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Stock-based compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-based compensation
11.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

2015 Stock Plan

In 2015, the Company adopted the Tempus AI, Inc. 2015 Stock Plan (the “2015 Plan”), which has been amended and restated numerous times to increase the aggregate shares authorized to be issued to employees, consultants, and directors of the Company. As of December 31, 2023, there were 28,115,750 shares authorized under the 2015 Plan.

After the IPO, no further grants will be made under the 2015 Plan.

2024 Equity Incentive Plan

In February 2024, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and in April 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”), which became effective in connection with the IPO in June 2024. The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, (“ISOs”) nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units ("RSUs"), restricted stock awards (“RSAs”), performance-based restricted stock awards (“PSUs”) and other awards. The original maximum number of shares of Class A common stock that may be issued under the 2024 Plan was 7,430,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and automatically increases on January 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2025 and continuing through and including January 1, 2034 in an amount equal to either (i) a number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Evergreen Increase”), such that the sum of (x) the remaining number of shares available under the 2024 Plan and (y) the Evergreen Increase is equal to 5% of the total number of shares of common stock (both Class A and Class B) outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year, or (ii) a lesser number of shares determined by the Company’s board of directors prior to the applicable January 1. The maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of ISOs under the 2024 Plan is 22,290,000 shares. As of September 30, 2026, there were 6,128,207 shares of the Company's Class A common stock that may be issued under the 2024 Plan.

Restricted Stock Units

The Company granted 486,930 and 3,103,997 RSUs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Performance Stock Units

The Company granted 106,600 and 281,600 PSUs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. Refer to Note 16 for further detail regarding the PSU grant to a non-employee.

The table below summarizes PSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2026:

 

 

Unvested Performance Stock Units

 

 

Weighted - Average Grant Date
Fair Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

 

2,569,600

 

 

$

53.32

 

Granted

 

 

281,600

 

 

$

50.73

 

Vested and settled

 

 

(831,648

)

 

$

55.76

 

Forfeited

 

 

(90,000

)

 

$

53.32

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2026

 

 

1,929,552

 

 

$

51.89

 

 

50% of the PSUs granted in 2025 (the “CRG PSUs”) are subject to a performance condition, which is based on the Company’s compound revenue growth ("CRG") during three overlapping performance periods (the "Performance Periods")—calendar year 2025 ("First Performance Period"), calendar years 2025 and 2026 ("Second Performance Period"), and calendar years 2025, 2026 and 2027 ("Third Performance Period" and, together with the First Performance Period and the Second Performance Period, the "Performance Periods") and subject to a service condition of a required period of continued employment from the vesting start date. 50% of the PSUs granted in 2025 (the “TSR PSUs”) are subject to a market condition, which is based on a comparison of the Company’s total shareholder return ("TSR") to the return of the Nasdaq Composite Index during each Performance Period and subject to a service condition of a required period of continued employment from the vesting start date.

On February 20, 2026, the Company's board of directors certified the achievement of the performance condition related to the CRG PSUs and the market condition related to the TSR PSUs for the First Performance Period. As of September 30, 2026, the service condition for the TSR and CRG PSUs for the First Performance Period was met.

Stock-based compensation is classified as follows in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Cost of revenues, diagnostics

 

$

3,037

 

 

$

1,631

 

 

$

8,795

 

 

$

4,086

 

Cost of revenues, data and applications

 

 

1,214

 

 

 

894

 

 

 

3,735

 

 

 

2,198

 

Technology research and development

 

 

7,954

 

 

 

5,463

 

 

 

26,101

 

 

 

12,067

 

Research and development

 

 

5,432

 

 

 

3,301

 

 

 

15,284

 

 

 

7,618

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

30,437

 

 

 

22,690

 

 

 

100,986

 

 

 

53,439

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

48,074

 

 

$

33,979

 

 

$

154,901

 

 

$

79,408