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Stock-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
The Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) provides for the Company to grant incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance stock units, and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors, and non-employees of the Company. A total of 21,177,295 shares of common stock were initially authorized under the 2021 Plan, subject to annual evergreen increases of up to 5% of total common shares outstanding as of the end of the prior year. As of December 31, 2025, 19,387,020 shares were available for future grant under the 2021 Plan. Shares, units, and options that are expired, forfeited, canceled, or otherwise terminated without having been fully exercised will be available for future grant under the 2021 Plan. In addition, shares of common stock that are tendered to the Company by a participant to exercise an award are added to the number of shares of common stock available for future grants.
The 2021 Plan is administered by the Board of Directors or, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, by a committee of the Board of Directors. The exercise prices, vesting, and other restrictions are determined at the discretion of the Board of Directors, or its committee if so delegated, except that the exercise price per share of stock options may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant and the term of the stock option may not be greater than ten years. Stock options granted to employees, officers, members of the Board of Directors and non-employees vesting terms are determined on an individual basis on the date of grant. Prior to the closing of the Merger, the Company’s Board of Directors valued the Company’s common stock, taking into consideration its most recently available valuation of common stock performed by third parties as well as additional factors which may have changed since the date of the most recent contemporaneous valuation through the date of grant. After the closing of the Merger, the fair value of each share of common stock underlying stock-based awards is based on the closing price of our common stock as reported by Nasdaq on the date of grant.
Stock Options
The following table presents, on a weighted average basis, the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the grant-date fair value of stock options granted during the year ended December 31, 2024. No option grants were issued during the year ended December 31, 2025.
Year Ended December 31,
2024
Risk-free interest rate4.1 %
Expected term (in years)6.1
Expected volatility90.0 %
Expected dividend yield0.0 %
The following tables summarize the Company’s stock option activity under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (in thousands, except for share and per share data):
Number of
Shares
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Term (in years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024
18,125,937$1.18 
Granted— 
Exercised(9,395,646)0.98 
Forfeited(525,981)3.61 
Expired(20,306)3.63 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025
8,184,004$1.25 4.4$48,364 
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2025
8,184,004$1.25 4.4$48,364 
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2025
7,397,552$1.02 4.1$45,433 
The aggregate intrinsic value of 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 options that had exercise prices lower than the fair value of the Company’s common stock.
The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted was $2.77 during the year ended December 31, 2024. The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options exercised was $48.0 million and $7.3 million during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock units activity under its existing restricted stock unit plan:
Number of
Shares
Grant Date Fair
Value
Nonvested as of December 31, 2024
12,115,657$3.50 
Granted8,272,3973.95 
Vested(5,593,282)3.33 
Forfeited(4,134,609)3.71 
Nonvested as of December 31, 2025
10,660,163$3.85 
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the aggregate grant-date fair value of restricted stock units issued under the 2021 Plan was $32.6 million and $31.8 million, respectively. RSUs generally vest ratably over a three year period subject to the grantee's continued service through the applicable vesting date. During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the total fair value of shares vested was $18.6 million and $19.3 million, respectively.
Market-based Stock Units
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company granted market-based stock units ("MSUs") for which the vesting conditions consist of market-based vesting conditions, determined by the Company's level of achievement of pre-established parameters relating to the performance of the Company's stock price as set by the Board as well as service-
based vesting conditions. Vesting may range from 0% to 200% of the target MSUs granted, based on the achievement of specified market conditions. The awards will be measured at each anniversary of the grant date and will vest following the completion of a performance period, which is generally three years unless shortened in the event of a change in control.
Compensation expense for MSUs is based on the estimated value of the awards on the grant date, and is recognized over the period from the grant date through the expected vest date, regardless of level of achievement of the market conditions. The fair value of the awards were estimated based on a Monte Carlo simulation model applying the following key assumptions, on a weighted average basis:
Year Ended December 31,
2025
Risk-free interest rate3.9%
Expected term (in years)3.0
Expected volatility90.5%
Expected dividend yield0.0%
The following table summarizes the Company's market-based stock units activity since December 31, 2024:
Number of
Shares
Grant Date Fair
Value
Nonvested as of December 31, 2024
— $— 
Granted1,755,370 5.14 
Vested— — 
Forfeited(85,227)4.40 
Nonvested as of December 31, 2025
1,670,143 $5.17 
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In July 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2021 ESPP”), which was subsequently approved by the Company’s stockholders and became effective on July 16, 2021. The 2021 ESPP authorizes the initial issuance of up to 3,435,748 shares of the Company’s common stock to eligible employees of the Company or, as designated by the Company’s Board of Directors, employees of a related company. The 2021 ESPP provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2032, by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31 and (ii) such smaller number of shares as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. As of December 31, 2025, 9,424,370 shares of the Company’s common stock were available for future issuance. The Company’s Board of Directors may from time to time grant or provide for the grant to eligible employees of options to purchase common stock under the 2021 ESPP during a specific offering period. As of December 31, 2025, no offerings have been approved.
Finback Common Stock Warrants
In January 2021, the Company granted equity classified warrants (the "Finback Common Stock Warrants") to purchase 2,552,913 shares of the Company's Class A common stock at an exercise price of $0.42 per share to Finback Evolv OBH, LLC ("Finback"), a consulting group affiliated with one of the Company's stockholders. The Finback Common Stock Warrants vested upon meeting certain sales criteria as defined in a business development agreement (the "Finback BDA"), which has a term of 3 years and an expiration date of January 2031. The Finback BDA expired on January 1, 2023, subject to a 1-year "tail period" expiring on January 1, 2024. During the tail period, the Finback Common Stock Warrants continued to vest related to any sale consummated by the Company for which it was determined Finback provided services prior to January 1, 2023 in furtherance of the sale. The Finback Common Stock Warrants are accounted
for under ASC 718 Compensation – Stock Compensation as the warrants vested upon certain performance conditions being met. The Company utilized a Black-Scholes pricing model to determine the grant-date fair value of the Finback Common Stock Warrants.
As of December 31, 2025, all 1,221,296 of the Finback Common Stock Warrants were exercised. Consequently, there were no remaining Finback Common Stock Warrants that were exercisable or unvested, given the expiration of the 1-year tail period on January 1, 2024. The Company recognized compensation expense for the Finback Common Stock Warrants when the warrants vested based on meeting the specified sales criteria. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, there was no stock-based compensation expense within sales and marketing expense related to the Finback Common Stock Warrants.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation expense was classified in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
20252024
Cost of revenue$1,044$788
Research and development4,7484,520
Sales and marketing5,56810,946
General and administrative9,2118,502
Restructuring costs525
Total stock-based compensation expense$21,096$24,756
Stock-based compensation expense by award type recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss was as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
20252024
Stock options $1,566$3,767
Earn-out shares6411
RSUs16,97220,978
MSUs2,494
Total stock-based compensation expense $21,096$24,756
Total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options and restricted stock units as of December 31, 2025, was $35.7 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.7 years. Total unrecognized compensation expense related to earn-out shares associated with the share-based compensation arrangement as of December 31, 2025, was less than $0.1 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 14 days.