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Skillz Inc.

For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Dec 11, 2025.

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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Dec 11, 2025

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Item 1. Financial Statements

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited, in thousands, except for number of shares and par value per share amounts)

June 30,December 31,
20252024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$228,657$271,923
Restricted cash9,0009,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $265 and $273 as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively8,9784,890
Prepaid expenses and other current assets7,55117,342
Total current assets254,186303,155
Property and equipment, net19,04716,282
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net223308
Non-marketable equity securities52,76852,768
Restricted cash, non-current1,0001,000
Other non-current assets979755
Total assets$328,203$374,268
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$8,615$9,799
Operating lease liabilities, current1901,544
Other current liabilities52,12954,564
Total current liabilities60,93465,907
Operating lease liabilities, non-current349,338
Long-term debt, net126,593125,654
Other non-current liabilities299333
Total liabilities187,860201,232
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock $0.0001 par value; 31.3 million shares authorized; Class A common stock – 25.0 million shares authorized; 18.7 million and 18.7 million shares issued; 11.9 million and 13.3 million outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively; Class B common stock – 6.3 million shares authorized; 3.4 million shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 202411
Additional paid-in capital1,236,7211,226,642
Accumulated deficit(1,056,322)(1,021,258)
Treasury stock at cost, $6.8 million and $5.4 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively(40,057)(32,349)
Total stockholders’ equity140,343173,036
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$328,203$374,268

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Unaudited, in thousands, except for number of shares and per share amounts)

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Revenue$25,214$25,295$47,111$50,530
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue3,2203,3466,1846,798
Research and development4,8404,2729,6588,896
Sales and marketing16,43120,84934,43641,842
General and administrative16,70617,23635,78940,273
Gain from litigation settlement—(46,000)(7,500)(46,000)
Total costs and expenses41,197(297)78,56751,809
(Loss) income from operations(15,983)25,592(31,456)(1,279)
Interest (expense) income, net(1,321)334(2,392)447
Change in fair value of common stock warrant liabilities—2—11
Other (expense) income, net(637)190(1,196)254
(Loss) income before income taxes(17,941)26,118(35,044)(567)
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes(19)7320111
Net (loss) income$(17,922)$26,045$(35,064)$(678)
(Loss) earnings per share:
Basic$(1.16)$1.47$(2.21)$(0.04)
Diluted$(1.16)$1.44$(2.21)$(0.04)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic15,491,23917,776,90415,888,06418,119,062
Diluted15,491,23918,079,31015,888,06418,119,062
Other comprehensive income:
Change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments, net of tax—1—7
Total other comprehensive income—1—7
Total comprehensive (loss) income$(17,922)$26,046$(35,064)$(671)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Unaudited, in thousands, except for number of shares)

Common stock · Treasury Stock · Additional paid-in capital · Accumulated other comprehensive loss · Accumulated deficit · Total stockholders’ equity
Shares · Amount · Shares · Amount
Balance at December 31, 202319,183,046$12,314,908$(13,000)$1,197,963$(7)$(974,468)$210,489
Issuance of common stock upon release of restricted stock units64,020———————
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options566———————
Shares withheld related to net share settlement(229)———————
Shares repurchased by the Company and held as treasury stock(1,209,549)—1,209,549(6,956)———(6,956)
Other comprehensive income—————6—6
Stock-based compensation————8,740——8,740
Net loss——————(26,723)(26,723)
Balance at March 31, 202418,037,854$13,524,457$(19,956)$1,206,703$(1)$(1,001,191)$185,556
Shares repurchased by the Company and held as treasury stock(589,721)—589,721(3,814)———(3,814)
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan1,195———7——7
Other comprehensive income————1—1
Stock-based compensation————7,433——7,433
Net income——————26,04526,045
Balance at June 30, 202417,449,328$14,114,178$(23,770)$1,214,143$—$(975,146)$215,228
Balance at December 31, 202416,736,904$15,416,418$(32,349)$1,226,642$—$(1,021,258)173,036
Shares repurchased by the Company and held as treasury stock(845,564)—845,564(4,732)———(4,732)
Stock-based compensation————5,646——5,646
Net loss——————(17,142)(17,142)
Balance at March 31, 202515,891,340$16,261,982$(37,081)$1,232,288$—$(1,038,400)$156,808
Shares repurchased by the Company and held as treasury stock(585,524)—585,524(2,976)———(2,976)
Stock issued under employee stock purchase plan4,411———24——24
Stock-based compensation————4,409——4,409
Net loss——————(17,922)(17,922)
Balance at June 30, 202515,310,227$16,847,506$(40,057)$1,236,721$—$(1,056,322)$140,343

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited, in thousands)

Six Months Ended June 30,
20252024
Operating Activities
Net loss$(35,064)$(678)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization361798
Stock-based compensation9,91216,173
Accretion of unamortized debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs939834
Change in fair value of common stock warrant liabilities—(11)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net(4,088)1,719
Prepaid expenses and other assets9,5672,580
Accounts payable(1,184)4,636
Operating lease liabilities(10,573)(769)
Other accruals and liabilities(1,611)(1,876)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities(31,741)23,406
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment(1,840)(914)
Capitalization of software development costs(1,588)(8)
Settlement of loan receivable—2,000
Purchases of marketable securities—(5)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities—1,137
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities(3,428)2,210
Financing Activities
Principal payments on finance leases obligations(389)(455)
Repurchase of common stock(7,708)(10,770)
Net cash used in financing activities(8,097)(11,225)
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash(43,266)14,391
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – beginning of year281,923312,028
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash – end of period$238,657$326,419
Supplemental cash flow data:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest$6,668$6,813
Taxes$51$135
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment included in accounts payable$55$118
Stock-based compensation capitalized in software development costs$143$—
  1. Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

Business

Skillz (the “Company,” “Skillz” or “We”) generates revenue from ourtwo reportable operating segments, Skillz and Aarki.

The Skillz segment operates a competitive multi-player platform, driving the future of entertainment by accelerating the convergence of video games, real world prizes, and media. The Company’s principal activities are to develop and support a proprietary online-hosted technology platform that creates a multi-player system inside of game developer’s games (“Competitions”) to end-players worldwide.

Aarki (“Aarki”) is a subsidiary of the Company and is an artificial intelligence company that delivers advertising solutions to drive revenue growth for mobile app developers. Aarki enables brands to effectively engage audiences in a privacy-first world by using billions of contextual bidding signals coupled with proprietary machine learning and behavioral models. Aarki works with advertisers globally and manages ad requests on mobile devices.

Basis of Presentation

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) as determined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and pursuant to the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Company believes the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and one subsidiary for which there is an immaterial noncontrolling interest at June 30, 2025. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature that are, in the opinion of the Company’s management, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods. Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified or changed to conform to the current-year presentation. Such reclassifications had no impact on previously reported net income.

  1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Estimates are used in several areas including, but not limited to, end-user incentives, including Bonus Cash and Ticketz accrual, indirect tax liabilities, the fair value of non-marketable securities, and the impairment of long-lived assets. The Company bases these estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities. The actual results may materially differ from these estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue for its services in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). For additional information, see Note 3, Revenue.

Cost of revenue primarily consists of third-party payment processing fees, server costs, amortization of developed technology, personnel expenses, direct software costs, amortization of internal use software, hosting expenses, and allocation of shared facility and other costs.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash, commercial paper, money market funds and U.S. government agency securities with maturities of three months or less when purchased.

Restricted cash of $10.0 million at June 30, 2025 was primarily associated with the cash required to be held by our financial institution. Restricted cash at December 31, 2024 was primarily associated with the letter of credit for the Company’s former headquarters in San Francisco and cash required to be held by our financial institution.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 that sum to the total of these items reported in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2025:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
Cash$20,643$19,975
Money market funds208,014251,948
Restricted cash classified as a current asset9,0009,000
Restricted cash classified as a non-current asset1,0001,000
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash$238,657$281,923

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities. Although the Company deposits its cash with multiple established financial institutions, the deposits, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents. The Company limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer and monitors the financial condition of the financial institutions on a regular basis. At June 30, 2025, the Company had cash balances on deposit with various financial institutions that in the aggregate exceeded the federally insured limits in the amount of $235.4 million.

Accounts Receivable, Net

Accounts receivable, net, represents amounts recorded for programmatic media campaigns, net of an allowance for credit losses from our advertising revenue customers of our Aarki segment. The allowance for credit losses is recorded as an offset to accounts receivable and changes in such are classified as general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. The Company assesses collectability by reviewing accounts receivable on a collective basis where similar characteristics exist and on an individual basis when there are specific customers with known disputes or collectability issues. In determining the amount of the allowance for credit losses, the Company considers historical collectability based on past due status and makes judgments about the creditworthiness of customers based on ongoing credit evaluations. The Company also considers customer-specific information, current market conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions to inform adjustments to historical loss data. The Company’s provision and write-offs, net of recoveries for credit losses were not material in the three and six months ended

June 30, 2025 and 2024. The allowance for credit losses were $265.0 thousand and $273.0 thousand at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Two customers of Aarki that individually represented 10% or more of total accounts receivables as of June 30, 2025. The individual receivable balance of these customers were between 12% and 13% of the accounts receivable balance. Four customers of Aarki accounted for 10% or more of total accounts receivables as of December 31, 2024 and were between 10% and 18% of the accounts receivable balance.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets primarily consist of property and equipment with estimable useful lives subject to depreciation and amortization.

The Company owns its office building in Las Vegas, Nevada that serves as its headquarters with costs allocated to building and land components. The building is depreciated on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of 39 years and the land is not subject to depreciation.

Advertising and Promotional Expense

Advertising and promotional expenses are included in sales and marketing expenses within the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income and are expensed when incurred. Advertising expenses, excluding marketing promotions related to the Company’s end-user incentive programs, were $3.9 million and $4.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $8.9 million and $10.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

User Acquisition

User acquisition (“UA”) marketing costs to acquire new paying users to the platform are presented in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. UA marketing costs were $3.6 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $8.1 million and $9.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Interest (Expense) Income, Net

Interest (expense) income, net consisted of the following for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Interest expense$(3,805)$(3,776)$(7,601)$(7,547)
Interest income2,4844,1105,2097,994
Interest (expense) income, net$(1,321)$334$(2,392)$447

Indirect Tax Liabilities

The Company is subject to indirect taxes such as sales and use tax in the United States and value-added tax in certain foreign jurisdictions, respectively. Indirect tax liabilities are adjusted considering changing facts and circumstances, such as the closing of a tax examination, further interpretation of existing tax law, or new tax law. The Company recognizes changes to its estimate if it is estimable and probable that its position would not be sustainable upon examination by taxing authorities. Although management believes the Company’s recorded liabilities are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final tax outcomes of these matters will not be different from that which its liabilities are based on. To the extent that final tax outcomes of these matters are different than the amounts recorded, such differences could have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements as the Company records related tax reserves as a reduction in revenue, and penalties and interest in general and administrative expenses. The Company recorded indirect tax liabilities of $15.4 million and $14.9 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. See Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies.

401(k) Plan

The Company has a 401(k) Plan that qualifies as a deferred salary arrangement under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the 401(k) Plan, participating employees may defer a portion of their pretax earnings and receive a matching employer contribution of up to 3% of compensation not to exceed the maximum amount allowable. for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, the Company recognized an expense under this plan of $0.4 million and $0.1 million and for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, the Company recognized an expense under this plan of $0.5 million and $0.2 million.

Lease in Bangalore, India

On February 3, 2025, the Company entered into a letter of intent to lease space in an office building in Bangalore, India. The lease commenced will commence on August 18, 2025 for a term of 36 months. The lease payment is approximately $35.7 thousand per month, plus applicable taxes with an annual escalation of 6% per annum.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires enhanced annual disclosures regarding the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” and issued an amendment ASU 2025-01 in January 2025 that clarified the effective date. The new standard requires public entities to disclose disaggregated information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to their financial statements in both annual and interim filings. ASU 2024-03 is effective for financial statements issued for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, with early adoption permitted and can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is evaluating the disclosure requirements related to the new standard.

  1. Revenue

The following tables present the Company’s revenues, disaggregated by offering, geographical region, and reportable segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. Revenue by geographical region is based on the location where the game developer or advertising customer is headquartered. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes from customers (e.g. sales and other indirect taxes), which are subsequently remitted to governmental entities. For more information on revenues presented by reportable segment, see Note 12, Segment Reporting.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
SkillzAarkiEliminationConsolidated
Revenue From Customers:
Entry Fee Revenue$19,056$—$—$19,056
Advertising Revenue—5,916(67)5,849
Other Revenue:
Maintenance Fee Revenue309$——309
Total Revenue$19,365$5,916$(67)$25,214
United States$18,064$1,740$(67)$19,737
Other Countries1,3014,176—5,477
Total Revenue$19,365$5,916$(67)$25,214
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
SkillzAarkiEliminationConsolidated
Revenue From Customers:
Entry Fee Revenue$22,154$—$—$22,154
Advertising Revenue—2,578(21)2,557
Other Revenue:
Maintenance Fee Revenue584——584
Total Revenue$22,738$2,578$(21)$25,295
United States$21,368$614$(21)$21,961
Other Countries1,3701,964—3,334
Total Revenue$22,738$2,578$(21)$25,295
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
SkillzAarkiEliminationConsolidated
Revenue From Customers:
Entry Fee Revenue$36,208$—$—$36,208
Advertising Revenue—10,355(202)10,153
Other Revenue:
Maintenance Fee Revenue750$——750
Total Revenue$36,958$10,355$(202)$47,111
United States$34,362$3,264$(202)$37,424
Other Countries2,5967,091—9,687
Total Revenue$36,958$10,355$(202)$47,111
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
SkillzAarkiEliminationConsolidated
Revenue From Customers:
Entry Fee Revenue$43,932$—$—$43,932
Advertising Revenue—5,443(68)5,375
Other Revenue:
Maintenance Fee Revenue1,223——1,223
Total Revenue$45,155$5,443$(68)$50,530
United States$42,879$1,273$(68)$44,084
Other Countries2,2764,170—6,446
Total Revenue$45,155$5,443$(68)$50,530

Revenues from Entry Fees

The Company generates substantially all its revenues through its competition-based Skillz segment by providing a service to game developers for monetization of their game content. The monetization service provided by Skillz allows developers to offer multi-player competition to their end-users for the purpose of end-user retention and engagement. Skillz provides developers with a software development kit (“SDK”) they can download and integrate with their existing games. The SDK serves as a data interface between Skillz and the game developers that enables Skillz to provide monetization services to the developer.

Games provided by three developer partners accounted for 69% and 70% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. Games provided by three developer partners accounted for 81% and 80% of the Company’s consolidated revenue for the three and six months ended 2024, respectively.

End-User Incentive Programs

To drive traffic to the platform, the Company provides promotions and incentives to end-users in various forms. Evaluating whether a promotion or incentive is a payment to a customer may require significant judgment. Promotions and incentives, which are consideration payable to customers, are recognized as a reduction of revenue at the later of when revenue is recognized or when the Company pays or promises to pay the incentive. Promotions and incentives recorded as sales and marketing expenses are recognized when we incur the related cost.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a reduction of revenue of $2.0 million and $4.8 million, respectively, related to these end-user incentives. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized a reduction of revenue of $2.7 million and $6.1 million, respectively, related to these end-user incentives.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized sales and marketing expense of $8.1 million and $17.6 million, respectively, related to these end-user incentives. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized sales and marketing expense of $10.6 million and $19.3 million, respectively, related to these end-user incentives.

From time to time, the Company issues credits or refunds to end-users that are dissatisfied by the level of service provided by the game developer. There is no contractual obligation for the Company to refund such end-users nor is there a valid expectation by game developers for the Company to issue such credits or refunds to end-users on their behalf. The Company accounts for credits or refunds, which are not recoverable from the game developer, as sales and marketing expenses when incurred.

Advertising Revenue

The Company offers a technology platform (i.e. demand side platform, “DSP”) to source available advertising space from its network of vendors / suppliers (aka, advertising exchange partners / publishers), which uses a real-time auction process. The revenue from advertising is recognized over time based on the number of impressions as the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company considers itself the agent of its customer(s). This is due to the Company’s involvement in programmatically placing and sourcing advertisements on behalf of customers via a network of third party publishers. The Company does not, at any time, take ownership of advertising inventory being sourced and placed. Via the DSP, if the Company wins the auction and an impression is served, the customer’s advertisement is displayed on the publisher / supplier’s mobile application.

For performance obligations related to advertising revenue, customers are extended 30 day payment terms from completion of each month’s insertion order and no advertising revenue customers accounted for more than 5% of the Company’s revenue in either of three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company recognizes an asset for incremental costs of obtaining a contract with the customer as long as Management expects to recover these costs. Incremental costs are those that would have not been incurred if the contract did not exist. Examples of incremental costs often capitalized are sales commissions whereas examples of costs that would not be included are internal employee salaries, standard benefits, travel costs, and other / general legal costs. Sales commissions are the only incremental contract costs the Company incurs and are paid based on collected revenue based on the recipient’s assigned accounts. As commissions are typically satisfied within one year after an executed contract, the Company applies the practical expedient under ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs: Contracts with Customers.

Maintenance Fee Revenue

When a player becomes inactive on the platform by not participating in a tournament for six consecutive months, the Company will impose a monthly maintenance fee. This fee is charged to the player and recognized as revenue by the Company beginning in the seventh month of inactivity.

  1. Balance Sheet Components

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
Credit card processing reserve$1,000$1,000
Prepaid expenses5,6935,949
Other current assets85810,393
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$7,551$17,342

Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
Land$980$980
Building12,68112,590
Capitalized internal-use software9,6059,128
Computer equipment and servers2,4051,797
Furniture and fixtures371363
Leasehold improvements122122
Construction in progress4,4452,507
Total property and equipment30,60927,487
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(11,562)(11,205)
Property and equipment, net$19,047$16,282

Property and equipment, net by geography was as follows:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
United States$18,651$15,909
Other Countries396373
Total$19,047$16,282

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
Accrued legal expenses$13,553$15,244
Indirect tax liabilities15,36014,932
End-user liability, net6,4066,900
Accrued compensation4,7972,592
Accrued publisher fees4,7042,527
Accrued operating expenses4,1477,933
Accrued sales and marketing expenses1,2031,832
Accrued developer revenue share980862
Accrued interest expenses554554
Other350724
Short-term lease obligations75464
Other current liabilities$52,129$54,564
  1. Fair Value Measurements

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the recorded values of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of the instruments.

Cash and money market funds are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Highly liquid investments such as commercial papers and corporate bonds are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$208,014$—$—$208,014
Total assets$208,014$—$—$208,014
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds$251,948$—$—$251,948
Total assets$251,948$—$—$251,948
  1. Investments

Investments

The Company considers all highly liquid interest-earning investments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The fair values of these investments approximate their carrying values. In general, investments with original maturities of greater than three months and remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments. Investments with maturities beyond one year are classified as non-current marketable securities. Dividend and interest income are recognized when earned.

Non-marketable equity securities are investments in privately held companies without readily determinable fair values. We have accounted for these investments using the measurement alternative. Under the measurement alternative, the equity investment is initially recorded as its allocated cost, but the carrying value may be adjusted through earnings upon an impairment or when there is an observable price change involving the same or a similar investment with the same issuer. The carrying value of the Company’s investments without readily determinable fair values was $52.8 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and was classified within non-marketable equity securities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company did not record any other adjustments to the carrying value of its non-marketable equity securities accounted for under the measurement alternative and did not recognize any gains or losses related to the sale of non-marketable equity securities in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Investment Components

Investments consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

Adjusted Cost BasisUnrealized GainsUnrealized LossesFair ValueCash and Cash EquivalentsMarketable Securities -CurrentMarketable Securities -Non-current
Money market funds$208,014$—$—$208,014$208,014$—$—
Total investments$208,014$—$—$208,014$208,014$—$—
Adjusted Cost BasisUnrealized GainsUnrealized LossesFair ValueCash and Cash EquivalentsMarketable Securities -CurrentMarketable Securities -Non-current
Money market funds$251,948$—$—$251,948$251,948$—$—
Total investments$251,948$—$—$251,948$251,948$—$—
  1. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

June 30,December 31,
20252024
2021 Senior Secured Notes, non-current$129,671$129,671
Unamortized discount and issuance costs(3,078)(4,017)
Long-term debt, non-current$126,593$125,654

2021 Senior Secured Notes

On December 20, 2021, the Company entered into $300 million of 10.25% secured notes (the “2021 Senior Secured Notes”) in a private placement to certain institutional buyers. The 2021 Senior Secured Notes are guaranteed by the Company’s domestic restricted subsidiaries. The interest is payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2022. At issuance, the effective interest rate on the 2021 Senior Secured Notes was 12.14%, and maturity will be on December 15, 2026, unless repurchased or redeemed earlier.

On April 13, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately $159.8 million of its 2021 Senior Secured Notes. In connection with the repurchase, the Company recognized a gain on extinguishment of $15.2 million on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income. The gain primarily reflected the payment discounts as the notes were redeemed for a total consideration below the par value and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.

After giving effect to the 2023 and other previous open market repurchases, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $129.7 million of the 2021 Senior Secured Notes remained outstanding and the effective interest rate was 12.09%.

The 2021 Senior Secured Notes contain customary covenants restricting the Company’s ability to incur debt, incur liens, make distributions to stockholders, make certain transactions with the Company’s affiliates, together with other financial covenants and public filings of the Company’s financial statements.

As of December 11, 2025, we were not in compliance with certain covenants under the indenture governing the 2021 Senior Secured Notes. In light of the delays in the filing of the Company’s annual financial statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the interim financial statements on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, on September 30, 2025, the Company received a notice of default (the “Notice of Default”) from UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) under that certain Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2021, between the Company, each of the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (“Indenture”), pertaining to the Company’s outstanding 2021 Senior Secured Notes. The Notice of Default provided that the Company was not in compliance under the terms of the Indenture as a result of the Company’s failure to timely provide the required quarterly and annual reports within the time periods required under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the receipt of the Notice of Default will not result in an Event of Default (as such term is defined under the Indenture) unless the Company remains out of compliance with this reporting covenant for 120 days following receipt of the Notice of Default. Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will be deemed to regain compliance with these reporting covenants if it provides all applicable delayed filings within 120 days of receipt of the Notice of Default. The filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K on November 6, 2025 and the filing of the quarterly report ending March 31, 2025 constituted, and the filing of this quarterly report for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 will constitute compliance with a portion of the reporting covenant under the Indenture. When filed, the filing of the quarterly report for the quarter ending September 30, 2025 on Form 10-Q will complete the necessary steps in order to regain compliance with the terms of the Indenture.

Voluntary prepayments are permitted in whole, or in part, in minimum amounts as set forth in the Indenture Agreement governing the 2021 Senior Secured Notes, with prior notice, and with a prepayment premium of 3.417% on, or during, the twelve-month period that began on December 15, 2024. Voluntary prepayments made on, or during, the twelve-month period beginning December 15, 2025 are not subject to a prepayment premium.

Debt issuance costs incurred in connection with the 2021 Senior Secured Notes are capitalized and amortized to interest expense over thefive-year term using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method. Debt issuance costs are included as contra-liabilities in long-term debt. The 2021 Senior Secured Notes are classified as Level 2 financial instruments and the Company determined the fair value of the notes was $129.0 million as of June 30, 2025 based on secondary market quotes.

Amortization of debt issuance costs and accretion of debt discounts included in interest expense totaled $0.9 million and $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The following table outlines maturities of the principle related to the Company’s long-term debt as of June 30, 2025:

Amount
2025$—
2026129,671
Total$129,671
  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

The Company is a party to certain claims, suits, and proceedings which arise in the ordinary course and conduct of its business and has certain unresolved claims pending, the outcomes of which are not determinable at this time. The Company records a liability when it believes that it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the Company determines that a loss is reasonably possible and the loss or range of loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company discloses the possible loss or range of loss. In the Company’s opinion, resolution of pending matters, other than as disclosed herein, is not expected to have a material adverse impact on the results of operations, cash flows, or the Company’s financial position, as of June 30, 2025. Given the unpredictable nature of legal proceedings, there is a reasonable possibility that an unfavorable resolution of one or more such proceedings could in the future materially affect the results of operations, cash flows, or financial position in a particular period. However, based on the information known by the Company, except as set forth herein, any such amount is either immaterial or it is not possible to provide an estimated range of any such possible loss. The Company records legal fee expenses associated with such matters when the relevant services are provided.

Former Employee

On May 15, 2019, a former employee of the Company filed a suit against the Company in the San Francisco Superior Court in California for claims including breach of contract, retaliation and wrongful termination. The case was tried in August and September 2021. The jury found in favor of the former employee and rendered a verdict against the Company for $11.6 million in compensatory damages, and the Company recorded a loss contingency accrual of $7.1 million and corresponding general and administrative expenses in such amount in the third quarter of 2021. In April 2022, the judge in the case determined, in light of the Company’s post-verdict motions, that the instructions given to the jury at trial were defective. Accordingly, the judge ordered a new trial on damages or, alternatively, permitted the plaintiff to accept a reduced verdict in the amount of $4.4 million, which the plaintiff subsequently levied from the Company’s bank account. On May 25, 2022, the Company filed an appeal from the judgment seeking, in part, entry of judgment in the Company's favor notwithstanding the verdict. The plaintiff accepted the reduced verdict, and filed an appeal from the judgment on June 7, 2022, seeking in part, to reinstate the jury's original verdict (or an award less than the original verdict but greater than the $4.4 million final judgment) and challenge the trial court’s conclusion that stock options are not “wages,” which was the basis for dismissing his wrongful termination and retaliation claims. Skillz filed its response and reply brief on July 7, 2023. On April 8, 2024, the Court of Appeals issued its decision, affirming the judgment of $4.4 million, with an additional $2.3 million for a total award of $6.7 million. The Court of Appeals also affirmed the dismissal of the wrongful termination and retaliation claims, holding that stock options are not wages. The Court of Appeal’s decision became final, non-appealable and enforceable on May 20, 2024.

On October 11, 2024, the Court issued preliminary legal rulings on post-judgment interest and ordered parties to meet and confer to determine whether an agreement could be reached. The Company and former employee agreed that post-judgment interest of $733 thousand was owed, but the Company objected to any additional amounts as requested by the former employee. On November 21, 2024, the Court adopted the amount of interest owed and denied additional amounts of post-judgment interest that the former employee claimed. On December 9, 2024, the former employee filed a Notice of Appeal challenging the Court’s denial of a substantial amount of post-judgment interest in excess of $733 thousand. On January 8, 2025, the former employee filed an Abandonment of Appeal, thereby terminating the appeal. The Company considers this matter resolved.

Vendor Disputes

Between November 2022 and March 2023, the Company and a vendor entered into several agreements in which the vendor would perform defined professional services. Of the $7.2 million in invoices from the vendor, the Company paid $3.2 million and claimed that the vendor expanded the scope of work without authorization, over billed for its services, performed poorly and unilaterally refused to perform certain agreed upon deliverables. The vendor, in turn, claimed it received proper authorization for the work it performed, completed its contracted-for tasks and that the Company breached the agreements and failed to pay outstanding invoices. The vendor sought $4.0 million in damages, plus interest, attorney fees and costs of litigation. The Company sought counterclaims from the vendors for breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and fraudulent inducement and sought approximately $15 million in damages, plus interest, attorney fees and costs of litigation. In March 2025, the vendor and the Company settled the dispute. In exchange for mutual releases of all claims, the Company paid the vendor $2.75 million.

In April 2022, the Company and a vendor entered an agreement to license certain rights to develop vendor branded mobile games. In consideration, the Company agreed to pay the vendor certain monetary amounts over three years and the vendor, in turn, would use good faith efforts to promote the games. In December 2024, the vendor filed a complaint in Nevada seeking damages of $1.3 million for breach of contract, failure to pay royalties and unjust enrichment. In April 2025, the Company and the vendor agreed to mediate the matter that resulted in a settlement where the Company agreed to pay the vendor $533 thousand in June 2025, which represented the past due balances for year one and year two of the agreement that were fully accrued as of December 31, 2024.

Skillz v. AviaGames

On February 9, 2024, a federal jury in San Jose, California issued a verdict in favor of Skillz in a patent infringement action Skillz brought against a privately-held mobile gaming company, AviaGames, on April 5, 2021 (“Patent Case”). The jury found in favor of Skillz on all issues, determining AviaGames willfully infringed Skillz’s U.S. Patent No. 9,649,564, entitled “Peer-to-Peer Wagering Platform” (the “‘564 patent”) and awarding Plaintiff Skillz Platform Inc. (“Skillz”) its full damages request of $42.9 million. After the jury verdict issued, Skillz requested certain post-trial relief, including that the Court permanently enjoin AviaGames from continuing to infringe the ‘564 patent, award Skillz its attorneys’ fees due to the exceptional nature of the case, and treble the damages awarded by the jury. In addition, Skillz, along with game developer Big Run Studios, Inc. (“Big Run”), brought a separate case against AviaGames for false advertising, copyright infringement, and violations of California’s state unfair competition law in federal court in San Francisco, California (“Unfair Competition Case”). On April 13, 2024, Skillz, Big Run, and AviaGames entered into a settlement agreement with respect to both the Patent Case and Unfair Competition Case pending against AviaGames (the “Litigation Settlement”). In exchange for dismissal of both actions and other settlement terms, AviaGames agreed to pay Skillz and Big Run a total of $80.0 million. On April 12, 2024, the Company and Big Run Studio entered into a Side Letter Agreement providing that a portion of the AviaGames settlement funds allocated to Big Run Studio be utilized to repay the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Loan and Security Agreement totaling $2.0 million (see Note 4, Balance Sheet Components).

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company and Big Run collectively received $50.0 million from AviaGames pursuant to the settlement agreement. Of the $50.0 million received, Skillz received $48.0 million, $2.0 million of which was for settlement of the amount outstanding under the Loan and Security Agreement with Big Run. Of the $4.0 million allocated to Big Run under the Side Letter Agreement, Big Run received $2.0 million net of the settlement of the Loan and Security Agreement. Beginning in March of 2025, AviaGames is required to pay Skillz an additional $7.5 million annually over afour-year period as royalty payments for AviaGames’ license of the ‘564 patent and its patent family; no portion of these payments are due to Big Run.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a gain from the Litigation Settlement netting to $46.0 million consisting of the gross payment of $48.0 million less the $2.0 million received for satisfaction and settlement of the Loan and Security Agreement. The Company recorded the $7.5 million payment received in March 2025 and will record the $7.5 million payments to be received in March 2026, 2027 and 2028 as a gain upon receipt of each payment.

Skillz v. Tether Litigation

On August 29, 2025, the Company received a notice (“Notice”) from Tether indicating that Tether is terminating all of its various agreements, as amended, with the Company (the “Tether Agreements”), including the Company’s Developer Terms and Conditions of Service, as amended, effective as of September 1, 2025. The Company believes the termination notice to be invalid and in breach of Tether’s obligations under the Tether Agreements.

Following receipt of the Notice, on September 1, 2025, the Company filed suit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief in relation to Tether’s breach of the Tether Agreements. On October 3, 2025, the Company filed a first amended complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware alleging additional breaches of contract . On October 10, 2025, Tether filed counterclaims against Skillz, alleging: (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) accounting; (4) unjust enrichment; (5) false designation of origin, false association, and/or unfair competition; and (6) violation of deceptive trade practice at, 6 Del. C. Section 2532. Tether alleges its damages exceed $1 million. On November 13, 2025, Skillz moved to dismiss the majority of Tether’s counterclaims.

Skillz motion to dismiss is set for hearing on January 23, 2026. A trial has been scheduled for Skillz’s affirmative claims against Tether and Tether’s counterclaims in August 2026 (see Note 14, Subsequent Events).

Hanna v. Paradise, et. al.

In March 2024, an alleged stockholder filed a putative derivative complaint, Hanna v. Paradise, et al., No. 2024-0228-KSJM, in the Delaware Court of Chancery, purportedly on behalf of Skillz Inc. (“Skillz”) against certain of Skillz’s current and former officers, directors, and certain stockholders. The complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duties, and unjust enrichment arising out of Skillz’s March 2021 underwritten secondary public offering. The complaint asserts that certain of the director and officer defendants breached fiduciary duties to Skillz by allegedly inappropriately selling stock as part of the public offering while in possession of material, non-public information, that the stockholder defendants aided and abetted these alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, and that all defendants were unjustly enriched by their sales in the public offering. The complaint seeks unspecified damages and restitution for Skillz from the defendants and the payment of costs and attorneys’ fees. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on June 6, 2024. Plaintiffs responded by voluntarily dismissing 55 of the stockholder defendants but opposing the motion as to all remaining defendants. Briefing on the motion to dismiss was completed at the end of August 2024. The Court heard oral arguments on the motion to dismiss on January 7, 2025. On July 3, 2025, the Court issued a ruling converting defendants’ motion to dismiss on demand futility grounds to a motion for summary judgment and ordered limited discovery on the independence of a former Skillz director. The Court stayed consideration of defendants’ other dismissal arguments given its ultimate ruling on the demand futility issue could moot these other dismissal arguments. Further briefing in support of summary judgment on demand futility grounds is expected, but no schedule is currently in place for such briefing (see Note 14, Subsequent Events).

Skillz vs. Voodoo SAS et. al.

On July 1, 2024, Skillz filed suit against Voodoo SAS and two affiliate entities, Esport Newco SAS and Esport Newco US Corp. (collectively, “Voodoo”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In its Complaint, Skillz asserts violations of the Lanham Act's prohibition of false advertising and New York's General Business Law § 349 based on, inter alia, Skillz’s allegations that Voodoo advertises its mobile games offered through the “Blitz Win Cash” application as “fair,” “skill-based,” and for “real players only” when in reality Voodoo is fixing the outcome of its tournaments through the use of computer algorithms or “bots.” On August 22, 2024, Skillz brought a motion for a preliminary injunction, and on September 18, 2024, Voodoo moved to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to strike certain allegations. Skillz’s and Voodoo’s motions were both mooted when Skillz amended its complaint on October 2, 2024. On October 8, 2024, Skillz renewed its motion for a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery based on the amended complaint, and Voodoo moved to dismiss the amended complaint on October 16, 2024. The preliminary injunction motion and motion to dismiss are both fully briefed and awaiting decisions by the court.

Skillz vs. Papaya Gaming, Ltd., et al.

In March 2024, Skillz sued Papaya Gaming, Ltd. and Papaya Gaming, Inc. (collectively, “Papaya”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging false advertising under the Lanham Act and unfair business practices in connection with Papaya’s marketing of its mobile games as “fair” and “skill-based” despite Papaya’s deployment of algorithmic competitors (“bots”) in its games that win cash prizes for Papaya’s benefit. In June 2024, the Court denied Papaya’s motion to dismiss Skillz’s complaint in its entirety. In September 2024, Papaya filed amended counterclaims against Skillz alleging that Skillz also engaged in false advertising and unfair business practices for purportedly allowing bots in games on Skillz’s platform, defamation for Skillz’s alleged involvement in a non-profit organization that collected and published data related to customer complaints to state attorney generals related to Papaya’s and other companies’ alleged fraudulent bot use, and purported trademark and copyright infringement of design elements of certain games, among other things. In March 2025, the Court dismissed Papaya’s defamation counterclaims and severed Papaya’s intellectual property claims. Following the Court’s rulings, Papaya voluntarily dismissed its intellectual claims against Skillz. The parties have completed discovery and have submitted to the Court summary judgment filings and motions to exclude various experts. The parties are awaiting the Court’s rulings (see Note 14, Subsequent Events).

Lien, et al. v. Eagle Equity Partners II, LLC, et al.

On October 31, 2022, a class action was filed, Darcy Lien v. Eagle Equity Partners II, LLC, et al., Case No. 2022-0972-PAF, in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Eagle Equity Partners II, LLC and certain of the former officers and directors (the “Individual D&O Defendants”) of Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“Flying Eagle”). This litigation does not name Skillz or any of Skillz’s current directors in their capacity as such. Plaintiffs allege that the Individual D&O Defendants (i) failed to exercise proper due diligence and process in connection with Flying Eagle’s transaction with Skillz and (ii) made misleading statements in Form S-4 filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in connection with the transaction. Defendants filed their initial motion to dismiss on February 17, 2023. Plaintiffs then filed an amended complaint on April 12, 2023. Defendant’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint was filed on June 2, 2023. Plaintiff’s opposition was filed July 17, 2023, and defendant’s reply was filed August 21, 2023. Oral argument was held on the motion to dismiss on January 5, 2024, and on May 29, 2024 the court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss. In November 2024, Skillz filed suit against its insurance carrier for D&O insurance coverage and on January 17, 2025, the insurance carrier agreed to pay a total of $9.8 million to the Company in connection with this matter’s settlement agreement. Of those funds, $1.3 million was received in the quarter ending March 31, 2025 and was used to pay defense costs. During the quarter ended June 30, 2025, Skillz received the remaining $8.5 million. Following certain discovery, on March 27, 2025, the parties executed a term sheet to settle the action in principle for $10 million, subject to completing settlement documentation and obtaining court approval. On May 19, 2025, the parties executed a settlement stipulation, subject to Court approval. As the successor to Flying Eagle, Skillz is obligated to indemnify and pay legal costs of the Individual D&O Defendants of Flying Eagle in their capacities as such in connection with this action and, as such recorded an expense of $10 million, offset by the insurance proceeds of $9.8 million, which is reflected in general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Termination of Operating Lease

In May 2019, the Company leased its former headquarters with a landlord, (the “Landlord”). From February 2024 to April 2025, the Landlord served demand letters and notices of default on the Company asserting that the Company failed to pay the lease obligations. In April 2025, the Company and the Landlord executed a settlement dismissing with prejudice the dispute and fully resolving the matter. In exchange for the mutual releases, the Company paid the Landlord a lump sum payment of $14.0 million to settle its operating lease liability. The Company recorded a loss on termination of the operating lease of $0.4 million representing the difference between the settlement amount and the carrying value of the lease obligation, which was recorded as a component of other (expense) income, net in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Indirect Taxes

The Company is subject to indirect taxes, including sales and use tax in the United States and value-add tax in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Company has indirect tax liabilities totaling $15.4 million and $14.9 million as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, associated with indirect taxes based on currently available information and assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable based on an evaluation of relevant factors. Indirect tax liabilities are adjusted considering changing facts and circumstances, such as the closing of a tax examination, further interpretation of existing tax law, or new tax law. We recognize changes to our estimate if it is estimable and probable that our position would not be sustainable upon examination by taxing authorities. Although management believes our recorded liabilities are reasonable, no assurance can be given that the final tax outcomes of these matters will not be different from that which our liabilities are based on. The Company’s application of the revenue code for indirect taxes in certain jurisdictions, including those within the United States, may be challenged by taxing authorities in those jurisdictions. The Company is in the process of filing self-disclosure returns in unregistered jurisdictions. Any associated assessments may result in additional tax liabilities. The Company does not currently anticipate that any such assessments will result in a material increase in the liabilities (see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies).

The Company is currently undergoing an examination in the State of Washington regarding its indirect tax liability.

  1. Share Repurchase Program

On August 18, 2023, the Board authorized a share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) pursuant to which the Company was authorized to repurchase, at any time or from time to time, but for a period no longer than one year from the date of authorization, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock up to an aggregate purchase price of $65.0 million. Such purchases may be made on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange on which the common stock is then traded. The Share Repurchase Program is pursuant to a plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act and/or pursuant to accelerated share repurchase arrangements, tender offers, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. On December 5, 2024, the Board reapproved the Share Repurchase Program and extended the expiration date until otherwise suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason by the Board.

In the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company repurchased 1.4 million and 1.8 million shares at a weighted average price of $5.39 and $5.99 per share for an aggregate value of $7.7 million and $10.8 million, respectively under the Share Repurchase Program.

  1. Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Cost of revenue$—$2$3$3
Research and development250182499329
Sales and marketing6901,7871,8723,798
General and administrative3,4225,4627,53812,043
Total stock-based compensation expense$4,362$7,433$9,912$16,173

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, $46.8 thousand and $142.6 thousand of stock-based compensation expense was capitalized as internally developed software and included in property and equipment, net. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, no stock based compensation expense was capitalized as internally developed software.

Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units

Stock option and RSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2025 is as follows (in thousands, except for share,

per share, and contractual term data):

Options Outstanding · Restricted Stock Outstanding
Number of Shares Available for Issuance Under the Plan · Number of Shares Outstanding Under the Plan · Weighted- Average Exercise Price · Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) · Aggregate Intrinsic Value · Number of Plan shares outstanding · Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per share
Balance at December 31, 20243,325,575681,729312.445.96301,769,947$10.52
Additional shares authorized665,342———
Granted(418,983)——262,4666.47
Exercised/Vested———(33)—
Cancelled/Forfeited/Expired95,047(498)23.02(94,549)6.59
Additional Shares Authorized and Balance Reconciliation Adjustments(1,733,190)————
Balance at June 30, 20251,933,791681,231312.656.41491,937,831$9.74

As of June 30, 2025, there were approximately 1.9 million shares of common stock available for future grants.

  1. Income Taxes

The Company’s benefit from income taxes was $19.0 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and the Company’s provision for income tax was $73.0 thousand for the period in the prior year. The effective tax rate was 0.11% and 0.28% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company's provision for income taxes was $20.0 thousand and $111.0 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which represented an effective tax rate of negative 0.06% and 19.58% for the respective periods. The Company has historically been in an overall loss position and is only subject to foreign and state taxes. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance for all its net deferred tax assets. The effective tax rates were less than the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to book losses, state taxes and equity award activity, mostly offset by a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

  1. Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-making group (the “CODM”). Our CODM consists of the Chief Executive Officer who allocates resources and measures profitability based on our operating segments, which are managed and reviewed separately, as each represents products and services that can be sold separately to our customers. The CODM does not review information regarding total assets on a reportable segment basis. Effective in the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company hadtwo operating and reporting segments.

A description of the Company’stwo reportable segments, including products and services, is as follows.

Skillz

Skillz is a leading eSports gaming platform. Its platform enables game developers to monetize their content through multi-player competition. By utilizing Skillz’ monetization services, developers can enhance their end-user experiences by enabling them to compete in head-to-head matches, live tournaments, and leagues while also increasing player retention through referral bonus programs, loyalty perks, on-system achievements, and rewards / prizes. Skillz provides its monetization services to developers via a downloadable SDK. The SDK integrates with developers’ existing games. Monetization services include end-user registration, player matching, fraud & fair play monitoring, and settlement for player billings and payouts. Skillz is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV with an office in Bangalore, India and a presence in San Francisco, CA.

Aarki

Aarki is an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) company that delivers advertising solutions to drive revenue growth for mobile app developers. Aarki enables brands to effectively engage audiences in a privacy-first world by using billions of contextual bidding signals coupled with proprietary machine learning and behavioral models. Aarki works with hundreds of advertisers globally and manages millions of mobile ad requests per second from over 10 billion devices. Aarki is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The Company’s CODM received discrete Aarki financial information on a regular basis for purposes of evaluating its operating performance and allocating resources beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023. Effective in the fourth quarter 2023, Aarki met the definition of an operating segment as defined in ASC 280, Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”).

The Company’s corporate operations primarily support Skillz and are included in the results for the Skillz segment. Likewise, Aarki largely has its own corporate operations, which are included in the Aarki segment.

For the Skillz Segment, end user engagement marketing represents the cost of incentives provided to end users such as Bonus Cash and Ticketz. Paid acquisition spend represents amounts paid to third parties to promote the Skillz platform. Headcount expenses include salaries, bonuses, contractors, travel, and burden such as employer taxes, benefits and insurance. Consulting fees represent expenses paid for professional fees. Vendor/Software expenses represent fees paid for the Company’s annual audit and tax advisors, software and server costs and third party technical support. Legal fees (non-litigation) represents legal expenses that relate to contract negotiations, securities law, compliance and lawsuits that do not relate to the Company’s lawsuits against AviaGames, Papaya (see Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies) and a third competitor. Litigation expenses include legal expenses incurred where the Company is pursuing damages against AviaGames and Papaya (see Note 8 Commitments and Contingencies) and a third competitor for unfair business practices and their use of ‘bots’. Office and operations expenses represent rent and building maintenance. Other segment items include marketing expenses which, in turn, consists mostly affiliate marketing, state and corporate fees, fines and penalties and trade shows. For both the Skillz and Aarki segments, stock-based compensation expenses are not included in operating expenses.

For the Aarki Segment, operating expenses include all operating expenses such as headcount, marketing, software, professional fees such as legal, audit and tax compliance and rent.

The CODM evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on Segment Revenue and Segment Adjusted EBITDA. Segment Adjusted EBITDA is indicative of operational performance and is monitored by the CODM to evaluate past performance and identify actions required to improve profitability. The CODM does not review information regarding total assets on a reportable segment basis.

The following tables provide summarized information about the Company’s operations by reportable segment and a reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to net (loss) income in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420252024
Revenue
Skillz Segment$19,365$22,738$36,958$45,155
Aarki Segment5,9162,57810,3555,443
Elimination(67)(21)(202)(68)
Total Revenue$25,214$25,295$47,111$50,530
Segment Adjusted EBITDA
Skillz Segment$(11,365)$(10,465)$(27,647)$(26,157)
Aarki Segment(62)(2,107)(1,036)(4,151)
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA$(11,427)$(12,572)$(28,683)$(30,308)
Items to reconcile Segment Adjusted EBITDA to Net (loss) income:
Interest (expense) income, net$(1,321)$334$(2,392)$447
Stock-based compensation(4,362)(7,433)(9,912)(16,173)
Change in fair value of warrant liability—2—11
Provision for income taxes19(73)(20)(111)
Depreciation and amortization(194)(403)(361)(798)
Gain from litigation settlement—46,0007,50046,000
Other (expense) income, net(637)190(1,196)254
Net (loss) income$(17,922)$26,045$(35,064)$(678)

The following tables provide summarized information about the Company’s operations used by the CODM by reportable segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 · Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Skillz Segment · Aarki Segment · Skillz Segment · Aarki Segment
Revenue$19,365$5,916$36,958$10,355
Less:
Cost of Revenue2,0981,0524,0762,028
End User Engagement Marketing8,10016,381
Paid Acquisition Spend3,3477,078
Headcount expenses7,09114,137
Consulting fees1,3662,580
Vendor/Software Expenses2,5906,288
Legal fees (non-litigation)5201,046
Litigation expenses4,52210,177
Office and operations expense1,0652,772
Aarki operating expenses4,9269,363
Other segment items3170
Total Operating Expenses30,7305,97864,60511,391
Segment Adjusted EBITDA$(11,365)$(62)$(27,647)$(1,036)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 · Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
Skillz Segment · Aarki Segment · Skillz Segment · Aarki Segment
Revenue$22,738$2,578$45,155$5,443
Less:
Cost of Revenue1,9439833,9861,828
End User Engagement Marketing10,55919,445
Paid Acquisition Spend3,5908,279
Headcount expenses7,16716,324
Consulting fees1,2592,756
Vendor/Software Expenses3,3006,747
Legal fees (non-litigation)6666,503
Litigation expenses2,7082,708
Office and operations expense1,8023,882
Aarki operating expenses3,7027,766
Other segment items209682
Total Operating Expenses33,2034,68571,3129,594
Segment Adjusted EBITDA$(10,465)$(2,107)$(26,157)$(4,151)

Transactions Between Segments

Intercompany revenue was $67.0 thousand and $21.0 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively and $202.0 thousand and $68.0 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively .

Aarki and Skillz are party to an agreement whereby Aarki will reimburse Skillz for shared services on a monthly basis. The amount paid for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, were not material.

Capital Expenditures

Consolidated capital expenditures were $3.4 million and $0.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Capital expenditures in 2025 consisted primarily of costs related capitalized costs to develop internal-use software by the Skillz segment. Capital expenditures in 2024 consisted primarily of property and equipment by the Skillz segment.

13.(Loss) Earnings Per Share

The Company computes (loss) earnings per share of the Class A common stock and Class B common stock using the two-class method required for participating securities. Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share are the same for each class of common stock as they are entitled to the same liquidation and dividend rights. The effect of potentially dilutive common shares is reflected in diluted (loss) per share by application of the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per Class A common stock and Class B common stock (in thousands, except for share and per share data):

Three Months Ended June 30, · Six Months Ended June 30,
2025202420242023
Numerator:
Net (loss) income$(17,922)$26,045$(35,064)$(678)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding15,491,23917,776,90415,888,06418,119,062
(Loss) earnings per share, basic$(1.16)$1.47$(2.21)$(0.04)
Numerator:
Net (loss) income$(17,922)$26,045$(35,064)$(678)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding15,491,23917,776,90415,888,06418,119,062
Dilutive impact of outstanding equity awards—302,406——
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted15,491,23918,079,31015,888,06418,119,062
(Loss) earnings per share, diluted$(1.16)$1.44$(2.21)$(0.04)

The following outstanding common stock equivalents were considered antidilutive, and therefore, excluded from the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented (share numbers are not in thousands).

As of June 30,
20252024
Common stock warrants226,786226,786
Common stock options681,231673,421
Performance stock units27,0751,001,476
Restricted stock units1,937,832128,058
Total2,872,9242,029,741
  1. Subsequent Events

For the purpose of the condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2025, the Company evaluated subsequent events for recognition and measurement purposes as of the filing date. Except as described elsewhere in these condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company has concluded that no events or transactions have occurred that require disclosure except as follows:

Recovery of Legal Settlement

After receiving a total of $9.8 million from the D&O insurance carrier of the Flying Eagle legal matter (see Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies) the Company, in July 2025, paid a settlement of $10.0 million on this matter which the court approved in September 2025.

Skillz v. Papaya Litigation

On October 28, 2025, the Judge denied Papaya’s motion for summary judgment as to Skillz’s claims against Papaya. The Court also denied Papaya’s motion to exclude Skillz’s survey and damages experts. On November 24, 2025, the Court granted Skillz’s motion for summary on Papaya’s remaining counterclaims and unclean hands defense. The court’s rulings on certain motions related to the admissibility of expert testimony remain pending(see Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies).

Skillz v. Tether Litigation

On August 29, 2025, the Company received a notice (“Notice”) from Tether indicating that Tether is terminating all of its various agreements with the Company (the “Tether Agreements”), including the Company’s Developer Terms and Conditions of Service, as amended from time to time, including by that certain Amendment to Skillz Online Developer Terms and Conditions of Service, dated January 15, 2020, effective as of September 1, 2025. The Company believes the termination notice to be invalid and in breach of Tether’s obligations under the Tether Agreements.

Following receipt of the Notice, on September 1, 2025, the Company filed suit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief in relation to Tether’s breach of the Tether Agreements. On October 3, 2025, the Company filed a first amended complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware alleging additional breaches of contract. On October 10, 2025, Tether filed counterclaims against Skillz, alleging: (1) breach of contract; (2) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (3) accounting; (4) unjust enrichment; (5) false designation of origin, false association, and/or unfair competition; and (6) violation of deceptive trade practice at, 6 Del. C. Section 2532. Tether alleges its damages exceed $1 million. On November 13, 2025, Skillz moved to dismiss the majority of Tether’s counterclaims. Skillz motion to dismiss is set for hearing on January 23, 2026. A trial has been scheduled for Skillz’s affirmative claims against Tether and Tether’s counterclaims in August 2026 (see Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies).

Hanna v. Paradise, et. al.

On July 3, 2025, the Court issued a ruling converting defendants’ motion to dismiss on demand futility grounds to a motion for summary judgment and ordered limited discovery on the independence of a former Skillz director. The Court stayed consideration of defendants’ other dismissal arguments given its ultimate ruling on the demand futility issue could moot these other dismissal arguments. Further briefing in support of summary judgment on demand futility grounds is expected, but no schedule is currently in place for such briefing(see Note 8, Commitments and Contingencies).

Purchase of Treasury Stock

On August 18, 2023, the Board authorized the Company to repurchase, at any time or from time to time but for a period no longer than one year from the date of authorization, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $65.0 million (a) on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) or any other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then traded, (b) pursuant to a plan effected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 (a “Rule 10b5-1 Plan”) promulgated under the Exchange Act, and/or (c) pursuant to accelerated share repurchase arrangements, tender offers, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise (the “Share Repurchase

Program”). On December 5, 2024, the Board reapproved the Share Repurchase Program and extended the expiration date until otherwise suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason by the Board.

Subsequent to June 30, 2025 through December 5, 2025, the Company has repurchased 0.2 million shares of its common stock under the Share Repurchase Program (see Note 9, Share Repurchase Program) at an average price of $5.79 per share for a total cost (including commission) of $1.2 million.

New Tax Law

On July 4, 2025, U.S. Congress enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), which includes significant provision, including tax cut extensions and modifications to the international tax framework. In accordance with GAAP, the Company will account for the tax effects of changes in tax law in the period of enactment, which is in the quarter ending September 30, 2025. The Company is in the process of analyzing the impacts of the law change, and it currently does not expect the OBBBA to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Notice of Default

In light of the delays in the filing of the Company’s annual financial statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and the interim financial statements on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, on September 30, 2025, the Company received a notice of default (the “Notice of Default”) from UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) under that certain Indenture, dated as of December 20, 2021, between the Company, each of the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (“Indenture”), pertaining to the Company’s outstanding 2021 Senior Secured Notes. The Notice of Default provided that the Company was not in compliance under the terms of the Indenture as a result of the Company’s failure to timely provide the required quarterly and annual reports within the time periods required under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the receipt of the Notice of Default will not result in an Event of Default (as such term is defined under the Indenture) unless the Company remains out of compliance with this reporting covenant for 120 days following receipt of the Notice of Default.

Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will be deemed to regain compliance with these reporting covenants if it provides all applicable delayed filings within 120 days of receipt of the Notice of Default. The filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K on November 6, 2025 and the filing of the quarterly report for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 constituted, and the filing of this quarterly report for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 will constitute compliance with a portion of reporting covenant under the Indenture. The filing of the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q constitutes compliance with the remaining portions of the reporting covenant under the Indenture and the Company is further taking the necessary steps to file its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 as soon as practicable, in order to regain compliance with the terms of the Indenture.

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