Peraso Inc.

None of the Company’s directors or officers adopted, modified orterminated a Rule 10b-5 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b-5 trading arrangement during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, as such terms are defined under Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

The information set forth below is included herein for the purpose of providing the disclosure required under “Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.” of Form 8-K.

Stock Option Awards to Named Executive Officers

On August 7, 2025, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors awarded 25,000 stock options to each of Ronald Glibbery, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, James Sullivan, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and Bradley Lynch, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.8399 per share and vest in equal monthly installments over 36 months beginning on the one month anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service on each vesting date. The stock options expire on August 7, 2035. The stock options were awarded pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.

The foregoing description of the stock option awards does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option Award and Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.