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Stock-Based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

6. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense within its condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Research and development expenses

 

$

12,200

 

 

$

7,322

 

 

$

23,631

 

 

$

13,985

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

9,874

 

 

 

7,803

 

 

 

18,823

 

 

 

14,997

 

 

$

22,074

 

 

$

15,125

 

 

$

42,454

 

 

$

28,982

 

Under the 2021 Plan (as defined below), the Company has granted stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), both of which are subject to service-based vesting conditions. In 2025, the Company also granted RSUs with performance-based vesting conditions (“PSUs”) under the 2021 Plan. Stock-based compensation expense for stock awards with performance-based vesting conditions is recognized when the performance-based vesting condition is deemed probable to occur. As of June 30, 2025, the performance-based vesting conditions were deemed not probable to occur, and accordingly, no stock-based compensation expense related to PSUs was recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.

As of June 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost, excluding unrecognized compensation cost related to PSUs, was $196.1 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.5 years. As of June 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost related to PSUs was $11.2 million, which will be recognized when the performance-based vesting conditions are deemed probable to occur.

2021 equity incentive plan

In July 2021, the Company adopted the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, RSUs (including PSUs), unrestricted stock awards, cash-based awards and dividend equivalent rights. Stock awards granted under the 2021 Plan with service-based vesting conditions generally vest over three- or four-year service periods, and stock options expire after ten years. As of June 30, 2025, 8,523,894 shares of Class A common stock remained available for future issuance under the 2021 Plan.

2021 employee stock purchase plan

In July 2021, the Company adopted the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated (the “ESPP”). The ESPP permits eligible employees to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a discount in accordance with the terms of the offering and consists of consecutive, overlapping 12-month offering periods, each consisting of two six-month purchase periods beginning in December and June of each year. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, 7,843 shares were sold under the ESPP. As of June 30, 2025, 2,332,718 shares of Class A common stock remained available for issuance under the ESPP.

Stock options

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity since December 31, 2024:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

Remaining

 

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

Contractual

 

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Exercise

 

 

Term

 

 

Value

 

 

 

of Shares

 

 

Price

 

 

(in years)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

 

7,980,047

 

 

$

28.93

 

 

 

7.45

 

 

$

398,407

 

Granted

 

 

1,219,417

 

 

$

76.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(438,978

)

 

$

22.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled or forfeited

 

 

(43,033

)

 

$

74.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of June 30, 2025

 

 

8,717,453

 

 

$

35.69

 

 

 

7.22

 

 

$

360,933

 

Exercisable as of June 30, 2025

 

 

5,039,215

 

 

$

18.90

 

 

 

6.27

 

 

$

290,154

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was $11.3 million and $12.2 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was $23.1 million and $40.2 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the fair value of the Company’s common stock for those stock options that had exercise prices lower than the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise.

The weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was $47.66 per share and $50.35 per share, respectively. The weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was $50.77 per share and $51.79 per share, respectively.

RSUs

The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU activity since December 31, 2024:

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2024

 

 

716,921

 

 

$

75.13

 

Granted

 

 

591,880

 

 

$

77.21

 

Vested

 

 

(223,656

)

 

$

74.39

 

Forfeited

 

 

(10,053

)

 

$

85.12

 

Outstanding as of June 30, 2025

 

 

1,075,092

 

 

$

76.34

 

 

The RSU activity above includes 145,595 PSUs granted during the six months ended June 30, 2025, of which none have vested. The total fair value of RSUs vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 was $2.1 million and $16.6 million, respectively. No RSUs vested during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.