MIAMI, May 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. ("Innovative Eyewear" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW), the developer of smart eyewear under the Lucyd®, Nautica®, Eddie Bauer® and Reebok® brands, is thrilled to announce the launch of its the Eddie Bauer Smart Eyewear collection. This new line includes voice access to ChatGPT and introduces the world's first rimless smart eyewear design.

Brand Engagement Network Inc. (“BEN”) (Nasdaq: BNAI), an emerging provider of personalized customer engagement AI, today announced it has closed a private placement with existing investors of its common stock and warrants to purchase common stock in the aggregate amount of $4.95 million, providing the Company with increased financial flexibility to continue the development of its human-like, business-safe conversational AI assistants. Concurrently, BEN announced that Paul Chang has been promoted to Co-CEO, bringing his unique perspective to the leadership team alongside Co-CEO Michael Zacharski.

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), and Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) today announced a strategic partnership with a commitment of $100 million from Verizon, to provide direct-to-cellular AST SpaceMobile service when needed for Verizon customers.

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (“Faraday Future” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FFIE), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, today announced that on May 21, 2024, it received written notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company’s failure to timely file the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024 (the “Form 10-Q”) could serve as an additional basis for the delisting of the Company’s securities from Nasdaq under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1).