Air AI Technologies agrees to settle FTC charges

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Delaware-based technology company Air AI Technologies (also doing business as Air AI, Air.AI, Scale 13), its owners—Caleb Matthew Maddix, Ryan Paul O’Donnell, and Thomas Matthew Lancer—and five other companies — FTC Sues to Stop Air AI from Using Deceptive Claims about Business Growth, Earnings Potential, and Refund Guarantees to Bilk Millions from Small Businesses

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“Companies that market AI-related tools with false promises of unrealistic investment returns and guaranteed refunds harm hardworking small business owners and undermine legitimate business’s adoption of AI,” — FTC Sues to Stop Air AI from Using Deceptive Claims about Business Growth, Earnings Potential, and Refund Guarantees to Bilk Millions from Small Businesses

Alleged

The FTC says: The FTC alleges consumers, many of whom are small business owners, lose as much as $250,000 and are often left in debt after relying on Air AI’s false promises. — FTC Sues to Stop Air AI from Using Deceptive Claims about Business Growth, Earnings Potential, and Refund Guarantees to Bilk Millions from Small Businesses

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1. 25 Aug 2025 FTC charges Air AI Technologies · charged The Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal court to stop Air AI from using allegedly deceptive claims about business growth, earnings potential, and refund guarantees — FTC Sues to Stop Air AI from Using Deceptive Claims about Business Growth, Earnings Potential, and Refund Guarantees to Bilk Millions from Small Businesses; date from the release’s date line, “August 25, 2025 Tags:”
2. 24 Mar 2026 Air AI Technologies agrees to settle FTC charges · settlement proposed Air AI will be banned from marketing business opportunities as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission — Air AI and its Owners will be Banned from Marketing Business Opportunities to Settle FTC Charges the Company Misled Many Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses; date from the release’s date line, “March 24, 2026 Tags:”

jesseahawkins.com, “Air AI Technologies: FTC action that names AI”, AI enforcement record, release read 3 Nov 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/rules/enforcement/ftc-air-ai/