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PubCo Insight is a financial-media property publishing risk-focused research on underfollowed OTC and micro-cap companies. It is operated by Strategic Innovations First, Inc. Pulse IR is a service of Strategic Innovations First, Inc. and PubCo Insight is an affiliate. Editor-in-Chief: Brad Listermann.
This matters and we state it plainly: Pulse IR provides paid investor-relations services to public companies. Some of those companies are also covered on this site. That is a conflict of interest. It does not disappear because we disclose it, but you are entitled to know it exists and to weigh what you read accordingly.
Section 17(b) requires anyone who publishes a description of a security for compensation to disclose that compensation and the amount of it. Our standard, confirmed with securities counsel, is that a disclosure must state three things: who paid, including whether it was the issuer or an affiliate; the exact amount in dollars or the exact number of securities; and the form and terms of the payment. A disclosure saying only that we "were compensated" is not sufficient.
Every article about a company that has paid us carries that disclosure in full, in the body of the article, not behind a link.
American Lithium Minerals, Inc. (OTC: AMLM)
AMLM paid Strategic Innovations First, Inc. total cash compensation of $11,550.00, payable in three equal monthly instalments of $3,850.00, for investor relations, marketing and content creation services under a Master Services Agreement dated June 22, 2026, covering a three month initial term from June 2026 through August 2026. Cash only. No stock, options or warrants were received. Neither PubCo Insight, Pulse IR, Strategic Innovations First, Inc., nor Brad Listermann holds any position, options or warrants in AMLM securities.
GPO Plus, Inc. (OTC: GPOX)
GPO Plus paid Strategic Innovations First, Inc. $3,000.00 in cash for advisory services, in or about May 2026. There was no written agreement for PubCo Insight coverage and no separate compensation was paid for that coverage, which was provided at no additional charge following the payment described above. Cash only. No stock, options or warrants were received. No position, options or warrants are held in GPOX securities.
ONAR Holding Corporation (OTC: ONAR)
Compensation was discussed with ONAR but the arrangement fell through and nothing was ever paid, in cash, shares, warrants or services. ONAR is not and never was a compensated relationship. Coverage of ONAR has been discontinued. Earlier articles on this site described ONAR as sponsored coverage. That description was inaccurate and is corrected here.
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCID: AITX)
AITX, a Nevada corporation, pays Strategic Innovations First, Inc., a Wyoming corporation doing business as PulseIR, under an Investor Relations Services Agreement with an effective date of August 1, 2026. The agreement was executed by both parties, signed by Strategic Innovations First on July 29, 2026 and by AITX on August 2, 2026. The term runs six months through January 31, 2027. Compensation is $5,000.00 per month in cash for the first three months, being August, September and October 2026, and $10,000.00 per month for the final three months, being November and December 2026 and January 2027, with the second-period rate contingent on completion of a 90-day review scheduled on or about October 30, 2026. Fees are invoiced monthly in advance. The first invoice was issued August 3, 2026. Compensation is cash only. No stock, options or warrants have been received or are payable. Neither PubCo Insight, Pulse IR, Strategic Innovations First, Inc., nor Brad Listermann holds any position, options or warrants in AITX securities. The agreement expressly provides that PulseIR is not a broker-dealer, performs no capital-raising or investor-solicitation services, and receives no commission, success fee, finder fee or other transaction-based compensation, and that no compensation is contingent on any securities transaction or on the price or volume of AITX securities. Brad Listermann is the named investor relations contact on AITX press releases for the term. AITX was removed from every automated risk leaderboard on this site on July 31, 2026.
Every other company covered on this site is uncompensated. Neither PubCo Insight, Pulse IR, Strategic Innovations First, Inc., nor Brad Listermann has received, been promised, or expects to receive any compensation from any other issuer discussed here, and none of us holds a position in them.
We do not publish buy, sell or hold recommendations. We do not publish price targets. We do not predict where a security is going. We do not accept payment to reach a favourable conclusion, and a paying client does not get a different standard of scrutiny than any other company we write about. Where a client is covered, the risks are reported in figures drawn from its filings, exactly as they would be for a company that pays us nothing.
Some research on this site is generated with automated tools from SEC filing data, and is labelled "Automated Research". Educational guides carry a human byline. Our full process, including what is automated and what is reviewed, is set out in our editorial standards.
Everything published here is information and education only. It is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice, and it is not a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any security. Micro-cap and OTC securities are highly speculative and illiquid and can result in the total loss of your investment. Confirm every fact against primary sources on SEC EDGAR and consult a licensed professional before making any decision.
If you believe anything on this site is inaccurate, or you want to know whether we have a relationship with a company we have written about, email hello@pubcoinsight.com. We would rather be corrected than be wrong.