Exhibit 99.1
authID Inc. Reports Financial and Operating
Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
| ● | Momentum
drives $4 million in signed contract RPO value, a 4,800% increase over 2022 |
| ● | Accelerates
realization of the Company’s original June 2024 signed contracts bARR target of $3 million by 6 months |
Management to Host Conference Call Today
at 5:30 p.m. EDT
DENVER, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- authID
Inc. (Nasdaq: AUID), a leading provider of innovative biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, today reported
financial and operating results for the full year ended December 31, 2023.
Commenting on these results, Rhon Daguro,
authID CEO, said,
“Our efforts in 2023—the strengthening
of our financial foundation, addition of new identity domain sales and engineering talent, and application of a proven sales discipline
to our engagements that generated a robust sales pipeline—have positioned authID for growth in biometric identity verification and
authentication. Our momentum in booking contracts with bARR of $3 million in only six months, and not 12 months as originally planned, attests to the
demand for our fast, accurate and user-friendly solutions that fight rampant authentication fraud attributed to compromised passwords
and devices. Our patented identity life-cycle platform unleashes the speed and power of biometrics to ensure cyber-savvy enterprises “Know
Who’s Behind the Device” for every customer or employee login and transaction, with seamless user convenience, in
a market-leading 700 milliseconds.
“With generative AI predicted to increase
the effectiveness and frequency of relentless phishing schemes, deepfakes and fraud attacks, authID’s multi-layered authentication
platform defends against these attacks with best-in-class deepfake detection and seamless, trusted biometric authentication that together
outperform the competition. Looking ahead, I am confident that authID will reward the trust of our valued investors with continued market
momentum by growing our sales pipeline and realizing our 2024 bARR target of $9 million, a triple target over 2023.”
Financial Results for the 12 Months Ended
December 31, 2023
The following highlights comprise results
from continuing operations, including certain Non-GAAP measures:
| ● | Total
revenue for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 was $0.2 million, compared with total revenue for the twelve months ended December
31, 2022 of $0.5 million. The reduction was primarily attributed to revenue from a legacy authentication product that was discontinued
in April 2022. Verified license revenue was unchanged at $0.2 million for both 2023 and 2022. |
| ● | Operating
expenses for the twelve-month period in 2023 declined by 52% to $10.9 million, compared with $22.8 million for 2022. The reduced expenditure
reflects the Company’s cost-saving measures taken in the first half of 2023, resulting in lower headcount costs and lower third-party
vendor costs. |
| ● | Loss
from continuing operations, for the twelve-month period in 2023 improved to $19.6 million, of which non-cash and one-time severance charges
were $10.9 million. This compared with a net loss of $23.7 million, of which $12.3 million were non-cash and one-time severance charges,
for 2022. |
| ● | Net
loss per share for continuing operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 improved to $3.19, compared with $7.72 per share
for the prior year. |
| ● | Cash
and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2023 were $10.2 million. |
| ● | Adjusted EBITDA loss (Non-GAAP, as defined
below) for Fiscal Year 2023 improved to $8.7 million, compared with $11.4 million, for 2022. |
| ● | For the twelve months ended December 31,
2023, the Company secured gross and net amount of Booked Annual Recurring Revenue (bARR, Non-GAAP, as defined below) of $2.94
million compared to $0.23 million of bARR signed in 2022. |
| ● | The Company’s Remaining Performance
Obligation (“RPO”) as of December 31, 2023 was $4.03 million, representing the contractual commitments of signed
customer contracts, which we anticipate recognizing as revenue over the next 3 years, as they go live. This represents a 4,800% increase compared to the $0.08 million of RPO (Deferred Revenue) of contracts signed
in 2022. |
| ● | The company also bolstered its financial position in 2023 by completing financing
rounds in May and November 2023, securing a combined $17.6 million in gross proceeds and a debt-to-equity conversion
of almost $9 million. These measures, combined with cost-cutting efforts and a July reverse stock split, helped authID regain compliance
with Nasdaq listing rules and provided the capital needed to secure critical identity-domain experts and deliver on product innovation.
The impact of the stock split on capital structure has been retroactively applied to all periods presented herein. |
Refer to Table 1 for reconciliation of net
loss to Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure).
Operational Highlights for 2023 and recent months
Continued Daguro, “Our best of breed
team for sales and execution, steeped in identity knowledge, has continually set and surpassed high sales goals, validated strong market
demand and fit for our biometric identity products. We have delivered significant customer wins for both workforce and consumer use-cases,
across financial services, healthcare, and the digital economy,” said Rhon Daguro, CEO of authID. “We remain committed to
delivering product innovation that stays ahead of fraud trends and amplifies our thought leadership with our customers.”
| ● | Strengthened
its management expertise with the appointment of Rhon Daguro as CEO, the reconstitution of its Corporate Board of Directors,
and the August appointment of Ed Sellitto as CFO. |
| ● | Positioned
for strong growth in biometric identity verification and authentication by adding new identity domain talent with the appointment
of new Sales leaders in July 2023 and additional expertise in sales, customer success and engineering in January 2024. Hiring
proven expertise in sales management and deep identity domain knowledge will be instrumental in strengthening our market position, accelerating
authID’s growth trajectory, and increasing shareholder value. |
| ● | Signed new
customer contracts valued in the aggregate at $3 million in bARR including: |
| ○ | ABM Industries, a Fortune 500 company and one of the world’s
largest providers of facility services and solutions, is deploying authID’s biometric services for shared enterprise devices
for their more than 100,000 employees. In October, ABM was presented with the CSO50 Award for innovation in passwordless biometric
authentication, reflecting independent affirmation of the value of authID’s solutions. |
| ○ | Various financial services companies including an international
digital wallet provider, a multi-national money remittance and lending services company and a digital bank using authID’s biometric
authentication platform to stop identity fraud and account takeover with automated digital customer onboarding and passwordless authentication. |
| ○ | An international recruitment platform and a healthcare
services provider to gain higher identity assurance during the onboarding of trusted candidates and patients. |
| ○ | Leading digital technology companies, including an entertainment
social commerce platform, a mobile application provider committed to advancing responsible firearm ownership, and an online service provider
of verified identities to ensure safe online interactions, partnered with authID to stop fraud and eliminate account takeover. |
| ● | Advanced
our market positioning at the forefront of accuracy and speed with investment in our life-cycle identity platform that fortified
our document-based identity verification, streamlined the document and selfie capture, and delivered easy to use self-service onboarding
workflows for our workforce customers. |
| ● | Selected
for the second straight year as “Best ID Management Platform” in the annual awards program conducted by FinTech
Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products
in the global Fintech market today. |
| ● | Renewed our ISO 27001:2013 Certification for Information Security Management
Systems (ISMS), providing independent validation that authID has met a rigorous framework of security management standards for ensuring
the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its biometric authentication platform. |
Today’s Webcast
The Company will host a webcast today at 5:30
p.m. EDT to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update. A question-and-answer session will follow management’s presentation.
To join the webcast, investors must register
here: authID FY2023 Results Webcast Registration. Please note the webcast will use the Zoom Events platform. Participants are advised
to pre-register with a validated email address OR your existing Zoom account. Registrants will receive a confirmation email and calendar
notice to add the meeting to your calendar.
A replay of the event and a copy of the presentation
will also be available for 90 days via authID’s Investor Relations news and events web page at: https://investors.authid.ai/news-and-events/events-and-presentations
About authID Inc.
authID (Nasdaq: AUID) ensures cyber-savvy
enterprises “Know Who’s Behind the Device” for every customer or employee login and transaction. Through
its easy-to-integrate, patented, biometric identity platform, authID quickly and accurately verifies a user’s identity, eliminating
any assumption of ‘who’ is behind a device and preventing cybercriminals from taking over accounts. authID combines digital
onboarding, FIDO2 login, and biometric authentication and account recovery, with a fast, accurate, user-friendly experience – delivering
identity verification in 700ms. Establishing a biometric root of trust for each user that is bound to their accounts and provisioned
devices, authID stops fraud at onboarding, eliminates password risks and costs, and provides the faster, frictionless, and more
accurate user identity experience demanded by operators of today’s digital ecosystems. For more information, visit authID.ai.
Forward-looking Statements
This Press Release includes “forward-looking
statements.” All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding
the future results of operations, growth and sales, booked Annual Recurring Revenue (bARR), Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), cash flow,
cash position and financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations of both authID Inc.
and its business partners, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions regarding
authID’s present and future business strategies, and the environment in which authID expects to operate in the future, which assumptions
may or may not be fulfilled in practice. Actual results may vary materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements
as a result of a variety of risk factors, including the Company’s ability to attract and retain customers; successful implementation
of the services to be provided under new customer contracts; the Company’s ability to compete effectively; changes in laws, regulations
and practices; changes in domestic and international economic and political conditions, the as yet uncertain impact of the wars in Ukraine
and the Middle East, inflationary pressures, increases in interest rates, and others. See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2023 filed at www.sec.gov and other documents filed with the SEC for other risk factors which investors
should consider. These forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this release and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future
performance. authID expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
contained in this release to reflect any changes in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances
on which any statement is based.
Investor Relations Contact
Ed Sellitto
Chief Financial Officer
investor-relations@authID.ai
Non-GAAP Financial Information
The Company provides certain non-GAAP financial
measures in this statement. These non-GAAP key business indicators, which include Adjusted EBITDA, bARR and ARR should not be considered
replacements for and should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial measures.
Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA,
when viewed with our results under GAAP and the accompanying reconciliations, provides useful information about our period-over-period
results. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of
our fundamental business activities and is also frequently used by securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties in the
evaluation of comparable companies. We also rely on Adjusted EBITDA as a primary measure to review and assess the operating performance
of our company and our management.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP net loss
adjusted to exclude: (1) interest expense, (2) interest income, (3) provision for income taxes, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5)
stock-based compensation expense (stock options) and (6) certain other items management believes affect the comparability of operating
results. Other items included the following:
| ● | Conversion
expense of $7.5 million in 2023 and $0 in 2022 |
| ● | Severance
cost of $0.9 million in 2023 and $0.2 million in 2022 |
| ● | Impairment
loss of $0 in 2023 and $1.1 million in 2022 |
| ● | Loss
on debt extinguishment of $0.4 million in 2023 and $0 in 2022 |
Please see Table 1 below for a reconciliation
of Adjusted EBITDA – continuing operations to net loss – continuing operations, the most directly comparable financial measure
calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.
Table 1
Reconciliation of
Loss from continuing operations to Adjusted EBITDA continuing operations
| | |
For the Year Ended
December 31, | |
| | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| Loss from continuing operations | |
$ | (19,617,969 | ) | |
$ | (23,675,310 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Addback: | |
| | | |
| | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Interest expense | |
| 1,108,458 | | |
| 1,359,954 | |
| Other expense (income) | |
| (98,230 | ) | |
| 37,221 | |
| Conversion expense | |
| 7,476,000 | | |
| - | |
| Loss on debt extinguishment | |
| 380,741 | | |
| - | |
| Severance cost | |
| 855,279 | | |
| 150,000 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | |
| 255,858 | | |
| 749,900 | |
| Non-cash recruiting fees | |
| 438,000 | | |
| - | |
| Impairment losses | |
| - | | |
| 1,101,867 | |
| | |
| | | |
| - | |
| Taxes | |
| 2,864 | | |
| 7,670 | |
| Stock compensation | |
| 487,398 | | |
| 8,870,168 | |
| Adjusted EBITDA continuing operations (Non-GAAP) | |
$ | (8,711,601 | ) | |
$ | (11,398,530 | ) |
Management believes that bARR and ARR, when
viewed with our results under GAAP, provide useful information about the direction of future growth trends of the Company’s revenues.
We also rely on bARR as one of a number of primary measures to review and assess the sales performance of our Company and our management
team in connection with our executive compensation. The Company defines Booked Annual Recurring Revenue or bARR, as the amount of annual
recurring revenue represented by the estimated amounts of annual recurring revenue we believe will be earned under such contracted orders,
looking out eighteen months from the date of signing of each customer contract. The net amount of bARR reflects the deduction of the bARR
of contracts previously included in reported bARR, which were subject to attrition during the quarter. The gross and net amount of bARR
signed in 2023 was $2.9 million, compared to $0.23 million of bARR signed in 2022.
The company defines Annual Recurring Revenue
or ARR, as the amount of recurring revenue derived from sales of our Verified products during the last three months of the relevant period
as determined in accordance with GAAP, multiplied by four. The amount of ARR as of December 31, 2023 was $0.20 million, compared to $0.18
million as of December 31, 2022.
bARR may be distinguished from ARR, as bARR
does not take specifically into account the time to implement any contract for Verified, nor for any ramp in adoption, or seasonality
of usage of the Verified products but is based on the assumption that 18 months after signing these matters will have been generally resolved.
Furthermore, bARR is based on estimates of future revenues under particular contracts, whereas ARR, whilst also forward looking, is based
on historical revenues recognized in accordance with GAAP during the relevant period. bARR and ARR have limitations as analytical tools,
and you should not consider them in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these
limitations are:
| ● | bARR
& ARR should not be considered as predictors of future revenues but only as indicators of the direction in which revenues may be
trending. Actual revenue results in the future as determined in accordance with GAAP may be significantly different to the amounts indicated
as bARR or ARR at any time. |
| ● | bARR
and ARR are to be considered “forward looking statements” and subject to the same risks, as other such statements (see note
on “Forward Looking Statements” below). |
| ● | bARR
& ARR only include revenues from sale of our Verified and Proof products and not other revenues. |
| ● | bARR
& ARR do not include amounts we consider as non-recurring revenues (for example one-off implementation fees). |
AUTHID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| | |
For the Year Ended
December 31, | |
| | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
| Revenues: | |
| | |
| |
| Verified software license | |
$ | 186,171 | | |
$ | 156,646 | |
| Legacy authentication services | |
| 4,118 | | |
| 370,769 | |
| Total revenues, net | |
| 190,289 | | |
| 527,415 | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Operating Expenses: | |
| | | |
| | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| General and administrative | |
| 7,882,194 | | |
| 14,676,938 | |
| Research and development | |
| 2,800,373 | | |
| 6,269,175 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | |
| 255,858 | | |
| 749,900 | |
| Impairment losses | |
| - | | |
| 1,101,867 | |
| Total operating expenses | |
| 10,938,425 | | |
| 22,797,880 | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Loss from continuing operations | |
| (10,748,136 | ) | |
| (22,270,465 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Other (Expense) Income | |
| | | |
| | |
| Interest expense, net | |
| (1,108,458 | ) | |
| (1,359,954 | ) |
| Other income (expense), net | |
| 98,230 | | |
| (37,221 | ) |
| Conversion expense | |
| (7,476,000 | ) | |
| - | |
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | |
| (380,741 | ) | |
| - | |
| Other (expense) income, net | |
| (8,866,969 | ) | |
| (1,397,175 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Loss from continuing operations before income taxes | |
| (19,615,105 | ) | |
| (23,667,640 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Income tax expense | |
| (2,864 | ) | |
| (7,670 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Loss from continuing operations | |
| (19,617,969 | ) | |
| (23,675,310 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Gain (loss) from discontinued operations | |
| 1,524 | | |
| (366,663 | ) |
| Gain (loss) on sale of discontinued operations | |
| 216,069 | | |
| (188,247 | ) |
| Total gain (loss) from discontinued operations | |
| 217,593 | | |
| (554,910 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Net loss | |
$ | (19,400,376 | ) | |
$ | (24,230,220 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted | |
| | | |
| | |
| Continuing operations | |
$ | (3.19 | ) | |
$ | (7.72 | ) |
| Discontinued operations | |
$ | 0.04 | | |
$ | (0.18 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted | |
| 6,153,881 | | |
| 3,065,365 | |
AUTHID INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| | |
December 31, | | |
December 31, | |
| | |
2023 | | |
2022 | |
| ASSETS | |
| | |
| |
| Current Assets: | |
| | |
| |
| Cash | |
$ | 10,177,099 | | |
$ | 3,237,106 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | |
| 91,277 | | |
| 261,809 | |
| Deferred contract costs | |
| 157,300 | | |
| - | |
| Other current assets | |
| 476,004 | | |
| 729,342 | |
| Current assets held for sale | |
| - | | |
| 118,459 | |
| Total current assets | |
| 10,901,680 | | |
| 4,346,716 | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Other Assets | |
| - | | |
| 250,383 | |
| Intangible Assets, net | |
| 327,001 | | |
| 566,259 | |
| Goodwill | |
| 4,183,232 | | |
| 4,183,232 | |
| Non-current assets held for sale | |
| - | | |
| 27,595 | |
| Total assets | |
$ | 15,411,913 | | |
$ | 9,374,185 | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |
| | | |
| | |
| Current Liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | |
$ | 1,408,965 | | |
$ | 1,154,072 | |
| Deferred revenue | |
| 131,628 | | |
| 81,318 | |
| Deferred contract liability | |
| 124,150 | | |
| - | |
| Current liabilities held for sale | |
| - | | |
| 13,759 | |
| Total current liabilities | |
| 1,664,743 | | |
| 1,249,149 | |
| Non-current Liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Convertible debt, net | |
| 224,424 | | |
| 7,841,500 | |
| Deferred Severance | |
| 325,000 | | |
| - | |
| Total liabilities | |
| 2,214,167 | | |
| 9,090,649 | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12) | |
| | | |
| | |
| | |
| | | |
| | |
| Stockholders’ Equity: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 9,450,220 and 3,179,789 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively | |
| 945 | | |
| 318 | |
| Additional paid in capital | |
| 172,714,712 | | |
| 140,257,448 | |
| Accumulated deficit | |
| (159,530,535 | ) | |
| (140,130,159 | ) |
| Accumulated comprehensive income | |
| 12,624 | | |
| 155,929 | |
| Total stockholders’ equity | |
| 13,197,746 | | |
| 283,536 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | |
$ | 15,411,913 | | |
$ | 9,374,185 | |
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