v3.26.1
Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following categories of its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Engineering services

 

$

39,209

 

 

$

4,018

 

General and administrative costs

 

 

15,878

 

 

 

3,808

 

Cost of revenues - services

 

$

266

 

 

$

-

 

Total

 

$

55,353

 

 

$

7,826

 

Schedule of Stock Options Activities

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the AST LLC Incentive Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

Options

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

4,677,777

 

 

$

1.04

 

 

 

3.72

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Exercised

 

 

(161,459

)

 

 

1.28

 

 

 

-

 

Cancelled or forfeited

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

4,516,318

 

 

$

1.03

 

 

 

3.48

 

Options exercisable as of March 31, 2026

 

 

3,760,461

 

 

$

1.15

 

 

 

3.41

 

Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2026

 

 

3,760,461

 

 

$

1.15

 

 

 

3.41

 

 

Schedule of Unvested Option Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2025

 

 

755,857

 

 

$

0.24

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Vested

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Forfeited

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Unvested as of March 31, 2026

 

 

755,857

 

 

$

0.24

 

Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2025

 

 

1,233,054

 

 

$

12.30

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Vested

 

 

(92,503

)

 

 

6.42

 

Forfeited

 

 

(17,750

)

 

 

9.52

 

Unvested as of March 31, 2026

 

 

1,122,801

 

 

$

12.83

 

Employee Stock Option  
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Stock Options Activities

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Options

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

2,214,866

 

 

$

9.20

 

 

 

7.11

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(237,331

)

 

 

9.66

 

 

 

 

Cancelled or forfeited

 

 

(19,923

)

 

 

14.97

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

1,957,612

 

 

$

9.09

 

 

 

6.91

 

Options exercisable as of March 31, 2026

 

 

1,429,096

 

 

$

8.74

 

 

 

6.49

 

Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2026

 

 

1,957,612

 

 

$

9.09

 

 

 

6.91

 

Schedule of Unvested Option Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2025

 

 

689,593

 

 

$

5.02

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Vested

 

 

(141,337

)

 

 

4.24

 

Forfeited

 

 

(19,740

)

 

 

7.83

 

Unvested as of March 31, 2026

 

 

528,516

 

 

$

5.12

 

2024 Incentive Award Plan [Member]  
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit and restricted stock activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2025

 

 

6,873,666

 

 

$

43.16

 

 

Granted

 

 

2,072,293

 

 

 

81.20

 

 

Vested

 

 

(698,548

)

 

 

55.68

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(568,578

)

 

 

64.62

 

 

Unvested as of March 31, 2026

 

 

7,678,833

 

 

$

50.69

 

 

2024 Incentive Award Plan [Member] | Employee Stock Option  
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Stock Options Activities

The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Options

 

 

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

65,250

 

 

$

24.65

 

 

 

9.01

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Exercised

 

 

(6,615

)

 

 

22.51

 

 

 

-

 

Cancelled or forfeited

 

 

(2,750

)

 

 

22.51

 

 

 

-

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

55,885

 

 

$

25.00

 

 

 

8.78

 

Options exercisable as of March 31, 2026

 

 

12,443

 

 

$

25.54

 

 

 

8.80

 

Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2026

 

 

55,885

 

 

$

24.85

 

 

 

8.77

 

Schedule of Unvested Option Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026:

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

 

Unvested as of December 31, 2025

 

 

55,086

 

 

$

14.01

 

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

Vested

 

 

(8,894

)

 

 

26.75

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(2,750

)

 

 

22.51

 

 

Unvested as of March 31, 2026

 

 

43,442

 

 

$

10.86