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About Arteris
Arteris is a leading provider of system IP for the acceleration of system-on-chip (SoC) development across today’s electronic systems. Arteris network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP and SoC integration automation technology enable higher product performance with lower power consumption and faster time to market, delivering better SoC economics so its customers can focus on dreaming up what comes next. Learn more at arteris.com.
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Arteris, Inc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss (In thousands, except share and per share data) (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended December 31, | Twelve Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Revenue | |||||||||||||||
Licensing, support and maintenance | $ | 11,347 | $ | 10,269 | $ | 48,273 | $ | 46,012 | |||||||
Variable royalties and other | 1,157 | 934 | 5,393 | 4,366 | |||||||||||
Total revenue | 12,504 | 11,203 | 53,666 | 50,378 | |||||||||||
Cost of revenue | 1,448 | 1,085 | 5,077 | 4,281 | |||||||||||
Gross profit | 11,056 | 10,118 | 48,589 | 46,097 | |||||||||||
Operating expense: | |||||||||||||||
Research and development | 10,663 | 10,318 | 45,128 | 41,167 | |||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 5,029 | 4,631 | 20,659 | 17,419 | |||||||||||
General and administrative | 4,613 | 4,229 | 17,944 | 16,367 | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 20,305 | 19,178 | 83,731 | 74,953 | |||||||||||
Loss from operations | (9,249 | ) | (9,060 | ) | (35,142 | ) | (28,856 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense | (75 | ) | (29 | ) | (211 | ) | (89 | ) | |||||||
Other income (expense), net | 917 | 1,019 | 3,558 | 1,425 | |||||||||||
Loss before income taxes and loss from equity method investment | (8,407 | ) | (8,070 | ) | (31,795 | ) | (27,520 | ) | |||||||
Loss from equity method investment, net of tax | 910 | 284 | 3,397 | 284 | |||||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes | 1,224 | (1,139 | ) | 1,677 | (417 | ) | |||||||||
Net loss | $ | (10,541 | ) | $ | (7,215 | ) | $ | (36,869 | ) | $ | (27,387 | ) | |||
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.21 | ) | $ | (1.03 | ) | $ | (0.84 | ) | |||
Weighted average shares used on computing per share amounts, basic and diluted | 36,816,597 | 33,596,146 | 35,675,689 | 32,578,776 | |||||||||||