AUDIOEYE INC
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Nov 4, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2025 · Filed Nov 4, 2025
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-06-30; filed 2025-08-08.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-04.
0001104659-25-106406
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Tables are not compared: 28 previous and 28 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.
A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.
Added paragraphs (2)
Current report
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, general and administrative expenses decreased by 8% from the prior year comparable period. The decrease in general and administrative expense was due primarily to business combination costs incurred in connection with the ADA Site Compliance acquisition in the third quarter of 2024 and a decrease in litigation expense by $233,000. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, general and administrative expenses increased by 16% over the prior year comparable period. The increase in general and administrative expense was due primarily to higher amortization expense associated with our intangible assets, as well as higher personnel cost, including stock compensation expense, and an increase in litigation expense by $597,000.
Current report
As of September 30, 2025, we had $4,550,000 in cash and cash equivalents and working capital of ($23,000). The $0.6 million decrease in working capital in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due toa portion of our term loan being classified as a current liability.
Removed paragraphs (1)
Previous report
As of June 30, 2025, we had $6,869,000 in cash and cash equivalents and working capital of $1,384,000. The $0.8 million increase in working capital in the six months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due tothe new credit facility with Western Alliance Bank, under which we have obtained $13.4 million in term loan advances and used a portion of the proceeds to pay our previous $7.0 million term loan with SG Credit Partners in full.
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Previous wording
Our intellectual property is primarily comprised of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, issued patents and pending patent applications. We have a patent portfolio comprised of twenty-four (24) issued patents in the United States and three (3) pending US patent applications. The commercial value of these patents is unknown.
Current wording
Our intellectual property is primarily comprised of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, issued patents and pending patent applications. We have a patent portfolio comprised of twenty-five (25) issued patents in the United States and three (3) pending US patent applications. The commercial value of these patents is unknown.
Previous wording
AudioEye is an industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and WCAG compliance at scale. Our solutions advance accessibility with patented technology that reduces barriers, expands access for individuals with disabilities, and enhances the user experience for a broader audience. In the three months ended June 30, 2025, we continued to focus on product innovation, expanding revenue and managing expenses.
Current wording
AudioEye is an industry-leading digital accessibility platform delivering Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and WCAG compliance at scale. Our solutions advance accessibility with patented technology that reduces barriers, expands access for individuals with disabilities, and enhances the user experience for a broader audience. In the three months ended September 30, 2025, we continued to focus on product innovation and expanding revenue.
Previous wording
In the six months ended June 30, 2025, total revenue increased by 18% over the prior year comparable period. As of June 30, 2025, Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) was approximately $38.2 million, which represented an increase of 14% year-over-year. Refer to Other Key Operating Metrics below for details on how we calculate ARR.
Current wording
In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, total revenue increased by 17% over the prior year comparable period. As of September 30, 2025, Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) was approximately $38.7 million, which represented an increase of 7% year-over-year. Refer to Other Key Operating Metrics below for details on how we calculate ARR.
Previous wording
As of June 30, 2025, AudioEye had approximately 120,000 customers, a 1% decrease from 121,000 customers at June 30, 2024. The decrease in customer count was attributable to a contract renegotiation within our Partner and Marketplace channel.
Current wording
As of September 30, 2025, AudioEye had approximately 123,000 customers, a 2% decrease from 126,000 customers at September 30, 2024. The decrease in customer count was attributable to a contract renegotiation within our Partner and Marketplace channel.
Previous wording
In the six months ended June 30, 2025, revenue from our Partner and Marketplace channel grew 13% over the prior year comparable period. This channel represented about 57% of ARR as of June 30, 2025. In six months ended June 30, 2025, total Enterprise channel revenue grew 27% over the prior year comparable period. The Enterprise channel represented about 43% of ARR as of June 30, 2025.
Current wording
In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, revenue from our Partner and Marketplace channel grew 11% over the prior year comparable period. This channel represented about 58% of ARR as of September 30, 2025. In nine months ended September 30, 2025, total Enterprise channel revenue grew 26% over the prior year comparable period. The Enterprise channel represented about 42% of ARR as of September 30, 2025.
Previous wording
We had one customer (including the customer’s affiliates reflecting multiple contracts and a partnership with the Company) which accounted for approximately 13 % and 14% of our total revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Current wording
We had one customer (including the customer’s affiliates reflecting multiple contracts and a partnership with the Company) which accounted for approximately 13% of our total revenue in each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Previous wording
The Company continued to invest in research and development in the second quarter of 2025. Total research and development cost, as defined under Research and Development Expenses section in the Results of Operations below, was 17% of total revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2025. Total research and development cost decreased from the prior year comparable period primarily due to lower personnel cost.
Current wording
The Company continued to invest in research and development in the third quarter of 2025. Total research and development cost, as defined under Research and Development Expenses section in the Results of Operations below, was 16% of total revenue in the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Total research and development cost in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 decreased from the prior year comparable period primarily due to lower personnel cost.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, general and administrative expenses increased by 24% and 33%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in general and administrative expense for each period was due primarily to an increase in litigation expense by $213,000 and $830,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, as well as higher personnel cost and amortization expense associated with our intangible assets.
Current wording
In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, selling and marketing expense and general and administrative expense increased from the prior year comparable period. The increase in selling and marketing expense was mainly driven byhigher third-party marketing expense. The increase in general and administrative expenses in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was due primarily to higher amortization expense associated with our intangible assets, as well as increases in personnel costs, including stock compensation expense, and in litigation expenses.
Previous wording
Our unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in United States Dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”). The discussion of the results of our operations compares the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 with the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.
Current wording
Our unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in United States Dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”). The discussion of the results of our operations compares the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, total revenue increased by 16% and 18%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in Partner and Marketplace channel revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to continued expansion with existing partners. The increase in Enterprise channel revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was driven primarily by an increase in Enterprise customers.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, total revenue increased by 15% and 17%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in Partner and Marketplace channel revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily due to continued expansion with existing partners. The increase in Enterprise channel revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was driven primarily by new customer relationships, including additions from business and asset acquisitions.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, cost of revenue increased by 27% and 20%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in cost of revenue for each period was primarily due to increased costs incurred for service delivery, additional costs attributable to business and asset acquisitions, and higher amortization expense related to our capitalized software development costs.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, cost of revenue increased by 27% and 22%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in cost of revenue for each period was primarily due to increased costs incurred for service delivery, additional costs attributable to business and asset acquisitions, and higher amortization expense related to our capitalized software development costs.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, gross profit increased by 14% and 18%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in gross profit for each period was a result of increased revenue.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, gross profit increased by 11% and 16%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in gross profit for each period was a result of increased revenue.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, selling and marketing expenses increased by 28% and 26%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in selling and marketing expenses for each period resulted primarily from higher third-party marketing expenses, additional costs associated with business and asset acquisitions, and higher personnel costs.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, selling and marketing expenses increased by 16% and 22%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in selling and marketing expenses for each period resulted primarily from higher third-party marketing expenses, additional costs associated with business and asset acquisitions, and higher personnel costs.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, R&D expenses decreased by 2% and 7%, respectively, from the prior year comparable periods. The decrease for each period was driven by lower personnel cost. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, capitalized R&D cost increased by 11% and 3%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods due to engineering personnel spending more time on product development than in the prior year comparable periods. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, total R&D cost, which includes both R&D expenses and capitalized R&D costs, increased by 2% from the prior year comparable period. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, total R&D cost decreased by 5% from the prior year comparable period.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, R&D expenses decreased by 3% and 6%, respectively, from the prior year comparable periods. The decrease for each period was driven by lower personnel cost. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, capitalized R&D cost increased by 5% and 4%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods due to engineering personnel spending more time on product development than in the prior year comparable periods. For the three months ended September 30, 2025, total R&D cost, which includes both R&D expenses and capitalized R&D costs, decreased by 1% from the prior year comparable period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, total R&D cost decreased by 3% from the prior year comparable period.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the change in fair value of contingent consideration was due to a reduction in the estimated earnout payable in connection with the acquisition of ADA Site Compliance in the third quarter of 2024.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, the change in fair value of contingent consideration was due to a reduction in the estimated earnout payable in connection with the acquisition of ADA Site Compliance in the third quarter of 2024.
Previous wording
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, interest expense, net increased by 3% and 8%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in interest expense, net for each period was primarily attributable to a reduction in interest income from investment in money market funds.
Current wording
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, interest expense, net increased by 12% and 10%, respectively, over the prior year comparable periods. The increase in interest expense, net for each period was primarily attributable to a reduction in interest income from investment in money market funds.
Previous wording
On March 31, 2025, upon entering into a new credit facility with Western Alliance Bank, the Company paid the full $7.0 million in outstanding principal on its previous term loan with SG Credit Partners. In the six months ended June 30, 2025, in connection with the termination of this term loan, we recognized a $300,000 loss on extinguishment of debt, which included $144,000 in prepayment and other fees and the unamortized portion of related debt discount and debt issuance costs.
Current wording
On March 31, 2025, upon entering into a new credit facility with Western Alliance Bank, the Company paid the full $7.0 million in outstanding principal on its previous term loan with SG Credit Partners. In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, in connection with the termination of this term loan, we recognized a $300,000 loss on extinguishment of debt, which included $144,000 in prepayment and other fees and the unamortized portion of related debt discount and debt issuance costs.
Previous wording
We define ARR as the sum of (i) for our Enterprise channel, the total of the annualized recurring fee at the date of determination under each active contract, plus (ii) for our Partner and Marketplace channel, the annual or monthly recurring fee for all active customers at the date of determination, in each case, assuming no changes to the subscription, multiplied by 12 if applicable. Recurring fees are defined as revenues expected to be generated from services typically offered as a subscription service or annual service offering such as our automation and platform, periodic auditing, human-assisted technological fixes, legal support and professional service offerings and other services that reoccur on a multi-year contract. This determination includes both annual and monthly contracts for recurring products. Some of our contracts are terminable prior to the expected term, which may impact future ARR. ARR excludes non-recurring fees, which are defined as revenue expected to be generated from services typically not offered as a subscription service or annual service offering such as our PDF remediation services business, one-time mobile application reports, and other miscellaneous services that are offered as non-subscription services or are expected to be one-time in nature. As of June 30, 2025, ARR was $38.2 million, which represents an increase of 14% year-over-year, driven by growth in both our Partner and Marketplace channel and Enterprise channel.
Current wording
We define ARR as the sum of (i) for our Enterprise channel, the total of the annualized recurring fee at the date of determination under each active contract, plus (ii) for our Partner and Marketplace channel, the annual or monthly recurring fee for all active customers at the date of determination, in each case, assuming no changes to the subscription, multiplied by 12 if applicable. Recurring fees are defined as revenues expected to be generated from services typically offered as a subscription service or annual service offering such as our automation and platform, periodic auditing, human-assisted technological fixes, legal support and professional service offerings and other services that reoccur on a multi-year contract. This determination includes both annual and monthly contracts for recurring products. Some of our contracts are terminable prior to the expected term, which may impact future ARR. ARR excludes non-recurring fees, which are defined as revenue expected to be generated from services typically not offered as a subscription service or annual service offering such as our PDF remediation services business, one-time mobile application reports, and other miscellaneous services that are offered as non-subscription services or are expected to be one-time in nature. As of September 30, 2025, ARR was $38.7 million, which represents an increase of 7% year-over-year, driven by growth in both our Partner and Marketplace channel and Enterprise channel.
Previous wording
In January 2025, the Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $12.5 million of our common stock through January 24, 2027. The program may be amended, suspended, or discontinued at any time and does not commit the Company to repurchase any shares of its common stock. Shares repurchased under the program are subsequently retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. In the six months ended June 30, 2025, we used $1.76 million of the program to repurchase shares. As of June 30, 2025, we had $10.74 million remaining for the repurchase of shares.
Current wording
In January 2025, the Board of Directors adopted a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $12.5 million of our common stock through January 24, 2027. The program may be amended, suspended, or discontinued at any time and does not commit the Company to repurchase any shares of its common stock. Shares repurchased under the program are subsequently retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we used $3.59 million of the program to repurchase shares. As of September 30, 2025, we had $8.91 million remaining for the repurchase of shares.
Previous wording
As of June 30, 2025, we had $13.4 million outstanding under the term loan, $13.2 million of which is classified as noncurrent liability. The term loan matures on March 31, 2030, and has required quarterly principal payments due beginning on April 10, 2026.
Current wording
As of September 30, 2025, we had $13.4 million outstanding under the term loan, $13.0 million of which is classified as a noncurrent liability. The term loan matures on March 31, 2030, and has required quarterly principal payments due beginning on April 10, 2026.
Previous wording
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash provided by operating activities increased primarily due topayments in the prior year period towards our contingent consideration associated with a business acquisition, of which $710,000 was classified as cash used in operating activities, whereas no payment of contingent consideration occurredin the current year period.
Current wording
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash provided by operating activities increased primarily due to payments in the prior year period towards our contingent consideration associated with a business acquisition, of which $710,000 was classified as cash used in operating activities, whereas no payment of contingent consideration occurredin the current year period. The increase was partially offset by timing of collections on accounts receivable in the current year period.
Previous wording
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash used in investing activities increased primarily due to $1.7 million in net payments towards asset acquisitions.
Current wording
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash used in investing activities decreased primarily due to the acquisition of ADA Site Compliance in the third quarter of 2024, for which we paid $3.1 million, net of cash acquired, whereas payments towards asset acquisitions in the current year period totaled $2.0 million.
Previous wording
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash provided by financing activities increased primarily due to $13.4 million in proceeds from term loan borrowings under the new credit facility with Western Alliance Bank, which were partially offset by the repayment of our previous $7.0 million term loan. In addition, in thesix months ended June 30, 2024, the Company paid $1.7 millionto settle the contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of Bureau of Internet Accessibility Inc., whereas no such payment of contingent consideration occurredin thesix months ended June 30, 2025.
Current wording
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, in relation to the prior year comparable period, cash provided by financing activities increased primarily due to $13.4 million in proceeds from term loan borrowings under the new credit facility with Western Alliance Bank, which were partially offset by the repayment of our previous $7.0 million term loan. The increase was partially offset by a $3.5 million capital raised under an ATM offering in thenine months ended September 30, 2024, whereas there were no offering proceedsin thenine months ended September 30, 2025, as well as by a $1.8 million increase in stock repurchases in the current period.
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Current report — wording carried from elsewhere
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere
In the six months ended June 30, 2025, selling and marketing expense increased from the prior year comparable period. This increase was mainly driven byhigher third-party marketing expense. The increase in general and administrative expenses in the six months ended
Previous report — wording carried elsewhere
June 30, 2025 was due primarily to an increase in litigation expenses and higher amortization expense associated with our intangible assets.