SEC Form 10-Q filed by Vicarious Surgical Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 001-39384

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

617-868-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If 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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes ☐   No ☒

As of April 21, 2025, the registrant had 5,277,994 shares of Class A common stock outstanding and 653,990 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Vicarious Surgical” mean Vicarious Surgical Inc. (formerly D8 Holdings Corp.) and our subsidiaries. Vicarious Surgical Inc. was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on May 6, 2020. The Company’s legal name became Vicarious Surgical Inc. following a business combination between the Company and Vicarious Surgical Inc. on September 17, 2021 (the “Business Combination”).

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that relate to future events, our future operations or financial performance, or our plans, strategies and prospects. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management team. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or performance, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “plans,” “scheduled,” “anticipates” or “intends” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. The forward-looking statements are based on projections prepared by, and are the responsibility of, our management team. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:

These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this report, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Important factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements such as those described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, elsewhere herein and in other filings that we make from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The risks described in such filings are not exhaustive. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share data)

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

VICARIOUS SURGICAL INC.

NOTES TO Condensed consolidated FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis provides information which management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our unaudited condensed consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024 contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2025, and our other public reports filed with the SEC. This discussion contains forward looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the “Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us”, “our”, and “the Company” are intended to mean the business and operations of Vicarious Surgical Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. The condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, present the financial position and results of operations of Vicarious Surgical Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. In preparing this MD&A, the Company presumes that readers have access to and have read the MD&A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, pursuant to Instruction 2 to paragraph (b) of Item 303 of Regulation S-K.

Overview

We are combining advanced miniaturized robotics, computer science, sensing and 3D visualization to build a new category of intelligent and affordable, single-port surgical robot that virtually transports surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. With our next-generation robotics technology which is being designed with proprietary human-like motion, we are seeking to improve patient outcomes, as well as the cost and efficacy of surgical procedures. Led by a visionary team of engineers from MIT, we intend to deliver the next generation in robotic surgery, designed to solve the shortcomings of both open surgery, as well as current manual and robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.

We estimate there are over 45 million soft tissue surgical procedures (including an estimated 3.9 million ventral hernia procedures), addressable annually worldwide by our technology. Of these procedures, it is estimated that more than 50% are performed using open surgery, and less than 5% are performed by current robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.

We believe this slow adoption of robot-assisted surgery has occurred because of several factors, including the following:

The single-port Vicarious Surgical System with advanced, miniaturized robotics and exceptional visualization is designed to address the significant limitations of open surgery and existing single- and multi-port robotic surgical approaches to improve patient outcomes and enhance adoption by hospitals and other medical facilities. The Vicarious Surgical System is designed with a fundamentally different architecture, and proprietary “de-coupled actuators,” to overcome many of the limitations of open surgery or existing robot-assisted surgical procedures with a minimally invasive and more capable robotic system. This architecture enables unprecedented dexterity inside the abdomen through an ultra-thin support tube, providing significant improvement over existing legacy robotic systems and minimizing the complications and trauma associated with open surgery. The Vicarious Surgical System has not yet been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). We have had pre-submission meetings with the FDA to align on our regulatory strategy and plan to file a de novo application with the FDA for use in ventral hernia procedures as our first indication.

The dollar amounts set forth in this section are presented in thousands, except for per share amounts.

Recent Developments

Compliance with NYSE Continued Listing Requirements

As previously reported, on April 10, 2025, we received notice (“the Notice”) from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) indicating we were no longer in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards set forth in Section 802.01B of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual (the “Minimum Market Capitalization Standard”) due to the fact that our average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading-day period was less than $50 million and, at the same time, our stockholders’ equity was less than $50 million, we no longer met the NYSE’s continued listing criterion. In accordance with applicable NYSE procedures, within 45 days from receipt of the Notice, we intend to submit a plan to the NYSE advising it of the definitive action(s) we have taken, are taking, or plan to take that would bring us into conformity with the Minimum Market Capitalization Standard within 18 months of receipt of the Notice (the “Cure Period”). Upon receipt of such plan, the NYSE will have up to 45 days to evaluate the plan and determine whether hawse have made a reasonable demonstration of our ability to come into conformity with the relevant listing standards within the Cure Period. If the NYSE accepts our plan, the NYSE will review us on a quarterly basis to confirm compliance with the plan. If our plan is not accepted, we fail to comply with the plan or do not meet the Minimum Market Capitalization Standard at the end of the Cure Period, we will be subject to NYSE’s prompt initiation of suspension and delisting procedures.

The Notice has no immediate impact on the listing of our Class A common stock, which will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE during the Cure Period, subject to the NYSE’s acceptance of our plan, our continued compliance with the plan and NYSE’s other continued listing standards.

The current noncompliance with the NYSE listing standards does not affect our ongoing business operations or our SEC reporting requirements. We are considering all available options to regain compliance with NYSE’s continued listing standards.

Financial Highlights

We are pre-revenue generating as of March 31, 2025.

We incurred net losses of $15,394 and $17,001 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively. These losses include losses of $93 and $1,867 related to the change in valuation of our warrant obligations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively. Our loss from operations prior to the warrant loss and other income and expense items was $15,747 and $16,109 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, respectively, representing a period-over-period decrease in expenses of 2%, which was primarily due to decreases of $835 in personnel-related expenses and $111 of insurance expense and offset by increases of $300 in professional services and $291 in materials and supplies. The decrease in personnel-related expense was due primarily to a decrease in average headcount of 6%, from an average of 131 people in the three months ended March 31, 2024 to an average of 123 people in the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Factors Affecting Results of Operations

The following factors have been important to our business and we expect them to impact our results of operations and financial condition in future periods:

Revenue

To date, we have not generated any revenue. We do not expect to generate revenue unless and until we receive FDA authorization of our product candidate. The amount of revenue, if any, from initial sales of a new product is difficult to predict and, even if we successfully commercialize our product candidate upon approval and begin generating revenue, such revenues will initially only modestly reduce our continued net losses resulting from our research and development and marketing activities which we expect to continue to increase even after market authorization is received.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses consist primarily of engineering, product development, regulatory expenses, medical affairs, and other costs associated with product candidates and technologies that are in development. These expenses include employee compensation, including stock-based compensation, supplies, consulting, prototyping, testing, materials, travel expenses, depreciation and an allocation of facility overhead expenses. Additionally, R&D expenses include internal and external costs associated with our regulatory compliance and quality assurance functions and overhead costs. We expect R&D expenses to vary over time depending on the level and timing of our new product development efforts, as well as our clinical development, clinical trial and other related activities.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses consist primarily of compensation for personnel, including stock-based compensation, related to executive, finance and accounting, information technology and human resource functions. Other G&A expenses include travel expenses, professional services fees (including legal, audit and tax fees), insurance costs, general corporate expenses and allocated facilities-related expenses. We expect G&A expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we expand our infrastructure to both drive and support the anticipated growth due to additional legal, accounting, insurance and other expenses associated with being a public company.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Sales and marketing (“S&M”) expenses consist primarily of compensation for personnel, including stock-based compensation, related to selling and marketing functions and physician education programs. Other S&M expenses include training, travel expenses, promotional activities, marketing initiatives, market research and analysis, conferences and trade shows, professional services fees and allocated facilities-related expenses. We expect S&M expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as we increase potential customers’ awareness of our presence and prepare our sales and marketing function for our product launch at a future, yet undetermined date.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities

The change in fair value of warrant liability represents the mark-to-market fair value adjustments to the outstanding Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants assumed as part of the consummation of the Business Combination on September 17, 2021. The change in fair value of our Private Placement Warrants is primarily the result of the change in the underlying stock price of our stock used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model while the Public Warrants are marked-to-market based on their price on the NYSE. The warrant liability was measured at fair value initially on September 17, 2021 and is remeasured at exercise, and for warrants that remain outstanding at the end of each subsequent reporting period.

Interest Income

Interest income consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our historical operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

Comparison of the Three Months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

Research and Development Expenses. R&D expenses decreased $553, or 6%, to $9,415 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $9,968 during the three months ended March 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily due to decreases of $658 of personnel-related expenses and $151 in depreciation expenses and partially offset by an increase of $289 in materials and supplies. The decrease in personnel-related expense was due primarily to a decrease in average headcount of 6%, from an average of 105 people in the three months ended March 31, 2024 to an average of 99 people in the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Sales and Marketing Expenses. S&M expenses decreased $100, or 9%, to $1,041 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $1,141 during the three months ended March 31, 2024. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $148 of personnel-related expenses. The decrease in personnel-related expense was due to an average headcount decrease of 20%, from an average of 10 people in the three months ended March 31, 2024 to an average of 8 people for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

General and Administrative Expenses. G&A expenses increased $291, or 6%, to $5,291 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $5,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2024. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $374 in professional fees and partially offset by a decrease of $112 in insurance expenses.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities. The change in fair value of warrant liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was a $93 loss. The change in fair value of warrant liability resulted from the remeasurement of the public and private placement warrant liabilities between December 31, 2024 and the end of the reporting period, March 31, 2025.

Interest and Other Income. Interest and other income decreased by $529, or 54%, to $446 during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $975 during the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in interest income from short-term investments.

Income Taxes. Our income tax provision consists of an estimate for U.S. federal and state income taxes based on enacted rates, as adjusted for allowable credits, deductions, uncertain tax positions, changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities and changes in tax law. Due to historical cumulative losses and expected future losses, we maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S. and state deferred tax assets.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

To date, our primary sources of capital have been private placements of preferred stock prior to the Business Combination, public and private sales of securities and the issuance of common stock. Net cash used in our operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024 was $11,768 and $49,956, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, we held cash and cash equivalents of $2,599, short-term investments of $34,763 and had an accumulated deficit of $211,329.

Excluding the non-cash impact of potential changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities, we expect net losses to continue in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue to invest in commercialization and new product development. Based on our current planned operations, we do not believe that our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balance of $37,362 as of March 31, 2025 will be sufficient to support our operations beyond the next 12 months from the date of issuance of these financial statements. We currently expect that our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments will be sufficient to support our operations into the first quarter of 2026. As such, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We may consider raising additional capital to expand our business, to pursue strategic investments, to take advantage of financing opportunities or for other reasons.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, any changes in the size, number and scope of clinical trials we may be required to conduct, the timing and conditions of market authorization (if any) for the Vicarious Surgical System, whether we are able to successfully commercialize the Vicarious Surgical System, if approved, additional product candidates we may choose to develop, fluctuations in the cost and timing of our business activities, including manufacturing, hiring and protection of our intellectual property portfolio, and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” sections in Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2025, and in other filings that we make with the SEC from time to time.

We expect that we will need to obtain substantial additional funding in order to complete our clinical trials, obtain market authorization for the Vicarious Surgical System, and commercialize it, if approved. Until such time, if ever, as we can generate sufficient revenues to support our expenses, we may seek to sell additional common or preferred equity or convertible debt securities, enter into an additional credit facility or another form of third-party funding or seek other debt financing. The sale of equity and convertible debt securities may result in dilution to our stockholders. Preferred equity securities or convertible debt could provide for rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our common stock, including liquidation or other preferences that could adversely affect the rights of our existing stockholders. The terms of debt securities issued or borrowings pursuant to a credit agreement could impose significant restrictions on our operations. If we raise funds through collaborations and licensing arrangements, we might be required to relinquish significant rights to our platform technologies or product candidates or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us, or that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. Additional capital may not be available on reasonable terms, or at all, particularly given the current macroeconomic environment, including diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence and economic growth, rising interest rates, inflation, uncertainty about economic stability and potential for economic recession. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult to obtain, more costly and more dilutive. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development, market authorization or commercialization of the Vicarious Surgical System or future product candidates, or seek collaborators at an earlier stage than otherwise would be desirable or on terms that are less favorable than might otherwise be available.

On October 7, 2022, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3”), which was declared effective by the SEC on October 27, 2022, on which we registered for sale up to $400 million of any combination of our Class A common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that we may determine, which includes up to $100 million of Class A common stock that we may issue and sell from time to time, through Cowen and Company, LLC acting as our sales agent, pursuant to the sales agreement that we entered into with Cowen and Company, LLC on October 7, 2022 for our “at-the-market” equity program. In December 2022, we issued 3,048,781 shares of Class A common stock under our sales agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC, resulting in gross proceeds of $10.0 million. We did not sell any shares of our Class A common stock under our sales agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC for the three months ended March 31, 2025 or for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Cash

Our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments balance as of March 31, 2025 was $2,599 and $34,763, respectively. Our future capital requirements may vary from those currently planned and will depend on various factors, including the timing and extent of R&D spending and spending on other strategic business initiatives.

Cash Flows Summary

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024

Cash flows used in Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $11,768, attributable to net loss of $15,394 and a net change in our net operating assets and liabilities of $190 and non-cash items of $3,436. Non-cash items consisted of a loss of $93 due to the change in fair value of our warrant liabilities, $2,787 in stock-based compensation, $369 of depreciation and amortization, $239 for non-cash lease expense and partially offset by a $52 change in accrued interest and net accretion of discounts on marketable securities. The $190 change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to decreases of $311 in prepaid expenses, $145 in accounts payable, $281 in lease liabilities and $18 in other noncurrent assets and partially offset by a $287 increase in accrued expenses.

Net cash used in operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $14,458, attributable to net loss of $17,001 and a net change in our net operating assets and liabilities of $2,686 and non-cash items of $5,229. Non-cash items consisted of a loss of $1,867 due to the change in fair value of our warrant liabilities, $3,091 in stock-based compensation, $521 of depreciation and amortization, $216 for non-cash lease expense and partially offset by a $466 change in accrued interest and net accretion of discounts on marketable securities. The $2,686 change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to decreases of $2,259 in accrued expenses, $241 in lease liabilities, $14 in accounts payable, $9 in other noncurrent assets, and partially offset by a $209 increase in prepaid expenses.

Cash flows provided by (used in) Investing Activities

Net cash provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $4,613 consisting of $13,550 in proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale investments and partially offset by $8,932 used for purchases of available-for-sale investments and $5 used for fixed asset purchases.

Net cash used by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $144 consisting of $19,493 for purchases of available-for-sale investments, $10 for fixed asset purchases consisting mainly of leasehold improvements and partially offset by $19,359 in proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale investments.

Cash flows provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $17 that was received for stock option exercises.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $2 that was received for stock option exercises.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, which were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the consolidated balance sheet date, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

While our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our historical condensed consolidated financial statements (see Note 2 of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements), we believe the following critical accounting policy requires significant judgment and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements:

Warrant Liabilities

We recognize our warrants as liabilities at fair value and adjust the warrant liability to fair value at each reporting period. The liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the statement of operations. The fair value of Public Warrants is determined from their trading value on public markets. The fair value of Private Placement Warrants is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The assumptions used in the model are the Company’s stock price, exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and dividend yield.

The Company estimates the volatility of its warrants based on implied volatility from the Company’s Public Warrants and from historical volatility of select peer companies’ common stock that matches the expected remaining life of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon yield curve on the grant date for a maturity similar to the expected remaining life of the warrants. The expected life of the warrants is assumed to be equivalent to their remaining contractual term. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates remaining at zero. 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

A description of recently issued accounting pronouncements that may potentially impact our financial position and results of operations is disclosed in Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements” in our condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Emerging Growth Company

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. Pursuant to the JOBS Act, an emerging growth company is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting standards that may be issued by FASB or the SEC either (i) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to non-emerging growth companies or (ii) within the same time periods as private companies. We intend to take advantage of the exemption for complying with new or revised accounting standards within the same time periods as private companies. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies.

We also intend to take advantage of some of the reduced regulatory and reporting requirements of emerging growth companies pursuant to the JOBS Act so long as we qualify as an emerging growth company, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation, and exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and golden parachute payments.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Background and Remediation of Material Weaknesses

In connection with our evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures covering our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2024, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. We have concluded that material weaknesses exist in our disclosure controls and procedures, including internal control over financial reporting, as we do not have the necessary business processes, personnel and related internal controls to operate in a manner to satisfy the accounting and financial reporting requirements of a public company. These material weaknesses manifested themselves in ways that included the improper segregation of duties relating to review of the recording of journal entries and the reconciliation of key accounts and safeguarding of assets, as well as the analysis of accounting for certain transactions and accounts, improper controls related to information technology, ineffective risk assessment process and documentation and monitoring of control processes, accounting policies and procedures.

We are focused on designing and implementing effective internal controls measures to improve our evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures, including internal control over financial reporting, and remediate the material weaknesses. In order to remediate these material weaknesses, we have taken and plan to take the following actions:

These actions and planned actions are subject to ongoing evaluation by management and will require testing and validation of design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting over future periods. We are committed to the continuous improvement of our internal control over financial reporting and will continue to review the internal control over financial reporting.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of March 31, 2025 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Securities and Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required.

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal control required by Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) under the Exchange Act that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, to our knowledge, we are not party to and our property is not subject to any material pending legal proceedings. However, from time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or subject to claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business activities. Regardless of the outcome, such legal proceedings or claims could have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2025, and the risk factor described below. We may disclose changes to risk factors or additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to satisfy the continued listing standards of the NYSE.

On April 10, 2025, we received a Notice from the NYSE indicating we were no longer in compliance with the NYSE’s Minimum Market Capitalization Standard due to the fact that our average global market capitalization over a consecutive 30 trading-day period was less than $50 million and, at the same time, our stockholders’ equity was less than $50 million, and we therefore no longer met the NYSE’s continued listing criterion. As described in the Notice, as of April 9, 2025, our 30 trading-day average market capitalization was approximately $47.4 million and our last reported stockholders’ equity as of December 31, 2024, was approximately $46.7 million.

In accordance with applicable NYSE procedures, within 45 days from receipt of the Notice, we intend to submit a plan to the NYSE advising it of the definitive action(s) we have taken, are taking, or plan to take that would bring us into conformity with the NYSE’s Minimum Market Capitalization Standard within the Cure Period. Upon receipt of such plan, the NYSE will have up to 45 days to evaluate the plan and determine whether hawse have made a reasonable demonstration of our ability to come into conformity with the relevant listing standards within the Cure Period. If the NYSE accepts our plan, the NYSE will review us on a quarterly basis to confirm compliance with the plan. If our plan is not accepted, we fail to comply with the plan or do not meet the Minimum Market Capitalization Standard at the end of the Cure Period, we will be subject to NYSE’s prompt initiation of suspension and delisting procedures.

If the NYSE delists our Class A common stock from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list such securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we and our stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences including:

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Not applicable.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

We did not repurchase any of our equity securities during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

No director or officer adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 plan or any non Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Item 6. Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.