HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / November 12, 2026 / Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD)(NASDAQ:AIMDW) ("Ainos" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a $9 million purchase agreement with ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. ("ASE") for 5,000 additional AI Nose systems. The agreement represents the largest single purchase order by value in Ainos' history and marks a new phase of commercial scale for its Chemical Intelligence platform in advanced semiconductor manufacturing.
The purchase builds on the completed delivery of 1,400 systems under the companies' previous $2.1 million agreement. At approximately 4.3 times the value of the prior $2.1 million agreement, ASE's expanded commitment follows experience with the initial deployment and deepens the companies' commercial relationship. It also provides tangible evidence of Ainos' progression from concept development and field validation to initial delivery and scaled commercial adoption.
Under the agreement, ASE will pay a 50% deposit of $4.5 million within 60 days of signing. The remaining 50% is payable with a payment request submitted after delivery and supported by delivery documentation. This structure will support order fulfillment and working capital needs, while the agreement establishes a larger revenue base for the Company. Revenue will be recognized in accordance with applicable accounting standards as contractual performance obligations are satisfied.
"From field validation and first-phase delivery to ASE's expanded purchase, this record order demonstrates how Chemical Intelligence is progressing from technology development to a business operating at greater scale," said Eddy Tsai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ainos. "Our customer's larger commitment deepens the relationship and provides a revenue foundation and funding to support our next stage of growth. We are focused on delivering these systems and continuously improving our products so that chemical information can create greater value in process stability, yield improvement and worker safety."
"As advanced packaging technologies evolve, ASE continues to advance smart manufacturing through new sensing capabilities," said ASE. "Together with Ainos, we are expanding chemical sensing coverage to develop a more comprehensive view of conditions across our manufacturing operations. Our joint effort aims to integrate chemical insights with existing manufacturing data to support better-informed decisions on yield and quality, operational efficiency, and personnel safety."
Supporting Yield, Efficiency and Safety in Advanced Packaging
Advanced packaging places stringent demands on process consistency, contamination control and product reliability. As a physical edge node for Chemical Intelligence, AI Nose converts airborne chemical signals into digital information that can be analyzed. It helps engineering teams establish environmental baselines, compare chemical conditions across locations, and track where anomalies emerge and how they evolve-complementing existing process and equipment data.
The expanded deployment will broaden chemical sensing coverage across relevant ASE manufacturing environments, supporting three target objectives:
- Yield and quality: Support contamination management and anomaly investigation, helping teams maintain stable process environments and informing efforts to improve yield and product reliability.
- Efficiency and profitability: Identify environmental changes that may contribute to defects, rework or unplanned downtime, supporting efforts to reduce production losses and improve operational efficiency.
- Worker and facility safety: Support the identification of, and response to, chemical leaks or abnormal releases, helping teams reduce the risk of personnel exposure, equipment damage and operational disruption.
Real-World Data Supports Continuous Improvement and Semiconductor Expansion
Ainos' AI Nose platform has accumulated more than 3 billion real-world chemical data points. These data and field experience provide a foundation for ongoing improvements in system stability, chemical signal analysis and application development. Broader deployment also advances the Company's Chemical Intelligence and Scent AI strategy: physical sensing nodes collect real-world data to support model learning and product improvement, with customer value providing the foundation for wider adoption. Data use will remain subject to customer permissions and protection requirements, and product performance will be validated under application-specific conditions.
In front-end wafer fabrication, Ainos announced in September 2026 that it had begun receiving initial commercial orders following technical validation. The expansion in advanced packaging, together with commercial progress in front-end manufacturing, broadens the Company's semiconductor business foundation. It also provides experience that can support engagement with additional international customers and the development of monitoring applications in other industrial and healthcare environments, with new applications subject to validation against their specific requirements.
About AI Nose
AI Nose digitizes scent and chemical signals into machine-readable Smell ID data. Combining proprietary sensing hardware, edge AI, cloud-based fleet management, and a growing library of real-world chemical data, AI Nose enables machines to detect, distinguish, and learn from environmental signals that conventional vision and audio systems cannot capture. Ainos is developing AI Nose as a foundation for Chemical Intelligence across semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, industrial monitoring, healthcare, and other Physical AI applications.
About Ainos, Inc.
Ainos, Inc. ((NASDAQ:AIMD)(NASDAQ:AIMDW) is building Chemical Intelligence for Physical AI, giving machines a new way to understand the physical world by turning chemical signals in the air into digital information. Its AI Nose technology enables intelligent systems to sense and interpret changes in their surroundings, while Atmosphere Engine extends that intelligence toward environmental control. Together, they form a sensing-to-control architecture designed to help machines sense, understand, and ultimately optimize their environments across semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, industrial systems, healthcare environments, and other real-world applications where AI increasingly interacts with the physical world. Follow Ainos on X, formerly known as Twitter, @AinosInc, and LinkedIn to stay up to date. Visit Ainos' media room at https://ainos.suite.accessnewswire.com.
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