Knightscope, Inc.

305 North Mathilda Avenue**

Sunnyvale, California 94085

**(650) 942-1025

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2025

GENERAL INFORMATION

This proxy statement is furnished to stockholders of Knightscope, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “Knightscope”), a Delaware corporation, in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our board of directors (the “Board”) for use at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on September 8, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”), and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The Annual Meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time in a virtual meeting format. In order to attend the Annual Meeting, you must register atwww.envisionreports.com/KSCP. Upon completing your registration, you will receive further instructions via email, including a unique link that will allow you access to the Annual Meeting and to vote and submit questions during the Annual Meeting.

The notice of meeting, our proxy statement, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 are available atwww.envisionreports.com/KSCP.

We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and therefore permitted to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements. As an emerging growth company, we provide in this Proxy Statement the scaled disclosure permitted under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, including the compensation disclosures required of a “smaller reporting company,” as that term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In addition, as an emerging growth company, we are not required to conduct votes seeking approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers or the frequency with which such votes must be conducted. We may remain an emerging growth company until December 31, 2027, provided that, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt before that time or if we have annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more in any fiscal year, we will cease to be an emerging growth company as of December 31 of that year.