Form 8-K

8-K — Brand Engagement Network Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-024496

Filed: 2026-05-20

Period: 2026-05-20

CIK: 0001838163

SIC: 7373 (SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN)

Item: Other Events

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

Pursuant

to Section 13 or Section 15(d)

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2026 (May 19, 2026)

Brand

Engagement Network Inc.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-40130

98-1574798

(State

or other jurisdiction of

incorporation

or organization)

(Commission

File

Number)

(I.R.S.

Employer

Identification

No.)

300

Delaware Ave,

Suite

210

Wilmington,

19801

(Address

of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip

Code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (307) 757-3650

Not

Applicable

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check

the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions:

☐

Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

BNAI

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Redeemable

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share

BNAIW

The

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405

of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☒

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

8.01 Other Events.

May 19, 2026, BEN, via its wholly owned subsidiary Datum Point Labs, was granted U.S. Patent No. 12,633.027, titled “Systems and

Methods for Gesture Generation From Text”.

The

patent supports BEN’s ability to generate life-like gestures from its avatars via text input from users and helps to facilitate

real-time interaction between the user and avatars deployed utilizing BEN’s AI technology.

BEN’s

newly granted patent describes an advanced artificial intelligence system that can automatically generate realistic human gestures and

body movements from written or spoken language. The system uses a multi-stage AI architecture that first takes in natural language input,

then translates it into an internal action representation, and finally produces coordinated body positions and gesture sequences through

layered motion decoders, guided by intelligent control tokens that help refine and manage the output motion. This enables the creation

of dynamic, lifelike movement sequences so that machines, digital humans, and AI agents can communicate not only through text or voice,

but also through expressive physical behavior. BEN believes the patent has broad applications in areas such as digital humans and virtual

assistants, robotics and humanoid systems, gaming and entertainment, immersive metaverse environments, AI-based education and training,

and telepresence or customer interaction platforms.

Item

9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

●

10.1

United States Patent No. 12,633,027, dated May 19, 2026.

●

104

Cover

Page Interactive Data File (Inline XBRL).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Brand

Engagement Network Inc.

Dated:

May 20, 2026

By:

/s/

Tyler Luck

Name:

Tyler

Luck

Title:

Chief

Executive Officer

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