NOTE 1 – THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Nature of Operations

One Stop Systems, Inc. (“we,” “our,” “OSS,” or the “Company”) was originally incorporated as a California corporation in 1999, after initially being formed as a California limited liability company in 1998. On December 14, 2017, the Company was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in connection with its initial public offering. The Company designs, manufactures, and markets specialized rugged high-performance compute, high speed switch fabrics and storage systems, which are designed to target edge applications for artificial intelligence (“AI”)/machine learning (“ML”), sensor processing, sensor fusion and autonomy. The Company markets its products to manufacturers of equipment used for autonomous vehicles, medical, industrial, and military applications, with special focus on platforms that move, such as planes, trucks, ships, submarines and mobile datacenters or command posts where sensor processing, sensor fusion, AI and ML are integrated to support such applications.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company formed a wholly owned subsidiary in Germany, One Stop Systems, GmbH (“OSS GmbH”). In July 2016, the Company acquired Mission Technologies Group, Inc. (“Magma”) and its operations that complemented OSS' manufacture of custom high-performance compute servers.

On August 31, 2018, the Company acquired Concept Development Inc. (“CDI”) located in Irvine, California. CDI specialized in the design and manufacture of custom high-performance computing systems for airborne in-flight entertainment, flight safety equipment, and networking systems. CDI’s business was fully integrated into the core operations of the Company as of June 1, 2020.

On October 31, 2018, OSS GmbH acquired 100% of the outstanding equity of Bressner Technology GmbH, a limited liability company registered under the laws of Germany and located near Munich, Germany (“Bressner”). Bressner designs and manufactures standard and customized servers, panel PCs, and PCIe accelerator systems. It also operates as a systems integrator with standard and custom all in one hardware systems and components. In addition, Bressner serves as a channel to market for OSS ruggedized datacenter level compute and storage products to the European and Middle Eastern markets.

In 2023 and 2024, the Company increased its focus on the development and sale of edge computing solutions and increased efforts to penetrate the military and defense sectors in particular. A re-profiling of the board of directors and the executive team enabled further emphasis and focus on the pursuit of revenue opportunities with major defense contractors and the military.

Impacts resulting in part from tariffs and the threat of tariffs, ongoing military conflicts in Europe and Middle East, Federal Reserve and European Central Bank interest rate policy, inflation and the risk of inflation, and uncertainty about the timing and substance of U.S. government budgets and policy actions have contributed to economic uncertainty and capital markets volatility in the near term that have and could continue to negatively affect our operations. Weakness in the European and more specifically the German economy negatively affected our Bressner segment in 2024. Economic uncertainty, volatility, and the risk of recessionary conditions in Europe and North America remain elevated.

Tariffs and the threat of tariffs sanctioned by the United States have contributed to uncertainty and supply chain disruptions that could impact our operations. The Company's OSS segment conducts final assembly and test of products at our facility in California. However, we source components and subassemblies from both within and outside of the United States. While we attempt to pass on the cost of tariffs to our customers, our ability to do so is dependent upon the many factors, including the predictability of tariff rates and market conditions for the Company's products. Management is closely monitoring and managing impacts and potential impacts to our business from ongoing trade policy developments.

In recent years, we experienced increased supplier pricing, long lead-times, unavailability or limited supplies of certain products, protracted delivery dates, changes in minimum order quantities to secure products, and/or shortages of certain parts and supplies that are necessary components for the products and services we offer to our customers. While these supply chain pressures have eased in recent quarters, recent geopolitical and trade policy developments and uncertainty have increased the risk of continued or increased impacts to our supply chain in the near-term.

These global issues and concerns regarding general economic uncertainty or recession may impact our business as well as some of our customers, who may experience downturns or uncertainty in their own business operations and revenue. As a result, these customers may need to decrease or delay their technology spending, request pricing concessions or payment extensions, or seek to renegotiate their contracts.

These global issues and events may also have the effect of heightening many risks associated with our customers and supply chain. We may take further actions that alter our operations from time to time, or which we determine are in our best interests. In addition, we may decide to postpone or abandon planned investments in our business in response to changes in our business, which may impact our ability to attract and retain customers and our rate of innovation, either of which could harm our business.

As a result of these global issues, it has been difficult to accurately forecast our revenues or financial results, especially given the near and long-term impacts of the economic and geopolitical issues, inflation, the impact of tariffs, and uncertainty regarding the economic outlook. In addition, while the potential impact and duration of these issues on the economy and our business may be difficult to assess or predict, these world events have resulted in, and may continue to result in, significant disruption of global financial markets, and may reduce our ability to access additional capital, which could negatively affect our liquidity in the future. Our results of operations could be materially below our forecasts as well, which could adversely affect our results of operations, disappoint analysts and investors, or cause our stock price to decline.

Management’s plans with respect to the above are to continue their efforts towards responding to the changing economic landscape and to continue to control costs, conserve cash, and strengthen margins through the introduction of new products and solutions focusing on AI compute capabilities for military and industrial applications.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis of accounting in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of OSS, which include the acquisition of CDI, and its wholly owned subsidiary, OSS GmbH, which also includes the acquisition of Bressner. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.