Material Event (Form 8-K)

On September 21, 2026, Knightscope, Inc. (the "Company") filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-286404), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2025, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to increase the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (the "Shares"), issuable pursuant to the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated February 1, 2023, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

A legal opinion relating to the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.