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Phunware, Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 11, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 11, 2026

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-07.

0001193125-25-272407

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

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-05-11.

0001193125-26-216740

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

The 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.

Compared 105 previous paragraphs and 100 current paragraphs.

64 unchanged; 23 reworded; 13 added; 17 removed; 1 previous and 0 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 15 previous and 11 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.

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Current report

We offer SDK licenses designed to be deployed individually or in combination and may be integrated into customer applications or existing digital systems, which include:

Current report

Analytics (SDK that provides data related to application use and engagement);

Current report

Content Management (SDK that allows application administrators to create and manage app content in a cloud-based portal);

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Alerts, Notifications & Messaging (SDK that enables brands to send messages to app users through the app); and

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Location-Based Services (modules that include mapping, navigation, wayfinding, workflow, asset management and policy enforcement).

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Cloud-based intelligence and automation features, including AI-enabled interfaces and analytics capabilities, designed to support contextual user interactions, information discovery and service-related workflows within customer applications.

Current report

Total gross profit increased minimally by approximately $0.03 million, or 7.0%, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the corresponding period in 2025. Cost of revenue decreased and gross margin percentage increased as a result of fewer employees working on customer-related projects.

Current report

General and administrative expense decreased approximately $0.76 million, or (22.0%), for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the corresponding period in 2025, primarily due to a decrease in legal expenses and other professional fees.

Current report

Research and development expense increased approximately $0.07 million, or 8.0%, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the corresponding period in 2025, primarily due to headcount being dedicated to more research and development projects.
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Previous report

On October 31, 2025, the Company filed its annual proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which stated the Company plans to hold its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 17, 2025. Among other stockholder proposals, the Company nominated Mr. Jeremy Krol, the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Ed Lu for election to serve as Class I directors until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successor has been elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

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Enterprise mobile software development kits (SDKs) including business intelligence and analytics, content management, alerts, notifications and messaging, and location-based services;

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We created, deployed and market-tested creator.phunware.com, an online platform and part of the Company's software development initiative to utilize generative AI to simplify and facilitate the creation and completion of mobile apps. In light of our market testing and recent changes in our senior management team, we decided to pause further development and allocation of resources to completing the app creator platform and instead focus these resources on generative AI-related features and functionalities within our current product offerings.

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During 2024, interest expense included interest related to our outstanding debt, including amortization of discounts and deferred issuance costs. We also may seek additional debt financing to fund the expansion of our business or to finance strategic acquisitions in the future, which may have an impact on our interest expense.

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Net revenue decreased minimally by $0.04 million, or (6.5%), for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024, as a result of low churn year-over-year for software customers and consistent advertising campaign traffic.

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Total gross profit decreased minimally by $0.04 million, or (10.9%), for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024, primarily as a result of low churn year-over-year for software customers and consistent advertising campaign traffic described above.

Previous report

Total gross profit decreased $0.5 million, or (36.5%), for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024, primarily as a result of the decrease in advertising revenue described above. This was partially offset by a $0.1 million decrease in stock-based compensation.

Previous report

Sales and marketing expense increased $0.7 million, or 42.8%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024, primarily due to an increase of $0.6 million in sales and marketing consultants and $0.1 million in corporate marketing as a result of increased investment in our sales and marketing functions after cost cutting measures instituted in 2024.

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General and administrative expense increased $0.03 million, or 1.2%, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024. All major expense categories remained materially consistent period over period.

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General and administrative expense increased $1.5 million, or 21.4%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024, due to a $2.4 million increase in professional fees, mainly related to an increase of $1.9 million in legal fees for the Company's Wild Basin litigation and $0.5 million for consultants and professional services. This increase was partially offset by a $1.0 million decrease in stock-based compensation expense.

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Research and development expense increased $0.07 million, or 10.9%, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024. All major expense categories remained materially consistent period over period.

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Research and development expense increased $0.9 million, or 54.6%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024, primarily as a result of an increase in payroll and related expenses as a result of higher headcount and an increase in consulting fees for engineering consultants related to our AI initiatives.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded other income of approximately $3.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, primarily as a result of interest income earned from cash and cash equivalents, and in 2024, a gain on extinguishment of debt on our 2022 Promissory Note, as amended.

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On February 1, 2022, we filed a Form S-3, which was subsequently declared effective by the SEC on February 9, 2022, pursuant to which we could issue up to $200 million in common stock, preferred stock, warrants and units. Contained therein, was a prospectus supplement pursuant to which we could sell up to $100 million of our common stock in an “at the market offering” pursuant to an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement we entered into with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) on January 31, 2022. We terminated our agreement with Wainwright effective June 3, 2024.

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On June 4, 2024, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord Genuity LLC (“Canaccord”), as representative of certain agents, pursuant to which we could offer and sell, from time to time, shares of our common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $120 million, through the agents. On November 1, 2024, we entered into an Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement (amending the June 4, 2024 Equity Distribution Agreement) with Canaccord, and filed a registration statement on Form S-3MEF relating to the Company's existing registration statement on Form S-3 originally filed in 2022, pursuant to which we increased the aggregate amount of shares of our common stock that we were entitled to sell under our at-the-market facility to an aggregate offering price of approximately $171.5 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we sold an aggregate of 14,210 shares of our common stock under our Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord for aggregate gross cash proceeds of approximately $0.1 million. On February 9, 2025, the aforementioned registration statement on Form S-3 expired (including the subsequent registration statement on Form S-3MEF), and as a result, the Amended and Restated Equity Distribution Agreement with Canaccord terminated.
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We offer a mobile-application cloud-based platform that equips companies with the products, solutions and services necessary to engage, manage and monetize their mobile application portfolios. Our offerings include:

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We offer a fully integrated software platform that equips companies with the products, solutions and services necessary to engage, manage and monetize their mobile application portfolios and audiences. Our mobile software subscriptions and services offerings include a combination of application frameworks, SDKs, cloud-based services and related capabilities designed to support digital engagement, operational workflows and user experiences and include the following:

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A cloud-based application framework vertical solution license for iOS and Android-based mobile applications (apps). We have focused a majority of our recent sales efforts on addressing the patient experience for healthcare and the luxury guest experience for hospitality. However, our product capabilities also serve the employee experience in the workplace, the shopper experience for retail, the fan experience for sports, the traveler experience for aviation, the luxury resident experience for real estate and the student experience for education.

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A cloud-based application framework vertical solution license for iOS and Android-based mobile experiences, enabling customers to deploy, manage and extend functionality across mobile applications and connected environments. We have focused a majority of our recent sales efforts on addressing the luxury guest experience for hospitality and the patient experience for healthcare. However, our product and service capabilities also serve the employee experience in the workplace, the shopper experience for retail, the fan experience for sports, the traveler experience for aviation, the luxury resident experience for real estate and the student experience for education.

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Development services for customers who wish to have to have a customized application experience; and

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Development services for customers who wish to have a customized application experience; and

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In October 2024, we announced the commencement of our investment into the field of artificial intelligence (AI). We plan to use AI in various contexts within our internal systems and products and services offerings.

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In October 2024, we announced the commencement of our investments into artificial intelligence (AI). We use, and plan to use, AI in various contexts within our internal systems and our software platform, products and services offerings.

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The AI technology we initially used in the context of our platform is generative AI. We actively utilize generative AI tools to streamline internal processes and workflows for mobile app creation and development. We also plan to use predictive and agentic AI tools in the future to further enhance these processes. By applying these technologies, we expect to improve the quality and personalization of our mobile apps for customers and drastically reduce the time required to adapt our mobile app development framework to meet specific customer needs. We anticipate that these efficiencies will enable the Company to reduce mobile app development costs significantly and make high-quality customized mobile apps more accessible and affordable for small to medium sized businesses and enterprises.

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The AI technology we have initially used in the context of our platform to date is generative AI. We actively utilize generative AI tools to streamline internal processes and workflows for mobile app creation and development. We presently utilize generative AI in product features which are available for purchase by customers. We also plan to use predictive and agentic AI tools in the future to further enhance these processes and to create additional platforms, products and services involving predictive and agentic AI and related small language models. By developing and applying these technologies, we expect to improve the quality and personalization of our mobile apps for customers and drastically reduce the time required to adapt our mobile app development framework to meet specific customer needs. We anticipate that these efficiencies will enable the Company to reduce mobile app development costs significantly and make high-quality mobile apps more accessible and affordable for all sizes of businesses and enterprises, specifically in the hospitality, healthcare and other large property-related verticals.

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We recently developed an AI Concierge generative AI product feature with functionalities to serve as a human-like interface in our mobile apps for our customers to enhance customer engagement with users and provide customers with innovative opportunities to further monetize their products and services with users. We are currently engaging with existing customers to run pilot testing programs with our AI Concierge feature in their existing mobile applications.

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We recently developed an AI Concierge generative AI product feature with functionalities to serve as a human-like interface in our mobile apps for hospitality customers to enhance customer engagement with guests and other visitors and provide customers with innovative opportunities to further monetize their products and services with those users. We are selling this AI product feature to current and existing customers. We also designed and demonstrated, at a major hospitality conference, an agentic AI hospitality-related product feature with functionalities to interact with and perform tasks for customer guests and are further developing this type of AI product feature and related functionalities as part of our platform for current and existing customers. For instance, we anticipate this type of AI product feature will be able to provide information about and book reservations for guests at restaurants located on customer properties and for other events. Our agentic AI product feature is still in the development and testing phase.

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We continue to invest in AI, including generative AI and agentic AI, and in the integration of AI capabilities into our products and services. We will continue to evaluate our investments in AI and align investment and resource allocation in the products and markets where we believe we can generate the greatest benefits for customers and opportunities for shareholder returns. Our AI related investments are in the research and development phase, and we may choose not to continue pursuing some of our AI investments and some of the investments we pursue may not be successful. Refer to Risk Factors, located in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025.

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We continue to invest in AI, including generative, predictive and agentic AI, and in the integration of AI capabilities into our platforms, products and services. We will continue to evaluate our investments in AI and align investment and resource allocation in the platforms, products and markets where we believe we can generate the greatest benefits for customers and opportunities for shareholder returns. Our AI related investments are in the research and development phase. Refer to "Risk Factors", located in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2026.

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We intend to continue investing for long-term growth. We have also invested and expect to continue investing in the expansion of our ability to market, sell and provide our current and future products and services to customers globally. We plan to continue investing in the development and improvement of new and existing products and services to address customers’ needs. We currently do not expect to be profitable in the near future.

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We intend to continue investing in AI, and continue innovating and evolving our platforms, products and services, for long-term growth and enterprise value. We have also invested and expect to continue investing in the expansion of our ability to market, sell and provide our current and future products and services to customers globally. We plan to continue investing in the development and improvement of new platforms, products and services to address customers’ needs. We currently do not expect to be profitable in the near future.

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Our management regularly monitors certain financial measures to track the progress of our business against internal goals and targets. We believe that the most important of these measures include backlog and deferred revenue.

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Our management regularly monitors certain financial measures to track the progress of our business against internal goals and targets. We believe that the most important of these measures include bookings, backlog and deferred revenue.

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Backlog represents future amounts to be invoiced under our active contracts. At any point in the contract term, there can be amounts that we have not yet been contractually able to invoice. Until such time as these amounts are invoiced, they are not recorded in revenue, deferred revenue, accounts receivable or elsewhere in our condensed consolidated financial statements and are considered by us to be backlog. We expect backlog to fluctuate up or down from period to period for several reasons, including the timing and duration of customer contracts, varying billing cycles and the timing and duration of customer renewals. We reasonably expect approximately 48% of our backlog as of September 30, 2025 will be invoiced during the subsequent 12-month period, primarily due to the fact that our contracts are typically one to three years in length.

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Backlog represents future amounts to be invoiced under our active contracts. At any point in the contract term, there can be amounts that we have not yet been contractually able to invoice. Until such time as these amounts are invoiced, they are not recorded in revenue, deferred revenue, accounts receivable or elsewhere in our condensed consolidated financial statements and are considered by us to be backlog. We expect backlog to fluctuate up or down from period to period for several reasons, including the timing and duration of customer contracts, varying billing cycles and the timing and duration of customer renewals. We reasonably expect approximately 75% of our backlog as of March 31, 2026 will be invoiced during the subsequent 12-month period.

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The follow table sets forth our deferred revenue and backlog:

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The follow table sets forth our backlog and deferred revenue:

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Software subscriptions and services gross profit is equal to software subscriptions and services revenue less the cost of personnel and related costs for our support and professional services employees, external consultants, stock-based compensation and allocated overhead. Costs associated with our development and project management teams are generally recognized as incurred. Costs directly attributable to the development or support of applications relating to platform subscription customers are included in cost of sales, whereas costs related to the ongoing development and maintenance of our software platform are expensed in research and development. As a result, software subscriptions and services gross profit may fluctuate from period to period.

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Software subscriptions and services gross profit is equal to software subscriptions and services revenue less the cost of personnel and related costs for our support and professional services employees, external consultants, stock-based compensation and allocated overhead. Costs associated with our development and project management teams are generally recognized as incurred. Costs directly attributable to the development or support of applications relating to software subscription customers are included in cost of sales, whereas costs related to the ongoing development and maintenance of our software platform are expensed in research and development. As a result, software subscriptions and services gross profit may fluctuate from period to period.

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Sales and Marketing Expense. Sales and marketing expense is comprised of compensation, commission expense, variable incentive pay and benefits related to sales personnel, along with travel expenses, other employee related costs, including stock-based compensation and expenses related to marketing programs and promotional activities. Our sales and marketing expense may increase in absolute dollars as we increase our sales and marketing organizations as we plan to increase revenue but may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period.

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Sales and Marketing Expense. Sales and marketing expense is comprised of compensation, commission expense, variable incentive pay and benefits related to sales personnel, travel expenses, other employee related costs such as stock-based compensation and expenses related to marketing programs and promotional activities. Our sales and marketing expense may increase in absolute dollars as we increase our sales and marketing organizations as we plan to increase revenue but may fluctuate as a percentage of our total revenue from period to period.

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Research and Development Expense. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation costs and overhead allocation. We believe that continued investment in our platform is important for our growth. As a result, our research and development expenses may increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but may fluctuate as a percentage of revenue from period to period.

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Research and Development Expense. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation costs, software platform and AI development and maintenance costs and overhead allocation. We believe that continued investment in our platform is important for our growth. As a result, our research and development expenses may increase in absolute dollars as our business grows but may fluctuate as a percentage of revenue from period to period.

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Net revenue decreased $0.8 million, or (32.0%), for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the corresponding period in 2024, as a result of a decrease in advertising campaigns mainly due to softening market demand from advertising agency partners.

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Net revenue decreased by approximately $0.15 million, or (21.2%), for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the corresponding period in 2025, as a result of a decrease in development fees related to customer contract deliveries.

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Sales and marketing expense increased $0.2 million, or 29.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024, due to an increase in sales consultants as a result of increased investment in our sales function after cost cutting measures instituted in 2024.

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Sales and marketing expense decreased approximately $0.07 million, or (7.9%) for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the corresponding period in 2025, due to a decrease in full-time headcount, offset by an increase in sales and marketing related consultants.

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During the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, we recorded other income of approximately $1.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, primarily as a result of interest income earned from cash and cash equivalents.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, we recorded other income of approximately $0.83 million and $1.09 million, respectively, primarily as a result of interest income earned from cash and cash equivalents.

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As of September 30, 2025, we held total cash of $103.8 million, all of which was held in the United States. We have a history of operating losses and negative operating cash flows. As we continue to focus on growing our revenues, we expect these trends to continue into the foreseeable future.

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As of March 31, 2026, we held total cash of approximately $97.9 million, all of which was held in the United States. We have a history of operating losses and negative operating cash flows. As we continue to focus on growing our revenues, we expect these trends to continue into the foreseeable future.

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Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our pace of growth, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spend to support development efforts, additional investments in AI technology and infrastructure, the expansion of sales and marketing activities and the market acceptance of our products and services. We believe that it is likely we will in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in additional companies and assets, technologies, intellectual property rights and digital assets. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financings. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired and/or on acceptable terms, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our pace of growth, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spending to support development efforts, additional investments in AI technology platform and systems and infrastructure, the expansion of sales and marketing activities and the market acceptance of our products and services. We believe that it is likely we will in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in additional companies and assets, technologies, intellectual property rights, digital assets and build and develop additional platforms and systems for our products and services and create new products and services. We may be required to seek additional equity or debt financings. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired and/or on acceptable terms, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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We utilized $9.3 million of cash from operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, resulting in a net loss of $9.3 million. The net loss included non-cash charges of $0.6 million, primarily consisting of stock-based compensation. In addition, certain changes in our operating assets and liabilities resulted in a cash decrease of $0.6 million.

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We utilized $2.7 million of cash from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2026, resulting in a net loss of $3.2 million. The net loss included non-cash charges of $0.1 million, primarily consisting of stock-based compensation. In addition, certain changes in our operating assets and liabilities resulted in a cash increase of $0.3 million.

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We utilized $10.6 million of cash from operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, resulting in a net loss of $7.7 million. The net loss included non-cash charges of $1.6 million, primarily consisting of stock-based compensation. In addition, certain changes in our operating assets and liabilities resulted in a cash decrease of $4.3 million, primarily relating to a decrease in accounts payable and lease liability payments.

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We utilized $3.3 million of cash from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025, resulting in a net loss of $3.7 million. The net loss included non-cash charges of $0.2 million, primarily consisting of stock-based compensation. In addition, certain changes in our operating assets and liabilities resulted in a cash increase of $0.2 million, primarily relating to an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable.

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We did not have any investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

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We did not have any investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

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Our financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 consisted of various sales of our common stock. Refer to the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information on the Company's financing activities.

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We did not have any financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2026. Our financing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2025 consisted of sales of our common stock. Refer to the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information on the Company's financing activities.
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Previous report — wording carried elsewhere

We also recently designed and demonstrated, at a major hospitality conference, our Guest Services Agent agentic AI product feature with functionalities to interact with and perform tasks for customer hospitality guests. For instance, we anticipate the Guest Services Agent feature will be able to provide information about and book reservations at restaurants located on customer properties. This Guest Services Agent feature is still in the development and testing phase.