10-Q: Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]
Published on May 12, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss |
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION |
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and we intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “continue,” “can,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those expressions may identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, any statements that refer to projections of our future financial condition and results of operations, capital needs and financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth and market opportunities, sale, divestiture, or acquisition plans and strategies, compensation plans, governance structure and policies and/or the price of our common stock.
The forward-looking statements included herein represent our management’s current expectations and assumptions based on information available as of the date of this report. These statements involve numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
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All forward-looking statements are necessarily only estimates of future results, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from expectations. You should carefully review these risks, as well as the additional risks described in other documents we file from time to time with the SEC. In light of the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking information included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that such results will be achieved, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking information, which speaks only as of the date of this report.
Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual future results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements.
Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
VERITONE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share and share data)
(Unaudited)
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VERITONE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
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Comprehensive loss: |
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Total comprehensive loss |
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VERITONE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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VERITONE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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See the accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VERITONE, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands, except share and per share data and percentages)
(Unaudited)
1. Description of Business
Veritone, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Veritone,” and together with its subsidiaries, collectively, the “Company”), is a provider of artificial intelligence (“AI”) computing solutions. The Company’s proprietary AI operating system, aiWARETM, uses machine learning algorithms, or AI models, together with a suite of powerful applications, to reveal valuable insights from vast amounts of structured and unstructured data. The aiWARE platform offers capabilities that mimic human cognitive functions such as perception, prediction and problem solving, enabling users to quickly, efficiently and cost effectively transform unstructured data into structured data, and analyze and optimize data to drive business processes and insights. aiWARE is based on an open architecture that enables new AI models, applications and workflows to be added quickly and efficiently, resulting in a scalable and evolving solution that can be leveraged by organizations across a broad range of business sectors, serving commercial enterprises as well as public sector industries.
The Company offers Software Products & Services to Commercial Enterprise and Public Sector customers using the Company’s aiWARE platform and Veritone Hire solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions.
The Company also offers Managed Services, which include cloud-native digital content management solutions and content licensing services and representation services, through among other things, its VeriAds Network, which is comprised of programs that enable broadcasters, podcasters and social media influencers to generate incremental revenue. These offerings leverage the Company’s aiWARE technologies, providing customers with unique capabilities to enrich and drive expanded revenue opportunities from their content.
Through October 17, 2024 (the “Divestiture Closing Date”), the Company operated a full-service advertising agency to provide differentiated Managed Services to its customers. On October 17, 2024, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Veritone One, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Veritone One”), and Oxford Buyer, LLC (“Purchaser”), an affiliate of Insignia Capital Group L.P., pursuant to which, among other things, Purchaser acquired from the Company all of the issued and outstanding equity of Veritone One (such transaction, the “Divestiture”). Veritone One’s services included media planning and strategy, advertisement buying and placement, campaign messaging, clearance verification and attribution, and custom analytics, specializing in host-endorsed and influencer advertising across primarily radio, podcasting, streaming audio, social media and other digital media channels. The Company determined that the Divestiture represents a strategic shift that will have a material effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. Therefore, the historical financial results of Veritone One are reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations and, as such, have been excluded from continuing operations for all periods presented on a retrospective basis, unless otherwise stated. Refer to Note 3 on Discontinued Operations for further details.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information of the Company has been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Regulation S-X. Accordingly, as permitted by Article 10 of Regulation S-X, it does not include all of the information required by generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 was derived from the audited financial statements at that date and does not include all the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP, as permitted by Article 10 of Regulation S-X. The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 include Veritone, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries. In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial information contains all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to state fairly the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 10-K”). Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025.
The Company determined that Veritone One met the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. As a result, the historical financial results of Veritone One are reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations and, as such, have been excluded from continuing operations for all periods presented on a retrospective basis, unless otherwise stated. Refer to Note 3 on Discontinued Operations for further details.
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Liquidity, Capital Resources, and Going Concern
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP assuming the Company will continue as a going concern over the next
In the near term, and to meet its obligations as they come due, the Company is evaluating additional strategies to obtain funding for future operations. These strategies may include, but are not limited to, obtaining equity financing, debt and/or further restructuring of operations to grow revenues and decrease operating expenses, which include capturing past cost reductions and potential future cost synergies from the Company’s past acquisitions.
The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business, including having sufficient liquidity in the future to meet, among other things, the Company’s covenants under the Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 4, Debt). The Company may not be able to access additional equity under acceptable terms, and may not be successful in future operational restructurings, earning any of its deferred purchase consideration, meeting its minimum liquidity threshold under its Credit Agreement or growing its revenue base, and its ability to execute on its operating plans may be materially adversely impacted. If the Company becomes unable to continue as a going concern, it may have to dispose of other or additional assets and might realize significantly less value than the values at which they are carried on its condensed consolidated financial statements. These actions may cause the Company’s stockholders to lose all or part of their investment in the Company’s common stock. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company being unable to continue as a going concern. If the Company cannot continue as a going concern, adjustments to the carrying values and classification of its assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of income and expenses could be required and could be material.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications were made to the prior period condensed consolidated statement of operations and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows to conform to the current period presentation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the recording of revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, the accounting recognition and presentation of revenue, allowance for credit losses, purchase accounting, impairment of long-lived assets, the valuation of contingent consideration, including future escrow and earnout consideration on the divestiture of Veritone One, the valuation of senior secured debt, the valuation of non-cash consideration received in barter transactions, the valuation of stock awards and stock warrants, and income taxes, where applicable. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
There has been uncertainty and disruption in the global economy and financial markets due to a number of factors, including the wars in Ukraine and Israel, the global inflationary environment and elevated interest rates and the imposition of tariffs, trade tensions, and global trade disputes. The war in Israel has also adversely impacted the Company’s business operations because the Company has an office and personnel based in Herzliya, Israel. The Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require an update to its estimates or assumptions or a revision of the carrying value of its assets or liabilities as of the date of filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
These estimates and assumptions may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained. As a result, actual results could differ materially from these estimates and assumptions.
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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU improves reportable segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance during the fourth quarter of 2024 did not have a material financial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the Company has added increased disclosures within the Segment Reporting section of Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, to its condensed consolidated financial statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU improves the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring: (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation, and (2) income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. Additionally, the amendments in this ASU improve the effectiveness and comparability of disclosures by: (1) adding disclosures of pretax income (or loss) and income tax expense (or benefit) to be consistent with Regulation S-X, and (2) removing disclosures that no longer are considered cost beneficial or relevant. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of this adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU improves financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods that is generally not presented in the financial statements today. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of this adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
Significant Customers
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, in each case,
Remaining Performance Obligations
As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate amount of the transaction prices under the Company’s contracts allocated to the Company’s remaining performance obligations was $
Segment Information
The Company operates as
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Significant segment expenses, which represent the difference between revenue and loss from continuing operations before provision for income taxes, consist of the following:
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Seasonality
The Company experiences seasonal fluctuations in its revenue and operating performance as a result of the utilization of its platform and associated revenues from its Software Products & Services. In particular, certain Commercial Enterprise solutions, including Veritone Hire revenues, have historically been higher in the second half of each fiscal year, consistent with the hiring and spending cycles of the Company’s larger customers. The Company also experiences seasonality as a result of factors such as the timing of large projects, the length and complexity of sales cycles, trends impacting the Company’s target vertical markets and the Company’s revenue recognition policies and any changes to those policies. Within a given quarter, a higher proportion of the Company’s agreements are signed toward the end of such quarter. Although these seasonal factors are common in the technology industry, historical patterns should not be considered a reliable indicator of our future sales activity or performance.
Discontinued Operations
During the third quarter of 2024, the Company determined that Veritone One (as defined above in Note 1) met the criteria to be classified as held for sale and discontinued operations. As a result, the historical financial results of Veritone One are reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations and, as such, have been excluded from continuing operations for all periods presented on a retrospective basis, unless otherwise stated. Refer to Note 3 on Discontinued Operations for further details.
Significant Accounting Policies
There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those disclosed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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3. Discontinued Operations, Business Combinations, and Divestiture
Discontinued Operations and Divestiture of Veritone One
On the Divestiture Closing Date, the Company completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Veritone One, to Oxford Buyer, LLC, an affiliate of Insignia Capital Group L.P., pursuant to an Equity Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company, Veritone One and the Purchaser. Veritone One operated the Company’s full-service advertising agency business and its disposal represented a strategic shift that had a major impact on the Company’s operations and financial results, as it enabled the Company to focus on its core software and applications and reduce its dependency on advertising-related services. As a result, Veritone One met both the held for sale and discontinued operations presentation criteria and comprised operations and cash flows that could be distinguished, operationally and for financial reporting purposes, from the rest of the Company. Since the Company operates as one reporting unit, the Company allocated goodwill to discontinued operations on a relative fair value basis in comparison to the value of the overall company (see Note 7).
In connection with the Divestiture, the Company and the Purchaser entered into a transition services agreement. The transition services agreement outlines the information technology, people, and facility support the Company expects to provide to the Purchaser for a period of six months after the Divestiture Closing Date with options to be extended. The total service fee amount for each service will not exceed the actual costs to provide such service.
The Divestiture was structured as a simultaneous “sign and close” transaction and closed on the Divestiture Closing Date. On the Divestiture Closing Date, the Company received cash proceeds of $
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of each of the parties to the Agreement. The Purchase Agreement also includes indemnification provisions whereby the Company will indemnify the Purchaser and other related indemnified parties for losses arising out of, among other things, inaccuracies in, or breaches of, the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company or Veritone One. The Purchaser and the other related indemnified parties will be able to make post-closing indemnification claims against the Indemnity Escrow, subject to the terms and limitations set forth in the Purchase Agreement. In addition, under the Purchase Agreement, the Company is subject to non-competition and non-solicitation provisions pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed not to engage in certain competitive activities with respect to Veritone One’s business or solicit Veritone One employees or customers for a period of four years following the Divestiture.
Veritone One’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are disclosed as discontinued operations and excluded from continuing operations within the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
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The operating results of the Company's discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were as follows (unaudited):
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Sale of Veritone Energy Solutions Group
On June 30, 2023, the Company completed the sale of its Veritone Energy solutions group to GridBeyond Limited, an Ireland-based privately held company (“GridBeyond”) that delivers AI-powered energy solutions, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement. The Company received
4. Debt
Senior Secured Term Loan
On December 13, 2023 (the “Term Loan Closing Date”), the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with certain funds managed by Highbridge Capital Management, LLC and with certain other lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent. The Credit Agreement provides for a $
In October 2024, in conjunction with the Divestiture, the Company, as required by the terms of the Credit Agreement, used net proceeds from the sale to pay down $
The Company is the borrower under the Credit Agreement and all indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by each of the Company’s direct and indirect material subsidiaries (the Company and the guarantors, collectively, the “Credit Parties”). Pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated December 13, 2023 (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), the Term Loan is secured by a first-priority security interest in and lien on substantially all tangible and intangible property of the Credit Parties and a pledge of equity interests held by the Credit Parties. The Credit Agreement has certain customary default provisions, representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including a covenant to maintain unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of at least $
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On March 13, 2025, the Company entered into a Limited Consent (the “Limited Consent”) to the Credit Agreement, with the lenders and administrative agent party thereto. Pursuant to the Limited Consent, the lenders consented to the delivery by the Company of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and a report of the Company’s independent certified public accountants relating thereto that do not meet certain requirements of the Credit Agreement requiring, among other things, delivery of audited consolidated financial statements and a report thereon of the Company’s independent certified public accountants that are unqualified as to going concern. As consideration for the Limited Consent, the Company paid an aggregate of $
On April 24, 2025, the Company entered into a First Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment provides that (a) the minimum Consolidated Liquidity (as defined in the Credit Agreement) covenant is reduced from $
The Term Loan accrues interest at a rate of Term SOFR plus
The Credit Agreement has a term of
The Credit Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, requires mandatory prepayments from the net cash proceeds received by the Credit Parties for among other things (i) certain asset sales as described above, and (ii) insurance recoveries on loss of property that are not otherwise reinvested in other assets of the Credit Parties at a
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, interest expense related to the Term Loan, including amortization of initial discounts and issuance costs, was $
Interest expense of $
On the Term Loan Closing Date, the Company issued warrants (the “Warrants”) to the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Warrant Holders”) to purchase up to
As of March 31, 2025, the remaining annual scheduled principal payments of the Term Loan were as follows:
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Convertible Senior Notes
In November 2021, the Company issued, at par value, $
The Convertible Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and bear interest at a rate of
Holders of the Convertible Notes may convert all or any portion of their Convertible Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding May 15, 2026, only under the following conditions: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 2022 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock for at least
The conversion rate for the Convertible Notes initially is
The Company may not redeem the Convertible Notes prior to
If the Company undergoes a fundamental change prior to the maturity date, subject to certain conditions, holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Convertible Notes. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to
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The Convertible Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes; equal in right of payment with all existing and future liabilities of the Company that are not so subordinated; effectively junior to any of secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) and any preferred equity of the Company’s current or future subsidiaries.
The net proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes were approximately $
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, interest expense related to the Convertible Notes, including amortization of issuance costs, was $
Capped Calls
In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Notes and subsequent exercise by the initial purchasers of their option to purchase additional Convertible Notes, each in November 2021, the Company used approximately $
The capped call transactions cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the Convertible Notes, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the Convertible Notes. The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to the Company’s common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and/or offset some or all of any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted Convertible Notes, as the case may be, in the event that the market price per share of the Company’s common stock, as measured under the terms of the capped call transactions, is greater than the strike price of the capped call transactions, which initially corresponds to the conversion price of the Convertible Notes and is subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the conversion rate of the Convertible Notes. If, however, the market price per share of the Company’s common stock, as measured under the terms of the capped call transactions, exceeds the cap price of the capped call transactions, there would nevertheless be dilution and/or there would not be an offset of such potential cash payments, in each case, to the extent that such market price exceeds the cap price of the capped call transactions. The initial cap price of the capped calls is $
The capped call transactions are separate transactions and are not part of the terms of the Convertible Notes. The capped calls met the criteria for classification as equity and, as such, are not remeasured each reporting period and are included as a reduction to additional paid-in-capital within stockholders’ equity.
In connection with the 2023 Repurchase Transaction, the Company entered into transactions to unwind a portion of the capped calls. The Company did
5. Loss Per Share
In January 2025, the Company sold and issued the Pre-Funded Warrants (see Note 10). The shares of common stock into which the Pre-Funded Warrants may be exercised are considered outstanding from the date of issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrants for the purposes of computing basic loss per share because the shares may be issued for little or no consideration and because the Pre-Funded Warrants were fully vested and immediately exercisable upon issuance.
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The following participating securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share for the periods presented because including them would have been anti-dilutive:
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The Company applies the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”), for its financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are comprised primarily of domestic and foreign bank accounts and money market funds. These cash and cash equivalents are valued based on Level 1 inputs which consist of quoted prices in active markets. To reduce its credit risk, the Company monitors the credit standing of the financial institutions that hold the Company’s cash and cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents approximated their estimated fair value. As such, there are
Veritone One Earnout Receivable
The Company made an accounting policy election to record the earnout receivable related to the Veritone One divestiture at fair value at inception, and it is categorized as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. The earnout receivable is recorded within other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The earnout receivable for the Veritone One divestiture has been recorded at its fair value using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model due to the variability of estimating future revenues associated with the Company’s earnout. These models incorporate contractual terms and assumptions regarding financial forecasts for Veritone One, discount rates, and volatility of forecasted revenue. The value of the Veritone One earnout receivable would decrease if a lower discount rate was used and would increase if a higher discount rate was used. Similarly, a higher revenue volatility assumption would increase the value of the Veritone One earnout receivable, and a lower revenue volatility assumption would decrease the value of the Veritone One earnout receivable. The development and determination of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements and fair value calculations are the responsibility of the Company’s management with the assistance of a third-party valuation specialist.
The following table sets forth the significant assumptions utilized to determine the fair value of the earnout receivable related to the sale of Veritone One as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
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Investments
The Company holds a strategic investment in a technology company that was determined to not have a readily determinable fair value. This investment is carried at a cost of $
In June 2023, the Company acquired a strategic investment in GridBeyond that did not have a readily determinable fair value. This investment was carried at a cost equal to its initial estimated fair value of $
Because these investments do not have readily determinable fair values, the Company has elected to measure these investments under ASC 321, Investments–Equity Securities, at cost minus impairments, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments.
7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill recorded in connection with the Company’s acquisitions is primarily attributable to the assembled workforce and anticipated operational synergies. Goodwill was $
The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:
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Amortization expense related to developed technology, customer relationships, and trademarks and trade names is recorded in depreciation and amortization within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets was $
The following table presents future amortization of the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets as of March 31, 2025:
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Consolidated Balance Sheets Details
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
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Contract Liabilities
Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue. Deferred revenue represents billings under non-cancelable contracts before the related product or service is transferred to the customer. The portion of deferred revenue that is anticipated to be recognized as revenue during the succeeding twelve-month period is recorded as deferred revenue within the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss Details
Revenue
The Company serves two customer groups: (1) Commercial Enterprise, which today consists of customers in the commercial sector, including media and entertainment customers, representation customers and Veritone Hire solutions customers (inclusive of Broadbean customers); and (2) Public Sector, which consists of customers in the public sector industries, including state, local and federal government, legal, and compliance customers.
Software Products & Services consists of revenue generated from the Company’s aiWARE platform, including its Veritone Data Refinery (“VDR”) product, and Veritone Hire talent acquisition solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions.
Managed Services consists of revenues generated from content licensing customers, representation services, and, to a lesser extent, from advertising customers and related services.
The table below illustrates the presentation of our revenues based on the above definitions:
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The $
Provision for Income Taxes
In accordance with ASC 740-270, Income Taxes, the provision or benefit from income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the Company’s annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, the Company updates the estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated tax rate changes, the Company records a cumulative adjustment. A separate estimated annual effective tax rate is applied for jurisdictions where an entity anticipates an ordinary loss or has an ordinary loss for the year to date for which no tax benefit can be recognized.
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The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had deferred tax assets of $
The Company is subject to taxation in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. The United States, Israel, and the United Kingdom comprise the majority of the Company’s operations. In general, the U.S. federal statute of limitations is three years. However, the Internal Revenue Service may still adjust a tax loss or credit carryover in the year the tax loss or credit carryover is utilized. As such, the Company’s U.S. federal tax returns and state tax returns are open for examination since inception. The Israeli statute of limitations period is generally four years commencing at the end of the year in which the return was filed. The Company’s subsidiary, PandoLogic, Inc., concluded their U.S. Federal audit for the 2022 tax year with no adjustment. The Company is not currently under examination from income tax authorities in the jurisdictions in which the Company does business.
9. Leases, Commitments, and Contingencies
Leases
In January 2025, the Company entered into a non-cancellable agreement to lease office space in London to replace its existing office space. The base rent is approximately $
Deferred Purchase Consideration
In connection with the March 2022 Acquisition, the Company committed to make deferred purchase consideration payments of $
On
Legal and Other Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. The Company currently is not a party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, in management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In December 2024, the Company received $
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10. Stockholders’ Equity
Registered Direct Offering
On January 2, 2025, the Company issued and sold an aggregate of
The Pre-Funded Warrants generally cannot be exercised if the holder’s aggregate beneficial ownership would be more than 9.99% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock following such exercise. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividends and splits, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction, as described in the warrant agreement.
The Pre-Funded Warrants were evaluated pursuant to ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The Company classified the Pre-Funded Warrants as a component of stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital and recorded them at fair value on the issuance date, which approximated their sales price. The Pre-Funded Warrants were equity classified because they were freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable, were immediately exercisable, did not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its common shares, permitted the holders to receive a fixed number of common shares upon exercise, were indexed to the Company’s common shares and met the equity classification criteria.
At the Market Program
On November 19, 2024, the Company entered into a sales agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with Needham & Company, LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Sales Agents”), to establish an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the "ATM Program"), allowing the Company to offer and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $
11. Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has stock-based compensation plans, which are more fully described in Note 11, Stock Plans, to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2024 10-K. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company granted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) subject to service conditions, RSUs subject to service and performance conditions, and RSUs subject to service and market conditions.
Stock Options
The following table summarizes the activities for all stock options under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
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There were
As of March 31, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to all nonvested stock options was $
Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes the activities for all RSUs under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
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Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The following table provides information about stock-based compensation expense by award type:
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The following table provides information about stock-based compensation expense by financial statement line item:
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12. Related Party Transactions
On January 4, 2023, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Steel Holdings, LLC effective January 1, 2023 (the “Steel Holdings Consulting Agreement”). Steel Holdings, LLC is an entity affiliated with Chad Steelberg, formerly a member of the Board, as well as the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Under the Steel Holdings Consulting Agreement, the Company retained Mr. Steelberg as a consultant to provide ongoing Chief Executive Officer transition services and to manage and oversee the further development of the Company’s aiWARE platform.
In January 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated independent contractor services agreement with Steel Holdings, LLC (the “Amended Consulting Agreement”), which supersedes and replaces the Steel Holdings Consulting Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended Consulting Agreement, Mr. Steelberg will provide technical advisory services related to the Company’s software, software architecture and technology strategy as requested by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer until December 31, 2025, the termination date of the Amended Consulting Agreement. In consideration for such services, the Company paid Steel Holdings, LLC $
The Amended Consulting Agreement may be terminated by either party with 90 days’ notice. If the Company terminates the Amended Consulting Agreement for any reason other than Steel Holdings, LLC’s material breach, then any remaining compensation payments under the Amended Consulting Agreement will become due and payable. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Company’s 2017 Stock Incentive Plan), the Amended Consulting Agreement will terminate as of the effective date of the Change in Control and any remaining payments will become due and payable.
The Company determined that all future payments under the Amended Consulting Agreement are probable and estimable, and that substantially all benefits earned under the agreement relate to past services rendered. As such, the Company recognized a resulting acceleration charge of $
Ryan Steelberg, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, was appointed Chairman of the Board effective January 22, 2024, replacing Chad Steelberg who resigned as Chairman of the Board effective the same date. Chad Steelberg continued to serve as a member of the Company’s Board until his resignation effective as of March 12, 2025.
There were
13. Subsequent Events
First Amendment to Credit Agreement
On April 24, 2025, the Company entered into the First Amendment and issued
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes that are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed under “Risk Factors,” set forth in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and any updates thereto set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including future SEC filings. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Overview
Veritone, Inc., collectively with our subsidiaries, referred to as “Veritone,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us,” is a provider of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) solutions, powered by our proprietary AI operating system, aiWARE, to deliver differentiated products and solutions to our Commercial Enterprise and Public Sector (which we previously referred to as Government & Regulated Industries) customers. Our Software Products & Services consist of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise and Public Sector customers using our aiWARE platform and Veritone Hire solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions. Our Managed Services consist of revenues generated from Commercial Enterprise customers using our content licensing and representation services, including influencer management and related operations.
Through October 17, 2024, we operated a full-service advertising agency through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Veritone One (as defined below), that provided Managed Services to its customers. On October 17, 2024, we sold all of the issued and outstanding equity of Veritone One, LLC (formerly, Veritone One, Inc., referred herein collectively as “Veritone One”) to an affiliate of Insignia Capital Group L.P., pursuant to which, among other things, Purchaser acquired from us all of the issued and outstanding equity of Veritone One (such transaction, the “Divestiture”). The historical financial results of Veritone One are reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations and, as such, have been excluded from continuing operations for all periods presented on a retrospective basis, unless otherwise stated.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we generated revenue of $22.5 million, as compared to $24.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. Software Products & Services revenue was $14.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $15.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024, while Managed Services revenue was $8.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $8.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, no customer represented more than 10% of our consolidated revenue.
Recent Developments
Registered Direct Offering
On January 2, 2025, we sold 4,414,878 shares of our common stock, priced at $2.53 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,608,838 shares of our common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), priced at $2.52 per pre-funded warrant, with an exercise price of $0.01 per share, to Esousa Group Holdings, LLC, a New York-based family office, in a registered direct offering (the “Registered Direct Offering”). The gross proceeds from the offering were approximately $20.3 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses.
The Pre-Funded Warrants were offered in lieu of shares of our common stock and provide that the holder may not exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrants to the extent that immediately prior to or after giving effect to such exercise the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own more than 9.99% of our outstanding common stock (the “Maximum Percentage”) after such exercise. Subject to the Maximum Percentage, the Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until the fifth anniversary of the original issue date of the Pre-Funded Warrants. If, at the time of exercise, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance or resale of the Warrant Shares, in lieu of making cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to us upon exercise of a Pre-Funded Warrant in payment of the aggregate exercise price, the holder may elect instead to receive upon such exercise (either in whole or in part) the net number of shares of common stock determined according to a formula set forth in the Pre-Funded Warrants.
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Appointment of Francisco Morales to the Board of Directors
On March 12, 2025, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Francisco Morales as a member of the Board, effective as of March 20, 2025, to fill the vacancy created by Chad Steelberg’s resignation as a director on March 12, 2025. Mr. Morales will serve as a Class III director until our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, retirement, resignation or removal. Mr. Chad Steelberg will continue to serve as a strategic advisor to us following his resignation from the Board.
Limited Consent to Credit Agreement
On March 13, 2025, we entered into a Limited Consent (the “Limited Consent”) to our Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated December 13, 2023 (the “Credit Agreement”), with the lenders and administrative agent party thereto. Pursuant to the Limited Consent, the lenders consented to the delivery by us of our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and a report of our independent certified public accountants relating thereto that do not meet certain requirements of the Credit Agreement requiring, among other things, delivery of audited consolidated financial statements and a report thereon of our independent certified public accountants that are unqualified as to going concern. As consideration for the Limited Consent, we paid an aggregate of $1.0 million in cash to the lenders party to the Limited Consent.
First Amendment to Credit Agreement
On April 24, 2025, we entered into a First Amendment to Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment provides that (a) the minimum Consolidated Liquidity (as defined in the Credit Agreement) covenant is reduced from $15 million to $10 million for the period of time beginning on April 24, 2025 and extending through June 16, 2025, and (b) the mandatory prepayment covenant under the Credit Agreement with respect to asset sales is amended to (i) require that 100% of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds (as defined in the Credit Agreement) be used to repay the obligations under the Credit Agreement (increased from 60% of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds prior to the First Amendment), and (ii) clarify the requirement that we use all future proceeds that we receive in connection with the Divestiture, including any earn-out payments and releases of previously escrowed amounts, to repay obligations under the Credit Agreement.
In connection with obtaining the requisite lenders’ consent to the First Amendment, we issued to the consenting lenders 228,311 shares of our common stock, representing a number of shares having an aggregate value equal to $500,000, based on a price per share of $2.19, which was the closing price per share of our common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on April 23, 2025, the trading day immediately prior to the effective date of the First Amendment.
Except as set forth in the Limited Consent and the First Amendment, the terms of the Credit Agreement remain unchanged.
Opportunities, Challenges, and Risks
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we derived our revenue primarily through our Commercial Enterprise customers and secondarily through our Public Sector customers.
We are a leader in AI-based Software Products & Services. Our proprietary AI operating system, aiWARE, uses machine learning algorithms, or AI models, together with a suite of powerful applications, to reveal valuable insights from vast amounts of structured and unstructured data. Historically, we have derived a large portion of our Software Product & Services revenue from applications we internally developed from our aiWARE platform and actively sold across various customers. Beginning in mid-fiscal year 2022, economic conditions, including those resulting from the pullback in the macroeconomic environment caused by inflation, high interest rates, tariffs and trade tensions, as well as geopolitical factors such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war, negatively impacted parts of our consumption-based operations and financial results. As a result, our Software Products & Services revenue decreased from $84.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2022 to $68.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2023, and decreased further to $61.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. These economic and geopolitical factors have continued to impact our financial results, including in the first quarter of 2025, resulting in Software Products & Services revenue of $14.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, a decrease of 4.8% as compared to the prior year period. This decrease in Software Products & Services revenue was also due in part to lower consumption across our Commercial Enterprise customer base, including Amazon and certain one-time software revenue recognized in 2024 that did not recur at the same rate in 2025.
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To align our operating structure with this revenue decline, we enacted significant cost reductions during fiscal years 2023 and 2024. In January 2023, we announced our plans to reduce costs through the optimization of our operational structure. In February 2024, we announced additional cost reduction and restructuring initiatives, the result of which was a reduction in our global workforce of approximately 13% during fiscal 2024. From January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, our total reduction in workforce was 19%. As of March 31, 2025, we have achieved $40.0 million of net annualized strategic cost reductions since January 1, 2023 as a result of our organizational restructuring and realignment efforts. We increased our sales and marketing spending in the first quarter of 2025, as compared to the trailing twelve months in order to support our efforts to diversify our customer base and increase sales within our existing customer base, and as a result of our acquisition of (a) 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of (i) Broadbean Technology Pty Ltd I, (ii) Broadbean Technology Limited, (iii) Broadbean, Inc., and (iv) CareerBuilder France S.A.R.L., and (b) certain assets and liabilities related thereto (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) together, “Broadbean”) in June 2023; however, these increased investments were partially offset by our 2024 and 2023 cost-reduction initiatives.
As of March 31, 2025, our total Software Products & Services customers declined to 3,156, which was a decrease of 6.7% as compared to March 31, 2024. This change was largely driven by planned migration of legacy CareerBuilder customers off the Broadbean software platform, offset by increases in Public Sector. In addition, smaller hiring agency customers experienced a drop in hiring as a result of the challenging macroeconomic environment, which contributed to the decrease in Software Products & Services customers, but did not have a significant impact on our financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 or year ended December 31, 2024. To continue our effort to grow our customer base and overall revenue, we continue to invest aggressively in existing customers and acquiring new customers.
We believe our Software Products & Services will extend the capabilities of many third-party software platforms and products that are widely used today. For example, we believe that, when integrated with aiWARE, our Veritone Hire solutions customers will be given greater visibility and transparency in their hiring processes. Further and with the recently announced Intelligent Digital Evidence Management System (“iDEMs”) and Veritone Data Refinery (“VDR”) launches, we now offer a suite of aiWARE applications to address the growing issue of unstructured digital data management faced by commercial and public safety and federal government sectors today. In 2025, we expect a substantial portion of our growth to come from our iDEMs and VDR solutions. In addition, we recently announced that we achieved Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) Advanced Tier Services status, advancing the deployment of our AI solutions and capabilities across the AWS platform, and we have historically integrated aiWARE across many platforms, including Alteryx, Snowflake and the NVIDIA® CUDA® GPU-based platform, enabling dramatic increases in aiWARE’s processing speed and providing a wide range of new use cases for our technology. We are in the process of developing and marketing more specific use cases for these and future integrations, which we believe will open new markets for our products and accelerate our long-term revenue growth opportunities.
We believe our operating results and performance are, and will continue to be, driven by various factors that affect our industry. Our ability to attract, grow and retain customers for our aiWARE platform is highly sensitive to rapidly changing technology and is dependent on our ability to maintain the attractiveness of our platform, content and services to our customers. Our near term growth opportunities across our Software Products & Services include VDR and the expansion of our iDEMs platform across our public sector. Our future revenue and operating growth will rely heavily on our ability to grow and retain our Software Products & Services customer base, continue to develop and deploy quality and innovative AI-driven applications and enterprise-level offerings, provide unique and attractive content and related services to our customers, continue to grow in newer markets such as Public Sector and our VDR opportunity, expand aiWARE into larger and more expansive enterprise engagements and manage our corporate overhead costs. While we believe we will be successful in these endeavors, we cannot guarantee that we will succeed in generating substantial long term operating growth and profitability.
Prior to 2024, we pursued an opportunistic strategy of acquiring companies to help accelerate our organic growth. Our acquisition strategy has been threefold: (i) to increase the scale of our business in markets we are in today, (ii) to accelerate growth in new markets and product categories, including expanding our existing engineering and sales resources, and (iii) to accelerate the adoption of aiWARE as the universal AI operating system through venture or market-driven opportunities. While we believe there are strategic acquisition targets that can accelerate our entry into and expand our existing market share in key strategic markets, as well as our ability to grow our business, there is no certainty our historical or future acquisitions will achieve these objectives. Conversely, we have pursued and may continue to pursue opportunistic sales of certain business operations that are not strategic to us long-term, such as the divestitures of our Veritone energy solutions group in the second quarter of 2023 and Veritone One in October 2024.
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In October 2024, we divested our wholly-owned subsidiary, Veritone One, for a total purchase price of up to $104.0 million. This strategic decision was made to enhance our focus on our core business and growth initiatives, particularly in Software Products & Services. By divesting non-core assets, we aim to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and allocate resources more effectively toward areas that align with our long-term strategic goals. The Divestiture has allowed us to concentrate on organic growth, enabling greater innovation, operational efficiency, and the ability to respond more swiftly to market opportunities within our primary business segments. As a result of this transaction, we expect to see potential positive impacts, e.g., improved margins, increased operational efficiency, more effective allocation of capital and believe that this sharper focus will drive sustainable growth and value creation for our shareholders moving forward.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, our total revenues were $22.5 million, as compared to $24.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of 7.0% over the prior-year period, driven by a decrease in Software Products & Services revenue from the planned migration of legacy CareerBuilder customers off the Broadbean software platform and a decrease in Managed Services revenue primarily due to lower revenue from licensing customers and representation services, in each case, compared to the prior year period. Our gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $13.7 million as compared to $16.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of 16.0%, driven by a decrease in revenue and the increase in depreciation of internally developed software costs compared to the prior year period. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, our non-GAAP gross profit (calculated as described in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below) decreased to $14.6 million as compared to $17.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, driven by the decrease in revenue and higher cost of revenue compared to the prior year period. Gross profit and non-GAAP gross profit (calculated as described in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below) are dependent upon our ability to grow our revenue by expanding our customer base and increasing business with existing customers, and to manage our costs by negotiating favorable economic terms with cloud computing providers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure. While we are focused on continuing to improve our gross profit and non-GAAP gross profit, our ability to attract and retain customers to grow our revenue will be highly dependent on our ability to implement and continually improve upon our technology and services and improve our technology infrastructure and operations as we experience increased network capacity constraints due to our growth.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we reported a net loss of $19.9 million as compared to a net loss of $25.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we reported a non-GAAP net loss of $11.1 million as compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $7.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2024. To continue to grow our revenue, we will continue to make targeted investments in people, namely software engineers and sales personnel. However, considering the current challenging macro-economic environment throughout 2024 and 2023, we have made and are continuing to make significant cost reductions to our operating structure to better streamline our business and prioritization around our growth and corresponding investments. These cost reduction initiatives began in the latter half of 2022 and have continued through the first quarter of 2025, and include reductions in workforce and certain legacy operating costs, as well as the sale of our energy solutions group. As a result of these initiatives, we believe we will be able to accelerate our pathway toward long term profitability.
With the June 2023 acquisition of Broadbean, we expanded our customer base throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. We believe that there is a substantial opportunity for us to continue expanding our service offerings and customer base in countries outside of the United States. In the long term, we plan to expand our business further internationally in places such as Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and as a result, we expect to continue to incur significant incremental upfront expenses associated with these expansion opportunities.
Impact of Current Global Economic Conditions
Global economic and business activities continue to face uncertainty as a result of macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, the imposition of tariffs, trade tensions, and global trade disputes, lingering economic disruption caused by labor shortages, inflation rates and the responses by central banking authorities to control inflation, monetary supply shifts, recession risks, and disruptions from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Israel-Hamas war and conflict in surrounding regions. In particular, business operations at our Herzliya, Israel office location where we do development work on our Veritone Hire solutions products have been, and may continue to be, impacted by the war in Israel. A small portion of our Israel-based employees, and a number of their family members, have been conscripted into military service. The extent of the impact of these factors on our operational and financial performance, including our ability to execute our business strategies and initiatives in the expected time frame, will depend on future developments, and the impact on our customers, partners and employees, all of which have uncertainty and cannot be predicted. These global economic conditions and any continued or new disruptions caused by these conditions may negatively impact our business in a number of ways. For example, our Veritone Hire solutions are sold to businesses whose financial conditions fluctuate based on general economic and business conditions, particularly the overall demand for labor and the economic health of current and prospective employers.
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To the extent that economic uncertainty or attenuated economic conditions cause our customers and potential customers to freeze or reduce their headcount, and reduce their consumption-based spending, demand for our products and services may be negatively affected. These adverse economic conditions could also result in reductions in sales of our applications, longer sales cycles, reductions in contract duration and value, slower adoption of new technologies and increased price competition. In addition, economic recessions have historically resulted in overall reductions in spending on software and technology solutions as well as pressure from customers and potential customers for extended payment terms. If economic, political, or market conditions deteriorate, or if there is uncertainty around these conditions, our customers and potential customers may elect to decrease their software and technology solutions budgets by deferring or reconsidering product purchases, which would limit our ability to grow our business and negatively affect our operating results. Any of these events would likely have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial position.
Due to the nature of our business, the effect of these macroeconomic conditions may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods. We have assessed the potential credit deterioration of our customers due to changes in the macroeconomic environment and have determined that no additional allowance for credit losses was necessary due to credit deterioration as of March 31, 2025. The most significant risks to our business and results of operations are discussed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Performance Indicators
In evaluating our cash flows and financial performance, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations, non-GAAP net income (loss) from discontinued operations, non-GAAP gross profit, and non-GAAP gross margin. We also provide certain key performance indicators (“KPIs”), including Total Software Products & Services Customers, Annual Recurring Revenue (SaaS), Annual Recurring Revenue (Consumption), Total New Bookings and Gross Revenue Retention.
Non-GAAP net income (loss) is calculated as our net income (loss) adjusted to exclude net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, interest expense, net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of earnout receivable, contingent purchase compensation expense, foreign currency impact and other, acquisition and due diligence costs, severance and executive transition costs, and non-GAAP net income from discontinued operations. Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations is calculated as our net loss from continuing operations adjusted to exclude net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, interest expense, net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of earnout receivable, contingent purchase compensation expense, foreign currency impact and other, acquisition and due diligence costs, and severance and executive transition costs. Non-GAAP net income (loss) from discontinued operations is calculated as our net income from discontinued operations adjusted to exclude interest expense, net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, acquisition due diligence costs, and severance and executive transition costs.
Non-GAAP gross profit is calculated as gross profit with adjustments to add back depreciation and amortization related to cost of revenue and stock-based compensation. Non-GAAP gross margin is defined as non-GAAP gross profit divided by revenue.
We present non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations, non-GAAP net income (loss) from discontinued operations, non-GAAP gross profit, and non-GAAP gross margin because management believes such information to be important supplemental measures of performance that are commonly used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. Management also uses this information internally for forecasting, budgeting and measuring annual bonus compensation targets for its executive personnel, including its named executive officers. Our non-GAAP net income (loss) provides our management and investors consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations, as it eliminates the effect of items that are often unrelated to overall operating performance. Our non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin allow investors and our management team to analyze our operating performance by excluding expenses that are not directly related to the cost of providing goods and services.
These non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss), net income (loss) from continuing operations, net income (loss) from discontinued operations, gross profit, gross margin or any other financial measures so calculated and presented, nor as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. Other companies (including our competitors) may define these non-GAAP financial measures differently. These non-GAAP measures may not be indicative of our historical operating results or predictive of potential future results. Investors should not consider this supplemental non-GAAP financial information in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported in accordance with GAAP.
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The following table provides a reconciliation of net loss to non-GAAP net loss:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
||
Net loss |
|
$ |
(19,875 |
) |
|
$ |
(25,198 |
) |
Net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,002 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
|
2,628 |
|
|
|
2,462 |
|
Income taxes |
|
|
(326 |
) |
|
|
(1,045 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
6,948 |
|
|
|
7,425 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
1,743 |
|
|
|
1,534 |
|
Change in fair value of earnout receivable |
|
|
(3,654 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Contingent purchase compensation expense |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
317 |
|
Foreign currency impact and other |
|
|
(416 |
) |
|
|
416 |
|
Acquisition and due diligence costs |
|
|
268 |
|
|
|
903 |
|
Severance and executive transition costs |
|
|
465 |
|
|
|
3,844 |
|
Other non-recurring items(1) |
|
|
1,014 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Non-GAAP net loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(11,130 |
) |
|
|
(10,344 |
) |
Non-GAAP net income from discontinued operations(2) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,725 |
|
Non-GAAP net loss |
|
$ |
(11,130 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,619 |
) |
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
Net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
|
$ |
1,002 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
1,528 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
77 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
74 |
|
Acquisition and due diligence costs |
|
|
38 |
|
Severance and executive transition costs |
|
|
6 |
|
Non-GAAP net income from discontinued operations |
|
$ |
2,725 |
|
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The following table provides a reconciliation of gross profit to Non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin to Non-GAAP gross margin:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
||
Revenue |
|
$ |
22,463 |
|
|
$ |
24,153 |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) |
|
|
7,834 |
|
|
|
6,947 |
|
Depreciation and amortization related to cost of revenue |
|
|
915 |
|
|
|
879 |
|
GAAP gross profit |
|
|
13,714 |
|
|
|
16,327 |
|
Depreciation and amortization related to cost of revenue |
|
|
915 |
|
|
|
879 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Non-GAAP gross profit |
|
$ |
14,629 |
|
|
$ |
17,205 |
|
GAAP gross margin |
|
|
61.1 |
% |
|
|
67.6 |
% |
Non-GAAP gross margin |
|
|
65.1 |
% |
|
|
71.2 |
% |
GAAP gross profit of $13.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 declined $2.6 million, or 16.0%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to a decline in revenue, coupled with higher cost of revenue and depreciation and amortization. GAAP gross margin of 61.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 declined 650 basis points as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of higher depreciation and amortization, coupled with year-over-year declines in higher gross margin revenue from consumption-based and one-time software revenue.
Non-GAAP gross profit of $14.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 declined $2.6 million, or 15.0%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to a decline in revenue, coupled with higher cost of revenue. Non-GAAP gross margin of 65.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 declined 610 basis points as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 due to year-over-year declines in higher gross margin revenue from consumption-based and one-time software revenue. Historically, our gross margin and non-GAAP gross margin have been impacted significantly by the mix of our Software Products & Services revenue and our Managed Services revenue in any given period because our Managed Services revenue typically has a lower overall non-GAAP gross margin than our Software Products & Services revenue.
Supplemental Financial Information
We are providing the following unaudited supplemental financial information regarding our Software Products & Services as a lookback of the prior year to explain our recent historical and year-over-year performance.
The supplemental financial information for our Software Products & Services includes: (i) Total Software Products & Services Customers, (ii) Annual Recurring Revenue, (iii) Total New Bookings, and (iv) Gross Revenue Retention, in each case as defined in the footnotes to the table below.
Software Products & Services Supplemental Financial Information
The following table sets forth the results for each of our Software Products & Services supplemental financial information.
|
|
Quarter Ended |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
September 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
|||||
Total Software Products & Services Customers(1) |
|
|
3,384 |
|
|
|
3,437 |
|
|
|
3,291 |
|
|
|
3,237 |
|
|
|
3,156 |
|
Annual Recurring Revenue (SaaS) (in 000's)(2) |
|
$ |
49,064 |
|
|
$ |
49,223 |
|
|
$ |
48,269 |
|
|
$ |
47,549 |
|
|
$ |
47,494 |
|
Annual Recurring Revenue (Consumption) (in 000's)(3) |
|
$ |
23,510 |
|
|
$ |
18,701 |
|
|
$ |
15,011 |
|
|
$ |
11,245 |
|
|
$ |
11,223 |
|
Total New Bookings (in 000's)(4) |
|
$ |
12,964 |
|
|
$ |
14,047 |
|
|
$ |
16,471 |
|
|
$ |
13,228 |
|
|
$ |
15,835 |
|
Gross Revenue Retention(5) |
|
>90% |
|
|
>90% |
|
|
>90% |
|
|
>90% |
|
|
> 90% |
|
|||||
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Results of Operations
The following tables set forth our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, in dollars and as a percentage of our revenue for those periods. The period-to-period comparisons of our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
||
Revenue |
|
$ |
22,463 |
|
|
$ |
24,153 |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) |
|
|
7,834 |
|
|
|
6,947 |
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
10,105 |
|
|
|
9,948 |
|
Research and development |
|
|
5,206 |
|
|
|
8,425 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
14,004 |
|
|
|
15,778 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
6,948 |
|
|
|
7,425 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
44,097 |
|
|
|
48,523 |
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(21,634 |
) |
|
|
(24,370 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
|
2,628 |
|
|
|
2,462 |
|
Other expense (income), net |
|
|
(4,061 |
) |
|
|
413 |
|
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes |
|
|
(20,201 |
) |
|
|
(27,245 |
) |
Income taxes |
|
|
(326 |
) |
|
|
(1,045 |
) |
Net loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(19,875 |
) |
|
|
(26,200 |
) |
Net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(19,875 |
) |
|
$ |
(25,198 |
) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
March 31, |
|
||
Revenue |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below) |
|
|
34.9 |
% |
|
|
28.8 |
% |
Sales and marketing |
|
|
45.0 |
% |
|
|
41.2 |
% |
Research and development |
|
|
23.2 |
% |
|
|
34.9 |
% |
General and administrative |
|
|
62.3 |
% |
|
|
65.3 |
% |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
30.9 |
% |
|
|
30.7 |
% |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
196.3 |
% |
|
|
200.9 |
% |
Operating loss |
|
|
(96.3 |
)% |
|
|
(100.9 |
)% |
Interest expense, net |
|
|
11.7 |
% |
|
|
10.2 |
% |
Other expense (income), net |
|
|
(18.1 |
)% |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes |
|
|
(89.9 |
)% |
|
|
(112.8 |
)% |
Income taxes |
|
|
(1.5 |
)% |
|
|
(4.3 |
)% |
Net loss from continuing operations |
|
|
(88.5 |
)% |
|
|
(108.5 |
)% |
Net income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
|
|
— |
% |
|
|
4.1 |
% |
Net loss |
|
|
(88.5 |
)% |
|
|
(104.3 |
)% |
Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
Revenue
We serve two customer groups: (1) Commercial Enterprise, which today consists of customers in the commercial sector, including media and entertainment customers, representation customers and Veritone Hire solutions customers (inclusive of Broadbean customers); and (2) Public Sector, which consists of customers in the public sector industries, including state, local and federal government, legal, and compliance customers.
Software Products & Services consists of revenue generated from our aiWARE platform, including our VDR product, and Veritone Hire talent acquisition solutions, any related support and maintenance services, and any related professional services associated with the deployment and/or implementation of such solutions.
Managed Services consists of revenues generated from content licensing customers, representation services, and, to a lesser extent, from advertising customers and related services.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
March 31, 2025 |
|
|
March 31, 2024 |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Commercial Enterprise |
|
|
Public Sector |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Commercial Enterprise |
|
|
Public Sector |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||
Software Products & Services |
|
$ |
13,149 |
|
|
$ |
1,334 |
|
|
$ |
14,483 |
|
|
$ |
13,703 |
|
|
$ |
1,517 |
|
|
$ |
15,220 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Managed Services: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Representation Services |
|
|
2,771 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,771 |
|
|
|
3,492 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,492 |
|
Licensing |
|
|
5,209 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5,209 |
|
|
|
5,441 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
5,441 |
|
Total Managed Services |
|
|
7,980 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7,980 |
|
|
|
8,933 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total revenue |
|
$ |
21,129 |
|
|
$ |
1,334 |
|
|
$ |
22,463 |
|
|
$ |
22,636 |
|
|
$ |
1,517 |
|
|
$ |
24,153 |
|
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Commercial Enterprise
Commercial Enterprise Software Products & Services revenue decreased $0.6 million, or 4.0%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to decreases of $1.5 million driven principally by lower consumption-based revenue and, to a lesser extent, foreign exchange rate declines in Europe as compared to the US dollar and and economic and geopolitical factors, partially offset by an approximate $0.9 million increase in VDR revenue. Commercial Enterprise Managed Services revenue decreased $1.0 million, or 10.7%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period driven by declines in live event services and VeriAds as a result of the more challening macro environment.
Public Sector
Public Sector Software Products & Services revenue decreased $0.2 million, or 12.1%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to fluctuations in timing and magnitude of spend by public safety and federal customers. In some cases, Software Products & Services revenue from Public Sector customers in certain markets, particularly our government customers, can be project-based and impacted by the timing of such projects. As such, we expect that our revenue from these markets could fluctuate significantly from period to period
Operating Expenses
Cost of Revenue (Exclusive of Depreciation and Amortization)
Cost of revenue increased $0.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to a higher mix of lower margin revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2025, including VDR. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Software Products & Services products accounted for 64.5% of revenues compared to 63.0% in the prior year period. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased to 34.9% from 28.8% during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing increased $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to increased advertising expense. Sales and marketing as a percentage of revenue increased to 45.0% from 41.2% during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Research and Development
Research and development decreased $3.2 million, or 38.2%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to decreased personnel-related costs resulting from various cost reduction initiatives enacted throughout fiscal year 2024, partially offset by a decrease in capitalized internal-use software costs and an increase in outside consulting services. Research and development as a percentage of revenue decreased to 23.2% from 34.9% during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
General and Administrative
General and administrative decreased $1.8 million, or 11.2%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to decreased personnel-related costs resulting from various cost reduction initiatives enacted throughout fiscal year 2024.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $0.5 million, or 6.4%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to certain long-lived assets being fully depreciated in the latter half of 2024.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net increased $0.2 million, or 6.7%, in the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the corresponding prior-year period primarily due to a decrease in interest income, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense as a result of a decrease in the outstanding principal amount under our senior secured term loan under the Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan”).
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Other Expense (Income), Net
Other income, net of $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily due to a $3.7 million favorable change in the fair value of the Veritone One earnout receivable and a favorable foreign currency impact. Other expense, net of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily due to an unfavorable foreign currency impact.
Net Income From Discontinued Operations
On October 17, 2024, we completed the Divestiture. The Divestiture was strategic, primarily allowing us to focus on our AI solutions, and secondarily improving our financial liquidity with the net proceeds from the Divestiture. During the third quarter of 2024, we determined that Veritone One met the criteria to be classified as discontinued operations. As a result, the historical financial results of Veritone One are reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements herein as discontinued operations and, as such, have been excluded from continuing operations for all periods presented on a retrospective basis, unless otherwise stated. See Note 3 on Discontinued Operations included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information.
Net income from discontinued operations was $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and primarily consisted of (i) revenue of $7.5 million, offset by cost of revenue of $0.1 million, other operating expenses of $4.9 million and $1.5 million of net interest expense allocations primarily due to the repayment of our Term Loan as a result of the Divestiture.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have historically generated negative cash flows from operations and have primarily financed our operations through the sale of equity securities and debt. In January 2025, we issued and sold an aggregate of 4,414,878 shares of common stock at a price of $2.53 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 3,608,838 shares of common stock at a price of $2.52 per pre-funded warrant, with an exercise price of $0.01, in a registered direct offering. The aggregate gross proceeds were approximately $20.3 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses. Additionally, in accordance with the term of that certain sales agreement we entered into with Needham & Company, LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Sales Agents”), we may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $35.0 million from time to time through the Sales Agents (the “ATM Program”). As of March 31, 2025, we have received $4.7 million in gross proceeds for sales of 1,707,791 shares of our common stock under the ATM Program.As of March 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $16.1 million. We also may receive additional proceeds in connection with the Divestiture, including any earn-out payments and releases of previously escrowed amounts, all of which proceeds, if received, must be used to repay our Term Loan.
As of March 31, 2025, we had $39.2 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under our Term Loan and $91.3 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under our Convertible Notes (as defined in Note 4, Debt). The Term Loan matures on December 13, 2027 and requires prepayment in full if $30.0 million or more of aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes are outstanding on August 14, 2026. The Convertible Notes mature on November 15, 2026. See Note 4, Debt, included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding the Term Loan and the Convertible Notes
Based on our liquidity position as of March 31, 2025 and our current forecast of operating results and cash flows, absent any other action, management determined that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern over the twelve months following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, principally driven by our current debt service obligations, historical negative cash flows and recurring losses. As a result, we will require additional liquidity to continue our operations over the next twelve months.
In the near term, and to meet our obligations as they come due, we are evaluating additional strategies to obtain funding for future operations. These strategies may include, but are not limited to, obtaining equity financing, debt and/or further restructuring of operations to grow revenues and decrease operating expenses, which include capturing past cost reductions and potential future cost synergies from our past acquisitions.
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The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business, including having sufficient liquidity in the future to meet, among other things, our covenants under the Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 4, Debt). We may not be able to access additional equity under acceptable terms, and may not be successful in future operational restructurings, earning any of our deferred purchase consideration, meeting the minimum liquidity threshold under our Credit Agreement or growing our revenue base, and our ability to execute on our operating plans may be materially adversely impacted. If we become unable to continue as a going concern, we may have to dispose of other or additional assets and might realize significantly less value than the values at which they are carried on our condensed consolidated financial statements. These actions may cause our stockholders to lose all or part of their investment in our common stock. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from us being unable to continue as a going concern. If we cannot continue as a going concern, adjustments to the carrying values and classification of our assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of income and expenses could be required and could be material.
Cash Flows
A summary of cash flows from our operating, investing and financing activities is shown in the table below (in thousands):
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March 31, |
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March 31, |
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Net cash used in operating activities – continuing operations |
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$ |
(17,044 |
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$ |
(15,898 |
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Net cash used in investing activities – continuing operations |
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(1,353 |
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(1,838 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities – continuing operations |
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17,861 |
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(1,674 |
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Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
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(413 |
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Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash from continuing operations |
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$ |
(949 |
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$ |
(19,410 |
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Operating Activities
Net cash used in continuing operating activities was $17.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $1.1 million from $15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $4.4 million unfavorable change in operating assets and liabilities, partially offset by a $3.2 million decrease in net loss from continuing operations excluding non-cash and reconciling items disclosed within our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. The $4.4 million of unfavorable changes in operating assets and liabilities was primarily driven by unfavorable changes in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and accounts receivable, partially offset by favorable changes in accounts payable, deferred revenue, and other non-current liabilities. The $3.2 million decrease in net loss excluding non-cash and reconciling items was primarily driven by lower operating expenses and favorable changes in non-cash and reconciling items including deferred income taxes, partially offset by lower revenue and unfavorable changes in non-cash and reconciling items including change in fair value of earnout receivable and depreciation and amortization.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in continuing investing activities was $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, a decrease of $0.4 million from $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was due to a $0.4 million decrease in capital expenditures.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by continuing financing activities was $17.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, an increase of $19.6 million as compared to net cash used in continuing financing activities of $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to a $19.9 million increase in proceeds from issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants under our registered direct offering in January 2025, net of issuance costs, and a $1.8 million favorable impact from the settlement of deferred consideration for acquisitions in 2024, partially offset by a $1.9 million increase in repayment of our senior secured term loan.
Contractual Obligations and Known Future Cash Requirements
As of March 31, 2025, our debt obligations are comprised of our Term Loan and our 1.75% convertible senior notes due in 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). As of March 31, 2025, we have $39.2 million principal amount outstanding under our Term Loan that matures in December 2027 and $91.3 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of our Convertible Notes that mature in November 2026.
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As of March 31, 2025, we have no other present agreements or commitments with respect to any material acquisitions of businesses or technologies or any other material capital expenditures.
As of March 31, 2025, we have recorded $2.3 million of gross liability for uncertain tax positions, including interest and penalties. Based upon the information available and possible outcomes, we cannot reasonably estimate the amount and period in which the liability might be paid.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect amounts reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, as well as the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Management evaluates its accounting policies, estimates and judgments on an on-going basis. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions.
Our critical accounting estimates reflecting management’s estimates and judgments are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. We have reviewed recently issued accounting pronouncements and are evaluating the potential impact, if any, on our condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, there have been no material changes to critical accounting policies and estimates as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by Item 305 of Regulation S-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of March 31, 2025. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives of ensuring that information we are required to disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to enable timely decisions regarding required disclosures, and is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms promulgated by the SEC. Our management recognizes that any disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and there is no assurance that our disclosure controls and procedures will operate effectively under all circumstances. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level due to the following material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
During the preparation of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting relating to a lack of an effective information and communication process that identified and assessed the source of and controls necessary to ensure the reliability of information used in financial reporting and for providing information required for effective activity level controls. This material weakness was not remediated as of March 31, 2025 and could have resulted in a material misstatement to our interim condensed consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
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During the preparation of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, management identified the following material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, which still exist as of March 31, 2025:
Related to the findings above, management concluded that during the year ended December 31, 2023, we did not maintain appropriately designed entity-level controls impacting the control environment or monitoring controls to prevent or detect material misstatements to the consolidated financial statements. Specifically, these deficiencies were attributed to (i) a lack of a sufficient number of qualified resources to perform control activities and (ii) insufficient risk assessment and monitoring activities as a result of untimely or ineffective identification of internal control risks to properly design, test, implement and assess effective internal controls over financial reporting. This material weakness has not been remediated as of March 31, 2025.
Remediation of Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In order to remediate the material weaknesses, management is taking remediation actions including:
To further remediate the existing material weakness identified herein, the management team, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have reaffirmed and re-emphasized the importance of internal controls, control consciousness and a strong control environment. We are committed to maintaining a strong control environment and believe that these remediation efforts represent continued improvement in our control environment.
We also expect to continue to review, optimize and enhance our financial reporting controls and procedures. While remediating actions have been implemented to mitigate the material weaknesses identified with regards to foreign transaction consolidation and ITGCs, these material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the applicable remediated and enhanced control processes have operated for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that this enhanced control is operating effectively.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
While management continues to make progress on its remediation efforts, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Management recognizes that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud or error, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business. We currently are not a party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, in management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Regardless of the outcome, any litigation could have an adverse impact on us due to defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Risks affecting our business are discussed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 10-K”). There have been no material changes to our risk factors as previously disclosed in our 2024 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits
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8-K |
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2.1 |
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5/31/2023 |
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2.2^ |
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8-K |
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2.1 |
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10/23/2024 |
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3.1 |
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Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant |
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8-K |
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3.1 |
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5/23/2017 |
3.2 |
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8-K |
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3.2 |
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5/23/2017 |
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4.1 |
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Form of Pre-Funded Warrant issued to Esousa Group Holdings, LLC |
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8-K |
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4.1 |
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1/2/2025 |
10.1 |
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8-K |
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10.1 |
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1/2/2025 |
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10.2 |
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8-K |
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10.1 |
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3/17/2025 |
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10.3 |
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8-K |
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10.1 |
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4/24/2025 |
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10.4* |
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Veritone, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, effective as of January 1, 2025 |
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31.2* |
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32.1** |
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Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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101.SCH* |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document With Embedded Linkbase Documents |
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104* |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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* Filed herewith.
** The certifications furnished as Exhibit 32.1 accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Subsection 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed “filed” by the Registrant for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and are not to be incorporated by reference into any of the Registrant’s filings under the Securities Act, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in any such filing.
Exhibits and schedules, or portions thereof, have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
^ The Company has omitted portions of the referenced exhibit pursuant to Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act because such portions (i) are not material and (ii) are the type of information that the Company both customarily and actually treats as private and confidential.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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VERITONE, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ MICHAEL L. ZEMETRA |
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Michael L. Zemetra |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Date: May 12, 2025
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