iLearningEngines plummets after Hindenburg unveils short position

iLearningEngines

29/08/2024 13:11

** Shares of enterprise AI firm iLearningEngines  AILE.O 
fall 45.5% to $1.74 premarket 
    ** Hindenburg Research discloses short position in co,
suspects AILE's revenue and expenses largely "fake"
    ** Co was close to insolvency when it merged with a SPAC
sponsor in April, had $800,000 in cash and $22 mln in debt,
Hindenburg says
    ** AILE lied to SEC about 96% of its revenue in 2022 coming
from an undisclosed related party, Hindenburg claims
    ** "iLearningEngines has no obvious industry presence,
doesn't name key customers or partners and does not appear to do
the volume of business it claims," Hindenburg says
    ** AILE did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment
    ** Reuters could not independently verify the claims in the
Hindenburg report
    ** 2 of 2 brokerages rate AILE stock "buy"; their median PT
is $19.5
    ** AILE shares down ~69.5% YTD

 (Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru)
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