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The CEO of an AI robotics company she ran from an apartment in Miami was better at hiding truths about the company’s progress, herself and how investors’ money was being spent than to guide the company to produce the service robot it had promised investors.

At least that’s what a Securities and Exchange Commission complaint against Destiny Robotics and its CEO Megi Kavtaradze claims. Kavtaradze, legally, neither admits nor denies the accusations. And she declined to comment when reached by phone Sunday.

However, money talks. The settlement of the case approved Thursday by Miami Federal Court Judge K. Michael Moore says Kavtaradze agreed to pay the SEC a total of $64,384: $12,990 in disgorgement, which is how much she has profited from “false statements” in the SEC complaint; interest of $1,394; and a civil penalty of $50,000.

Although it is also listed as a defendant in the civil suit, Destiny Robotics is a defunct company and therefore was not subject to any penalties or restitution.

The SEC complaint states that in raising $141,000 from investors via crowdfunding, Kavtaradze and Destiny “made material misrepresentations” about:

▪ what Destiny Robotics products could do;

▪ when they would be released;

▪ touted “the completion of the hologram prototype while omitting that it had been abandoned”;

▪ “the personal and business relationship of a major investor with Kavtaradze while using his support and role as a shareholder;

▪ Kavtaradze being “an experienced executive in a technology company”;

▪ Kavtaradze diverts some of the investors’ money for his personal use,” including “meals, travel, and MBA program fees.”

Kavtaradze’s LinkedIn page says she is currently in an MBA program at the University of California’s Berkeley campus. Although she is proudly featured as the founder and CEO of Destiny in the company’s social media posts in 2021 and 2022, she does not. Destiny Robotics list among experiments on his LinkedIn page from Sunday. But she plans time with a “Stealth Startup” from July 2021 to August 2023.

This is his duration at Destiny Robotics.

The address on Destiny Robotics website still active is located at 201 SE Second Ave., Monarc in Met, a downtown building where Kavtaradze lived.

“I started Destiny Robotics to solve the problem of people feeling alone,” says Kavtaradze’s quote on the Wefunder page. “My mission is to give everyone a humanoid domestic helper.”

The SEC complaint states that Kavtaradze, beginning July 21, used various media outlets to tell potential investors that Destiny was “developing next-generation technology that would allow it to produce the world’s first humanoid robot capable of serving as an assistant and companion at home. »

Destiny’s campaign on the crowdsourcing site Wefunder raised $141,455.

Both there and on the website, the SEC complaint describes Kavtaradze as an “experienced technology executive” and has been “responsible for managing large-scale projects and leading diverse teams.”

The SEC said: “In truth, Kavtaradze had no significant experience as an executive at a technology company, making these statements materially misleading. Before Destiny Robotics, Kavtaradze had never served as a CEO or executive at an operating technology company.

Furthermore, “Kavtaradze has since stated that she has no background in technology other than what she learned herself.”

Destiny told investors that they were targeting 2022 for a humanoid hologram and a humanoid robot in 2023. But, when Destiny presented the first robot prototype in February 2023, “it was a far cry from the socially intelligent ‘humanoid’ robot represented to investors . Rather, the real “robot” was just a shoulder-length bust with a rotating head with a white plastic shell devoid of human facial features or hair…”

“The shoulder-up bust robot prototype did not have human skin, legs or arms and did not resemble what was advertised to potential investors or described in Destiny Robotics’ offering documents. It also didn’t feature cutting-edge AI as depicted. Instead, it used AI software that is widely available for purchase on the market.

A month earlier, Kavtaradze had applied to “six top MBA programs, using investor funds to pay application fees.”

A TruCrowd crowdfunding offering was canceled after Kavtaradze learned in April 2023 that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority was investigating Destiny.

Eric Morales., Julia D’Antonio and Russell Koonin led the SEC investigation. Morales and Koonin handled the litigation.

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