Auddia Inc. (NASDAQ: AUUD) announced Thursday that it has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its proposed merger with Thramann Holdings, LLC. The transaction, first announced on February 17, 2026, will create a new entity named McCarthy Finney, which will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol MCFN.
The S-4 filing represents a significant milestone in Auddia's transformation into an AI-native platform organization. The combined company will operate four AI-enabled businesses under a shared technical foundation called the McCarthy Finney Operating System (MF-OS). Jeff Thramann, CEO of Auddia and founder of Thramann Holdings, emphasized that the goal is to build a unified platform where AI workflows, engineering resources, and shared infrastructure compound across subsidiaries to create a long-term strategic advantage.
The four businesses that will operate under McCarthy Finney are: LT350, a distributed AI infrastructure company that deploys proprietary solar parking lot canopies integrating modular battery storage and GPU cartridges to turn parking lot airspace into AI data centers; Influence Healthcare, an AI-enabled value-based care platform designed to empower surgeon autonomy and reduce administrative burden in high-cost surgical episodes; Voyex, an agentic AI travel platform focused on automated disruption recovery, rebooking, and multimodal itinerary management; and Auddia, the existing AI-driven audio platform for advanced content recognition, artist discovery, and ad-free AM/FM listening. Each subsidiary will leverage MF-OS, which provides centralized AI engineering, workflow automation tools, cross-vertical data and model learning infrastructure, and identity and audit frameworks.
According to the company, McCarthy Finney is designed as a clean slate alternative to legacy enterprises that face structural challenges in adopting AI due to entrenched hierarchies and legacy systems. The new entity will enable AI-first organizational design, new role definitions aligned with agentic workflows, unified governance and capital allocation, and cross-subsidiary technical leverage. Thramann noted that advances in one subsidiary will accelerate progress in others, creating a compounding effect that will differentiate McCarthy Finney over time.
The S-4 will undergo SEC review, after which Auddia will schedule a shareholder vote to approve the merger. The company expects the transaction to close following the completion of the SEC review process and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Auddia previously completed a $12 million financing that is expected to satisfy the cash at closing requirement under the definitive merger agreement. The McCarthy Finney S-4 Registration Statement can be found on EDGAR at this link.
The merger is expected to bring together early-stage AI-native operating companies under a single holding company structure, with the aim of accelerating the development of agentic AI applications across multiple industries. The company's focus on a shared operating system and cross-subsidiary leverage is intended to create efficiencies and drive innovation more rapidly than traditional corporate structures.
