January 2023
AI Catalysis		●	A Nevada company		100% owned by the Company
		●	Incorporated in May 2023
SH Xianzhui		●	A PRC limited liability company		73.3333% owned by Highlight WFOE
		●	Incorporated in August 2023
Pallas		●	A British Virgin Islands company		100% owned by the Company
		●	Incorporated in June 2025, acquired on September 29, 2025

As of the date of this report, the Company’s primary operations are focused on the live streaming market with focus on e-commerce in the United States. The Company is also working on the development of a mobile and web platform for interactive fiction—story experiences where readers make choices that branch the plot and lead to multiple endings.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $225,072 in its operating bank accounts and working capital deficit of approximately $2.3 million. From September 2024 to January 2025, Mr. Xiaojian Wang, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (“CEO”), lent $399,485 to the Company through six loan agreements, for working capital purposes. Pursuant to the loan agreements, these loans are non-interest bearing and will be due from September 2025 to January 2026, respectively. From March 2025 to May 2025, the Company repaid $399,485 in full to the CEO. Up to the date of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, there was no outstanding loan from the CEO.

On January 23, 2025, Green Oasis Limited, a shareholder holding less than 5% ownership shares in the Company, provided a $100,000 loan to the Company, for working capital purposes, with maturity as of April 23, 2025. On April 25, 2025, Green Oasis Limited and the Company extended the maturity date to July 23, 2025, which was further extended to July 23, 2026 through an amendment agreement signed on July 30, 2025.

On March 4, 2025, the Company sold 1,115,600 shares of common stock at $0.896379 per share, generating gross proceeds of $1,000,000. The Company received net proceeds of $910,000 after deducting underwriter’s fees of $70,000 and a $20,000 reimbursement for the underwriter’s legal counsel and due diligence analysis expenses. The Company used the proceeds from the offering for working capital purposes.

On May 2, 2025, the Company completed a securities offering in which it agreed to sell (i) 1,115,600 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of approximately $0.524 per share and (ii) 9,380,582 pre-funded warrants at a purchase price of approximately $0.523 per warrant. As of September 30, 2025, the Company received gross proceeds of $4,478,000 from the subscription of 1,115,600 shares of its common stock and 7,468,536 pre-funded warrants, with $17,390 still outstanding and receivable from the investor. The offering remains ongoing and has not yet been fully completed. Transaction costs incurred through September 30, 2025 included underwriter’s fees of $314,343 and a $20,000 reimbursement for the underwriter’s legal counsel and due diligence expenses. After deducting these expenses, net proceeds from the offering (excluding the receivable of $17,390 from the investor) amounted to $4,143,657. As of September 30, 2025, The Company used the proceeds from the offering for working capital purposes.

On October 24, 2025, the Company sold 1,333,334 shares of common stock at $2.1 per share, generating gross proceeds of $2.8 million. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $2.5 million after deducting underwriter’s fees of $196,000 and other offering costs of $60,000. The Company plans to use the proceeds from the offering for working capital purposes.

The Company expects to continue incurring significant operating cash outflows to support its operations. Additional financing may be required to sustain the business. Management will make its best efforts to secure the necessary funding to support the Company’s operations.

The Company evaluated its ability to continue as a going concern in accordance with ASC Subtopic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, which requires management to assess whether there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. The management assessed its liquidity position and concluded that the Company will have sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations as they become due for at least the next twelve months from the date the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.