Serve Robotics Inc 10-Q for FY2024 Q1
Serve Robotics Inc. (SERV)
About this 10-Q
Serve Robotics Inc filed this 10-Q on May 15, 2024, covering the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (FY2024 Q1).
Headline figures
Quarter ended March 31, 2024, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Revenue
- $946.71K
- up 2252.0% from $40.25K a year earlier
- Net loss
- $9.04M
- compared with a net loss of $5.14M a year earlier
- Diluted EPS
- -$0.37
- compared with -$0.77 a year earlier
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SERVE ROBOTICS INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends impacting the financial condition of our business. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “predict,” “potential,” “might,” “forecast,” “continue,” or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions and comparable terminology intended to reference future periods. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
| ● | our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property protection and the scope and duration of such protection; |
| ● | our reliance on third parties, including suppliers, delivery platforms, brand sponsors, software providers and service providers; |
| ● | our ability to operate in public spaces and any errors caused by human supervisors, network connectivity or automation; |
| ● | our robots’ reliance on sophisticated software technology that incorporates third-party components and networks to operate, and our ability to maintain licenses for this software technology; |
| ● | our ability to commercialize our products at a large scale; |
| ● | the competitive industry in which we operate which is subject to rapid technological change; |
| ● | our ability to raise additional capital to develop our technology and scale our operations; |
| ● | developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry; |
| ● | our ability to adequately control the costs associated with our operations; |
| ● | the impact of current and future laws and regulations, especially those related to personal delivery devices; |
| ● | potential cybersecurity risks to our operational systems, infrastructure and integrated software by us or third-party vendors; |
| ● | the development of a market for our common stock; |
| ● | the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern; |
| ● | the Company’s intended use of proceeds from the Offering (as defined below); and |
| ● | other risks and uncertainties, including those listed in this Quarterly Report under the caption “Risk Factors.” |
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.
Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, the forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should not be regarded as representations that the results or conditions described in such statements will occur or that our objectives and plans will be achieved, and we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements.
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PART I
Item 1. Financial Statements
Serve Robotics Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
(unaudited)
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable | ||||||||
| Inventory | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | ||||||||
| Right of use asset | ||||||||
| Deposits | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred revenue | ||||||||
| Note payable, current | ||||||||
| Note payable - related party | ||||||||
| Convertible notes payable, net of debt discount | ||||||||
| Derivative liability | ||||||||
| Right of use liability, current portion | ||||||||
| Lease liability, current portion | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Note payable, net of current portion | ||||||||
| Restricted stock award liability | ||||||||
| Right of use liability | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity (deficit): | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Subscription receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Serve Robotics Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cost of revenues | ||||||||
| Gross profit (loss) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| General and administrative | ||||||||
| Operations | ||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | ||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income (expense), net: | ||||||||
| Interest expense, net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Change in fair value of simple agreements for future equity | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Provision for income taxes | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Serve Robotics Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
(unaudited)
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series Seed | Series Seed-1 | Series Seed-2 | Series Seed-3 | Additional | Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preferred Stock | Preferred Stock | Preferred Stock | Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Paid-in | Subscription | Accumulated | Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Receivable | Deficit | (Deficit) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vested restricted stock purchased with recourse notes | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted stock awards repurchased | - | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at December 31, 2023 | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of warrants | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest on recourse loan | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Serve Robotics Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of simple agreements for future equity | ||||||||
| Interest on recourse loan | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Inventory | ( | ) | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Deferred revenue | ||||||||
| Right of use liabilities, net | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from simple agreement for future equity | ||||||||
| Proceeds from convertible notes payable | ||||||||
| Exercise of warrants | ||||||||
| Repayments of note payable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Repayments of notes payable, related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of lease liability financing | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Vested restricted stock purchased with recourse notes | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs included in accrued liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Serve Robotics Inc.
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Serve Operating Co. (“Serve”) (formerly known as Serve Robotics Inc.) is a corporation formed on January 15, 2021 under the laws of the State of Delaware.
On July 31, 2023, Patricia’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Serve Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed in the State of Delaware on July 10, 2023 (“Acquisition Sub”), merged with and into the Company (as defined below). Pursuant to this transaction (the “Merger”), Serve was the surviving corporation and became Patricia’s wholly owned subsidiary, and all of the outstanding stock of Serve was converted into shares of Patricia’s common stock. All of Serve’s outstanding warrants and options were assumed by Patricia. In addition, on July 31, 2023, the board of directors of Patricia Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation incorporated on November 9, 2020 (“Patricia”) and all of its pre-Merger stockholders approved a restated certificate of incorporation, which was effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 31, 2023, and through which Patricia changed its name to “Serve Robotics Inc.” Following the consummation of the Merger, Serve changed its name to “Serve Operating Co.”
As a result of the Merger, Patricia acquired the business of Serve and will continue the existing business operations of Serve as a public reporting company under the name Serve Robotics Inc. (the “Company”). The Company is developing autonomous robots for last-mile delivery services. The Company is headquartered in Redwood City, California. In accordance with “reverse merger” or “reverse acquisition” accounting treatment, the Company was determined the accounting acquirer. Patricia’s historical financial statements before the Merger have been replaced with the historical financial statements of Serve before the Merger in filings with the SEC since the Merger unless otherwise noted.
Public Offering
On April 17, 2024, the Company entered into an
underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis”) in connection with the
public offering of
2. GOING CONCERN
The Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal
course of business. The Company has sustained net losses of $
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The Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash from operating activities and to raise additional
capital to fund operations. Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations through debt and/or equity financings. Through
the issuance date of the consolidated financial statements, the Company has raised $
3. REVERSE MERGER ACCOUNTING
On July 31, 2023, Acquisition Sub, merged with and into the Company. Pursuant to the Merger, the Company was the surviving corporation and became Patricia’s wholly owned subsidiary, and all of the outstanding stock of Serve was converted into shares of Patricia’s common stock. All of Serve’s outstanding warrants and options were assumed by Patricia. Following the consummation of the Merger, Serve changed its name to “Serve Operating Co.”
The Merger was accounted for as a reverse-merger, and recapitalization in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Serve Robotics Inc. was the acquirer for financial reporting purposes and Patricia was the acquired company. Consequently, the assets and liabilities and the operations that are reflected in the historical financial statements prior to the merger are those of Serve Robotics Inc. and have been recorded at the historical cost basis of Serve Robotics Inc., and the financial statements after completion of the merger include the assets and liabilities of Patricia and Serve Robotics Inc., historical operations of Serve Robotics Inc. and operations of Patricia from the closing date of the merger. Common stock and the corresponding capital amounts of Patricia pre-merger were retroactively restated as capital stock shares reflecting the exchange ratio in the merger. In conjunction with the merger, the Company received no cash and assumed no liabilities from Patricia Acquisition Corp.
As a result of the Merger, each of Serve’s
shares of capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Merger was converted into the right to receive
4. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.
Principles of Consolidation
These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Serve Operating Co. and Serve Robotics Canada Inc. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The unaudited interim financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information, within the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on a basis consistent with the audited financial statements and in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented and of the financial condition as of the date of the interim balance sheet. The financial data and the other information disclosed in these notes to the interim financial statements related to the three-month periods are unaudited. Unaudited interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, the valuations of common stock and options. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. The Company generally maintains balances in various operating accounts at financial institutions that management believes to be of high credit quality, in amounts that may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses related to its cash and cash equivalents and does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were held at one accredited financial institution.
Concentrations
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, one customer accounted
for
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Fair Value Measurements
Certain assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:
| ● | Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data. |
| ● | Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques. |
The carrying values of the Company’s accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.
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See Note 5 for fair value disclosures.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are derived from services delivered to customers and are stated at their net realizable value. The Company accounts for allowance for doubtful accounts under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-10-35. Each month, the Company reviews its receivables on a customer-by-customer basis and evaluates whether an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary based on any known or perceived collection issues. Any balances that are eventually deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company determined there was no allowance for doubtful accounts necessary.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value and accounted for using the specific identification cost method. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, inventory primarily consists of robotic component parts purchased from the Company’s suppliers. Management reviews its inventory for obsolescence and impairment periodically and did not record a reserve for obsolete inventory for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less
accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset,
which is three (
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company continually monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate carrying amounts of long-lived assets may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses the recoverability of long-lived assets by determining whether the carrying value of such assets will be recovered through undiscounted expected future cash flows. If the total of the future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, the Company recognizes an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to sell.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company
complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs. Prior to the completion of an offering, offering costs
are capitalized. The deferred offering costs are charged to additional paid-in capital or as a discount to debt, as applicable, upon the
completion of an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed. As of March 31, 2024, the Company capitalized $
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Convertible Instruments
GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. An exception to this rule is when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional as that term is described under applicable GAAP.
Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:
| ● | Identification of a contract with a customer; | |
| ● | Identification of the performance obligations in the contract; | |
| ● | Determination of the transaction price; | |
| ● | Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and | |
| ● | Recognition of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied. |
Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. As a practical expedient, the Company does not adjust the transaction price for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the period between customer payment and the transfer of goods or services is expected to be one year or less.
The Company recognizes revenue on its software
services over time. The Company utilizes labor hours as a measure of progress to estimate the percentage of completion of the performance
obligation at each reporting period. Service fees that have been invoiced or paid but performance obligations have not been met are recorded
as deferred revenue. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $
For delivery services, the Company satisfies its performance obligation when the delivery is complete, which is the point in time control of the delivered product transfers to the customer. The Company recognizes branding fees over time as performance obligations are completed over the term of the agreement.
Disaggregation of Revenue
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Software Services | $ | $ | ||||||
| Delivery services | ||||||||
| Branding fees | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
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Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of allocations of depreciation on robot assets used for revenue producing activities, personnel time related to revenue activities, and costs related to data, software and similar costs that allow the robots to function as intended and for the Company to communicate with the robots while in service.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses include personnel
costs and public relations expenses. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and included in sales and marketing expenses. Advertising
expenses were approximately $
Operations
Operations expenses primarily consist of costs for field operations personnel.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses for executive management and administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal, and human resources, as well as general corporate expenses and general insurance. General and administrative expenses also include depreciation on property and equipment as well as amortization of right of use assets. These costs are expensed as incurred.
Research and Development Costs
Costs incurred in the research and development of the Company’s products are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs include product design, hardware and software costs.
Leases
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2016 02, Leases (ASC 842). This ASU requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and a lease liability under most operating leases in its balance sheet. The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 using the modified retrospective approach. The Company elected the package of practical expedients available for existing contracts, which allowed the Company to carry forward its historical assessments of lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs. and did not require retrospective medication. The Company also elected a policy to not apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 for short-term leases with a term of 12 months or less.
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease, or includes an embedded lease, at inception for each contract or agreement. A contract is or contains an embedded lease if the contract meets all of the below criteria:
(i) there is an identified asset;
(ii) the Company obtains substantially all of the economic benefits of the asset; and
(iii) the Company has the right to direct the use of the asset.
The Company’s operating lease agreements include office and warehouse space. ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the obligation to make payments arising from the lease or embedded lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate that is based on the estimated rate of interest for a collateralized borrowing of a similar asset, using a similar term as the lease payments at the commencement date. Indirect capital costs are capitalized and included in the ROU assets at commencement.
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The operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities include any lease payments made, including any variable amounts that are based on an index or rate, and exclude lease incentives. Variability that is not due to an index or rate, such as payments made based on hourly rates, are excluded from the lease liability. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease.
Renewal option periods are included within the lease term and the associated payments are recognized in the measurement of the operating ROU asset and operating lease liability when they are at our discretion and considered reasonably certain of being exercised. Over the lease term, the Company uses the effective interest rate method to account for the lease liability as lease payments are made and the ROU asset is amortized in a manner that results in straight-line expense recognition (See Note 11).
Net Loss per Share
Net earnings or loss per share is computed by
dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding shares subject to
redemption or forfeiture. The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per share. Diluted net earnings or loss per share
reflect the actual weighted average of common shares issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially dilutive securities
outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of the diluted net loss per share if their inclusion would
be anti-dilutive. As all potentially dilutive securities are anti-dilutive as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, diluted net loss per share is
the same as basic net loss per share for each period.
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Convertible notes payable | * | - | ||||||
| Series Seed preferred stock (convertible to common stock) | ||||||||
| Series Seed-1 preferred stock (convertible to common stock) | ||||||||
| Series Seed-2 preferred stock (convertible to common stock) | ||||||||
| Series Seed-3 preferred stock (convertible to common stock) | ||||||||
| Common stock warrants | ||||||||
| Preferred stock warrants | ||||||||
| Stock options | ||||||||
| Unvested restricted common stock | ||||||||
| Total potentially dilutive shares | ||||||||
| * | Represents the number of common shares that the convertible notes, including principal and accrued interest, converted into upon the closing of the Offering in April 2024. |
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, the Company will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.
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5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
| Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2024 Using: | ||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
| Liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Derivative liability | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
There were no Level 1, 2or 3 assets or liabilities as of December 31, 2023.
Derivative Liability
In connection with the Company’s convertible notes, the Company recorded a derivative liability (see Note 7). The estimated fair value of the derivative liability is recorded using significant unobservable measures and other fair value inputs and is therefore classified as a Level 3 financial instrument.
The fair
value of the derivative liability is valued using a probability-weighted scenario analysis utilizing the terms of the notes under the
with-or-without method. The Company determined a
| Embedded | ||||
| Derivative | ||||
| Liability | ||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | $ | |||
| Issuance of embedded derivative liability | ||||
| Change in fair value | ||||
| Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | $ | |||
6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Office equipment | $ | $ | ||||||
| Robot assets | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | $ | ||||||
Depreciation expense was $
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7. NOTE PAYABLE
Silicon Valley Bank
As of March 31, 2024
and December 31, 2023, note payable, net of unamortized discount of $
Note Payable – Related Party
In December 2023, the Company issued a senior
secured promissory note to its Chief Executive Officer for which Serve received $
Convertible Note Payable
At various dates in January
2024, the Company issued to certain accredited investors convertible promissory notes of $
The Company evaluated
the terms of the conversion features of the January Notes as noted above in accordance with ASC Topic No. 815 - 40, Derivatives and
Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Stock, and determined they are not indexed to the Company’s common stock and that
the conversion feature, which is akin to a redemption feature, meets the definition of a liability. The January Notes contain an indeterminate
number of shares to settle with conversion options outside of the Company’s control. Therefore, the Company bifurcated the conversion
feature and accounted for it as a separate derivative liability. Upon issuance of the January Notes, the Company recognized a derivative
liability at a fair value of $
As a result of the January
Notes, the Company recognized an aggregate debt discount of $
During the three months
ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred $
Upon the closing of the Offering in April 2024,
the outstanding principal and accrued interest of the January Notes converted into
In connection with the issuance of the January Notes, the Company
granted the placement agent warrants to purchase (the “Convertible Promissory Notes Offering Warrants”) to purchase common
stock equal to
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8. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. Common stockholders are not entitled to receive dividends, unless declared by the Company’s board of directors.
Upon closing of the Merger, there were
In February
2024,
Restricted Stock
During 2022, the
Company issued
During the three months ended March 31, 2024
and 2023, the Company recorded stock-based compensation pertaining to vesting of restricted common stock of $
During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023, the Company repurchased restricted stock awards of
Warrants
| Warrants | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | $ | |||||||
| Granted | ||||||||
| Exercised | ( | ) | ||||||
| Forfeited | ||||||||
| Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | $ | |||||||
| Exercisable as of March 31, 2024 | $ | |||||||
The weighted-average
remaining term of the warrants outstanding was
In
February 2024,
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Magna Warrant
On February 1, 2024, Serve entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Magna New Mobility USA, Inc. (“Magna”), retroactively effective as of January 15, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
In connection with the
strategic partnership with Magna, on February 7, 2024, the Company issued to Magna a warrant (the “Magna Warrant”) to purchase
up to
The Magna Warrant will be exercisable in two equal tranches: (i) the first tranche will become exercisable no later than May 15, 2024, subject to certain conditions; and (ii) the second tranche will become exercisable upon Magna’s achievement of a certain manufacturing milestone as set forth in a production and purchase agreement to be entered into with respect to the contract manufacturing of our autonomous delivery robots by Magna or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Magna Warrant Shares will vest and become exercisable upon any “change of control” (as defined in the Magna Warrant).
| Risk-free interest rate | % | |||
| Expected term (in years) | ||||
| Expected volatility | % | |||
| Expected dividend yield | % |
The Company recognized $
9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
2023 Equity Incentive Plan
The 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”) permits the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and stock bonus awards (all such types of awards, collectively, “stock awards”).
Subject to adjustments as set forth in the 2023
Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2023 Plan will not exceed
Serve Robotics 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
The Company has adopted the Serve Robotics 2021
Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), as amended and restated, which provides for the grant of shares of stock options
and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and restricted common shares to employees, non-employee directors, and non-employee
consultants. The number of shares authorized by the 2021 Plan was
| Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Intrinsic Value | ||||||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | ||||||||||||
| Exercised | ||||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Exercisable as of March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Exercisable and expected to vest at March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
As of March 31, 2024, the weighted average duration
to expiration of outstanding options was
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Stock-based compensation expense for stock options
of $
Classification
Stock-based compensation expense for stock options, restricted common stock (Note 8) and the Magna Warrant (Note 8) was classified in the statements of operations as follows:
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| General and administrative | $ | $ | ||||||
| Operations | ||||||||
| Research and development | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases – Right of Use Asset and Liability
The Company’s operating lease agreements include office and warehouse space. ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the obligation to make payments arising from the lease or embedded lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate that is based on the estimated rate of interest for a collateralized borrowing of a similar asset, using a similar term as the lease payments at the commencement date. Indirect capital costs are capitalized and included in the ROU assets at commencement.
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||||
| Type | Financial Statement Line Item | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Operating lease | General and administrative | $ | $ | |||||||
| Operating lease | Operations | |||||||||
| Operating lease | Research and development | |||||||||
| Total lease costs | $ | $ | ||||||||
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| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Operating cash flows paid for operating leases | $ | $ | ||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations | $ | $ | ||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) | ||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate | % | % | ||||||
Finance Lease – Failed Sales-Leaseback
In
November 2022, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Farnam Capital for its robot assets. As per ASC 842-40-25-1, the transaction
was considered a failed sales-leaseback and therefore the lease was accounted for as a financing agreement. The outstanding liability
at March 31, 2024 was $
Commitments
On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into
a strategic supply agreement with a manufacturer of component parts used for the Company’s robot assets. The agreement originally
called for the Company to make a minimum of $
Contingencies
The Company may be subject to pending legal proceedings and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of business. The results of such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, but the Company does not anticipate that the final outcome, if any, arising out of any such matters will have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 17, 2024, the Company entered into an
underwriting agreement with Aegis Capital Corp. in connection with the Offering. The Company’s net proceeds from the Offering, after
deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, at the
closing of the Offering on April 22, 2024, the Company issued to Aegis a warrant to purchase
Concurrently with the closing of Offering, the
January Notes converted into
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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to those statements included in this Quarterly Report for the period ended March 31, 2024. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risk, uncertainties and assumptions. You should read the “Risk Factors” section of this Quarterly Report for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. Please also see the section entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Overview
We are shaping the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. We design, develop and operate low-emissions robots that serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery. Starting in 2017, our core technology was developed by our co-founders and a majority of our product and engineering team in San Francisco, California as a special project within Postmates Inc., one of the pioneering food delivery startups in the United States. By the end of 2020, the team had developed a fleet of sidewalk robots that had successfully performed over 10,000 commercial deliveries for Postmates in California, augmenting Postmates’ fleet of human couriers. Postmates was acquired by Uber in 2020, and in February of 2021, Uber’s leadership team agreed to contribute the intellectual property developed by the team and assets relating to this project. In return for this contribution and an investment of cash into the Company, Uber acquired a minority equity interest in our business.
Reverse Merger
On July 31, 2023, Patricia Acquisition Corp., Serve Acquisition Corp., a corporation formed in the State of Delaware on July 10, 2023 (“Acquisition Sub”), and Serve entered into a Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Serve, with Serve continuing as the surviving corporation and our wholly owned subsidiary. As a result of the Merger, we acquired the business of Serve and will continue the existing business operations of Serve as a public reporting company under the name Serve Robotics Inc. Concurrently therewith, Serve’s predecessor was renamed Serve Operating Co. The Merger was treated as a recapitalization and reverse acquisition for us for financial reporting purposes and Serve is considered the acquirer for accounting purposes. As a result of the Merger and the change in our business and operations, a discussion of the past financial results of Patricia Acquisition Corp. is not pertinent, and under applicable accounting principles, the historical financial results of Serve, the accounting acquirer, prior to the Merger are considered our historical financial results.
Public Offering
On April 17, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis”) in connection with the public offering of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share (the “Offering”). The Company’s net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $35.7 million. As a result of the Offering, the Company’s common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “SERV”.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, at the closing of the Offering on April 22, 2024, the Company issued to Aegis a warrant to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Representative’s Warrant”). The Representative’s Warrant is exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to $5.00 and is exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, commencing October 14, 2024. The Representative’s Warrant expires on April 17, 2029.
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Convertible Notes
At an initial closing on January 2, 2024 and at subsequent closings on January 12, 2024, January 22, 2024 and January 26, 2024, the Company issued to certain accredited investors convertible promissory notes of $5,014,500, for which the Company received $4,844,625 in net proceeds (the “January Notes”). As a result, the Company incurred fees of $169,875 which was recorded as a debt discount in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The convertible promissory notes bore interest at a rate of 6.00% per year, compounded annually, and were due and payable upon request by each investor on or after the 12-month anniversary of the original issuance date of each note. The January Notes were required to convert to shares of common stock upon a qualified offering (as defined in the January Notes) at the lesser of the price paid per share multiplied by 75% or the quotient resulting from dividing $80,000,000 by the outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis immediately prior to the qualified offering.
Upon closing of the Offering, the January Notes converted into 2,104,562 shares of common stock based upon a conversion price of $2.42 per share. Furthermore, the Company granted 63,479 warrants to purchase common stock to the placement agent of the January Notes at an exercise price of $2.42 per share.
Note Payable - Related Party
In December 2023, the Company issued a senior secured promissory note to its Chief Executive Officer for which Serve received $70,000 in proceeds. The note bore interest at 7.67% per annum. The note was fully repaid on January 3, 2024.
Magna Warrant
On February 1, 2024, Serve entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Magna New Mobility USA, Inc. (“Magna”), retroactively effective as of January 15, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
In connection with the strategic partnership with Magna, on February 7, 2024, the Company issued to Magna a warrant (the “Magna Warrant”) to purchase up to 2,145,000 shares of its common stock (the “Magna Warrant Shares”), subject to at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The warrants were issued pursuant to a production agreement executed in connection with the MSA between the parties in April 2024 whereby Magna will assist the Company in assembly of robotic delivery vehicles.
The Magna Warrant will be exercisable in two equal tranches: (i) the first tranche will become exercisable no later than May 15, 2024, subject to certain conditions; and (ii) the second tranche will became exercisable upon Magna’s achievement of a certain manufacturing milestone as set forth in a production and purchase agreement to be entered into with respect to the contract manufacturing of our autonomous delivery robots by Magna or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Magna Warrant Shares will vest and become exercisable upon any “change of control” (as defined in the Magna Warrant).
The fair value of the Magna Warrant was $8,566,184 as of March 31, 2024 as determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing method.
Outlook And Challenges Facing Our Business
There are a number of industry factors that affect our business which include, among others:
Overall Demand for Last Mile Delivery on Partner Platforms.
Our potential for growth depends significantly on continued demand for last-mile delivery of food and other items on our partner platforms. This demand can fluctuate based on various market cycles, weather and local community health conditions, as well as evolving competitive dynamics. Our largest stream of projected revenue comes from maximizing utilization of our robots to perform deliveries on our partner platforms. Matching algorithms on these platforms as well as the extent of their merchant and end-customer participation in robotic delivery directly impacts the utilization rate of our robots, both of which can be challenging to predict. These uncertainties make demand difficult to forecast for us and our partners.
Customer Concentration.
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, one customer accounted for 90% of the Company’s revenue and accounted for 83% of the Company’s accounts receivable. In the same period in 2023, a different customer accounted for 50% of the Company’s revenue. We currently have a limited number of customers. If either of our significant customers were to breach, cancel or amend our agreements with them, it may have an outsized effect on our revenue, cash on hand and profitability. Our business development team is actively pursuing new delivery and branding customers to diversify our customer base.
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Inflation and Market Considerations; Availability of Materials, Labor & Services.
We consider most on-demand purchases as discretionary spending for consumers, and we are therefore susceptible to changes in discretionary spending patterns and economic slowdowns in the geographic areas in which merchants on our partners’ platforms operate, and in the economy at large. Discretionary consumer spending can be impacted by general economic conditions, unemployment, consumer debt, inflation, rising gasoline prices, interest rates, consumer confidence and other macroeconomic factors. Inflation can lead to increased cost of material and labor for restaurants and merchants who may in turn raise prices on the item they sell, potentially resulting in a reduction in demand for those items. To the extent inflation reduces economic activity and consumer demand for items we deliver, it could negatively impact our financial results. Continued uncertainty in or a worsening of the economy, generally or in a number of our markets, and consumers’ reactions to these trends, could adversely affect our business and cause us to, among other things, reduce the number and frequency of new market openings or cease operations in existing markets. It is important to note, however, that inflation can also serve as a tailwind that would accelerate the adoption of automated robotic last mile delivery as labor becomes more expensive and drives up the cost of delivery by humans.
Intellectual Property.
We rely on patented and non-patented proprietary information relating to product development, manufacturing capabilities and other core competencies of our business. Protection of intellectual property is critical. Therefore, steps such as additional patent applications, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, as well as other security measures, are important. While we believe we have a strong patent portfolio and there is no actual or, to our knowledge, threatened litigation against us for patent-related matters, litigation or threatened litigation is a common method to effectively enforce or protect intellectual property rights. Such action may be initiated by or against us and would require significant management time and expenses.
Supply Chain Constraints.
The global supply shortage of electrical components, including semiconductor chips and other hardware components essential to the manufacturing and maintenance of our robots, continued to impact our supply chain throughout 2024. As a result, we experienced increases in our lead times and costs for certain components to build our robots. We cannot be sure whether global supply chain shortages will impact our future robot build plans. In order to mitigate supply chain risks, we would need to incur higher costs to secure available inventory and place non-cancellable purchase commitments with our suppliers, which could introduce inventory risk if our forecasts and assumptions prove inaccurate. Higher costs of components would impact our cash runway and delays in the manufacturing of our robots would push out our revenue forecasts.
Governmental and Regulatory Conditions.
Our potential for growth depends on continued permission and acceptance by local governments and municipalities where our robots perform deliveries. Changes in regulations such as the imposition of a cap on the number of robots or technical requirements such as robot size and weight restrictions or limitations on autonomy within a certain geographic area could reduce or limit our ability to generate revenues and/or impact our unit economics in those markets.
Future Prospects.
We anticipate that we will continue to experience operating losses in 2024 and 2025 as we seek to implement our long-term strategic plan, using the net proceeds from the Offering to accelerate our development through increased research and development spending, scale our robotic fleet, expanding our sales and business development efforts, and increasing our overall headcount in order to achieve efficiencies through scaled growth. Our goal over the next two years is to scale our operating fleet by a factor of 10 and expand our geographic coverage to new markets beyond our current operating area in Los Angeles. With such an increase, we anticipate proportional increases in capital costs, overhead and operating expenses. Our ability to initially achieve profitability is dependent upon numerous factors, including the development of revenues, general business and economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
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Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
Our revenue currently consists of (1) delivery revenues, (2) revenues from branding and 3) revenues from software services.
Operating Expenses
Cost of revenue consists primarily of allocations of depreciation on robot assets used for revenue producing activities, personnel time related to revenue activities and costs related to data, software and similar costs that allow the robots to function as intended and for the Company to communicate with its robots while in service.
Operations. Operations expenses primarily consist of costs for field operations personnel.
Research and Development. Costs incurred in the research and development of the Company’s products are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs include product design, hardware and software costs.
Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses include personnel costs and public relations expenses. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and included in sales and marketing expenses.
General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related expenses for executive management and administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal and human resources, as well as general corporate expenses and general insurance. General and administrative expenses also include depreciation on property and equipment as well as amortization of right of use assets. These costs are expensed as incurred.
Interest Expense
Interest expense consists of stated rates of interest on financing instruments, fees incurred related to financing instruments or accretion of debt discounts.
Changes in Fair Value of Future Equity Obligations
Changes in the fair value of the simple agreements for future equity (“SAFEs”) relate to updated assumptions and estimates are recognized within the statements of operations.
Other Income, Net
Other income, net of other expenses, consists primarily of income generated from our interest-bearing deposit account.
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Financial Overview
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, we generated revenues of $946,711 and $40,252, respectively, and reported net loss of $9,037,971 and $5,138,122, respectively.
As of March 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $77,372,352.
Results of Operations
Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
The following table summarizes our operating results as reflected in our unaudited statements of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage increase (or decrease) during such periods.
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | Change % | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 946,711 | $ | 40,252 | $ | 906,549 | 2252 | % | ||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 352,438 | 367,261 | (14,823 | ) | -4 | % | ||||||||||
| Gross loss | 594,273 | (327,009 | ) | 921,282 | -282 | % | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 1,008,071 | 1,015,987 | (7,916 | ) | -1 | % | ||||||||||
| Operations | 540,974 | 521,687 | 19,287 | 4 | % | |||||||||||
| Research and development | 6,638,411 | 2,082,949 | 4,551,292 | 219 | % | |||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 118,236 | 279,582 | (161,346 | ) | -58 | % | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 8,305,772 | 3,900,205 | 4,405,517 | 113 | % | |||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (7,711,449 | ) | (4,227,214 | ) | (3,484,235 | ) | 82 | % | ||||||||
| Other income (expense) | (1,326,522 | ) | (910,908 | ) | (415,614 | ) | 46 | % | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (9,037,971 | ) | $ | (5,138,122 | ) | $ | (3,899,849 | ) | 76 | % | |||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 24,556,343 | 6,708,450 | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss per common share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (0.77 | ) | ||||||||||
Revenues increased $0.91 million to $0.95 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 from $0.04 million for the same period in 2023. The increase is due primarily to the $0.85 in revenues generated from the Company’s software services contract with Magna. The Company also recognized additional increases in delivery and branding revenues of $0.10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $0.04 million for the same period in 2023. The Magna services will be completed in Quarter 2 of 2024. Service revenue streams may be inconsistent in the future.
Cost of revenues decreased $0.01 million to $0.35 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared with $0.37 million for the same period in 2023 due primarily from a decrease in depreciation expense offset by incremental costs related to software service.
General and administrative expenses decreased $0.01 million to $1.01 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $1.02 million for the same period in 2023, due primarily to additional public company costs such as audit, legal, SEC filing fees and outside director compensation which were partially offset by a decrease in payroll costs due to a headcount reduction and decreased depreciation as a result of the impairment of the robot asset in 2023.
Operations expenses increased $0.02 million to $0.54 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $0.52 million for the same period in 2023, due primarily to an increase in facility costs such as rent, network and phone.
Research and development expenses, which represent 80% and 53% of our total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively, increased $4.55 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 to $6.63 million, compared to $2.08 million for the same period in 2023. This increase was due primarily to stock compensation attributable to the Magna Warrant for $4.2 million, as well as increased operating expenses for headcount and software as the company executed its technology roadmap.
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $0.16 million to $0.12 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $0.28 million for the same period in 2023. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred a larger amount of advertising costs during their crowdfunding campaign and efforts which did not occur in the same period in 2024.
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Interest expense of $1.33 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was related to the debt from Silicon Valley Bank and the amortization of debt discount pertaining to the January Notes. Interest expense of $0.04 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was related to the amortization of debt discount from the Company’s March 2022 loan agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.
The change in fair value of the simple agreements for future equity (“SAFEs”) was $0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared with $0.87 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease in expense is related to no longer having SAFE agreements.
Key Metrics
We regularly review the following key business metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions:
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
| Key Metrics | ||||||||
| Daily Active Robots | 39 | 23 | ||||||
| Daily Supply Hours | 300 | 152 | ||||||
Daily Active Robots: We define daily active robots as the average number of robots performing daily deliveries during the period. Daily active robots reflect our operation team’s capacity to have active robots in the field performing deliveries and/or generating branding revenues. We closely monitor and strive to increase our daily active robots efficiently as we improve our autonomy and resultant human-to-robot ratios and increase the number of merchants and brand advertisers on our platform.
Daily Supply Hours: We define daily supply hours as the average number of hours our robots are ready to accept offers and perform daily deliveries during the period. Supply hours represent the aggregate number of robot hours per day during which we can utilize our robots for delivery. Supply hours increase as we add active robots and increase the operating window of those robots in a day. We closely monitor and strive to efficiently increase our fleet’s daily supply hours.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash and cash equivalents generated by financing activities are our primary source of liquidity. As of March 31, 2024, we had $0.43 million in cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase, other than those held for sale in the ordinary course of business.
On April 17, 2024, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis”) in connection with the public offering of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share (the “Offering”). The Company’s net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $35.7 million.
We will need additional capital to fund our operations which include our research and development and general and administrative expenses, which we may obtain from additional financings, public offerings, research funding, additional collaborations, contract and grant revenue or other sources.
Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to raise adequate capital to fund operating losses until we can generate liquidity from our business operations. To the extent sufficient financing is not available, we may not be able to, or may be delayed in, developing our offerings and meeting our obligations. We will continue to evaluate our projected expenditures relative to our available cash and evaluate financing alternatives in order to satisfy our working capital and other cash requirements.
Cash Flows
As of March 31, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents were $0.43 million. The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented in millions:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | Change | ||||||||||
| Cash used in operating activities | $ | (4.08 | ) | $ | (3.71 | ) | $ | .36 | ||||
| Cash used in investing activities | $ | (.00 | ) | $ | - | $ | (.00 | ) | ||||
| Cash from financing activities | $ | 4.50 | $ | 1.86 | $ | 2.64 | ) | |||||
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $4.08 million and $3.71 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The increase of $0.36 million was primarily due to changes in working capital.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was minimal for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $4.50 million and $1.86 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. In 2024, the Company received net proceeds of $4.84 million from the January Notes, partially offset by repayments of lease liability for Silicon Valley Bank.
Indebtedness
In March 2022, we entered into a term loan with Silicon Valley Bank for gross proceeds of $2.50 million with a maturity date of March 1, 2025. The loan accrues interest at the greater of 3.25% per annum or prime rate. Principal payments commenced on October 1, 2022, and the loan is repayable in 30 equal installments of principal and accrued interest.
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In June 2022, we entered into an equipment financing lease agreement with Farnam Street commencing November 2022, for the cost of building robots, calling for 24 monthly payments of approximately $0.19 million based on an expected total cost of $4.46 million of robot parts and manufacturing costs. In December 2023, the agreement was modified to require three monthly repayments of approximately $0.03 million each and 12 monthly repayments of approximately $0.19 million each, subject to certain terms and effective in January 2024.
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Estimates
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies from those disclosed in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company Status
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This provision allows an emerging growth company to either early adopt or delay the adoption of some accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to use the extended transition period under the JOBS Act until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
We are also a “smaller reporting company” meaning that the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million and our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company if either (i) the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million or (ii) our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million. If we are a smaller reporting company at the time we cease to be an emerging growth company, we may continue to rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements that are available to smaller reporting companies. Specifically, as a smaller reporting company we may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and, similar to emerging growth companies, smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting company, as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, for this reporting period and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2024, the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as set forth in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms promulgated by the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
As of March 31, 2024, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
As previously disclosed on our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, although management did not conduct a formal assessment of internal control over financial reporting, in connection with the audits of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, management has identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. Prior to the Merger, our size has prevented us from being able to employ sufficient resources to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation of duties. Therefore, management concluded that we did not have a comprehensive and formalized accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures manual which details the information needed for our financial reporting process and that we did not have a robust review process by which management could monitor for potential errors or technical accounting requirements, which resulted in material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023.
We intend to take measures to remediate the aforementioned material weaknesses, including, but not limited to, increasing the capacity of our qualified financial personnel to ensure that accounting policies and procedures are consistent across the organization and that we have adequate control over our Exchange Act reporting disclosures and implementing a formal policies and procedures manual for accounting and financial reporting. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until management designs and implements effective controls that operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are effective. Our management will monitor the effectiveness of our remediation plans and will make changes management determines to be appropriate.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are no pending, threatened or actual material legal proceedings in which the Company or any subsidiary is a party.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
We previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024, important factors which could affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and future operations under the heading Risk Factors. Our business, financial condition and operating results can be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown, including but not limited to those described as risk factors, any one or more of which could, directly or indirectly, cause our actual operating results and financial condition to vary materially from past, or anticipated future, operating results and financial condition. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and the price of our common stock. Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors subsequent to the filing of our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
Our stock price will likely be volatile and an active, liquid and orderly trading market may not develop for our common stock. As a result, you may not be able to resell your shares at or above your purchase price.
An active trading market for our common stock may not develop or, if it develops, may not be sustained. The lack of an active market may impair your ability to sell your shares at the time you wish to sell them or at a price that you consider reasonable, which may reduce the fair market value of your shares. Further, an inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling our common stock and may impair our ability to enter into strategic partnerships or acquire future products or licenses by using our common stock as consideration.
The market price of our common stock following this offering may fluctuate substantially as a result of many factors, some of which are beyond our control. These fluctuations could cause you to lose all or part of the value of your investment in our common stock. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the market price of our common stock include the following:
| ● | performance of third parties on whom we rely to manufacture our products, product components and product candidates, including their ability to comply with regulatory requirements; |
| ● | the success of, and fluctuation in, the sales of our products; |
| ● | our execution of our sales and marketing, manufacturing and other aspects of our business plan; |
| ● | results of operations that vary from those of our competitors and the expectations of securities analysts and investors; |
| ● | changes in expectations as to our future financial performance, including financial estimates by securities analysts and investors; |
| ● | our announcement of significant contracts, acquisitions or capital commitments; |
| ● | announcements by our competitors of competing products or other initiatives; |
| ● | announcements by third parties of significant claims or proceedings against us; |
| ● | regulatory and reimbursement developments in the United States and abroad; |
| ● | future sales of our common stock; |
| ● | additions or departures of key personnel; and |
| ● | general domestic and international economic conditions unrelated to our performance. |
In addition, the stock market in general has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to operating performance of individual companies. These broad market factors may adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted. A securities class action suit against us could result in significant liabilities and, regardless of the outcome, could result in substantial costs and the diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Please refer to Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities contained in our registration statement on Form S-1/A filed on April 12, 2024 for the information required by Item 701 of Regulation S-K, which is incorporated herein by reference, as to all equity securities that we issued during the period covered by this report that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024,
none of our directors or officers informed us of the
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished in accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K. |
| + | Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement. |
| # | Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted portions of this exhibit to the SEC upon its request. |
| § | Certain exhibits or schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| SERVE ROBOTICS INC. | ||
| Dated: May 15, 2024 | By: | /s/ Ali Kashani |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
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Exhibit 10.5
CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED
FROM THE EXHIBIT
BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT
TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. SUCH EXCLUDED
INFORMATION HAS BEEN
MARKED WITH “[***]”.
Amendment No. 1 to Project Plan 2
This Amendment No. 1 to Project Plan 2 (“PP2 Amendment 1”) is entered into between Uber Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1725 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94158 (“Uber”), and Serve Operating Co. (f/k/a Serve Robotics Inc.), a Delaware corporation with a place of business at 730 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063 (“Company”).
WHEREAS, Uber and Company entered into a Master Framework Agreement, effective September 3rd, 2021, as amended on May 26, 2022, January 12, 2023, and September 6, 2023 (the “Agreement”). Uber and Company subsequently entered into Project Plan 2 to the Agreement effective May 26, 2022 (“PP2”). The Parties now desire to amend PP2 as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth in this PP2 Amendment 1, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree to amend PP2 as follows:
| 1. | Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms set forth herein have the same meanings attributed to such terms in the Agreement, including PP2. |
| 2. | New Section XIV(a). The Parties hereby amend PP2 by inserting the following as a new Section XIV(a) within PP2: |
XIV(a) Koreatown [***]. In conjunction with Company’s expansion of its operating area to the Koreatown section of Los Angeles, California (“Koreatown”), [***].
| 3. | This PP2 Amendment 1 is effective as of the date of the final signature hereto. The provisions of this PP2 Amendment 1 survive expiration or termination to the extent set forth in the Agreement. |
| 4. | Except as otherwise provided in this PP2 Amendment 1, all terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect. To the extent this PP2 Amendment 1 conflicts with the Agreement, the terms and conditions of this PP2 Amendment 1 control. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this PP2 Amendment 1 to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.
*Signature page follows*
| UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. | SERVE OPERATING CO. | |||
| By: | /s/ Noah Zych | By: | /s/ Ali Kashani | |
| Name: | Noah Zych | Name: | Ali Kashani | |
| Title: | Global GM, Autonomous Mobility & Delivery | Title: | Co-founder & CEO | |
| Date: | April 25, 2024 | Date: | April 25, 2024 | |
Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Ali Kashani, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Serve Robotics Inc.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15-d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: May 15, 2024 | /s/ Ali Kashani |
| Ali Kashani | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer
Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) as Adopted
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Brian Read, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Serve Robotics Inc.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15-d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
| a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
| b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
| c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
| d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
| a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
| b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| Date: May 15, 2024 | /s/ Brian Read |
| Brian Read | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Serve Robotics Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Ali Kashani, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) of the Company, hereby certify as of the date hereof, solely for purposes of Title 18, Chapter 63, Section 1350 of the United States Code, that to the best of my knowledge:
| 1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and |
| 2. | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated. |
| Date: May 15, 2024 | /s/ Ali Kashani |
| Ali Kashani | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 32.2
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Serve Robotics Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Brian Read, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) of the Company, hereby certify as of the date hereof, solely for purposes of Title 18, Chapter 63, Section 1350 of the United States Code, that to the best of my knowledge:
| 3. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and |
| 4. | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated. |
| Date: May 15, 2024 | /s/ Brian Read |
| Brian Read | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |