Peraso Inc.

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Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2025 (Form 10-Q)

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which include, without limitation, statements about the market for our technology, our strategies, competition, expected financial performance and capital raising efforts. Any statements about our business, financial results, financial condition and operations contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the risk factors described under Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the risk factors described below under Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or events occur in the future.

Overview

Our strategy and primary business objective is to be a profitable, IP-rich fabless semiconductor company offering integrated circuits, or ICs, antenna modules and related non-recurring engineering services. We specialize in the development of mmWave semiconductors, primarily in the unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum band for 802.11ad/ay-compliant devices and in the 28/39 GHz spectrum bands for 5G-compliant devices. We derive our revenue from selling semiconductor devices, as well as antenna modules based on using those mmWave semiconductor devices. We have pioneered a high-volume mmWave IC production test methodology using standard, low-cost production test equipment. It has taken us several years to refine performance of this production test methodology, and we believe this places us in a leadership position in addressing the operational challenges of delivering mmWave products into high-volume markets. We also produce and sell complete mmWave antenna modules. The primary advantage provided by our antenna modules is that our proprietary mmWave ICs and the antenna are integrated into a single device. A differentiating characteristic of mmWave technology is that the RF amplifiers must be as close as possible to the antenna to minimize loss. With our module, we can guarantee the performance of the amplifier/antenna interface and simplify customers' radio frequency, or RF, engineering, facilitating more opportunities for customer prospects that have not provided RF-type systems, as well as shortening the time to market for new products.

We also had a memory product line comprising our Bandwidth Engine IC products. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, or TSMC, the sole foundry that manufactured the wafers used to produce our memory IC products, discontinued the foundry process used to produce such wafers. As a result, in May 2023, we initiated an end-of-life, or EOL, of our memory IC products, and, in March 2025, we fulfilled all then-outstanding EOL orders for our memory IC products. Since March 2025, we received additional purchase orders totaling approximately $452,800 from customers for remaining inventory. We recorded approximately $72,000 of product revenue from these purchase orders during the three months ended September 30, 2025.

We incurred net losses of approximately $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $10.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $180.6 million as of September 30, 2025. These and prior year losses have resulted in significant negative cash flows and historically have required us to raise substantial amounts of additional capital. As discussed below, this raises significant doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We will need to increase revenues substantially beyond levels that we have attained in the past in order to generate sustainable operating profit and sufficient cash flows to continue doing business without raising additional capital from time to time.

Recent Developments

Unsolicited, Non-binding Proposal from Mobix Labs, Inc.; Strategic Review Process

On June 27, 2025, we confirmed in a public press release the receipt of an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from Mobix Labs, Inc. ("Mobix Labs") to acquire all of the Company's issued and outstanding equity securities in exchange for newly issued shares of Mobix Labs common stock, with a fixed exchange ratio based on the average daily closing price of our common stock over the 30 calendar days ending on June 11, 2025, plus a 20% premium, or approximately $1.20 per share.

On July 11, 2025, we issued a press release announcing the initiation of the strategic review process. Following this, our financial advisor contacted potential counterparties to invite them to participate in the process subject to such parties' execution of our standard non-disclosure agreement, which includes a standstill provision. Our financial advisor also contacted Mobix Labs to request that Mobix Labs execute our non-disclosure agreement in order to participate in the process, which Mobix Labs declined to execute.

On August 19, 2025, we issued a public press release providing an update on our strategic review process, including our engagement with potential counterparties and our continued openness to engaging with Mobix Labs and others, while noting that Mobix Labs declined to enter into our standard non-disclosure agreement and indicated it would not agree to receive material non-public information ("MNPI").

On September 8, 2025, we issued a press release providing another update on our strategic review process, including regarding the two letters that we received from Mobix Labs, dated as of September 4, 2025, and September 5, 2025, in connection with its unsolicited offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company. The September 4 letter included a revised acquisition proposal involving a combination of cash and stock consideration in an undetermined amount, and a reiteration of Mobix Labs' refusal to enter into a confidentiality agreement or receive MNPI from us. The September 5 follow-up letter stated that while Mobix Labs continued to oppose any standstill restrictions, it would be willing to consider a limited confidentiality arrangement to permit us to share MNPI deemed reasonably necessary, provided that such arrangement did not include a standstill and did not indefinitely constrain Mobix Labs. In response to such letters, we authorized a limited exploratory call with Mobix Labs, and we requested that any such discussion take place without us sharing any MNPI and outside the bounds of a confidentiality agreement, which exploratory call would serve to allow us to better understand Mobix Labs' revised proposal and intentions.

On September 11, 2025, following the limited exploratory call with Mobix Labs on September 10, 2025, Mobix Labs issued a public statement describing the discussions had in such limited exploratory call and announcing an enhanced proposal of approximately 30% cash and 70% Mobix Labs common stock. Then, on September 12, 2025, we issued a press release to provide clarification to all stockholders relating to such public statements made by Mobix Labs, including that we did not respond to Mobix Labs' proposal and that we did not agree to continue discussions with Mobix Labs during the call, and we sent a letter to Mobix Labs to clarify our position.

On September 13, 2025, Mobix Labs filed a Form 425 with the SEC and issued a related press release announcing its intent to commence a hostile exchange offer to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company. In the press release, Mobix Labs stated that the proposed offer is expected to consist of a mix of cash and Mobix Labs common stock, with an intended closing timeline of approximately 75 days.

On September 29, 2025, Mobix Labs delivered another letter to our board of directors reiterating its interest in a business combination and submitting what it described as a definitive proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company for $1.30 per share, consisting of a mix of cash and Mobix Labs common stock, and also separately requested our cooperation with respect to an anticipated registration statement on Form S-4.

On October 3, 2025, Mobix Labs delivered an updated letter superseding its prior proposal and proposing to acquire all outstanding shares of the Company for $1.30 per share in cash, stating that the proposal was not subject to financing contingencies and was based on our publicly reported share count as of June 30, 2025.

On October 6, 2025, we sent a letter to Mobix Labs acknowledging receipt of its revised proposal and requesting clarification regarding share count assumptions, treatment of the Company's publicly disclosed warrants and equity-linked instruments, and financing sources. Also on October 6, 2025, Mobix Labs issued a press release publicly announcing its updated all-cash proposal and reiterating its preference for a cooperative process with the Company.

On October 30, 2025, we entered into a mutual confidentiality agreement with Mobix Labs in connection with our ongoing review of strategic alternatives. The confidentiality agreement contains customary terms, including mutual 12-month standstill and non-solicitation provisions. On November 3, 2025, Mobix Labs issued a press release publicly announcing its entry into a mutual confidentiality agreement with us.

Our board of directors is evaluating the Company's options to enhance stockholder value. Our board of directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all stockholders. Consistent with its fiduciary duties and in consultation with the Company's financial and legal advisors, our board of directors will carefully review Mobix Labs' proposal to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders. We do not intend to make further comments regarding potential transactions or provide any public updates regarding proposed or potential transactions, unless required by applicable law or a regulatory body. There can be no assurance that any transaction will be completed at this price or at any other price with such third party or any other third party.

2025 Warrant Inducement Offering

On September 11, 2025, we entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the "2025 Inducement Letter") with a holder (the "Series C Holder") of Series C Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 952,380 shares of common stock, having an original exercise price of $1.61 per share, issued to the Series C Holder on November 6, 2024. Pursuant to the 2025 Inducement Letter, the Series C Holder agreed to exercise for cash its Series C Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $1.18 per share in consideration for our agreement to issue in a private placement new Series E common stock purchase warrants (the "Series E Warrants") to purchase an aggregate of 952,380 shares of common stock. The Series E Warrants have an exercise price of $1.25 per share, will be exercisable upon the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance and will have a term of exercise of 5.5 years from the initial exercise date. The warrant inducement offering closed on September 12, 2025, and resulted in net proceeds to us of approximately $0.9 million, after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by us.

Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement

On September 5, 2025, we received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the 30 consecutive business days ending on September 4, 2025, we no longer met the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). On September 19, 2025, we received a notification letter from Nasdaq notifying us that we had regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

Risks and Uncertainties

We are subject to risks from, among other things, competition associated with the industry in general, other risks associated with financing, liquidity requirements, rapidly changing customer requirements, limited operating history, tariffs, pandemics, wars and acts of terrorism and the volatility of public markets. We may be unable to access the capital markets, and additional capital may only be available to us on terms that could be significantly detrimental to our existing stockholders and to our business.

For additional information on risks that could impact our future results of operations, please refer to "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make certain estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis we make these estimates based on our historical experience and on assumptions that we consider reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates and reported results could differ under different assumptions or conditions. Our significant accounting policies and estimates are disclosed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Note 1 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of September 30, 2025, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies and estimates.

Results of Operations

Net Revenue

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Product - three months ended $ 3,062 $ 3,811 $ (749 ) (20 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 95 % 99 %
Product - nine months ended $ 9,080 $ 10,596 $ (1,516 ) (14 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 97 % 97 %

The following table details revenue by product category for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:

(amounts in thousands) For the Three Months Ended September 30,
Product category 2025 2024 change
Memory ICs $ 72 $ 3,677 $ (3,605 )
mmWave ICs 2,276 67 2,209
mmWave modules 658 60 598
mmWave other products 56 7 49
$ 3,062 $ 3,811 $ (749 )
(amounts in thousands) For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
Product category 2025 2024 change
Memory ICs $ 2,339 $ 9,487 $ (7,148 )
mmWave ICs 4,569 272 4,297
mmWave modules 2,102 817 1,285
mmWave other products 70 20 50
$ 9,080 $ 10,596 $ (1,516 )

Product revenue decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same periods of 2024 primarily due to the decrease in our memory IC product shipments attributable to the significant reduction in EOL shipments subsequent to March 2025. The decreases were partially offset by an increase in shipments of our mmWave ICs and antenna modules.

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Royalty and other - three months ended $ 172 $ 30 $ 142 473 %
Percentage of total net revenue - 1 %
Royalty and other - nine months ended $ 243 $ 299 $ (56 ) -19 %
Percentage of total net revenue 3 % 3 %

Royalty and other revenue includes royalty, non-recurring engineering services and license revenues. The increase in royalty and other revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 was primarily due to an increase in non-recurring engineering services revenue related to our mmWave technology attributable to a statement of work entered into in July 2025. The decrease in royalty and other revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 was primarily due to a decrease in royalty revenues from licensees of our memory technology due to reduced shipments by these licensees, which we attribute to the discontinuation of the foundry process by TSMC.

Cost of Net Revenue and Gross Profit

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Cost of net revenue -three months ended $ 1,417 $ 2,034 $ (617 ) -30 %
Percentage of total net revenue 44 % 53 %
Cost of net revenue -nine months ended $ 3,753 $ 5,431 $ (1,678 ) -31 %
Percentage of total net revenue 40 % 50 %

Cost of net revenue is primarily comprised of direct and indirect costs related to the sale of our products, including depreciation of production-related fixed assets and, prior to January 1, 2025, amortization of intangible assets.

Cost of net revenue decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024, primarily related to the decrease in product revenue and amortization of developed technology intangible assets of approximately $0.6 million, as these assets were fully amortized as of December 31, 2024. Cost of net revenue decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 when compared with the same period in 2024, primarily related to the decrease in product revenue and amortization of developed technology intangible assets of approximately $1.7 million, as these assets were fully amortized as of December 31, 2024.

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Gross profit -three months ended $ 1,817 $ 1,807 $ 10 1 %
Percentage of total net revenue 56 % 47 %
Gross profit -nine months ended $ 5,570 $ 5,464 $ 106 2 %
Percentage of total net revenue 60 % 50 %

Gross profit remained flat for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024, despite the decrease in total net revenue, primarily due to product revenue mix, increased contribution from royalty and other revenues and sales of mmWave inventory with a cost of approximately $0.3 million that had been written down in prior periods.

Gross profit remained relatively flat for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024, despite the decrease in total net revenue, primarily due to product revenue mix and sales of mmWave inventory with a cost of approximately $0.6 million that had been written down in prior periods.

Research and Development

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Research and development -three months ended $ 1,528 $ 2,158 $ (630 ) (29 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 47 % 56 %
Research and development -nine months ended $ 4,773 $ 7,615 $ (2,842 ) (37 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 51 % 70 %

Our research and development, or R&D, expenses include costs related to the development of our products. We expense R&D costs as they are incurred.

The decrease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same periods of 2024 was primarily due to: i) reduced salary and consulting costs, as we implemented reductions in force during 2024 and terminated consultant contracts, ii) reduced rent expense, as our San Jose office lease expired in January 2025, and iii) reduced software license expense, as during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we accrued the value of certain of our software license obligations (see Note 4 to the condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).

We expect that total R&D expenses will decrease during the remainder of 2025 compared with the prior period of 2024, as a result of our cost reduction initiatives.

Selling, General and Administrative

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
SG&A -three months ended $ 1,479 $ 2,349 $ (870 ) (37 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 46 % 61 %
SG&A -nine months ended $ 4,501 $ 6,592 $ (2,091 ) (32 )%
Percentage of total net revenue 48 % 61 %

Selling, general and administrative, or SG&A, expenses consist primarily of personnel and related overhead costs for sales, marketing, finance, human resources and general management and amortization of certain intangible assets.

The decrease for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 was primarily attributable to reductions in expenses for facilities, stock based compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets for customer relationships of approximately $0.3 million, which were fully amortized as of December 31, 2024. The decrease for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 was primarily attributable to reductions in expenses for facilities, stock based compensation and amortization of purchased intangible assets for customer relationships of approximately $0.8 million, which were fully amortized as of December 31, 2024. These decreases were partially offset by increases in consulting and professional services costs. We expect that total SG&A expense will remain flat or slightly decrease for the remainder of 2025 compared with 2024, as we continue to manage our SG&A costs.

Severance and Software License Obligations

September 30, Change
2025 2024 2024 to 2025
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Severance and software license obligations -three months ended $ - $ - $ - 0 %
Percentage of total net revenue 0 % 0 %
Severance and software license obligations -nine months ended $ (223 ) $ 2,063 $ (2,286 ) (111 )%
Percentage of total net revenue (2 )% 19 %

In November 2023, we implemented an employee lay-off and terminated certain consulting positions (the "Reductions") to reduce operating expenses and cash burn, as we prioritized business activities and projects that we believe will have a higher return on investment. As part of the Reductions, we implemented a temporary lay-off that impacted 16 employees (the "Employees") of Peraso Tech. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we determined that we would not recall any of the 11 Employees that remained on our payroll and commenced notifying the remaining Employees that their employment would be terminated. As a result, we recorded severance charges of approximately $0.4 million for each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. The severance liabilities were fully paid as of September 30, 2025.

As a result of the decision to not recall the Employees, we determined that it was probable that a number of our non-cancelable licenses for computer-aided design software would not be utilized during the remaining license terms. During the three months ended June 30, 2024, we expensed the value of the remaining contractual liabilities and recorded liabilities of approximately $1.6 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2025, a licensor terminated one of the license agreements and initiated a refund of approximately $56,300 for amounts previously paid by us. As a result, we reversed approximately $222,600 of expense and approximately $166,300 of the related contractual liabilities for this licensor during the three months ended June 30, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, the remaining contractual liabilities of approximately $0.2 million were recorded in accounts payable and are expected to be paid by December 31, 2025.

Liquidity and Capital Resources; Changes in Financial Condition

Cash Flows

As of September 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1.9 million and working capital of $3.1 million.

Net cash used in operating activities was $4.6 million for the first nine months of 2025, which primarily resulted from our net loss of $3.5 million, as increased by $1.7 million in net changes in assets and liabilities, and partially offset by non-cash charges of $0.2 million of depreciation and amortization and $0.4 million of stock based compensation. The changes in assets and liabilities primarily related to the timing of collections of receivables, purchases of inventory and other vendor payables and prepayments.

Net cash used in operating activities was $3.9 million for the first nine months of 2024, which primarily resulted from our net loss of $9.2 million, as adjusted for a $1.6 million non-cash gain on the change in fair value of warrant liability, and partially offset by non-cash charges of $3.0 million of depreciation and amortization, $3.3 million of stock based compensation and $0.6 million in net changes in assets and liabilities. The changes in assets and liabilities primarily related to the timing of accruals for software licenses, accrued severance benefits and accounts receivable collections, and other vendor payables and prepayments.

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $79,000 for the first nine months of 2025, which was attributable to the purchase of fixed assets.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, no cash was provided by or used in investing activities.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 primarily comprised $2.3 million of net proceeds from at-the-market sales of stock and $0.9 million in net proceeds from a warrant inducement offering completed in September 2025.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily comprised $3.4 million in net proceeds from a public offering of our common stock and common stock purchase warrants completed in February 2024 and a $0.1 million sale of unregistered stock to a member of our board of directors, $0.2 million of net proceeds from at-the-market sales of stock, which was partially offset by $0.1 million for repayment of finance lease liabilities.

Our future liquidity and capital requirements are expected to vary from quarter-to-quarter, depending on numerous factors, including:

level of revenue;
cost, timing and success of technology development efforts;
inventory levels, as supply chain disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic required us to maintain higher inventory levels and place purchase orders with our suppliers longer into the future, which exposes us to additional inventory risk;
timing of product shipments, which may be impacted by supply chain disruptions;
length of billing and collection cycles, which may be impacted in the event of a global recession or economic downturn;
variations in manufacturing yields, material lead time and costs and other manufacturing risks;
costs of acquiring other businesses and integrating the acquired operations; and
profitability of our business.

Purchase Obligations

Our primary purchase obligations include non-cancelable purchase orders for inventory. At September 30, 2025, we had outstanding non-cancelable purchase orders for inventory, primarily wafers and substrates, and related expenditures of approximately $2.7 million.

Going Concern - Working Capital

We incurred net losses of approximately $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $10.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $180.6 million as of September 30, 2025. These and prior year losses have resulted in significant negative cash flows and have required us to raise substantial amounts of additional capital. To date, we have primarily financed our operations through loans, offerings of common stock and warrants and issuances of convertible notes.

We expect to continue to incur operating losses during 2025, as we do not expect any further shipments or to generate any meaningful revenue from shipments of our memory products after March 2025, with the exception of two purchase orders received in September 2025, and as we continue to secure new customers for and continue to invest in the development of our mmWave products. Further, we expect our cash expenditures to continue to exceed receipts for at least the next 12 months, as our revenues will not be sufficient to offset our operating expenses. In addition, we have incurred and may continue to incur substantial costs related to our strategic alternative exploration process, including our evaluation of Mobix Labs' proposal, which costs include the fees of our financial and legal advisors. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2025 and expected receipts associated with forecasted product sales will enable us to meet our capital needs into the first quarter of 2026.

We will need to increase revenues beyond the levels that we have attained in the past in order to generate sustainable operating profit and sufficient cash flows to continue doing business without raising additional capital from time to time. As a result of our expected operating losses and cash burn and recurring losses from operations, if we are unable to raise sufficient capital through additional debt or equity arrangements, there will be uncertainty regarding our ability to maintain liquidity sufficient to operate our business effectively, which raises substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date of issuance of our condensed consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, in its report on the Company's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, expressed substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The condensed consolidated financial statements presented in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, and do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. There can be no assurance that such additional capital, whether in the form of debt or equity financing, will be sufficient or available and, if available, that such capital will be offered on terms and conditions acceptable to us. We are currently seeking additional financing in order to meet our cash requirements for the foreseeable future. If we are unsuccessful in these efforts, we will need to implement additional cost reduction strategies, which could further affect our near- and long-term business plan. These cost reduction strategies may include, but are not limited to, reducing headcount and curtailing business activities.

As further discussed in Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we completed warrant inducement offerings in September 2025 and November 2024 for net proceeds of approximately $0.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively. Additionally, as further discussed in Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, on August 30, 2024, we entered into the Sales Agreement with Ladenburg, pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time at our sole discretion, shares of our common stock through Ladenburg as agent and/or principal (subject to the limitations of General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) through an at-the-market program. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we sold 733,049 and 2,003,207 shares of common stock for proceeds of approximately $751,200 and $2,270,200 (net of commissions of approximately $23,000 and $70,000 paid to Ladenburg), respectively, pursuant to the Sales Agreement. On October 10, 2025, we increased the maximum aggregate offering amount of common stock issuable pursuant to the Sales Agreement to $1,750,000. Further, during 2023 and 2024, we implemented reductions in our workforce and eliminated 19 full-time equivalent positions. These cost reduction actions were intended to preserve cash, as we kept capital expenditures to minimum levels in order to reduce operating costs and our short-term cash needs.

If we were to raise additional capital through sales of our equity securities, our stockholders would suffer dilution of their equity ownership. If we engage in debt financing, we may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness, prohibit us from paying dividends, repurchasing our stock or making investments, and force us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios, any of which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. If we need additional capital and cannot raise it on acceptable terms, we may not be able to, among other things:

develop or enhance our products;
continue to expand our product development and sales and marketing organizations;
acquire complementary technologies, products or businesses;
expand operations, in the United States or internationally;
hire, train and retain employees; or
respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated working capital requirements.

Our failure to do any of these things could seriously harm our ability to execute our business strategy and may force us to curtail our existing operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not maintain any off-balance sheet arrangements or obligations that are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources.

Indemnifications

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into contractual arrangements under which we may agree to indemnify the counter-party from losses relating to a breach of representations and warranties, a failure to perform certain covenants, or claims and losses arising from certain external events as outlined within the contract, which may include, for example, losses arising from litigation or claims relating to past performance. Such indemnification clauses may not be subject to maximum loss clauses. We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our officers and directors. No material amounts related to these indemnifications are reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recently-issued accounting pronouncements.

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