10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

Commission File Number 001-39493

SPIRE GLOBAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware	85-1276957
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8000 Towers Crescent Drive Suite 1100 Vienna, Virginia	22182
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 301-5127

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share	SPIR	New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ NO ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ☐ NO ☒

The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant on June 30, 2022, the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $162,251,000 based on the closing price of the Registrant’s Class A common stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on that date. Shares of common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from the foregoing calculation in that such persons may be deemed affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

As of February 24, 2023, the registrant had outstanding 143,976,942 shares of Class A common stock and 12,058,614 shares of Class B common stock.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. Such Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
	PART I
Item 1.	Business	8
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	16
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	46
Item 2.	Properties	46
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	47
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	47
	PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	48
Item 6.	[Reserved]	48
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	48
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	67
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	106
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	106
Item 9B.	Other Information	108
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	108
	PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	110
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	110
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	110
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	110
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	110
	PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	111
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	113
Signatures		114

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “would,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “seek” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•changes in our growth, strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, and plans;

•our ability to remedy identified material weaknesses;

•the implementation, market acceptance, and success of our business model;

•the ability to develop new offerings, services, solutions and features and bring them to market in a timely manner and make enhancements to our business;

•the quality and effectiveness of and advancements in our technology and our ability to accurately and effectively use data and engage in predictive analytics;

•overall level of customer demand for our products and offerings;

•expectations and timing related to product launches;

•expectations of achieving and maintaining profitability;

•projections of total addressable markets, market opportunity, and market share;

•our ability to acquire data sets, software, equipment, satellite components, and regulatory approvals from third parties;

•our expectations concerning relationships with third parties;

•our ability to acquire or develop products or technologies we believe could complement or expand our platform or to expand our products and offerings internationally;

•our ability to obtain and protect patents, trademarks, licenses and other intellectual property rights;

•our ability to utilize potential net operating loss carryforwards;

•developments and projections relating to our competitors and industries, such as the projected growth in demand for space-based data;

•our ability to acquire new customers and partners or obtain renewals, upgrades, or expansions from our existing customers;

•our ability to compete with existing and new competitors in existing and new markets and offerings;

•our ability to retain or recruit officers, key employees or directors;

•the conversion or planned repayment of our debt obligations;

•our future capital requirements and sources and uses of cash;

•our ability to obtain funding for our operations;

•our business, expansion plans, and opportunities;

•our expectations regarding regulatory approvals and authorizations;

•the expectations regarding the effects of existing and developing laws and regulations, including with respect to regulations around satellites, intellectual property law, and privacy and data protection;

•global and domestic economic conditions, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty and instability, and their impact on demand and pricing for our offerings in affected markets; and

•the impact of global health crises on global capital and financial markets, general economic conditions in the United States, and our business and operations.

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We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We cannot assure you that the results, events, and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

Neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. Moreover, the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relate only to expectations as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

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RISK FACTORS SUMMARY

Our business, financial condition, and operating results may be affected by a number of factors, whether currently known or unknown. Any one or more of such factors could directly or indirectly cause our actual results of operations and financial condition to vary materially from past or anticipated future results of operations and financial condition. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and stock price. We have provided a summary of some of these risks below, with a more detailed explanation of the risks applicable to us in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report:

•Our revenue growth rate and financial performance in recent periods may not be indicative of future performance.

•We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.

•Our results of operations vary and are unpredictable from period to period, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

•Uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of inflationary pressures, currency exchange rate fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, continuing uncertainty surrounding the effects of COVID-19, and rising interest rates cause instability and volatility in the global financial markets and disruptions within our industries that have impacted, and could continue to negatively impact our business, our financial results, and our stock price.

•Satellites use highly complex technology and operate in the harsh environment of space and therefore are subject to significant operational risks, including exposure to space debris and other spacecraft, while in orbit.

•We rely on a limited number of government customers to provide a substantial portion of our revenue, and our contracts with government entities are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.

•Our satellites and platform could fail to perform or perform at reduced levels of service because of technological malfunctions, satellite failures or deficiencies, or other performance failures, which would seriously harm our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•Satellites are subject to construction and launch delays, launch failures, and damage or destruction during launch, the occurrence of which can materially and adversely affect our operations.

•Rapid and significant technological changes in the satellite industry or the introduction of a new service solution to the market that reduces or eliminates our service performance advantage may harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•We may fail to cost-effectively acquire new customers or obtain renewals, upgrades, or expansions from our existing customers, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•The markets for our offerings are evolving, and our future success depends on the growth of these markets and our ability to adapt, keep pace, and respond effectively to evolving markets.

•We rely on third parties for our supply of certain of our data, equipment, satellite components software, and operational services to manage and operate our business, and any failure or interruption with these third parties could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•We manufacture our satellites in-house at a single manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. Any impairment to our manufacturing facility could cause us to incur additional costs and delays in the production and launch of our satellites which would materially affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•We are dependent on third parties to launch our satellites into space, and any launch delay, malfunction, or failure could have a material adverse impact to our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•We incorporate technology and terrestrial data sets from third parties into our platform, and our inability to maintain rights and access to such technology and data sets would harm our business and results of operations.

•Any actual or perceived security or privacy breach could interrupt our operations, harm our reputation and brand, result in financial exposure, and lead to loss of user confidence in us or decreased use of our platform, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•The rapidly evolving framework of privacy, data protection, data transfers, or other laws or regulations worldwide may increase our costs of compliance, subject us to claims and penalties, and limit the use and adoption of our services, any of which could adversely affect our business.

•We rely on Amazon Web Services ("AWS") to deliver our platform to our customers, and any disruption of, or interference with, our use of AWS could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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•Our business is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations, many of which are evolving, and failure to comply with such laws and regulations could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•Our ability to obtain or maintain licensing authorization for our platform is subject to government rules and processes which can cause delays or failures in obtaining authorizations requested. Further, regulators may adopt new rules and regulations which could impose new requirements impacting our business, financial condition, and results of operations. If we do not maintain regulatory authorizations for our existing satellites, associated ground facilities and terminals, and services we provide, or obtain authorizations for our future satellites, associated ground facilities and terminals, and services we provide, we may not be able to operate our existing satellites or expand our operations.

•We are subject to domestic and international governmental export and import controls that would impair our ability to compete in international markets or subject us to liability if we are not in compliance with applicable laws or if we do not secure or maintain the required export authorizations.

•We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate these material weaknesses, or if we identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures, it may result in material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

•We have substantial indebtedness under our credit facility and our obligations thereunder may limit our operational flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition.

•The dual class structure of our common stock, as well as the husband and wife relationship of two of the Legacy Spire Founders, has the effect of concentrating voting power with the Legacy Spire Founders, which will limit an investor’s ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

On August 16, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (formerly known as Spire Global, Inc.) (“Legacy Spire”) closed its Merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc. (“NavSight”), a special purpose acquisition company, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and among Spire, NavSight, NavSight Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (“NavSight Merger Sub”), and Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Jeroen Cappaert, and Joel Spark. As a result, NavSight Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Spire, the separate corporate existence of NavSight Merger Sub ceased, and Legacy Spire continued as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (the “Merger,” such consummation, the “Closing”). NavSight then changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiary, “New Spire” or “Spire”) and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. Prior to the Merger, NavSight’s shares and warrants were traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbols “NSH” and “NSH.WS”, respectively. On the Closing Date, Spire’s Class A common stock and warrants began trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbols “SPIR” and “SPIR.WS”, respectively.

Legacy Spire was incorporated in 2012 as a Delaware corporation under the name NanoSatisfi, Inc., which was changed to Spire Global, Inc. in 2015. NavSight Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in May 2020 as a Delaware corporation and a special purpose acquisition company and, on September 9, 2020, completed its initial public offering.

Our principal executive office is located at 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1100, Vienna, Virginia 22182, and our telephone number is (202) 301-5127.

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, Spire Global, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries) is referred to as “Spire,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”

Overview

We are a global provider of space-based data, analytics and Space Services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point—space—so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy and speed. We own and operate one of the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellations in low earth orbit. Our multi-receiver satellites obtain Automatic Identification Systems ("AIS") data from vessels, Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (“ADS–B”) data from aircraft and radio occultation (“RO”) data utilizing Global Navigation Satellite Systems (“GNSS”) satellites. Our fully deployed constellation consists of more than 100 satellites, and we believe it is also one of the world’s largest “listening” constellations, observing the earth utilizing radio frequency sensors. We enrich this hard-to-acquire, valuable data with analytics and predictive solutions, providing data as a subscription to organizations around the world so that they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage and mitigate risk.

 

In December 2022, our constellation covered the earth more than 200 times per day on average and our global ground station network performed thousands of contacts each day on average, reliably and resiliently collecting data with low latency. Our cloud-based data infrastructure in aggregate processes three terabytes of data each day on average, in creating our proprietary data analytics solutions. We provide customers these solutions through an application programming interface (“API”) infrastructure. The global proprietary data that we collect includes data that can only be captured from space with no terrestrial alternatives. We collect this data once and can then sell it an unlimited number of times across a broad and growing set of industries, including weather, aviation and maritime, with global coverage, real-time and near real-time data that can be easily integrated into our customers’ operations. Our Space Services offering enables our customers, both commercial and government organizations, to go from idea to orbit simply, reliably, quickly and cost efficiently. We launch software, payloads and dedicated satellite constellations for our customers that we own and manage on their behalf. Just like our proprietary data and analytic solutions, our customers subscribe to the data that is collected through an API.

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From our founding in 2012, we have set out to leverage data from space to solve problems on Earth. We aim to help inspire, lead, and innovate the business of space-based data. Today, our proprietary data and solutions are being used to help commercial and government organizations gain the advantage that they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, like climate change and global security. We have experienced rapid growth in recent periods. In November 2021, we acquired exactEarth Ltd. ("exactEarth"), a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions in Canada.

Our Data Solution Offerings

Our proprietary constellation of low Earth multi-use receiver (“LEMUR”) satellites collects and transmits data to our proprietary global ground station network. The data is then autonomously moved from ground stations to proprietary data warehouses for cleansing, standardization, fusion and analysis. Via the SpireSight API, our customers receive proprietary data, analysis, and predictive solutions delivered seamlessly in real and near real-time.

We collect data from space once and can sell it an unlimited number of times without added cost. The four forms of data we sell to customers are:

•Clean data: Clean and structured data directly from our proprietary satellites;

•Smart data: Clean data fused with third-party datasets and proprietary analysis to enhance value and provide insights;

•Predictive data: Big data, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and machine learning (“ML”) algorithms applied to fused data sets to create predictive analytics and insights; and

•Solutions: Data-driven actionable recommendations to solve specific business problems, utilizing the full spectrum of our data analytics suite.

 

Key elements of our data platform include:

•All-in-one: Our data platform provides a unified view of robust, deep data sets that are accessed from multiple data sources, globally.

Through this single view, users are able to gain better insight and make informed decisions;

•SaaS platform: Our cloud-based platform allows users to ingest massive amounts of data from real-time to near real-time; and

•Cloud-based data analytics: We have developed data processing and analytics systems which are used to process the data produced by its sensors, combine it with third-party data, and provide predictive analytics solutions for our customers.

We monetize our proprietary solutions across a broad and growing range of current and target industries including agriculture, logistics, financial services, insurance, aerospace, energy, fishing, academia and real estate, among others. The largest industries we currently serve include maritime, aviation and government (civil and defense).

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Maritime

We provide current and historical data, insights and predictive analytics for highly accurate ship monitoring, real-time and near real-time vessel updates, port operations, ship safety and route optimization. We leverage the International Maritime Organization AIS standard, which is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships to provide geographic location data through historical or live satellite AIS (“S-AIS”) data as observed by our satellites and terrestrial AIS (“T-AIS”) data. Dynamic AIS™ (D-AIS™) provides greater vessel tracking data in high traffic zones. Our AIS-based maritime solutions increase global maritime domain awareness, facilitate coastline policing, the protection of offshore assets, and provide greater ocean coverage. Key applications include:

•Tracking vessels globally: Precise vessel tracking using AIS data helps owners and operators know where vessels are located. Customers can run queries by Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI), vessel name, call signs, AIS class type and more.

•Supply chain and port operations: Expected time of arrival and vessel tracking data enables shippers, third-party logistic companies and ports to optimize routes, minimize delays and time at port, plan berths and orchestrate last mile delivery.

•Optimizing fuel efficiencies: Smart route planning, identification of busy shipping lanes, weather forecasts and port selection enable customers to effectively manage fuel costs.

•Monitoring illegal activities and compliances: Real-time and dark vessel detection solutions help facilitate organizations to secure fishing territories, protect underwater infrastructure and analyze maritime incidents.

•Analyzing commodity trading: Fuel, grain, building materials and precious metals are all traded by sea. Our customers track the shipment of commodities by ship type and port calls to identify patterns and analyze global commodity flows.

In November 2021, we acquired (the “Acquisition”) exactEarth, a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions that was mainly based out of Canada.

Aviation

We provide global satellite-based aircraft tracking data to power applications, drive decision making and improve cost efficiencies. We utilize International Civil Aviation Organization-backed ADS-B aircraft tracking data to provide a near real-time precision and situational awareness. Using ADS-B, customers can track the overall operational status of aviation assets and relevant weather conditions along a given aircraft’s flight path or in particular areas of interest around the world. Our versatile datasets include historical and near real-time aircraft position and status, aircraft type and airline data, and flight and airport information, delivered via our near real-time and historical data APIs. Our satellites capture global aircraft movements from space using ADS-B signals, even when the aircraft is flying over oceans, deserts, mountains and regions without available ground-based tracking.

•Flight tracking: We generate near real-time information on the movements of all ADS-B equipped aircrafts across continents and oceans for a long suite of regulatory and operations applications;

•Estimated time of arrival/on-time performance: Our versatile, near real-time aviation ADS-B data streams provide insight into both historical on-time performance and real-time estimated time of arrivals, which can benefit airline and airport operations;

•Air cargo and freight analytics: Tracking all cargo aircraft in near real-time can be leveraged for analysis of supply of air cargo capacity which aids in optimizing pricing and distribution;

•Analytics and market intelligence: Companies integrate live and historical flight and weather data into innovative solutions for their customers and internal teams, driving more favorable outcomes through deeper insights; and

•Predictive maintenance and aircraft management: By tracking aircraft usage and flight patterns, our data aids in the analysis allowing for less aircraft downtime and fewer schedule disruptions.

Weather

We provide space-based data, AI-powered insights and predictive weather analytics to empower the world to optimize costs, increase safety, boost decarbonization and make optimal business decisions. By utilizing radio occultation technology (“RO”), we are able to offer improved global weather observation capabilities, capturing detailed temperature, humidity, and pressure information across the entire planet. Our extensive low-orbit satellite constellation collects near real-time data from every layer of the atmosphere, even at traditionally difficult high altitudes, polar areas, and

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remote oceanic regions. This data is used to power Spire's Global Weather forecast system, and to enable enhanced accuracy across the planet, especially improving the quality in areas that are traditionally under-observed.

These tools provide immense value to governments, commercial companies, and individuals across the world, including the following sample of applications:

•Weather forecasting: Taking exact measurements around the world helps improve forecasts since weather systems connect globally and can provide emergency management professionals and search and rescue teams with highly detailed forecasting across their operational regions;

•Asset protection: Our data can help facilitate the risk mitigation of physical assets like power lines from storm damage;

•Crop yields: Customers can use our solutions to help to optimize crop yields with optimal farm operations;

•Reducing losses and insurance: Provision of data can decrease losses related to inclement weather and provide enhanced customer experiences in insurance; and

•Minimize supply chain disruptions: Reduce risks to cargo, ship and crew safety, optimize fuel consumption and manage operational costs with highly accurate weather forecasts for maritime, aviation and ground operations.

Space Services

We leverage our at-scale ground and cloud infrastructure, our proven, low-risk development lifecycle and proprietary infrastructure to provide our Space Services solution, which takes full advantage of our space heritage, vertically integrated capabilities and global ground station infrastructure to revolutionize how customers access space. Akin to cloud-based services like Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, we provide customers fast, scalable and reliable access to space data at a fraction of the cost and time it historically took by leveraging the same operational infrastructure we use for our own data and analytics solutions across maritime, aviation and weather. In doing so, customers are able to convert high capital expenditures typically recognized at the outset into affordable and recurring operating expenditures through a flexible subscription-based pricing model. Our consistent launch schedule and end-to-end LEMUR design and manufacturing process allow customer sensors to go from design to launch in a matter of months, as opposed to three to five years–common under legacy satellite development. Our Space Services offering allows us to quickly and efficiently put a satellite into service for our customers while they focus on what they do best.

Our customers can deploy their own applications and sensors into space quickly and efficiently with our diverse offerings:

•Software in Space: Deploy customer software to existing satellites, using Software Defined Radios (SDR) in space without the need to launch a dedicated spacecraft.

•Payload in Space: Host customer payloads on trusted, fully-integrated space, ground and web platform.

•Solutions in Space: Customers partner with Spire to build a custom end-to-end solution from payload development to mission operations.

•Operation in Space: Customers can access Spire’s ground infrastructure and API’s to operate their existing or future satellites.

Our Technology Platform

Our Constellation

We operate a large constellation of LEMUR nanosatellites along with a global network of ground stations. By operating our own satellites and ground stations, we are able to quickly and efficiently collect large volumes of data and make them available to our customers.

Key elements of our constellation include:

•Proprietary Satellite Space Platform: We have developed a configurable nanosatellite platform called LEMUR, which is used to deploy data-generating sensors into space and provide all necessary resources for them to be operated efficiently, including power, pointing, data communications and onboard processing. As of December 31, 2022, the LEMUR platform has accumulated over 500 years of space flight heritage, with more than 150 satellites deployed in over 30 unique configurations. LEMUR is compatible with a significant number of available launch vehicles, having completed more than 30 launch campaigns on ten unique vehicles.

•Software-defined radio frequency sensors: We have developed a number of software-defined-radio based sensors, including AIS receivers, ADS-B receivers, and GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) receivers. These sensors are used to produce the proprietary datasets used in our data and analytics solutions.

•Ground station network: We have deployed and operate a network of approximately 30 ground stations distributed around the globe. These ground stations allow seamless communications between LEMUR nanosatellite platforms (and their hosted sensors) and our cloud-based operations and data processing system.

•Automated operations system: We have developed a cloud-based automated operations system, which allows us and users of our Space Services solution to operate sensors hosted on the LEMUR nanosatellite platform seamlessly through a web-based API. The operations system includes proprietary optimization algorithms which allow coordinated operations of multiple satellites, enabling us and our Space Services users to scale operations of constellations efficiently.

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Industry Background

We believe technological advancements and the rapid pace of innovation continue to drive the commercialization of spaced-based data, analytics, and insights, making them more relevant to businesses, governments and to the public at large. Furthermore, we believe that the demand for data that can be collected from space is growing rapidly, while the cost of access to space is falling. Key trends in the new space economy include the growth in the number of constellations and the availability of space-based data, the shift in user demand from data toward analytics and insights, climate change adaptation, global security concerns, and advancements in on-board technologies.

Growth in the number of constellations and the availability of data

One of the biggest drivers of growth in our industry has been the growth in the number of satellites orbiting the earth and the increasing amounts of data being made available by them. Satellites continue to evolve into smaller forms, as small as a breadbox with significant capabilities. These smaller satellites are less expensive to build and easier to launch than legacy satellites. These small satellite constellations are disrupting the space industry due to their rapid pace of innovation (aligned with a 10-fold improvement in capability per kilogram every five years), deployment cycles and lower cost to deploy in orbit.

Demand for data analytics

Users are increasingly demanding not only data, but also analytics and insights. Advancements in technologies such as big data and cloud-based processing allow for massive amounts of data to be not only stored, but also analyzed in real-time, providing users with faster, more meaningful data, analytics and insights. AI, ML and the application of specified algorithms continue to improve insights and predictive analytics.

Climate change response

The world is seeing a higher number of weather related events that are causing significant damage and cost. The pace has only quickened in recent years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and EM-DAT, the international disaster database, between 1980 and 1990 the world saw three mega disasters, each causing over $20 billion in damage. In the 10 years from 2010 to 2020 that number increased nearly five times to 14. Yet in 2022, in a single year, the world saw three mega disasters causing over $156 billion in damages. In addition, there were 42 weather disasters in 2022 that caused over one-billion dollars in damages each. The response to the world’s problem of global warming and climate change over the past several decades has been largely focused on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More recently, there has been a growing realization that the world lacks sufficient tools to anticipate and respond effectively to extreme weather events and climate change, and that more of our efforts and investment should be focused on how we can best protect vulnerable populations, infrastructure, land and the impact to the global economy. We believe that more accurate weather data, prediction technologies and analytics will play an increasingly important role in helping to devise strategies to maintain water quality and availability, modify land use, protect and preserve coastal land and development, manage stormwater logistics, mitigate the spread of wildfires, repair and retrofit vulnerable facilities and maximize the use of green infrastructure.

Global security response

The events of February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, brought to the world’s attention the importance of global security. In dynamic times, truth and transparency have never been more important. Spire has approximately 40 geolocation-capable satellites in-orbit that can detect jamming, spoofing, or the locations of objects such as sanctioned vessels or aircraft, through the use of radio frequency. Our satellites work day and night, in good weather or bad, and observe the entirety of the earth’s surface area, 200 times a day on average, providing valuable insights in a rapidly changing environment. Given the investments and technological advancements the private sector has made over the last several years, there is a growing recognition of the necessity of public/private partnerships to tackle complex, global challenges. Governmental agencies have noted that the relationship with the commercial satellite sector is vital. A diversified architecture encompassing both governmental and commercial satellites, in varying constellation sizes and orbits, provides resilience to the space-based ecosystem. With over 100 satellites in space, Spire is a meaningful member of that ecosystem.

Advancements in on-board technologies

Rapid innovation in space technology infrastructure, including communication devices and sensors, has improved data download times and spatial resolution and measurement accuracies, allowing for better space-based data, analytics and insights to be delivered faster.

Before space-based data, legacy solutions were often burdened with substantial shortcomings in terms of coverage and safety. For instance, before the advent of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (“ADS-B”), aviation stakeholders were blind to the vast majority of global aerospace activity, as terrestrial-based solutions were unable to track aircraft over oceans. This occasionally resulted in tragedies like that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared in March 2014 while flying a routine route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. As of December 2022, our sensors covered the entirety of the globe over 200 times per day on average, including remote areas where terrestrial AIS, ADS-B and atmospheric weather information are out of reach.

Our constellation already has radio frequency links (RF links) in-orbit and we have begun testing optical intersatellite links (“optical ISLs”). An effective rollout of this technology throughout our constellation will create a mesh network in a similar way to how personal computers were linked with one another through the internet. We believe optical ISLs will enable us to deliver more data faster and in an even more secure way to our customers.

Lastly, the computing power on-board satellites in-orbit continues to improve. Spire launched its first supercomputer in-orbit with a teraflop of data processing capability in October 2020 and has iterated on the technology since to meet the needs of Space Services customers and enhance the data solutions delivered to customers.

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Sales and Marketing

Sales

We operate primarily a direct sales organization dispersed geographically to align with our existing customers along with reaching potential new customers worldwide. Our sales professionals are responsible for acquiring new customers along with managing and expanding business with our existing customers. The efforts are focused on sourcing and developing new customer relationships, maintaining customer relationships, increasing solution penetration, driving sales of additional solutions and furthering contract renewals. Our customer success and sales engineer teams, along with our sales team, manage our relationships with our customers.

Once a solution sale is made, our sales team leverages our land-and-expand model to generate incremental revenue through increased levels of adoption of our data by our customers. To drive such expansion in our existing customers, our sales team works closely with our sales engineers and marketing teams to foster customer success. Often, we find that initial customer success with our data results in key internal decision-makers upgrading their subscription packages, adding additional data sets, increasing the data coverage, adding additional solutions, or expanding their implementation throughout their organization and to new use cases.

Marketing

Our marketing team focuses on attracting, acquiring and retaining customers through outbound demand campaigns, building our brand reputation, increasing the awareness of our space-based data, predictive analytics and Space Services and the showcasing of customer successes. Our outbound demand campaigns include paid search, email, web and in-person customer events. Some of these targeted marketing efforts are focused on driving potential customers in search of solutions to our website. Supporting our sales professionals, our marketing team also develops messaging, solution positioning, thought leadership and other tools to help communicate the business value of our solutions. Our team also collaborates with our industry peers, suppliers, partners and customers when appropriate to celebrate successes and promote advancements within the new space economy.

Research and Development

Our research and development team consists of spacecraft engineering, software engineering, data science, meteorology, manufacturing, product engineering, external experts and management and is responsible for the design, architecture, creation and quality of our space platform and data solutions. We invest substantial resources in research and development to enhance our product portfolio and services. We believe the enhancement of our solutions and the timely development of new services and features is essential to maintaining our competitive position, and we incorporate suggestions and feedback from our customers into our services. Our research and development teams work closely with operations to monitor and maintain the high availability of all our services. Additionally, the research and development team works closely with our sales team to collect market and customer feedback to enhance our portfolio. Our research and development organization is distributed across the United States, Canada, Luxembourg, Scotland and Singapore, each of which we believe is a strategic advantage for us, allowing us to develop capabilities more efficiently.

Competition

The maritime, aviation and weather data industries are fragmented and highly competitive and characterized by rapid changes in technology, customer requirements and industry standards and frequent introductions of improvements to existing offerings. Our primary competitors in these industries include companies that specialize in one or more services similar to those offered by us on a local or regional basis. We also compete with global, national, regional and local firms and government entities specializing in our industries. Some of our primary competitors include, in our maritime data vertical, Orbcomm Inc., in our aviation data vertical, Aireon LLC, and in our weather data vertical, GeoOptics, Inc. with respect to our radio occultation data services. Some of our primary competitors also include analytics companies such as AccuWeather, Inc., Weathernews Inc., MeteoGroup (acquired by DTN, LLC), Tomorrow.ai, Climavision and The Weather Company with respect to predictive analytics. We compete with companies such as AAC Clyde Space, GomSpace A/S, NanoAvionics LLC, ISISSpace and Open Cosmos Ltd. in our Space Services channel.

The principal competitive factors for companies in our verticals are:

•Data: global coverage, temporal and spatial resolution, accuracy, uniqueness, relevance and latency of data and analytics;

•Platform: speed, scale, reliability and relevance of API/user interface, ease of deployment and use, ability to ingest and manage a broad variety and large volume of data, ongoing innovation of services and customer support;

•Integration: quality of training and consulting;

•Cost: flexible packaging and total cost of ownership; and

•Business Strength: long-term business viability, customer satisfaction, brand awareness and reputation.

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We believe that we compare favorably with our competitors on the basis of the factors listed above. The industries in which we compete are dynamic and require constant change and innovation, and we plan to continue to evolve our technology to provide our customers with comprehensive data and analytics that protect our environment and our communities, transform global logistics and contribute to economic stability. Our innovation and focused execution have allowed us to quickly extend our network and our reach and we plan to continue our efforts to expand within our existing industries and enter new industries and geographies in the future. However, we could face significant risks to our business, financial condition and results of operations as a result of competition. For additional information, see the section titled “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Industry and Business—We face intense competition and could face pricing pressure from, and lose market share to, our competitors, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.”

In addition to the “listening” (radio frequency) satellite market, there is a “looking” (imagery) satellite market and a “talking” (communications) satellite market shown in the image in Part I, Item 1. Business under the “Overview” section. We do not compete in the “looking” or “talking” satellite markets, nor do we see any significant competition across the “looking,” “talking,” or “listening” satellite markets.

Intellectual Property

Our success depends in part upon our ability to safeguard our core technology and other intellectual property protection for our technology, inventions, improvements, proprietary rights, and other assets. We seek to accomplish that objective by establishing intellectual property rights in and protecting those assets through a combination of patents, patent applications, registered and unregistered trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, license agreements, confidentiality procedures, non-disclosure agreements with third parties, and other contractual measures. We also license data and software from third parties for integration into our business, including open-source software and other software available on commercially reasonable terms.

Additionally, we rely upon unpatented trade secrets and confidential know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect our proprietary information, in part, by entering into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, vendors and customers, and generally limiting access to and distribution of our proprietary information. However, we cannot assure you that the steps taken by us will prevent misappropriation of our technology. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our offerings or obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary. Policing unauthorized use of our technology is difficult and time consuming. Third parties may independently develop the same or similar proprietary information or may otherwise gain access to our proprietary information. The laws, procedures and restrictions on which we rely may provide only limited protection, and any of our intellectual property rights may be challenged, invalidated, circumvented, infringed or misappropriated. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, and many foreign countries do not enforce these laws as diligently as government agencies and private parties in the United States.

Our industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent claims and related litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. From time to time, third parties may assert claims of infringement, misappropriation, and other violations of intellectual property against us or our customers, with whom our agreements may obligate us to indemnify against these claims.

Employees and Human Capital Resources

Our human capital resources objectives include, as applicable, identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing and integrating our existing and new employees. In addition to competitive base salaries and cash compensation, the principal purposes of our equity incentive plans are to attract, retain, and reward personnel through the granting of stock-based compensation awards, in order to increase stockholder value and the success of our company by motivating such individuals to perform to the best of their abilities, achieve our objectives and think like owners when making decisions.

As of December 31, 2022, we had 415 employees located in five countries, of which 411 were full-time employees. In addition, we engage contractors and third-party service providers in connection with certain projects. In certain countries in which we operate, we are subject to local labor law requirements which may automatically make employees subject to industry-wide collective bargaining agreements. None of our U.S. employees are represented by a labor union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement with respect to their employment with us. We have not experienced any work stoppages, and we consider our relations with our employees to be good.

Government Regulation and Compliance

Our business is subject to regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies, including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing laws and regulations related to the deployment and operation of satellites, ground stations, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, investment screening, labor and employment, worker classification, product safety, economic sanctions, anti-trust laws, anti-money laundering laws, anti-bribery laws, import and export controls, federal securities laws and tax laws and regulations.

Our business requires licenses and permits from the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and review by other agencies of the U.S. government. License approval can include an interagency review of safety, operational, radio frequency interference, national security, foreign policy and international obligations implications, as well as a review of foreign ownership. Our launch and operation of planned satellites may require regulatory authorizations from the FCC or a non-U.S. licensing jurisdiction. If we do not obtain required authorizations in the future, we will not be able to operate our planned satellites. If we obtain a required authorization but do not meet milestones regarding the construction, launch and operation of a satellite by deadlines that may be established in the authorization, we may lose our authorization to operate a satellite using certain frequencies in an orbital location.

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We hold FCC and foreign governmental licensing authority licenses, permits and approvals for our satellite constellations and earth stations. As we build out our satellite constellation, we will require new licenses, permits and approvals from the FCC and/or foreign governmental licensing authorities or modifications to existing licenses, permits and approvals. Changes to our satellite constellation and earth stations may also require prior approval from the FCC or other governmental authorities, which can take time.

Our business is also dependent on the use of satellite signals and on terrestrial communication bands. International allocations of radio frequency are made by the International Telecommunication Union (“ITU”). Any ITU or local reallocation of radio frequency bands, including frequency band segmentation and sharing of spectrum, or other modifications of the permitted uses of relevant frequency bands, may materially and adversely affect the utility and reliability of our services and have significant negative impacts on our customers, both of which could reduce demand for our business.

In many cases, our data, services, and technology are or may in the future be subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and International Traffic In Arms (“ITAR”), and subject to trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). We are also subject to or may in the future be subject to export control and trade sanctions laws in other countries. As such, an export license may be required to export or re-export our data, services, and technology to certain countries or end-users, or for certain end-uses. Any failure to comply with export control laws could result in civil fines or suspension or loss of our export privileges, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The regulatory framework for privacy, data protection and data transfers worldwide is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. In some cases, data privacy laws and regulations, such as the European Union’s (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), impose obligations on us and on many of our customers.

Our business is also subject to various laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and human health and safety, including those governing the management, storage and disposal of hazardous materials, such as fuels and batteries, which may contain hazardous materials. We could incur significant costs, including cleanup costs, fines, sanctions, and third-party claims, as a result of violations of or in connection with liabilities under environmental laws and regulations.

For additional information regarding the laws and regulations to which we are subject and the risks to our business associated with such laws and regulations, see Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Available Information

Our website is located at www.spire.com, and our investor relations website is located at www.ir.spire.com. Copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are available free of charge on our investor relations website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such material electronically with or furnish it to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The SEC also maintains a website that contains our SEC filings at www.sec.gov.

We announce material information to the public about us, our products and services and other matters through a variety of means, including filings with the SEC, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts, the investor relations section of our website at www.ir.spire.com and our Twitter account (@SpireGlobal) in order to achieve broad, non-exclusionary distribution of information to the public and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.

The information disclosed by the foregoing channels could be deemed to be material information. As such, we encourage investors, the media, and others to follow the channels listed above and to review the information disclosed through such channels.

Any updates to the list of disclosure channels through which we will announce information will be posted on the investor relations page on our website.

Information contained on our website or connected thereto does not constitute part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Investing in our Class A common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the sections titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, before making a decision to invest in our Class A common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Industry and Business

Our revenue growth rate and financial performance in recent periods may not be indicative of future performance.

We have grown revenue over recent periods, but our recent revenue growth rate and financial performance should not be considered indicative of our future performance. You should not rely on our revenue for any previous quarterly or annual period as any indication of our revenue or revenue growth in future periods. We expect our future revenue growth rates to decline compared to prior fiscal years due to a number of reasons, which may include more challenging comparisons to prior periods, slowing demand for our platform, increasing competition, a decrease in the growth of our overall market or market saturation, and our failure to capitalize on growth opportunities.

We may fail to effectively manage our growth, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are a rapidly growing company, and our future growth depends, in part, on our ability to manage our growth successfully. For example, the number of ARR Solution Customers was 733 as of December 31, 2022, an increase from 598 as of December 31, 2021. To effectively manage this growth, we will need to continue to improve and expand our operating and administrative systems, financial infrastructure, financial controls, technological operations infrastructure, and our internal IT systems, which we may not be able to do efficiently in a timely manner, or at all. To do so, we may seek to deploy products and services from third-party providers, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and may not perform to our expectations. For the definition of ARR and ARR Solution Customers, see the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Business Metrics.”

Our ability to manage our growth will also depend in large part upon a number of other factors, including our ability to rapidly attract and retain qualified technical personnel in order to continue to develop reliable and flexible solutions and services that respond to evolving customer needs and our ability to improve and expand our sales team to keep customers informed regarding the key selling points and features of our platform. We must also successfully implement our sales and marketing strategy and respond to competitive developments.

Any future growth would add complexity to our organization and require effective coordination across our organization. Because our operations are geographically diverse and increasingly complex, our personnel resources and infrastructure could become strained, and our reputation in the market and our ability to successfully manage and grow our business may be adversely affected. The complex nature of our Space Services business and the expansion of our platform, services, and customer base have placed increased demands on our management and operations, and further growth, if any, may place additional strains on our resources in the future. If we are unable to effectively manage our growth, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

We have a history of net losses and may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.

We have incurred net losses since our inception, and we expect to continue to incur net losses in the near future. We expect our operating expenses to increase over the next several years, as we continue to hire additional personnel, particularly in sales and marketing and research and development, expand our operations and infrastructure, both domestically and internationally, and continue to develop our platform’s features. These efforts may be more costly than we expect and may not result in increased revenue or growth in our business. In addition to the expected costs to grow our business, we also expect to continue to incur increased legal, accounting, and other expenses as a public company. Any failure to increase our revenue sufficiently to offset the increases in our operating expenses will limit our ability to achieve or maintain profitability in the future. Further, if we are unable to successfully address these risks and challenges as we encounter them, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our results of operations vary and are unpredictable from period to period, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

Our results of operations may fluctuate from period to period as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict. Some of the factors that may cause our results of operations to fluctuate from period to period include:

•our ability to attract new customers, retain existing customers, and expand the adoption of our platform, particularly to our largest customers;

•market acceptance and the level of demand for our platform;

•the quality and level of the execution of our business strategy and operating plan;

•the effectiveness of our sales and marketing programs;

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•the competitive conditions in the industry, including consolidation within the industry, strategic initiatives by us or by competitors, or introduction of new services by us or our competitors;

•the length of our sales cycle, including the timing of upgrades or renewals;

•the volume of sales generated by subscription sales as opposed to project-based services;

•our ability to successfully expand internationally and penetrate key markets;

•pricing pressure as a result of competition or otherwise;

•our ability to develop and respond to new technologies;

•the impact and costs, including those with respect to integration, related to the acquisition of businesses, talent, technologies, or intellectual property rights;

•increases in and the timing of operating expenses that we may incur to grow our operations and to remain competitive;

•the cost and availability of components, including any changes to our supply or manufacturing partners;

•limited availability of appropriate launch windows, satellite damage or destruction during launch, launch failures, incorrect orbital placement of satellites, or losses due to satellites otherwise deorbiting prior to the end of their useful life;

•service outages or security breaches or incidents and any related occurrences;

•trade protection measures, such as tariffs or duties;

•changes in the legislative or regulatory environment;

•adverse litigation judgments, settlements, or other litigation-related costs; and

•general economic conditions in either domestic or international markets, including currency exchange rate fluctuations, supply chain impacts, inflation and geopolitical uncertainty and instability, such as the conflict in Ukraine and its impacts on the region and the global economy.

Any one or more of the factors above may result in significant fluctuations in our results of operations. In addition, our results of operations may fluctuate from quarter to quarter depending on customer buying habits, and whether they are purchasing a subscription or a project-based data solution. The timing of customer acceptance on project-based deliverables may impact or delay our recognition of revenue from such projects. The variability of our results of operations or other operating estimates could result in our failure to meet our expectations or those of securities analysts or investors.

If we fail to meet or exceed such expectations for these or any other reasons, the market price of our common stock could decline and we could face costly lawsuits, including securities class action suits.

Uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of inflationary pressures, currency exchange rate fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, continuing uncertainty surrounding the effects of COVID-19, and rising interest rates cause instability and volatility in the global financial markets and disruptions within our industries that have negatively impacted, and could continue to negatively impact our business, our financial results, and our stock price.

Prolonged economic uncertainties or downturns have adversely affected, and could continue to adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Negative conditions in the general economy in either the United States or abroad, including conditions resulting from financial and credit market fluctuations, increased inflation and interest rates, changes in economic policy, trade uncertainty, including changes in tariffs, sanctions, international treaties, and other trade restrictions, the occurrence of a natural disaster or global public health crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, or armed conflicts, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, could continue to cause a decrease in corporate spending on data offerings in general and negatively affect the growth of our business.

These conditions could make it extremely difficult for us and our customers to forecast and plan future business activities accurately and have caused, and could continue to cause, our customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase our offerings, resulting in delay and lengthening of our sales cycles and/or contract cancellations. For example, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused and may in the future cause our customers to reduce their spending on, or the duration of, their contracts with us, or request concessions including extended payment terms or better pricing. Further, during challenging economic times, our customers may face issues in gaining timely access to sufficient credit, which could result in an impairment of their ability to make timely payments to us, if at all. If that were to occur, we may be required to increase our allowance for doubtful accounts, which would adversely affect our results of operations.

A substantial downturn in any of the industries in which our customers operate may cause firms to react to worsening conditions by reducing their capital expenditures in general or by specifically reducing their spending on data offerings. Customers in these industries may delay or cancel projects or seek to lower their costs by renegotiating vendor contracts. To the extent purchases of our offerings are perceived by customers and potential customers to be discretionary, our revenue may be disproportionately affected by delays or reductions in general information technology spending.

In addition, rising interest rates have and could continue to negatively affect businesses across many industries, including by increasing our existing and prospective customers’ costs and constraining their budgets. Increasing interest rates in 2022 resulted in higher interest expenses for us, as our credit facility is based on a floating interest rate.

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Further, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing conflict led to additional global sanctions, which at times caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers, which delayed our revenue recognition of certain sales contracts. These sanctions and potential additional sanctions or related issues from global conflicts could further negatively impact our business and financial results.

Additionally, events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, on March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and we are still in the process of transferring the approximately $31.2 million of cash and cash equivalents that we had on deposit at SVB to other banks. Although our ongoing cash management strategy is to maintain deposit accounts at multiple financial institutions, there can be no assurance that this strategy will be successful. If other banks and financial institutions enter receivership or become insolvent in the future in response to financial conditions affecting the banking system and financial markets, our ability to access our cash and cash equivalents may be threatened and could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, our results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which we operate would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
 

Our business could be adversely affected by pandemics, natural disasters, political crises, or other unexpected events.

We are vulnerable to natural disasters and significant disruptions including tsunamis, tornados, floods, hurricanes, other extreme or unusual weather conditions, earthquakes, fires, water shortages, epidemics or pandemics, acts of war or terrorism or disruptive political events where our facilities or the launch facilities of our transport partners are located, or where our third-party suppliers’ facilities are located, power shortages and blackouts, aging infrastructure and telecommunications failures. Further, climate change has increased, and may continue to increase, the rate, size, and scope of natural disasters. In the event of such a natural disaster or other disruption, we could experience disruptions to our operations or the operations of suppliers, subcontractors, distributors, or customers, which could affect our ability to maintain launch schedules or fulfill our customer contracts.

The availability of our services depends on the continuing operation of our satellite operations infrastructure, satellite manufacturing operations, information technology and communications systems. Any downtime, damage to or failure of our systems could result in interruptions in our service, which could reduce our revenue and profits. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from floods, fires, power loss, aging infrastructure, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks, cyberattacks or other attempts to harm our systems. The conflict in Ukraine and associated activities in Ukraine and Russia may increase the risk of cyberattacks on various types of infrastructure and operations. We believe those risks may be particularly heightened for us and other providers of satellite infrastructure and space operations, and that we face heightened risks of cyberattacks on our infrastructure, systems, and operations in connection with the conflict in Ukraine and associated activities in Ukraine and Russia.

Satellites use highly complex technology and operate in the harsh environment of space and therefore are subject to significant operational risks, including exposure to space debris and other spacecraft, while in orbit.

Satellites utilize highly complex technology and operate in the harsh environment of space and, accordingly, are subject to significant operational risks while in orbit. These risks include malfunctions, or anomalies, that have occurred and may continue to occur in our satellites. Exposure of our satellites to an unanticipated catastrophic event, such as a meteor shower, coronal mass ejection or a collision with space debris, could reduce the performance of, or completely destroy, the affected satellite and/or constellation. In addition, satellites in low earth orbit have a limited life cycle and they could become compromised over their designated operational life span. We anticipate that our satellites will have an expected end-of-commercial-service life of three years. It is possible that the actual commercial service lives of our satellites will be shorter than anticipated.

Some of the principal satellite anomalies that may affect the actual commercial service lives of our satellites include:

•Mechanical and electrical failures due to manufacturing error or defect, including:

•mechanical failures that degrade the functionality of a satellite, such as the failure of solar array panel drive mechanisms, rate gyros, or momentum wheels;

•antenna failures and defects that degrade the communications capability of the satellite;

•circuit failures that reduce the power output of the solar array panels on the satellites;

•failure of the battery cells that power the payload and spacecraft operations during daily solar eclipse periods;

•power system failures that result in a shutdown or loss of the satellite;

•avionics system failures, including GPS, that degrade or cause loss of the satellite;

•altitude control system failures that degrade or cause the inoperability of the satellite;

•transmitter or receiver failures that degrade or cause the inability of the satellite to communicate with our ground stations;

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•communications system failures that affect overall system capacity;

•satellite computer or processor re-boots or failures that impair or cause the inoperability of the satellites; and

•radio frequency interference emitted internally or externally from the spacecraft affecting the communication links.

•Equipment degradation during the satellite’s lifetime, including:

•degradation of the batteries’ ability to accept a full charge;

•degradation of solar array panels due to radiation;

•general degradation resulting from operating in the harsh space environment, such as from solar flares;

•degradation or failure of reaction wheels;

•degradation of the thermal control surfaces;

•degradation and/or corruption of memory devices; and

•system failures that degrade the ability to reposition the satellite.

•Deficiencies of control or communications software, including:

•failure of the charging algorithm that may damage the satellite’s batteries;

•problems with the communications functions of the satellite;

•limitations on the satellite’s digital signal processing capability that limit satellite communications capacity; and

•problems with the fault control mechanisms embedded in the satellite.

We have experienced, and may in the future experience, anomalies in some of the categories described above. The effects of these anomalies include, but are not limited to, failure of the satellite, degraded communications performance, reduced power available to the satellite in sunlight and/or eclipse, battery overcharging or undercharging and limitations on satellite communications capacity. Some of these effects may be increased during periods of greater message traffic and could result in our system requiring more than one attempt to send messages before they get through to our satellites.

Although these multiple re-try effects do not result in lost messages, they could lead to increased messaging latencies for the end user and reduced throughput for our system. We consider a satellite “failed” only when it can no longer provide any data service, and we do not intend to undertake further efforts to return it to service. We cannot provide assurance that any efforts we make in this area will succeed or adequately address the effects of any anomalies in a timely manner or at all. Most, if not all, of the satellite anomalies or debris collision damage cannot be corrected once the satellites are placed in orbit. Any satellite anomalies in the future may result in monetary losses, delays, and impairment of services, all of which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We rely on a limited number of government customers to provide a substantial portion of our revenue.

We have historically derived a significant portion of our revenue from contracts with federal, state, local, and foreign governments, which accounted for approximately 34% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022. We believe that the future success and growth of our business will depend in part on our ability to continue to maintain and expand government contracts. Within the government channel, approximately 69% of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022, was generated by three government customers. Contracts with any government entity may be terminated or suspended by the government at any time, with or without cause. There can be no assurance that any contract with the government of any jurisdiction will not be terminated or suspended in the future. Although we attempt to ensure that government contracts have standard provisions such as termination for convenience language which reimburses us for reasonable costs incurred, the payments are not assured and may not be sufficient to fully compensate us for any early termination of a contract. The loss of one or more of our government customers, or any significant decrease in sales to these customers, could reduce our net sales and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our contracts with government entities are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.

Our services are incorporated into many different domestic and international government programs. Whether we contract directly with the U.S. government, a foreign government, or one of their respective agencies, or indirectly as a subcontractor or team member, our contracts and subcontracts with government entities are subject to special risks. For example:

•Changes in government administration and national and international priorities could have a significant impact on national or international government spending priorities and the efficient handling of routine contractual matters. These changes could have a negative impact on our business in the future.

•Because we contract to supply services to U.S. and foreign governments and their prime and subcontractors, we may compete for contracts in a competitive bidding process. We may compete directly with other suppliers or align with a prime or subcontractor competing for a contract. Further, foreign governments may favor their domestic providers when awarding contracts over us. We may not be awarded the contract if the pricing or solution offering is not competitive, either at our level or the prime or subcontractor level. In addition, in the event we are awarded a contract, we are subject to protests by losing bidders of contract awards that can result in the reopening of the bidding process and changes in governmental policies or regulations and other political factors. In addition, we may be

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subject to multiple rebid requirements over the life of a government program in order to continue to participate in such program, which can result in the loss of the program or significantly reduce our revenue or margin from the program. Government program requirements for more frequent technology refreshes may lead to increased costs and lower long-term revenues.

Government contracts often contain provisions and are subject to laws and regulations that provide government customers with additional rights and remedies not typically found in commercial contracts. These rights and remedies allow government customers, among other things, to:

•Terminate existing contracts for convenience with short notice;

•Reduce orders under or otherwise modify contracts;

•Cancel multi-year contracts and related orders if funds for contract performance for any subsequent year become unavailable;

•Claim rights in solutions, systems, or technology produced by us, appropriate such work-product for their continued use without continuing to contract for our services, and disclose such work-product to third parties, including other government agencies and our competitors, which could harm our competitive position;

•Prohibit future procurement awards for particular future contracts due to a finding of organizational conflicts of interest based upon prior related work performed for the agency that would give a contractor an unfair advantage over competing contractors, or the existence of conflicting roles that might bias a contractor’s judgment;

•Subject the award of contracts to protest by competitors, which may require the contracting federal agency or department to suspend our performance pending the outcome of the protest and may also result in a requirement to resubmit offers for the contract or in the termination, reduction, or modification of the awarded contract;

•Suspend or debar us from doing business with the applicable government;

•Demand a set-off of amounts due to us on other contracts to satisfy amounts due to a contract default termination on a specific contract; and

•Control or prohibit the export of our services.

If a customer were to unexpectedly terminate, cancel, or decline to exercise an option to renew with respect to one or more of our significant government contracts, or if a government were to suspend or debar us from doing business with such government, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be materially harmed.

Additional risks and uncertainties related to our government contracts include, but are not limited to, the following:

•We are subject to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (the “DFARS”), and the Department of Defense, and other federal cybersecurity requirements, in connection with our defense work for the U.S. government and prime contractors. Amendments to cybersecurity requirements such as through amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or DFARS, may increase our costs or delay the award of contracts if we are unable to certify that we satisfy such cybersecurity requirements.

•The U.S. government or a prime contractor customer could require us to relinquish data rights to a product in connection with performing work on a government contract, which could lead to a loss of valuable technology and intellectual property in order to participate in a government program.

•We may need to invest additional capital to build out higher level security infrastructure at certain of our facilities to win contracts related to government programs with higher level security requirements. Failure to invest in such infrastructure may limit our ability to obtain new contracts with such government programs.

•We have certain contracts which were awarded to us as part of the U.S. federal government’s small business program. As our revenue grows, we may be deemed to be “other than small,” which could reduce our eligibility for proposal opportunities or reduce our ability to secure new contracts.

Our satellites and platform could fail to perform or perform at reduced levels of service because of technological malfunctions, satellite failures or deficiencies, or other performance failures, which would seriously harm our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our satellites and platform are exposed to the risks inherent in large-scale, complex satellite systems employing advanced technology. We rely on data collected from a number of sources including data obtained from our satellites and from third parties and may become unable or limited in our ability to receive such data. For example, satellites can temporarily go out of service and be recovered, or cease to function for reasons beyond our control, including the quality of design and construction, the supply of the battery, the expected gradual environmental degradation of solar panels, the durability of various satellite components and the orbits and space environments in which the satellites are placed and operated. Electrostatic storms, collisions with other objects or actions by malicious actors, including cyber-related events, could also damage the satellites and subject us to liability for any damages caused to other spacecraft. Additionally, in certain instances, governments may discontinue for periods of time the access to or operation of a satellite for any particular area on the Earth and for various reasons may not permit transmission of certain data, whether from a satellite owned by the government or not.

Satellites can experience malfunctions, commonly referred to as anomalies, which have occurred and may occur in the future with respect to our satellites. Any single anomaly could materially and adversely affect our ability to utilize the satellite. Anomalies may also reduce the expected

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capacity, commercial operation and/or useful life of a satellite, thereby reducing the amount of space data collected, which, if material, could impact revenue or create additional expenses due to the need to provide replacement or back-up satellites or satellite capacity earlier than planned and could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, if a satellite experiences a malfunction, our backup satellite capacity may be insufficient to meet all of our customers’ needs or cause service interruptions, and we may need to potentially blackout or reduce service to certain customers, which would adversely affect our relationships with our customers and result in loss of revenues.

Satellites have certain redundant systems which can fail partially or in their entirety and accordingly satellites may operate for extended periods without all redundant systems in operation, but with single points of failure. The failure of satellite components could cause damage to or loss of the use of a satellite before the end of its expected useful life. Certain of our satellites are nearing the end of their expected useful lives. As they do so, the performance of each satellite could start to gradually decline. We can offer no assurance that satellites will maintain their prescribed orbits or remain operational, and we may not have replacement satellites that are immediately available. There can be no assurance as to the actual useful life of a satellite or that the useful life of individual components will be consistent with their design life. A number of factors will impact the useful lives of our satellites, including, among other things, the quality of their design and construction, the durability of their component parts and availability of any replacement components, and the occurrence of any anomaly or series of anomalies or other risks affecting the satellites during launch and in orbit. In addition, any improvements in technology may make obsolete our existing satellites or any component of our satellites prior to the end of their lives. If our satellites and related equipment have shorter useful lives than we currently anticipate, this may lead to increased expenses from earlier than expected replacement satellites and/or declines in actual or planned revenues, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our satellites have in the past and may in the future contain defects, errors, or vulnerabilities, or may not perform as contemplated. These defects, errors, or vulnerabilities could result in exposure of data, data loss, data leakage, unanticipated downtime, or other events that would result in harm to our reputation, loss of customers or revenue, refunds, service terminations, or lack of market acceptance of our platform. Errors, viruses, or bugs may also be present in data, software, or hardware that we acquire or license from third parties and incorporate into our platform or in third-party software or hardware that our customers use in conjunction with our platform. Our customers’ proprietary software and network firewall protections may corrupt data from our offerings and create difficulties in implementing our solutions.

We regularly develop and introduce new product enhancements, including changes to our satellite designs, upgrades to our operating systems and enhancements to our user interfaces. Failure to adequately de-risk these developments before they are deployed may adversely affect our ability to collect, process and deliver data. From time to time we may introduce a high concentration of changes at once, which could amplify these risks. Upgrades may be delayed, partially deployed or inadequately communicated to customers. Major sustained failures relating to these issues could result in increased costs and/or reduced or delayed revenue, which could harm our business, financial results and results of operations.

Any disruption to our satellites, platform, services, information systems, or infrastructure could result in the inability or reduced ability of our customers to receive our services for an indeterminate period of time. These customers include government agencies conducting mission-critical work throughout the world, as well as consumers and businesses located in remote areas of the world and operating under harsh environmental conditions. Any disruption to our services or extended periods of reduced levels of service could cause us to lose customers or revenue, result in delays or cancellations of future implementations of our services, result in failure to attract customers, or result in litigation, customer service, or repair work that would involve substantial costs and distract management from operating our business.

In addition, certain components of our platform are located in foreign countries, and as a result, are potentially subject to governmental, regulatory, or other actions in such countries which could force us to limit the operations of, or completely shut down, components of our system, including our ground stations or other portions of our infrastructure. The failure of any of the diverse and dispersed elements of the system, including satellites, network control center or backup control center, and ground stations, to function and coordinate as required could render the system unable to perform at the quality and capacity levels required for success. Any system failures, repeated solution failures, shortened satellite commercial service life, or extended reduced levels of service could reduce our sales, increase costs, or result in warranty or liability claims and seriously harm our business, financial results, and results of operations.

Satellites are subject to construction and launch delays, launch failures, and damage or destruction during launch, the occurrence of which can materially and adversely affect our operations.

Delays in the construction of future satellites and the procurement of requisite components and third-party launch vehicles, limited availability of appropriate launch windows, possible delays in obtaining regulatory approvals, satellite damage or destruction during launch or deployment, launch failures, or incorrect orbital placement could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. The loss of, or damage to, a satellite due to a launch failure could result in significant increased expenses from earlier than expected replacement satellites and delays in anticipated revenue. Any significant delay in the commencement of service of a satellite could delay or potentially permanently reduce the revenue anticipated to be generated by that satellite. In addition, if the loss of satellites was material, we might not be able to accommodate customers with sufficient data to meet minimum service level agreements until replacement satellites are available, and we may not have on hand, or be able to obtain in a timely manner, the necessary funds to cover the cost of any necessary satellite replacement. In addition, appropriate launch windows for satellites in our industry are limited and may become more so as additional satellite networks and other spacecraft are launched and/or as space debris becomes more common. Coordinating with partners and regulators to reserve launch windows and prepare for launches may as a result become more difficult over time. An extended launch delay, a launch failure, launch underperformance, or a perceived launch delay could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition, and results of operations.

Technical malfunctions, performance failures, or other issues or difficulties with our ground stations could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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The ongoing operations of our satellite constellation and data services rely on the functionality of our ground stations. We have in the past experienced and may continue to experience technical difficulties or mechanical issues with our ground stations which may negatively impact service in the region covered by that ground station. Our ground stations are often located in remote regions of the world and not easily accessible. Any continued or future restrictions on travel may affect our ability to repair or service our ground stations which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may experience a partial or total loss of one or more of our ground stations due to disasters such as tsunamis, tornados, floods, hurricanes, other extreme or unusual weather events, earthquakes, fires, acts of war or terrorism, or other catastrophic events. A failure at one or more of our ground stations could cause a delayed, partial, or complete loss of service for our customers. We may experience a failure in the necessary equipment at our ground stations, or in the communication links between our ground stations. Additionally, our ground stations are located on property that is not owned by us. A failure at any of our ground stations, facilities, or in the communications links between our facilities, or in our ability to maintain our ground station leases for any reason, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Further, we rely, at times, on third parties to perform maintenance on and repair our ground stations. If our relationship with these third parties deteriorates or the third parties become unable or unwilling to maintain the ground stations, or if there are changes in the applicable regulations that require us to give up any or all of our ownership interests in any of the ground stations, our control over our satellite data could be diminished and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be harmed.

We face intense competition and could face pricing pressure from, and lose market share to, our competitors, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The maritime, aviation, and weather data industries are fragmented and highly competitive and characterized by rapid changes in technology, customer requirements, and industry standards, and frequent introductions of improvements to existing offerings. Our primary competitors in these industries include companies that specialize in one or more services similar to those offered by us on a local or regional basis. We also compete with global, national, regional, and local firms and government entities specializing in these industries. Both commercial and government organizations have indicated that they might build and launch satellites capable of collecting earth observation information from space. The U.S. government and foreign governments have developed and may in the future develop their own data collection tools and data analytics solutions, which could reduce their reliance on us and other commercial suppliers. In addition, such governments could sell or provide free of charge similar data and analytics and thereby compete with our offerings.

Some of our primary competitors include, in our maritime data vertical, Orbcomm Inc., in our aviation data vertical, Aireon LLC, and in our weather data vertical, GeoOptics, Inc. with respect to our radio occultation data services. Some of our primary competitors also include analytics companies such as AccuWeather, Inc., Weathernews Inc., MeteoGroup (acquired by DTN, LLC), Tomorrow.ai, Climavision and The Weather Company with respect to predictive analytics. We compete with companies such as AAC Clyde Space, GomSpace A/S, NanoAvionics LLC, ISISSpace and Open Cosmos Ltd. in our Space Services channel.

Additionally, many governmental agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA"), provide weather data at little to no cost. We are constantly exposed to the risk that our competitors may utilize data they receive from us to develop and offer competing products and services to their customers, which may reduce the overall demand for our products and services. Our competitors may also implement disruptive technology, or new technology before we do, or may offer lower prices, additional offerings or other incentives that we cannot or will not offer. We can give no assurances that we will be able to compete successfully against existing or future competitors or increase our market share.

Our business model of delivering data and analytics gathered from a custom constellation of satellites in space is still relatively new and has only recently gained market traction. Moreover, many established businesses are aggressively competing against us and have offerings that have functionalities similar to those offered by us. We expect competition to increase as other established and emerging companies enter this market, as customer requirements evolve, and as new offerings and technologies are introduced. If we are unable to anticipate or effectively react to these competitive challenges, our competitive position would weaken, and our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

Many of our existing competitors have, and some of our potential competitors could have, substantial competitive advantages, such as:

•greater name recognition, longer operating histories, and larger customer bases;

•larger sales and marketing budgets and resources;

•broader distribution and established relationships with suppliers, manufacturers, and customers;

•greater customer support resources;

•greater resources to make acquisitions and enter into strategic partnerships;

•lower labor and research and development costs;

•larger and more mature intellectual property rights portfolios; and

•substantially greater financial, technical, and other resources.

Conditions in our markets could change rapidly and significantly as a result of technological advancements, the emergence of new entrants into the market, partnering or acquisitions by our competitors, or continuing market consolidation. New innovative start-up companies and competitors that are making significant investments in research and development may invent similar or superior offerings and technologies that compete with our offerings. In addition to satellite-based competitors, terrestrial data service providers could further expand into rural and remote areas and provide

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some of the same general types of offerings that we provide. Potential customers may also believe that substitute technologies that have similar functionality or features as our platform are sufficient for their needs, or they may believe that point solutions that address narrower industry segments overall are nonetheless adequate for their needs. Some of our current or potential competitors have made or could make acquisitions of businesses or establish cooperative relationships that may allow them to offer more directly competitive and comprehensive offerings than were previously offered and may adapt more quickly to new technologies and customer needs. As a result of such acquisitions, our current or potential competitors may be able to accelerate the adoption of new technologies that better address customer needs, devote greater resources to bring these products and services to market, initiate or withstand substantial price competition, or develop and expand their product and service offerings more quickly than us. These competitive pressures in our market or our failure to compete effectively may result in fewer orders, reduced revenue and margins, and loss of market share. In addition, it is possible that industry consolidation may impact customers’ perceptions of the viability of smaller or even mid-size companies and consequently reduce customers’ willingness to purchase from such firms.

Additionally, competition continues to increase in the markets in which we operate, and we expect competition to further increase in the future, including from new and emerging companies, which could lead to increased pricing pressures. Our competitors vary in size, and some may have substantially broader and more diverse offerings, which may allow them to leverage their relationships based on other offerings or incorporate functionality into existing offerings to gain business in a manner that discourages customers from purchasing access to our platform, including through selling at zero or negative margins, offering concessions, bundling offerings, or maintaining closed technology platforms. Any decrease in the subscription prices for our services, without a corresponding decrease in costs or increase in volume, would adversely impact our ability to achieve or maintain profitability. Our profitability would also be adversely affected by any shift towards lower-tiered subscription packages. If we are unable to maintain our pricing or market share due to competitive pressures or other factors, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

Our reputation and brand are important to our success, and we may not be able to maintain and enhance our reputation and brand, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We believe that maintaining and enhancing our reputation as a leading global provider of space-based data and analytics is critical to our relationship with our existing customers and our ability to attract new customers. The successful promotion of our brand will depend on a number of factors, including our marketing efforts, our ability to continue to develop high-quality features for our platform, our ability to successfully differentiate our platform from those of our competitors, our ability to promote and maintain the reputation of our platform for data security, and our ability to obtain, maintain, protect, and enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights. Our brand promotion activities may not be successful or yield increased revenue. In addition, independent industry analysts often provide reports of our platform, as well as the offerings of our competitors, and perception of our platform in the marketplace may be significantly influenced by these reports. If these reports are negative, or less positive as compared to those of our competitors, our reputation and brand may be adversely affected. Additionally, the performance of our channel partners may affect our reputation and brand if customers do not have a positive experience with our platform as implemented by our channel partners or with the implementation generally.

At times, competitors may adopt trade names or trademarks similar to ours, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to market confusion. Additionally, our registered or unregistered trademarks or trade names may be challenged, infringed, circumvented, or declared generic or determined to be infringing on other marks, or if we are otherwise unable to establish name recognition based on our trademarks and trade names, then we may not be able to compete effectively and our business may be adversely affected. The promotion of our brand requires us to make substantial expenditures, and we anticipate that the expenditures will increase as our market becomes more competitive, as we expand into new geographies and markets, and if more sales are generated through our channel partners. We may not realize any increase in revenue from such brand promotion initiatives, or any increase in revenue may not offset the increased expenses we incur. If we do not successfully maintain and enhance our reputation and brand, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

Rapid and significant technological changes in the satellite industry or the introduction of a new service solution to the market that reduces or eliminates our service performance advantage may harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The satellite communications industry is subject to rapid advances and innovations in technology. We may face competition from companies using new service solutions, innovative technologies, and equipment, including new low earth orbit constellations and expansion of existing geostationary satellite systems or new technology that could eliminate the need for a satellite system. New service solutions and technologies could render our offerings obsolete or less competitive by satisfying customer demand in more attractive ways or through the introduction of incompatible standards. For example, if new transmitters are deployed that emit in the same frequencies as automatic identification system (“AIS,”), they might cause our AIS services to be severely compromised or disabled or alternatively if a material number of vessels were to turn off their AIS transmitting devices during their voyages then this would reduce the utility of our AIS data services. Particular technological developments that could adversely affect us include the deployment by our competitors of new satellites with greater power, flexibility, efficiency, or capabilities, as well as continuing improvements in terrestrial technologies. In order for our business to keep pace with technological changes and remain competitive, we may need to make significant capital expenditures, including capital to design and launch new platform features and services. New technologies may also be protected by patents or other intellectual property laws and therefore may not be available for us to use. Any failure to implement new technology within our platform may compromise our ability to compete.

There is a risk that a competitor in the future may conceive of and implement a different technology solution that would approach or exceed the performance capability of our solutions, which would adversely affect our revenues, margin and market share.

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For certain of our offerings, we are dependent on the continued operation of and access to allocated bands in the radio frequency spectrum and various GNSS. Any curtailment of the operating capability of these systems or limitations on our access to, or use of the signals, or discontinuance of service could result in degradation of our services or performance and may have an adverse effect on our business.

In addition, as we introduce new services or enter into new markets, we may face new technological, operational, compliance, regulatory, and administrative risks and challenges, including risks and challenges unfamiliar to us. We may not be able to mitigate these risks and challenges to achieve our anticipated growth or successfully increase our market share, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Changes to our subscription model could adversely affect our ability to attract or retain customers.

We offer a multi-tiered subscription model for our platform, in addition to our project-based services. We are continuing to iterate and optimize our business models as we evaluate customer preferences, needs, and use of our platform and services, and expect that our business models will continue to evolve. Many factors could significantly affect our pricing strategies, including operating costs, our competitors’ pricing and marketing strategies, customer use patterns, and general economic conditions. We may face downward pressure from our customers regarding our pricing and competitors with different pricing models may attract customers that prefer the competitors’ pricing models over our multi-tiered subscription model, which would cause us to lose business or modify our subscription model, both of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Changes to our subscription model and model for our project-based services may also affect our revenue recognition and other accounting policies, which may adversely affect our results of operations in any given fiscal period.

Certain of our competitors or potential competitors offer, or may in the future offer, lower-priced solutions, a broader range of services and features, or greater flexibility and customization in their offerings. Similarly, certain competitors may use marketing strategies that enable them to attract or retain new customers at a lower cost. Moreover, our customers may demand substantial price discounts as part of the negotiation of contracts. There can be no assurance that we will not be forced to reduce the pricing for our services or to increase our sales and marketing and other expenses to attract and retain customers in response to competitive pressures. We have launched, and may in the future launch, new pricing strategies and initiatives, or modify existing business models, any of which may not ultimately be successful in attracting and retaining customers. Any such changes to our subscription model or the model for our project-based services or our ability to efficiently price our services could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our sales cycle can be long and unpredictable for certain channels and services, and our sales efforts require considerable time and expense.

Our quarterly results of operations fluctuate, in part, because of the resource-intensive nature of our sales efforts and the length and variability of our sales cycle for certain of our offerings, such as our project-based services, and for certain of our customers, such as government departments and agencies. The length of our sales cycle, from initial contact with our sales team to a contractual commitment from a customer, can also vary substantially from customer to customer based on customer size, industry, maturity, profitability, whether we are launching a new solution, and deal complexity and customization. Our sales cycle can vary considerably and may be lengthened and made more uncertain by regional or global events, inflation, rising interest rates and other global economic and political uncertainties. Such events have resulted in and may continue to cause a general reduction in spending on data by our customers, which will further affect our ability to estimate not only the length of the sales cycle, but also the anticipated size of potential subscriptions. Further, our sales cycle may lengthen as we continue to focus our sales efforts on large enterprises and on our Space Services. For example, large organizations often undertake a significant evaluation process that results in a lengthy sales cycle and product purchases by large organizations are frequently subject to budget constraints, multiple approvals and administrative, processing and other delays.

In addition, our results of operations depend, in part, on subscription renewals from customers and increasing sales and upgrades to our existing customers, which may also be reduced or delayed as a result of regional or global events. If a customer does not renew on time or as expected, it can negatively affect our revenue for a given period. It is difficult to predict whether or exactly when we will make a sale to a potential customer or if we can renew or increase sales to our existing customers. As a result, initial sales or renewals have, in some cases, occurred in quarters subsequent to what we anticipated, or have not occurred at all. We may in the future make changes to our subscription model, which may affect the length of our sales cycle and our ability to predict the length of our sales cycle or the anticipated size of potential subscriptions. The loss or delay of one or more transactions in a quarter could impact our results of operations for that quarter and any future quarters for which revenue from that transaction is delayed.

We depend on our sales force, and we may fail to attract, retain, motivate, or adequately train our sales force, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our ability to increase our customer base, achieve broader market acceptance of our platform, grow our revenue, and achieve and sustain profitability will depend, to a significant extent, on our ability to effectively expand our sales and marketing operations and activities, particularly our direct sales efforts. We depend on our sales force to obtain new customers and to drive additional sales to existing customers by selling them new subscriptions and expanding the value of their existing subscriptions. We believe that there is significant competition for sales personnel, including sales representatives, sales managers, and sales engineers, with the skills and technical knowledge that we require. Our ability to achieve revenue growth will depend, in part, on our ability to recruit, train, and retain sufficient numbers of sales personnel to support our growth. Our hiring, training, and retention efforts have been, and may further be, hindered by the constraints placed on our business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including measures that we take proactively and those that are imposed upon us by government authorities. New hires require significant training and may take significant time before they achieve full productivity, and our remote and online onboarding and training processes may be less effective and take longer. Further, hiring sales personnel in new countries requires additional set up and upfront costs that we may not recover if the sales personnel fail to achieve full productivity. If we are unable to attract, retain, motivate and adequately train sufficient numbers of effective sales personnel, if our

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sales personnel do not reach significant levels of productivity in a timely manner, or if our sales personnel are not successful in converting potential customers into new customers or increasing sales to our existing customer base, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

In addition, we spend significant amounts on advertising and other marketing campaigns to acquire new customers. While we seek to deploy our marketing strategies in a manner most likely to encourage efficient customer acquisition, we may fail to identify marketing opportunities that satisfy our anticipated return on marketing spend as we scale our investments in marketing, and may fail to accurately predict customer acquisition and behavior. If any of our advertising and other marketing campaigns prove less successful than anticipated in attracting new customers, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. There can be no assurance that our marketing efforts will result in increased sales.

The COVID-19 pandemic has also changed the way we interact with our customers and prospective customers. We have, and may continue to, alter, postpone, or cancel planned customer, employee, and industry events or shift them to a virtual only format. These and other changes in the ways in which we interact with and market to our customers and prospective customers could adversely impact our business if they prove to be less effective than in-person events.

Our ability to increase sales depends, in part, on the quality of our customer support and the ease of our customer experience, and a failure to offer high quality customer support and customer experience would harm our reputation and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our customers may depend on our technical support services to resolve issues relating to our platform. If we do not succeed in helping our customers quickly resolve issues or provide effective ongoing education related to our platform, our reputation could be harmed, and our existing customers may not renew or upgrade their subscriptions or may cancel their contracts. To the extent that we are unsuccessful in hiring, training, and retaining adequate customer support resources, our ability to provide adequate and timely support to our customers, and our customers’ satisfaction with our platform, will be adversely affected. Our failure to provide and maintain high quality customer support would harm our reputation and brand and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We provide minimum service level commitments to certain of our customers, and our failure to meet these commitments could cause us to issue credits or pay penalties, which could harm our results of operations.

Certain of our customer agreements currently, and new customer agreements may in the future, provide minimum service level commitments, such as specifications regarding the availability, functionality, and performance of our platform. The loss of one or more of our satellites or problems with our ground stations could cause our service to fall below minimum service level commitments. Any failure of or disruption to our infrastructure could impact the performance of our platform and the availability of our services to customers. If we are unable to meet our stated service level commitments or if we suffer extended periods of poor performance or unavailability of our platform, we may be contractually obligated to provide affected customers with service credits or services at no or reduced cost, and, in certain cases, face contract termination with refunds of prepaid amounts related to unused subscriptions. If we suffer performance issues or downtime that exceeds the service level commitments under our contracts with our customers, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

Further, in the normal course of business, we have entered and may in the future enter into agreements that provide for indemnification and guarantees to counterparties in transactions involving debt financing, sales of services, purchases and development of assets and operating leases. The nature of almost all of these indemnifications may prevent us from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount that we could be required to pay counterparties. If these payments were to become significant, future liquidity, capital resources, and our credit risk profile may be adversely affected.

We may fail to cost-effectively acquire new customers or obtain renewals, upgrades, or expansions from our existing customers, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our continued growth depends, in part, on our ability to cost-effectively acquire new customers. Numerous factors, however, may impede our ability to add new customers, including our failure to attract, effectively train, retain, and motivate sales and marketing personnel, our failure to develop or expand relationships with third parties, our inability to convert initial usage into ongoing utilization of our solutions, and our failure to successfully deliver our services and provide quality customer support once delivered.

Our success also depends, in part, on our customers renewing their subscriptions when existing contract terms expire, and our ability to expand our relationships with our existing customers. Our customers have no obligation to renew or upgrade their subscriptions, and in the normal course of business, some customers have elected not to renew. In addition, our customers may decide not to renew their subscriptions with a similar contract period or at the same prices or terms or may decide to downgrade their subscriptions. Uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of inflationary pressures, currency exchange rate fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, continuing uncertainty surrounding the effects of COVID-19, and rising interest rates may result in longer and unpredictable sales cycles, could result in potential customers deciding not to contract with us or current customers deciding not to renew, could cause delays in renewal, upgrade, or expansion decisions for some of our existing customers, may reduce the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts, and could reduce the duration of subscriptions. In addition, these situations could result in increased customer churn, a lengthening of our sales cycle with some of our potential customers, or reduced contract value with prospective or existing customers. Our customer retention or our customers’ use of our platform may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including our customers’ satisfaction with our platform and our customer support, our subscription model, our project-based services model, the prices, features, or perceived value of competing offerings, changes to our offerings, or general economic conditions. We will need to

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continue to maintain or improve our ARR Net Retention Rate to support our growth, and our ability to expand our relationships with customers may require more sophisticated and costly sales efforts. If our customers’ renewals or expansions fall below expectations, and as a result our ARR Net Retention Rate decreases, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

In addition, our ability to expand our relationship with our customers depends in large part on our ability to enhance and improve our platform, introduce compelling new features, and address additional use cases. The success of any new or enhanced features depends on several factors, including market demand for the enhanced features, timely completion and delivery, adequate quality testing, and competitive pricing. If we are unable to successfully develop new features, enhance our existing features to meet customer requirements, or otherwise gain broader market acceptance, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected. If our customers do not renew, upgrade, or expand their subscriptions, defer their subscriptions to a later date, renew their subscriptions on less favorable terms, or fail to increase adoption of our platform, including tiered and premium features or project-based services, our business, financial condition, and results of operations would be adversely affected.

The markets for our offerings are evolving, and our future success depends on the growth of these markets and our ability to adapt, keep pace, and respond effectively to evolving markets.

The markets for our offerings are in a relatively early stage of development within the industries in which we operate, and demand for our offerings may not grow, or may even contract, either generally or in particular industries and markets, for particular types of services or during particular time periods. As such, any predictions or forecasts about our future growth, revenue, and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history or operated in more predictable markets. Any expansion in our markets depends on a number of factors, including the cost, performance, and perceived value associated with our offerings and the offerings of our competitors. A lack of demand could impair our ability to sell access to our platform, develop and successfully market new services, and could exert downward pressure on prices.

The markets for our offerings are also characterized by rapid technological changes and evolving industry standards and changing regulatory requirements. This constant evolution may reduce the effectiveness of or demand for our services or render them noncompetitive or obsolete. Our continued success and growth depend upon our ability to anticipate these challenges and to innovate by enhancing our existing services and developing and successfully implementing new services to keep pace with the ever-changing and increasingly sophisticated needs of our customers. We have in the past experienced delays in improving our offerings due to budgetary constraints and evolving customer demands which could continue in the future.

New service introductions that are responsive to new technologies and changing industry and regulatory standards can be complex and expensive as they require significant planning, design, development, and testing. We may find it difficult or costly to update our services and to develop new services quickly enough to work effectively with new or changed technologies, to keep pace with evolving industry standards or to meet our customers’ needs. In addition, our industries may be slow to accept new technologies that we develop because of, among other things, existing regulations or standards written specifically for older technologies and a general unfamiliarity with new technologies. As a result, any new services that we may develop may not be successful for a period of time, if at all. If we are unable to successfully enhance or update existing services or develop, identify, and market new services to meet these challenges, our business, financial condition, and results of operations may be adversely affected.

We rely on third parties for our supply of certain of our data, equipment, satellite components, software, and operational services to manage and operate our business, and any failure or interruption with these third parties could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We purchase equipment and satellite components from third-party suppliers and we depend on those suppliers to deliver and support our operations at the contracted specifications in order for us to continue to meet our service and contractual commitments to our customers. We may experience difficulty if these suppliers, particularly our top suppliers, do not meet their obligations to deliver and support the equipment and satellite components. We may also have trouble or failure when implementing, operating and maintaining this equipment and satellite components, or when providing services using this equipment. This difficulty or failure may lead to service interruptions or degradations in the services offered to our customers, which could cause our revenues to decline materially and could adversely affect our ability to market our services and generate future revenues and profit.

Further, our suppliers may become capacity-constrained or could face financial difficulties as a result of a surge in demand, a natural disaster, or other event, including the impacts of inflationary pressures, currency exchange rate fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, continuing uncertainty surrounding the effects of COVID-19, and rising interest rates. As a result, we may experience operational delays and may have to evaluate replacement suppliers for our satellite components, equipment, and operational services. If we fail to effectively address these issues, we could suffer delays, which could reduce our ability to launch new satellites and manage and operate our business, which could harm our reputation, business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We also rely on a number of third-party data, software, and services to manage and operate our business. The data, software, and services provided by these third parties are critical to our ability to increase our sales to customers, operate and maintain our platform, and accurately maintain books and records. Any disruption in these services could reduce the quality or volume of data we are able to provide to our customers, impair our ability to execute on our operating plan, and disrupt our business. Further, if these services cease to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, we may be required to use additional or alternative services, or to develop additional capabilities within our business, any of which may not be available or could require significant resources and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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We also rely on third-party cloud service providers to process the data we provide to service our customers. These third-party services are critical to our ability to provide reliable service to our customers. Any disruption in these services would negatively impact our data service uptime and our ability to service customers reliably and consistently, which could reduce sales and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business may be adversely affected if any of our direct or indirect relationships with our third-party suppliers of data, equipment, satellite components, or operational services are terminated or modified. If our arrangements with our third parties are terminated, our search for additional or alternate third-party suppliers could result in significant launch delays, added expense, reduced quality of our data, and an inability to maintain or expand our customer base. Any of these events could require us to take unforeseen actions or devote additional resources to provide our services and could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We manufacture our satellites in-house at a single manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. Any impairment to our manufacturing facility could cause us to incur additional costs and delays in the production and launch of our satellites which would materially affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We currently manufacture our satellites in-house at a single manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. The availability of our services depends on the continuing operation of our satellite manufacturing infrastructure and operations. Any impairment such as downtime, damage to, or failure of our manufacturing facility could result in interruptions in our production of satellites, which could materially affect our business. Our manufacturing facility may become capacity-constrained or could face financial difficulties as a result of a surge in demand for additional satellites, a natural disaster, or other event, including the impacts of a pandemic. Our manufacturing site is vulnerable to damage or interruption from floods, fires, power loss, or aging infrastructure. An infrastructure failure could result in the destruction of satellites under construction or inventory, manufacturing delays, or additional costs incurred, and we do not maintain back-up manufacturing facilities or operations. We may not be able to replace or supplement the satellite manufacturing process with third-party manufacturers, and even if we are able to do so, there could be a substantial period of time in which new satellites would not be manufactured. Further, any new relationship may involve higher costs and delays in development and delivery. We may also encounter technical challenges in successfully replicating the manufacturing processes in another facility or with a third-party. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in lengthy interruptions in our production and launch of our satellites which could materially affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are dependent on third parties to launch our satellites into space, and any launch delay, malfunction, or failure could have a material adverse impact to our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are dependent on third-party launch service providers. Currently, the number of companies who offer launch services is limited, and if this sector fails to grow or experiences consolidation among current providers, we may not be able to secure space on a launch vehicle or may incur higher prices for such space. This could cause delays in our ability to meet our customers’ needs or an increase in the price for our offerings, adversely affecting our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The technology related to launch capabilities is evolving rapidly as existing launch providers iterate on their existing capabilities and new providers enter the market. Our launch partners may encounter launch, deployment, or in-orbit delays or failures, leading to the damage or complete loss of our satellites, including customer assets. In the event that a launch is delayed, our timing for the recognition of revenue tied to customer acceptance of project-based deliverables may similarly be delayed. Launch delays are common in our industry, and they could negatively impact our financial statements or earnings for a given time period.

Our international operations and continued international expansion subject us to additional costs and risks, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business and our business objectives are inherently worldwide. As such, our growth strategy depends, in part, on our continued international expansion. We are continuing to adapt to and develop strategies to address international markets, but there is no guarantee that such efforts will be successful. In addition, efforts to expand our platform in certain foreign countries may be complicated, constrained, or even prohibited due to legal requirements we must comply with in the United States or other jurisdictions that may conflict with legal requirements in the new country’s markets to which we seek access.

Our international sales and operations are subject to a number of risks, including the following:

•greater difficulty in enforcing contracts and managing collections in countries where our recourse may be more limited, as well as longer collection periods;

•higher costs of doing business internationally, including costs incurred in establishing and maintaining office space and equipment for our international operations;

•differing labor regulations, especially in the EU, where labor laws are often more favorable to employees;

•greater risks of unexpected changes in regulatory practices, tariffs, trade disputes, and tax laws and treaties, particularly due to the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU;

•challenges inherent to efficiently recruiting and retaining talented and capable employees in foreign countries and maintaining our company culture and employee programs across all of our offices;

•fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies in markets where we do business;

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•management communication and integration problems resulting from language and cultural differences and geographic dispersion;

•difficulties in penetrating new markets due to established and entrenched competitors;

•difficulties in developing services that are tailored to the needs of local customers;

•lack of local acceptance, recognition, or knowledge of our brand and services;

•unavailability of or difficulties in establishing relationships with local customers;

•significant investments, including the development, deployment, and maintenance of dedicated facilities in certain countries with laws that require such facilities to be installed and operated within their jurisdiction to connect the traffic coming to and from their territory;

•difficulties in obtaining required regulatory or other governmental approvals;

•costs associated with language localization of our platform;

•risks associated with trade restrictions and foreign legal requirements, including any importation, certification, and localization of our platform that may be required in foreign countries;

•greater risk of unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, tariffs and tax laws, trade laws, export quotas, customs duties, treaties, and other trade restrictions;

•costs of compliance with foreign laws and regulations and the risks and costs of non-compliance with such laws and regulations, including, but not limited to data privacy, data protection, and data security laws and regulations;

•compliance with anti-bribery laws, including, without limitation, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the U.S. Travel Act, and the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the “UK Bribery Act”), violations of which could lead to significant fines, penalties, and collateral consequences for us;

•risks relating to the implementation of exchange controls, including restrictions promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), and other similar trade protection regulations and measures;

•heightened risk of unfair or corrupt business practices in certain geographies and of improper or fraudulent sales arrangements that may impact our financial condition and result in restatements of, or irregularities in, financial statements;

•the uncertainty of protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

•exposure to regional or global public health issues, such as the outbreak of a pandemic, and to travel restrictions and other measures undertaken by governments in response to such issues;

•general economic and political conditions in these foreign markets, including political and economic instability in some countries, such as the conflict in Ukraine and its impacts on the region and the regional global economy;

•foreign exchange controls or tax regulations that might prevent us from repatriating cash earned outside the United States;

•double taxation of our international earnings and potentially adverse tax consequences due to changes in the tax laws of the United States or the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate; and

•provisions in government contracts prohibiting foreign nationals from working on certain programs.

These and other factors could harm our ability to generate revenue outside of the United States and/or could result in increased expenses and liabilities, and consequently, adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

In the future, we may pursue acquisitions, dispositions, or strategic transactions, and if we fail to successfully integrate acquired companies into our business or if such acquisitions fail to deliver the expected return on investment, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

We have in the past acquired, and may in the future acquire or invest in, businesses, offerings, technologies, or talent that we believe could complement or expand our platform, enhance our technical capabilities, or otherwise offer growth opportunities. We may not be able to fully realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or investments. The pursuit of potential acquisitions may divert the attention of management and cause us to incur significant expenses related to identifying, investigating, and pursuing suitable acquisitions, whether or not they are consummated.

There are inherent risks in integrating and managing acquisitions. If we acquire additional businesses, we may not be able to assimilate or integrate the acquired personnel, operations, solutions, and technologies successfully, or effectively manage the combined business following the acquisition. We also may not achieve the anticipated benefits or synergies from the acquired business due to a number of factors, including, without limitation:

•unanticipated costs or liabilities associated with the acquisition, including claims related to the acquired company, our offerings, or technology;

•incurrence of acquisition-related expenses, which would be recognized as a current period expense;

•inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition or investment costs;

•inability to maintain relationships with customers and partners of the acquired business;

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•challenges with incorporating acquired technology and rights into our platform and maintaining quality and security standards consistent with our brand;

•inability to identify security vulnerabilities in acquired technology prior to integration with our technology and platform;

•inability to achieve anticipated synergies or unanticipated difficulty with integration into our corporate culture;

•delays in customer purchases due to uncertainty related to any acquisition;

•the need to integrate or implement additional controls, procedures, and policies;

•challenges caused by distance, language, and cultural differences;

•harm to our existing business relationships with business partners and customers as a result of the acquisition;

•potential loss of key employees;

•use of resources that are needed in other parts of our business and diversion of management and employee resources;

•inability to recognize acquired contract liabilities in accordance with our revenue recognition policies; and

•use of substantial portions of our available cash or the incurrence of debt to consummate the acquisition.

Acquisitions also increase the risk of unforeseen legal liability, including for potential violations of applicable law or industry rules and regulations, arising from prior or ongoing acts or omissions by the acquired businesses that are not discovered by due diligence during the acquisition process. We may have to pay cash, incur debt, or issue equity or equity-linked securities to pay for any future acquisitions, each of which could adversely affect our financial condition or the market price of our common stock. The sale of equity or issuance of equity-linked debt to finance any future acquisitions could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property, Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Technical Infrastructure

Any failure to obtain, maintain, protect, or enforce our intellectual property and proprietary rights could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our success depends, in part, upon our ability to obtain, maintain, protect, and enforce our intellectual property rights, including our proprietary technology, know-how, and our brand. We rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secret laws, and contractual provisions in an effort to establish and protect our proprietary rights. However, the steps we take to obtain, maintain, protect, and enforce our intellectual property rights may be inadequate, and if we fail to protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or trade secrets adequately, our competitors might gain access to our proprietary technology and develop and commercialize similar services or technologies, and our business, financial condition, results of operations, or prospects could be adversely affected. Although we have been issued patents in the United States and Canada and have additional patent applications pending, there can be no assurance that our patent applications will result in issued patents. Even if we continue to seek patent protection in the future, we may be unable to obtain or maintain patent protection for our technology. In addition, any patents issued from pending or future patent applications or that are licensed to us in the future may not provide us with competitive advantages or may be successfully challenged by third parties. Any of our patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights may be challenged or circumvented by others or invalidated or held unenforceable through administrative process or litigation in the United States, Canada, or in other foreign jurisdictions. There can be no guarantee that others will not infringe on our trademarks or patents, independently develop offerings that are similar to our intellectual property or trade secrets, duplicate any of our offerings, or design around our patents or other intellectual property rights. Further, legal standards relating to the validity, enforceability, and scope of protection of intellectual property rights may be uncertain. Moreover, policing unauthorized use of our technologies, trade secrets, and intellectual property may be difficult, expensive, and time-consuming, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not be as protective of intellectual property rights as those in the United States and where mechanisms for enforcement of intellectual property rights may be weak. Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may be unable to prevent third parties from infringing upon, misappropriating, or otherwise violating our intellectual property rights.

We rely, in part, on trade secrets, proprietary know-how, and other confidential information to maintain our competitive position. While we generally enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and consultants and enter into confidentiality agreements with third parties, including the parties with whom we have strategic relationships and business alliances, these agreements may not be effective in controlling access to, distribution, use, misuse, misappropriation, reverse engineering, or disclosure of our proprietary information, know-how, and trade secrets. Further, these agreements do not prevent our competitors or partners from independently developing offerings that are substantially equivalent or superior to our offerings. These agreements may be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. Enforcing a claim that a party violated confidentiality obligations or illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret or know-how is difficult, expensive and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets and know-how.

We may be required to spend significant resources in order to monitor and protect our intellectual property rights and trade secrets, and some violations may be difficult or impossible to detect. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, and such litigation could be costly, time-consuming, and distracting to management, and could result in the impairment or loss of portions of our intellectual property. Our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights may be met with defenses, counterclaims, and countersuits attacking the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights, and if such defenses, counterclaims, and countersuits are successful, we could lose valuable

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intellectual property rights. Our inability to protect our proprietary technology against unauthorized copying or use, as well as any costly litigation or diversion of our management’s attention and resources, could impair the functionality of our services and technology, delay introductions of enhancements to our services and technology, result in us substituting inferior or more costly technologies into our service offerings, or harm our reputation and brand. In addition, we may be required to license additional technology from third parties to develop and market new features, which may not be on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, and could adversely affect our ability to compete.

Claims by others that we infringed their proprietary technology or other intellectual property rights would harm our business.

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to develop and commercialize our services without infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of third parties. However, we may not be aware if our services are infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating third-party intellectual property rights, and such third parties may bring claims alleging such infringement, misappropriation, or violation. Companies in technology industries, including some of our current and potential competitors, are subject to litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. In addition, certain companies and rights holders seek to enforce and monetize patents or other intellectual property rights they own, have purchased, or otherwise obtained. Many potential litigants, including some of our potential competitors and patent-holding companies, have the ability to dedicate substantial resources to assert their intellectual property rights and to defend claims that may be brought against them.

Any claim of infringement by a third-party, even those without merit, against us or for which we are required to provide indemnification could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, could distract our management from our business, and could require us to cease or modify our use of such intellectual property. Further, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, we risk compromising our confidential information during this type of litigation. We may be required to make substantial payments for legal fees, settlement fees, damages, royalties, or other fees in connection with a claimant securing a judgment against it, we may be subject to an injunction or other restrictions that cause us to cease commercializing certain aspects of our business and technology, we may be required to redesign any allegedly infringing portion of our services and technology, or we may agree to a settlement that prevents us from commercializing certain aspects of our services or technology, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Moreover, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments and if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it would have a substantial adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or the market price of our common stock.

With respect to any intellectual property rights claim, we may have to seek out a license to continue operations found to be in violation of such rights, which may not be available on favorable or commercially reasonable terms and may significantly increase our operating expenses. Some such licenses may be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. If a third-party does not offer us a license to our intellectual property on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, we may be required to develop alternative, non-infringing technology, which could require significant time (during which we would be unable to continue to offer our affected features), effort, and expense, and may ultimately not be successful. Any of these events would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

When engaging in preliminary commercial discussions, we enter into non-disclosure agreements with potential partners. These agreements permit the parties to exchange confidential information conditioned on compliance with the terms contained therein. Any claim that we have not adhered to the terms of a non-disclosure agreement, even claims without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs defending against the claim, could distract our management from our business, and could require us to cease or modify our services, in addition to potentially paying substantial payments for legal fees, settlement fees, damages, royalties, or other fees.

Our services and technology contain third-party open source software components, and failure to comply with the terms of the underlying open source software licenses could restrict our ability to deliver our platform or subject us to litigation or other actions.

Our technology includes software modules licensed to us by third-party authors under open source licenses, and we expect to continue to incorporate such open source software in our platform in the future. We also contribute to the open source developer community. Use and distribution of open source software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide support, warranties, indemnification, or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. We include open source software in some of our technology to improve functionality and reduce engineering time and cost and make the source code of some of our proprietary platform features available as open source to facilitate collaboration, but this may also enable others to compete more effectively. In addition, the public availability of such open source software may make it easier for others to compromise our services and technology.

Some open source licenses contain requirements that could require us to make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create pursuant to the terms of such open source licenses. If we combine our proprietary software with open source software in a certain manner, we could, under certain open source licenses, be required to release the source code of our proprietary software to the public. This would allow our competitors to create similar offerings with lower development effort and time and ultimately could result in a loss of our competitive advantages. Alternatively, to avoid the public release of the affected portions of our source code, we could be required to expend substantial time and resources to re-engineer some or all our software. Certain of our technology incorporates software that is licensed under an open source license which would require release of proprietary code if such technology was released or distributed to third parties. Additionally, some open source projects have known vulnerabilities and architectural instabilities and are provided on an “as-is” basis, which, if not properly addressed, could negatively affect the performance of our technology.

The terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. or foreign courts, and there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a way that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to provide or distribute our platform. From time to time, there have been claims challenging the ownership of open source software against companies that incorporate open source software into their platform, and the

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licensors of such open source software provide no warranties or indemnities with respect to such claims. As a result, we and our customers could be subject to lawsuits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software. Moreover, we cannot assure that our processes for controlling our use of open source software in our platform will be effective. If we are held to have breached or failed to fully comply with all the terms and conditions of an open source software license, or if an author or other third-party that distributes such open source software were to allege that we had not complied with the conditions of one or more of these licenses, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending against such allegations, could be subject to significant direct or indirect damages, enjoined from the sale of subscriptions to our platform or other liability, or be required to seek costly licenses from third parties to continue providing our platform on terms that are not economically feasible, to re-engineer our platform, to discontinue or delay the provision of our platform if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely basis, or to make generally available, in source code form, our proprietary code, any of which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We incorporate technology and terrestrial data sets from third parties into our platform, and our inability to maintain rights and access to such technology and data sets would harm our business and results of operations.

We rely on technology and data from a number of different sources, including terrestrial data sets from third parties that we integrate with our platform or incorporate into our solutions and services. We cannot be certain that our licensors are not infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties or that these third parties have sufficient rights to the licensed intellectual property in all jurisdictions in which we may sell our subscription services and project-based services. In addition, many technology licenses are non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. Some of our agreements with these third parties may be terminated for convenience by them, or otherwise provide for a limited term. If we are unable to continue to license any of this technology for any reason, our ability to develop and sell access to our platform containing such technology could be harmed. Similarly, if we are unable to license necessary technology from third parties now, or in the future, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, we may be forced to develop alternative technology, which we may be unable to do in a commercially feasible manner, or at all, and we may be required to use alternative technology of lower quality or performance standards, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

In addition, we incorporate terrestrial data sets from third parties into our solutions and subscription services. We rely on such third parties to provide accurate supplementary data sets that we can utilize to deliver comprehensive data and analytics to our customers. If we are unable to obtain the necessary data sets from third parties on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or if we experience errors or delays in receiving these data sets, our customers may have a negative experience with our platform, our brand and reputation may be adversely affected and our customers may be less inclined to continue utilizing our platform or to recommend it to other potential customers. Similarly, if we are unable to purchase terrestrial data sets from third parties now, or in the future, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, we may be forced to produce terrestrial data sets ourselves, which we may be unable to do in a commercially feasible manner, or at all, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Any actual or perceived security or privacy breach or incident could interrupt our operations, harm our reputation and brand, result in financial exposure, and lead to loss of user confidence in us or decreased use of our platform, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The use of our platform involves the collection, storage, processing, and transmission of customers’ data. In addition, we collect, process, store, and transmit our own data as part of our business operations. Our data or our customers’ data may include personal data or confidential or proprietary information. Increasingly, threats from computer malware, ransomware, viruses, social engineering (including phishing attacks), denial of service or other attacks, employee theft or misuse, and general hacking have become more prevalent in our industry. Any security breaches or other incidents owing to these or other causes could result in loss of or unauthorized access to, damage to, disablement or encryption of, use or misuse of, disclosure of, modification of, or destruction or other unauthorized processing of, our data or our customers’ data, or disrupt our ability to operate our platform for a lengthy period of time. Any actual or perceived security breach or incident could interrupt our operations, harm our reputation and brand, result in remediation and cybersecurity protection costs, result in lost revenue, lead to litigation and legal risks, increase our insurance premiums, result in other financial exposure, lead to loss of user confidence in us or decreased use of our platform, and otherwise damage our competitiveness, business, financial condition, and results of operations. The conflict in Ukraine and associated activities in Ukraine and Russia may increase the risk of cyberattacks on various types of infrastructure and operations. We believe those risks may be particularly heightened for us and other providers of satellite infrastructure and space operations, and that we face heightened risks of cyberattacks and other attacks on our infrastructure, systems, and operations in connection with the conflict in Ukraine and associated activities in Ukraine and Russia.

Our security measures or those of our third-party service providers could be insufficient or breached or otherwise fail as a result of third-party action, employee errors, technological limitations, defects, vulnerabilities in our offerings or those of our third-party service providers, malfeasance, or otherwise. Additionally, with a hybrid workforce we may be exposed to increased risks of security breaches or other incidents and have seen an increase in phishing attempts and spam emails. We may need to enhance the security of our platform, our systems, our data, and the other data we maintain or that we or our third-party service providers maintain or otherwise process, and our internal IT infrastructure, which may require additional resources and may not be successful. Furthermore, because we do not control our third-party service providers and our ability to monitor their data security is limited, we cannot ensure the security measures they take will be sufficient to protect our platform or IT infrastructure or our and our customers’ data. There can be no assurance that any security measures that we or our third-party service providers have implemented will be effective against current or future security threats. Our security measures or those of our third-party service providers could fail and result in loss of or unauthorized access to, damage to, disablement or encryption of, use or misuse of, disclosure of, modification of, or destruction of, or otherwise unauthorized processing of, such data. Further, because there are many different security breach and other cyberattack techniques and such

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techniques continue to become more sophisticated, frequent and adaptive and are generally not detected until after an incident has occurred, we may be unable to implement adequate preventative measures, anticipate attempted security breaches or other incidents, or react in a timely manner.

Any security breach or other incident that we or our third-party service providers experience, or the perception that one has occurred, could result in a loss of customer confidence in the security of our platform, harm our reputation and brand, reduce the demand for our platform, disrupt normal business operations, require us to spend material resources to investigate or correct the breach or incident and to prevent future security breaches and incidents, expose us to legal liabilities, including litigation, regulatory enforcement actions, proceedings, and orders, disputes, investigations, indemnity obligations, damages for contract breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, other claims and liabilities, and significant costs for remediation of and otherwise responding to such breaches or other incidents, any of which could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, our remediation efforts may not be successful. We also may face difficulty or delay in identifying, remediating, and otherwise responding to security breaches and incidents. We cannot ensure that any limitation of liability provisions in our customer and user agreements, contracts with third-party vendors and service providers, and other contracts for a security lapse or breach or other security incident would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from any liabilities or damages with respect to any particular claim. These risks may increase as we continue to grow and collect, process, store, and transmit increasingly large amounts of data.

Many governments have enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security incidents or unauthorized transfers involving certain types of personal data. Accordingly, security incidents experienced by our competitors, by our customers or by us may lead to negative publicity. Further, if a security breach or incident occurs with respect to another service provider, our customers and potential customers may lose trust in the security of software delivered through the cloud generally, which could adversely impact our ability to retain existing customers or attract new ones, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Moreover, our insurance coverage may not be adequate for liabilities incurred or cover any indemnification claims against us relating to any security incident or breach or an insurer may deny coverage of claims. In the future, we may not be able to secure insurance for such matters on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage, or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The rapidly evolving framework of privacy, data protection, data transfers, or other laws or regulations worldwide may increase our costs of compliance, subject us to claims and penalties, and limit the use and adoption of our services, any of which could adversely affect our business.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state, local, and international laws, directives, and regulations, as well as contractual obligations, relating to the collection, use, retention, security, disclosure, transfer, and other processing of personal information and other data. The regulatory framework for privacy, data protection, and data transfers worldwide is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future.

These laws could increase the cost and complexity of delivering our platform and other aspects of our operations. Complying with these laws, regulations, amendments to or re-interpretations of laws and regulations, and contractual or other actual or alleged obligations relating to privacy, data protection, data transfers, data localization, or information security may require us to make changes to our services to enable us, our data suppliers or our customers to meet new legal requirements, incur substantial operational costs, modify our data practices and policies, engage in additional contractual negotiations, and restrict our business operations.

The interpretation and enforcement of the laws and regulations described above are uncertain and subject to change, and may require substantial costs to monitor and implement compliance with current or additional requirements. Any actual or perceived failure by us to comply with these laws, regulations, or other obligations may lead to significant fines, penalties, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, lawsuits, significant costs for remediation, damage to our reputation, or other liabilities.

In addition to government activity, privacy advocates and other industry groups have established or may establish self-regulatory standards that may place additional burdens on our ability to provide our services globally, and which we may comply with or face asserted or actual obligations to comply with. Our customers also may require or expect us to meet certain voluntary certification and other standards established by third parties. If we are unable to maintain these certifications or meet these standards, it could adversely affect our ability to provide our services to certain customers and could harm our business. Furthermore, the uncertain and shifting regulatory environment may cause concerns regarding data privacy and may cause our customers or our customers’ customers to resist providing the data necessary to allow our customers to use our services effectively. Even the perception that the privacy of personal information is not satisfactorily protected or that our maintenance or processing of such information does not meet regulatory requirements could inhibit sales of our services and limit adoption of our platform.

Additionally, some statutory requirements, both in the United States and abroad, include obligations for companies to notify individuals of security breaches and incidents involving particular personal information, which could result from breaches or incidents experienced by us or our service providers. Any actual or perceived security breach or incident that we or our service providers suffer could harm our reputation and brand, expose us to potential claims, liability, and proceedings, or require us to expend significant resources on data security and in responding to any such actual or perceived breach or incident.

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These laws, regulations, standards, or other obligations relating to privacy, data protection, data transfers, data localization, or information security could require us to take on more onerous obligations in our contracts, restrict our ability to store, transfer, and process data or, in some cases, impact our ability to offer our services in certain locations, to deploy our solutions, to reach current and prospective customers, or to derive insights from data globally. If we are obligated to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our platform, we may be unable to make such changes and modifications in a commercially reasonable manner, or at all, and our ability to develop new platform features could be limited. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, these laws, regulations, standards, and obligations, or any inability to adequately address privacy, data protection, or information security-related concerns, even if unfounded, may limit the use and adoption of our services, reduce overall demand for our services, make it more difficult to meet expectations from or commitments to customers, impact our reputation, or slow the pace at which we close sales transactions, any of which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We rely on AWS to deliver our platform to our customers, and any disruption of, or interference with, our use of AWS could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

AWS is a third-party provider of cloud infrastructure services. We outsource substantially all of the infrastructure relating to our platform to AWS. Our customers need to be able to access our platform at any time, without interruption or degradation of performance. Our platform depends, in significant part, on the virtual cloud infrastructure hosted in AWS. Any incident affecting AWS infrastructure that may be caused by tsunamis, tornados, floods, hurricanes, other extreme or unusual weather events, earthquakes, fires, acts of war or terrorism, or other catastrophic events, power loss, telecommunications failures, cyberattacks, and other similar events beyond our control, could adversely affect our cloud-native platform. Additionally, AWS may experience threats or attacks from computer malware, ransomware, viruses, social engineering (including phishing attacks), denial of service or other attacks. In addition, employee theft or misuse and general hacking have become more prevalent in our industry. Any of these security incidents could result in unauthorized access to, damage to, disablement or encryption of, use or misuse of, disclosure of, modification of, destruction of, or loss of our data or our customers’ data or disrupt our ability to provide our platform or service. A prolonged AWS service disruption affecting our platform would adversely impact our ability to serve our customers and could damage our reputation with current and potential customers, expose us to liability, result in substantial costs for remediation, cause us to lose customers, or otherwise harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations. We may also incur significant costs for using alternative hosting sources or taking other actions in preparation for, or in reaction to, events that damage the AWS services we use.

Our end-user license agreement with AWS may be terminated by AWS or us with or without cause subject to at least 30 days’ advance notice. Termination upon a material breach is subject to providing the breaching party prior notice and a 30-day cure period. AWS may terminate the agreement immediately upon notice if (i) our subscription has been suspended, (ii) AWS can no longer provide the services due to changes in software or other technology, or (iii) required by law or other government entities. In the event that our AWS service agreement is terminated, there is elimination of AWS services or features that we utilize, or there is damage to such facilities, we would experience interruptions in access to our platform as well as significant delays and additional expense in arranging for or creating new facilities or re-architecting our platform for deployment on a different cloud infrastructure service provider, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Matters

We have been involved, and may in the future become involved, in claims, lawsuits, government investigations, and other proceedings that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

From time to time, we have been involved, and may in the future become involved, in various legal proceedings relating to matters incidental to the ordinary course of our business, including intellectual property, commercial, employment, class action, whistleblower, and other litigation and claims, and governmental and other regulatory investigations and proceedings. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, be harmful to our reputation, require significant management attention, and divert significant resources. In addition, the expense of litigation and the timing of this expense from period to period are difficult to estimate and subject to change. The risk of litigation may be heightened among public companies, like us, that have recently undergone a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, as well as for companies, like us, that have recently restated their financial statements.

Determining reserves for our pending litigation is a complex and fact-intensive process that requires significant subjective judgment and speculation. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines, and penalties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. These proceedings could also result in harm to our reputation and brand, sanctions, consent decrees, injunctions, or other orders requiring a change in our business practices. Because of the potential risks, expenses, and uncertainties of litigation, we may, from time to time, settle disputes, even where we have meritorious claims or defenses, by agreeing to settlement agreements. Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations, many of which are evolving, and failure to comply with such laws and regulations could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business is subject to regulation by various federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies, including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing laws and regulations related to the deployment and operation of satellites, ground stations, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, investment screening, labor and employment, worker classification, product safety, anti-bribery laws, import and export controls, controlled goods laws, federal securities laws, and tax laws and regulations. In certain jurisdictions, these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than in the United States. These laws and regulations impose added costs on our business. We monitor these developments and devote a significant amount of management’s time and external resources towards compliance with these laws, regulations, and guidelines, and such compliance places a significant burden on management’s time and other resources, and it may limit our ability to expand into certain jurisdictions.

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Moreover, changes in law, the imposition of new or additional regulations, or the enactment of any new or more stringent legislation that impacts our business could require us to change the way we operate. In addition, changes in laws and regulations applicable to us, our third-party partners or our suppliers, or changes in their enforcement or regulatory interpretation could result in changes in the legal requirements affecting us (including with retroactive effect) or our partners and suppliers. Any changes in the laws and regulations to which we or our partners and suppliers are subject could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. It is impossible to predict whether there will be any future changes in the regulatory regimes to which we will be subject or the effect of any such change.

Failure to comply with these laws or regulations or failure to satisfy any criteria or other requirements under such laws or regulations, such as with respect to obtaining and maintaining licenses, certificates, authorizations, and permits critical for the operation of our business, may result in civil penalties or private lawsuits, or result in a delay or the denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses, certificates, authorizations, or permits, which would prevent us from operating our business. For example, our business requires licenses and permits from the FCC, and review by other agencies of the U.S. government. In addition, we are required to maintain similar licenses and permits in Luxembourg, Singapore and Canada which impose regulatory and operational requirements. License approval can include an interagency review of safety, operational, radio frequency interference, national security, and foreign policy, and international obligations implications, as well as a review of foreign ownership. Further, because regulations in each country differ, we may not be aware if some of our partners or persons with whom we or our partners do business do not hold the requisite licenses and approvals.

We must also comply with laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration, and performance of contracts with the public sector, including U.S. federal governmental organizations, which affects how we do business with governmental agencies. Selling our services to the U.S. government also subjects us to certain regulatory and contractual requirements. Failure to comply with these requirements could subject us to investigations, fines, and other penalties, which would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The rules and regulations of U.S. and foreign authorities, and their interpretation and application, may change, and such authorities may adopt regulations that limit or restrict our operations as presently conducted or currently contemplated. Such authorities may also make changes in the licenses of our competitors that affect our spectrum. These changes in rules or regulatory policy may significantly affect our business. Application of these laws to our business may negatively impact our performance in various ways, limiting the collaborations we may pursue, further regulating the export and re-export of our services and technology from the United States and abroad, and increasing our costs and the time necessary to obtain required authorization. The adoption of a multi-layered regulatory approach to any one of the laws or regulations to which we are or may become subject, particularly where the layers are in conflict, could require alteration of our manufacturing processes or operational parameters which may adversely impact our business.

Our failure to provide services in accordance with the terms of our licenses or our failure to operate our satellites or ground stations as required by our licenses and applicable laws and government regulations could result in the imposition of government sanctions on us, including the suspension or cancellation of our licenses. Our failure or delay in obtaining the approvals required to operate in other countries would limit or delay our ability to expand our operations into those countries. Our failure to obtain industry-standard or government-required certifications for our services could compromise our ability to generate revenue and conduct our business in other countries. Any imposition of sanctions, loss of license, or failure to obtain the authorizations necessary to use our assigned radio frequency spectrum and to distribute our services in the United States or foreign jurisdictions could cause us to lose sales, hurt our reputation and impair our ability to pursue our business plan.

Noncompliance with applicable regulations or requirements could subject us to:

•investigations, enforcement actions, orders, and sanctions;

•mandatory changes to our global satellite system;

•disgorgement of profits, fines, and damages;

•civil and criminal penalties or injunctions;

•claims for damages by our customers;

•termination of contracts;

•loss of intellectual property rights; and

•temporary or permanent debarment from sales to government organizations.

The results of any such claims, lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, government investigations, or other legal or regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with any degree of certainty. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, could be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, be harmful to our reputation, require significant management attention, and divert significant resources. Determining reserves for claims against us is a complex and fact-intensive process that requires significant subjective judgment and speculation, and significant adjustments to reserves may have to be made in subsequent periods. It is possible that a resolution of one or more such proceedings could result in substantial damages, settlement costs, fines, and penalties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. These proceedings could also result in harm to our reputation and brand, sanctions, consent decrees, injunctions, or other orders requiring a change in our business practices. Any of these consequences could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Further, under certain circumstances, we have contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and to incur legal expenses on behalf of our business and commercial partners and current and former directors and officers.

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Further, a temporary or permanent debarment by the U.S. federal government could have a negative impact on our ability to obtain contracts with agencies of U.S. states and localities as well as with non-U.S. public sector customers, some of which are required to report any suspension or debarment when submitting a proposal.

Our ability to obtain or maintain licensing authorization for our platform is subject to government rules and processes which can cause delays or failures in obtaining authorizations requested. Further, regulators may adopt new rules and regulations which could impose new requirements impacting our business, financial condition, and results of operations. If we do not maintain regulatory authorizations for our existing satellites, associated ground facilities and terminals, and services we provide, or obtain authorizations for our future satellites, associated ground facilities and terminals, and services we provide, we may not be able to operate our existing satellites or expand our operations.

If we fail to obtain or maintain particular authorizations for any of the required licenses for our ground stations, satellite launches, satellite constellations, or for our ability to uplink or downlink satellite data on acceptable terms, such failure could delay or prevent us from offering some or all of our services, including subscription services and project-based services, which could adversely affect our results of business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may not be able to obtain all of the required regulatory authorizations for the construction, launch, and operation of any of our future satellites or export or import of data. Even if we can obtain the necessary authorizations and licenses, they may impose significant operational restrictions, or not protect us from interference that could affect the use of our satellites. Our ability to secure all requisite governmental approvals is not assured, and the process of obtaining governmental authorizations and licenses can be time consuming, time sensitive, and require compliance with a wide array of administrative and procedural rules. Any failure to obtain required approvals could compromise our ability to generate revenue or conduct our business in one or more countries.

We hold FCC and foreign governmental licensing authority licenses, permits, and approvals for our satellite constellations and earth stations. As we build out our satellite constellation, we will require new licenses, permits, or approvals from the FCC and/or foreign governmental licensing authorities or modifications to existing licenses, permits, or approvals. Changes to our satellite constellation and earth stations may also require prior approval from the FCC or other governmental authorities. These modifications or changes may take time: for example, the FCC typically processes satellite applications for new orbital locations or frequencies on a first come, first served basis. From time to time, we may have pending applications for permanent or temporary changes in frequencies and technical design. From time to time, we have filed or will need to file applications to replace or add satellites to our satellite constellation. These licenses, permits, and approvals are also subject to modification by the FCC and foreign government licensing authorities. In addition, our licenses, permits, and approvals require coordination with various entities, including other federal government agencies. There can be no assurance that the FCC or foreign governmental licensing authorities will renew the licenses we hold, modify the licenses we currently hold, or grant new licenses, or that coordination conditions can continue to be met. If the FCC or a foreign governmental licensing authority revokes, modifies or fails to renew the licenses we hold, or fails to grant a new license or modification, or if we fail to satisfy any of the conditions of our licenses, we may not be able to continue to provide our services.

In some cases, we rely upon partners or persons with whom we do business to obtain and maintain required non-U.S. regulatory approvals. However, if we or our partners do not maintain the authorizations necessary to operate our platform, we will not be able to operate the satellites covered by those authorizations, unless we obtain authorization from another licensing jurisdiction. In addition, some of our authorizations provide waivers of regulations. If we do not maintain these waivers, we will be subject to operational restrictions or interference that will affect our use of existing satellites. Loss of a satellite authorization could cause us to lose the revenue from services provided by that satellite at a particular orbital location or using a particular frequency band, to the extent these services cannot be provided by satellites at other orbital locations or with a different frequency band.

Our launches and operation of our platform may require additional regulatory authorizations from the FCC or a non-U.S. licensing jurisdiction. Obtaining launch windows for planned satellites and ground stations, preparing for launch, and working with the requisite equipment in foreign jurisdictions may require coordination with U.S. and foreign regulators. If any of our current operations are deemed not to be in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, we may be subject to various sanctions, including fines, loss of authorizations, or denial of applications for new authorizations or renewal of existing authorizations. It is not uncommon for licenses for new satellites or additional operational parameters to be granted just prior to launch, which may result in unanticipated expenses or delays. If we do not obtain required authorizations in the future, we will not be able to operate our planned satellites. If we obtain a required authorization but we do not receive customer acceptance of project-based deliverables regarding the construction, launch, and operation of a satellite by deadlines that may be established in the authorization, we may lose our authorization to operate a satellite using certain frequencies in an orbital location. Any authorizations we may obtain may also impose operational restrictions or permit interference that could affect our use of planned satellites.

Countries or their regulatory authorities, or the International Telecommunication Union ("ITU"), a specialized technical agency of the United Nations, may adopt new laws, policies, or regulations, or change their interpretation of existing laws, policies, or regulations, that could cause our existing authorizations and the frequency allocations that we rely on for use of our satellites to be changed or cancelled, require us to incur additional costs, impose or change existing price ceilings, or otherwise adversely affect our operations or revenues. As a result, any currently held regulatory authorizations and licenses are subject to rescission and renewal and may not remain sufficient or additional authorizations may be necessary that we may not be able to obtain on a timely basis or on terms that are not unduly burdensome. There is no guarantee that such licenses will be renewed.

Further, because the regulatory schemes vary by country, we may be subject to regulations in foreign countries of which we are not presently aware that we are not in compliance with, and as a result could be subject to sanctions by a foreign government.

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We are dependent on the availability and unimpaired use of allocated bands within the radio frequency spectrum and failure to secure spectrum use rights to support our operations and future technological development could impede our growth. Further, our platform may be subject to harmful interference from new or modified spectrum uses.

Our platform is dependent on the use of satellite signals and on terrestrial communication bands. International allocations of radio frequency are made by the ITU. These allocations are further governed by radio regulations that have treaty status and which may be subject to modification every three to four years by the World Radiocommunication Conference. Each country also has regulatory authority over how each band is used in the country. In the United States, the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration share responsibility for radio frequency allocations and spectrum usage regulations.

Any ITU or local reallocation of radio frequency bands, including frequency band segmentation and sharing of spectrum, or other modifications of the permitted uses of relevant frequency bands, may materially and adversely affect the utility and reliability of our platform and have significant negative impacts on our customers, both of which could reduce demand for our platform. We are licensed to uplink and downlink our data over certain bands. Other countries have considered proposals for use of frequencies used by our platform as well as adjacent bands that could cause harmful interference to our platform.

Our platform also uses other radio frequency bands, such as the GPS and Galileo frequencies, together with the GNSS signal, to provide enhanced GNSS capabilities, such as near real-time kinematics precision. The continuing availability of these non-GNSS radio frequencies is essential to provide enhanced GNSS products to our commercial and government markets. In addition, transmissions and emissions from other services and equipment operating in adjacent frequency bands or in-band may impair the utility and reliability of our platform. Any regulatory changes in spectrum allocation or in allowable operating conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are subject to domestic and international governmental export and import controls that would impair our ability to compete in international markets or subject us to liability if we are not in compliance with applicable laws or if we do not secure or maintain the required export authorizations.

In many cases, our services are or may in the future be subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations including the EAR and ITAR, and subject to trade and economic sanctions maintained by OFAC. We are also subject to export control and trade sanctions laws and regulations in other jurisdictions in which we operate. As such, an export license may be required to export or re-export our technology and services to certain countries or end-users, or for certain end-uses. If we were to fail to comply with such U.S. export controls laws and regulations, U.S. economic sanctions, or other similar laws or regulations in other jurisdictions, we could be subject to both civil and criminal penalties, including substantial fines, possible incarceration for employees and managers for willful violations, and the possible loss of our export or import privileges. Compliance with the EAR, ITAR, and other applicable regulatory requirements regarding the export of our services, including new releases and/or the performance of services, may create delays in the introduction of our services in non-U.S. markets, prevent our customers with non-U.S. operations from deploying these services throughout their global systems or, in some cases, prevent the export of the services to some countries altogether.

Obtaining the necessary export license for a particular sale or offering may not be possible, may be time-consuming, and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities. We have failed, and could in the future fail, to secure or maintain at all times all required export authorizations, which could have negative consequences on our business, including reputational harm, government investigations and civil and criminal penalties. Additionally, monitoring and ensuring compliance with these complex export control laws, regulations and sanctions is particularly challenging because our offerings are widely distributed throughout the world. A failure by us or our partners to comply with all relevant export laws and regulations could have negative consequences for us, including reputational harm, government investigations and penalties.

Changes in domestic or international export or import laws or regulations, economic sanctions, or related legislation, shifts in the enforcement or scope of existing export, import, or sanctions laws or regulations, or changes in the countries, governments, persons, or technologies targeted by such export, import, or sanctions laws or regulations, could result in decreased use of our platform by, or in our decreased ability to export or sell access to our platform to, existing or potential end-customers with international operations. A decreased use of our platform or limitation on our ability to export to or sell access to our platform in international markets could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are subject to anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and similar laws, and non-compliance with such laws can subject us to criminal penalties or significant fines, harm our reputation, and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and growth prospects.

We are subject to the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act, the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, and other anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and anti-money laundering laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we have offices or do business, both domestic and abroad. These laws and regulations generally prohibit companies and their employees, business partners, third-party intermediaries, representatives, and agents from authorizing, offering, or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments to government officials, political candidates, political parties, or commercial partners for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or securing an improper business advantage.

We have interactions with foreign officials, including in furtherance of sales to governmental entities in the United States and in non-U.S. countries. We sometimes leverage third parties to conduct our business abroad, and our third-party business partners, representatives, and agents may have direct or indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or state-owned or affiliated entities. We may be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of our employees or these third parties, even if we do not explicitly authorize such activities. The FCPA and other applicable laws and regulations also require that we keep accurate books and records and maintain internal controls and compliance procedures designed to prevent any such actions. We cannot assure you that all of our employees, business partners, third-party intermediaries, representatives,

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and agents will not take actions in violation of our policies and applicable law, for which we may be ultimately held responsible. Our exposure for violating these laws increases as our international presence expands and as we increase sales and operations in foreign jurisdictions.

A violation of the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act or other applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption laws, and anti-money laundering laws could result in whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, loss of export privileges, severe criminal or civil sanctions, settlements, prosecution, enforcement actions, fines, damages, or suspension or debarment from government contracts, any of which could adversely affect our reputation, business, stock price, financial condition, results of operations, and growth prospects. In addition, responding to an investigation or action will likely result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and significant defense costs and other professional fees.

Domestic and international tax laws and regulations, and changes to such tax laws and regulations, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") requires taxpayers to capitalize research and development expenses with amortization periods over five and 15 years, which reduces taxable loss, and creates a new deferred tax asset for capitalized research and development costs, and corresponding adjustments to tax on foreign source income through global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI").

Regulatory or legislative developments may arise from the proposed U.S. tax reform under the Biden Administration, which has proposed several changes to the corporate income tax regime, which, if adopted, could result in increased taxation of our business operations. There is uncertainty regarding what changes, if any, will be enacted and the effect on our business and financial results.

As we expand the scale of our international business activities, U.S. or foreign taxation of such activities may increase our worldwide effective tax rate and harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our international operations subject us to potentially adverse tax consequences. We generally conduct our international operations through subsidiaries and report our taxable income in various jurisdictions worldwide based upon our business operations in those jurisdictions. Our intercompany relationships are subject to complex transfer pricing regulations administered by taxing authorities in various jurisdictions. The relevant taxing authorities may disagree with our determinations as to the value of assets sold or acquired or income and expenses attributable to specific jurisdictions. If such a disagreement were to occur, and our position was not sustained, we could be required to pay additional taxes, interest, and penalties, which could result in one-time tax charges, higher effective tax rates, reduced cash flows, and lower overall profitability of our operations.

There is also a high level of uncertainty in today’s tax environment stemming from both global initiatives put forth by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and unilateral measures being implemented by various countries due to a lack of consensus on these global initiatives. Unilateral measures such as digital services taxes and corresponding tariffs in response to such measures are creating additional uncertainty. If these proposals are passed, it is likely that we will have to pay higher income taxes in countries where such rules are applicable.

Our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes to offset future taxable income may be limited.

As of December 31, 2022, we had $251.4 million of federal and $102.7 million of state net operating loss carryforwards (“Net Operating Losses”), available to reduce future taxable income. Of the approximately $251.4 million in U.S. federal Net Operating Losses, approximately $168.9 million will be carried forward indefinitely for U.S. federal tax purposes and approximately $82.5 million will begin to expire in 2032. Our $102.7 million of state Net Operating Losses will expire in various tax years beginning in 2032. It is possible that we will not generate taxable income in time to use Net Operating Losses before their expiration, or at all.

In addition, our federal and state Net Operating Losses and certain tax credits may be subject to significant limitations under Section 382 and Section 383, respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and similar provisions under state law. In general, under those sections of the Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes, such as research and development tax credits, to offset its post-change income or tax liability may be limited. In general, an “ownership change” will occur if there is a cumulative change in our ownership by “5-percent stockholders” that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. Future changes in our stock ownership, which may be outside of our control, may trigger an ownership change. Similar provisions of state tax law may also apply to limit our use of our accumulated state tax attributes. As a result, even if we earn net taxable income in the future, our ability to use our or Legacy Spire’s Net Operating Losses and other tax attributes to offset such taxable income or tax liability may be subject to limitations, which could potentially adversely affect our cash flows and result in increased future income tax liability.

The Tax Act, as amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), among other things, includes changes to U.S. federal tax rates and the rules governing Net Operating Losses. For Net Operating Losses arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the Tax Act, as modified by the CARES Act, limits a taxpayer’s ability to utilize Net Operating Losses to 80% of taxable income (as calculated before taking the Net Operating Losses, and certain other tax attributes, into account) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. Net Operating Losses arising in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 can be carried forward indefinitely. Net Operating Losses generated in tax years beginning before January 1, 2018 will not be subject to the taxable income limitation and will continue to have a two-year carryback and twenty-year carryforward period.

However, in future years, if and when a net deferred tax asset is recognized related to our Net Operating Losses, the changes in the new limitation on the use of Net Operating Losses may significantly impact our valuation allowance assessments for Net Operating Losses generated after December 31, 2017.

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There is also a risk that due to federal or state regulatory changes, such as suspensions on the use of Net Operating Losses, tax credits or other tax attributes, possibly with retroactive effect, or other unforeseen reasons, our existing Net Operating Losses, tax credits or other tax attributes could expire or otherwise be unavailable to offset future income tax liabilities.

Taxing authorities may successfully assert that we should have collected or in the future should collect sales and use, value added, or similar taxes, and any such assessments could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We do not collect sales and use, value added, and similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we have sales, based on our belief that such taxes are not applicable. Sales and use, value added, and similar tax laws and rates vary greatly by jurisdiction. Certain jurisdictions in which we do not collect such taxes may assert that such taxes are applicable, which could result in tax assessments, penalties, and interest, and we may be required to collect such taxes in the future. Such tax assessments, penalties, interest, or future requirements could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Relating to Financial and Accounting Matters

Our current insurance does not protect us against all satellite-related losses that we may experience.

Our business is subject to a number of risks and hazards including adverse conditions. Such occurrences could result in damage to equipment, personal injury or death, monetary losses, and possible legal liability. In addition, changes in the regulatory environment could impose additional insurance requirements on satellite operators. Despite any insurance coverage which we currently have or may secure in the future, the nature of these risks is such that liabilities might exceed policy limits, the liabilities and hazards might not be insurable, or we may elect not to insure against such liabilities due to high premium costs or other reasons, in which event we could incur significant costs that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

Our current insurance does not protect us against all satellite-related losses that we may experience. Our insurance does not protect us against business interruption, loss of revenues, or delay of revenues. In addition, we only carry third-party liability insurance outside of the United States. Our existing third-party liability, launch, and in-orbit insurance policies may include, and any future policies that we may obtain may include, specified exclusions, deductibles and material change limitations. Typically, these insurance policies exclude coverage for damage or losses arising from acts of war, anti-satellite devices, electromagnetic or radio frequency interference, and other similar potential risks for which exclusions are customary in the industry at the time the policy is written. In addition, they typically exclude coverage for satellite health-related problems affecting our satellites that are known at the time the policy is written or renewed. Any claims under existing policies are subject to settlement with the insurers.

The price, terms, and availability of satellite insurance has increased significantly in recent years. Launch and in-orbit policies on satellites may not continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all or we may determine that it is not in our interest to purchase insurance in certain circumstances. To the extent we experience a launch or in-orbit failure that is not fully insured or not insured at all, such failure could harm our financial position. In addition, higher premiums on insurance policies increase costs, thereby reducing our available cash. In addition to higher premiums, insurance policies may provide for higher deductibles, shorter coverage periods, higher loss percentages required for constructive total loss claims and additional satellite health-related policy exclusions. If we experience significant uninsured losses, such events could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We face fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, and as we continue to expand internationally, we will become more exposed to such fluctuations. A portion of our operating expenses are incurred outside of the United States and denominated in foreign currencies. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies in the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 increased the real cost of our platform for those customers paying in U.S. dollars outside of the United States, which could lead to the lengthening of our sales cycle or reduced demand for our platform. The fluctuations in currency exchange rates could increase the cost of expenses such as payroll, utilities, tax, and marketing expenses, as well as overseas capital expenditures. As we continue our international expansion, increased international sales may result in foreign currency denominated sales, increasing our foreign currency risk. Moreover, this continued expansion will increase operating expenses incurred outside the United States and denominated in foreign currencies. To date, we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedging transactions may be limited and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Material impairments in the carrying value of our goodwill would negatively affect our operating results.

Goodwill represents a significant portion of our assets. As of December 31, 2022, we had $50.0 million in goodwill, which resulted from our acquisition activity and represents the excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of the net assets acquired. We assess at least annually whether events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of our goodwill assets may not be recoverable. If our market capitalization continues to decline, and if macroeconomic conditions worsen, our reporting unit may be at risk for future goodwill impairments. Any write-off of a material portion of our goodwill would negatively affect our results of operations.

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Our results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in accounting principles applicable to us.

GAAP is subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC, and other various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. Changes in accounting principles applicable to us, or varying interpretations of current accounting principles, in particular, with respect to revenue recognition of our solutions, could have a significant effect on our reported results of operations. Further, any difficulties in the implementation of changes in accounting principles, including the ability to modify our accounting systems, could cause us to fail to meet our financial reporting obligations and/or lead to a determination of ineffective controls, which could result in regulatory discipline and harm investors’ confidence in us.

Our estimates and judgments relating to our critical accounting policies may be based on assumptions that change or prove to be incorrect, which could cause our results of operations to fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in the market price of our common stock.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, as described in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” but the estimates and assumptions involve significant subjectivity and judgment. Our estimates and judgments relating to our critical accounting policies may be based on assumptions that change or prove to be incorrect, which could cause our results of operations to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in the market price of our common stock.

Our failure to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting could impair our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), and the listing standards of the NYSE. Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are required to provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. The standards required for a public company under Section 404(a) are significantly more stringent than those that were required of us as a privately-held company. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in reports under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. We are also continuing to improve our internal control over financial reporting. We have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend resources in order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.

Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in the conditions in our business, including increased complexity resulting from any international expansion. Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls and our internal control over financial reporting have been identified, and others may be discovered in the future. Our management may not be able to effectively and timely implement controls and procedures that adequately respond to the increased regulatory compliance and reporting requirements. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our results of operations or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods, such as the restatements of our financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting in a timely manner or with adequate compliance could also adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and annual independent registered public accounting firm attestation reports regarding the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could also have a material adverse effect on our business and cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain listed on the NYSE.

We recently restated our financial statements for several prior periods, which resulted in unanticipated costs and may adversely affect investor confidence, our stock price, our ability to raise capital in the future and our reputation, and may result in stockholder litigation and regulatory actions.

On October 20 and 22, 2022, the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, after discussion with management and with our independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that our previously issued consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2021, quarter and year ended December 31, 2021, quarter ended March 31, 2022, and quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022 (the “Affected Periods”) should no longer be relied upon due to an error related to the calculation of the fair value of our contingent earnout liability in each of the Affected Periods. As a result, we restated the financial statements for the Affected Periods.

As a result, we incurred unanticipated costs for accounting and legal fees in connection with the restatements, and the restatements may have the effect of eroding investor confidence in our company and our financial reporting and accounting practices and processes and may raise reputational issues for our business. The restatements may negatively impact the trading price of our securities and make it more difficult for us to raise capital on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, the restatements and related material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting may also result in stockholder litigation against us, or adverse regulatory consequences, including investigations, penalties or suspensions by the SEC or the NYSE. Any such regulatory consequences, litigation, claim or dispute, whether successful or not, could subject us to additional costs, divert the

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attention of our management, or impair our reputation. Each of these consequences could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate these material weaknesses, or if we identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures, it may result in material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. These material weaknesses are as follows:

We did not design and maintain an effective control environment commensurate with the financial reporting requirements of a public company. Specifically, we lacked a sufficient number of professionals with an appropriate level of internal controls and accounting knowledge, training, and experience to appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters timely and accurately. Additionally, the lack of a sufficient number of professionals resulted in an inability to consistently establish appropriate authorities and responsibilities in pursuit of our financial reporting objectives, as demonstrated by, amongst other things, insufficient segregation of duties in our finance and accounting functions. This material weakness contributed to the following additional material weaknesses:

i.We did not design and maintain an effective risk assessment process at a precise enough level to identify new and evolving risks of material misstatement in our financial statements. Specifically, changes to existing controls or the implementation of new controls have not been sufficient to respond to changes to the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements;

ii.We did not design and maintain effective controls over the segregation of duties related to journal entries and account reconciliations. Specifically, certain personnel have the ability to both (a) create and post journal entries within our general ledger system, and (b) prepare and review account reconciliations;

The material weaknesses above resulted in certain immaterial audit adjustments, which were recorded prior to the issuance of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. Additionally, these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

iii.We did not design and maintain effective controls related to the identification of and accounting for certain non-routine, unusual or complex transactions, including the proper application of GAAP to such transactions. Specifically, we did not design and maintain:

a.controls to timely identify and account for warrant instruments, which resulted in the restatement of the previously issued financial statements of NavSight related to adjustments to warrant liabilities and equity;

b.controls to account for business combinations, including the associated valuation estimates and the completeness and accuracy of the opening balance sheet, which did not result in a misstatement to our consolidated financial statements;

c.controls to timely identify and account for the fair value of the contingent earnout liability, which resulted in an error in the fair value of the contingent earnout liability in, and the restatement of, our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for each of the interim periods ended September 30, 2021, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 and our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Additionally, these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

iv.We did not design and maintain effective controls over certain information technology general controls for information systems that are relevant to the preparation of our financial statements. Specifically, we did not design and maintain:

a.user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties and that adequately restrict user and privileged access to financial applications, programs, and data to appropriate company personnel;

b.program change management controls for our financial systems to ensure that IT program and data changes affecting financial IT applications and underlying accounting records are identified, tested, authorized, and implemented appropriately; and

c.testing and approval controls for program development to ensure that new software development is aligned with business and IT requirements.

These IT deficiencies did not result in a misstatement to the financial statements; however, the deficiencies, when aggregated, could impact our ability to maintain effective segregation of duties, as well as the effectiveness of IT-dependent controls (such as automated controls that address the risk of material misstatement to one or more assertions, along with the IT controls and underlying data that support the effectiveness of system-generated data and reports) that could result in misstatements potentially impacting all financial statement accounts and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. Accordingly, management has determined these deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness.

We are taking certain measures to remediate these material weaknesses described above as described in Part II, Item 9A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, however such material weaknesses had not been remediated as of December 31, 2022. In addition, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, we have also determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2022.

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While these actions and planned actions are subject to ongoing management evaluation and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period, we are committed to continuous improvement and will continue to diligently review our internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until management completes the design and implementation of the measures described above and the controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are effective.

We are working to remediate the material weaknesses as efficiently and effectively as possible, but there can be no assurance as to when the material weaknesses will be remediated. At this time, we cannot provide an estimate of costs expected to be incurred in connection with implementing this remediation plan; however, these remediation measures will be time consuming, will result in us incurring significant costs, and will place significant demands on our financial and operational resources.

We cannot assure that the measures we have taken to date and may take in the future, will be sufficient to remediate the control deficiencies that led to our material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting or that they will prevent or avoid potential future material weaknesses to be identified in the future. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting is subject to various inherent limitations, including cost limitations, judgments used in decision making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the possibility of human error and the risk of fraud. Any failure to design, implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and effective disclosure controls and procedures, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, may result in additional material misstatements of our consolidated financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our metrics and estimates, used to evaluate our performance and to make results of operations projections, rely in large part upon assumptions and analyses developed by us, and are subject to inherent challenges in measurement. Any real or perceived inaccuracies in those estimates may harm our reputation and negatively affect our business.

We regularly review and may adjust our processes for calculating our metrics and estimates used to make projections about our results of operations, evaluate our growth, measure our performance, and make strategic decisions. Our analysis is based on data such as renewal and upsell rates, number of new customers, average selling prices, sales pipeline analysis, sales quota targets and expected achievement, bookings, billings, number of satellites to be built and launched, number of ground stations to be built and put into service, headcount that is required to support the business, and non-headcount spending that is required to support the business. These metrics are calculated using internal company data and have not been evaluated by a third-party, and our estimates are inherently subject to assumptions and forward-looking projections. Our metrics and estimates may differ from estimates published by third parties or from similarly titled metrics of our competitors due to differences in methodology or the assumptions on which we rely. While we believe our assumptions and the data underlying our metrics and estimates are reasonable, these metrics and estimates may not be accurate and the conditions supporting our metrics and estimates may change at any time, thereby reducing the predictive accuracy of these underlying factors. For example, our metrics and estimates of the total addressable market, as well as the expected growth rate for the total addressable market, may prove to be inaccurate. Even if the markets in which we compete achieve the size estimates and growth we have forecasted, our business could fail to grow at similar rates, if at all. If securities analysts or investors do not consider our metrics or estimates to be accurate representations of our business, or if we discover material inaccuracies in our metrics or estimates, then the market price of our common stock could decline, our reputation and brand could be harmed, our actual results might diverge from our results of operations projections, and our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

We have substantial indebtedness under our credit facility and our obligations thereunder may limit our operational flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition.

In June 2022, we entered into a financing agreement (the "Blue Torch Financing Agreement"), with Blue Torch Finance LLC, which provides us with a senior secured convertible credit facility (the "Blue Torch Credit Facility") in an aggregate principal amount of $120.0 million that was fully drawn in June 2022. There can be no assurance that we will be able to repay this indebtedness when due, or that we will be able to refinance this indebtedness on acceptable terms or at all.

Our indebtedness could adversely impact our business. For example, these obligations could, among other things:

•make it difficult for us to pay other obligations;

•increase our cost of borrowing from other sources;

•make it difficult to obtain favorable terms for any necessary future financing for working capital, capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, debt service requirements, or other purposes;

•restrict us from making acquisitions or cause us to make divestitures or similar transactions;

•adversely affect our liquidity and result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition upon repayment of the indebtedness;

•require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service and repayment of the indebtedness, reducing the amount of cash flow available for other purposes;

•limit our ability to hire or properly support our infrastructure which could have adverse impact on revenue, margins and overall financial performance;

•increase our vulnerability to adverse economic conditions, including increased interest rates;

•place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our less leveraged competitors; and

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•limit our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business.

Restrictions imposed by our outstanding indebtedness and any future indebtedness may limit our ability to operate our business and to finance our future operations or capital needs or to engage in acquisitions or other business activities necessary to achieve growth.

The terms of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement restrict us from engaging in specified types of transactions. These covenants restrict our ability to, among other things:

•incur additional indebtedness;

•create or incur liens;

•engage in consolidations, amalgamations, mergers, liquidations, dissolutions or dispositions;

•sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets;

•pay dividends and distributions on, or purchase, redeem, defease, or otherwise acquire or retire for value, our capital stock;

•make acquisitions, investments, loans (including guarantees), advances, or capital contributions; and

•engage in certain intercompany transactions and other transactions with affiliates.

In addition, the Blue Torch Financing Agreement requires that we comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to maintain compliance with these various covenants or, if we fail to do so, that we will be able to obtain waivers from the lenders and/or amend the covenants. Even if we comply with all of the applicable covenants, the restrictions on the conduct of our business could adversely affect our business by, among other things, limiting our ability to take advantage of financing opportunities, mergers, acquisitions, investments, and other corporate opportunities that may be beneficial to our business.

A change in control or a breach of any of the covenants in the Blue Torch Credit Facility could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could trigger acceleration of our indebtedness and an increase in the interest rates applicable to such indebtedness, and may result in the acceleration of or default under any other debt we may incur in the future to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. The acceleration of the indebtedness under our credit agreements or under any other indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. In the event of any default under our existing or future credit facilities, the applicable lenders could elect to terminate borrowing commitments and declare all borrowings and loans outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and any fees and other obligations, to be due and payable. In addition, our obligations under the Blue Torch Credit Facility are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets. During the existence of an event of default under the Blue Torch Credit Facility, the lenders could exercise their rights and remedies thereunder, including by way of initiating foreclosure proceedings against any assets constituting collateral for our obligations under such credit facility.

We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our significant debt service obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business, legislative, regulatory, and other factors beyond our control. We may not be able to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on our indebtedness. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments, acquisitions, capital expenditures, and payments on account of other obligations, seek additional capital, restructure or refinance our indebtedness, or sell assets. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and could require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.

If we are at any point unable to repay or otherwise refinance our indebtedness when due, or if any other event of default (including as a result of our failure to comply with any of our affirmative or negative covenants) is not cured or waived, the applicable lenders could accelerate our outstanding obligations or proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness, which could force us into bankruptcy or liquidation. In the event the applicable lenders accelerate the repayment of our borrowings, we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness. Any acceleration of amounts due under the agreements governing our credit facility or the exercise by the applicable lenders of their rights under the security documents would likely have a material adverse effect on our business.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain certain provisions, including anti-takeover provisions, that limit the ability of stockholders to take certain actions and could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors and therefore depress the trading price of our Class A common stock. These provisions

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could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the current members of our board of directors or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. Among other things, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include provisions regarding:

•a dual-class common stock structure, which provides our founders, Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Joel Spark and Jeroen Cappaert ("Legacy Spire Founders"), with the ability to determine or significantly influence the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, even if they own significantly less than a majority of the shares of outstanding common stock;

•our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors with staggered three-year terms and directors are only able to be removed from office for cause;

•authorizing “blank check” preferred stock, which could be issued by our board of directors without stockholder approval and may contain voting, liquidation, dividend, and other rights superior to our common stock;

•limiting the liability of, and providing indemnification to, our directors and officers;

•prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;

•providing that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled only by a majority of directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, of our board of directors, even though less than a quorum;

•prohibiting the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings;

•establishing an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting, including proposed nominations of persons for election to our board of directors; and

•specifying that special meetings of our stockholders can be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairperson of our board of directors, or our president.

These provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management. In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with any “interested” stockholder for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder became an “interested” stockholder.

Our bylaws provide, subject to limited exceptions, that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for certain stockholder litigation matters, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a chosen judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees, or stockholders.

Our bylaws require, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the sole and exclusive forum for any derivative actions brought in our name, actions against directors, officers, and employees for breach of fiduciary duty, actions arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our certificate of incorporation or bylaws, and actions asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine is the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware. In addition, our bylaws provide that the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") in connection with any offering of our securities. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in our bylaws.

These choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provisions contained in our bylaws to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The dual class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with the Legacy Spire Founders, which will limit an investor’s ability to influence the outcome of important transactions, including a change in control. Additionally, two of the Legacy Spire Founders, Peter Platzer and Theresa Condor, are husband and wife, which may further concentrate the influence of the Legacy Spire Founders and further limit an investor’s ability to influence the Company.

The dual class structure of our common stock has the effect of concentrating voting power with the Legacy Spire Founders, which will limit your ability to influence the outcome of matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of our board of directors, the adoption of amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the approval of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major corporate transaction. Our Class A common stock has one vote per share and our Class B common stock that is held only by our Legacy Spire Founders has nine votes per share. Accordingly, the Class B common stock held by the Legacy Spire Founders represents approximately 43.0% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock in the aggregate as of December 31, 2022. Additionally, the Class A common stock and Class B common stock held by two of the Legacy Spire Founders, Peter Platzer and Theresa Condor, who are husband and wife, represents approximately 33.4% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock in the aggregate as of December 31, 2022. As a result, Peter Platzer and Theresa Condor and the other Legacy Spire Founders will be able to determine or significantly influence any action requiring the approval of our stockholders, including the election of our board of directors, the adoption of amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the approval of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major corporate transaction. The Legacy Spire Founders may have interests that differ from yours and may vote in a way with which you disagree, and which may be adverse to your

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interests. This concentrated control may have the effect of delaying, preventing, or deterring a change in control, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their capital stock as part of a sale of the Company, and might ultimately affect the market price of our common stock. Further, the separation between voting power and economic interests could cause conflicts of interest between the Legacy Spire Founders and our other stockholders, which may result in the Legacy Spire Founders undertaking, or causing us to undertake, actions that would be desirable for themselves but would not be desirable for our other stockholders. The numbers of shares and percentage interests set forth above assume that there are no future exercises of the warrants.

Future transfers by the holders of our Class B common stock will generally result in those shares automatically transferring to us for no consideration, subject to limited exceptions, such as certain transfers effected for estate planning or other transfers among the Legacy Spire Founders and their family members.

In addition, each share of our Class B common stock will automatically be transferred to us for no consideration upon the following events: (i) on the affirmative written election of such holder to transfer such share of our Class B common stock to us, or if later, at the time or the happening of a future event specified in such written election (which election may be revoked by such holder prior to the date on which the automatic transfer to us would otherwise occur unless otherwise specified by such holder); (ii) the date fixed by our board of directors that is no less than 61 days and no more than 180 days following the first time after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the Closing Date that both (a) such Legacy Spire Founder is no longer providing services to us as an officer, employee, or consultant and (b) such Legacy Spire Founder is no longer a director of the Company; (iii) the date fixed by our board of directors that is no less than 61 days and no more than 180 days following the date that such Legacy Spire Founder’s employment with us is terminated for cause (as defined in our certificate of incorporation); and (iv) upon the death or disability (as defined in our certificate of incorporation) of such Legacy Spire Founder.

The trading price of our securities may be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The trading price of our securities could be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control. Any of the factors listed below could have a material adverse effect on your investment in our securities and our securities may trade at prices significantly below the price you paid for them. In such circumstances, the trading price of our securities may not recover and may experience a further decline.

Factors affecting the trading price of our securities may include:

•actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the annual financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us;

•changes in the market’s expectations about our results of operations;

•success of competitors;

•our results of operations failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;

•changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning us or the satellite data and analytics industry in general;

•operating and share price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to us;

•our ability to bring our services and technologies to market on a timely basis, or at all;

•changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

•our ability to meet compliance requirements;

•material weaknesses, ineffective internal control over financial reporting, ineffective disclosure controls, and restatements of our financial statements;

•commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us;

•changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;

•the volume of shares of our common stock available for public sale;

•any major change in our board of directors or management;

•sales of substantial amounts of shares of our common stock by our directors, executive officers, or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur; and

•general economic and political conditions such as recessions, inflation, geopolitical instability, acts of war or terrorism, and fluctuations in interest rates, fuel prices and international currency.

Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. The stock market in general, and the securities of technology companies in particular, have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities, may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for retail stocks or the stocks of other companies which investors perceive to be similar to us could depress our share price regardless of our business, financial conditions, or results of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.

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Additionally, if the average closing market price of our securities is less than $1.00 over any consecutive 30 trading-day period, such that the listing standards of the NYSE are no longer met, we may not be able to remain listed on the NYSE. At that point, it is possible that our securities could be quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board or the pink sheets. This could have negative consequences, including a negative effect on the price of our securities, reduced liquidity for stockholders, reduced trading levels for our securities, limited availability of market quotations or analyst coverage of our securities; stricter trading rules for brokers trading our securities, and reduced access to financing alternatives for us. We also would be subject to greater state securities regulation if our common stock was no longer listed on a national securities exchange. In the event of a delisting, we can provide no assurance that any action taken by us to restore compliance with listing requirements would allow our securities to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our securities, prevent our securities from dropping below the NYSE minimum share price requirement or prevent future non-compliance with NYSE’s listing requirements.

We do not expect to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never declared nor paid cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate declaring or paying any dividends to holders of our capital stock in the foreseeable future.

Additionally, our ability to pay cash dividends on our common stock is limited by restrictions under the terms of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. Consequently, investors may need to rely on sales of their shares after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment.

General Risk Factors

Operating as a public company requires us to incur substantial costs and requires substantial management attention. In addition, key members of our management team have limited experience in operating a public company.

As a public company, we incur substantial legal, accounting, administrative, and other costs and expenses that Legacy Spire did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the requirements of Section 404, as well as rules and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and the rules and regulations promulgated and to be promulgated thereunder, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the securities exchanges, impose additional reporting and other obligations on public companies. Compliance with public company requirements increases costs and makes certain activities more time-consuming. A number of those requirements require us to carry out activities that Legacy Spire had not done previously. For example, we created new board committees and adopted new internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures. In addition, we incur expenses associated with SEC reporting requirements. Furthermore, we have identified issues in complying with those requirements, and if further issues are identified (for example, the previously-identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and if additional material weaknesses are identified), we could incur additional costs rectifying those issues, and the existence of those issues could adversely affect our reputation or investor perceptions of us. Risks associated with our status as a public company may make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers, and director and officer liability insurance for public companies is expensive. The additional reporting and other obligations imposed by these rules and regulations have, and will continue to, increase legal and financial compliance costs and the costs of related legal, accounting, and administrative activities. These increased costs require us to divert a significant amount of money that could otherwise be used to expand the business and achieve strategic objectives. Advocacy efforts by stockholders and third parties may also prompt additional changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further increase costs.

Additionally, many members of our management team have limited experience managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public company investors, and complying with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies. Our management team may not successfully or effectively manage our transition to a public company that will be subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituencies require significant attention from our senior management and could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. We may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience, and training in the accounting policies, practices, or internal control over financial reporting required of public companies in the United States. The development and implementation of the standards and controls necessary for us to achieve the level of accounting standards required of a public company in the United States may require costs greater than expected. It is possible that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company which will increase our operating costs in future periods.

We depend on our management team and other highly skilled personnel, and we may fail to attract, retain, motivate, or integrate highly skilled personnel, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We depend on the continued contributions of our management team, key employees, and other highly skilled personnel. All of our U.S.-based employees work for us on an at will basis, and there is no assurance that any such employee will remain with us. Our competitors may be successful in recruiting and hiring members of our management team or other key employees, and it may be difficult for us to find suitable replacements on a timely basis, on competitive terms, or at all. If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary employees, particularly in critical areas of our business, we may not achieve our strategic goals. In addition, from time to time, there may be changes in our senior management team that may be disruptive to our business. If our senior management team fails to work together effectively and to execute our plans and strategies, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our future success also depends, in part, on our ability to continue to attract and retain highly skilled personnel. Competition for these personnel is intense, and the industry in which we operate is generally characterized by significant competition for skilled personnel as well as high employee

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attrition. We may not be successful in attracting, retaining, training, or motivating qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs. Furthermore, our ability to attract and retain employees may be affected by pandemics and their effects on global workforce patterns and employee expectations regarding working in offices, and may result in a more geographically distributed workforce than we anticipate. Additionally, the former employers of our new employees may attempt to assert that our new employees or we have breached their legal obligations, which may be time- consuming, distracting to management, and may divert our resources.

Current and potential personnel also often consider the value of equity awards they receive in connection with their employment, and to the extent the perceived value of our equity awards declines relative to our competitors, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel may be harmed. Our common stock is currently trading at a price below the exercise price of many of our outstanding options. As a result, these "underwater" options are less useful as a motivation and retention tool for our existing employees. We may need to invest significant amounts of cash and equity to attract and retain new employees and expend significant time and resources to identify, recruit, train, and integrate such employees, and we may never realize returns on these investments. If we are unable to effectively manage our hiring needs or successfully integrate new hires, our efficiency, ability to meet forecasts, and employee morale, productivity, and engagement could suffer, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business, or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our securities adversely, the price and trading volume of our securities could decline.

The trading market for our securities may be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us, our business, market, or competitors. The analysts’ estimates are based upon their own opinions and are often different from our estimates or expectations. If few securities or industry analysts cover us, or if one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline. If any of the analysts who cover us adversely changes its recommendation regarding our common stock or provides more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of our common stock would likely decline.

We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible for and intend to continue to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, including (i) the exemption from the auditor attestation requirements with respect to internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) the exemptions from say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and say-on-golden parachute voting requirements, and (iii) reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. As a result, the stockholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the exemption from complying with new or revised accounting standards provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act as long as we are an emerging growth company. An emerging growth company can therefore delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period and, therefore, we may not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. Investors may find our common stock less attractive because we rely on these exemptions, which may result in a less active trading market for our common stock and the trading price may be more volatile.

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of the Securities Act. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties

Our corporate headquarters is located in Vienna, Virginia, where we currently lease approximately 8,319 square feet under a lease agreement that expires in June 2029. We also lease and license facilities in San Francisco, California; Boulder, Colorado; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Glasgow, Scotland; Cambridge, Ontario; Singapore, Singapore and Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Additionally, we operate over 30 ground stations to transmit our satellite data across the globe.

As the business grows and we add employees, we will evaluate our need to expand our facilities or add new facilities in different geographic locations. We believe that suitable additional or alternative space will be available as needed to accommodate any such growth. We expect to incur additional expenses in connection with such new or expanded facilities.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities.

Spire is not currently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would, in our opinion, have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows. Future litigation may be necessary to defend ourselves, our partners, and our customers by determining the scope, enforceability, and validity of third-party proprietary rights, or to establish our proprietary rights. The results of any current or future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information for Common Stock

Our Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “SPIR”. Our Class B common stock is not listed on any market.

Holders of Record

As of February 24, 2023, there were 162 holders of record of our Class A common stock. The actual number of stockholders is greater than this number of record holders and includes stockholders who are beneficial owners but whose shares are held in street name by brokers and other nominees.

As of February 24, 2023, there were four holders of record of our Class B common stock. All shares of our Class B common stock are beneficially owned by Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Jeroen Cappaert and William Joel Spark, or their affiliates.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock, and do not intend to pay cash dividends to our stockholders in the foreseeable future. We expect to retain all available funds and any future earnings, if any, to fund the growth and development of our business. Investors should not purchase our common stock with the expectation of receiving cash dividends. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, the terms of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement contain restrictions on our ability to declare and pay cash dividends on our capital stock.

Repurchases of Securities

In November 2022, we commenced a warrant exchange, and on December 19, 2022, 9,956,489 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 6,600,000 private placement warrants were each exchanged for 0.2 shares of our Class A common stock, or an aggregate 3,311,286 shares of Class A common stock. On December 19, 2022, we also entered into an amendment to the warrant agreement that provided us with the right to require the exchange of the remaining outstanding Public Warrants for Class A common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.18 shares for each Public Warrant. We exercised this exchange right on December 19, 2022, and the remaining 1,543,493 of Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023 for 277,828 shares of the Company's Class A common stock.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 6. [Reserved]

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. We discuss factors that we believe could cause or contribute to these differences below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including those set forth in the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are referred to herein as fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021, respectively. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “the Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” and similar terms refer to Spire and its subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a global provider of space-based data, analytics and Space Services, offering unique datasets and powerful insights about Earth from the ultimate vantage point—space—so that organizations can make decisions with confidence, accuracy and speed. We own and operate one of the world’s largest multi-purpose satellite constellations in low earth orbit. Our multi-receiver satellites obtain Automatic Identification Systems ("AIS") data from vessels, Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (“ADS–B”) data from aircraft and radio occultation (“RO”) data utilizing GNSS satellites. Our fully deployed constellation consists of more than 100 satellites, and we believe it is also one of the world’s largest “listening” constellations, observing the earth utilizing radio frequency sensors. We enrich this hard-to-acquire, valuable data with analytics and predictive solutions, providing data as a subscription to organizations around the world so that they can improve business operations, decrease their environmental footprint, deploy resources for growth and competitive advantage and mitigate risk.

In December 2022, our constellation covered the earth more than 200 times per day on average and our global ground station network performed thousands of contacts each day on average, reliably and resiliently collecting data with low latency. Our cloud-based data infrastructure in aggregate processes three terabytes of data each day on average, in creating our proprietary data analytics solutions. We provide customers these solutions through an application programming interface (“API”) infrastructure. The global proprietary data that we collect includes data that can only be

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captured from space with no terrestrial alternatives. We collect this data once and can then sell it an unlimited number of times across a broad and growing set of industries, including weather, aviation and maritime, with global coverage, real-time and near real-time data that can be easily integrated into our customers’ operations. Our Space Services offering enables our customers, commercial and government organizations, to go from idea to orbit simply, reliably, quickly and cost efficiently. We launch software, payloads and dedicated satellite constellations for our customers that we own and manage on their behalf. Just like our proprietary data and analytic solutions, our customers subscribe to the data that is collected through an API.

From our founding in 2012, we have set out to leverage data from space to solve problems on Earth. We aim to help inspire, lead, and innovate the business of space-based data. Today, our proprietary data and solutions are being used to help commercial and government organizations gain the advantage that they seek to innovate and solve some of the world’s greatest challenges, like climate change and global security. We have experienced rapid growth in recent periods. In November 2021, we acquired exactEarth (the "Acquisition"), a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions in Canada.

Our platform applies our value-add insights and predictive analytics to this proprietary data to create commercially valuable datasets. We offer three data solutions to our customers, which vary in complexity and price and can be delivered in near real-time via our API that can be easily integrated into our customers’ business operations:

•Maritime: Precise space-based data used for highly accurate ship monitoring, ship safety and route optimization.

•Aviation: Precise space-based data used for highly accurate aircraft monitoring, aircraft safety and route optimization.

•Weather: Precise space-based data used for highly accurate weather forecasting.

For each data solution, we have the capability to offer customers a variety of features and additional value. The four forms of data we monetize are:

•Clean data: Clean and structured data directly from our proprietary nanosatellites;

•Smart data: Clean data fused with third-party datasets and proprietary analysis to enhance value and provide insights;

•Predictive solutions: Big data, AI, and ML algorithms applied to fused data sets to create predictive analytics and insights; and

•Solutions: Data-driven actionable recommendations to solve specific business problems, utilizing the full spectrum of our data analytics suite.

These value-add data features allow customers to solve various use cases and provide a path to expand throughout the customer’s relationship.

As our fourth solution, we are also pioneering an innovative business model through our Space Services solution. We leverage our fully deployed infrastructure and large-scale operations to enable our customers to obtain customized data through our API. Our customers can begin receiving data in less than a year after engaging with us and receive data by entering into a subscription agreement. Our Space Services offering provides our customers with fast, scalable and reliable access to space.

Our solutions are offered to customers across numerous industries and we not only have the opportunity to upsell within each one, but we also have the opportunity to cross-sell among all our solutions.

We provide our solutions to global customers through a subscription model or project-based solutions. We currently sell directly to end customers and utilize reseller partners when beneficial.

Highlights from Fiscal Year 2022

•Full year 2022 revenue was $80.3 million, an increase of 85% from fiscal year 2021.

•As of December 31, 2022, annual recurring revenue (“ARR”) was nearly $100 million at $99.4 million, an increase of approximately 41% from December 31, 2021. For the definition of ARR, see the section titled “—Key Business Metrics.”

•We added 135 net new ARR Solution Customers throughout fiscal year 2022 and ended the year with 733 ARR Solution Customers, a 23% increase over December 31, 2021. For the definition of ARR Solution Customers, see the section titled “—Key Business Metrics.”

•In the first quarter, we announced a space-as-a-service deal with NorthStar to build a constellation of satellites focused on space-situational awareness and debris monitoring. The first award within the contract is for three satellites, with pre-agreed options for NorthStar to scale the constellation to dozens of satellites as their business operational needs grow.

•We were awarded an approximately $10 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") to provide six months of radio occultation ("RO") data. The near-real-time RO data consists of vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and related quantities for operational weather models and other applications. The data will be available for NOAA to distribute globally as scientists collaborate to find new and meaningful weather and climate insights.

•We were awarded a $4 million contract by NOAA to develop, integrate, test and demonstrate a Hyperspectral Microwave Sensor payload. Unlike an airborne or balloon-based platform, we are able to provide high-quality commercial data for NOAA’s weather forecast models and to leverage our existing work with RAL Space and the U.K. Government to develop Hyperspectral Microwave Sensors.

•We continued to improve our geolocation capabilities by recently deploying satellites equipped with an antenna and software-defined radio tuned to capture signals from L-Band Satcom. The presence of these signals in certain locations and under certain

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circumstances is indicative of activities that are of critical importance for some of our government customers to help make the world a safer place.

•We unveiled a next generation 16U satellite bus that offers the capabilities of a larger satellite, with up to double the payload capacity of conventional 16Us, while offering all the benefits of a nanosatellite. The satellite bus is tailored for customers with missions that require larger payloads and more power, volume, and data capabilities than a conventional 16U, such as Earth observation and space domain awareness missions.

•We closed a $120 million credit facility with Blue Torch Finance LLC, which highlights the strength of our business, and further improves our balance sheet and liquidity position.

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and COVID-19 Impact

Over the past two years, we have been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing interest rates and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A strong U.S. dollar relative to our foreign subsidiaries' local functional currency for most of 2022 negatively impacted our revenue, since approximately one-third of our sales are transacted in foreign currencies, though it positively impacted our expenses, since a majority of our employees reside in countries outside of the United States.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase our offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, longer sales cycles, and a few contract cancellations. The pandemic also led to reduced company-wide travel, resulted in a move to a hybrid work model, created a more difficult hiring process and at times resulted in employee attrition.

Increasing interest rates in 2022 resulted in higher interest expenses, as our credit facility is based on a floating interest rate.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing conflict created additional global sanctions, which at times caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers, which delayed revenue recognition of certain sales contracts.

If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, our results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which we operate would adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Key Factors Affecting Our Performance

We believe that our current and future performance are dependent on many factors, including, but not limited to, those described below. While these areas present significant opportunity, they also present risks that we must manage to achieve successful results. For additional information about these risks, see the section titled “Risk Factors.” If we are unable to address these risks, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Expansion of and Further Penetration of Our Customer Base

We employ a “land and expand” business model that focuses on efficiently acquiring new customers (“land”) and then growing our relationships with these customers over time (“expand”). We have the capability to offer customers additional data sets and a variety of enhanced features that potentially grow the value of the services for which our customers contract with us. Our future revenue growth and our path to profitability are dependent upon our ability to continue to land new customers and then expand adoption of our solutions within their organizations.

We track our progress landing new customers by measuring the number of ARR Solution Customers we have from one fiscal year to the next. For instance, we have increased our number of ARR Solution Customers from 598 as of December 31, 2021 to 733 as of December 31, 2022. We track our progress in expanding our customer relationships by measuring our ARR Net Retention Rate. For the definition of ARR Net Retention Rate, see the section titled “—Key Business Metrics.” Our organic ARR Net Retention Rate was 117% for fiscal year 2022 and 110% for fiscal year 2021.

Expansion into New Industries and Geographies

As our solutions have grown, we continue to focus on further penetration of our initial industries including maritime, aviation, logistics and government (civil and defense/intelligence) among others. We believe our technology and solutions give us the ability to also expand into additional industries, including energy, financial services, agriculture, transportation, and insurance, and into additional geographies, including Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. Our revenue growth is dependent upon our ability to continue to expand into new industries and geographies. The costs associated with these expansions may adversely affect our results of operations.

Investment in Growth

We continue investing in growing our business and capitalizing on our market opportunities while balancing the uncertainties from the macro-economic environment and geopolitical factors. We intend to continue to add headcount to our global sales and marketing teams to acquire new customers and to increase sales to existing customers. We also intend to continue to add headcount as needed to our research and development teams and otherwise invest to improve and innovate our nanosatellite, ground station and data analytics technologies. For fiscal year 2022, our spending on research and development increased by $3.5 million, or 11%, from fiscal year 2021. $1.2 million of this increase was due to the Acquisition operating costs. For fiscal year 2022, our sales and marketing expenses increased by $8.1 million, or 40%, from fiscal year 2021. $5.2 million of this increase was due to the Acquisition operating costs. Our total headcount across all functions increased 12% from 370 employees as of December 31, 2021, to

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415 employees as of December 31, 2022. The costs of these investments may adversely affect our result of operations, but we believe that these investments will contribute to our long-term growth.

Acquisitions

Our business strategy may include acquiring other complementary solutions, technologies, or businesses, such as the Acquisition, that we believe will allow us to continue on our path to profitability, reduce the time or costs required to develop new technologies, incorporate enhanced functionality into and complement our existing solution offerings, augment our engineering workforce and enhance our technological capabilities.
 

Impact of Foreign Exchange Rates

We report in U.S. dollars, and the functional currency of our foreign operating subsidiaries is the local currency, including the Euro, the British Pound, the Singapore Dollar and the Canadian Dollar. The U.S. dollar has strengthened against many of these currencies since fiscal year 2021. In fiscal year 2022, approximately 35% of our revenues were generated in non-U.S. dollar-denominated currencies. This compares to fiscal year 2021 when approximately 46% of our revenues were generated in non-U.S. dollar-denominated currencies. The financial statements of these subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect at each balance sheet date for assets and liabilities and average exchange rates during the period for revenues and expenses. To the extent we experience significant currency fluctuations, our results of operations may be impacted.

Key Business Metrics

We 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:

•ARR

•ARR Customers

•ARR Solution Customers

•ARR Net Retention Rate

Annual Recurring Revenue

We define ARR as our expected annualized revenue from customers that are under contracts with us at the end of the reporting period with a binding and renewable agreement for our subscription solutions or customers that are under a binding multi-year contract that can range from components of our Space Services solution to a project-based customer solution. Customers with project-based contracts are considered recurring when there is a multi-year binding agreement that has a renewable component in the contract. Customers are also considered recurring when they have multiple contracts over multiple years. Customer contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR.

Our ARR growth in 2022 was driven by landing new ARR Customers (as defined below) along with increasing the amount of business with our existing customers. This is reflected in the increase in the total number of ARR Customers as of December 31, 2022, compared to December 31, 2021, as well as organic ARR Net Retention Rates that were over 100% for each of fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021. Due in part to the timing of some of our project-based contracts, including when engagements start and stop, our ARR has fluctuated from period to period in the past, and we expect our ARR to continue to fluctuate from period to period in the future. ARR is a leading indicator and accordingly will tend to outpace the revenue impact as we recognize the contract value over time.

The following table summarizes our ARR at each fiscal year end for the periods indicated. The table includes the Acquisition data as the Acquisition closed prior to fiscal year 2021 year end.

	As of December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2022		2021		% Change
ARR	$	99,414	$	70,752		41	%

Number of ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers

We define an ARR Customer as an entity that has a contract with us or through our reseller partners contracts, that is either a binding and renewable agreement for our subscription solutions, or a binding multi-year contract as of the measurement date independent of the number of solutions the entity has under contract. A single organization with separate subsidiaries, segments, or divisions may represent multiple customers, as we treat each entity that is invoiced separately as an individual customer. In cases where customers subscribe to our platform through our reseller partners, each end customer that meets the above definition is counted separately as an ARR Customer. All entities that have contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR Customers.

We define an ARR Solution Customer similarly to an ARR Customer, but we count every solution the customer has with us separately. As a result, the count of ARR Solution Customers exceeds the count of ARR Customers in each year as some customers contract with us for multiple solutions. Our multiple solutions customers are those that are under contract for at least two of our solutions: Maritime, Aviation, Weather, and Space Services. All entities that have contracts for data trials and one-time transactions are excluded from the calculation of ARR Solution Customers.

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The growth in each of our ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers in 2022 was driven by landing new ARR Customers across our four solutions (Maritime, Aviation, Weather and Space Services), expanding our industry and geographical footprints, and having a low number of customers who have not renewed their contracts with us. We believe that our ability to expand our customer base is a key indicator of our market penetration, the growth of our business, and our future potential business opportunities.

The following table summarizes the number of our ARR Customers and ARR Solution Customers at the end of fiscal years 2022 and 2021. The table includes the Acquisition data as the Acquisition closed prior to the end of fiscal year 2021.

	As of December 31,
	2022		2021		% Change
ARR Customers		709		575		23	%
ARR Solution Customers		733		598		23	%

ARR Net Retention Rate

The ARR Net Retention Rate measures the overall impact from increases in customer contract value (upsells), the decreases in customer contract value (downsells), and the decreases in customer value resulting from customers that have not renewed their contracts with us (lost customers). For the full year fiscal period, we calculate this by dividing the aggregate amount of upsells, downsells and lost customer ARR by the aggregate amount of customer ARR that was up for renewal during that same full year fiscal period.

The following table summarizes our ARR Net Retention Rate for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2021. The table excludes the Acquisition data for fiscal year 2021 due to the Acquisition only impacting the month of December 2021.

	Fiscal Year
	2022			2021			% Change
ARR Net Retention Rate		117	%		110	%		7	%

Our ARR Net Retention Rate can be impacted from period to period by large increases or decreases in customer contract value and large decreases in contract value from customers that have not renewed their contracts with us. An ARR Net Retention Rate greater than 100% is an indication that we are growing the value of the solutions our customers are purchasing from us from a fiscal period end versus the prior fiscal period end. An ARR Net Retention Rate less than 100% is an indication that we are reducing the value of the solutions our customers are purchasing from us from a fiscal period end versus the prior fiscal period end. For fiscal year 2022, our ARR Net Retention Rate increased 7% from fiscal year 2021. This increase reflects our success in our "land and expand" strategy of providing existing customers with additional coverage, data sets, a variety of enhanced features and services to our customer's contracts, such as the incremental NOAA Weather contracts signed during fiscal year 2022.

Components of Results of Operations

Revenue

We derive revenue from providing data, insights and access to our cloud-based technology platform sold on a subscription basis. Some of our customer arrangements include the delivery of specific performance obligations and subsequent customer acceptance of project-based deliverables, which may impact the timing of revenue recognition. Subscription periods for our solutions generally range from one to two years and are typically non-cancelable, with customers having the right to terminate their agreements only if we materially breach our obligations under the agreement. Our subscription fees are typically billed either monthly or quarterly in advance.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel costs, depreciation, hosted infrastructure and high-power computing costs, third-party operating and royalty costs associated with delivering our data and services to our customers and amortization of purchased intangibles associated with the Acquisition. Personnel costs are primarily related to the cost of our employees supporting and managing our constellation operations including satellite operations, ground station control and launch management. Costs associated with the manufacture and launch of our satellites, including personnel costs, are capitalized and depreciated upon placement in service, typically over a three-year expected useful life. As satellites reach the end of their expected useful life, they are generally replaced with replenishment satellites to maintain our constellation at optimal performance. Costs associated with the acquisition and development of new ground stations, including the bill of materials and labor to install the ground station, are capitalized and depreciated upon placement in service typically over a four-year to ten-year expected useful life. We anticipate ongoing capital spending to repair and replenish ground stations as they reach the end of their expected useful life to keep our ground station network at optimal performance. Our proprietary ground station network is primarily located in third-party locations where we incur lease and other operational charges. Cost of revenue also includes royalties associated with third-party data sets that we integrate into our data solutions.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, third-party consulting fees, and computing costs. Our research and development efforts are focused on improving our satellite technology, developing new data sets, developing new algorithms and enhancing our smart and predictive analytics, and enhancing the ease of use and utility of our space-based data solutions.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, sales commissions, marketing and advertising costs, costs incurred in the development of customer relationships, brand development costs, travel-related expenses and amortization of purchased intangible backlog associated with the Acquisition. Commission costs for new customer contract bookings are considered costs of obtaining customer

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contracts. Commission costs for multi-year deals are considered contract acquisition costs and are deferred and then amortized over the period of the contract excluding the last twelve months, which are expensed at the beginning of the final twelve-month period. Commission costs on contracts completed with a term of twelve months or less are expensed in the period incurred.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related expenses for personnel in our executive, finance and accounting, facilities, legal, human resources, global supply chain, and management information systems functions, as well as other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include fees related to third-party legal counsel, corporate insurance, fees related to accounting, tax and audit costs, office facilities costs, software subscription costs and other corporate costs.

Loss on Decommissioned Satellites. Loss on decommissioned satellites consist of the write-off of the remaining capitalized costs associated with the manufacture and launch of our satellites prior to the end of the satellite’s useful life. We contract with third-party companies to launch, carry and deploy our satellites into space. A loss could result from a third-party launch or deployer failure, a technical failure of the satellite, or the deorbit or decommissioning of a satellite before the end of the satellite’s useful life. A technical failure could include a satellite that is not able to communicate with our network of ground stations or fulfill its intended technical mission for a duration greater than one month. The loss amount is presented net of any insurance proceeds received. Due to the nature of these events, we cannot predict the magnitude or frequency of future satellite deorbit and launch failure losses. While we sometimes purchase launch insurance when financially practical, the proceeds from these policies will typically only cover a portion of our loss in the event of an unplanned satellite deorbit or launch failure. We incurred a $0.5 million loss on decommissioned satellites in fiscal year 2022. We did not incur any such loss in fiscal year 2021.

Other Income (Expense)

Interest Income. Interest income includes interest earned on our cash balances and short-term marketable securities.

Interest Expense. Interest expense includes interest costs associated with our promissory and convertible notes, and amortization of deferred financing costs.

Change in Fair Value of Contingent Earnout Liability. Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability includes mark-to-market adjustments to reflect changes in the fair value of the contingent earnout liability.

Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities. Change in fair value of warrant liabilities includes mark-to-market adjustments to reflect changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities and the exchange of warrants for common stock.

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on extinguishment of debt includes accelerated debt issuance expenses, legal and other fees associated with the payoff or refinancing of existing debt.

Other Income (Expense), Net. Other income (expense), net consists primarily of tax credits, grant income, the impact of foreign exchange gains and losses, benefit from loan forgiveness, loss on debt extinguishment, all transaction costs and other administrative fees associated with the warrant exchange, and sales and local taxes. We use the local currency as our functional currency for our subsidiaries in Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Singapore and Canada.

Income Tax Provision

Provision for income taxes consists of federal and certain state income taxes in the United States and income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions. We do not provide for income taxes on undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries since we intend to invest these earnings outside of the United States permanently. We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.

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Results of Operations

Fiscal Year 2022 Compared to Fiscal Year 2021

The following tables set forth selected consolidated statements of operations data for each of the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021
Revenue	$	80,268		$	43,375
Cost of revenue(1)		40,327			18,720
Gross profit		39,941			24,655
Operating expenses(1):
Research and development		35,153			31,615
Sales and marketing		28,502			20,387
General and administrative		44,831			40,479
Loss on decommissioned satellites		549			—
Total operating expenses		109,035			92,481
Loss from operations		(69,094	)		(67,826	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income		948			23
Interest expense		(13,955	)		(11,417	)
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		9,677			48,248
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		8,757			(1,600	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(22,510	)		(3,255	)
Other expense, net		(2,912	)		(1,766	)
Total other expense, net		(19,995	)		30,233
Loss before income taxes		(89,089	)		(37,593	)
Income tax provision		322			497
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)

(1)Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022		2021
Cost of revenue	$	232	$	432
Research and development		3,154		2,859
Sales and marketing		2,822		2,307
General and administrative		5,283		6,036
Total stock-based compensation	$	11,491	$	11,634

Revenue

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022		2021		% Change
Revenue	$	80,268	$	43,375		85	%

Total revenue increased $36.9 million, or 85%, driven primarily by the growth in the number of ARR Customers combined with our ARR Net Retention Rate greater than 100%. The Acquisition drove $17.1 million of this increase, with $18.6 million of revenue in fiscal year 2022 compared to $1.5 million in fiscal year 2021 due to the Acquisition only impacting the month of December in 2021. Our ARR Customers increased 23%, from 575 as of December 31, 2021 to 709 as of December 31, 2022, which contributed to an increase in revenue from new customers. Our ARR Net Retention Rate was 117% during fiscal year 2022, which contributed to an increase in revenue from our existing customer base.

For fiscal year 2022, we derived 46% of our revenue from the Americas, 40% of our revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), and 14% of our revenue from Asia Pacific (“APAC”). For fiscal year 2021, we derived 36% of our revenue from the Americas, 48% of our revenue from EMEA, and 16% of our revenue from APAC. For fiscal year 2022, we derived 71% of our revenue from subscription arrangements, compared to 49% for fiscal year 2021. This percentage mix can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven primarily by the timing of non-subscription revenue recognition in our contracts.

Cost of Revenue

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
Total cost of revenue	$	40,327		$	18,720			115	%
Gross profit		39,941			24,655			62	%
Gross margin		50	%		57	%		(7	)%
Headcount (at end of year)		44			25			76	%

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Cost of revenue increased $21.6 million, or 115%. $15.3 million of this increase was due to the Acquisition operating costs. Organic increases were primarily driven by an increase in computing costs of $1.6 million, an increase in personnel costs of $1.5 million, an increase in third-party royalty costs of $1.3 million, an increase in depreciation expenses of $0.8 million, an increase in Space Services third-party hardware expenses of $0.3 million, an increase in travel and entertainment expenses of $0.2 million, an increase in ground station expenses of $0.2 million, and an increase in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.4 million. The increase in computing costs was driven primarily by higher expenses to support customer growth and some of our weather solutions transitioning from research and development to production. The increase in personnel expenses was driven primarily by headcount growth. The increase in third-party royalty costs was driven primarily by an increase in sales activity, resulting in higher payments to third-party data set providers as they augment our data solutions. Depreciation expenses increased from the prior year driven primarily by new satellites to replace retired constellation satellites which were fully depreciated and the addition of Space Services solution satellites. The increase in Space Services third-party hardware expenses was in support of strategic customer commitments. The increase in travel and entertainment expenses was driven by eased COVID-19 restrictions. The increase in ground station expenses was driven by higher operating costs on the addition of incremental capacity to improve overall data latency.

Gross margin for fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021 was 50% and 57%, respectively. The Acquisition negatively impacted gross margin for fiscal year 2022 by approximately 12% and fiscal year 2021 by approximately 2%. Of these Acquisition-related gross margin reductions, approximately half was driven by purchase accounting adjustments to reduce the value of deferred revenue and to amortize purchased intangible assets. This metric can fluctuate significantly from period to period driven by the timing of the revenue as well as the timing of our technology investments to support future revenue.

We expect cost of revenue, including depreciation and amortization expenses, third-party operating costs and royalties, and high-powered computing costs, to increase in absolute dollars as our business grows.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses consist of our research and development, our sales and marketing, and our general and administrative expenses. As we continue to invest in our growth, including through hiring additional personnel, we expect our operating expenses to increase in absolute dollars as revenue grows; however, we expect our operating expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease over time.

Research and Development

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
Research and development	$	35,153		$	31,615			11	%
Percentage of total revenue		44	%		73	%
Headcount (at end of year)		206			181			14	%

Research and development expenses increased $3.5 million, or 11%. $0.9 million of this growth was due to the Acquisition operating costs. Organic increases were primarily driven by an increase in personnel costs of $3.1 million, and an increase in travel and entertainment expenses of $0.3 million, partially offset by a decrease in consulting expenses of $0.7 million and a decrease in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.1 million. The increase in personnel costs was driven by growth in headcount and salary adjustments during the year. The increase in travel and entertainment expenses was driven by eased COVID-19 restrictions. The decrease in consulting expenses was driven by a reduction of external technical resources, and a shift to internal resources, to support new development processes and capabilities.

While we expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars in future periods primarily due to higher headcount as we continue to invest in the development of our solutions offerings and new technologies, we expect research and development expenses to decrease as a percentage of revenue in future periods as our revenue growth exceeds our growth in research and development spend.

Sales and Marketing

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
Sales and marketing	$	28,502		$	20,387			40	%
Percentage of total revenue		36	%		47	%
Headcount (at end of year)		80			89			(10	)%

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Sales and marketing expenses increased $8.1 million, or 40%. $4.8 million of this growth was due to the Acquisition operating costs. Organic increases were primarily driven by an increase in contractor labor expenses of $1.5 million, an increase in personnel costs of $0.9 million, an increase in travel and entertainment expenses of $0.5 million, an increase in marketing expenses of $0.2 million, and an increase in software expenses of $0.2 million. The increase in contractor labor expenses was due to an increase in sales resources involved in selling activities. The increase in personnel costs was driven by higher non-wage compensation including commissions, stock-based compensation and bonus payments. The increase in travel and entertainment expenses was driven by eased COVID-19 restrictions. The increase in marketing expenses was driven by growth in our expenditures for demand generation, brand awareness and public relations. The increase in software expenses was driven by scaling to support overall company headcount growth.

While we expect sales and marketing expenses to continue to grow in absolute dollars in the future, primarily due to increased employee-related expenses as we grow our headcount, to support our sales and marketing efforts and our continued expansion of our sales capacity across our solutions, we expect sales and marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease in future periods as our revenue growth exceeds our growth in sales and marketing spend.

General and Administrative

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
General and administrative	$	44,831		$	40,479			11	%
Percentage of total revenues		56	%		93	%
Headcount (at end of year)		85			75			13	%

General and administrative expenses increased $4.4 million, or 11%. $3.4 million of this growth was due to the Acquisition operating costs. Organic increases were primarily driven by an increase in business insurance of $3.2 million, an increase in personnel costs of $2.6 million, an increase in software expenses of $0.9 million, an increase in facilities expenses of $0.8 million, and an increase in travel and entertainment expenses of $0.5 million, and an increase in other miscellaneous operating expenses of $0.1 million, partially offset by a decrease in professional services fees of $7.1 million. The increase in business insurance was driven by incremental exposure associated with being a public company. The increase in personnel costs was driven by overall headcount growth, the full year impact of fiscal year 2021 hiring and fiscal year 2022 salary adjustments, offset by lower non-salary compensation. The increase in software expenses was driven by headcount growth and scaling of operations. The increase in facilities expenses was driven by overall headcount growth. The increase in travel and entertainment expenses was driven by eased COVID-19 restrictions. The decrease in professional services fees was driven by lower third-party accounting, legal and other consulting services associated with the Merger, the Acquisition and company readiness for going public.

While we expect our general and administrative expenses to continue to grow in absolute dollars in future periods as our employee-related expenses increase to support our revenue growth and we have increased expenses from being a public company, we expect our general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue to decrease as revenue growth exceeds our growth in general and administrative spend.

Loss on Decommissioned Satellites

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
Loss on decommissioned satellites	$	549		$	—			100	%
Percentage of total revenues		1	%		—	%

In fiscal year 2022, we recognized a non-cash expense of $0.5 million on decommissioned satellites as part of a routine assessment of satellites for potential impairment. There were no satellites decommissioned or impaired in fiscal year 2021.

Due to the nature of these events, we cannot predict the magnitude or frequency of future decommissioning losses. While we sometimes purchase launch insurance when financially practical, the proceeds from these policies will typically only cover a portion of our loss in the event of an unplanned satellite deorbit or launch failure.

Other Income (Expense)

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			% Change
Interest income	$	948		$	23		*
Interest expense	$	(13,955	)	$	(11,417	)		22	%
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability	$	9,677		$	48,248			(80	)%
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	$	8,757		$	(1,600	)		(647	)%
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$	(22,510	)	$	(3,255	)		592	%
Other expense, net	$	(2,912	)	$	(1,766	)		65	%

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*Not meaningful

Interest income increased by $0.9 million as we shifted more liquid assets into short-term marketable securities that carried higher overall interest rates.

Interest expense increased $2.5 million, or 22%, primarily as a result of incurring higher interest and amortized debt issuance costs associated with the Blue Torch term loan.

Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability decreased by $38.6 million, or 80% driven by the mark-to-market adjustment to reflect the fair market valuation of the underlying stock price. For additional information, see Notes 2, 3 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities was a gain of $8.8 million in fiscal year 2022 compared to a loss of $1.6 million in fiscal year 2021, a 647% difference. The $8.8 million gain in fiscal year 2022 was driven by mark-to-market adjustments and the gain on the exchange of warrants for common stock. For additional information, see Notes 2, 10 and 13 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Loss on extinguishment of debt increased $19.3 million, or 592%, driven by the acceleration of unamortized debt issuance costs and other administrative expenses associated with the payoff of the FP loan.

Other expense, net increased by $1.1 million, or 65%, primarily driven by $1.1 million in administrative expenses associated with the warrant exchange, a $0.8 million higher loss associated with the Acquisition investment in Myriota and $0.2 million in lower tax credits and miscellaneous income, partially offset by a $1.0 million reduction in realized and unrealized foreign exchange expense.

Income Taxes

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022		2021		% Change
Income tax provision	$	322	$	497		(35	)%

Income tax provision decreased $0.2 million, or 35%, primarily driven by the impact of higher tax credits.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We believe that in addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating our business, results of operations and financial condition. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance and facilitates period to period comparisons of operations, as this eliminates the effects of certain variables from period to period for reasons that we do not believe reflect our underlying business performance. In addition to our GAAP measures, we use this non-GAAP financial measure internally for budgeting and resource allocation purposes and in analyzing our financial results.

For the reasons set forth below, we believe that excluding the following items provides information that is helpful in understanding our results of operations, evaluating our future prospects, comparing our financial results across accounting periods, and comparing our financial results to our peers, many of which provide similar non-GAAP financial measures.

•Loss on satellite deorbit, launch failure and decommissioning. We exclude loss on satellite deorbit, launch failure and decommissioning because if there was no loss, the expense would be accounted for as depreciation and would also be excluded as part of our EBITDA calculation.

•Other (expense) income, net. We exclude other (expense) income, net because it includes one-time and other items that do not reflect the underlying operational results of our business.

•Stock-based compensation. We exclude stock-based compensation expenses primarily because they are non-cash expenses that we exclude from our internal management reporting processes. We also find it useful to exclude these expenses when we assess the appropriate level of various operating expenses and resource allocations when budgeting, planning, and forecasting future periods. Moreover, because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types that companies can use under Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), we believe excluding stock-based compensation expenses allows investors to make meaningful comparisons between our recurring core business results of operations and those of other companies.

•Change in fair value of warrant liabilities and contingent earnout liabilities. Spire excludes this as it does not reflect the underlying cash flows or operational results of the business.

•Loss on extinguishment of debt: We exclude this as it does not reflect the underlying cash flows or operational results of the business.

•Foreign exchange loss: We are exposed to foreign currency gains or losses on outstanding foreign currency denominated receivables and payables related to certain customer sales agreements, product costs and other operating expenses. As we do not actively hedge these currency exposures, changes in the underlying currency rates relative to the U.S. Dollar may result in realized and unrealized foreign currency gains and losses between the time these receivables and payables arise and the time that they are settled in cash. Since such realized and unrealized foreign currency gains and losses are the result of macro-economic factors and can vary significantly from one

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period to the next, we believe that exclusion of such realized and unrealized gains and losses is useful to management and investors in evaluating the performance of our ongoing operations on a period-to-period basis.

•Amortization of purchased intangibles. We incur amortization expense for purchased intangible assets in connection with acquisitions of certain businesses and technologies. Amortization of intangible assets is a non-cash expense and is inconsistent in amount and frequency because it is significantly affected by the timing, size of acquisitions and the inherent subjective nature of purchase price allocations. Because these costs have already been incurred and cannot be recovered, and are non-cash expenses, we exclude these expenses for our internal management reporting processes. Our management also finds it useful to exclude these charges when assessing the appropriate level of various operating expenses and resource allocations when budgeting, planning and forecasting future periods.

•Other acquisition accounting amortization. We incur amortization expense for purchased data rights in connection with the acquisition of exactEarth and certain technologies. Amortization of this asset is a non-cash expense that can be significantly affected by the inherent subjective nature of the assigned value and useful life. Because this cost has already been incurred and cannot be recovered, and is a non-cash expense, we exclude this expense for its internal management reporting processes. Our management also finds it useful to exclude this charge when assessing the appropriate level of various operating expenses and resource allocations when budgeting, planning and forecasting future periods.

•Mergers and acquisition related expenses: We exclude these expenses as they are transaction costs and expenses associated with the transaction that are generally one time in nature and not reflective of the underlying operational results of our business. Examples of these types of expenses include legal, accounting, regulatory, other consulting services, severance, and other employee costs.

•Other unusual one-time costs. We exclude these as they are unusual items that do not reflect the ongoing operational results of our business. Examples of these types of expenses include accounting, legal and other professional fees associated with the preparation and filing of our September 2022 Form S-3 shelf registration statement and “at-the-market” (“ATM”) offering prospectus supplement, and the December 2022 warrant exchange.

•EBITDA. We define EBITDA as net income (loss), plus depreciation and amortization expense, plus interest expense, and plus the provision for (or minus benefit from) income taxes.

•Adjusted EBITDA: We define Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for any loss on satellite deorbit, launch failure and decommissioning, change in fair value of warrant liabilities, change in fair value of contingent earnout liability, other (expense) income, net, stock-based compensation, loss on extinguishment of debt, foreign exchange loss, other acquisition accounting amortization, mergers and acquisition related expenses, and other unusual one-time costs. We believe Adjusted EBITDA can be useful in providing an understanding of the underlying results of operations and trends, an enhanced overall understanding of our financial performance and prospects for the future. While Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized measure under GAAP, management uses this financial measure to evaluate and forecast business performance. Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of liquidity or cash flows from operations or a measure comparable to net income as it does not take into account certain requirements, such as capital expenditures and related depreciation, principal and interest payments, and tax payments. Adjusted EBITDA is not a presentation made in accordance with GAAP, and our use of the term Adjusted EBITDA may vary from the use of similarly titled measures by others in our industry due to the potential inconsistencies in the method of calculation and differences due to items subject to interpretation.

•The presentation of non-GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Investors should note that the excluded items may have had, and may in the future have, a material impact on our reported financial results. Investors should read this discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto also included within.

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The following table outlines the reconciliation from net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Depreciation & amortization		18,341			8,509
Interest, net		13,007			11,394
Taxes		322			497
EBITDA		(57,741	)		(17,690	)
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		(9,677	)		(48,248	)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		(8,757	)		1,600
Loss on extinguishment of debt		22,510			3,255
Other expense, net		2,912			1,766
Stock-based compensation		11,491			11,634
Mergers and acquisition related expenses		4,527			9,718
Other unusual one-time costs		844			387
Loss on decommissioned satellites		549			—
Other acquisition accounting amortization		699			60
Adjusted EBITDA	$	(32,643	)	$	(37,518	)

Limitations on the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

There are limitations to using non-GAAP financial measures because non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures provided by other companies.

The non-GAAP financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact upon our reported financial results. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which items are adjusted to calculate our non-GAAP financial measures. We compensate for these limitations by analyzing current and future results on a GAAP basis as well as a non-GAAP basis and also by providing GAAP measures in our public disclosures. Some of these limitations are:

•although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;

•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;

•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect income tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and

•Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the loss on decommissioned satellites and does not reflect the cash capital expenditure requirements for the replacements of lost satellites. While these expenses could occur in a given year, the existence and magnitude of these costs could vary greatly and is unpredictable.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. We encourage investors and others to review our financial information in its entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business, and to view our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity to fund our operations are from cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities which totaled $70.3 million as of December 31, 2022, mainly from net proceeds from the Merger (as defined below), borrowings under the Blue Torch Credit Facility (as defined below) and the issuance of convertible notes. Of the $70.3 million total, $47.2 million was in cash and cash equivalents of which approximately $18.8 million was held outside of the United States. The remaining $23.1 million was held in short-term marketable securities, all of which was held in the United States and which can be converted to cash with minimal transaction costs. These amounts compare to cash and cash equivalents of $109.3 million as of December 31, 2021, of which $11.6 million was held outside of the United States. We had no investments in short-term marketable securities as of December 31, 2021. The cash and cash equivalent amounts are exclusive of restricted cash which totaled $0.4 million as of each of December 31, 2022 and 2021. Since our inception, we have been in an operating cash flow deficit as we have made significant investments in our technology infrastructure, built out our research and development foundation, grown sales and marketing resources to drive revenue, and scaled general and administrative functions to enable operating effectiveness.

On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver. On March 13, 2023, the FDIC announced that it had transferred all deposits – both insured and uninsured – and substantially all assets of the former SVB to a newly created, full-service FDIC-operated “bridge bank” called Silicon Valley Bank, N.A. As of the close of business on March 14, 2023, we had approximately $31.2 million in cash and cash equivalents at Silicon Valley Bank, N.A., of which approximately $30.8 million was invested in BlackRock money market mutual funds. We are in the process of transferring substantially all of our cash and cash equivalents out of Silicon Valley Bank, N.A.

During fiscal year 2021, we issued additional convertible notes with a cumulative principal amount of $20.0 million, with maturities of January and February 2025, which converted into our Class A common stock at the Closing. In April 2021, we entered into the FP Credit Agreement (as defined and further described below), utilizing a portion of those funds to pay-off our existing credit arrangements with European Investment Bank ("EIB")

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and Eastward Fund Management, LLC ("Eastward"). In November 2021, we closed our acquisition of exactEarth for the purchase price of $129.0 million, consisting of $109.6 million in cash and $22.3 million of Class A common stock, net of $3.0 million post-combination expense.

In June 2022, we entered into the Blue Torch Financing Agreement (as defined and further described below), utilizing a portion of the proceeds of the term loan to pay-off the outstanding principal and interest under the FP Credit Agreement.

On September 14, 2022, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent. In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, we may offer and sell our Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $85.0 million from time to time through the agent pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on September 26, 2022. There had been no sales under the Equity Distribution Agreement as of December 31, 2022.

We expect that our principal source of liquidity is our cash and cash equivalents balance which includes the proceeds received from the Merger, the additional convertible notes issued and the Blue Torch Credit Facility (as defined below). We believe this will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs over at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support solution development efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the ongoing investments in technology infrastructure, the introduction of new and enhanced solutions, and the continuing market acceptance of our solutions. From time to time, we may seek additional equity or debt financing to fund capital expenditures, strategic initiatives or investments and our ongoing operations. In the event that we decide, or are required, to seek additional financing from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Blue Torch Credit Agreement

On June 13, 2022, we, as borrower, and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a financing agreement (the “Blue Torch Financing Agreement”) with Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders (the “Lenders”). The Blue Torch Financing Agreement provides for, among other things, a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $120.0 million (the “Blue Torch Credit Facility”). A portion of the proceeds of the term loan was used to repay our then-existing $70.0 million credit facility with FP Credit Partners, L.P., and the remainder of the proceeds of the term loan may be used for general corporate purposes.

The Blue Torch Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026, upon which we must repay the outstanding principal amount of any outstanding loans thereunder, together with all accrued but unpaid interest, fees and other obligations owing under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in an amount equal to 3.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date, plus if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.

The $120.0 million term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19.7 million was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon our achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19.7 million was released from the escrow account and delivered to us in February 2023. The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at our election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") rate (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. We elected the Term SOFR rate which was 12.75713% as of December 31, 2022. Principal on the term loan is only payable at maturity and interest on the term loan is due and payable monthly for reference rate borrowings and quarterly for Term SOFR borrowings. We are also required to pay other customary fees and costs in connection with the Blue Torch Credit Facility, including a commitment fee in an amount equal to $2.4 million on the closing date, a $0.3 million agency fee annually and an exit fee in an amount equal to $1.8 million upon termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.

Our obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement are or will be guaranteed by certain of our domestic and foreign subsidiaries meeting materiality thresholds set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. Such obligations, including the guarantees, are secured by substantially all of our personal property and that of our subsidiary guarantors, including pursuant to a Security Agreement entered into on June 13, 2022, among us, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC and Blue Torch. As of the closing date, such subsidiary guarantors were Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and exactEarth Ltd.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and customary negative covenants limiting our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries, to, among other things, dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge or consolidate, make acquisitions, incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends, repurchase stock and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. We must also comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other indebtedness, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, Blue Torch as agent on behalf of the Lenders may require immediate payment of all obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate.

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On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, we granted warrants to affiliates of the Lenders to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “Blue Torch Warrants”), which are exercisable for an aggregate of 3,496,205 shares of our Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

In addition, on June 13, 2022, in connection with the closing of the financing, we paid Urgent Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a fee for introducing us to the Lenders, for the purpose of loan financing, in the amount equal to $0.6 million in cash and a warrant to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “GPO Warrant” and, collectively with the Blue Torch Warrants, the “Credit Agreement Warrants”), which is exercisable for an aggregate of 198,675 shares of our Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

The Credit Agreement Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable for a term beginning on the date of issuance and ending on the earlier to occur of ten years from the date of issuance or the consummation of certain of our acquisitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants. The number of shares for which the Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants.

NavSight Merger

On August 16, 2021, we announced that we had closed our merger with NavSight (the "Merger"). As a result, we became a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight, and NavSight changed its name to “Spire Global, Inc.”

In connection with the Merger, we raised $264.8 million of proceeds including the contribution of $230.0 million of cash held in NavSight’s trust account from its initial public offering, net of redemptions of NavSight public stockholders of $210.2 million, and $245.0 million of cash in connection with the private investment in public equity ("PIPE") Investment. We incurred $38.7 million of merger and acquisitions costs, consisting of banking, legal, and other professional fees, of which $32.1 million was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital, and the remaining $6.6 million was expensed to general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.

For more details on the Merger, including all equity conversions, please see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2021.

FP Credit Agreement

On April 15, 2021, we entered into a credit agreement with FP Credit Partners, L.P., as agent for several lenders (the “FP Lenders”) (as amended on May 17, 2021, the “FP Credit Agreement”), for a $70.0 million term loan facility (the “FP Term Loan”). Upon funding in May 2021, the FP Term Loan was used (i) to pay off our existing credit facilities with Eastward and EIB and (ii) to fund working capital and for general corporate purposes. We incurred $12.3 million of debt issuance costs relating to the FP Term Loan. The FP Lenders were also entitled to a commitment fee of $1.75 million that was fully earned and paid upon signing the FP Credit Agreement. The FP Term Loan bears interest at a rate of 9.00% per annum. Prior to the Merger, the FP Term Loan bore interest at a rate of 8.50% per annum. Since the FP Lenders elected to exercise their conversion right in connection with the Merger, and we chose not to prepay the remaining, non-converted outstanding principal amount of the FP Term Loan at the closing of such transaction, our interest rate under the FP Term Loan increased to 9.0% per annum.

Interest on the FP Term Loan was payable quarterly in arrears. The total outstanding principal amount of the FP Term Loan was due and payable at maturity on April 15, 2026. We had the right to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the FP Term Loan at any time, in full but not in part. In addition, since the FP Lenders elected to exercise their conversion right in connection with the Merger, there was no premium or other contractual return in a prepayment. The aggregate amount required to be repaid in a prepayment to the FP Lenders would only have been the outstanding principal amount of the FP Term Loan and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Our obligations under the FP Credit Agreement were guaranteed by our material subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with the FP Credit Agreement, and secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of the subsidiary guarantors.

The FP Credit Agreement contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limited our ability and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make investments, pay dividends or other distributions on our capital stock, dispose of assets, consummate mergers or acquisitions and enter into transactions with affiliates, subject in each case to customary exceptions and qualifications. Prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO (as defined in the FP Credit Agreement), which includes the Merger, we were required to maintain, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, minimum unrestricted cash of at least $15.0 million, as determined in accordance with the FP Credit Agreement, provided that this covenant did not apply following any fiscal quarter in which we achieved positive EBITDA so long as we continued to maintain positive EBITDA in subsequent fiscal quarters. Since the Merger occurred, we are no longer required to maintain this financial covenant per the terms of the FP Credit Agreement.

The FP Credit Agreement included customary events of default, including, among other things, payment defaults, breaches of covenants or representations and warranties, cross-defaults with certain other indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency events and judgment defaults, subject to grace periods in certain instances. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, the FP Lenders could declare all or a portion of the outstanding obligations payable by us to be immediately due and payable, and exercise other rights and remedies provided for under the FP Credit Agreement. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate would apply on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the FP Credit Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2% above the otherwise applicable interest rate.

During fiscal year 2021, we recognized within Other (expense) income, net on the consolidated statement of operations, $5.0 million as a loss on extinguishment of debt, resulting from paying off the EIB Loan and the Eastward Loan Facilities (as defined below).

On June 13, 2022, we repaid in full all obligations and all amounts borrowed, and all obligations have terminated, under the FP Credit Agreement, which was replaced by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. The outstanding principal and interest under the FP Credit Agreement in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $72.8 million was repaid with proceeds of the term loan under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. We incurred no early termination penalties in connection with the termination of the FP Credit Agreement.

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Eastward Loan Facility

In December 2020, we entered into a line of credit agreement with Eastward and certain of our subsidiaries as co-borrowers (the “Eastward Loan Facility”). The agreement provided for a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $25.0 million, of which we borrowed $15.0 million. We used the proceeds to prepay existing indebtedness and the remaining proceeds were available to be used for general corporate purposes. In connection with funding the term loan under the FP Credit Agreement, we repaid the outstanding obligations under the Eastward Loan Facility, including a prepayment premium and fees of $0.8 million.

The Eastward Loan Facility bore interest at a rate of 11.75% per annum, payable monthly in arrears. We were also required to pay a commitment fee equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of each term loan borrowing. Following an interest only period of 24 months, the principal amount of each term loan was repayable in 24 equal monthly installments based on an amortization period of 36 months. The outstanding principal amount of each term loan, plus a repayment fee equal to 2.00% of the original $15.0 million principal amount of such term loan, was due and payable 48 months after such borrowing.

Our obligations under the Eastward Loan Facility were guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with the loan agreement, and were secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of the co-borrowers. The loan agreement contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limited our and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, dispose of assets, consummate mergers or acquisitions, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, pay dividends or other distributions on our capital stock, make investments and enter into transactions with affiliates, subject in each case to customary exceptions and qualifications.

The Eastward Loan Facility included customary events of default, including, among other things, payment defaults, breaches of covenants or representations and warranties, an investor abandonment default, cross-defaults with certain other indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency events and judgment defaults, subject to grace periods in certain instances. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, Eastward had the right to declare all or a portion of the outstanding obligations payable by us to be immediately due and payable and exercise other rights and remedies provided for under the loan agreement. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate would have applied on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the loan agreement at a per annum rate equal to 5% above the otherwise applicable interest rate.

EIB Loan Facility

In August 2020, we entered into a finance contract with EIB and Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l., as borrower. The finance contract provided for a term loan facility (the “EIB Loan Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to EUR 20.0 million, available in three tranches, of which we borrowed EUR 12.0 million. The proceeds of the term loans were required to be used for our innovation and expansion activities in Luxembourg and potentially other European Union ("EU") countries. In connection with funding the term loan under the FP Credit Agreement, we repaid the outstanding obligations under the EIB Loan Facility, including a prepayment premium of EUR 0.2 million.

The total outstanding principal amount of each tranche was due and payable five years after the borrowing date for such tranche. The initial tranche of EUR 5.0 million did not accrue interest. The second tranche of EUR 7.0 million accrued interest at a rate equal to EURIBOR plus 5.00% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. If borrowed, the third tranche of EUR 8.0 million would have accrued interest at a rate equal to EURIBOR plus 10.0% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. We were also required to pay a commitment fee equal to 1.00% per annum of the undrawn term loan commitments from the one-year anniversary of the finance contract through the expiration of the commitments in January 2023.

Our obligations under the finance contract were guaranteed by our material subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with the finance contract, and were secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of the borrower. The finance contract contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limited our ability and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, dispose of assets, consummate mergers or acquisitions, make investments, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens or pay dividends, or other distributions on our capital stock, subject in each case to customary exceptions and qualifications.

The finance contract included customary events of default, including, among other things, payment defaults, breaches of covenants or representations and warranties, cross-defaults with certain other indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency events and a material adverse change event of default, subject to grace periods in certain instances. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, EIB had the right to declare all or a portion of the outstanding obligations to be immediately due and payable and exercise other rights and remedies provided for under the finance contract. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate would have applied on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the finance contract at a per annum rate equal to 2% above the otherwise applicable interest rate.

Under the terms of the EIB finance contract, on August 20, 2020, we issued to EIB a warrant exercisable for 454,899 shares (Tranche A) of Legacy Spire Common Stock at a price of $0.0001 per share. Upon completion of the Merger, the exercisable share count converted to 775,966. On October 29, 2020, we issued to EIB an additional warrant exercisable for 454,899 shares (Tranche B) of Legacy Spire Common Stock at a price of $0.0001 per share. Upon completion of the Merger, the exercisable share count converted to 775,966. Each such warrant included a put option, whereby EIB had the right to have us repurchase the warrants by paying EIB an amount equal to the then-current fair market value of the shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock for which the warrants were exercisable. The amount that we were required to pay upon the exercise of the put option was subject to a purchase price cap of EUR 10.0 million for each warrant. In September 2021, EIB submitted a notice of cancellation for the 775,966 EIB warrants (Tranche A). In October 2021, EIB submitted a notice of cancellation for the remaining 775,966 EIB warrants (Tranche B). The total settlement value associated with the EIB warrants was $19.9 million and was paid in November 2021. Upon settlement, $12.8 million was released from restricted cash which had been held in guarantee for EIB warrant redemption.

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Acquisition of exactEarth

In November 2021, we closed the Acquisition for the purchase price of $129.0 million, consisting of $109.6 million in cash and $22.3 million of Class A common stock, net of $3.0 million post-combination expense. The Acquisition accelerates growth of our existing maritime business with additional data solutions, cross-selling opportunities, and expansion of our geographic footprint. exactEarth is now a fully-owned subsidiary of Spire Global, Inc. and continues to conduct operations from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

For additional detail regarding the terms associated with the Acquisition, see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Government Loan

As part of the Acquisition in November 2021, we assumed a loan agreement with the Strategic Innovation Fund ("SIF") which was recorded at fair value of the debt. As of December 31, 2022, $3.3 million was included in long-term debt, non-current on our consolidated balance sheets related to the SIF loan agreement. Under this agreement and subsequent amendment, we are eligible to receive funding for certain expenditures incurred from February 13, 2018 to May 12, 2023, up to a maximum of $5.7 million. The loan is repayable in 15 annual payments beginning February 28, 2026 and has a stated interest rate of zero.

For additional detail regarding the terms associated with our financing arrangements, see Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Convertible Notes

From July 2019 through October 2020, we issued and sold subordinated convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $42.9 million (the “2019 Spire Notes”). In May 2021, we agreed with the holders of the 2019 Spire Notes to extend the maturity date of all convertible promissory notes outstanding at December 31, 2020 from January 29, 2022 to July 31, 2022. From January 2021 through February 2021, we issued and sold subordinated convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million, which mature four years from the date of issuance (the “2021 Spire Notes”). The 2019 Spire Notes and the 2021 Spire Notes accrued interest at a rate of 8.0% per annum and converted into shares of our Class A common stock in connection with the Closing, so they are no longer outstanding.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our net cash used in operating activities, net cash used in investing activities, and net cash provided by financing activities for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2022			2021
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(47,820	)	$	(57,986	)
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(41,828	)	$	(119,479	)
Net cash provided by financing activities	$	26,373		$	270,534

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our largest source of operating cash inflows is cash collections from our customers. Our primary uses of cash for operating activities are for employee-related expenditures, expenses related to our technology infrastructure, expenses related to our computing infrastructure (including computing power, database storage and content delivery costs), building infrastructure costs (including office leases), fees for third-party services, and marketing program costs.

Net cash used in operating activities in the fiscal year 2022 was $47.8 million. This reflected our net loss of $89.4 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $40.6 million and a net increase of $1.0 million in operating assets and liabilities. Non-cash items primarily consisted of a $22.3 million loss on extinguishment of debt, $18.3 million of depreciation and amortization expense, $11.5 million of stock-based compensation expense, $3.8 million of debt issuance amortization costs, $2.3 million of amortization of operating lease assets, and a $0.8 million loss on impairment of assets, partially offset by a $9.7 million gain on change in fair value of contingent earnout liability and an $8.8 million gain on change in fair value of warrant liabilities. Changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily included a $4.2 million increase in accounts receivable, net, a $1.6 million decrease in operating lease liabilities, a $1.8 million decrease in accounts payable, a $1.4 million increase in contract assets, and a $0.9 million decrease in accrued wages and benefits. This was partially offset by a $7.8 million increase in contract liabilities, a $1.9 million decrease in other long-term assets, a $1.0 million increase in other accrued expenses, and a $0.3 million decrease in other current assets.

Net cash used in operating activities in the fiscal year 2021 was $58.0 million. This reflected our net loss of $38.1 million, adjustments for non-cash items of $17.7 million, and a net decrease in our operating assets and liabilities of $2.2 million. Non-cash items primarily consisted of $11.6 million of stock-based compensation, $8.5 million of depreciation and amortization expense, $6.0 million of non-cash interest and debt issuance amortization expense, $2.3 million of debt extinguishment expense, $1.6 million of warrant liability revaluation, and $0.5 million of other noncash expenses, partially offset by a $48.2 million non-cash gain on the contingent earnout liability revaluation. The net decrease in operating assets and liabilities primarily included an increase of $6.7 million in other current assets combined with a $5.0 million increase in accounts receivable. This was offset by an increase of $4.7 million in accrued wages and other expenses, a $2.3 million increase in accounts payable, a $2.2 million increase in other long-term liabilities, and a $0.3 million increase in other non-cash assets and liabilities.

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Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash flows from investing activities primarily relate to cash used for business acquisitions, the procurement, development, and deployment of capital assets, including satellites, ground stations, machinery and equipment, furniture, computer equipment and software, and leasehold improvements.

Net cash used in investing activities in the fiscal year 2022 was $41.8 million. This was driven by purchases of $40.2 million in short-term investments and $18.9 million of investment in property and equipment, partially offset by $17.3 million in maturities of short-term investments.

Net cash used in investing activities in the fiscal year 2021 was $119.5 million. This was driven by net $103.9 million of cash used in the exactEarth acquisition, $15.4 million investment in property and equipment and $0.2 million investment in intangible assets.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Cash flows from financing activities relate primarily to the Merger, debt, warrants and convertible note financings.

Net cash provided by financing activities in the fiscal year 2022 was $26.4 million. This was driven by $101.0 million of proceeds from long-term debt, $0.8 million of proceeds from stock option exercises and $0.6 million of proceeds from the employee stock purchase plan, partially offset by $71.5 million of payments on long-term debt, and $4.5 million of payments of debt issuance costs. The long-term debt and debt issuance cost items were driven by the Blue Torch loan transaction.

Net cash provided by financing activities in the fiscal year 2021 was $270.5 million. This was primarily driven by $264.8 million of proceeds from the Merger, $70.5 million of proceeds from the FP and SIF loan transactions, $20.0 million of proceeds from the issuance of convertible notes, and $1.3 million of proceeds from stock option exercises, offset by payments of $31.8 million for merger and acquisitions costs related to the reverse recapitalization, repayments of $29.6 million to EIB and Eastward Capital, $19.9 million to settle the EIB warrants, and payments of $4.7 million for debt issuance costs related to the FP loan.

For additional information regarding the terms of our credit facilities and notes, see Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. In the preparation of these consolidated financial statements, we are required to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe that of our significant accounting policies, which are described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and estimates. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Revenue Recognition

Our contracts with customers may include promises to transfer multiple solutions and services to a customer. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract with a customer to transfer solutions or services that are capable of being distinct, whereby the customer can benefit from the solution or service either on its own or with other available resources, and are distinct in the context of the contract, whereby the transfer of the solution or service is separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. Determining whether solutions and services are distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or combined as a single performance obligation involves significant judgement that requires us to assess the nature of the promise and value delivered to the customer. Certain of our contracts contain multiple project-based solutions and services promised to a customer over various phases (e.g., scoping, development, manufacturing, testing, launch, and/or satellite operations), which we assess at contract inception to determine which of the solutions and services promised in a contract are distinct in order to identify individual performance obligations.

For contracts with more than one performance obligation, the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations using the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) of each obligation. Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. SSP is generally estimated using cost plus a reasonable margin based on value added to the customer.

For certain project-based performance obligations, we recognize a portion of our revenue over time using the output method, specifically contract milestones, which we have determined to be the most direct and reasonable measure of progress as they reflect the results achieved and value transferred to the customer.

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Business Combinations and Valuation of Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets

We allocate the purchase price of acquired companies to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values at the acquisition date. The purchase price allocation process requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions with respect to the valuation of intangible assets. Examples of critical estimates and assumptions in valuing certain of the intangible assets we have acquired or may acquire in the future include but are not limited to future revenue growth, margins, customer retention rates, technology life, royalty rates, expected use of acquired assets, and discount rates. These factors are also considered in determining the useful life of the acquired intangible assets. These estimates are based in part on historical experience, market conditions and information obtained from management of the acquired companies and are inherently uncertain. Goodwill represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recorded.

The Company estimates the fair value of its one reporting unit based on its consolidated market capitalization using the 30-day trading volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) and the stock price on the date of valuation as two independent data points. The results of the annual impairment test performed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 indicated that the estimated fair value of the Company's reporting unit exceeded its carrying value by more than 80% based on the 30-day trading VWAP and by more than 70% based on the stock price on the date of valuation. Therefore, the Company concluded there was no impairment of goodwill during the fourth quarter of 2022. There also was no goodwill impairment recorded during the year ended December 31, 2021. While the Company’s market capitalization has declined subsequent to December 31, 2022, the estimated fair value of its reporting unit still exceeds its carrying value on March 14, 2023 by more than 46% based on the 30-day trading VWAP and by approximately 15% based on the March 14, 2023 stock price. If the Company’s market capitalization continues to decline, and if macroeconomic conditions worsen, the Company’s reporting unit may be at risk for future goodwill impairments. The Company continues to monitor for potential impairment should impairment indicators arise.

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Reverse Recapitalization and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of our Common Stock upon the achievement of certain Earnout Triggering Events. In accordance with ASC 815-40, the earnout shares are not indexed to the Common Stock and therefore are accounted for as a liability and an offset to additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets at the reverse recapitalization date and subsequently remeasured at each reporting date with changes in fair value recorded as a component of Other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.

The contingent earnout liability is categorized as a Level 3 fair value measurement using the Monte Carlo model because the Company estimates projections during the Earnout Period utilizing unobservable inputs. Contingent earnout payments involve certain assumptions requiring significant judgment and actual results may differ from assumed and estimated amounts. The assumptions utilized in the calculation are based on the achievement of certain stock price milestones, including the current price of our common stock, expected volatility, risk-free rate, expected term and expected dividend yield.

Warrant Liability

We generally classify warrants for the purchase of shares of our common stock as liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets unless the warrants meet certain specific criteria that require the warrants to be classified within stockholders’ deficit. Those warrants accounted for as liabilities are freestanding financial instruments that may require us to transfer assets upon exercise. The warrant liability is initially recorded at fair value upon the date of issuance of each warrant and is subsequently remeasured to fair value at each reporting date. The fair value of the Public Warrants is based on quoted market prices and is classified as a Level 1 financial instrument. The fair value of the Private Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and dividend yield.

Stock-Based Compensation

We have an equity incentive plan under which we grant stock-based awards to employees and non-employees. We account for stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense, based on estimated fair values, for all stock-based awards made to employees and non-employees for stock options.

We recognize the cost of stock-based awards granted to our employees and non-employees based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the awards. For restricted stock units ("RSU") with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant using the intrinsic value method. We determine the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is impacted by the following assumptions:

•Common Stock Valuation—Prior to our Closing Date of the Merger, determining the fair value of the shares of common stock underlying our stock-based awards, which were not publicly traded, involved significant judgment and had historically been determined with the help of an independent third-party valuation firm. For awards granted subsequent to the Closing Date, the fair value of our common stock is based on the closing price of our common stock, as reported on the NYSE, on the date of grant of the related stock-based award.

•Expected Term—Because of the lack of sufficient historical data, we use the simple average of the vesting period and the contractual term to estimate the period the stock options are expected to be outstanding.

•Expected Volatility—We determine the expected stock price volatility based on the historical volatility of our Class A common stock and the historical volatilities of an industry peer group.

•Expected Dividend Yield—The dividend rate used is zero as we have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

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•Risk-Free Interest Rate—The interest rates used are based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent remaining term equal to the expected life of the award.

Common Stock Valuation

Historically, for all periods prior to the Merger, since there has been no public market of our common stock, the fair value of the shares of common stock underlying our share-based awards was estimated on each grant date by our board of directors. To determine the fair value of our common stock underlying option grants, our board of directors considered, among other things, input from management, valuations of our common stock prepared by unrelated third-party valuation firms in accordance with the guidance provided by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2013 Practice Aid, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, and our board of directors’ assessment of additional objective and subjective factors that it believed were relevant, and factors that may have changed from the date of the most recent valuation through the date of the grant. These factors include, but are not limited to:

•our results of operations and financial position, including the present value of expected future cash flows and the value of tangible and intangible assets;

•risks and opportunities relevant to our business;

•the status of platform development activities;

•our business conditions and projections;

•the market value of companies engaged in a substantially similar business;

•the lack of marketability of our common stock as a private company;

•the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms-length transactions;

•the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock;

•the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event for our securityholders, such as an initial public offering or a sale of the Company, given prevailing market conditions;

•the hiring of key personnel and the experience of management; and

•trends and developments in our industry, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For valuations performed from January 1, 2021 to the Merger, we used a hybrid method of the Option Pricing Model ("OPM") and the Probability-Weighted Expected Return Method (“PWERM”). PWERM considers various potential liquidity outcomes. Our approach included the use of an initial public offering scenario, a strategic merger or sale scenario, and a scenario assuming continued operation as a private entity. Under the hybrid OPM and PWERM method, the per share value calculated under the OPM and PWERM are weighted based on expected exit outcomes specific to each allocation methodology to arrive at a final estimated fair value per share of the common stock before a discount for lack of marketability is applied.

Following the Closing, we have used the market closing price of our Class A common stock as reported on the NYSE.
 

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted and Not Yet Adopted

See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for recently adopted accounting pronouncements and new accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Emerging Growth Company Status

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"). Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date that we are (i) 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 consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with the new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Smaller Reporting Company Status

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (i) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, or (ii) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Foreign currency exchange risk

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Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Singapore Dollar, and Canadian Dollar and may be adversely affected in the future due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We continue to experience foreign currency fluctuations primarily due to the periodic re-measurement of our foreign currency monetary account balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. Changes in exchange rates may negatively affect our revenue and other results of operations as expressed in U.S. dollars. We do not currently engage in foreign exchange hedging contracts. As we continue to expand our international presence, we will assess options for mitigating foreign exchange risk.

We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net loss as a result of gains or losses related to revaluing certain asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. For fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2021, we had a loss due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates of $0.9 million and $1.9 million, respectively. A hypothetical 10% strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar relative to the currencies in which our revenue and expenses are denominated would have resulted in an increase or decrease in our reported fiscal year 2022 pre-tax loss of approximately $2.6 million.

Interest rate sensitivity

We had cash and cash equivalents totaling $47.2 million and short-term marketable securities of $23.1 million as of December 31, 2022. These amounts were held primarily in demand deposit accounts and short-term marketable securities. The cash and cash equivalents are held for working capital purposes or strategic investment purposes.

We are exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in interest rates related to the Blue Torch Credit Facility. The Blue Torch Credit Facility accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at our election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term SOFR rate (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. Accordingly, increases in SOFR could increase our interest payments under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. For example, a hypothetical increase of 100 basis points in the interest rate of the Blue Torch Credit Facility would have an approximately $1.2 million impact on an annual basis on our results of operations. The SIF loan is interest free.

Inflation Risk

We are exposed to inflation risk. Inflationary factors, such as increases in component parts, labor and other overhead expenses, could impair our operating results. Although there has been a significant increase in inflation in the recent period, it has not had a substantial impact on our results of operations for fiscal years 2022 or 2021. However, a higher rate of inflation in the future may have a negative impact on our operational and capital expenditures which we may not be able to pass along as cost increases to our customers.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 238)	68
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021	69
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021	70
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021	71
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021	72
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021	75
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	78

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Spire Global, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Spire Global, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of comprehensive loss, of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and of cash flows for the years then ended, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for leases as of January 1, 2022.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

March 15, 2023

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

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Spire Global, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	47,196		$	109,256
Marketable securities		23,084			—
Accounts receivable, net (including allowance of $395 and $339 as of December 31,    2022 and 2021, respectively)		13,864			10,163
Contract assets		3,353			2,084
Other current assets		9,279			10,071
Total current assets		96,776			131,574
Property and equipment, net		53,752			48,704
Operating lease right-of-use assets		11,687			—
Goodwill		49,954			53,627
Customer relationships		20,814			24,388
Other intangible assets		13,967			19,765
Other long-term assets, including restricted cash		9,562			12,136
Total assets	$	256,512		$	290,194
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	4,800		$	5,824
Accrued wages and benefits		4,502			5,646
Contract liabilities, current portion		15,856			8,627
Other accrued expenses		8,210			4,823
Total current liabilities		33,368			24,920
Long-term debt		98,475			51,124
Contingent earnout liability		349			10,026
Deferred income tax liabilities		771			835
Warrant liability		1,831			11,482
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion		10,815			—
Other long-term liabilities		780			1,600
Total liabilities		146,389			99,987
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000,000 Class A and 15,000,000 Class     B shares authorized, 143,679,385 Class A and 12,058,614 Class B shares issued     and outstanding at December 31, 2022; 139,096,000 Class A and 12,058,614 Class     B shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021		16			15
Additional paid-in capital		455,751			438,696
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income		(6,997	)		732
Accumulated deficit		(338,647	)		(249,236	)
Total stockholders’ equity		110,123			190,207
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	256,512		$	290,194

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Revenue	$	80,268		$	43,375
Cost of revenue		40,327			18,720
Gross profit		39,941			24,655
Operating expenses:
Research and development		35,153			31,615
Sales and marketing		28,502			20,387
General and administrative		44,831			40,479
Loss on decommissioned satellites		549			—
Total operating expenses		109,035			92,481
Loss from operations		(69,094	)		(67,826	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income		948			23
Interest expense		(13,955	)		(11,417	)
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		9,677			48,248
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities		8,757			(1,600	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(22,510	)		(3,255	)
Other expense, net		(2,912	)		(1,766	)
Total other (expense) income, net		(19,995	)		30,233
Loss before income taxes		(89,089	)		(37,593	)
Income tax provision		322			497
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(0.64	)	$	(0.61	)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share		139,879,423			62,137,434

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Spire Global, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(7,696	)		1,714
Net unrealized loss on investments    (net of tax)		(33	)		—
Comprehensive loss	$	(97,140	)	$	(36,376	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(In thousands, except share amounts)

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	Series A Preferred Stock						Series B Preferred Stock						Series C Preferred Stock						Common Stock				Additional Paid			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Accumulated			Total Stockholders'
	Shares(1)			Amount			Shares(1)			Amount			Shares(1)			Amount			Shares(1)		Amount		Capital			Income (Loss)			Deficit			Equity (Deficit)
Balance, December 31, 2020		21,615,723		$	52,809			8,306,818		$	35,228			12,804,176		$	65,222			17,664,015	$	2	$	10,131		$	(982	)	$	(211,146	)	$	(48,736	)
Exercise of stock   options		—			—			—			—			—			—			923,200		—		1,289			—			—			1,289
Stock compensation   expense		—			—			—			—			—			—			—		—		11,634			—			—			11,634
Issuance of common    stock relating to    the acquisition		—			—			—			—			—			—			5,230,167		1		19,361			—			—			19,362
Issuance of   shares to FP   Credit   Partners, L.P.		—			—			—			—			—			—			2,468,492		—		22,868			—			—			22,868
Exercise of   Series C   preferred   warrants		—			—			—			—			146,919			891			—		—		—			—			—			891
Conversion of   warrants to   common stock		—			—			—			—			—			—			672,355		—		308			—			—			308
Conversion of   PS Series A   to common   stock		(21,615,723	)		(52,809	)		—			—			—			—			21,615,723		2		52,807			—			—			—
Conversion of   PS Series B   to common   stock		—			—			(8,306,818	)		(35,228	)		—			—			8,306,818		1		35,227			—			—			—
Conversion of   PS Series C   to common   stock		—			—			—			—			(12,951,095	)		(66,113	)		12,951,095		1		66,112			—			—			—
Conversion of   convertible   notes to   common stock		—			—			—			—			—			—			37,034,620		4		70,929			—			—			70,933
Issuance of   common stock   upon the reverse   recapitalization,   net of issuance   costs		—			—			—			—			—			—			44,288,129		4		206,304			—			—			206,308
Contingent earnout    liability recognized    upon the closing of    the reverse    recapitalization		—			—			—			—			—			—			—		—		(58,274	)		—			—			(58,274	)
Net loss		—			—			—			—			—			—			—		—		—			—			(38,090	)		(38,090	)
Foreign currency   translation   adjustments		—			—			—			—			—			—			—		—		—			1,714			—			1,714
Balance, December 31, 2021		—		$	—			—		$	—			—		$	—			151,154,614		15		438,696			732			(249,236	)		190,207
Exercise of stock   options																				503,805		—		806			—			—			806
Release of Restricted   Stock Units																				242,486		—		(70	)		—			—			(70	)

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Issuance of common   stock under Employee   Stock Purchase Plan	525,808		—		623		—			—			623
Stock compensation   expense	—		—		11,491		—			—			11,491
Conversion of   warrants to   common stock	3,311,286		1		4,205		—			—			4,206
Net loss	—		—		—		—			(89,411	)		(89,411	)
Foreign currency   translation   adjustments	—		—		—		(7,696	)		—			(7,696	)
Net unrealized loss   on investments   (net of tax)	—		—		—		(33	)		—			(33	)
Balance, December 31, 2022	155,737,999	$	16	$	455,751	$	(6,997	)	$	(338,647	)	$	110,123

(1) The shares of the Company’s common and convertible preferred stock, prior to the Merger (as defined in Note 1) have been retroactively restated to reflect the exchange ratio of approximately 1.7058 established in the Merger.



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

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	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		18,341			8,509
Stock-based compensation		11,491			11,634
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets		2,344			—
Accretion on carrying value of convertible notes		—			2,103
Amortization of debt issuance costs		3,781			3,876
Change in fair value of warrant liability		(8,757	)		1,600
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		(9,677	)		(48,248	)
Deferred income tax liabilities		23			497
Loss on impairment of assets and decommissioned satellites		784			91
Loss on extinguishment of debt		22,271			2,277
Other, net		(22	)		—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		(4,180	)		(5,010	)
Contract assets		(1,364	)		(1	)
Other current assets		324			(6,565	)
Other long-term assets		1,852			13
Accounts payable		(1,808	)		2,291
Accrued wages and benefits		(923	)		1,751
Contract liabilities		7,776			161
Other accrued expenses		1,012			2,917
Operating lease liabilities		(1,632	)		—
Other long-term liabilities		(45	)		2,208
Net cash used in operating activities		(47,820	)		(57,986	)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments		(40,213	)		—
Maturities of short-term investments		17,300			—
Purchase of property and equipment		(18,915	)		(15,421	)
Investment in intangible assets		—			(166	)
Payments made in connection with business acquisition, net		—			(103,892	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(41,828	)		(119,479	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from reverse recapitalization and PIPE financing		—			264,823
Payments of transaction costs related to reverse recapitalization		—			(31,806	)
Proceeds from long-term debt		100,973			70,515
Payments on long-term debt		(71,512	)		(29,628	)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable		—			20,000
Payments on redemption of warrants		—			(19,942	)
Payments of debt issuance costs		(4,516	)		(4,717	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		806			1,289
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan		622			—
Net cash provided by financing activities		26,373			270,534
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash, cash equivalent and restricted cash		1,199			590
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(62,076	)		93,659
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Beginning of year		109,645			15,986
End of year	$	47,569		$	109,645
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	$	9,438		$	3,130
Income taxes paid	$	210		$	173
Noncash investing and financing activities
Conversion of Series A, B and C preferred stock into common stock upon the reverse recapitalization	$	—		$	154,150
Contingent earnout liability recognized upon the closing of the reverse recapitalization	$	—		$	58,274
Conversion of convertible notes to common stock upon the reverse recapitalization	$	—		$	70,933
Public and private warrants acquired as part of the Merger	$	—		$	26,707
Issuance of shares to FP Credit Partners, L.P. ("FP") (Note 8)	$	—		$	22,868
Issuance of shares in the acquisition	$	—		$	19,361
Conversion of warrants to Class A common stock	$	4,205		$	—
Exercise of Series C preferred stock warrants	$	—		$	891
Property and equipment purchased but not yet paid	$	957		$	687
Issuance of stock warrants with long-term debt (Note 8)	$	3,579		$	308

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

1.Nature of Business

Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire” or the “Company”), founded in August 2012, is a global provider of space-based data and analytics that offers its customers unique datasets and insights about earth from the ultimate vantage point. The Company collects this space-based data through its proprietary constellation of multi-purpose nanosatellites. By designing, manufacturing, integrating and operating its own satellites and ground stations, the Company has unique end-to-end control and ownership over its entire system. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers: Maritime, Aviation and Weather. As a fourth solution, the Company is providing “space-as-a-service” through its Space Services solution.

The Company is comprised of Spire Global, Inc. (United States or U.S.) and its wholly owned subsidiaries Spire Global UK Limited (United Kingdom or U.K.), Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (Luxembourg), Spire Global Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Spire Global Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia), and Spire Global Canada Acquisition Corp. (Canada). Spire Global Canada Acquisition Corp. is the sole owner of exactEarth Ltd. (Canada) ("exactEarth"), which in turn is the sole owner of exactEarth Europe Ltd. (England and Wales). The Company currently operates offices in nine locations: San Francisco (U.S.), Boulder (U.S.), Vienna (U.S.), Glasgow (U.K.), Oxfordshire (U.K.), Luxembourg, Cambridge (U.K.), Ontario (Canada), and Singapore.

On August 16, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (formerly known as Spire Global, Inc.) (“Legacy Spire”) closed its previously announced merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc. (“NavSight”), a special purpose acquisition company, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and among Spire, NavSight, NavSight Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (“NavSight Merger Sub”), and Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Jeroen Cappaert, and Joel Spark (collectively, the “Legacy Spire Founders,” and such agreement, the “Merger Agreement”). As a result, NavSight Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Spire, the separate corporate existence of NavSight Merger Sub ceased, and Legacy Spire continued as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (the “Merger,” and such consummation, the “Closing”). NavSight then changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiary, “New Spire” or “Spire”) and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.

In November 2021, the Company acquired exactEarth, a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions in Canada, for a combination of cash and Spire stock (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination.

On September 14, 2022, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent (the “Agent” or “Canaccord”). In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company may offer and sell its Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $85,000 from time to time through the Agent pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on September 26, 2022. There had been no sales under the Equity Distribution Agreement as of December 31, 2022.

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. (i.e. former NavSight) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Legacy Spire, following the reverse recapitalization as further discussed in Note 3 “Reverse Recapitalization.” For periods prior to the Merger, the reported share and per share amounts have been retroactively converted by applying the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Note 3) with the exception of authorized shares. Issued and outstanding shares and warrants as disclosed herein have been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio.

Liquidity Risks and Uncertainties

Since inception, the Company has been engaged in developing its product offerings, raising capital, and recruiting personnel. The Company’s operating plan may change as a result of many factors currently unknown and there can be no assurance that the current operating plan will be achieved in the time frame anticipated by the Company, and it may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. If adequate funds are not available to the Company on a timely basis, it may be required to delay, limit, reduce, or terminate certain commercial efforts, or pursue merger or acquisition strategies, all of which could adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders.

The Company has a history of operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. During the year ended December 31, 2022, net loss was $89,411 and cash used in operations was $47,820. In August 2021, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $236,632 from Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) investors (the “PIPE Investors”) and the Merger. The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $47,196, excluding restricted cash of $373, and investment in marketable securities of $23,084 as of December 31, 2022. The Company believes that it will have sufficient working capital to operate for a period of at least one year from the issuance of the December 31, 2022 consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The Company’s assessment of the period of time through which its financial resources will be adequate to support its operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could vary as a result of many factors, including its growth rate, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spending to support its infrastructure and research and development efforts and the expansion of sales and marketing activities. The Company may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, and technologies, including intellectual property rights. The Company has based its estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and it could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently expects. The Company may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. Future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on numerous factors, including market penetration, the introduction of new products, and potential acquisitions of related businesses or technology. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise it on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when desired, or if it cannot expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on its business opportunities because it lacks sufficient capital, its business, results of operations, and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and COVID-19 Impact

Over the past two years, the Company has been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing interest rates and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A strong U.S. dollar relative to the Company's foreign subsidiaries' local functional currency for most of 2022 negatively impacted the Company’s revenue, since approximately one-third of the Company’s sales are transacted in foreign currencies, though it positively impacted the Company’s expenses, since a majority of the Company’s employees reside in countries outside of the United States.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase the Company's offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, longer sales cycles, and a few contract cancellations. The pandemic also led to reduced company-wide travel, resulted in a move to a hybrid work model, created a more difficult hiring process and at times resulted in employee attrition.

Increasing interest rates in 2022 resulted in higher interest expenses, as the Company’s credit facility is based on a floating interest rate.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continued conflict created additional global sanctions, which at times caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers, which has delayed revenue recognition of certain sales contracts.

If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, the Company's results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. The Company cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which the Company operates would adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Segment Information

The Company operates as one reportable and operating segment, which relates to the sale of subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics and related project-based services to global customers across a range of industries. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management’s significant estimates include assumptions in revenue recognition, allowance for credit losses, valuation of certain assets and liabilities acquired from the Acquisition, realizability of deferred income tax assets, and fair value of equity awards, contingent earnout liabilities and warrant liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the estimates and assumptions and determined there was no material impact in the reporting periods.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s foreign subsidiaries, which have defined their functional currency as their local currency, translate their assets and liabilities into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate existing at the balance sheet date, and translate their results from operations at the average exchange rate for each period. The resulting translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and as other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Fair Value Measurements

To account for fair value measurements and disclosures, a fair value hierarchy was established that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). The level of an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company uses the following valuation techniques to measure fair value for its assets and liabilities:

Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 Significant other observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash included in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets, represents amounts pledged as guarantees or collateral for financing arrangements and lease agreements, as contractually required.

The Company invests in highly rated securities, with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss. The Company’s investment policy generally requires securities to be investment grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company’s investments in marketable debt securities have been classified and accounted for as available-for-sale. The Company classifies its marketable debt securities as either short-term or long-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. Unrealized gains and losses on marketable debt securities classified as available-for-sale are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Interest on securities classified as available-for-sale is included in interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following table shows components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the years then ended:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	47,196	$	109,256
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets		373		389
	$	47,569	$	109,645

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts management expects to collect from outstanding balances. An allowance for credit losses is recorded based on historical loss experience, consideration of current and future economic conditions, and evaluation of a customer’s current and future financial condition. Increases and decreases in the allowance for credit losses are included as a component of general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Recoveries of accounts receivable for which an allowance exists, or those that were previously written off, are recorded when received. The Company recorded an expense for credit losses of $139 and $84 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company generally grants credit to its customers on an unsecured basis. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, marketable securities, and accounts receivable. The Company typically has cash accounts in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance coverage. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts, and management believes that the Company’s risk of loss is remote.

The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with various government agencies. The Company had the following customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue and/or accounts receivable:

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

	Year Ended December 31,						December 31,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
	Revenue			Revenue			Accounts Receivable			Accounts Receivable
Customer A		11	%		27	%		16	%		29	%
Customer B		19	%		16	%	*			*
Customer C	*				10	%	*				12	%

* Revenue and/or accounts receivable from these customers were less than 10% of total revenue and/or accounts receivable during the year.

The Company has a concentration in vendor purchases. The Company believes its reliance on its vendors could be shifted over a period of time to alternative vendors should such a change be necessary. If the Company were to be unable to obtain alternative vendors due to factors beyond its control, operations would be disrupted until alternative vendors were secured. The Company did not have any vendors for the year ended December 31, 2022, and one vendor for the year ended December 31, 2021, from which purchases of equipment, components and services individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total purchases.

The Company is dependent on third parties to launch its satellites into space, and any launch delay, malfunction, or failure could have a negative impact on revenue and might cause the Company not to be able to accommodate customers with sufficient data to meet minimum service level agreements until replacement satellites are available. The Company also incorporates technology and terrestrial data sets from third parties into its platform and its inability to maintain rights and access to such technology and data sets would harm its business and results of operations.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. In-service satellites and related launch costs are capitalized based on the commission date of the underlying asset. Capitalized launch costs for each satellite are allocated based on the total cost of the launch divided by the number of satellites included on that launch. In-service ground stations and related costs are capitalized once signals are transmitted with in-service satellites. In the event of a failed launch or deployment of satellites, the related equipment impairment and launch costs are expensed and recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company also capitalizes certain software costs incurred in connection with developing internal-use software during the project development stage so long as management with the relevant authority authorizes the project, it is probable the project will be completed, and the software will be used to perform the function intended. Costs incurred for enhancements that are expected to result in additional significant functionality are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the enhancement. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post-implementation operational activities are expensed as incurred. Internal-use software, which consists primarily of the Company’s enterprise software used to build and operate the Company’s satellites, is stated at cost less accumulated amortization.

General maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Significant refurbishments, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are retired or disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected as other expense, net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Depreciation and amortization are computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the life of the asset or the remaining life of the lease.

	Years
Furniture and fixtures	7
Machinery and equipment	5
In-service ground stations	4-10
Computer software and website development	3
Computer equipment	3
Capitalized satellite launch costs and in-service satellites	2-3

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 34% and 37%, respectively, of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the U.S., 27% and 41%, respectively were located in Canada, and 39% and 22%, respectively were located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (collectively, “EMEA”). Within EMEA, 30% and 20% of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the UK at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Equity Method Investments

The Company accounts for equity investments in which it has significant influence, but not a controlling financial interest, using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are initially recorded at cost, less impairment, and subsequently adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of earnings or losses as a component of other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s equity method investments are required to be reviewed for impairment when it is determined there may be an other-than-temporary loss in value. The Company has not recorded any impairment losses related to our equity method investments during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Business Combinations

The Company recognizes identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Such valuations require us to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed, these estimates which include, but are not limited to, future revenue growth, margins, customer retention rates, technology life, royalty rates, expected use of acquired assets, and discount rates, are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement.

Goodwill is measured as the excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the acquisition date. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred included in the general and administrative expenses line item in the consolidated statements of operations. The authoritative guidance allows a measurement period of up to one year from the date of acquisition to make adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. As a result, during the measurement period the Company may record adjustments to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill to the extent that it identifies adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in business acquisitions. The Company first performs a qualitative assessment of goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, and more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. If it is determined in the qualitative assessment that the fair value of the Company's single reporting unit is more likely than not below its carrying amount, then the Company will perform a quantitative impairment test. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount. Any excess in the carrying value of the goodwill over its fair value is recognized as an impairment loss. For purposes of goodwill impairment testing, the Company has one reporting unit. The annual goodwill impairment assessment performed in the fourth quarter of 2022 indicated that the fair value significantly exceeded the carrying value of goodwill.

Intangible assets consist of acquired intangible assets which include customer relationships, developed technology and trade names and the costs to obtain patents and perpetual nonexclusive license rights for the use of intellectual property. Acquired intangible assets, other than goodwill, are amortized over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 1 to 12 years, based upon the estimated economic value derived from the related intangible asset. Significant judgment is used in determining fair values of acquired intangible assets and their estimated useful lives. Fair value and useful life determinations may be based on, among other factors, estimates of future expected cash flows, royalty cost savings and appropriate discount rates used in calculating present values.

Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever there are indicators of impairment. The Company recognized impairment charges of $72 and $91 for intangible assets relating to patents for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company assesses potential impairments to long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. An impairment is considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of the assets or asset groups. If impairment exists, the impairment loss is measured and recorded based on undiscounted estimated future cash flows. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of cash flows from other asset groups. The Company recognized impairment charges of $549 on decommissioned satellites and $143 of other long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2022 and no impairment charges for long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Deferred Offering Costs and Merger Costs

The Company capitalizes within other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets certain legal, accounting and other third-party fees that are directly related to the Company’s in-process equity financing until such financings are consummated. After consummation of the equity financing, these costs are recorded as a reduction of the proceeds received from the offering (Note 3). Should a planned equity financing be abandoned, terminated or significantly delayed, the deferred offering costs are written off to operating expenses. There were no deferred offering costs capitalized as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $6,591 of costs related to the Merger, including $4,846 for professional services and $1,745 of other merger related costs. These amounts have been included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. No such costs were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Debt Issuance Costs

For long-term debt, the Company presents debt issuance costs on the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt facility. Debt issuance costs and the fair value assigned to stock warrants issued related to term loans are amortized over the respective term of the debt facility using the effective interest method.

Warrants

The Company generally classifies warrants for the purchase of shares of its common stock as liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets unless the warrants meet certain specific criteria that require the warrants to be classified within stockholders’ equity. Those warrants accounted for as liabilities are freestanding financial instruments that may require the Company to transfer assets upon exercise. The warrant liability is initially recorded at fair value upon the date of issuance of each warrant and is subsequently remeasured to fair value at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities are recognized as a component in other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire or qualify for equity classification. Warrants classified as equity are initially recorded at fair value on the date of issuance and recorded in additional paid-in capital on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets until the warrants are exercised or expire.

The Company assumed 11,499,992 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 6,600,000 private placement warrants issued by NavSight (“Private Warrants” and, together with the Public Warrants, the “Common Stock Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled holders to purchase one share of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are publicly traded and are exercisable for cash unless certain conditions occur, such as the failure to have an effective registration statement related to the shares issuable upon exercise or redemption by the Company under certain conditions, at which time the warrants may be cashless exercised. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The Company evaluated the Common Stock Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreement governing the Common Stock Warrants includes a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Common Stock Warrants depending on their holder. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s ordinary shares, the Private Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock. In addition, the provision provides that in the event of a tender or exchange offer accepted by holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, all holders of the Common Stock Warrants would be entitled to receive cash for all of their Common Stock Warrants. Specifically, in the event of a qualifying cash tender offer (which could be outside of the Company’s control), all Common Stock Warrant holders would be entitled to cash, while only certain of the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares may be entitled to cash. These provisions preclude the Company from classifying the Common Stock Warrants in stockholders’ equity. As the Common Stock Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 10), with subsequent changes in their respective fair values recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date.

On November 16, 2022, the Company commenced a warrant exchange (Note 10), pursuant to which 9,956,489 Public Warrants and 6,600,000 Private Warrants were each exchanged for 0.2 shares of the Company's Class A common stock on December 19, 2022. On December 19, 2022, the Company also entered into an amendment to the warrant agreement (the “Warrant Amendment”) that provided the Company with the right to require the exchange of the Company’s remaining outstanding Public Warrants for Class A common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.18 shares for each Public Warrant. The Company exercised its exchange right on December 19, 2022 and the remaining 1,543,493 Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023.

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Reverse Recapitalization and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the Company achieving certain Earnout Triggering Events (as described in the Merger Agreement and Note 3). In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-40, the earnout shares are not indexed to the Company's common stock and therefore were accounted for as a liability and an offset to additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets at the reverse recapitalization date and subsequently remeasured at each reporting date with changes in fair value recorded as a component of other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.

The contingent earnout liability is categorized as a Level 3 fair value measurement using the Monte Carlo model (Note 10) because the Company estimates projections during the Earnout Period utilizing unobservable inputs. Contingent earnout payments involve certain assumptions requiring significant judgment and actual results may differ from assumed and estimated amounts.

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Spire Global, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue from four main solutions: Maritime, Aviation, Weather and Space Services. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers:

•Maritime: precise space-based data used for highly accurate ship monitoring, ship safety and route optimization.

•Aviation: precise space-based data used for highly accurate aircraft monitoring, aircraft safety and route optimization.

•Weather: precise space-based data used for highly accurate weather forecasting.

As a fourth solution, the Company is also pioneering an innovative “space-as-a-service” business model through its Space Services solution. The Company leverages its fully deployed infrastructure and large-scale operations to enable customers to obtain customized data through its API.

Revenue recognition involves the identification of the contract, identification of performance obligations in the contract, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the previously identified performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.

The Company recognizes revenue for each separately identifiable performance obligation in a data solutions contract representing a promise to transfer data or a distinct service to a customer. In most cases, data provided under the Company’s data solutions contracts are accounted for as a single performance obligation due to the integrated nature of the Company’s precise space-based data. In some data access contracts, the Company provides multiple project-based services to a customer, most commonly when a contract covers multiple phases of the Space Services solution (e.g., development, manufacturing, launch and satellite operations). In those cases, the Company accounts for each distinct project-based deliverable as a separate performance obligation and allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price, which is generally estimated using cost plus a reasonable margin based on value added to the customer.

The Company recognizes revenue when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied, either over time or at a point in time. The Company has determined that each data access subscription provides a series of distinct services in which the customer simultaneously receives and consumes data. Therefore, for subscription-based data services, the Company recognizes revenue ratably over the subscription period. Revenue is recognized upon delivery for data products such as archive data and custom reports, which are performance obligations satisfied at a point in time upon transfer of control. For Space Services, control of the data typically is transferred at the time the customer gains access to the benefit of the service. If customer acceptance is required, revenue is recognized upon receipt of notice of customer acceptance, which is generally a short period of time after delivery. For certain project-based performance obligations (e.g., manufacturing and launch phases), revenue is recognized over time, using the output method, specifically contract milestones, which we have determined to be the most direct and reasonable measure of progress as they reflect the results achieved and value transferred to the customer.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

For each of the Company’s contracts, the timing of revenue recognition, customer billings, and cash collections determines the recorded accounts receivable, contract assets, and contract liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Payment terms and conditions generally include a requirement to pay within 30 days. When revenue is recognized in advance of customer invoicing, a contract asset is recorded for the unbilled receivable. Conversely, contract liabilities are recorded when the Company has an unconditional right to consideration before it has satisfied a performance obligation. Contract liabilities consist of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or project-based services that are subsequently recognized when the revenue recognition criteria are met. The non-current portion of contract liabilities consists of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or other project-based services that have remaining contractual obligations greater than one year from the balance sheet date.

Deferred Contract Costs

Sales commissions earned by the Company’s employees are considered incremental costs of obtaining a contract. An asset is recognized for sales commissions if the Company expects the period of benefit from these costs to be more than one year. The Company amortizes the deferred contract costs on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which is primarily 12 months, consistent with the pattern of revenue recognition of the related performance obligation. The amortized costs are recorded in sales and marketing expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company expenses sales commissions as incurred when the period of benefit is less than one year.

Deferred contract costs are included in other current assets, for the current portion, and other long-term assets, for the non-current portion, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Deferred contract costs at December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $890 and $1,419, respectively, of which $439 and $885, respectively, were classified as current. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $809 and $730, respectively, as amortization of deferred contract costs in sales and marketing expense.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel costs, depreciation, hosted infrastructure and high-power computing costs, third-party operating and royalty costs associated with delivering data and services to customers, allocated overhead costs and amortization of purchased intangibles customer relationships and developed technology associated with the Acquisition. Overhead costs primarily include allocable amounts of utilities, rent, depreciation expense on assets used directly in revenue producing activities, indirect materials, production and test administration expenses, and repairs and maintenance.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, third-party consulting fees, and computing costs which are expensed as incurred.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, sales commissions, marketing and advertising costs, costs incurred in the development of customer relationships, brand development costs, travel-related expenses and amortization of purchased intangible backlog associated with the Acquisition.

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $933 and $797, respectively, and is included in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

General and Administrative Costs

General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related expenses for personnel in the Company’s executive, finance and accounting, facilities, legal, human resources, global supply chain, and management information systems functions, as well as other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include fees related to third-party legal counsel, fees related to accounting, tax and audit costs, office facilities costs, software subscription costs, and other corporate costs.

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has a qualified retirement plan which covers all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Plan matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions, and qualified nonelective contributions may be made to the 401(k) salary deferral plan at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company did not make any matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions and/or qualified nonelective contributions during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The Company has defined contribution pension plans at its foreign subsidiaries which cover all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. The contributions made by the Company under these plans during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $737 and $506, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has an equity incentive plan under which the Company grants stock-based awards to employees and non-employees. The Company accounts for stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Stock-Based Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense, based on estimated fair values, for all stock-based awards made to employees and non-employees. For stock options, the fair value is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the input of assumptions, including the fair value of the underlying common stock, the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rates, and the expected dividend yield of the Company’s common stock. For restricted stock units ("RSU") with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant using the intrinsic value method. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period and forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.

Key assumptions used in the determination of fair value for stock options are as follows:

Expected term. Because of the lack of sufficient historical data, the Company uses the simple average of the vesting period and the contractual term to estimate the period the stock options are expected to be outstanding.

Expected volatility. The Company determines the expected stock price volatility based on the historical volatility of the Company's Class A common stock and the historical volatilities of an industry peer group.

Expected dividend yield. The Company does not use a dividend rate due to the fact that the Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

Risk-free interest rate. The Company bases its interest rate on a treasury instrument for which the term is consistent with the expected life of the stock options.

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Spire Global, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Income Taxes

The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware as a C corporation. Deferred income taxes of the Company are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. All deferred tax assets and liabilities within each particular tax jurisdiction are offset and presented as a noncurrent deferred tax asset or liability. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the history of taxable income or loss, forecasts of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize net deferred tax assets.

The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return, should be recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Under this guidance, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") requires taxpayers to capitalize research and development expenses with amortization periods over five and fifteen years, which reduced the Company’s taxable loss, and created a new deferred tax asset for capitalized research and development costs, and corresponding adjustments to tax on foreign source income through global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI"), all of which have been accounted for in determining the Company’s tax provision or benefit.

The Company reports income taxes in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach in accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax amounts are determined by using the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

Related Parties

As a result of the Acquisition in November 2021, Spire's customer, Myriota Pty Ltd ("Myriota"), became a related party, as exactEarth has a 14% ownership stake in Myriota. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's investment in Myriota, in the amount of $3,296, was included in other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method of accounting. The Company's share of earnings or losses on the investment is recorded based on a one-month lag, due to the timing of receipt of financial statements from Myriota, as a component of other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company generated $2,278 and $408 in revenue during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and had $170 and $170 accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, from Myriota.

The Company borrowed gross proceeds of $1,232 of Convertible Notes (defined in Note 8) payable in February 2021 and $6,414 of Convertible Notes payable during the year ended December 31, 2019, from certain stockholders (Note 8). Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, the Convertible Notes were automatically converted into shares of common stock of Legacy Spire (“Legacy Spire Common Stock”) (Note 3 and Note 8). Interest expense recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable was $413 for the year ended December 31, 2021. No interest expense was recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive loss consisting of foreign currency translation adjustments and net unrealized loss on investments.

Net Loss Per Share

The Company follows the two-class method when computing net income (loss) per share as the Company has issued shares that meet the definition of participating securities. The Company has two types of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, and therefore has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. The two-class method determines net income (loss) per share for each class of common and participating securities according to dividends declared, if any, and participating rights in undistributed earnings. The two-class method requires income available to common stockholders for the period to be allocated between common and participating securities based upon their respective rights to receive dividends as if all income for the period had been distributed.

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) is computed by adjusting net income (loss) to reallocate undistributed earnings based on the potential impact of dilutive securities. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the diluted net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including potential dilutive common shares assuming the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Prior Period Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.

JOBS Act Accounting Election

The Company is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting guidance under the requirements provided to an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act either (1) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to public business entities, or (2) within the same time periods as non-public business entities, including early adoption when permissible. With the exception of certain accounting standards where the Company elected to early adopt when permissible, the Company has elected to adopt new or revised accounting guidance within the same time period as non-public business entities, as indicated below.

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In February 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). Since this standard was originally issued, there have been improvements and clarifications released by the FASB. Under the new guidance, at the commencement date, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability with a corresponding right-of-use ("ROU") asset.

On January 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective approach with the effective date as of the date of initial application. Consequently, results for the year ended December 31, 2022 are presented under ASC 842. Prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with previous lease guidance under ASC Topic 840, Leases.

The Company elected the following practical expedients as permitted per the guidance:

•The "package of practical expedients" which permits the Company not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company has elected this package of practical expedients in its entirety.

•The short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, the Company will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of assets in transition.

•The practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of the Company's leases.

Adoption of ASC 842 resulted in the recording of $11,775 in ROU assets and $12,611 in lease liabilities, as of January 1, 2022. The difference between the ROU assets and lease liabilities is driven primarily by lease incentives and deferred rent balances that were reclassified from liabilities, presented in other accrued expenses for the current portion and other long-term liabilities for the long-term portion, to the ROU asset balance, presented in operating lease assets. The standard did not materially impact retained earnings, consolidated net loss, and the statements of cash flows.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, by removing certain exceptions to the general principles which is intended to improve consistent application. A franchise tax that is partially based on income will be recognized as an income-based tax and any incremental amount will be recognized as non-income-based tax. This standard was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company), with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2019-12 as of January 1, 2022 did not materially impact the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to increase the transparency of government assistance including disclosure of the types of assistance, an entity's accounting for the assistance and the effect of the assistance on an entity's financial statements. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 and should be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The adoption of ASU 2021-10 as of December 31, 2022 did not have a material impact on Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, to improve the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity in practice and inconsistency related to recognition of an acquired contract liability and payment terms and their effect on subsequent revenue recognized by the acquirer. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within that reporting period and should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. The Company did not early adopt for the Acquisition.

In September 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, Liabilities - Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to enhance the transparency of supplier finance programs including disclosure of the key terms of the program, the amount outstanding that remains unpaid by the buyer as of the end of the annual period, a description of where those obligations are presented in the balance sheet, and a roll forward of those obligations during the annual period. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company does not expect this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

3. Reverse Recapitalization

On August 16, 2021, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., merged with NavSight. As a result of the Merger, NavSight changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.

Immediately prior to the Closing:

•All 12,671,911 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.

•All 4,869,754 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis

•All 7,592,402 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis

•Each of the Convertible Notes automatically converted into shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock. The conversion ratio for the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes was 2.4808 and the conversion ratio for the 2021 Convertible Notes was 13.6466.

•Legacy Spire Warrants (with the exception of warrants for 909,798 shares issued to European Investment Bank (“EIB,” and such warrants, the “EIB Warrants”)) were exercised in full on a cashless basis into the right to receive shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock, which was settled on a net-basis. The EIB Warrants were settled as of December 31, 2021 (Note 8).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Closing:

•Each share of outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock of NavSight was exchanged for one share of Class A common stock of New Spire, par value $0.0001 per share (“New Spire Class A common stock”).

•Each share of Legacy Spire Common Stock, including shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock issued pursuant to the conversion of the Legacy Spire Preferred Stock, the Convertible Notes and the Legacy Spire Warrants (excluding the EIB warrants), was converted into a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the Per Share Closing Consideration (“the exchange ratio”) of 1.7058, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

•Each share of Legacy Spire Common Stock is entitled to the contingent earnout right to receive a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to a Per Share Earnout Consideration of 0.1236, as defined in the Merger Agreement, payable in four equal tranches if the trading price of the New Spire Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $13.00, $16.00, $19.00, or $22.00 for any 20 trading days within any 30 consecutive trading day period on or prior to the date that is five years following the Closing Date, as adjusted based on the formula defined in the Merger Agreement with respect to the portion of earnout value allocated to holders of options to purchase shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock (“Legacy Spire Options”) assumed by NavSight.

•All outstanding Legacy Spire Options were assumed and converted into option awards that are exercisable for shares of New Spire Class A common stock pursuant to an option exchange ratio of 1.8282.

•The outstanding EIB Warrants were assumed by New Spire and converted into warrants that are exercisable for a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the exchange ratio of 1.7058.

•The Legacy Spire Founders purchased 12,058,614 shares of New Spire Class B Common Stock, which equal the number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock that each Founder received at the Closing. Shares of New Spire Class B Common Stock carry nine votes per share, do not have dividend rights, are entitled to receive a maximum of $0.0001 per share of New Spire Class B Common Stock upon liquidation, are subject to certain additional restrictions on transfer, and are subject to forfeiture in certain circumstances.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

All fractional shares were rounded down.

On February 28, 2021, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, NavSight entered into Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which the PIPE Investors collectively subscribed for 24,500,000 shares of New Spire Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $245,000 (the “PIPE Investment”) less approximately $7,142 of equity issuance costs associated with the PIPE Investment. The PIPE Investment was consummated immediately prior to the Closing. The number of shares of Common Stock issued immediately following the Closing was:

	Number of Shares
Legacy Spire Common Stock (excluding Founders)		6,405,302
Legacy Spire Convertible Preferred Stock		42,873,636
Legacy Spire Convertible Notes		37,034,620
Legacy Spire Warrants (excluding EIB warrants)		672,355
Total Class A common shares to Legacy Spire stockholders (excluding Founders)		86,985,913
New Spire Class A common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
New Spire Class A common stock issued to PIPE Investors		24,500,000
New Spire Class A common stock held by public stockholders		1,979,515
New Spire Class A common stock issued to FP Lenders		2,468,492
New Spire Class A common stock resulting from conversion of NavSight Class B Common Stock		5,750,000
Total Shares of New Spire Class A Common Stock		133,742,534
New Spire Class B common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
Total Shares of New Spire Common Stock		145,801,148

The Merger is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization under GAAP. This determination is primarily based on Legacy Spire stockholders comprising a relative majority of the voting power of New Spire and having the ability to nominate the members of the board of directors of New Spire, Legacy Spire’s operations prior to the acquisition comprising the only ongoing operations of New Spire, and Legacy Spire’s senior management comprising a majority of the senior management of New Spire. Under this method of accounting, NavSight is treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of Spire Global, Inc. represent a continuation of the financial statements of Legacy Spire with the Merger being treated as the equivalent of Legacy Spire issuing stock for the net assets of NavSight, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of NavSight are stated at historical costs, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger are presented as those of Legacy Spire. All periods prior to the Merger have been retrospectively adjusted using the exchange ratio for the equivalent number of shares outstanding immediately after the Merger to affect the reverse recapitalization.

In connection with the Merger, the Company raised $264,823 of proceeds including the contribution of $230,027 of cash held in NavSight’s trust account from its initial public offering, net of redemptions of NavSight public stockholders of $210,204, and $245,000 of cash in connection with the PIPE Investment. The Company incurred $38,569 of merger costs, consisting of banking, legal, and other professional fees, of which $31,978 was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital, and the remaining $6,591 was expensed to general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

4.Business Acquisition

On November 30, 2021, through the execution of a share purchase agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the voting equity interests of exactEarth for a purchase price of $128,953, accounted for as a business combination. The acquisition of exactEarth accelerates growth of Spire’s existing maritime business with additional data solutions, cross-selling opportunities, and expansion of the Company’s geographic footprint. Each outstanding share of exactEarth common stock was exchanged for 0.1 shares of Spire Class A common stock and $1.95505 per share in cash.

In 2021, the Company incurred $4,733 of acquisition-related costs. These expenses are included in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The purchase price components are summarized in the following table:

	Amount
Value of Spire shares issued(1)	$	22,333
Cash consideration paid(2)		109,592
Less amount classified as post-combination expense (3)		(2,972	)
Total purchase consideration	$	128,953

(1)Represents the fair value of 5,230,167 shares of Spire Class A common share transferred as of the November 30, 2021 ("acquisition date") as consideration (based on the closing market price of $4.27 per share on the acquisition date) consisting of 4,984,225 shares issued for outstanding exactEarth shares, in addition to 100,047 and 145,895 shares to settle exactEarth stock options and RSUs, respectively.

(2)Included in the cash consideration are:

a.$97,454 for outstanding exactEarth shares,

b.$8,888 cash settlement of exactEarth stock options, RSUs and deferred stock units, and

c.$3,250 related to acquisition fees of exactEarth paid by Spire upon the closing of the acquisition.

(3)$2,972 was treated as post-combination expense in connection with the replacement of exactEarth’s outstanding equity awards. This amount has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Purchase Price Allocation

The purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, with the excess recorded to goodwill. The recognition of goodwill, none of which is deductible for income tax purposes, was made attributable to the workforce of the acquired business on synergies expected to arise and strategic benefits the Company expects to realize from the acquisition.

The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair value allocation of the exactEarth assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

	Amount
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,700
Account receivable		1,707
Contract assets		1,233
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,980
Property and equipment		19,991
Goodwill		52,986
Customer relationships		24,265
Intangible assets		19,356
Prepaid data rights, non-current		6,219
Investment in Myriota		4,563
Other long-term assets		261
Total assets acquired		144,261
Accounts payable		1,091
Accrued expenses		9,056
Contract liabilities		1,219
Long-term debt		3,895
Other long-term-liabilities		47
Total liabilities assumed		15,308
Net assets acquired	$	128,953

The purchase price allocation to identifiable finite-lived intangible assets acquired was as follows:

	Estimated Useful Lives	Amount
Customer relationships	12 years	$	24,265
Developed technology	12 years		13,790
Trade names	5 years		2,337
Backlog	1 years		3,229
Total intangible assets		$	43,621

The Company applied the relief-from-royalty method to estimate the fair values of the developed technology and trade names, and the multi-period excess earnings method to estimate the fair values of the customer relationships and backlog for the acquired intangible assets.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the combined results of operations as if the acquisition of exactEarth had been completed in the beginning of the applicable comparable prior annual reporting period. The unaudited pro forma results include adjustments primarily related to the following: (i) amortization associated with estimates for the acquired intangible assets; (ii) depreciation of the property plant and equipment step-up in fair value (iii) expense relating to replacement awards; and (iv) the inclusion of acquisition costs as of the earliest period presented.

The unaudited pro forma results do not reflect any cost saving synergies from operating efficiencies or the effect of the incremental costs incurred from integrating exactEarth. Accordingly, these unaudited pro forma results are presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations of the combined company would have been if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, nor are they indicative of future results of operations:

	December 31, 2021
Net revenue	$	61,497
Net loss	$	(37,407	)

Revenues and losses attributable to the acquired business recognized within the consolidated statements of operations between the date of the acquisition and December 31, 2021 were $1,479 and $1,470, respectively.

5.Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $57,082 and represented 71% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022. Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $21,466, representing 49% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. Revenue from non-subscription-based contracts was $23,186 and represented 29% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022. Revenue from non-subscription-based contracts was $21,909, representing 51% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The following revenue disaggregated by geography was recognized:

	Year Ended December 31, 2022				Year Ended December 31, 2021
EMEA(1)	$	31,962	40	%	$	20,562	48	%
Americas (2)		36,734	46	%		15,719	36	%
Asia Pacific (3)		11,572	14	%		7,094	16	%
Total	$	80,268	100	%	$	43,375	100	%

(1)Netherlands represented 24% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(2)U.S. represented 35 % and 36% for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and Canada represented 10% for the year ended December 31, 2022.

(3)Australia represented 11% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Contract Assets

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, contract assets were $3,353 and $2,084, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The increase in contract assets was primarily due to the increase in revenue.

Changes in contract assets were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	2,084		$	853
Contract assets recorded during the year		3,353			2,529
Reclassified to accounts receivable		(1,694	)		(1,298	)
Other		(390	)		—
Balance at the end of the year	$	3,353		$	2,084

Contract Liabilities

At December 31, 2022, contract liabilities were $16,628 of which $15,856 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $772 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2021, contract liabilities were $9,255, of which $8,627 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $628 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The increase in contract liabilities was primarily due to the increase in revenue.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Changes in contract liabilities were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	9,255		$	8,110
Contract liabilities recorded during the year		15,963			8,343
Revenue recognized during the year		(8,230	)		(6,950	)
Other		(360	)		(248	)
Balance at the end of the year	$	16,628		$	9,255

Remaining Performance Obligations

The Company has performance obligations associated with commitments in customer contracts for future services that have not yet been recognized as revenue. These commitments for future services exclude (i) contracts with an original term of one year or less, and (ii) cancellable contracts. As of December 31, 2022, the amount not yet recognized as revenue from these commitments was $167,164. The Company expects to recognize 39% of these future commitments over the next 12 months and the remaining 61% thereafter as revenue when the performance obligations are met.

6.Other Balance Sheet Components

Other current assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Technology and other prepaid contracts	$	4,695	$	744
Prepaid insurance		2,594		4,430
Deferred contract costs		439		885
Other receivables		1,123		1,396
Other current assets		428		2,616
	$	9,279	$	10,071

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Satellites in-service	$	49,889		$	51,368
Internally developed software		2,119			2,160
Ground stations in-service		3,369			2,200
Leasehold improvements		4,175			1,754
Machinery and equipment		3,585			2,761
Computer equipment		1,985			2,168
Computer software and website development		99			472
Furniture and fixtures		1,156			1,167
		66,377			64,050
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(32,974	)		(30,120	)
		33,403			33,930
Satellite, launch and ground station work in progress		15,364			11,478
Finished satellites not in-service		4,985			3,296
Property and equipment, net	$	53,752		$	48,704

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $11,771 and $8,509, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2022 there was a $549 loss from decommissioned satellites.

Other accrued expenses consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Professional services	$	1,198	$	1,164
Operating lease liabilities, current		2,333		-
Third-party operating costs		1,541		900
Corporate and sales tax		542		195
Accrued interest		765		276
Software		580		1,036
Other		1,251		1,252
	$	8,210	$	4,823

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

7.Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes changes in goodwill balance:

Balance at December 31, 2021	$	53,627
Impact of foreign currency translation		(3,673	)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	49,954

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Customer relationships	$	22,877		$	24,559
Developed technology		13,001			13,957
Trade names		2,204			2,366
Backlog		3,043			3,268
Patents		419			491
FCC licenses		480			480
		42,024			45,121
Less: Accumulated amortization		(7,243	)		(968	)
	$	34,781		$	44,153

As part of the Acquisition, the Company acquired intangible assets for a total of $43,621 in November 2021. As of December 31, 2022, the weighted-average amortization period for customer relationships and developed technology was 10.9 years, trade names was 3.9 years, and patents and FCC licenses was 7.0 years. Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $6,570 and $666, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized impairment charges of $72 and $91, respectively, for intangible assets relating to patent costs which are included in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The patents asset balance as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 includes $57 and $196 of capitalized patent costs, respectively, that will begin amortization upon the issuance of an official patent right to the Company.

As of December 31, 2022, the expected future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,503
2024		3,489
2025		3,480
2026		3,435
2027		3,023
Thereafter		17,794
		34,724
Capitalized patent costs, unissued		57
	$	34,781

8.Long-Term Debt and Convertible Notes

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Blue Torch term loan	$	100,511		$	—
FP term loan		—			71,512
Other		4,857			4,464
Total long-term debt		105,368			75,976
Less: Debt issuance costs		(6,893	)		(24,852	)
Non-current portion of long-term debt	$	98,475		$	51,124

The Company recorded $13,955 and $8,368 of interest expense which included amortization of deferred issuance costs of $3,781 and $3,471 from long-term debt for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Blue Torch Credit Agreement

On June 13, 2022, the Company, as borrower, and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. and Austin Satellite Design, LLC, as guarantors, entered into a Financing Agreement (the “Blue Torch Financing Agreement”) with Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders (the “Lenders”). The Blue Torch Financing Agreement provides for, among other things, a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $120,000 (the “Blue Torch Credit Facility”). A portion of the proceeds of the term loan was used to repay the Company’s then-existing $70,000 credit facility with FP Credit Partners, L.P., and the remainder of the proceeds of the term loan may be used for general corporate purposes.

The Blue Torch Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026, upon which the Company must repay the outstanding principal amount of any outstanding loans thereunder, together with all accrued but unpaid interest, fees and other obligations owing under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in an amount equal to 3.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date, plus if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.

The $120,000 term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023 (Note 16). The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at the Company's election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. The Company elected the Term SOFR rate which was 12.75713% as of December 31, 2022. Principal on the term loan is only payable at maturity and interest on the term loan is due and payable monthly for reference rate borrowings and quarterly for Term SOFR borrowings. The Company is also required to pay other customary fees and costs in connection with the Blue Torch Credit Facility, including a commitment fee in an amount equal to $2,400 on the closing date, a $250 agency fee annually and an exit fee in an amount equal to $1,800 upon termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.

The Company’s obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement are or will be guaranteed by certain of its domestic and foreign subsidiaries meeting materiality thresholds set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. Such obligations, including the guarantees, are secured by substantially all of the personal property of the Company and the Company's subsidiary guarantors, including pursuant to a Security Agreement entered into on June 13, 2022 among the Company, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC and Blue Torch. As of the closing date, such subsidiary guarantors were Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and exactEarth Ltd.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and customary negative covenants limiting the Company's ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to, among other things, dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge or consolidate, make acquisitions, incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends, repurchase stock and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. The Company must also comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other indebtedness, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, Blue Torch as agent on behalf of the Lenders may require immediate payment of all obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate.

On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company granted warrants to affiliates of the Lenders to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “Blue Torch Warrants”), which are exercisable for an aggregate of 3,496,205 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

In addition, on June 13, 2022, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company paid Urgent Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a fee for introducing the Company to the Lenders, for the purpose of loan financing, in the amount equal to $600 in cash and a warrant to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “GPO Warrant” and, collectively with the Blue Torch Warrants, the “Credit Agreement Warrants”), which is exercisable for an aggregate of 198,675 shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The Company evaluated the Credit Agreement Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreements governing the Credit Agreement Warrants include a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Credit Agreement Warrants depending on their holder. The exercise price is $2.01 per share subject to standard stock split, dividend, and routine anti-dilution adjustment provisions. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s Class A common stock, the Credit Agreement Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock.

As the Credit Agreement Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 10) based on the Black-Scholes model as of June 13, 2022 with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and dividend yield. Subsequent changes in their respective fair values are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire, or qualify for equity classification.

The Company incurred $4,516 of debt issuance costs, inclusive of fees paid to the Lenders, and issued Credit Agreement Warrants with an estimated fair value of $3,579 at the date of issuance, the total of which has been presented as a deduction from the carrying amounts of the Blue Torch Credit Facility on the consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.

The Credit Agreement Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable for a term beginning on the date of issuance and ending on the earlier to occur of ten years from the date of issuance or the consummation of certain of the Company's acquisitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants. The number of shares for which the Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants.

FP Term Loan Facility

On April 15, 2021, the Company entered into a credit agreement with FP Credit Partners, L.P., as agent for several lenders (the “FP Lenders”), for a $70,000 term loan facility (as amended on May 17, 2021, the “FP Term Loan”). The FP Term Loan included covenants that limited the Company’s ability to, among other things, make investments, dispose of assets, consummate mergers and acquisitions, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, or pay dividends or other distributions without preapproval by the FP Lenders. The Company was required to maintain minimum unrestricted cash of at least $15,000 as of each fiscal quarter end, except for the quarter immediately following the first quarter where the Company reports positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), until the closing of a qualifying initial public offering (IPO), which included the Merger.

On June 13, 2022, the Company repaid in full all obligations and all amounts borrowed, and all obligations have terminated, under the FP Term Loan, which was replaced by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. The outstanding principal and interest under the FP Term Loan in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $72,835 was repaid with proceeds of the term loan under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. The Company recognized $22,510 as a loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022, upon extinguishing the FP Term Loan facility. The Company incurred no early termination penalties in connection with the termination of the FP Term Loan.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $4,954 as a loss on extinguishment of debt in the consolidated statements of operations, resulting from cash settlement of then-existing loan facilities from European Investment Bank and Eastward Fund Management, LLC using the proceeds received from the FP Term Loan facility. The loss on extinguishment of debt was partially offset by a $1,699 gain from extinguishment of debt resulting from the U.S. government’s forgiveness of the Company’s loan under the Paycheck Protection Program established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Government Loan

In November 2021, the Company completed the Acquisition and assumed an interest free loan agreement with the Strategic Innovation Fund ("SIF") which was recorded at an amount equal to the proceeds received. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, $4,857 and $4,464, respectively, was included in long-term debt, non-current on the consolidated balance sheets related to the SIF loan agreement. Under this agreement and subsequent amendment, the Company is eligible to receive funding for certain expenditures incurred from February 13, 2018 to May 12, 2023 to a maximum of $5,701. Any amount outstanding under this loan is repayable in 15 annual payments beginning February 28, 2026.

Convertible Notes

Between July 2019 and October 2020, the Company entered into several subordinated convertible note purchase agreements for gross proceeds totaling $42,884 (the “2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes”). The 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded quarterly. The accretion of the carrying value of the Convertible Notes for the additional balloon payment was recorded as additional interest expense over the term of the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes. In connection with securing the 2019 and 2020 Convertible

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

Notes, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $392 that were recorded as a deduction of the carrying amount of convertible debt and were being amortized to interest expense over the term of the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes.

From January 2021 through February 2021, the Company issued and sold several convertible promissory notes in the aggregate amount of $20,000 (the “2021 Convertible Notes”, and together with the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”). The 2021 Convertible Notes would have matured four years from the date of issuance and accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded quarterly. In connection with securing the 2021 Convertible Notes, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $62 that were recorded as a deduction of the carrying amount of convertible debt and were amortized to interest expense over the life of the 2021 Convertible Notes.

Conversion of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Convertible Notes could be automatic based on events such as an IPO by the Company or voluntary based on events such as a change of control or maturity. Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, the Convertible Notes were automatically converted into shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock. The conversion ratio to Legacy Spire Common Stock for the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes was 2.4808 whereas the conversion ratio to Legacy Spire Common Stock for the 2021 Convertible Notes was 13.6466. This conversion then gave the right to receive shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock received from such conversion multiplied exchange ratio of 1.7058.

After the conversion of the Convertible Notes, the balloon interest accrual of $1,698 was reversed in August 2021, which was only payable upon full maturity of the Convertible Notes. The Company recorded $2,103 of interest expense on the Convertible Notes for the year ended December 31, 2021 and no interest expense was recorded for the year ended. December 31, 2022.

9.Leases

The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 and included below is the Company's accounting policy for lessee accounting.

The Company leases office facilities, ground station facilities, and office equipment. At the inception of a contract, the Company determines whether the contract is or contains a lease. Leases are classified as operating or finance leases at the commencement date of the lease. Operating leases with a term greater than one year are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet as ROU assets and lease liabilities, which are reported as separate line items. Lease liabilities are classified between current and long-term liabilities based on the portion of the total payments that are due in the next 12 months that are attributed to principal payments. The Company does not currently have any leases that are classified as finance leases. The Company has elected the short-term leases practical expedient which allows any leases with a term of 12 months or less to be considered short-term and thus will not have an ROU asset or lease liability recognized on the balance sheet in respect of such leases.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the lease commencement date. As these leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Operating lease ROU assets also include any lease payments made in advance of lease expense and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the leases, which the Company does not include in its minimum lease terms unless the options are reasonably certain to be exercised. The majority of office facilities leases have an initial non-cancelable term of one to ten years with several renewal options that can extend the lease term from three to ten years. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets are subject to evaluation for impairment of disposal on a basis consistent with other long-lived assets. The amortization period for a ROU asset is from the lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of the lease term or the end of the useful life of the asset.

The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components which the Company has elected to account for as a single lease component. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees.

Lease expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $3,409. Aggregate variable lease expenses and short-term lease expenses were $548 for the year ended December 31, 2022.

The following table provides the required information regarding the Company's leases for which the Company is the lessee:

	As of December 31, 2022			As of January 1, 2022
Assets
ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Total ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Liabilities
Current	$	2,333		$	2,086
Non-current		10,815			10,525
Total lease liabilities	$	13,148		$	12,611
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)		5.7			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate		9	%		9	%

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The majority of the Company's ROU assets and lease liabilities, approximately 80%, relate to office facilities leases, with the remaining amounts representing primarily ground station leases.

As of December 31, 2022, the maturity of operating leases are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,372
2024		2,958
2025		2,922
2026		2,899
2027		1,912
Thereafter		2,670
Total lease payments		16,733
Less: Interest on lease payments		(3,585	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	13,148

Operating cash flows paid included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $1,632 and was included in net cash used in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Amortization of ROU assets was $2,344 for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Information as of December 31, 2021 under historical lease accounting guidance:

Although the Company has adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective approach, prior periods presented in the Company's consolidated financial statements continue to be in accordance with the former lease standard, ASC 840, Leases. These disclosures include:

Under the previous lease standard, the Company leases office facilities and sites for its ground stations under noncancelable operating leases. As of December 31, 2021, these leases expire at various dates through 2029. Rent expense, including ground station leases, for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $3,313.

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms greater than one year as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2022	$	2,600
2023		2,389
2024		2,307
2025		2,284
2026		2,275
Thereafter		4,393
	$	16,248

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

10.Fair Value Measurement

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	December 31, 2022
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	5,180	$	—	$	—	$	5,180
Commercial paper		—		2,097		—		2,097
	$	5,180	$	2,097	$	—	$	7,277
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,494	$	—	$	—	$	1,494
Corporate securities		—		7,745		—		7,745
Commercial paper		—		2,576		—		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		—		11,269		—		11,269
	$	1,494	$	21,590	$	—	$	23,084
Liabilities:
Current liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	267	$	—	$	—	$	267
Long-term liabilities:
Credit Agreement Warrants	$	—	$	1,831	$	—	$	1,831
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		349		349
	$	—	$	1,831	$	349	$	2,180
	December 31, 2021 (1)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Long-term liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	5,060	$	—	$	—	$	5,060
Private Warrants		—		6,422		—		6,422
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		10,026		10,026
	$	5,060	$	6,422	$	10,026	$	21,508

(1) There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

Financial Assets

The Company values its Level 1 assets, consisting of money market funds and U.S. treasury bills and bonds, using quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.

Financial assets whose fair values that are measured on a recurring basis using Level 2 inputs consist of commercial paper, corporate securities, and U.S. government and agency securities. The Company measures the fair values of these assets with the help of a pricing service that either provides quoted market prices in active markets for identical or similar securities or uses observable inputs for their pricing without applying significant adjustments.

Public and Private Placement Warrants

In November 2022, the Company announced the commencement of an exchange offer (the "Offer") and consent solicitation relating to all holders of the Public Warrants and Private Warrants ("Warrants") to receive 0.2 shares of Class A common stock in exchange for each outstanding Warrant tendered by the holder. On December 19, 2022, a total of 16,556,489 Warrants were tendered and exchanged for 3,311,286 shares of Class A common stock.

Concurrently with the Offer, the Company also solicited consents from holders of the Public Warrants to amend the Warrant Agreement to permit the Company to require that each Warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Offer be exchanged for 0.18 shares of Class A common stock, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer (such amendment, the “Warrant Amendment”). Because consents were received from holders of more than 65% of the Company’s outstanding Public Warrants, the Warrant Amendment was approved. On December 19, 2022, the Company exercised its right to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment, which occurred on January 4, 2023 (Note 16).

Public Warrants

The Company assumed 11,499,992 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are publicly traded and are exercisable for cash unless certain conditions occur, such as the failure to have an effective registration statement related to the shares issuable upon exercise or redemption by the Company under certain conditions, at which time the warrants may be cashless exercised. The fair value of the Public Warrants is based on the quoted market price and is classified as a Level 1 financial instrument.

On December 19, 2022, a total of 9,956,489 Public Warrants were tendered for 1,991,298 shares of the Company's Class A common stock. On the same day, the Company exercised its right, pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Public Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment, which occurred on January 4, 2023.

Private Placement Warrants

The Company assumed 6,600,000 private placement warrants issued by NavSight (“Private Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The fair value of the Private Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and expected dividend yield.

On December 19, 2022, a total of 6,600,000 Private Warrants were tendered for 1,320,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock.

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Private Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	—		$	3.38
Exercise price	$	—		$	11.50
Risk-free interest rate		—	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		—	%		70.0	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		—			4.6

Credit Agreement Warrants

In connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company issued the Blue Torch Warrants, which are exercisable for an aggregate of 3,496,205 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01. Additionally, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company issued the GPO Warrant, which is exercisable for an aggregate of 198,675 shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

The fair value of the Credit Agreement Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and expected dividend yield.

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Credit Agreement Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	—
Exercise price	$	2.01		$	—
Risk-free interest rate		3.88	%		—	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		—	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		9.1			—

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Merger, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the achievement of certain earnout triggering events. The estimated fair value of the contingent earnout liability is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation using a distribution of potential outcomes on a monthly basis over the earnout period, which is a period up to five years post-closing of the Merger, prioritizing the most reliable information available, making this fair value classified as a Level 3 liability. The assumptions utilized in the calculation are based on the achievement of certain stock price milestones, including the current price of the Company’s Class A common stock, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected term and expected dividend yield.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the contingent earnout liability:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	3.38
Risk-free interest rate		4.16	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		70.0	%
Earnout expiration date	August 16, 2026			August 16, 2026

The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	Contingent  Earnout Liability
Fair value as of December 31, 2021		10,026
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		(9,677	)
Fair value as of December 31, 2022	$	349

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

The following table summarizes the Company's cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities by significant marketable securities category:

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$	39,919	$	—	$	—		$	39,919
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds		5,180		—		—			5,180
Commercial paper		2,098		—		(1	)		2,097
	$	47,197	$	—	$	(1	)	$	47,196
Marketable Securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,495	$	—	$	(1	)	$	1,494
Corporate securities		7,771		—		(26	)		7,745
Commercial paper		2,578		—		(2	)		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		11,272		—		(3	)		11,269
	$	23,116	$	—	$	(32	)	$	23,084

There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

The following table represents amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities, by contractual maturity:
 

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	23,116	$	23,084

In accordance with the Company's investment policy, investments are placed in investment grade securities with high credit quality issuers, and generally limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company evaluates securities for impairment at the end of each reporting period. The Company did not record any impairment charges related to its available-for-sale securities during the year ended December 31, 2022.

11. Commitments and Contingencies

L3Harris Commitment

In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company acquired the agreement with L3Harris ("L3Harris Agreement") to receive satellite automatic identification system ("S-AIS") data from the L3Harris AppStar payloads on-board Iridium NEXT Constellation, Iridium's Real-Time Second-Generation satellite constellation with 58 AppStar payloads. Under the Amended and Restated L3Harris Agreement dated January 21, 2020

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

("A&R L3Harris Agreement"), the Company incurs a fixed fee of $358 per month. The A&R L3Harris Agreement concludes on August 7, 2031.

Under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, the Company will pay a 30% share of S-AIS data revenues for the portion of exactEarth annual S-AIS data revenue which is in excess of $16,000. No revenue share was owed to L3Harris under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, with respect to AIS Analytics sales, during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, $5,045 and $417 was recognized in cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations for the initial costs incurred to acquire exclusive access rights to data generated from satellites.

The following table summarizes the operational fees commitment under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, which includes the fixed payments to L3Harris:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	4,300
2024		4,300
2025		4,300
2026		4,300
2027		4,300
Thereafter		15,548
	$	37,048

Litigation

At times, the Company is party to various claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business. Although the ultimate outcome of these matters is not presently determinable, management believes that the resolution of all such pending matters, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows; however, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in any period.

12.Stock-Based Compensation

In December 2012, the Company adopted the 2012 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2012 Plan”) under which the Company may grant stock options to purchase shares of its common stock to certain employees and nonemployees of the Company. The 2012 Plan was terminated as of the Closing, and accordingly, no additional awards will be granted under the 2012 Plan thereafter.

In connection with the Closing, the Company adopted the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2021 ESPP”). The number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on January 1, 2022, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 23,951,000 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to 5% of the total number of shares of all of Class A common stock outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such number of shares of Class A common stock as the Company’s board of directors or its designated committee may determine no later than the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

The 2021 Plan permits the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards to employees, directors, or consultants under the 2021 Plan. The 2021 ESPP, the Company can grant stock options to employees to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price which equals to 85% of the lower of (i) the fair market value of common stock on the first trading day of the offering period or (ii) the fair market value of common stock on the exercise date. As of December 31, 2022, 5,685,295 and 4,059,162 shares were available for grant under the 2021 Plan and 2021 ESPP, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock option activity under the 2021 Plan and the 2012 Plan:

	Number of Options			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term
						(in years)
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2021		21,263,847		$	2.40		7.2
Granted		179,119		$	1.74
Exercised		(503,805	)	$	1.60
Forfeited, canceled, or expired		(1,819,756	)	$	3.43
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		14,553,588		$	2.11		5.5

The Company’s option award quantities and prices prior to the Merger have been retroactively restated to reflect the exchange ratio of

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

approximately 1.8282 established in the Merger as described in Note 3.

The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $483 and $5,339, respectively. The aggregate fair value of options vested as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $6,072 and $3,908, respectively. The Company received $806 and $1,289 in cash proceeds from options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted for the years ending December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.95 and $2.92, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $200 and $26,865, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $200 and $18,639, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock RSU activity under the 2021 Plan:

	Number of RSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021		783,902		$	3.94
RSUs granted		12,839,420		$	2.41
RSUs vested		(242,486	)	$	3.62
RSUs forfeited		(1,000,591	)	$	2.73
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022		12,380,245		$	2.46

For RSUs with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant, and the stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the four-year vesting period.

As of December 31, 2022, there was $31,518 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to options and RSUs expected to be recognized over a weighted average-period of 2.3 years.

The following table summarizes the components of total stock-based compensation expense based on roles and responsibilities of the employees within the consolidated statements of operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Cost of revenue	$	232	$	432
Research and development		3,154		2,859
Sales and marketing		2,822		2,307
General and administrative		5,283		6,036
	$	11,491	$	11,634

The fair value of stock-based compensation for stock options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model requiring the use of subjective valuation assumptions and inputs, including the expected stock price volatility. The Company’s options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimates. Stock-based compensation expense for options is recognized over their respective vesting period, which ranges from one to four years.

The fair value of stock options was estimated using the following assumptions at the date of the grant:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022	2021
Risk-free interest rate	2.9%	0.6% - 1.4%
Expected volatility factor	58.3%	66.9% - 70.0%
Expected option life	5.5 years	5.0 - 6.08 years
Expected dividend yield	—	—

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Spire Global, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

13.Stockholders’ Equity

In August 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the amended and restated certificate of incorporation which states the Company’s authority to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A and 15,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The total number of shares of preferred stock authorized to be issued is 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and none was outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Common Stock

Shares of Class A common stock have both economic and voting rights. Shares of Class B common stock have no economic rights, but do have voting rights. Each holder of shares of Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders and each holder of shares of Class B common stock will be entitled to nine votes for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders.

Prior to the Closing Date of the Merger, voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the common stock were subject to and qualified by the rights, powers, and preferences of the holders of the preferred stock. The holders of the common stock were entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders. Dividends were issued to common stockholders only after holders of the preferred stock receive funds legally available in the amount equal to 8% of the original issuance price per annum on each outstanding share of preferred stock. In the event of liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Company, the holders of common stock would receive payment on a pro rata basis on the number of shares held by each such holder, after the rights of the holders of the preferred stock have been satisfied.

14.Income Taxes

Loss before income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Domestic loss	$	(69,072	)	$	(17,976	)
Foreign loss		(20,017	)		(19,617	)
Loss before income taxes	$	(89,089	)	$	(37,593	)

The income tax provision consists of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Current income tax provisions:
Federal	$	—		$	—
State		—			—
Foreign		386			—
Current income tax provision		386			—
Deferred income tax expense:
Federal		—			—
State		—			—
Foreign		(64	)		497
Deferred income tax expense		(64	)		497
Total income tax provision	$	322		$	497

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory rate of 21% to effective tax rate:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		4.2	%		5.2	%
exactEarth acquisition costs		(0.2	)%		(2.7	)%
Merger costs		—			(3.7	)%
Merger contingent fees		—			4.3	%
Contingent earnout liability		2.3	%		23.6	%
Non-deductible expenses and other		2.0	%		0.3	%
Research and development credits		0.4	%		2.3	%
Foreign rate differential		1.3	%		3.9	%
Change in valuation allowance, net		(31.3	)%		(55.5	)%
Effective tax rate		(0.3	)%		(1.3	)%

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Spire Global, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

For 2022 and 2021, our effective tax rate differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal and state income tax rates to net loss before income tax, primarily as the result of state income taxes, R&D credits, foreign income taxes and changes in our valuation allowance.

The significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$	97,737		$	75,129
Research and development credit carryforward		6,402			6,002
Stock-based compensation		1,836			599
Property and equipment		3,533			4,177
Operating lease liabilities		1,965			—
Sec 174 Capitalized R&D		3,424			—
Intangibles		56			440
Other accruals		3,422			2,284
Gross deferred tax assets		118,375			88,631
Less: Valuation allowance		(102,480	)		(74,558	)
Net deferred tax assets		15,895			14,073
Deferred tax liabilities
Intangibles		(13,945	)		(14,073	)
Operating lease right-of-use assets		(1,950	)		-
Foreign property and equipment and intangibles		(771	)		(835	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(16,666	)		(14,908	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(771	)	$	(835	)

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had accumulated undistributed earnings generated by its foreign subsidiaries of $13,120. The Company continues to assert that all its foreign earnings are to be permanent income reinvested and expects future U.S. cash generation to be sufficient to meet future U.S. cash needs. As such, the Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability related to unremitted foreign earnings.

Realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income, if any, the amount and timing of which are uncertain. The Company could not conclude that it was more likely than not that tax benefits from operating losses would be realized and, accordingly, has provided a full valuation allowance against its Spire Global United States, Australia, Singapore, Luxemburg, and exactEarth Canada and UK deferred tax assets. There is no valuation allowance on Spire Global UK. The valuation allowance as of December 31, 2021 was $74,558, which increased to $102,480 as of December 31, 2022. The increase in the valuation allowance of $27,922 includes $1 related to the acquisition of exactEarth's deferred tax assets subjected to a valuation allowance through purchase accounting. The remaining valuation allowance change of $27,921 is mostly related to current year losses.

At December 31, 2022, the Company had $251,889 and $102,954 of federal and state net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income, which will begin to expire in 2032 for federal and state tax purposes. Approximately $169,364 of federal net operating loss included above can be carried forward indefinitely. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $189,313 and $64,739 of federal and state net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income.

The Company also has federal research and development tax credit carryforwards of $3,732 and $3,332 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. These federal tax credits begin to expire in 2039.

The federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and certain tax credits may be subject to significant limitations under Section 382 and Section 383, respectively of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar provisions under state law. Under those sections of the Internal Revenue Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes, such as research and development tax credits, to offset its post-change income or tax liability may be limited. In general, an “ownership change” will occur if there is a cumulative change in ownership by “5-percent shareholders” that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. The Company has not yet undertaken an analysis of whether the Merger constitutes an “ownership change” for purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and Section 383. The Company may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent shifts in its stock ownership.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $16,350, $3,125, $18,631, $232 and $84 of Luxembourg, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia foreign net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income, which will begin to expire in 2035 for Luxembourg and in 2029 for Canada, while Singapore, United Kingdom and Australia have indefinite carry forward periods. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $12,063, $2,685, $16,793 and $188 of Luxembourg, Singapore, Canada and United Kingdom foreign net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The Company does not have any significant uncertain tax positions.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2022 and 2021

(In thousands, except shares and per share data, unless otherwise noted)

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States, Canada, Luxembourg, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Company has not been audited by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or foreign tax authority. The Company is subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service for income tax returns filed since inception due to net operating loss carryforwards. The Company is subject to audit in Singapore and the United Kingdom from tax years 2018 and 2019, respectively, and in Luxembourg from tax year 2020 and in Australia from tax year 2018.

15.Net Loss per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share		139,879,423			62,137,434
Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(0.64	)	$	(0.61	)

The Company has two types of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, therefore has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. The Company’s potential dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same.

The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Stock options and 2021 ESPP to purchase Class A common stock		19,271,986		21,263,847
Public and Private Warrants		1,543,493		18,099,992
RSUs		12,380,245		783,902
Credit Agreement Warrants		3,694,880		—
		36,890,604		40,147,741

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16. Subsequent Events

On December 19, 2022, the Company exercised its right to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Public Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment. The remaining 1,543,493 of Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023 for 277,828 shares of the Company's Class A common stock. Following the exchange, none of the Public Warrants or Private Warrants remain outstanding.

The Company has a $120,000 term loan with Blue Torch which was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. Subsequent to December 31, 2022, these metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023.

On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver. On March 13, 2023, the FDIC announced that it had transferred all deposits – both insured and uninsured – and substantially all assets of the former SVB to a newly created, full-service FDIC-operated “bridge bank” called Silicon Valley Bank, N.A. As of the close of business on March 14, 2023, the Company had approximately $31.2 million in cash and cash equivalents at Silicon Valley Bank, N.A., of which approximately $30.8 million was invested in BlackRock money market mutual funds. The Company is in the process of transferring substantially all of its cash and cash equivalents out of Silicon Valley Bank, N.A.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule(s) 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2022. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2022 because of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below.

Notwithstanding the material weaknesses described in Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, our management has concluded that our consolidated financial statements for the periods covered by and included in this Annual Report are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for each of the periods presented herein.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

Our management conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective because of the material weaknesses described below.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weaknesses were identified:

We did not design and maintain an effective control environment commensurate with the financial reporting requirements of a public company. Specifically, we lacked a sufficient number of professionals with an appropriate level of internal controls and accounting knowledge, training, and experience to appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters timely and accurately. Additionally, the lack of a sufficient number of professionals resulted in an inability to consistently establish appropriate authorities and responsibilities in pursuit of our financial reporting

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objectives, as demonstrated by, amongst other things, insufficient segregation of duties in our finance and accounting functions. This material weakness contributed to the following additional material weaknesses:

i.We did not design and maintain an effective risk assessment process at a precise enough level to identify new and evolving risks of material misstatement in our financial statements. Specifically, changes to existing controls or the implementation of new controls have not been sufficient to respond to changes to the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements.

ii.We did not design and maintain effective controls over the segregation of duties related to journal entries and account reconciliations. Specifically, certain personnel have the ability to both (a) create and post journal entries within our general ledger system, and (b) prepare and review account reconciliations.

The material weaknesses above resulted in certain immaterial audit adjustments, which were recorded prior to the issuance of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020. Additionally, these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

iii.We did not design and maintain effective controls related to the identification of and accounting for certain non-routine, unusual or complex transactions, including the proper application of GAAP to such transactions. Specifically, we did not design and maintain:

a.controls to timely identify and account for warrant instruments, which resulted in the restatement of the previously issued financial statements of NavSight related to adjustments to warrant liabilities and equity;

b.controls to account for business combinations, including the associated valuation estimates and the completeness and accuracy of the opening balance sheet, which did not result in a misstatement to our consolidated financial statements; and

c.controls to timely identify and account for the fair value of the contingent earnout liability, which resulted in an error in the fair value of the contingent earnout liability in, and the restatement of, our previously issued unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for each of the interim periods ended September 30, 2021, March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 and our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Additionally, these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

iv.We did not design and maintain effective controls over certain information technology (“IT”) general controls for information systems that are relevant to the preparation of our financial statements. Specifically, we did not design and maintain:

a. user access controls to ensure appropriate segregation of duties and that adequately restrict user and privileged access to financial applications, programs, and data to appropriate company personnel;

b. program change management controls for our financial systems to ensure that IT program and data changes affecting financial IT applications and underlying accounting records are identified, tested, authorized, and implemented appropriately; and

c. testing and approval controls for program development to ensure that new software development is aligned with business and IT requirements.

These IT deficiencies did not result in a misstatement to the financial statements, however, the deficiencies, when aggregated, could impact our ability to maintain effective segregation of duties, as well as the effectiveness of IT-dependent controls (such as automated controls that address the risk of material misstatement to one or more assertions, along with the IT controls and underlying data that support the effectiveness of system-generated data and reports) that could result in misstatements potentially impacting all financial statement accounts and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. Accordingly, management has determined these deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness.

Remediation Efforts on Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

In response to the material weaknesses identified, we have implemented several changes to our internal control over financial reporting and will continue performing remedial actions in 2023, as described below.

The remediation and ultimate resolution of each of the material weaknesses will be reviewed with the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.

We have made progress to address the material weaknesses related to the control environment, as described below:

Key Professionals

Over the course of 2022, we identified and hired a number of professionals with appropriate levels of internal controls and accounting knowledge to improve the overall domestic and international financial accounting and reporting departments. In the fourth quarter of 2022, we hired two senior accountants and a senior financial systems manager. These recent hires are in addition to the chief accounting officer, director of accounting and Americas controller, director of technical accounting, accounting manager, and staff accountant hired earlier in 2022. In addition, we engaged with external consultants to provide technical accounting and financial systems services. The Company continues to monitor personnel requirements and expertise needed to have an effective control environment, including providing necessary ongoing training to its finance and accounting personnel.

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Risk Assessment

We engaged a third-party consulting firm to assist in designing and implementing a risk assessment process to identify and evaluate changes in the Company’s business and the impact on its internal controls. We conducted a financial risk assessment to identify key business processes and establish internal materiality thresholds. We performed walkthroughs of all key processes, identified key controls, and developed narratives describing risk points, processes, and corresponding controls. A Risk and Control Matrix (RCM) has been created that will serve as the basis for a testing program planned for 2023.

We engaged a third-party consulting firm to complete an initial Enterprise Risk Assessment. With the assistance of the consulting firm, we identified key risks for technology-based organizations and interviewed management team members and the Chair of the Audit Committee to discuss key risk areas. We reviewed responses received, compiled a list of identified risks, and developed heat maps to depict the likelihood, impact, and preparedness of the Company to respond to the identified risks. Action and testing plans are being developed to address the risks, and results will be reviewed with management.

Segregation of Duties

We designed and implemented controls over the segregation of duties related to journal entries and account reconciliations. During the fourth quarter of 2022, we implemented automated controls, which replaced previously manual detective controls, designed to prevent the ability for the same person to create and post journal entries in our general ledger system. As a result of hiring key accounting personnel, we segregated the preparation and review of account reconciliations. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company completed its initial assessment on Segregation of Duties with assistance from a third-party and began its analysis across all processes and locations, including establishing appropriate authorities and responsibilities.

Non-routine, Unusual or Complex Transactions

Over the course of 2022, we hired key accounting personnel and engaged with third-party technical accounting experts to improve our controls related to the identification of and proper application of GAAP accounting for non-routine, unusual, or complex transactions. Since the Merger that occurred in August 2021, warrant instruments have been accounted for in accordance with the Company’s accounting policies based on GAAP. During the fourth quarter of 2022, Management trained the accounting team and designed new controls to timely identify and account for the fair value of the contingent earnout liability, and hired a third-party technical accounting firm to assist with the proper application of GAAP for non-routine, unusual, or complex transactions, including any business combinations that may arise in the future.

IT General Controls

Management designed and maintained testing and approval controls for program development to ensure that the software is aligned with business and IT requirements. This includes final approval and testing of the software prior to migration to production. Over the course of 2022, the Company designed and implemented certain IT general controls, including controls over user access rights and privileges and change management.

While the above actions and planned actions are subject to ongoing management evaluation and will require validation and testing of the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over a sustained period, we are committed to continuous improvement and will continue to diligently review our internal control over financial reporting. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until management completes the design and implementation of the measures described above, until the controls operate for a sufficient period of time, and until management has concluded, through testing, that the controls are effective.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also 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. Due to inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes (other than those described above) in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

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Not applicable.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by this item, including information about our Directors, Executive Officers and Audit Committee and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC, no later than 120 days after December 31, 2022.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31, 2022.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31, 2022.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31, 2022.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the definitive Proxy Statement for our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31, 2022.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

(1) Consolidated Financial Statements: Our consolidated financial statements are listed in the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” under Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(2) Financial Statement Schedules: All financial statement schedules are omitted because the information called for is not required or is shown in the consolidated financial statements or in the notes thereto.

(3) Exhibits: The documents listed below are incorporated by reference or are filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K, in each case as indicated below.

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Exhibit Index

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date
2.1	Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and among the registrant, NavSight Merger Sub Inc., Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Joel Spark, and Jeroen Cappaert	S-4/A	333-256112	Annex A	July 16, 2021
2.2	Arrangement Agreement and Plan of Arrangement, dated as of September 13, 2021, by and among the registrant, exactEarth Ltd. And Spire Global Canada Acquisition Corp., as amended October 15, 2021	10-Q	001-39493	2.1	November 10, 2021
3.1	Certificate of Incorporation of Spire Global, Inc.	S-1	333-259733	3.1	September 23, 2021
3.2	Bylaws of Spire Global, Inc.	S-1	333-259733	3.2	September 23, 2021
4.1	Specimen Class A Common Stock Share Certificate	8-K	001-39493	4.1	August 20, 2021
4.2	Form of Blue Torch Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of Spire Global, Inc., dated as of June 13, 2022.	8-K	001-39493	4.1	June 14, 2022
4.3	Form of GPO Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of Spire Global, Inc., dated as of June 13, 2022.	8-K	001-39493	4.2	June 14, 2022
4.4	Description of Securities.
10.1	Financing Agreement dated as of June 13, 2022, among Spire Global, Inc., Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Blue Torch Finance LLC and the lenders party thereto.	8-K	001-39493	10.1	June 14, 2022
10.2	Security Agreement dated as of June 13, 2022, among Spire Global, Inc., Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC and Blue Torch Finance LLC.	8-K	001-39493	10.2	June 14, 2022
10.3	Equity Distribution Agreement, dated September 14, 2022, by and between Spire Global, Inc. and Canaccord Genuity LLC.	8-K	001-39493	10.1	September 14, 2022
10.4	Amendment to the Warrant Agreement, dated December 19, 2022, by and between Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.	8-K	001-39493	10.1	December 19, 2022
10.5	Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and among the registrant, Six4 Holdings, LLC, Gilman Louie, Henry Crumpton, Jack Pearlstein, Robert Coleman, William Crowell, Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, William Porteous and Stephen Messer.	S-4/A	333-256112	Annex I	July 16, 2021
10.6+	Spire Global, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreement thereunder.	S-1	333-259733	10.3	September 23, 2021
10.7+	Spire Global, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.	S-1	333-259733	10.4	September 23, 2021
10.8+	Outside Director Compensation Policy of Spire Global, Inc., as amended November 9, 2021, and election forms thereunder.	10-Q	001-39493	10.6	November 10, 2021
10.9	Loan and Security Agreement by and among Spire, certain lenders party thereto, FP Credit Partners, L. P., as agent for the lenders, and certain of Spire’s subsidiaries as guarantors, dated as of April 15, 2021, with Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 17, 2021 and Amendment No. 2 dated as of August 5, 2021.	S-1	333-259733	10.17	September 23, 2021
10.10+	Long Term Employment Contract, dated as of January 1, 2022, by and between Spire Global Luxembourg Sàrl and Peter Platzer.	10-K	001-39493	10.6	March 30.2022
10.11+	Expatriation Letter, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and between Spire Global, Inc. and Peter Platzer.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.10	July 16, 2021
10.12+	Tax Equalization Policy, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and between Spire Global, Inc. and Peter Platzer.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.11	July 16, 2021
10.13+	Form of Offer Letter by and between Spire Global, Inc. and each of Tom Krywe and Boyd Johnson.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.12	July 16, 2021
10.14+	Offer Letter, dated as of July 19, 2017, by and between Spire Global, Inc. and Keith Johnson.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.13	July 16, 2021
10.15+	Long Term Employment Contract, dated as of January 1, 2018, by and between Spire Global Luxembourg Sàrl and Theresa Condor.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.15	July 16, 2021
10.16+	Form of Spire Global, Inc. 2022 Commission Plan.
10.17+	Form of Spire Global, Inc. 2022 Salary Adjustment and Annual Performance Bonus.
10.18+	Form of Change in Control and Severance Agreement of Spire Global, Inc.	S-4/A	333-256112	10.18	July 16, 2021
10.19	Contribution Agreement by and between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and exactEarth Ltd. dated as of October 18, 2018, with Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 22, 2021.	10-K	001-39493	10.15	March 30, 2022
21.1	Subsidiaries of Registrant.
23.1	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1	Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following financial statements from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit), (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to consolidated financial statements.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (contained in Exhibit 101)

+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Spire Global, Inc.
Date: March 15, 2023	By:	/s/ Peter Platzer
		Peter Platzer
		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 15, 2023	By:	/s/ Thomas Krywe
		Thomas Krywe
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas Krywe and Boyd Johnson, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such individual in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or the individual’s substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name	Title	Date
/s/ Peter Platzer	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	March 15, 2023
Peter Platzer
/s/ Thomas Krywe	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	March 15, 2023
Thomas Krywe
/s/ Theresa Condor	Chief Operating Officer and Director	March 15, 2023
Theresa Condor
/s/ Joan Amble	Director	March 15, 2023
Joan Amble
/s/ Dirk Hoke	Director	March 15, 2023
Dirk Hoke
/s/ Stephen Messer	Director	March 15, 2023
Stephen Messer
/s/ Jack Pearlstein	Director	March 15, 2023
Jack Pearlstein
/s/ William Porteous	Director	March 15, 2023
William Porteous

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EX-4

Exhibit 4.4

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The following description of the capital stock of Spire Global, Inc. (“us,” “our,” “we,” or the “Company”) is a summary. We have adopted a restated certificate of incorporation (our “certificate of incorporation”) and amended and restated bylaws (our “bylaws”) and this description summarizes the provisions that are included in such documents. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. For a complete description of the matters set forth in this Exhibit 4.4, you should refer to our certificate of incorporation, our bylaws and our Investor Rights Agreement (defined below), each previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.4 is a part, and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law.

General

Our authorized capital stock consists of 1,115,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value per share, of which:

• 1,000,000,000 shares are designated as Class A common stock;

• 15,000,000 shares are designated as Class B common stock; and

• 100,000,000 shares are designated as preferred stock.

As of December 31, 2022, there were 143,679,385 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, 12,058,614 shares of Class B common stock outstanding, and no shares of our preferred stock outstanding.

Common Stock

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes two classes of common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The rights of the holders of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and certain economics rights. Some of the terms of these classes of our common stock are discussed in greater detail below.

Dividend Rights

Subject to the prior rights of holders of all classes and series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends, the holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to receive dividends on a pro rata basis out of any assets legally available as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors. Dividends may not be declared or paid on our Class B common stock.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

If we become subject to a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable on an equal priority, pro rata basis to the holders of our Class A common stock unless different treatment is approved by the majority of the holders of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock, each voting separately as a class, subject to the rights of any holders of any series of our preferred stock then outstanding. Our Class B common stock is entitled to receive a maximum of $0.0001 per share upon a liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Voting Rights

Holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held as of the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote on such matters and holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to nine votes for each share held at the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote on such matters, except as otherwise required by law. The holders of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock vote together as a single class, unless otherwise expressly provided in our certificate of incorporation or required by law.

Under our certificate of incorporation, approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock, voting as a separate class, is required to:

• directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, or through merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of our certificate of incorporation inconsistent with, or otherwise alter, any provision of our certificate of incorporation relating to the voting or other rights, powers, preferences, privileges or restrictions of our Class B common stock;

• reclassify any outstanding shares of our Class A common stock into shares having the right to have more than one vote for each share thereof; or

• issue any shares of our Class B common stock.

In addition, Delaware law could require either holders of our Class A common stock or of our Class B common stock to vote separately as a single class in the following circumstances:

• if we were to seek to amend our certificate of incorporation in a manner that alters or changes the powers, preferences, or special rights of a class of stock in a manner that affected its holders adversely; and

• if we were to seek to amend our certificate of incorporation to increase or decrease the par value of a class of stock, then that class would be required to vote separately to approve the proposed amendment.

Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of our preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors that constitutes our board of directors will be fixed solely by resolution of our board of directors. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws have established a classified board of directors that is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only the directors in one class will be subject to election by a plurality of the votes cast at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the directors in the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors.

Conversion and Transferability

Shares of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock are not convertible into any other shares of our capital stock. Each share of our Class B common stock will automatically and without further action on the part of us or the holders of our Class B common stock be transferred to us for no consideration upon (i) the affirmative written election of such holder, (ii) the date fixed by our board of directors that is no less than 61 days and no more than 180 days following the first time after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 16, 2021, which is the closing date of our merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that both (a) such Founder (as such term is defined in our certificate of incorporation) is no longer providing services to us as an officer, employee, or consultant and (b) such Founder is no longer one of our directors, (iii) the date fixed by our board of directors that is no less than 61 days and no more than 180 days following the date that such Founder’s employment with us is terminated for Cause for Termination (as such term is defined in our certificate of incorporation), or (iv) upon the death or disability of such Founder. In addition, upon the sale, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of shares of Class A common stock held by the Founders pursuant to transfers not permitted by our certificate of incorporation,

an equivalent number of shares of Class B common stock held by such Founder will be automatically and without further action on the part of us or such Founder be transferred to us for no consideration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all outstanding shares of our Class B common stock will automatically and without further action on the part of us or the holders of Class B common stock be transferred to us for no consideration on (i) the date specified by the holders of two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of our Class B common stock, voting as a separate class, or in the affirmative written election executed by the holders of two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of our Class B common stock, or (ii) the date fixed by our board of directors that is no less than 61 days and no more than 180 days following the date that the number of outstanding shares of our Class B common stock held by the Founders represents less than 10% of the aggregate number of shares of our Class B common stock held collectively by the Founders as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 16, 2021.

Other Matters

All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and nonassessable. Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and is not subject to redemption or sinking fund provisions.

Anti-Takeover Provisions

Certain provisions of Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation, and our bylaws, which are summarized below, may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or discouraging another person from acquiring control of us. They are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our board of directors.

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”)

We are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 of the DGCL prohibits a public Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:

• either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder was approved by the board of directors prior to the time that the stockholder became an interested stockholder;

• upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by directors who are also officers of the corporation and shares owned by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

• at or subsequent to the time the stockholder became an interested stockholder, the business combination was approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

In general, Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include mergers, asset sales, and other transactions resulting in financial benefit to a stockholder and an “interested stockholder” as a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or, within the prior three years, did own, 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. These provisions may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing changes in control of us.

Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Provisions

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include a number of provisions that could deter hostile takeovers or delay or prevent changes in control of our board of directors or management team, including the following:

Dual Class Stock

As described above, our Class B common stock has nine votes per share, while our Class A common stock, which is the only class of our capital stock that is publicly traded, has one vote per share. As a result of this dual class structure, the Founders have an aggregate of ten votes per share of Class A common stock, which will provide the Founders significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, or other major corporate transaction.

Board of Directors Vacancies

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws authorize only a majority of the remaining members of our board of directors, although less than a quorum, to fill vacant directorships, including newly created seats. In addition, subject to the rights of holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors under specific circumstances, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will be permitted to be set only by a resolution of our board of directors. These provisions would prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our board of directors and then gaining control of our board of directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees. This will make it more difficult to change the composition of our board of directors and will promote continuity of management.

Classified Board

Our board of directors is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of the directors. This system of electing and removing directors may tend to discourage a third-party from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, because it generally makes it more difficult for stockholders to replace a majority of the directors.

Stockholder Action; Special Meeting of Stockholders

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that our stockholders may not take action by written consent but may only take action at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders. As a result, a holder controlling a majority of the voting power of our capital stock would not be able to amend our bylaws, amend our certificate of incorporation or remove directors without holding a meeting of our stockholders called in accordance with our bylaws. Our bylaws further provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by a majority of our board of directors, the chairperson of our board of directors, our Chief Executive Officer or our President, thus prohibiting stockholder action to call a special meeting. These provisions might delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for stockholders controlling a majority of our capital stock to take any action, including the removal of directors.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations

Our bylaws provide advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before the annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at the annual meeting of stockholders. Our bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions might

preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before the annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at the annual meeting of stockholders if the proper procedures are not followed. These provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

No Cumulative Voting

The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.

Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Provisions

Any amendment of our certificate of incorporation that requires stockholder approval pursuant to the DGCL requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of our then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Our bylaws provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of our then outstanding capital stock, voting together as a single class, is required for stockholders to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of our bylaws.

Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock

Our certificate of incorporation provides that our board of directors has the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by our board of directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock would enable our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a tender offer, proxy contest, or other means.

Exclusive Forum

Our bylaws provide that, unless otherwise consented to by us in writing, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, or other employees to us or our stockholders; (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in all cases subject to the court having jurisdiction over indispensable parties named as defendants. Our bylaws further provide that, unless otherwise consented to by us in writing, the federal district courts of the United States are the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), against any person in connection with any offering of our securities, including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, any auditor, underwriter, expert, control person, or other defendant. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this provision. Nothing in this provision will apply to any action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Stockholders cannot waive compliance (or consent to non-compliance) with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. These provisions may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against us or our directors and officers.

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

Under the DGCL, with certain exceptions, our stockholders have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or consolidation of us. Pursuant to the DGCL, stockholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Registration Rights

The Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and between us, Six4 Holdings, LLC, Gilman Louie, Henry Crumpton, Jack Pearlstein, Robert Coleman, William Crowell, Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, William Porteous and Stephen Messer provides that we are required to register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, certain shares of Class A common stock and other equity securities that are held by the parties thereto from time to time, subject to the restrictions on transfer therein.

The subscription agreements we entered into with certain accredited investors (the “PIPE Investors”) provide that we are required to file with the SEC a shelf registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Class A common stock issued to the PIPE Investors and to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof but no later than the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day (or 120th calendar day in the event the SEC reviews and has written comments to the registration statement) following the filing date thereof and (ii) the 10th business day after the date we are notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that such registration statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

Listing

Our Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SPIR.”

EX-10

Exhibit 10.16

2022 Commission Plan

The targets and/or performance objectives in effect for calendar year 2022 and the commissions that Participants are eligible to earn for calendar year 2022 (the “Plan Period”) are set forth in this Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (“Company”) 2022 Commission Plan (the “Plan”). The terms and conditions of participation in the Plan are set forth below.

1.Administration. The Plan will be administered by COO and CFO, acting jointly (the “Administrator”). The Administrator shall have sole authority to interpret the Plan and to make or nullify any rules and procedures, as necessary, for proper administration. Any determination by the Administrator under this Plan will be final and binding on each Participant.

2.Eligibility. In order to participate in the Plan a person (i) must be selected for participation in the Plan by the Administrator and (ii) must sign and return the Targets and Performance Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A. No amounts will be earned, paid or advanced under this Plan until Participant signs and returns the Targets and Performance Schedule to the Company. This Plan applies only to Accounts (as defined below) where the First Year and Renewal Bookings (as defined below) are determined and booked in calendar year 2022 during the period specified in Exhibit A.

3.Participant Specific Metrics. Each Participant will be assigned a Territory and Quarterly Targets for calendar year 2022, all of which are or will be set forth in Exhibit A. If Participant’s base salary changes, there will be no changes to any of the foregoing, unless separately agreed to in a writing signed by the Administrator.

4.Commissions & Payment.

a.Definitions. The following terms have the following meanings when used in this Plan:

“Accelerator Qualified Bookings” means a Booking in excess of your assigned target specified in ExhibitA and eligible for Commission at an Accelerator Rate.

“Accelerator Rate” means the incremental rate to be applied to Accelerator Qualified Bookings.

“Account” means a customer or reseller opportunity of the Company or its affiliates which is assigned to Plan Participant as the deal “Owner” in the Company’s sales management tool, and for which the Participant was materially involved in obtaining a fully executed and binding legal agreement with the Company or its affiliates to purchase the Company’s or its affiliates’ respective solutions or services, but which, for the avoidance of doubt, do not include Letters of Intent, Memoranda of Understanding, Commitment Letters and any other preliminary or pre-contractual documents. The Administrator, in its discretion, may determine whether the criteria above have been satisfied for any particular customer or reseller, including, without limitation, whether a customer has been appropriately assigned to the Participant in the Company’s sales management tool, whether the Participant was or was not materially involved in obtaining a fully executed and binding legal agreement, whether such an agreement was in fact fully executed and binding within the relevant period, and whether such customer falls within the Participant’s Territory.

“Advance Commission Payment” means any Commission paid out in advance of when earned under this Plan, including, without limitation, draws, estimated advances,

Exhibit 10.16

Exhibit 10.16

payments on amounts that are not Bookings and payments not otherwise due at the time they are made.

“Annual Commission Cap” means the Commission Cap which constitutes the maximum amount that a Participant can earn for the 2022 Plan Period under Section 4(b) of the Plan.

“Assigned Target” means the Qualified Bookings target assigned to Participant for the given period.

“Bookings Policy” shall mean the Spire Global, Inc. Accounting Policy and Procedures – Sales Bookings, as in effect from time to time.

“Commission” means all amounts earned by (or advanced to) a Participant under this Plan, including Advance Commission Payments.

“Committed Renewals” means for a particular period all ACV Renewal Bookings earned in 2022 from a Booking that was closed prior to 2022 where the Participant was assigned as the deal owner of the Account.

“Maritime Solutions” means Company’s Maritime AIS solutions and services.

“Territory” means the assigned region, customer, and solution assigned to Participant as set forth in Exhibit A.

“New Business” means all non-Renewals ACV Bookings (as determined in accordance with the Bookings Policy) from a new or existing Account for the first or next twelve months of the underlying binding agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, if an underlying binding agreement is for a period of less than twelve months, the ACV Bookings will be calculated based on such shorter period of time.

“Out Year Bookings” means the amount of a booking to an Account for any periods of the underlying binding agreement following the first or current twelve months.

“Overpayments” mean any amounts paid to Participant as a form of commission (including, without limitation, any Commissions, Advance Commission Payments, other pre- Commission payments or overpayments under the Plan and under any prior sales compensation plan) that are not ultimately earned under the terms of the applicable plan, whether based on violation of or reversal under the Company’s Bookings Policy, violation of Section 9, failure of actual Commissions due to cover previous Advance Commission Payments, crediting errors or any other reason where actual New Business Bookings fall short of New Business Bookings originally reported for purposes of calculating Commissions previously paid (and regardless of whether such adjustment occurs prior to or following actual collection by the Company from the Account or payment to the Participant of the related Commission).

“Pre-Approval” means a booking outside of the Participant’s territory that has been approved in advance by the COO or Sales SVP or that person’s delegate.

“Plan Period” means January 1, 2022 until December 31, 2022, provided, that the Plan shall continue to apply to Out Year Bookings following December 31, 2022 until such time as such Out Year Bookings are no longer eligible for compensation under the terms of the Plan.

“Qualified Bookings” means for a particular period all ACV New Business Bookings and Committed Renewal Bookings on Participant’s Accounts booked during that period and authorized to sell as part of the Participant’s territory. Qualified bookings will include only those amounts that result in Spire GAAP revenue. This explicitly excludes Grants, co-funding engagements or any other funds that do not generate GAAP revenue for Spire.

Exhibit 10.16

“Renewal Bookings” means Bookings (as determined in accordance with the Bookings Policy) from an existing Account for the next twelve months of the underlying binding agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, if an underlying binding agreement is for a period of less than twelve months, the Bookings will be calculated based on such shorter period of time.

“Sales Team Bookings” means for a particular period all ACV New Business Bookings, Renewals Bookings and Committed Renewals Bookings for Company Products booked during that period by the Sales Team Employees. Any Bookings (including any Personal First Year and Renewal Bookings) on Participant’s Accounts shall count as a Sales Team Bookings.”

“SPIFs” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 10.

“Third Party Data” means any data procured from third parties and supplied as part of the Company’s solutions or services.

“Variable OTE Target” means the on-target earnings the participant will be paid if the total Assigned Target assigned during the period is achieved.

b.Commissions.

i.Participant Territory. The Participant will receive commission credit only for those Qualified Bookings made within the Territory as defined in Exhibit A of this document. Any Bookings made outside of this Territory must receive Pre-Approval prior to transaction completion.

ii.ACV Bookings. The Participant’s commissions for each calendar month of the Plan Period will be determined as follows:

1.All Qualified Bookings booked in such calendar month by the Company or its affiliates from the Participant’s Accounts will be multiplied by the payout ratio (Variable OTE Target divided by the Assigned Target for the period). This will yield the base commission owed for the calendar month.

2.If applicable, for any calendar month in which the Qualified Bookings booked in such calendar month from Participant’s Accounts together with Qualified Bookings booked in all prior months within the current quarter from the Participant’s Accounts, exceed the Participant’s Assigned Target, an Accelerator Rate shall be applied to the overage amount calculated.

3.If Participant does not achieve their specified Assigned Target for the period, then the cumulative deficit will carry into the subsequent quarter and must be achieved before accelerator rates will be applied in the subsequent quarter.

4.See Exhibit A for Participant’s Total Assigned Target, Variable OTE Target and Accelerator Rate (if applicable) for the current period.

5.Example payout scenarios:

Scenario 1: Participant has not exceeded quarterly targets

Exhibit 10.16

•Variable OTE Target for Q1’22: $20,000

•Total Assigned Target for Q1’22: $450,000

•Total Qualified Bookings booked in January 2022: $225,000

•Accelerator Rate: 1%

•Base commission paid: $20,000 X $225,000/$450,000 = $10,000

•Accelerator commission paid: N/A

Scenario 2: Participant has exceeded quarterly targets

•Variable OTE Target for Q1’22: $20,000

•Total Assigned Target for Q1’22: $450,000

•Total Qualified Bookings booked in January 2022: $225,000

•Total Qualified Bookings booked in February 2022: $300,000

•Quarterly Accelerator Rate: 1%

•Base commission paid: $20,000 X $300,000/$450,000 = $13,333

•Accelerator paid: $225,000 + $300,000 = $525,000 (cumulative booked QTD) - $450,000 (Target) = $75,000 (Overage) X 1% = $750.

iii.Out Year Bookings. Provided that Participant remains employed by the Company or its affiliates in a position eligible to participate in the Plan, Out Year Bookings will be applied towards Assigned Targets for the future year periods following calendar year 2022. However, the final commission plans for periods beyond 2022 will be determined by the Administrator, described in a future Commissions Plan at the time such Out Year Bookings are booked, and are subject to change at the discretion of the Plan Administrator.

iv.Commission Cap. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no payment shall be due to the extent, but only to the extent, such payment, when added to all previous payments under this Section 4(b), exceeds the Commission Cap.

c.Commission Calculation Rules.

i.Currencies. Any amounts not recognized in the currency of a Participant’s Assigned Target will be converted to such currency for purposes of calculating the commission payments at the same rate as used by the Company or its affiliates for their financial reporting purposes.

ii.De-Booking. In the event an Account on which Commission has previously been paid or the Participant’s Assigned Target has previously been credited is subsequently removed as a Booking for any reason in accordance with the Company’s Bookings Policy (as in effect from time to time), then Participant’s achievement against the Participant’s previously credited Assigned Target will be retroactively adjusted to account for such de-booking and Commissions previously paid may be determined to be an Overpayment (as defined below) in the discretion of the Administrator.

iii.Out Year Bookings. Out Year Bookings that have been booked in the calendar year 2022 shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining achievement against Participant’s Assigned Target.

iv.Splits. If multiple employees of the Company or its affiliates have contributed to the procurement or conclusion of an Account subject to commission, each person involved shall be entitled only to a portion of the commission (not to exceed 100% across all involved persons) with the Administrator having the right to divide the commission

Exhibit 10.16

among the individual employees involved in his/her/its fair discretion based on the efforts made by each such party to bring about the Account, after hearing the concerned persons, unless all persons have reached an agreement on how the commission should be divided. As regards to the division of the commission, the Commission amounts specified in Exhibit A shall be applied to the portion of the Account so allocated to such Participant. Only one Participant shall register the Account in the Company’s sales management tool and will flag such Account as a split commission account in such tool by adding the additional deal participant as a collaborator.

v.Third Party Data Costs. The Company reserves the right not to pay any Commission where the value of (a) the Commission due on the Booking; plus (b) any costs reasonably attributable to any Third-Party Data provided to a customer as part of that Booking, together exceeds ninety percent of the overall value of the Booking.

5.Payment. Commissions will be paid by the end of the month immediately following the calendar month to which they relate.

6.Changes. The Company has developed this Plan on the basis of existing forecasts, market and economic conditions, launch schedules, product development plans, and other factors it determines are appropriate. The Company may, in its sole discretion, add to, amend, modify or discontinue this Plan or any of the terms or conditions of this Plan at any time, provided that either (i) such change does not reduce Commissions already earned under the Plan or (ii) such change will be effective as of the start of the next calendar quarter.

7.Transfers; Termination. If a Participant transfers from his/her position to another position that is not eligible under this Plan or transfers from an ineligible position into one that is eligible under this Plan or if a Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason, his/her Commissions for the calendar quarter in which the transfer or termination is effective shall be based on actual performance as of the date of such change or termination. All rights to Commissions or other payments under this Plan for Qualified Bookings or Out Year Bookings recognized following the date of a termination or transfer to an ineligible position shall cease upon the effective date of such termination or transfer.

8.Restrictions. Participant shall not, under any circumstances, make unauthorized verbal or written commitments or statements regarding the Company’s or any of its affiliates’ position with regard to competitors, suppliers or customers; alter the Company’s or any of its affiliates’ standard contract forms by making unauthorized verbal or written commitments; assign or give any gifts or money including but not limited to part of his/her compensation to any person, customer, or third party as an inducement, or accept any gratuity from third parties when engaged in activities related in any way to the conduct of the Company’s or any of its affiliates’ business; or violate any law, policy or procedure applicable to this Plan, the Company or any of its affiliates. Any losses of the Company or its affiliates due to breach by Participant of any of the foregoing may be determined by the Administrator, in his/her/its sole discretion, to constitute an Overpayment under the Plan.

9.Deductions; Clawbacks. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, in the event of any Overpayment, Participant is obligated to repay the amount of such Overpayment under the Plan in full to the Company. Any such Overpayment is a liability of Participant owed to the Company until it is fully paid. By signing Exhibit A, Participant hereby authorizes the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to deduct, from time to time in its sole discretion, any Overpayment from any and all amounts otherwise payable or owed by the Company to Participant, whether as commission, salary or otherwise, including any such amounts

Exhibit 10.16

payable upon termination of employment. Termination of employment and/or expiration of the Plan Period shall not in any way limit or terminate Participant’s liability to repay all Overpayments.

10.SPIFs. From time to time the Administrator may establish special incentive program funds (“SPIFs”) to encourage certain types of actions during specific time periods. Such SPIFs may be on an individual or group basis, may include only particular categories, contract types or other behavior, and will be subject to certain requirements, all as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. The terms of each SPIF will be notified to qualified Participants in writing. The Administrator will determine when and whether a payout under a SPIF has been earned in its sole discretion. No SPIF will be deemed to alter or amend any term of this Plan.

11.Entire Agreement; No Trust. This Plan is the only incentive compensation agreement between the Company and each Participant. This Plan covers Qualified Bookings in calendar year 2022 only. Nothing in this Plan may be construed to give any person any right to be paid any amount other than under the terms of this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to the provisions hereof, will create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a pledge, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant or any other person. Nothing herein will be construed to require the Company to maintain any fund or to segregate any amount for a Participant’s benefit. Nothing herein will be construed so as to establish an employment relationship between Participant and any of the Company’s affiliated companies.

12.Disputes. In the event that there is a claim, dispute or disagreement relating to any matter under this Plan, it is the responsibility of each Participant and the Administrator to resolve the issue. All claims raised by a Participant must be submitted in writing within 30 days of learning of the dispute underlying such claim. Failure to submit a written claim within

30 days shall constitute a waiver of any claims regarding the underlying dispute.

13.No Change to Employment Conditions. All other conditions of employment of each Participant will remain in effect without modification, including, without limitation, those set forth in each Participant’s respective Employment Offer Letter, Contract of Employment and/or other agreements signed in connection with the commencement of employment. This Plan shall be deemed to be the Company’s Proprietary Information or Confidential Information, as the case may be, under such employment documentation.

EX-10

Exhibit 10.17

To:	[Name]
From:	Peter Platzer
Date:	[Date]
Re:	2022 Salary Adjustment & Annual Performance Bonus

Congratulations on your salary adjustment and eligibility for a cash bonus based on performance!

After a full analysis was done using information from an outside consulting firm comparing your personal compensation against a set of equivalent peer publicly held companies, it was decided and approved by the Spire Board of Directors to adjust your salary to $[Amount] per year effective [Date], 2022.

You will also be eligible to receive an annual Performance Bonus of $[Amount] USD based on Spire “the Company” and you personally achieving defined 2022 targets.

Performance Bonus Eligibility: Effective from [Date], you are eligible to receive a Performance Bonus of $[Amount] USD, if the Company hits predetermined 2022 Company Performance targets and/or if you achieve agreed upon Personal Performance targets (on-target) set by the CEO.

Performance Bonus Weighting: The $[Amount] USD eligible Performance Bonus will be split 50% towards the Company Performance target and 50% towards your Personal Performance targets.

2022 Company Performance Targets: The 2022 Company Performance target has three equally weighted components consisting of the Company’s internal targets for Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) revenue both delivered within the 2022 calendar year, Non-GAAP Operating Loss, and U.S. dollars of Revenue per head, measured by average total permanent employees throughout the calendar year 2022. Each component’s achievement in percentage is measured individually and then averaged to get the final achievement percentage used for the bonus calculation.

Minimum Company Performance Targets: For the Company Performance target the Company must obtain a minimum final achievement of 80% in order to receive a Company Performance bonus. Once 80% is achieved you will receive the same percentage of actual achievement to the total Company target up to 120% and this percentage will be applied to your eligible Company Performance bonus of $[Amount] USD.

For example, if the final achievement percentage would be 97.6% of your Company Performance target, you would receive $[Amount] USD for your Company Performance bonus.

2022 Personal Performance Targets: You will receive 5 Personal Performance targets to complete with each target worth 20% weighting during the calendar year 2022. The Personal Performance targets will be reviewed, agreed and then finally approved by the CEO. Each target will be assessed by the CEO not only for completion, but for other factors like quality of work and did the targets get delivered per our Core Values. The CEO has the discretion to provide a percentage achieved per target and the average of all 5 of the personal targets will become the total percentage achieved for your 2022 Personal Performance targets.

Minimum Personal Performance Targets: For the Personal Performance targets you must obtain a total minimum achievement, average of all 5 of your Personal Performance targets, of 80% in order to receive a Personal Performance bonus. Once 80% or at least is achieved you will receive the same percentage of actual achievement up to 100% and this percentage will be applied to your eligible Personal Performance bonus of $[Amount] USD

For example, if your Personal Performance total achievement was 80% you would receive $[Amount] USD

Exhibit 10.17

Performance Bonus Calculation and Payouts: All performance bonuses will be calculated by mid-February, 2023 and paid out the first pay period in March, 2023.

All other terms and conditions of your employment remain as set forth in your offer letter agreement, proprietary information and inventions agreement and, if applicable, your arbitration agreement.

Peter Platzer

EX-21

Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Spire Global, Inc	Delaware, U.S.
Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.	Delaware, U.S.
Spire Global UK Ltd	United Kingdom
Spire Global Singapore Pte Ltd	Singapore
Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l.	Luxembourg
Spire Global Australia Pty Ltd	Australia
Austin Satellite Design, LLC	Texas, U.S.
Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp.	British Columbia
exactEarth Ltd	Canada
exactEarth Europe Ltd	England and Wales

EX-23

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-260370, 333-261186 and 333-264001) and Form S-3 (Nos. 333-267413 and 333-259733) of Spire Global, Inc. of our report dated March 15, 2023 relating to the financial statements, which appears in this Form 10-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPSan Francisco, CaliforniaMarch 15, 2023

EX-31

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Peter Platzer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Spire Global, 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 and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-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 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: March 15, 2023

By:	/s/ Peter Platzer
Name:	Peter Platzer
Title:	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

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EX-31

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT UNDER SECTION 302 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Thomas Krywe, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Spire Global, 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 and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-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 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: March 15, 2023

By:	/s/ Thomas Krywe
Name:	Thomas Krywe
Title:	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EX-32

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Peter Platzer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Spire Global, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Spire Global, Inc.

Date: March 15, 2023

By:	/s/ Peter Platzer
Name:	Peter Platzer
Title:	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

I, Thomas Krywe, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Spire Global, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in such Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Spire Global, Inc.

Date: March 15, 2023

By:	/s/ Thomas Krywe
Name:	Thomas Krywe
Title:	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Document And Entity Information - USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2022

Feb. 24, 2023

Jun. 30, 2022

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Entity Voluntary Filers

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Current Fiscal Year End Date

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Entity Emerging Growth Company

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Entity Tax Identification Number

85-1276957

Entity Address, Address Line One

8000 Towers Crescent Drive

Entity Address, Address Line Two

Suite 1100

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Vienna

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Portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. Such Definitive Proxy Statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

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Current assets
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Marketable securities	23,084	0
Accounts receivable, net (including allowance of $395 and $339 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively)	13,864	10,163
Contract assets	3,353	2,084
Other current assets	9,279	10,071
Total current assets	96,776	131,574
Property and equipment, net	53,752	48,704
Operating lease right-of-use assets	11,687	0
Goodwill	49,954	53,627
Customer relationships	20,814	24,388
Other intangible assets	13,967	19,765
Other long-term assets, including restricted cash	9,562	12,136
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Current liabilities
Accounts payable	4,800	5,824
Accrued wages and benefits	4,502	5,646
Contract liabilities, current portion	15,856	8,627
Other accrued expenses	8,210	4,823
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Long-term debt	98,475	51,124
Contingent earnout liability	349	10,026
Deferred income tax liabilities	771	835
Warrant liability	1,831	11,482
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion	10,815	0
Other long-term liabilities	780	1,600
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders' equity
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Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(6,997)	732
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
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Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
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Research and development	35,153	31,615
Sales and marketing	28,502	20,387
General and administrative	44,831	40,479
Loss on decommissioned satellite	549	0
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Interest expense	(13,955)	(11,417)
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability	9,677	48,248
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Loss on extinguishment of debt	(22,510)	(3,255)
Other expense, net	(2,912)	(1,766)
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Loss before income taxes	(89,089)	(37,593)
Income tax provision	322	497
Net loss	$ (89,411)	$ (38,090)
Basic net income (loss) per share	$ (0.64)	$ (0.61)
Diluted net income (loss) per share	$ (0.64)	$ (0.61)
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Total	Preferred Stock Series A Preferred Stock	Preferred Stock Series B Preferred Stock	Preferred Stock Series C Preferred Stock	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital	AOCI Attributable to Parent	Accumulated Deficit
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Conversion of PS Series C to common stock					$ (66,113)	$ 1		66,112
Conversion of PS Series C to common stock, shares	[1]				(12,951,095)	12,951,095
Conversion of convertible notes to common stock		70,933				$ 4		70,929
Conversion of convertible notes to common stock, shares	[1]					37,034,620
Issuance of common stock upon the reverse recapitalization, net of issuance costs		206,308				$ 4		206,304
Issuance of common stock upon the reverse recapitalization, net of issuance costs, shares	[1]					44,288,129
Contingent earnout liability recognized upon the closing of the reverse recapitalization		(58,274)						(58,274)
Net loss		(38,090)								(38,090)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		1,714							1,714
Net unrealized loss on investments (net of tax)		0
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2021		190,207				$ 15		438,696	732	(249,236)
Ending balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2021	[1]					151,154,614
Exercise of stock options		$ 806						806
Exercise of stock options, shares		503,805				503,805	[1]
Stock compensation expense		$ 11,491						11,491
Exercise of Series C preferred stock warrants		0
Conversion of warrants to common stock		4,206				$ 1		4,205
Conversion of warrants to common stock, Share	[1]					3,311,286
Net loss		(89,411)								(89,411)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(7,696)							(7,696)
Release of Restricted Stock Units		(70)						(70)
Release of Restricted Stock Units, Shares	[1]					242,486
Issuance of common stock upon ESPP purchase		623						623
Issuance of common stock upon ESPP purchase, shares	[1]					525,808
Net unrealized loss on investments (net of tax)		(33)							(33)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2022		$ 110,123				$ 16		$ 455,751	$ (6,997)	$ (338,647)
Ending balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2022	[1]					155,737,999

[1] (1) The shares of the Company’s common and convertible preferred stock, prior to the Merger (as defined in Note 1) have been retroactively restated to reflect the exchange ratio of approximately 1.7058 established in the Merger.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) (Parenthetical) - shares	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Common Class B [Member]
Common stock, outstanding	12,058,614	12,058,614

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$ (89,411)	$ (38,090)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	18,341	8,509
Stock-based compensation	11,491	11,634
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets	2,344	0
Accretion on carrying value of convertible notes	0	2,103
Amortization of debt issuance costs	3,781	3,876
Change in fair value of warrant liability	(8,757)	1,600
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability	(9,677)	(48,248)
Deferred income tax liabilities	23	497
Loss on impairment of assets and decommissioned satellite	784	91
Loss on extinguishment of debt	22,271	2,277
Other, net	(22)	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(4,180)	(5,010)
Contract assets	(1,364)	(1)
Other current assets	324	(6,565)
Other long-term assets	1,852	13
Accounts payable	(1,808)	2,291
Accrued wages and benefits	(923)	1,751
Contract liabilities	7,776	161
Other accrued expenses	1,012	2,917
Operating lease liabilities	(1,632)	0
Other long-term liabilities	(45)	2,208
Net cash used in operating activities	(47,820)	(57,986)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of short-term investments	(40,213)	0
Maturities of short-term investments	17,300	0
Purchase of property and equipment	(18,915)	(15,421)
Investment in intangible assets	0	(166)
Payments made in conection with business acquisiton, net	0	(103,892)
Net cash used in investing activities	(41,828)	(119,479)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from reverse recapitalation and PIPE financing	0	264,823
Payments of transaction costs related to reverse recapitalization	0	(31,806)
Proceeds from long-term debt	100,973	70,515
Payments on long-term debt	(71,512)	(29,628)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable	0	20,000
Payments of redemption of warrants	0	(19,942)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(4,516)	(4,717)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	806	1,289
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan	622	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	26,373	270,534
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash, cash equivalent and restricted cash	1,199	590
Net (decrease) increasein cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(62,076)	93,659
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Beginning of year	109,645	15,986
End of year	47,569	109,645
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	9,438	3,130
Income taxes paid	(210)	(173)
Noncash Investing and financing activities
Conversion of Series A, B and C preferred stock into common stock upon the reverse recapitalization	0	154,150
Contingent earnout liability recognized upon the closing of the reverse recapitalization	0	58,274
Conversion of convertible notes to common stock upon the reverse recapitalization	0	70,933
Public and private warrants acquired as part of the Merger	0	26,707
Issuance of shares to FP Credit Partners, L.P. ("FP") (Note 8)	0	22,868
Issuance of shares in the acquisition	0	19,361
Conversion of warrants to Class A common stock	4,205	0
Exercise of Series C preferred stock warrants	0	891
Property and equipment purchased but not yet paid	957	687
Issuance of stock warrants with long-term debt (Note 8)	$ 3,579	$ 308

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Nature of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Business

1.Nature of Business

Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire” or the “Company”), founded in August 2012, is a global provider of space-based data and analytics that offers its customers unique datasets and insights about earth from the ultimate vantage point. The Company collects this space-based data through its proprietary constellation of multi-purpose nanosatellites. By designing, manufacturing, integrating and operating its own satellites and ground stations, the Company has unique end-to-end control and ownership over its entire system. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers: Maritime, Aviation and Weather. As a fourth solution, the Company is providing “space-as-a-service” through its Space Services solution.

The Company is comprised of Spire Global, Inc. (United States or U.S.) and its wholly owned subsidiaries Spire Global UK Limited (United Kingdom or U.K.), Spire Global Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (Luxembourg), Spire Global Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Spire Global Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia), and Spire Global Canada Acquisition Corp. (Canada). Spire Global Canada Acquisition Corp. is the sole owner of exactEarth Ltd. (Canada) ("exactEarth"), which in turn is the sole owner of exactEarth Europe Ltd. (England and Wales). The Company currently operates offices in nine locations: San Francisco (U.S.), Boulder (U.S.), Vienna (U.S.), Glasgow (U.K.), Oxfordshire (U.K.), Luxembourg, Cambridge (U.K.), Ontario (Canada), and Singapore.

On August 16, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. (formerly known as Spire Global, Inc.) (“Legacy Spire”) closed its previously announced merger with NavSight Holdings, Inc. (“NavSight”), a special purpose acquisition company, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2021, by and among Spire, NavSight, NavSight Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (“NavSight Merger Sub”), and Peter Platzer, Theresa Condor, Jeroen Cappaert, and Joel Spark (collectively, the “Legacy Spire Founders,” and such agreement, the “Merger Agreement”). As a result, NavSight Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Spire, the separate corporate existence of NavSight Merger Sub ceased, and Legacy Spire continued as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of NavSight (the “Merger,” and such consummation, the “Closing”). NavSight then changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiary, “New Spire” or “Spire”) and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.

In November 2021, the Company acquired exactEarth, a leading provider of global maritime vessel data for ship tracking and maritime situational awareness solutions in Canada, for a combination of cash and Spire stock (the "Acquisition"). The Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination.

On September 14, 2022, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity LLC, as sales agent (the “Agent” or “Canaccord”). In accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company may offer and sell its Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $85,000 from time to time through the Agent pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective on September 26, 2022. There had been no sales under the Equity Distribution Agreement as of December 31, 2022.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. (i.e. former NavSight) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Legacy Spire, following the reverse recapitalization as further discussed in Note 3 “Reverse Recapitalization.” For periods prior to the Merger, the reported share and per share amounts have been retroactively converted by applying the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Note 3) with the exception of authorized shares. Issued and outstanding shares and warrants as disclosed herein have been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio.

Liquidity Risks and Uncertainties

Since inception, the Company has been engaged in developing its product offerings, raising capital, and recruiting personnel. The Company’s operating plan may change as a result of many factors currently unknown and there can be no assurance that the current operating plan will be achieved in the time frame anticipated by the Company, and it may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. If adequate funds are not available to the Company on a timely basis, it may be required to delay, limit, reduce, or terminate certain commercial efforts, or pursue merger or acquisition strategies, all of which could adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders.

The Company has a history of operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. During the year ended December 31, 2022, net loss was $89,411 and cash used in operations was $47,820. In August 2021, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $236,632 from Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) investors (the “PIPE Investors”) and the Merger. The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $47,196, excluding restricted cash of $373, and investment in marketable securities of $23,084 as of December 31, 2022. The Company believes that it will have sufficient working capital to operate for a period of at least one year from the issuance of the December 31, 2022 consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s assessment of the period of time through which its financial resources will be adequate to support its operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could vary as a result of many factors, including its growth rate, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spending to support its infrastructure and research and development efforts and the expansion of sales and marketing activities. The Company may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, and technologies, including intellectual property rights. The Company has based its estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and it could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently expects. The Company may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. Future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on numerous factors, including market penetration, the introduction of new products, and potential acquisitions of related businesses or technology. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise it on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when desired, or if it cannot expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on its business opportunities because it lacks sufficient capital, its business, results of operations, and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and COVID-19 Impact

Over the past two years, the Company has been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing interest rates and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A strong U.S. dollar relative to the Company's foreign subsidiaries' local functional currency for most of 2022 negatively impacted the Company’s revenue, since approximately one-third of the Company’s sales are transacted in foreign currencies, though it positively impacted the Company’s expenses, since a majority of the Company’s employees reside in countries outside of the United States.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase the Company's offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, longer sales cycles, and a few contract cancellations. The pandemic also led to reduced company-wide travel, resulted in a move to a hybrid work model, created a more difficult hiring process and at times resulted in employee attrition.

Increasing interest rates in 2022 resulted in higher interest expenses, as the Company’s credit facility is based on a floating interest rate.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continued conflict created additional global sanctions, which at times caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers, which has delayed revenue recognition of certain sales contracts.

If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, the Company's results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. The Company cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which the Company operates would adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Segment Information

The Company operates as one reportable and operating segment, which relates to the sale of subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics and related project-based services to global customers across a range of industries. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management’s significant estimates include assumptions in revenue recognition, allowance for credit losses, valuation of certain assets and liabilities acquired from the Acquisition, realizability of deferred income tax assets, and fair value of equity awards, contingent earnout liabilities and warrant liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the estimates and assumptions and determined there was no material impact in the reporting periods.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s foreign subsidiaries, which have defined their functional currency as their local currency, translate their assets and liabilities into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate existing at the balance sheet date, and translate their results from operations at the average exchange rate for each period. The resulting translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and as other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurements

To account for fair value measurements and disclosures, a fair value hierarchy was established that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). The level of an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company uses the following valuation techniques to measure fair value for its assets and liabilities:

Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 Significant other observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash included in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets, represents amounts pledged as guarantees or collateral for financing arrangements and lease agreements, as contractually required.

The Company invests in highly rated securities, with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss. The Company’s investment policy generally requires securities to be investment grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company’s investments in marketable debt securities have been classified and accounted for as available-for-sale. The Company classifies its marketable debt securities as either short-term or long-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. Unrealized gains and losses on marketable debt securities classified as available-for-sale are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Interest on securities classified as available-for-sale is included in interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following table shows components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the years then ended:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	47,196	$	109,256
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets		373		389
	$	47,569	$	109,645

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts management expects to collect from outstanding balances. An allowance for credit losses is recorded based on historical loss experience, consideration of current and future economic conditions, and evaluation of a customer’s current and future financial condition. Increases and decreases in the allowance for credit losses are included as a component of general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Recoveries of accounts receivable for which an allowance exists, or those that were previously written off, are recorded when received. The Company recorded an expense for credit losses of $139 and $84 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company generally grants credit to its customers on an unsecured basis. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, marketable securities, and accounts receivable. The Company typically has cash accounts in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance coverage. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts, and management believes that the Company’s risk of loss is remote.

The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with various government agencies. The Company had the following customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue and/or accounts receivable:

	Year Ended December 31,						December 31,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
	Revenue			Revenue			Accounts Receivable			Accounts Receivable
Customer A		11	%		27	%		16	%		29	%
Customer B		19	%		16	%	*			*
Customer C	*				10	%	*				12	%

* Revenue and/or accounts receivable from these customers were less than 10% of total revenue and/or accounts receivable during the year.

The Company has a concentration in vendor purchases. The Company believes its reliance on its vendors could be shifted over a period of time to alternative vendors should such a change be necessary. If the Company were to be unable to obtain alternative vendors due to factors beyond its control, operations would be disrupted until alternative vendors were secured. The Company did not have any vendors for the year ended December 31, 2022, and one vendor for the year ended December 31, 2021, from which purchases of equipment, components and services individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total purchases.

The Company is dependent on third parties to launch its satellites into space, and any launch delay, malfunction, or failure could have a negative impact on revenue and might cause the Company not to be able to accommodate customers with sufficient data to meet minimum service level agreements until replacement satellites are available. The Company also incorporates technology and terrestrial data sets from third parties into its platform and its inability to maintain rights and access to such technology and data sets would harm its business and results of operations.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. In-service satellites and related launch costs are capitalized based on the commission date of the underlying asset. Capitalized launch costs for each satellite are allocated based on the total cost of the launch divided by the number of satellites included on that launch. In-service ground stations and related costs are capitalized once signals are transmitted with in-service satellites. In the event of a failed launch or deployment of satellites, the related equipment impairment and launch costs are expensed and recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company also capitalizes certain software costs incurred in connection with developing internal-use software during the project development stage so long as management with the relevant authority authorizes the project, it is probable the project will be completed, and the software will be used to perform the function intended. Costs incurred for enhancements that are expected to result in additional significant functionality are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the enhancement. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post-implementation operational activities are expensed as incurred. Internal-use software, which consists primarily of the Company’s enterprise software used to build and operate the Company’s satellites, is stated at cost less accumulated amortization.

General maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Significant refurbishments, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are retired or disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected as other expense, net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Depreciation and amortization are computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the life of the asset or the remaining life of the lease.

	Years
Furniture and fixtures	7
Machinery and equipment	5
In-service ground stations	4-10
Computer software and website development	3
Computer equipment	3
Capitalized satellite launch costs and in-service satellites	2-3

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 34% and 37%, respectively, of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the U.S., 27% and 41%, respectively were located in Canada, and 39% and 22%, respectively were located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (collectively, “EMEA”). Within EMEA, 30% and 20% of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the UK at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Equity Method Investments

The Company accounts for equity investments in which it has significant influence, but not a controlling financial interest, using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are initially recorded at cost, less impairment, and subsequently adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of earnings or losses as a component of other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s equity method investments are required to be reviewed for impairment when it is determined there may be an other-than-temporary loss in value. The Company has not recorded any impairment losses related to our equity method investments during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Business Combinations

The Company recognizes identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Such valuations require us to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed, these estimates which include, but are not limited to, future revenue growth, margins, customer retention rates, technology life, royalty rates, expected use of acquired assets, and discount rates, are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement.

Goodwill is measured as the excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the acquisition date. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred included in the general and administrative expenses line item in the consolidated statements of operations. The authoritative guidance allows a measurement period of up to one year from the date of acquisition to make adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. As a result, during the measurement period the Company may record adjustments to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill to the extent that it identifies adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in business acquisitions. The Company first performs a qualitative assessment of goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, and more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. If it is determined in the qualitative assessment that the fair value of the Company's single reporting unit is more likely than not below its carrying amount, then the Company will perform a quantitative impairment test. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount. Any excess in the carrying value of the goodwill over its fair value is recognized as an impairment loss. For purposes of goodwill impairment testing, the Company has one reporting unit. The annual goodwill impairment assessment performed in the fourth quarter of 2022 indicated that the fair value significantly exceeded the carrying value of goodwill.

Intangible assets consist of acquired intangible assets which include customer relationships, developed technology and trade names and the costs to obtain patents and perpetual nonexclusive license rights for the use of intellectual property. Acquired intangible assets, other than goodwill, are amortized over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 1 to 12 years, based upon the estimated economic value derived from the related intangible asset. Significant judgment is used in determining fair values of acquired intangible assets and their estimated useful lives. Fair value and useful life determinations may be based on, among other factors, estimates of future expected cash flows, royalty cost savings and appropriate discount rates used in calculating present values.

Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever there are indicators of impairment. The Company recognized impairment charges of $72 and $91 for intangible assets relating to patents for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company assesses potential impairments to long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. An impairment is considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of the assets or asset groups. If impairment exists, the impairment loss is measured and recorded based on undiscounted estimated future cash flows. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of cash flows from other asset groups. The Company recognized impairment charges of $549 on decommissioned satellites and $143 of other long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2022 and no impairment charges for long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Deferred Offering Costs and Merger Costs

The Company capitalizes within other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets certain legal, accounting and other third-party fees that are directly related to the Company’s in-process equity financing until such financings are consummated. After consummation of the equity financing, these costs are recorded as a reduction of the proceeds received from the offering (Note 3). Should a planned equity financing be abandoned, terminated or significantly delayed, the deferred offering costs are written off to operating expenses. There were no deferred offering costs capitalized as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $6,591 of costs related to the Merger, including $4,846 for professional services and $1,745 of other merger related costs. These amounts have been included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. No such costs were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Debt Issuance Costs

For long-term debt, the Company presents debt issuance costs on the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt facility. Debt issuance costs and the fair value assigned to stock warrants issued related to term loans are amortized over the respective term of the debt facility using the effective interest method.

Warrants

The Company generally classifies warrants for the purchase of shares of its common stock as liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets unless the warrants meet certain specific criteria that require the warrants to be classified within stockholders’ equity. Those warrants accounted for as liabilities are freestanding financial instruments that may require the Company to transfer assets upon exercise. The warrant liability is initially recorded at fair value upon the date of issuance of each warrant and is subsequently remeasured to fair value at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities are recognized as a component in other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire or qualify for equity classification. Warrants classified as equity are initially recorded at fair value on the date of issuance and recorded in additional paid-in capital on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets until the warrants are exercised or expire.

The Company assumed 11,499,992 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 6,600,000 private placement warrants issued by NavSight (“Private Warrants” and, together with the Public Warrants, the “Common Stock Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled holders to purchase one share of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are publicly traded and are exercisable for cash unless certain conditions occur, such as the failure to have an effective registration statement related to the shares issuable upon exercise or redemption by the Company under certain conditions, at which time the warrants may be cashless exercised. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The Company evaluated the Common Stock Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreement governing the Common Stock Warrants includes a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Common Stock Warrants depending on their holder. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s ordinary shares, the Private Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock. In addition, the provision provides that in the event of a tender or exchange offer accepted by holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, all holders of the Common Stock Warrants would be entitled to receive cash for all of their Common Stock Warrants. Specifically, in the event of a qualifying cash tender offer (which could be outside of the Company’s control), all Common Stock Warrant holders would be entitled to cash, while only certain of the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares may be entitled to cash. These provisions preclude the Company from classifying the Common Stock Warrants in stockholders’ equity. As the Common Stock Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 10), with subsequent changes in their respective fair values recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date.

On November 16, 2022, the Company commenced a warrant exchange (Note 10), pursuant to which 9,956,489 Public Warrants and 6,600,000 Private Warrants were each exchanged for 0.2 shares of the Company's Class A common stock on December 19, 2022. On December 19, 2022, the Company also entered into an amendment to the warrant agreement (the “Warrant Amendment”) that provided the Company with the right to require the exchange of the Company’s remaining outstanding Public Warrants for Class A common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.18 shares for each Public Warrant. The Company exercised its exchange right on December 19, 2022 and the remaining 1,543,493 Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023.

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Reverse Recapitalization and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the Company achieving certain Earnout Triggering Events (as described in the Merger Agreement and Note 3). In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-40, the earnout shares are not indexed to the Company's common stock and therefore were accounted for as a liability and an offset to additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets at the reverse recapitalization date and subsequently remeasured at each reporting date with changes in fair value recorded as a component of other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.

The contingent earnout liability is categorized as a Level 3 fair value measurement using the Monte Carlo model (Note 10) because the Company estimates projections during the Earnout Period utilizing unobservable inputs. Contingent earnout payments involve certain assumptions requiring significant judgment and actual results may differ from assumed and estimated amounts.

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue from four main solutions: Maritime, Aviation, Weather and Space Services. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers:

•Maritime: precise space-based data used for highly accurate ship monitoring, ship safety and route optimization.

•Aviation: precise space-based data used for highly accurate aircraft monitoring, aircraft safety and route optimization.

•Weather: precise space-based data used for highly accurate weather forecasting.

As a fourth solution, the Company is also pioneering an innovative “space-as-a-service” business model through its Space Services solution. The Company leverages its fully deployed infrastructure and large-scale operations to enable customers to obtain customized data through its API.

Revenue recognition involves the identification of the contract, identification of performance obligations in the contract, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the previously identified performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.

The Company recognizes revenue for each separately identifiable performance obligation in a data solutions contract representing a promise to transfer data or a distinct service to a customer. In most cases, data provided under the Company’s data solutions contracts are accounted for as a single performance obligation due to the integrated nature of the Company’s precise space-based data. In some data access contracts, the Company provides multiple project-based services to a customer, most commonly when a contract covers multiple phases of the Space Services solution (e.g., development, manufacturing, launch and satellite operations). In those cases, the Company accounts for each distinct project-based deliverable as a separate performance obligation and allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price, which is generally estimated using cost plus a reasonable margin based on value added to the customer.

The Company recognizes revenue when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied, either over time or at a point in time. The Company has determined that each data access subscription provides a series of distinct services in which the customer simultaneously receives and consumes data. Therefore, for subscription-based data services, the Company recognizes revenue ratably over the subscription period. Revenue is recognized upon delivery for data products such as archive data and custom reports, which are performance obligations satisfied at a point in time upon transfer of control. For Space Services, control of the data typically is transferred at the time the customer gains access to the benefit of the service. If customer acceptance is required, revenue is recognized upon receipt of notice of customer acceptance, which is generally a short period of time after delivery. For certain project-based performance obligations (e.g., manufacturing and launch phases), revenue is recognized over time, using the output method, specifically contract milestones, which we have determined to be the most direct and reasonable measure of progress as they reflect the results achieved and value transferred to the customer.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

For each of the Company’s contracts, the timing of revenue recognition, customer billings, and cash collections determines the recorded accounts receivable, contract assets, and contract liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Payment terms and conditions generally include a requirement to pay within 30 days. When revenue is recognized in advance of customer invoicing, a contract asset is recorded for the unbilled receivable. Conversely, contract liabilities are recorded when the Company has an unconditional right to consideration before it has satisfied a performance obligation. Contract liabilities consist of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or project-based services that are subsequently recognized when the revenue recognition criteria are met. The non-current portion of contract liabilities consists of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or other project-based services that have remaining contractual obligations greater than one year from the balance sheet date.

Deferred Contract Costs

Sales commissions earned by the Company’s employees are considered incremental costs of obtaining a contract. An asset is recognized for sales commissions if the Company expects the period of benefit from these costs to be more than one year. The Company amortizes the deferred contract costs on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which is primarily 12 months, consistent with the pattern of revenue recognition of the related performance obligation. The amortized costs are recorded in sales and marketing expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company expenses sales commissions as incurred when the period of benefit is less than one year.

Deferred contract costs are included in other current assets, for the current portion, and other long-term assets, for the non-current portion, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Deferred contract costs at December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $890 and $1,419, respectively, of which $439 and $885, respectively, were classified as current. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $809 and $730, respectively, as amortization of deferred contract costs in sales and marketing expense.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel costs, depreciation, hosted infrastructure and high-power computing costs, third-party operating and royalty costs associated with delivering data and services to customers, allocated overhead costs and amortization of purchased intangibles customer relationships and developed technology associated with the Acquisition. Overhead costs primarily include allocable amounts of utilities, rent, depreciation expense on assets used directly in revenue producing activities, indirect materials, production and test administration expenses, and repairs and maintenance.

Research and Development Costs

Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, third-party consulting fees, and computing costs which are expensed as incurred.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, sales commissions, marketing and advertising costs, costs incurred in the development of customer relationships, brand development costs, travel-related expenses and amortization of purchased intangible backlog associated with the Acquisition.

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $933 and $797, respectively, and is included in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

General and Administrative Costs

General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related expenses for personnel in the Company’s executive, finance and accounting, facilities, legal, human resources, global supply chain, and management information systems functions, as well as other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include fees related to third-party legal counsel, fees related to accounting, tax and audit costs, office facilities costs, software subscription costs, and other corporate costs.

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has a qualified retirement plan which covers all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Plan matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions, and qualified nonelective contributions may be made to the 401(k) salary deferral plan at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company did not make any matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions and/or qualified nonelective contributions during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The Company has defined contribution pension plans at its foreign subsidiaries which cover all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. The contributions made by the Company under these plans during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $737 and $506, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has an equity incentive plan under which the Company grants stock-based awards to employees and non-employees. The Company accounts for stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Stock-Based Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense, based on estimated fair values, for all stock-based awards made to employees and non-employees. For stock options, the fair value is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the input of assumptions, including the fair value of the underlying common stock, the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rates, and the expected dividend yield of the Company’s common stock. For restricted stock units ("RSU") with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant using the intrinsic value method. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period and forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.

Key assumptions used in the determination of fair value for stock options are as follows:

Expected term. Because of the lack of sufficient historical data, the Company uses the simple average of the vesting period and the contractual term to estimate the period the stock options are expected to be outstanding.

Expected volatility. The Company determines the expected stock price volatility based on the historical volatility of the Company's Class A common stock and the historical volatilities of an industry peer group.

Expected dividend yield. The Company does not use a dividend rate due to the fact that the Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

Risk-free interest rate. The Company bases its interest rate on a treasury instrument for which the term is consistent with the expected life of the stock options.

Income Taxes

The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware as a C corporation. Deferred income taxes of the Company are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. All deferred tax assets and liabilities within each particular tax jurisdiction are offset and presented as a noncurrent deferred tax asset or liability. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the history of taxable income or loss, forecasts of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize net deferred tax assets.

The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return, should be recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Under this guidance, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") requires taxpayers to capitalize research and development expenses with amortization periods over five and fifteen years, which reduced the Company’s taxable loss, and created a new deferred tax asset for capitalized research and development costs, and corresponding adjustments to tax on foreign source income through global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI"), all of which have been accounted for in determining the Company’s tax provision or benefit.

The Company reports income taxes in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach in accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax amounts are determined by using the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

Related Parties

As a result of the Acquisition in November 2021, Spire's customer, Myriota Pty Ltd ("Myriota"), became a related party, as exactEarth has a 14% ownership stake in Myriota. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's investment in Myriota, in the amount of $3,296, was included in other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method of accounting. The Company's share of earnings or losses on the investment is recorded based on a one-month lag, due to the timing of receipt of financial statements from Myriota, as a component of other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company generated $2,278 and $408 in revenue during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and had $170 and $170 accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, from Myriota.

The Company borrowed gross proceeds of $1,232 of Convertible Notes (defined in Note 8) payable in February 2021 and $6,414 of Convertible Notes payable during the year ended December 31, 2019, from certain stockholders (Note 8). Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, the Convertible Notes were automatically converted into shares of common stock of Legacy Spire (“Legacy Spire Common Stock”) (Note 3 and Note 8). Interest expense recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable was $413 for the year ended December 31, 2021. No interest expense was recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive loss consisting of foreign currency translation adjustments and net unrealized loss on investments.

Net Loss Per Share

The Company follows the two-class method when computing net income (loss) per share as the Company has issued shares that meet the definition of participating securities. The Company has two types of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, and therefore has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. The two-class method determines net income (loss) per share for each class of common and participating securities according to dividends declared, if any, and participating rights in undistributed earnings. The two-class method requires income available to common stockholders for the period to be allocated between common and participating securities based upon their respective rights to receive dividends as if all income for the period had been distributed.

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares

outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) is computed by adjusting net income (loss) to reallocate undistributed earnings based on the potential impact of dilutive securities. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the diluted net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including potential dilutive common shares assuming the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Prior Period Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.

JOBS Act Accounting Election

The Company is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting guidance under the requirements provided to an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act either (1) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to public business entities, or (2) within the same time periods as non-public business entities, including early adoption when permissible. With the exception of certain accounting standards where the Company elected to early adopt when permissible, the Company has elected to adopt new or revised accounting guidance within the same time period as non-public business entities, as indicated below.

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In February 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). Since this standard was originally issued, there have been improvements and clarifications released by the FASB. Under the new guidance, at the commencement date, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability with a corresponding right-of-use ("ROU") asset.

On January 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective approach with the effective date as of the date of initial application. Consequently, results for the year ended December 31, 2022 are presented under ASC 842. Prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with previous lease guidance under ASC Topic 840, Leases.

The Company elected the following practical expedients as permitted per the guidance:

•The "package of practical expedients" which permits the Company not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company has elected this package of practical expedients in its entirety.

•The short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, the Company will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of assets in transition.

•The practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of the Company's leases.

Adoption of ASC 842 resulted in the recording of $11,775 in ROU assets and $12,611 in lease liabilities, as of January 1, 2022. The difference between the ROU assets and lease liabilities is driven primarily by lease incentives and deferred rent balances that were reclassified from liabilities, presented in other accrued expenses for the current portion and other long-term liabilities for the long-term portion, to the ROU asset balance, presented in operating lease assets. The standard did not materially impact retained earnings, consolidated net loss, and the statements of cash flows.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, by removing certain exceptions to the general principles which is intended to improve consistent application. A franchise tax that is partially based on income will be recognized as an income-based tax and any incremental amount will be recognized as non-income-based tax. This standard was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company), with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2019-12 as of January 1, 2022 did not materially impact the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to increase the transparency of government assistance including disclosure of the types of assistance, an entity's accounting for the assistance and the effect of the assistance on an entity's financial statements. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 and should be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The adoption of ASU 2021-10 as of December 31, 2022 did not have a material impact on Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, to improve the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity in practice and inconsistency related to recognition of an acquired contract liability and payment terms and their effect on subsequent revenue recognized by the acquirer. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within that reporting period and should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. The Company did not early adopt for the Acquisition.

In September 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, Liabilities - Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to enhance the transparency of supplier finance programs including disclosure of the key terms of the program, the amount outstanding that remains unpaid by the buyer as of the end of the annual period, a description of where those obligations are presented in the balance sheet, and a roll forward of those obligations during the annual period. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company does not expect this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Reverse Recapitalization

3. Reverse Recapitalization

On August 16, 2021, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., merged with NavSight. As a result of the Merger, NavSight changed its name to Spire Global, Inc. and Legacy Spire changed its name to Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc.

Immediately prior to the Closing:

•All 12,671,911 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis.

•All 4,869,754 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis

•All 7,592,402 outstanding shares of Legacy Spire Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into an equivalent number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock on a one-to-one basis

•Each of the Convertible Notes automatically converted into shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock. The conversion ratio for the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes was 2.4808 and the conversion ratio for the 2021 Convertible Notes was 13.6466.

•Legacy Spire Warrants (with the exception of warrants for 909,798 shares issued to European Investment Bank (“EIB,” and such warrants, the “EIB Warrants”)) were exercised in full on a cashless basis into the right to receive shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock, which was settled on a net-basis. The EIB Warrants were settled as of December 31, 2021 (Note 8).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Closing:

•Each share of outstanding Class A common stock and Class B common stock of NavSight was exchanged for one share of Class A common stock of New Spire, par value $0.0001 per share (“New Spire Class A common stock”).

•Each share of Legacy Spire Common Stock, including shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock issued pursuant to the conversion of the Legacy Spire Preferred Stock, the Convertible Notes and the Legacy Spire Warrants (excluding the EIB warrants), was converted into a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the Per Share Closing Consideration (“the exchange ratio”) of 1.7058, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

•Each share of Legacy Spire Common Stock is entitled to the contingent earnout right to receive a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to a Per Share Earnout Consideration of 0.1236, as defined in the Merger Agreement, payable in four equal tranches if the trading price of the New Spire Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $13.00, $16.00, $19.00, or $22.00 for any 20 trading days within any 30 consecutive trading day period on or prior to the date that is five years following the Closing Date, as adjusted based on the formula defined in the Merger Agreement with respect to the portion of earnout value allocated to holders of options to purchase shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock (“Legacy Spire Options”) assumed by NavSight.

•All outstanding Legacy Spire Options were assumed and converted into option awards that are exercisable for shares of New Spire Class A common stock pursuant to an option exchange ratio of 1.8282.

•The outstanding EIB Warrants were assumed by New Spire and converted into warrants that are exercisable for a number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the exchange ratio of 1.7058.

•The Legacy Spire Founders purchased 12,058,614 shares of New Spire Class B Common Stock, which equal the number of shares of New Spire Class A common stock that each Founder received at the Closing. Shares of New Spire Class B Common Stock carry nine votes per share, do not have dividend rights, are entitled to receive a maximum of $0.0001 per share of New Spire Class B Common Stock upon liquidation, are subject to certain additional restrictions on transfer, and are subject to forfeiture in certain circumstances.

All fractional shares were rounded down.

On February 28, 2021, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, NavSight entered into Subscription Agreements with the PIPE Investors, pursuant to which the PIPE Investors collectively subscribed for 24,500,000 shares of New Spire Class A common stock for an aggregate purchase price equal to $245,000 (the “PIPE Investment”) less approximately $7,142 of equity issuance costs associated with the PIPE Investment. The PIPE Investment was consummated immediately prior to the Closing. The number of shares of Common Stock issued immediately following the Closing was:

	Number of Shares
Legacy Spire Common Stock (excluding Founders)		6,405,302
Legacy Spire Convertible Preferred Stock		42,873,636
Legacy Spire Convertible Notes		37,034,620
Legacy Spire Warrants (excluding EIB warrants)		672,355
Total Class A common shares to Legacy Spire stockholders (excluding Founders)		86,985,913
New Spire Class A common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
New Spire Class A common stock issued to PIPE Investors		24,500,000
New Spire Class A common stock held by public stockholders		1,979,515
New Spire Class A common stock issued to FP Lenders		2,468,492
New Spire Class A common stock resulting from conversion of NavSight Class B Common Stock		5,750,000
Total Shares of New Spire Class A Common Stock		133,742,534
New Spire Class B common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
Total Shares of New Spire Common Stock		145,801,148

The Merger is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization under GAAP. This determination is primarily based on Legacy Spire stockholders comprising a relative majority of the voting power of New Spire and having the ability to nominate the members of the board of directors of New Spire, Legacy Spire’s operations prior to the acquisition comprising the only ongoing operations of New Spire, and Legacy Spire’s senior management comprising a majority of the senior management of New Spire. Under this method of accounting, NavSight is treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of Spire Global, Inc. represent a continuation of the financial statements of Legacy Spire with the Merger being treated as the equivalent of Legacy Spire issuing stock for the net assets of NavSight, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of NavSight are stated at historical costs, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger are presented as those of Legacy Spire. All periods prior to the Merger have been retrospectively adjusted using the exchange ratio for the equivalent number of shares outstanding immediately after the Merger to affect the reverse recapitalization.

In connection with the Merger, the Company raised $264,823 of proceeds including the contribution of $230,027 of cash held in NavSight’s trust account from its initial public offering, net of redemptions of NavSight public stockholders of $210,204, and $245,000 of cash in connection with the PIPE Investment. The Company incurred $38,569 of merger costs, consisting of banking, legal, and other professional fees, of which $31,978 was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital, and the remaining $6,591 was expensed to general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Acquisition

4.Business Acquisition

On November 30, 2021, through the execution of a share purchase agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the voting equity interests of exactEarth for a purchase price of $128,953, accounted for as a business combination. The acquisition of exactEarth accelerates growth of Spire’s existing maritime business with additional data solutions, cross-selling opportunities, and expansion of the Company’s geographic footprint. Each outstanding share of exactEarth common stock was exchanged for 0.1 shares of Spire Class A common stock and $1.95505 per share in cash.

In 2021, the Company incurred $4,733 of acquisition-related costs. These expenses are included in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The purchase price components are summarized in the following table:

	Amount
Value of Spire shares issued(1)	$	22,333
Cash consideration paid(2)		109,592
Less amount classified as post-combination expense (3)		(2,972	)
Total purchase consideration	$	128,953

(1)Represents the fair value of 5,230,167 shares of Spire Class A common share transferred as of the November 30, 2021 ("acquisition date") as consideration (based on the closing market price of $4.27 per share on the acquisition date) consisting of 4,984,225 shares issued for outstanding exactEarth shares, in addition to 100,047 and 145,895 shares to settle exactEarth stock options and RSUs, respectively.

(2)Included in the cash consideration are:

a.$97,454 for outstanding exactEarth shares,

b.$8,888 cash settlement of exactEarth stock options, RSUs and deferred stock units, and

c.$3,250 related to acquisition fees of exactEarth paid by Spire upon the closing of the acquisition.

(3)$2,972 was treated as post-combination expense in connection with the replacement of exactEarth’s outstanding equity awards. This amount has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Purchase Price Allocation

The purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, with the excess recorded to goodwill. The recognition of goodwill, none of which is deductible for income tax purposes, was made attributable to the workforce of the acquired business on synergies expected to arise and strategic benefits the Company expects to realize from the acquisition.

The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair value allocation of the exactEarth assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

	Amount
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,700
Account receivable		1,707
Contract assets		1,233
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,980
Property and equipment		19,991
Goodwill		52,986
Customer relationships		24,265
Intangible assets		19,356
Prepaid data rights, non-current		6,219
Investment in Myriota		4,563
Other long-term assets		261
Total assets acquired		144,261
Accounts payable		1,091
Accrued expenses		9,056
Contract liabilities		1,219
Long-term debt		3,895
Other long-term-liabilities		47
Total liabilities assumed		15,308
Net assets acquired	$	128,953

The purchase price allocation to identifiable finite-lived intangible assets acquired was as follows:

	Estimated Useful Lives	Amount
Customer relationships	12 years	$	24,265
Developed technology	12 years		13,790
Trade names	5 years		2,337
Backlog	1 years		3,229
Total intangible assets		$	43,621

The Company applied the relief-from-royalty method to estimate the fair values of the developed technology and trade names, and the multi-period excess earnings method to estimate the fair values of the customer relationships and backlog for the acquired intangible assets.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma information presents the combined results of operations as if the acquisition of exactEarth had been completed in the beginning of the applicable comparable prior annual reporting period. The unaudited pro forma results include adjustments primarily related to the following: (i) amortization associated with estimates for the acquired intangible assets; (ii) depreciation of the property plant and equipment step-up in fair value (iii) expense relating to replacement awards; and (iv) the inclusion of acquisition costs as of the earliest period presented.

The unaudited pro forma results do not reflect any cost saving synergies from operating efficiencies or the effect of the incremental costs incurred from integrating exactEarth. Accordingly, these unaudited pro forma results are presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations of the combined company would have been if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, nor are they indicative of future results of operations:

	December 31, 2021
Net revenue	$	61,497
Net loss	$	(37,407	)

Revenues and losses attributable to the acquired business recognized within the consolidated statements of operations between the date of the acquisition and December 31, 2021 were $1,479 and $1,470, respectively.

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue

5.Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $57,082 and represented 71% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022. Revenue from subscription-based contracts was $21,466, representing 49% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. Revenue from non-subscription-based contracts was $23,186 and represented 29% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022. Revenue from non-subscription-based contracts was $21,909, representing 51% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The following revenue disaggregated by geography was recognized:

	Year Ended December 31, 2022				Year Ended December 31, 2021
EMEA(1)	$	31,962	40	%	$	20,562	48	%
Americas (2)		36,734	46	%		15,719	36	%
Asia Pacific (3)		11,572	14	%		7,094	16	%
Total	$	80,268	100	%	$	43,375	100	%

(1)Netherlands represented 24% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(2)U.S. represented 35 % and 36% for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and Canada represented 10% for the year ended December 31, 2022.

(3)Australia represented 11% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Contract Assets

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, contract assets were $3,353 and $2,084, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets. The increase in contract assets was primarily due to the increase in revenue.

Changes in contract assets were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	2,084		$	853
Contract assets recorded during the year		3,353			2,529
Reclassified to accounts receivable		(1,694	)		(1,298	)
Other		(390	)		—
Balance at the end of the year	$	3,353		$	2,084

Contract Liabilities

At December 31, 2022, contract liabilities were $16,628 of which $15,856 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $772 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2021, contract liabilities were $9,255, of which $8,627 was reported in contract liabilities, current portion, and $628 was reported in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The increase in contract liabilities was primarily due to the increase in revenue.

Changes in contract liabilities were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	9,255		$	8,110
Contract liabilities recorded during the year		15,963			8,343
Revenue recognized during the year		(8,230	)		(6,950	)
Other		(360	)		(248	)
Balance at the end of the year	$	16,628		$	9,255

Remaining Performance Obligations

The Company has performance obligations associated with commitments in customer contracts for future services that have not yet been recognized as revenue. These commitments for future services exclude (i) contracts with an original term of one year or less, and (ii) cancellable contracts. As of December 31, 2022, the amount not yet recognized as revenue from these commitments was $167,164. The Company expects to recognize 39% of these future commitments over the next 12 months and the remaining 61% thereafter as revenue when the performance obligations are met.

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Other Balance Sheet Components

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Balance Sheet Components [Abstract]

Other Balance Sheet Components

6.Other Balance Sheet Components

Other current assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Technology and other prepaid contracts	$	4,695	$	744
Prepaid insurance		2,594		4,430
Deferred contract costs		439		885
Other receivables		1,123		1,396
Other current assets		428		2,616
	$	9,279	$	10,071

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Satellites in-service	$	49,889		$	51,368
Internally developed software		2,119			2,160
Ground stations in-service		3,369			2,200
Leasehold improvements		4,175			1,754
Machinery and equipment		3,585			2,761
Computer equipment		1,985			2,168
Computer software and website development		99			472
Furniture and fixtures		1,156			1,167
		66,377			64,050
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(32,974	)		(30,120	)
		33,403			33,930
Satellite, launch and ground station work in progress		15,364			11,478
Finished satellites not in-service		4,985			3,296
Property and equipment, net	$	53,752		$	48,704

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $11,771 and $8,509, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2022 there was a $549 loss from decommissioned satellites.

Other accrued expenses consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Professional services	$	1,198	$	1,164
Operating lease liabilities, current		2,333		-
Third-party operating costs		1,541		900
Corporate and sales tax		542		195
Accrued interest		765		276
Software		580		1,036
Other		1,251		1,252
	$	8,210	$	4,823

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

7.Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes changes in goodwill balance:

Balance at December 31, 2021	$	53,627
Impact of foreign currency translation		(3,673	)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	49,954

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Customer relationships	$	22,877		$	24,559
Developed technology		13,001			13,957
Trade names		2,204			2,366
Backlog		3,043			3,268
Patents		419			491
FCC licenses		480			480
		42,024			45,121
Less: Accumulated amortization		(7,243	)		(968	)
	$	34,781		$	44,153

As part of the Acquisition, the Company acquired intangible assets for a total of $43,621 in November 2021. As of December 31, 2022, the weighted-average amortization period for customer relationships and developed technology was 10.9 years, trade names was 3.9 years, and patents and FCC licenses was 7.0 years. Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $6,570 and $666, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized impairment charges of $72 and $91, respectively, for intangible assets relating to patent costs which are included in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The patents asset balance as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 includes $57 and $196 of capitalized patent costs, respectively, that will begin amortization upon the issuance of an official patent right to the Company.

As of December 31, 2022, the expected future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,503
2024		3,489
2025		3,480
2026		3,435
2027		3,023
Thereafter		17,794
		34,724
Capitalized patent costs, unissued		57
	$	34,781

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Long-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

8.Long-Term Debt and Convertible Notes

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Blue Torch term loan	$	100,511		$	—
FP term loan		—			71,512
Other		4,857			4,464
Total long-term debt		105,368			75,976
Less: Debt issuance costs		(6,893	)		(24,852	)
Non-current portion of long-term debt	$	98,475		$	51,124

The Company recorded $13,955 and $8,368 of interest expense which included amortization of deferred issuance costs of $3,781 and $3,471 from long-term debt for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Blue Torch Credit Agreement

On June 13, 2022, the Company, as borrower, and Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc. and Austin Satellite Design, LLC, as guarantors, entered into a Financing Agreement (the “Blue Torch Financing Agreement”) with Blue Torch Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Blue Torch”), as administrative agent and collateral agent, and certain lenders (the “Lenders”). The Blue Torch Financing Agreement provides for, among other things, a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $120,000 (the “Blue Torch Credit Facility”). A portion of the proceeds of the term loan was used to repay the Company’s then-existing $70,000 credit facility with FP Credit Partners, L.P., and the remainder of the proceeds of the term loan may be used for general corporate purposes.

The Blue Torch Credit Facility is scheduled to mature on June 13, 2026, upon which the Company must repay the outstanding principal amount of any outstanding loans thereunder, together with all accrued but unpaid interest, fees and other obligations owing under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in an amount equal to 3.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date, plus if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.

The $120,000 term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023 (Note 16). The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at the Company's election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%. The Company elected the Term SOFR rate which was 12.75713% as of December 31, 2022. Principal on the term loan is only payable at maturity and interest on the term loan is due and payable monthly for reference rate borrowings and quarterly for Term SOFR borrowings. The Company is also required to pay other customary fees and costs in connection with the Blue Torch Credit Facility, including a commitment fee in an amount equal to $2,400 on the closing date, a $250 agency fee annually and an exit fee in an amount equal to $1,800 upon termination of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement.

The Company’s obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement are or will be guaranteed by certain of its domestic and foreign subsidiaries meeting materiality thresholds set forth in the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. Such obligations, including the guarantees, are secured by substantially all of the personal property of the Company and the Company's subsidiary guarantors, including pursuant to a Security Agreement entered into on June 13, 2022 among the Company, Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC and Blue Torch. As of the closing date, such subsidiary guarantors were Spire Global Subsidiary, Inc., Austin Satellite Design, LLC, Spire Global Canada Subsidiary Corp. and exactEarth Ltd.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and customary negative covenants limiting the Company's ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to, among other things, dispose of assets, undergo a change in control, merge or consolidate, make acquisitions, incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends, repurchase stock and make investments, in each case subject to certain exceptions. The Company must also comply with a maximum debt to annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the first two years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, a maximum debt to EBITDA leverage ratio financial covenant tested monthly during the third and fourth years of the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and a minimum liquidity financial covenant tested at all times.

The Blue Torch Financing Agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other indebtedness, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, Blue Torch as agent on behalf of the Lenders may require immediate payment of all obligations under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate will apply on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Blue Torch Financing Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate.

On June 13, 2022, in connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company granted warrants to affiliates of the Lenders to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “Blue Torch Warrants”), which are exercisable for an aggregate of 3,496,205 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

In addition, on June 13, 2022, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company paid Urgent Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a fee for introducing the Company to the Lenders, for the purpose of loan financing, in the amount equal to $600 in cash and a warrant to purchase fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A common stock (the “GPO Warrant” and, collectively with the Blue Torch Warrants, the “Credit Agreement Warrants”), which is exercisable for an aggregate of 198,675 shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

The Company evaluated the Credit Agreement Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreements governing the Credit Agreement Warrants include a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Credit Agreement Warrants depending on their holder. The exercise price is $2.01 per share subject to standard stock split, dividend, and routine anti-dilution adjustment provisions. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s Class A common stock, the Credit Agreement Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock.

As the Credit Agreement Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 10) based on the Black-Scholes model as of June 13, 2022 with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and dividend yield. Subsequent changes in their respective fair values are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire, or qualify for equity classification.

The Company incurred $4,516 of debt issuance costs, inclusive of fees paid to the Lenders, and issued Credit Agreement Warrants with an estimated fair value of $3,579 at the date of issuance, the total of which has been presented as a deduction from the carrying amounts of the Blue Torch Credit Facility on the consolidated balance sheets and is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.

The Credit Agreement Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis. The Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable for a term beginning on the date of issuance and ending on the earlier to occur of ten years from the date of issuance or the consummation of certain of the Company's acquisitions as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants. The number of shares for which the Credit Agreement Warrants are exercisable and the associated exercise price are subject to certain proportional adjustments as set forth in the Credit Agreement Warrants.

FP Term Loan Facility

On April 15, 2021, the Company entered into a credit agreement with FP Credit Partners, L.P., as agent for several lenders (the “FP Lenders”), for a $70,000 term loan facility (as amended on May 17, 2021, the “FP Term Loan”). The FP Term Loan included covenants that limited the Company’s ability to, among other things, make investments, dispose of assets, consummate mergers and acquisitions, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, or pay dividends or other distributions without preapproval by the FP Lenders. The Company was required to maintain minimum unrestricted cash of at least $15,000 as of each fiscal quarter end, except for the quarter immediately following the first quarter where the Company reports positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), until the closing of a qualifying initial public offering (IPO), which included the Merger.

On June 13, 2022, the Company repaid in full all obligations and all amounts borrowed, and all obligations have terminated, under the FP Term Loan, which was replaced by the Blue Torch Financing Agreement. The outstanding principal and interest under the FP Term Loan in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $72,835 was repaid with proceeds of the term loan under the Blue Torch Credit Facility. The Company recognized $22,510 as a loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2022, upon extinguishing the FP Term Loan facility. The Company incurred no early termination penalties in connection with the termination of the FP Term Loan.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $4,954 as a loss on extinguishment of debt in the consolidated statements of operations, resulting from cash settlement of then-existing loan facilities from European Investment Bank and Eastward Fund Management, LLC using the proceeds received from the FP Term Loan facility. The loss on extinguishment of debt was partially offset by a $1,699 gain from extinguishment of debt resulting from the U.S. government’s forgiveness of the Company’s loan under the Paycheck Protection Program established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Government Loan

In November 2021, the Company completed the Acquisition and assumed an interest free loan agreement with the Strategic Innovation Fund ("SIF") which was recorded at an amount equal to the proceeds received. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, $4,857 and $4,464, respectively, was included in long-term debt, non-current on the consolidated balance sheets related to the SIF loan agreement. Under this agreement and subsequent amendment, the Company is eligible to receive funding for certain expenditures incurred from February 13, 2018 to May 12, 2023 to a maximum of $5,701. Any amount outstanding under this loan is repayable in 15 annual payments beginning February 28, 2026.

Convertible Notes

Between July 2019 and October 2020, the Company entered into several subordinated convertible note purchase agreements for gross proceeds totaling $42,884 (the “2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes”). The 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded quarterly. The accretion of the carrying value of the Convertible Notes for the additional balloon payment was recorded as additional interest expense over the term of the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes. In connection with securing the 2019 and 2020 Convertible

Notes, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $392 that were recorded as a deduction of the carrying amount of convertible debt and were being amortized to interest expense over the term of the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes.

From January 2021 through February 2021, the Company issued and sold several convertible promissory notes in the aggregate amount of $20,000 (the “2021 Convertible Notes”, and together with the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”). The 2021 Convertible Notes would have matured four years from the date of issuance and accrued interest at 8% per annum, compounded quarterly. In connection with securing the 2021 Convertible Notes, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $62 that were recorded as a deduction of the carrying amount of convertible debt and were amortized to interest expense over the life of the 2021 Convertible Notes.

Conversion of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Convertible Notes could be automatic based on events such as an IPO by the Company or voluntary based on events such as a change of control or maturity. Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, the Convertible Notes were automatically converted into shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock. The conversion ratio to Legacy Spire Common Stock for the 2019 and 2020 Convertible Notes was 2.4808 whereas the conversion ratio to Legacy Spire Common Stock for the 2021 Convertible Notes was 13.6466. This conversion then gave the right to receive shares of New Spire Class A common stock equal to the number of shares of Legacy Spire Common Stock received from such conversion multiplied exchange ratio of 1.7058.

After the conversion of the Convertible Notes, the balloon interest accrual of $1,698 was reversed in August 2021, which was only payable upon full maturity of the Convertible Notes. The Company recorded $2,103 of interest expense on the Convertible Notes for the year ended December 31, 2021 and no interest expense was recorded for the year ended. December 31, 2022.

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Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

9.Leases

The Company adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 and included below is the Company's accounting policy for lessee accounting.

The Company leases office facilities, ground station facilities, and office equipment. At the inception of a contract, the Company determines whether the contract is or contains a lease. Leases are classified as operating or finance leases at the commencement date of the lease. Operating leases with a term greater than one year are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet as ROU assets and lease liabilities, which are reported as separate line items. Lease liabilities are classified between current and long-term liabilities based on the portion of the total payments that are due in the next 12 months that are attributed to principal payments. The Company does not currently have any leases that are classified as finance leases. The Company has elected the short-term leases practical expedient which allows any leases with a term of 12 months or less to be considered short-term and thus will not have an ROU asset or lease liability recognized on the balance sheet in respect of such leases.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the lease commencement date. As these leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Operating lease ROU assets also include any lease payments made in advance of lease expense and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the leases, which the Company does not include in its minimum lease terms unless the options are reasonably certain to be exercised. The majority of office facilities leases have an initial non-cancelable term of one to ten years with several renewal options that can extend the lease term from three to ten years. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ROU assets are subject to evaluation for impairment of disposal on a basis consistent with other long-lived assets. The amortization period for a ROU asset is from the lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of the lease term or the end of the useful life of the asset.

The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components which the Company has elected to account for as a single lease component. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees.

Lease expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $3,409. Aggregate variable lease expenses and short-term lease expenses were $548 for the year ended December 31, 2022.

The following table provides the required information regarding the Company's leases for which the Company is the lessee:

	As of December 31, 2022			As of January 1, 2022
Assets
ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Total ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Liabilities
Current	$	2,333		$	2,086
Non-current		10,815			10,525
Total lease liabilities	$	13,148		$	12,611
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)		5.7			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate		9	%		9	%

The majority of the Company's ROU assets and lease liabilities, approximately 80%, relate to office facilities leases, with the remaining amounts representing primarily ground station leases.

As of December 31, 2022, the maturity of operating leases are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,372
2024		2,958
2025		2,922
2026		2,899
2027		1,912
Thereafter		2,670
Total lease payments		16,733
Less: Interest on lease payments		(3,585	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	13,148

Operating cash flows paid included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $1,632 and was included in net cash used in operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Amortization of ROU assets was $2,344 for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Information as of December 31, 2021 under historical lease accounting guidance:

Although the Company has adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective approach, prior periods presented in the Company's consolidated financial statements continue to be in accordance with the former lease standard, ASC 840, Leases. These disclosures include:

Under the previous lease standard, the Company leases office facilities and sites for its ground stations under noncancelable operating leases. As of December 31, 2021, these leases expire at various dates through 2029. Rent expense, including ground station leases, for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $3,313.

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms greater than one year as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2022	$	2,600
2023		2,389
2024		2,307
2025		2,284
2026		2,275
Thereafter		4,393
	$	16,248

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Fair Value Measurement

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurement

10.Fair Value Measurement

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	December 31, 2022
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	5,180	$	—	$	—	$	5,180
Commercial paper		—		2,097		—		2,097
	$	5,180	$	2,097	$	—	$	7,277
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,494	$	—	$	—	$	1,494
Corporate securities		—		7,745		—		7,745
Commercial paper		—		2,576		—		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		—		11,269		—		11,269
	$	1,494	$	21,590	$	—	$	23,084
Liabilities:
Current liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	267	$	—	$	—	$	267
Long-term liabilities:
Credit Agreement Warrants	$	—	$	1,831	$	—	$	1,831
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		349		349
	$	—	$	1,831	$	349	$	2,180
	December 31, 2021 (1)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Long-term liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	5,060	$	—	$	—	$	5,060
Private Warrants		—		6,422		—		6,422
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		10,026		10,026
	$	5,060	$	6,422	$	10,026	$	21,508

(1) There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

Financial Assets

The Company values its Level 1 assets, consisting of money market funds and U.S. treasury bills and bonds, using quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments.

Financial assets whose fair values that are measured on a recurring basis using Level 2 inputs consist of commercial paper, corporate securities, and U.S. government and agency securities. The Company measures the fair values of these assets with the help of a pricing service that either provides quoted market prices in active markets for identical or similar securities or uses observable inputs for their pricing without applying significant adjustments.

Public and Private Placement Warrants

In November 2022, the Company announced the commencement of an exchange offer (the "Offer") and consent solicitation relating to all holders of the Public Warrants and Private Warrants ("Warrants") to receive 0.2 shares of Class A common stock in exchange for each outstanding Warrant tendered by the holder. On December 19, 2022, a total of 16,556,489 Warrants were tendered and exchanged for 3,311,286 shares of Class A common stock.

Concurrently with the Offer, the Company also solicited consents from holders of the Public Warrants to amend the Warrant Agreement to permit the Company to require that each Warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Offer be exchanged for 0.18 shares of Class A common stock, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer (such amendment, the “Warrant Amendment”). Because consents were received from holders of more than 65% of the Company’s outstanding Public Warrants, the Warrant Amendment was approved. On December 19, 2022, the Company exercised its right to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment, which occurred on January 4, 2023 (Note 16).

Public Warrants

The Company assumed 11,499,992 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with

NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are publicly traded and are exercisable for cash unless certain conditions occur, such as the failure to have an effective registration statement related to the shares issuable upon exercise or redemption by the Company under certain conditions, at which time the warrants may be cashless exercised. The fair value of the Public Warrants is based on the quoted market price and is classified as a Level 1 financial instrument.

On December 19, 2022, a total of 9,956,489 Public Warrants were tendered for 1,991,298 shares of the Company's Class A common stock. On the same day, the Company exercised its right, pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Public Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment, which occurred on January 4, 2023.

Private Placement Warrants

The Company assumed 6,600,000 private placement warrants issued by NavSight (“Private Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled the holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The fair value of the Private Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and expected dividend yield.

On December 19, 2022, a total of 6,600,000 Private Warrants were tendered for 1,320,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock.

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Private Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	—		$	3.38
Exercise price	$	—		$	11.50
Risk-free interest rate		—	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		—	%		70.0	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		—			4.6

Credit Agreement Warrants

In connection with the Blue Torch Financing Agreement, the Company issued the Blue Torch Warrants, which are exercisable for an aggregate of 3,496,205 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01. Additionally, in connection with the closing of the financing, the Company issued the GPO Warrant, which is exercisable for an aggregate of 198,675 shares of the Company's Class A common stock with a per share exercise price of $2.01.

The fair value of the Credit Agreement Warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes model with inputs that include the Company’s Class A common stock price in an actively traded market, making this fair value classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. The other significant assumptions used in the model are the exercise price, expected term, volatility, interest rate, and expected dividend yield.

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Credit Agreement Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	—
Exercise price	$	2.01		$	—
Risk-free interest rate		3.88	%		—	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		—	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		9.1			—

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Merger, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the achievement of certain earnout triggering events. The estimated fair value of the contingent earnout liability is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation using a distribution of potential outcomes on a monthly basis over the earnout period, which is a period up to five years post-closing of the Merger, prioritizing the most reliable information available, making this fair value classified as a Level 3 liability. The assumptions utilized in the calculation are based on the achievement of certain stock price milestones, including the current price of the Company’s Class A common stock, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate, expected term and expected dividend yield.

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the contingent earnout liability:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	3.38
Risk-free interest rate		4.16	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		70.0	%
Earnout expiration date	August 16, 2026			August 16, 2026

The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	Contingent  Earnout Liability
Fair value as of December 31, 2021		10,026
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		(9,677	)
Fair value as of December 31, 2022	$	349

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

The following table summarizes the Company's cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities by significant marketable securities category:

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$	39,919	$	—	$	—		$	39,919
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds		5,180		—		—			5,180
Commercial paper		2,098		—		(1	)		2,097
	$	47,197	$	—	$	(1	)	$	47,196
Marketable Securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,495	$	—	$	(1	)	$	1,494
Corporate securities		7,771		—		(26	)		7,745
Commercial paper		2,578		—		(2	)		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		11,272		—		(3	)		11,269
	$	23,116	$	—	$	(32	)	$	23,084

There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

The following table represents amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities, by contractual maturity:
 

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	23,116	$	23,084

In accordance with the Company's investment policy, investments are placed in investment grade securities with high credit quality issuers, and generally limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company evaluates securities for impairment at the end of each reporting period. The Company did not record any impairment charges related to its available-for-sale securities during the year ended December 31, 2022.

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Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

11. Commitments and Contingencies

L3Harris Commitment

In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company acquired the agreement with L3Harris ("L3Harris Agreement") to receive satellite automatic identification system ("S-AIS") data from the L3Harris AppStar payloads on-board Iridium NEXT Constellation, Iridium's Real-Time Second-Generation satellite constellation with 58 AppStar payloads. Under the Amended and Restated L3Harris Agreement dated January 21, 2020

("A&R L3Harris Agreement"), the Company incurs a fixed fee of $358 per month. The A&R L3Harris Agreement concludes on August 7, 2031.

Under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, the Company will pay a 30% share of S-AIS data revenues for the portion of exactEarth annual S-AIS data revenue which is in excess of $16,000. No revenue share was owed to L3Harris under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, with respect to AIS Analytics sales, during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, $5,045 and $417 was recognized in cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations for the initial costs incurred to acquire exclusive access rights to data generated from satellites.

The following table summarizes the operational fees commitment under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, which includes the fixed payments to L3Harris:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	4,300
2024		4,300
2025		4,300
2026		4,300
2027		4,300
Thereafter		15,548
	$	37,048

Litigation

At times, the Company is party to various claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business. Although the ultimate outcome of these matters is not presently determinable, management believes that the resolution of all such pending matters, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows; however, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in any period.

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Stock Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

12.Stock-Based Compensation

In December 2012, the Company adopted the 2012 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2012 Plan”) under which the Company may grant stock options to purchase shares of its common stock to certain employees and nonemployees of the Company. The 2012 Plan was terminated as of the Closing, and accordingly, no additional awards will be granted under the 2012 Plan thereafter.

In connection with the Closing, the Company adopted the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2021 ESPP”). The number of shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on January 1, 2022, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 23,951,000 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to 5% of the total number of shares of all of Class A common stock outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such number of shares of Class A common stock as the Company’s board of directors or its designated committee may determine no later than the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

The 2021 Plan permits the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards to employees, directors, or consultants under the 2021 Plan. The 2021 ESPP, the Company can grant stock options to employees to purchase shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price which equals to 85% of the lower of (i) the fair market value of common stock on the first trading day of the offering period or (ii) the fair market value of common stock on the exercise date. As of December 31, 2022, 5,685,295 and 4,059,162 shares were available for grant under the 2021 Plan and 2021 ESPP, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock option activity under the 2021 Plan and the 2012 Plan:

	Number of Options			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term
						(in years)
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2021		21,263,847		$	2.40		7.2
Granted		179,119		$	1.74
Exercised		(503,805	)	$	1.60
Forfeited, canceled, or expired		(1,819,756	)	$	3.43
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		14,553,588		$	2.11		5.5

The Company’s option award quantities and prices prior to the Merger have been retroactively restated to reflect the exchange ratio of

approximately 1.8282 established in the Merger as described in Note 3.

The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $483 and $5,339, respectively. The aggregate fair value of options vested as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $6,072 and $3,908, respectively. The Company received $806 and $1,289 in cash proceeds from options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted for the years ending December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.95 and $2.92, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $200 and $26,865, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 was $200 and $18,639, respectively.

The following table summarizes stock RSU activity under the 2021 Plan:

	Number of RSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021		783,902		$	3.94
RSUs granted		12,839,420		$	2.41
RSUs vested		(242,486	)	$	3.62
RSUs forfeited		(1,000,591	)	$	2.73
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022		12,380,245		$	2.46

For RSUs with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant, and the stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the four-year vesting period.

As of December 31, 2022, there was $31,518 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to options and RSUs expected to be recognized over a weighted average-period of 2.3 years.

The following table summarizes the components of total stock-based compensation expense based on roles and responsibilities of the employees within the consolidated statements of operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Cost of revenue	$	232	$	432
Research and development		3,154		2,859
Sales and marketing		2,822		2,307
General and administrative		5,283		6,036
	$	11,491	$	11,634

The fair value of stock-based compensation for stock options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model requiring the use of subjective valuation assumptions and inputs, including the expected stock price volatility. The Company’s options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimates. Stock-based compensation expense for options is recognized over their respective vesting period, which ranges from one to four years.

The fair value of stock options was estimated using the following assumptions at the date of the grant:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022	2021
Risk-free interest rate	2.9%	0.6% - 1.4%
Expected volatility factor	58.3%	66.9% - 70.0%
Expected option life	5.5 years	5.0 - 6.08 years
Expected dividend yield	—	—

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Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

13.Stockholders’ Equity

In August 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the amended and restated certificate of incorporation which states the Company’s authority to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A and 15,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The total number of shares of preferred stock authorized to be issued is 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and none was outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Common Stock

Shares of Class A common stock have both economic and voting rights. Shares of Class B common stock have no economic rights, but do have voting rights. Each holder of shares of Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders and each holder of shares of Class B common stock will be entitled to nine votes for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders.

Prior to the Closing Date of the Merger, voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the common stock were subject to and qualified by the rights, powers, and preferences of the holders of the preferred stock. The holders of the common stock were entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held at all meetings of shareholders. Dividends were issued to common stockholders only after holders of the preferred stock receive funds legally available in the amount equal to 8% of the original issuance price per annum on each outstanding share of preferred stock. In the event of liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Company, the holders of common stock would receive payment on a pro rata basis on the number of shares held by each such holder, after the rights of the holders of the preferred stock have been satisfied.

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Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

14.Income Taxes

Loss before income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Domestic loss	$	(69,072	)	$	(17,976	)
Foreign loss		(20,017	)		(19,617	)
Loss before income taxes	$	(89,089	)	$	(37,593	)

The income tax provision consists of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Current income tax provisions:
Federal	$	—		$	—
State		—			—
Foreign		386			—
Current income tax provision		386			—
Deferred income tax expense:
Federal		—			—
State		—			—
Foreign		(64	)		497
Deferred income tax expense		(64	)		497
Total income tax provision	$	322		$	497

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory rate of 21% to effective tax rate:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		4.2	%		5.2	%
exactEarth acquisition costs		(0.2	)%		(2.7	)%
Merger costs		—			(3.7	)%
Merger contingent fees		—			4.3	%
Contingent earnout liability		2.3	%		23.6	%
Non-deductible expenses and other		2.0	%		0.3	%
Research and development credits		0.4	%		2.3	%
Foreign rate differential		1.3	%		3.9	%
Change in valuation allowance, net		(31.3	)%		(55.5	)%
Effective tax rate		(0.3	)%		(1.3	)%

For 2022 and 2021, our effective tax rate differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal and state income tax rates to net loss before income tax, primarily as the result of state income taxes, R&D credits, foreign income taxes and changes in our valuation allowance.

The significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$	97,737		$	75,129
Research and development credit carryforward		6,402			6,002
Stock-based compensation		1,836			599
Property and equipment		3,533			4,177
Operating lease liabilities		1,965			—
Sec 174 Capitalized R&D		3,424			—
Intangibles		56			440
Other accruals		3,422			2,284
Gross deferred tax assets		118,375			88,631
Less: Valuation allowance		(102,480	)		(74,558	)
Net deferred tax assets		15,895			14,073
Deferred tax liabilities
Intangibles		(13,945	)		(14,073	)
Operating lease right-of-use assets		(1,950	)		-
Foreign property and equipment and intangibles		(771	)		(835	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(16,666	)		(14,908	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(771	)	$	(835	)

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had accumulated undistributed earnings generated by its foreign subsidiaries of $13,120. The Company continues to assert that all its foreign earnings are to be permanent income reinvested and expects future U.S. cash generation to be sufficient to meet future U.S. cash needs. As such, the Company has not recognized a deferred tax liability related to unremitted foreign earnings.

Realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income, if any, the amount and timing of which are uncertain. The Company could not conclude that it was more likely than not that tax benefits from operating losses would be realized and, accordingly, has provided a full valuation allowance against its Spire Global United States, Australia, Singapore, Luxemburg, and exactEarth Canada and UK deferred tax assets. There is no valuation allowance on Spire Global UK. The valuation allowance as of December 31, 2021 was $74,558, which increased to $102,480 as of December 31, 2022. The increase in the valuation allowance of $27,922 includes $1 related to the acquisition of exactEarth's deferred tax assets subjected to a valuation allowance through purchase accounting. The remaining valuation allowance change of $27,921 is mostly related to current year losses.

At December 31, 2022, the Company had $251,889 and $102,954 of federal and state net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income, which will begin to expire in 2032 for federal and state tax purposes. Approximately $169,364 of federal net operating loss included above can be carried forward indefinitely. At December 31, 2021, the Company had $189,313 and $64,739 of federal and state net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income.

The Company also has federal research and development tax credit carryforwards of $3,732 and $3,332 as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. These federal tax credits begin to expire in 2039.

The federal and state net operating loss carryforwards and certain tax credits may be subject to significant limitations under Section 382 and Section 383, respectively of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar provisions under state law. Under those sections of the Internal Revenue Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes, such as research and development tax credits, to offset its post-change income or tax liability may be limited. In general, an “ownership change” will occur if there is a cumulative change in ownership by “5-percent shareholders” that exceeds 50 percentage points over a rolling three-year period. The Company has not yet undertaken an analysis of whether the Merger constitutes an “ownership change” for purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and Section 383. The Company may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent shifts in its stock ownership.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $16,350, $3,125, $18,631, $232 and $84 of Luxembourg, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia foreign net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income, which will begin to expire in 2035 for Luxembourg and in 2029 for Canada, while Singapore, United Kingdom and Australia have indefinite carry forward periods. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $12,063, $2,685, $16,793 and $188 of Luxembourg, Singapore, Canada and United Kingdom foreign net operating losses available to reduce future taxable income.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The Company does not have any significant uncertain tax positions.

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in general and administrative expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States, Canada, Luxembourg, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Company has not been audited by the Internal Revenue Service or any state or foreign tax authority. The Company is subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service for income tax returns filed since inception due to net operating loss carryforwards. The Company is subject to audit in Singapore and the United Kingdom from tax years 2018 and 2019, respectively, and in Luxembourg from tax year 2020 and in Australia from tax year 2018.

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Net Loss per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Loss per Share

15.Net Loss per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share		139,879,423			62,137,434
Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(0.64	)	$	(0.61	)

The Company has two types of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, therefore has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. The Company’s potential dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same.

The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Stock options and 2021 ESPP to purchase Class A common stock		19,271,986		21,263,847
Public and Private Warrants		1,543,493		18,099,992
RSUs		12,380,245		783,902
Credit Agreement Warrants		3,694,880		—
		36,890,604		40,147,741

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Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

16. Subsequent Events

On December 19, 2022, the Company exercised its right to acquire and retire all remaining outstanding Public Warrants in exchange for shares of Class A common stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Amendment. The remaining 1,543,493 of Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023 for 277,828 shares of the Company's Class A common stock. Following the exchange, none of the Public Warrants or Private Warrants remain outstanding.

The Company has a $120,000 term loan with Blue Torch which was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. Subsequent to December 31, 2022, these metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023.

On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) as receiver. On March 13, 2023, the FDIC announced that it had transferred all deposits – both insured and uninsured – and substantially all assets of the former SVB to a newly created, full-service FDIC-operated “bridge bank” called Silicon Valley Bank, N.A. As of the close of business on March 14, 2023, the Company had approximately $31.2 million in cash and cash equivalents at Silicon Valley Bank, N.A., of which approximately $30.8 million was invested in BlackRock money market mutual funds. The Company is in the process of transferring substantially all of its cash and cash equivalents out of Silicon Valley Bank, N.A.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include the accounts of Spire Global, Inc. (i.e. former NavSight) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Legacy Spire, following the reverse recapitalization as further discussed in Note 3 “Reverse Recapitalization.” For periods prior to the Merger, the reported share and per share amounts have been retroactively converted by applying the Exchange Ratio (as defined in Note 3) with the exception of authorized shares. Issued and outstanding shares and warrants as disclosed herein have been adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio.

Liquidity Risks and Uncertainties

Liquidity Risks and Uncertainties

Since inception, the Company has been engaged in developing its product offerings, raising capital, and recruiting personnel. The Company’s operating plan may change as a result of many factors currently unknown and there can be no assurance that the current operating plan will be achieved in the time frame anticipated by the Company, and it may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned. If adequate funds are not available to the Company on a timely basis, it may be required to delay, limit, reduce, or terminate certain commercial efforts, or pursue merger or acquisition strategies, all of which could adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders.

The Company has a history of operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. During the year ended December 31, 2022, net loss was $89,411 and cash used in operations was $47,820. In August 2021, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $236,632 from Private Investment in Public Equity (“PIPE”) investors (the “PIPE Investors”) and the Merger. The Company held cash and cash equivalents of $47,196, excluding restricted cash of $373, and investment in marketable securities of $23,084 as of December 31, 2022. The Company believes that it will have sufficient working capital to operate for a period of at least one year from the issuance of the December 31, 2022 consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s assessment of the period of time through which its financial resources will be adequate to support its operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could vary as a result of many factors, including its growth rate, subscription renewal activity, the timing and extent of spending to support its infrastructure and research and development efforts and the expansion of sales and marketing activities. The Company may in the future enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, and technologies, including intellectual property rights. The Company has based its estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and it could use its available capital resources sooner than it currently expects. The Company may be required to seek additional equity or debt financing. Future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on numerous factors, including market penetration, the introduction of new products, and potential acquisitions of related businesses or technology. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, the Company may not be able to raise it on acceptable terms or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when desired, or if it cannot expand its operations or otherwise capitalize on its business opportunities because it lacks sufficient capital, its business, results of operations, and financial condition would be adversely affected.

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and COVID-19 Impact COVID-19 Impact

Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and COVID-19 Impact

Over the past two years, the Company has been impacted by the macroeconomic environment, such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing interest rates and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A strong U.S. dollar relative to the Company's foreign subsidiaries' local functional currency for most of 2022 negatively impacted the Company’s revenue, since approximately one-third of the Company’s sales are transacted in foreign currencies, though it positively impacted the Company’s expenses, since a majority of the Company’s employees reside in countries outside of the United States.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused existing or potential customers to re-evaluate their decision to purchase the Company's offerings, at times resulting in additional customer discounts, extended payment terms, longer sales cycles, and a few contract cancellations. The pandemic also led to reduced company-wide travel, resulted in a move to a hybrid work model, created a more difficult hiring process and at times resulted in employee attrition.

Increasing interest rates in 2022 resulted in higher interest expenses, as the Company’s credit facility is based on a floating interest rate.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continued conflict created additional global sanctions, which at times caused scheduling shifts or launch cancellations by third-party satellite launch providers, which has delayed revenue recognition of certain sales contracts.

If any of these factors continue or worsen, and/or if new macroeconomic or geopolitical issues arise, the Company's results and financial condition could be further negatively impacted. The Company cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, downturn, instability, or recovery, generally or within any particular industry or geography. Any downturn of the general economy or industries in which the Company operates would adversely affect its business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Segment Information

Segment Information

The Company operates as one reportable and operating segment, which relates to the sale of subscription-based data, insights, predictive analytics and related project-based services to global customers across a range of industries. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management’s significant estimates include assumptions in revenue recognition, allowance for credit losses, valuation of certain assets and liabilities acquired from the Acquisition, realizability of deferred income tax assets, and fair value of equity awards, contingent earnout liabilities and warrant liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the estimates and assumptions and determined there was no material impact in the reporting periods.

Foreign Currency Translation

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s foreign subsidiaries, which have defined their functional currency as their local currency, translate their assets and liabilities into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate existing at the balance sheet date, and translate their results from operations at the average exchange rate for each period. The resulting translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and as other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

To account for fair value measurements and disclosures, a fair value hierarchy was established that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). The level of an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company uses the following valuation techniques to measure fair value for its assets and liabilities:

Level 1 Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 Significant other observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash included in other long-term assets, including restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets, represents amounts pledged as guarantees or collateral for financing arrangements and lease agreements, as contractually required.

The Company invests in highly rated securities, with the primary objective of minimizing the potential risk of principal loss. The Company’s investment policy generally requires securities to be investment grade and limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. The Company’s investments in marketable debt securities have been classified and accounted for as available-for-sale. The Company classifies its marketable debt securities as either short-term or long-term based on each instrument’s underlying contractual maturity date. Unrealized gains and losses on marketable debt securities classified as available-for-sale are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income. Interest on securities classified as available-for-sale is included in interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following table shows components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the years then ended:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	47,196	$	109,256
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets		373		389
	$	47,569	$	109,645

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts management expects to collect from outstanding balances. An allowance for credit losses is recorded based on historical loss experience, consideration of current and future economic conditions, and evaluation of a customer’s current and future financial condition. Increases and decreases in the allowance for credit losses are included as a component of general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Recoveries of accounts receivable for which an allowance exists, or those that were previously written off, are recorded when received. The Company recorded an expense for credit losses of $139 and $84 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company generally grants credit to its customers on an unsecured basis. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, marketable securities, and accounts receivable. The Company typically has cash accounts in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance coverage. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts, and management believes that the Company’s risk of loss is remote.

The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with various government agencies. The Company had the following customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue and/or accounts receivable:

	Year Ended December 31,						December 31,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
	Revenue			Revenue			Accounts Receivable			Accounts Receivable
Customer A		11	%		27	%		16	%		29	%
Customer B		19	%		16	%	*			*
Customer C	*				10	%	*				12	%

* Revenue and/or accounts receivable from these customers were less than 10% of total revenue and/or accounts receivable during the year.

The Company has a concentration in vendor purchases. The Company believes its reliance on its vendors could be shifted over a period of time to alternative vendors should such a change be necessary. If the Company were to be unable to obtain alternative vendors due to factors beyond its control, operations would be disrupted until alternative vendors were secured. The Company did not have any vendors for the year ended December 31, 2022, and one vendor for the year ended December 31, 2021, from which purchases of equipment, components and services individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total purchases.

The Company is dependent on third parties to launch its satellites into space, and any launch delay, malfunction, or failure could have a negative impact on revenue and might cause the Company not to be able to accommodate customers with sufficient data to meet minimum service level agreements until replacement satellites are available. The Company also incorporates technology and terrestrial data sets from third parties into its platform and its inability to maintain rights and access to such technology and data sets would harm its business and results of operations.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. In-service satellites and related launch costs are capitalized based on the commission date of the underlying asset. Capitalized launch costs for each satellite are allocated based on the total cost of the launch divided by the number of satellites included on that launch. In-service ground stations and related costs are capitalized once signals are transmitted with in-service satellites. In the event of a failed launch or deployment of satellites, the related equipment impairment and launch costs are expensed and recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company also capitalizes certain software costs incurred in connection with developing internal-use software during the project development stage so long as management with the relevant authority authorizes the project, it is probable the project will be completed, and the software will be used to perform the function intended. Costs incurred for enhancements that are expected to result in additional significant functionality are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful life of the enhancement. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post-implementation operational activities are expensed as incurred. Internal-use software, which consists primarily of the Company’s enterprise software used to build and operate the Company’s satellites, is stated at cost less accumulated amortization.

General maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Significant refurbishments, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are retired or disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is reflected as other expense, net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Depreciation and amortization are computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the life of the asset or the remaining life of the lease.

	Years
Furniture and fixtures	7
Machinery and equipment	5
In-service ground stations	4-10
Computer software and website development	3
Computer equipment	3
Capitalized satellite launch costs and in-service satellites	2-3

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, 34% and 37%, respectively, of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the U.S., 27% and 41%, respectively were located in Canada, and 39% and 22%, respectively were located in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (collectively, “EMEA”). Within EMEA, 30% and 20% of the Company’s long-lived assets were located in the UK at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Equity Method Investments

Equity Method Investments

The Company accounts for equity investments in which it has significant influence, but not a controlling financial interest, using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, investments are initially recorded at cost, less impairment, and subsequently adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of earnings or losses as a component of other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s equity method investments are required to be reviewed for impairment when it is determined there may be an other-than-temporary loss in value. The Company has not recorded any impairment losses related to our equity method investments during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

The Company recognizes identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Such valuations require us to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially at the acquisition date with respect to intangible assets. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed, these estimates which include, but are not limited to, future revenue growth, margins, customer retention rates, technology life, royalty rates, expected use of acquired assets, and discount rates, are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement.

Goodwill is measured as the excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the acquisition date. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred included in the general and administrative expenses line item in the consolidated statements of operations. The authoritative guidance allows a measurement period of up to one year from the date of acquisition to make adjustments to the preliminary allocation of the purchase price. As a result, during the measurement period the Company may record adjustments to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill to the extent that it identifies adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in business acquisitions. The Company first performs a qualitative assessment of goodwill annually in the fourth quarter, and more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. If it is determined in the qualitative assessment that the fair value of the Company's single reporting unit is more likely than not below its carrying amount, then the Company will perform a quantitative impairment test. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount. Any excess in the carrying value of the goodwill over its fair value is recognized as an impairment loss. For purposes of goodwill impairment testing, the Company has one reporting unit. The annual goodwill impairment assessment performed in the fourth quarter of 2022 indicated that the fair value significantly exceeded the carrying value of goodwill.

Intangible assets consist of acquired intangible assets which include customer relationships, developed technology and trade names and the costs to obtain patents and perpetual nonexclusive license rights for the use of intellectual property. Acquired intangible assets, other than goodwill, are amortized over their estimated useful lives, ranging from 1 to 12 years, based upon the estimated economic value derived from the related intangible asset. Significant judgment is used in determining fair values of acquired intangible assets and their estimated useful lives. Fair value and useful life determinations may be based on, among other factors, estimates of future expected cash flows, royalty cost savings and appropriate discount rates used in calculating present values.

Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever there are indicators of impairment. The Company recognized impairment charges of $72 and $91 for intangible assets relating to patents for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company assesses potential impairments to long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. An impairment is considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of the assets or asset groups. If impairment exists, the impairment loss is measured and recorded based on undiscounted estimated future cash flows. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of cash flows from other asset groups. The Company recognized impairment charges of $549 on decommissioned satellites and $143 of other long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2022 and no impairment charges for long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Deferred Offering and Merger Costs

Deferred Offering Costs and Merger Costs

The Company capitalizes within other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets certain legal, accounting and other third-party fees that are directly related to the Company’s in-process equity financing until such financings are consummated. After consummation of the equity financing, these costs are recorded as a reduction of the proceeds received from the offering (Note 3). Should a planned equity financing be abandoned, terminated or significantly delayed, the deferred offering costs are written off to operating expenses. There were no deferred offering costs capitalized as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $6,591 of costs related to the Merger, including $4,846 for professional services and $1,745 of other merger related costs. These amounts have been included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. No such costs were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2022.

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt Issuance Costs

For long-term debt, the Company presents debt issuance costs on the consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt facility. Debt issuance costs and the fair value assigned to stock warrants issued related to term loans are amortized over the respective term of the debt facility using the effective interest method.

Common Stock Warrants

Warrants

The Company generally classifies warrants for the purchase of shares of its common stock as liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets unless the warrants meet certain specific criteria that require the warrants to be classified within stockholders’ equity. Those warrants accounted for as liabilities are freestanding financial instruments that may require the Company to transfer assets upon exercise. The warrant liability is initially recorded at fair value upon the date of issuance of each warrant and is subsequently remeasured to fair value at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities are recognized as a component in other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations. Changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities will continue to be recognized until the warrants are exercised, expire or qualify for equity classification. Warrants classified as equity are initially recorded at fair value on the date of issuance and recorded in additional paid-in capital on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets until the warrants are exercised or expire.

The Company assumed 11,499,992 publicly-traded warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 6,600,000 private placement warrants issued by NavSight (“Private Warrants” and, together with the Public Warrants, the “Common Stock Warrants”) upon the Merger, all of which were issued in connection with NavSight’s initial public offering and entitled holders to purchase one share of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants are publicly traded and are exercisable for cash unless certain conditions occur, such as the failure to have an effective registration statement related to the shares issuable upon exercise or redemption by the Company under certain conditions, at which time the warrants may be cashless exercised. The Private Warrants are non-redeemable for cash so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Warrants are redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

The Company evaluated the Common Stock Warrants and concluded that they do not meet the criteria to be classified within stockholders’ equity. The agreement governing the Common Stock Warrants includes a provision that could result in a different settlement value for the Common Stock Warrants depending on their holder. Because the holder of an instrument is not an input into the pricing of a fixed-for-fixed option on the Company’s ordinary shares, the Private Warrants are not considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock. In addition, the provision provides that in the event of a tender or exchange offer accepted by holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, all holders of the Common Stock Warrants would be entitled to receive cash for all of their Common Stock Warrants. Specifically, in the event of a qualifying cash tender offer (which could be outside of the Company’s control), all Common Stock Warrant holders would be entitled to cash, while only certain of the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares may be entitled to cash. These provisions preclude the Company from classifying the Common Stock Warrants in stockholders’ equity. As the Common Stock Warrants meet the definition of a derivative, the Company recorded these warrants as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value (Note 10), with subsequent changes in their respective fair values recognized in the consolidated statements of operations at each reporting date.

On November 16, 2022, the Company commenced a warrant exchange (Note 10), pursuant to which 9,956,489 Public Warrants and 6,600,000 Private Warrants were each exchanged for 0.2 shares of the Company's Class A common stock on December 19, 2022. On December 19, 2022, the Company also entered into an amendment to the warrant agreement (the “Warrant Amendment”) that provided the Company with the right to require the exchange of the Company’s remaining outstanding Public Warrants for Class A common stock at an exchange ratio of 0.18 shares for each Public Warrant. The Company exercised its exchange right on December 19, 2022 and the remaining 1,543,493 Public Warrants were exchanged on January 4, 2023.

Contingent Earnout Liability

Contingent Earnout Liability

In connection with the Reverse Recapitalization and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, eligible Spire equity holders are entitled to receive additional shares of the Company's Class A common stock upon the Company achieving certain Earnout Triggering Events (as described in the Merger Agreement and Note 3). In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-40, the earnout shares are not indexed to the Company's common stock and therefore were accounted for as a liability and an offset to additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets at the reverse recapitalization date and subsequently remeasured at each reporting date with changes in fair value recorded as a component of other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations.

The contingent earnout liability is categorized as a Level 3 fair value measurement using the Monte Carlo model (Note 10) because the Company estimates projections during the Earnout Period utilizing unobservable inputs. Contingent earnout payments involve certain assumptions requiring significant judgment and actual results may differ from assumed and estimated amounts.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

The Company generates revenue from four main solutions: Maritime, Aviation, Weather and Space Services. The Company offers the following three data solutions to customers:

•Maritime: precise space-based data used for highly accurate ship monitoring, ship safety and route optimization.

•Aviation: precise space-based data used for highly accurate aircraft monitoring, aircraft safety and route optimization.

•Weather: precise space-based data used for highly accurate weather forecasting.

As a fourth solution, the Company is also pioneering an innovative “space-as-a-service” business model through its Space Services solution. The Company leverages its fully deployed infrastructure and large-scale operations to enable customers to obtain customized data through its API.

Revenue recognition involves the identification of the contract, identification of performance obligations in the contract, determination of the transaction price, allocation of the transaction price to the previously identified performance obligations and recognition of revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.

The Company recognizes revenue for each separately identifiable performance obligation in a data solutions contract representing a promise to transfer data or a distinct service to a customer. In most cases, data provided under the Company’s data solutions contracts are accounted for as a single performance obligation due to the integrated nature of the Company’s precise space-based data. In some data access contracts, the Company provides multiple project-based services to a customer, most commonly when a contract covers multiple phases of the Space Services solution (e.g., development, manufacturing, launch and satellite operations). In those cases, the Company accounts for each distinct project-based deliverable as a separate performance obligation and allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price, which is generally estimated using cost plus a reasonable margin based on value added to the customer.

The Company recognizes revenue when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied, either over time or at a point in time. The Company has determined that each data access subscription provides a series of distinct services in which the customer simultaneously receives and consumes data. Therefore, for subscription-based data services, the Company recognizes revenue ratably over the subscription period. Revenue is recognized upon delivery for data products such as archive data and custom reports, which are performance obligations satisfied at a point in time upon transfer of control. For Space Services, control of the data typically is transferred at the time the customer gains access to the benefit of the service. If customer acceptance is required, revenue is recognized upon receipt of notice of customer acceptance, which is generally a short period of time after delivery. For certain project-based performance obligations (e.g., manufacturing and launch phases), revenue is recognized over time, using the output method, specifically contract milestones, which we have determined to be the most direct and reasonable measure of progress as they reflect the results achieved and value transferred to the customer.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

Contract Assets and Liabilities

For each of the Company’s contracts, the timing of revenue recognition, customer billings, and cash collections determines the recorded accounts receivable, contract assets, and contract liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Payment terms and conditions generally include a requirement to pay within 30 days. When revenue is recognized in advance of customer invoicing, a contract asset is recorded for the unbilled receivable. Conversely, contract liabilities are recorded when the Company has an unconditional right to consideration before it has satisfied a performance obligation. Contract liabilities consist of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or project-based services that are subsequently recognized when the revenue recognition criteria are met. The non-current portion of contract liabilities consists of funds received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services or other project-based services that have remaining contractual obligations greater than one year from the balance sheet date.

Deferred Contract Costs

Deferred Contract Costs

Sales commissions earned by the Company’s employees are considered incremental costs of obtaining a contract. An asset is recognized for sales commissions if the Company expects the period of benefit from these costs to be more than one year. The Company amortizes the deferred contract costs on a straight-line basis over the period of expected benefit, which is primarily 12 months, consistent with the pattern of revenue recognition of the related performance obligation. The amortized costs are recorded in sales and marketing expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company expenses sales commissions as incurred when the period of benefit is less than one year.

Deferred contract costs are included in other current assets, for the current portion, and other long-term assets, for the non-current portion, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Deferred contract costs at December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $890 and $1,419, respectively, of which $439 and $885, respectively, were classified as current. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $809 and $730, respectively, as amortization of deferred contract costs in sales and marketing expense.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists primarily of personnel costs, depreciation, hosted infrastructure and high-power computing costs, third-party operating and royalty costs associated with delivering data and services to customers, allocated overhead costs and amortization of purchased intangibles customer relationships and developed technology associated with the Acquisition. Overhead costs primarily include allocable amounts of utilities, rent, depreciation expense on assets used directly in revenue producing activities, indirect materials, production and test administration expenses, and repairs and maintenance.

Research and Development Costs

Research and Development Costs

Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, third-party consulting fees, and computing costs which are expensed as incurred.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee-related expenses, sales commissions, marketing and advertising costs, costs incurred in the development of customer relationships, brand development costs, travel-related expenses and amortization of purchased intangible backlog associated with the Acquisition.

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, was $933 and $797, respectively, and is included in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

General and Administrative Costs

General and Administrative Costs

General and administrative expenses consist of employee-related expenses for personnel in the Company’s executive, finance and accounting, facilities, legal, human resources, global supply chain, and management information systems functions, as well as other administrative employees. In addition, general and administrative expenses include fees related to third-party legal counsel, fees related to accounting, tax and audit costs, office facilities costs, software subscription costs, and other corporate costs.

Employee Benefit Plan

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has a qualified retirement plan which covers all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Plan matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions, and qualified nonelective contributions may be made to the 401(k) salary deferral plan at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company did not make any matching contributions, discretionary profit-sharing contributions and/or qualified nonelective contributions during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The Company has defined contribution pension plans at its foreign subsidiaries which cover all employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. The contributions made by the Company under these plans during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $737 and $506, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has an equity incentive plan under which the Company grants stock-based awards to employees and non-employees. The Company accounts for stock-based awards in accordance with ASC 718, Stock-Based Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense, based on estimated fair values, for all stock-based awards made to employees and non-employees. For stock options, the fair value is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model requires the input of assumptions, including the fair value of the underlying common stock, the expected term of the option, the expected volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock, risk-free interest rates, and the expected dividend yield of the Company’s common stock. For restricted stock units ("RSU") with service-based vesting conditions, the fair value is calculated based upon the Company’s closing stock price on the date of grant using the intrinsic value method. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period and forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.

Key assumptions used in the determination of fair value for stock options are as follows:

Expected term. Because of the lack of sufficient historical data, the Company uses the simple average of the vesting period and the contractual term to estimate the period the stock options are expected to be outstanding.

Expected volatility. The Company determines the expected stock price volatility based on the historical volatility of the Company's Class A common stock and the historical volatilities of an industry peer group.

Expected dividend yield. The Company does not use a dividend rate due to the fact that the Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.

Risk-free interest rate. The Company bases its interest rate on a treasury instrument for which the term is consistent with the expected life of the stock options.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware as a C corporation. Deferred income taxes of the Company are provided on the liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. All deferred tax assets and liabilities within each particular tax jurisdiction are offset and presented as a noncurrent deferred tax asset or liability. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization include the history of taxable income or loss, forecasts of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to realize net deferred tax assets.

The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return, should be recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Under this guidance, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties, if any, in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") requires taxpayers to capitalize research and development expenses with amortization periods over five and fifteen years, which reduced the Company’s taxable loss, and created a new deferred tax asset for capitalized research and development costs, and corresponding adjustments to tax on foreign source income through global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI"), all of which have been accounted for in determining the Company’s tax provision or benefit.

The Company reports income taxes in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach in accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax amounts are determined by using the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance reduces the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized.

Related Parties

Related Parties

As a result of the Acquisition in November 2021, Spire's customer, Myriota Pty Ltd ("Myriota"), became a related party, as exactEarth has a 14% ownership stake in Myriota. As of December 31, 2022, the Company's investment in Myriota, in the amount of $3,296, was included in other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method of accounting. The Company's share of earnings or losses on the investment is recorded based on a one-month lag, due to the timing of receipt of financial statements from Myriota, as a component of other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company generated $2,278 and $408 in revenue during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and had $170 and $170 accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, from Myriota.

The Company borrowed gross proceeds of $1,232 of Convertible Notes (defined in Note 8) payable in February 2021 and $6,414 of Convertible Notes payable during the year ended December 31, 2019, from certain stockholders (Note 8). Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, the Convertible Notes were automatically converted into shares of common stock of Legacy Spire (“Legacy Spire Common Stock”) (Note 3 and Note 8). Interest expense recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable was $413 for the year ended December 31, 2021. No interest expense was recognized on the related party Convertible Notes payable for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive loss consisting of foreign currency translation adjustments and net unrealized loss on investments.

Net Loss Per Share

Net Loss Per Share

The Company follows the two-class method when computing net income (loss) per share as the Company has issued shares that meet the definition of participating securities. The Company has two types of common stock, Class A and Class B. Class B common stock has no economic rights, and therefore has been excluded from the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share. The two-class method determines net income (loss) per share for each class of common and participating securities according to dividends declared, if any, and participating rights in undistributed earnings. The two-class method requires income available to common stockholders for the period to be allocated between common and participating securities based upon their respective rights to receive dividends as if all income for the period had been distributed.

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares

outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) is computed by adjusting net income (loss) to reallocate undistributed earnings based on the potential impact of dilutive securities. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the diluted net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including potential dilutive common shares assuming the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Prior Period Reclassifications

Prior Period Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.

JOBS Act Accounting Election

JOBS Act Accounting Election

The Company is provided the option to adopt new or revised accounting guidance under the requirements provided to an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act either (1) within the same periods as those otherwise applicable to public business entities, or (2) within the same time periods as non-public business entities, including early adoption when permissible. With the exception of certain accounting standards where the Company elected to early adopt when permissible, the Company has elected to adopt new or revised accounting guidance within the same time period as non-public business entities, as indicated below.

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In February 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-02, Leases ("ASC 842"), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e., lessees and lessors). Since this standard was originally issued, there have been improvements and clarifications released by the FASB. Under the new guidance, at the commencement date, lessees are required to recognize a lease liability with a corresponding right-of-use ("ROU") asset.

On January 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASC 842 using the modified retrospective approach with the effective date as of the date of initial application. Consequently, results for the year ended December 31, 2022 are presented under ASC 842. Prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with previous lease guidance under ASC Topic 840, Leases.

The Company elected the following practical expedients as permitted per the guidance:

•The "package of practical expedients" which permits the Company not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company has elected this package of practical expedients in its entirety.

•The short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, the Company will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of assets in transition.

•The practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of the Company's leases.

Adoption of ASC 842 resulted in the recording of $11,775 in ROU assets and $12,611 in lease liabilities, as of January 1, 2022. The difference between the ROU assets and lease liabilities is driven primarily by lease incentives and deferred rent balances that were reclassified from liabilities, presented in other accrued expenses for the current portion and other long-term liabilities for the long-term portion, to the ROU asset balance, presented in operating lease assets. The standard did not materially impact retained earnings, consolidated net loss, and the statements of cash flows.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, by removing certain exceptions to the general principles which is intended to improve consistent application. A franchise tax that is partially based on income will be recognized as an income-based tax and any incremental amount will be recognized as non-income-based tax. This standard was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 (January 1, 2022 for the Company), with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2019-12 as of January 1, 2022 did not materially impact the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to increase the transparency of government assistance including disclosure of the types of assistance, an entity's accounting for the assistance and the effect of the assistance on an entity's financial statements. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 and should be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The adoption of ASU 2021-10 as of December 31, 2022 did not have a material impact on Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, to improve the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity in practice and inconsistency related to recognition of an acquired contract liability and payment terms and their effect on subsequent revenue recognized by the acquirer. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within that reporting period and should be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. The Company did not early adopt for the Acquisition.

In September 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-04, Liabilities - Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to enhance the transparency of supplier finance programs including disclosure of the key terms of the program, the amount outstanding that remains unpaid by the buyer as of the end of the annual period, a description of where those obligations are presented in the balance sheet, and a roll forward of those obligations during the annual period. The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company does not expect this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

The following table shows components of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of cash flows as of and for the years then ended:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	47,196	$	109,256
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets		373		389
	$	47,569	$	109,645

Summary of customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances

The Company has a concentration of contractual revenue arrangements with various government agencies. The Company had the following customers whose revenue and accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue and/or accounts receivable:

	Year Ended December 31,						December 31,
	2022			2021			2022			2021
	Revenue			Revenue			Accounts Receivable			Accounts Receivable
Customer A		11	%		27	%		16	%		29	%
Customer B		19	%		16	%	*			*
Customer C	*				10	%	*				12	%

* Revenue and/or accounts receivable from these customers were less than 10% of total revenue and/or accounts receivable during the year.

Schedule of estimated useful lives of depreciable assets

Depreciation and amortization are computed utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of depreciable assets in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the lesser of the life of the asset or the remaining life of the lease.

	Years
Furniture and fixtures	7
Machinery and equipment	5
In-service ground stations	4-10
Computer software and website development	3
Computer equipment	3
Capitalized satellite launch costs and in-service satellites	2-3

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Reverse Recapitalization (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Summary of Number of Shares of Common Stock Issued

The number of shares of Common Stock issued immediately following the Closing was:

	Number of Shares
Legacy Spire Common Stock (excluding Founders)		6,405,302
Legacy Spire Convertible Preferred Stock		42,873,636
Legacy Spire Convertible Notes		37,034,620
Legacy Spire Warrants (excluding EIB warrants)		672,355
Total Class A common shares to Legacy Spire stockholders (excluding Founders)		86,985,913
New Spire Class A common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
New Spire Class A common stock issued to PIPE Investors		24,500,000
New Spire Class A common stock held by public stockholders		1,979,515
New Spire Class A common stock issued to FP Lenders		2,468,492
New Spire Class A common stock resulting from conversion of NavSight Class B Common Stock		5,750,000
Total Shares of New Spire Class A Common Stock		133,742,534
New Spire Class B common stock issued to Legacy Spire Founders		12,058,614
Total Shares of New Spire Common Stock		145,801,148

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Business Acquisition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of purchase price of components of business acquisition

The purchase price components are summarized in the following table:

	Amount
Value of Spire shares issued(1)	$	22,333
Cash consideration paid(2)		109,592
Less amount classified as post-combination expense (3)		(2,972	)
Total purchase consideration	$	128,953

(1)Represents the fair value of 5,230,167 shares of Spire Class A common share transferred as of the November 30, 2021 ("acquisition date") as consideration (based on the closing market price of $4.27 per share on the acquisition date) consisting of 4,984,225 shares issued for outstanding exactEarth shares, in addition to 100,047 and 145,895 shares to settle exactEarth stock options and RSUs, respectively.

(2)Included in the cash consideration are:

a.$97,454 for outstanding exactEarth shares,

b.$8,888 cash settlement of exactEarth stock options, RSUs and deferred stock units, and

c.$3,250 related to acquisition fees of exactEarth paid by Spire upon the closing of the acquisition.

(3)$2,972 was treated as post-combination expense in connection with the replacement of exactEarth’s outstanding equity awards. This amount has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Schedule of Estimated Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair value allocation of the exactEarth assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

	Amount
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,700
Account receivable		1,707
Contract assets		1,233
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7,980
Property and equipment		19,991
Goodwill		52,986
Customer relationships		24,265
Intangible assets		19,356
Prepaid data rights, non-current		6,219
Investment in Myriota		4,563
Other long-term assets		261
Total assets acquired		144,261
Accounts payable		1,091
Accrued expenses		9,056
Contract liabilities		1,219
Long-term debt		3,895
Other long-term-liabilities		47
Total liabilities assumed		15,308
Net assets acquired	$	128,953

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation to Identifiable Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired

The purchase price allocation to identifiable finite-lived intangible assets acquired was as follows:

	Estimated Useful Lives	Amount
Customer relationships	12 years	$	24,265
Developed technology	12 years		13,790
Trade names	5 years		2,337
Backlog	1 years		3,229
Total intangible assets		$	43,621

Schedule of Supplemental Unaudited Pro Forma Information

The unaudited pro forma results do not reflect any cost saving synergies from operating efficiencies or the effect of the incremental costs incurred from integrating exactEarth. Accordingly, these unaudited pro forma results are presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations of the combined company would have been if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, nor are they indicative of future results of operations:

	December 31, 2021
Net revenue	$	61,497
Net loss	$	(37,407	)

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography

The following revenue disaggregated by geography was recognized:

	Year Ended December 31, 2022				Year Ended December 31, 2021
EMEA(1)	$	31,962	40	%	$	20,562	48	%
Americas (2)		36,734	46	%		15,719	36	%
Asia Pacific (3)		11,572	14	%		7,094	16	%
Total	$	80,268	100	%	$	43,375	100	%

(1)Netherlands represented 24% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

(2)U.S. represented 35 % and 36% for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and Canada represented 10% for the year ended December 31, 2022.

(3)Australia represented 11% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Schedule Of Changes In Contract With Customer Asset Table Text Block

Changes in contract assets were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	2,084		$	853
Contract assets recorded during the year		3,353			2,529
Reclassified to accounts receivable		(1,694	)		(1,298	)
Other		(390	)		—
Balance at the end of the year	$	3,353		$	2,084

Schedule Of Changes In Contract With Customer Liability Table Text Block

Changes in contract liabilities were as follows:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Balance at the beginning of the year	$	9,255		$	8,110
Contract liabilities recorded during the year		15,963			8,343
Revenue recognized during the year		(8,230	)		(6,950	)
Other		(360	)		(248	)
Balance at the end of the year	$	16,628		$	9,255

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Other Balance Sheet Components (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Balance Sheet Components [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Current Assets

Other current assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Technology and other prepaid contracts	$	4,695	$	744
Prepaid insurance		2,594		4,430
Deferred contract costs		439		885
Other receivables		1,123		1,396
Other current assets		428		2,616
	$	9,279	$	10,071

Schedule of Other Accrued expenses

Other accrued expenses consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022		2021
Professional services	$	1,198	$	1,164
Operating lease liabilities, current		2,333		-
Third-party operating costs		1,541		900
Corporate and sales tax		542		195
Accrued interest		765		276
Software		580		1,036
Other		1,251		1,252
	$	8,210	$	4,823

Schedule of Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Satellites in-service	$	49,889		$	51,368
Internally developed software		2,119			2,160
Ground stations in-service		3,369			2,200
Leasehold improvements		4,175			1,754
Machinery and equipment		3,585			2,761
Computer equipment		1,985			2,168
Computer software and website development		99			472
Furniture and fixtures		1,156			1,167
		66,377			64,050
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(32,974	)		(30,120	)
		33,403			33,930
Satellite, launch and ground station work in progress		15,364			11,478
Finished satellites not in-service		4,985			3,296
Property and equipment, net	$	53,752		$	48,704

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Goodwill

The following table summarizes changes in goodwill balance:

Balance at December 31, 2021	$	53,627
Impact of foreign currency translation		(3,673	)
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	49,954

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Customer relationships	$	22,877		$	24,559
Developed technology		13,001			13,957
Trade names		2,204			2,366
Backlog		3,043			3,268
Patents		419			491
FCC licenses		480			480
		42,024			45,121
Less: Accumulated amortization		(7,243	)		(968	)
	$	34,781		$	44,153

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense

As of December 31, 2022, the expected future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,503
2024		3,489
2025		3,480
2026		3,435
2027		3,023
Thereafter		17,794
		34,724
Capitalized patent costs, unissued		57
	$	34,781

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Blue Torch term loan	$	100,511		$	—
FP term loan		—			71,512
Other		4,857			4,464
Total long-term debt		105,368			75,976
Less: Debt issuance costs		(6,893	)		(24,852	)
Non-current portion of long-term debt	$	98,475		$	51,124

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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Leases [Abstract]

Lease, Cost

The following table provides the required information regarding the Company's leases for which the Company is the lessee:

	As of December 31, 2022			As of January 1, 2022
Assets
ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Total ROU assets	$	11,687		$	11,775
Liabilities
Current	$	2,333		$	2,086
Non-current		10,815			10,525
Total lease liabilities	$	13,148		$	12,611
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)		5.7			6.3
Weighted-average discount rate		9	%		9	%

Lessee, Operating Lease

As of December 31, 2022, the maturity of operating leases are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	3,372
2024		2,958
2025		2,922
2026		2,899
2027		1,912
Thereafter		2,670
Total lease payments		16,733
Less: Interest on lease payments		(3,585	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	13,148

Schedule of operational fees commitment includes the fixed payments

Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms greater than one year as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

Years ending December 31,
2022	$	2,600
2023		2,389
2024		2,307
2025		2,284
2026		2,275
Thereafter		4,393
	$	16,248

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Fair Value Measurement (Restated) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Summary of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	December 31, 2022
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	5,180	$	—	$	—	$	5,180
Commercial paper		—		2,097		—		2,097
	$	5,180	$	2,097	$	—	$	7,277
Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,494	$	—	$	—	$	1,494
Corporate securities		—		7,745		—		7,745
Commercial paper		—		2,576		—		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		—		11,269		—		11,269
	$	1,494	$	21,590	$	—	$	23,084
Liabilities:
Current liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	267	$	—	$	—	$	267
Long-term liabilities:
Credit Agreement Warrants	$	—	$	1,831	$	—	$	1,831
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		349		349
	$	—	$	1,831	$	349	$	2,180
	December 31, 2021 (1)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Long-term liabilities:
Public Warrants	$	5,060	$	—	$	—	$	5,060
Private Warrants		—		6,422		—		6,422
Contingent earnout liability		—		—		10,026		10,026
	$	5,060	$	6,422	$	10,026	$	21,508

(1) There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

Summary of Change in Fair Value of Level 3 Financial Instruments

The following table presents a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	Contingent  Earnout Liability
Fair value as of December 31, 2021		10,026
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability		(9,677	)
Fair value as of December 31, 2022	$	349

Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments

The following table summarizes the Company's cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities by significant marketable securities category:

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gains		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$	39,919	$	—	$	—		$	39,919
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds		5,180		—		—			5,180
Commercial paper		2,098		—		(1	)		2,097
	$	47,197	$	—	$	(1	)	$	47,196
Marketable Securities:
U.S. treasury bills and bonds	$	1,495	$	—	$	(1	)	$	1,494
Corporate securities		7,771		—		(26	)		7,745
Commercial paper		2,578		—		(2	)		2,576
U.S. government and agency securities		11,272		—		(3	)		11,269
	$	23,116	$	—	$	(32	)	$	23,084

Amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities

The following table represents amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities, by contractual maturity:

	December 31, 2022
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	23,116	$	23,084

Private Warrants [Member]

Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Schedule of Quantitative Information Regarding Warrant Liability

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Private Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	—		$	3.38
Exercise price	$	—		$	11.50
Risk-free interest rate		—	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		—	%		70.0	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		—			4.6

Contingent Earnout Liability [Member]

Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Schedule of Quantitative Information Regarding Warrant Liability

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the contingent earnout liability:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	3.38
Risk-free interest rate		4.16	%		1.26	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		70.0	%
Earnout expiration date	August 16, 2026			August 16, 2026

Credit Agreement Warrants [Member]

Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]

Schedule of Quantitative Information Regarding Warrant Liability

The table below quantifies the significant inputs used for the Credit Agreement Warrants:

	December 31,
	2022			2021
Fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock	$	0.96		$	—
Exercise price	$	2.01		$	—
Risk-free interest rate		3.88	%		—	%
Expected volatility factor		55.0	%		—	%
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Remaining contractual term (in years)		9.1			—

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operational Fees Commitment includes Fixed payments

The following table summarizes the operational fees commitment under the A&R L3Harris Agreement, which includes the fixed payments to L3Harris:

Years ending December 31,
2023	$	4,300
2024		4,300
2025		4,300
2026		4,300
2027		4,300
Thereafter		15,548
	$	37,048

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Stock Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Summary of Stock Option Activity

The following table summarizes stock option activity under the 2021 Plan and the 2012 Plan:

	Number of Options			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term
						(in years)
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2021		21,263,847		$	2.40		7.2
Granted		179,119		$	1.74
Exercised		(503,805	)	$	1.60
Forfeited, canceled, or expired		(1,819,756	)	$	3.43
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2022		19,119,405		$	2.32		6.1
Exercisable at December 31, 2022		14,553,588		$	2.11		5.5

Summary of Restricted Stock Units Activity

The following table summarizes stock RSU activity under the 2021 Plan:

	Number of RSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021		783,902		$	3.94
RSUs granted		12,839,420		$	2.41
RSUs vested		(242,486	)	$	3.62
RSUs forfeited		(1,000,591	)	$	2.73
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022		12,380,245		$	2.46

Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Expense Based on Roles and Responsibilities of Employees

The following table summarizes the components of total stock-based compensation expense based on roles and responsibilities of the employees within the consolidated statements of operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Cost of revenue	$	232	$	432
Research and development		3,154		2,859
Sales and marketing		2,822		2,307
General and administrative		5,283		6,036
	$	11,491	$	11,634

Summary of Assumptions Used To Estimated Grant-Date Fair Value

The fair value of stock options was estimated using the following assumptions at the date of the grant:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022	2021
Risk-free interest rate	2.9%	0.6% - 1.4%
Expected volatility factor	58.3%	66.9% - 70.0%
Expected option life	5.5 years	5.0 - 6.08 years
Expected dividend yield	—	—

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Loss Before Income Taxes

Loss before income taxes consisted of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Domestic loss	$	(69,072	)	$	(17,976	)
Foreign loss		(20,017	)		(19,617	)
Loss before income taxes	$	(89,089	)	$	(37,593	)

Summary of Income Tax Provision

The income tax provision consists of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Current income tax provisions:
Federal	$	—		$	—
State		—			—
Foreign		386			—
Current income tax provision		386			—
Deferred income tax expense:
Federal		—			—
State		—			—
Foreign		(64	)		497
Deferred income tax expense		(64	)		497
Total income tax provision	$	322		$	497

Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate

The following table presents a reconciliation of the federal statutory rate of 21% to effective tax rate:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		4.2	%		5.2	%
exactEarth acquisition costs		(0.2	)%		(2.7	)%
Merger costs		—			(3.7	)%
Merger contingent fees		—			4.3	%
Contingent earnout liability		2.3	%		23.6	%
Non-deductible expenses and other		2.0	%		0.3	%
Research and development credits		0.4	%		2.3	%
Foreign rate differential		1.3	%		3.9	%
Change in valuation allowance, net		(31.3	)%		(55.5	)%
Effective tax rate		(0.3	)%		(1.3	)%

Summary of Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

The significant components of deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$	97,737		$	75,129
Research and development credit carryforward		6,402			6,002
Stock-based compensation		1,836			599
Property and equipment		3,533			4,177
Operating lease liabilities		1,965			—
Sec 174 Capitalized R&D		3,424			—
Intangibles		56			440
Other accruals		3,422			2,284
Gross deferred tax assets		118,375			88,631
Less: Valuation allowance		(102,480	)		(74,558	)
Net deferred tax assets		15,895			14,073
Deferred tax liabilities
Intangibles		(13,945	)		(14,073	)
Operating lease right-of-use assets		(1,950	)		-
Foreign property and equipment and intangibles		(771	)		(835	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities		(16,666	)		(14,908	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(771	)	$	(835	)

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Net Loss per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Basic and Diluted Attributable to Common Stockholders

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(89,411	)	$	(38,090	)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share		139,879,423			62,137,434
Basic and diluted net loss per share	$	(0.64	)	$	(0.61	)

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021
Stock options and 2021 ESPP to purchase Class A common stock		19,271,986		21,263,847
Public and Private Warrants		1,543,493		18,099,992
RSUs		12,380,245		783,902
Credit Agreement Warrants		3,694,880		—
		36,890,604		40,147,741

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Nature of Business - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 14, 2022	Aug. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share			$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering		$ 264,823,000
Common Class A [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share		$ 0.0001
Equity Distribution Agreement [Member] | Common Class A [Member] | Canaccord Genuity LLC [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering	$ 85,000

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 19, 2022 shares	Nov. 16, 2022 shares	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) ReportingUnit Segment $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 13, 2022 $ / shares	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2021
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net loss					$ (89,411)	$ (38,090)
Net Cash used in operating activities					(47,820)	(57,986)
Net proceeds from merger transaction			$ 236,632
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value					47,196
Restricted cash					373	389
Marketable securities					$ 23,084
Number of Reportable Segments | Segment					1
Credit loss expense					$ 139	84
Impairment Charges Of Decommissioned Satellite					549
Other Long lived assets					143
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of						0
Deferred Offering Costs					0	0
Deferred Contract Costs Non Current					890	1,419
Deferred Contract Costs Current					439	885
Amortization Of Deferred Contract Costs					809	730
Advertising Expense					$ 933	797
Goodwill impairment testing unit | ReportingUnit					1
Asset Impairment Charges					$ 72	$ 91
Common stock, par value per share | $ / shares					$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Warrants exercise price per share | $ / shares					$ 11.50			$ 2.01
Employee benefit plan matching and profit sharing contribution					$ 0	$ 0
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset					11,687	0			$ 11,775
Operating Lease, Liability					$ 13,148				$ 12,611
Common Class A [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares	277,828
Common stock, par value per share | $ / shares			$ 0.0001
Warrants exercise price per share | $ / shares					$ 2.01
Public Warrants [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares	1,543,493	9,956,489			11,499,992
Warrants exercise price per share | $ / shares					$ 11.50
Private Warrants [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares		6,600,000
Private Placement Warrants [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares					6,600,000
Warrants exercise price per share | $ / shares					$ 11.50
Pension Plan [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Employee contribution pension plan					$ 737	506
Stockholder [Member] | Borrowed Convertible Notes Payable [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Proceeds from related party debt				$ 1,232			$ 6,414
Related party transaction, Interest expenses						413
Myriota [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties					2,278	408
Investment in related party					3,296
Accounts Receivable Related Parties					170	170
Myriota [Member] | Spire customer
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										14.00%
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other Merger Related Costs						1,745
Non Cash Merger Related Costs					$ 0	6,591
Professional fees						$ 4,846
Minimum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life					1 year
Maximum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Investments, Maturity terms					3 months
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life					12 years
UNITED STATE
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage Of Long Lived Assets					34.00%	37.00%
EMEA [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage Of Long Lived Assets					39.00%	22.00%
UNITED KINGDOM [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage Of Long Lived Assets					30.00%	20.00%
CANADA [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage Of Long Lived Assets					27.00%	41.00%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 47,196	$ 109,256
Restricted cash included in Other long-term assets	373	389
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents	$ 47,569	$ 109,645	$ 15,986

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Customers Whose Revenue and Accounts Receivable Balances (Details) - Customer Concentration Risk	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Customer A | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	11.00%	27.00%
Customer A | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	16.00%	29.00%
Customer B | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	19.00%	16.00%
Customer C | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		10.00%
Customer C | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		12.00%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Customers Whose Revenue and Accounts Receivable Balances (Parenthetical) (Details) - Customer Concentration Risk	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Customer A | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	16.00%	29.00%
Customer A | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	11.00%	27.00%
Customer B | Accounts Receivable | Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	10.00%
Customer B | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	19.00%	16.00%
Customer C | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		12.00%
Customer C | Revenue Benchmark
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		10.00%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Estimated Useful Lives of Depreciable Assets (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022
Furniture and Fixtures
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	7 years
Machinery and Equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	5 years
In Service Ground Stations | Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	4 years
In Service Ground Stations | Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	10 years
Computer Software And Website Development
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	3 years
Computer Equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	3 years
Capitalized Satellite Launch Costs And In Service Satellites | Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	2 years
Capitalized Satellite Launch Costs And In Service Satellites | Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	3 years

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Reverse Recapitalization - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 16, 2021 shares	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value per share | $ / shares				$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Proceeds from issuance initial public offering		$ 264,823
Cash held in trust account		230,027
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity		210,204
Proceeds from issuance of financial Services obligations		245,000
Payments of merger related costs		38,569
Payments of Financing Costs				$ 4,516	$ 4,717
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Payments of Financing Costs		6,591
Additional Paid In Capitals
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Payments of merger related costs		$ 31,978
First Tranches Share Trading Price [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Share price | $ / shares		$ 13.00
Second Tranches Share Trading Price [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Share price | $ / shares		16.00
Third Tranches Share Trading Price [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Share price | $ / shares		19.00
Fourth Tranches Share Trading Price [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Share price | $ / shares		$ 22.00
Old Spire Options [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Exchange ratio of common stock		1.8282
Number of consecutive trading days for determining share price		20 days
Number of trading days for determining share price		30 days
Closing date of warrants		5 years
Class Of Warrants and Rights Exchange Ratio		1.7058
Pipe Investors
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Payments of stock issuance costs			$ 7,142
Pipe Investors | Pipe Subscription Agreements
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Shares issued during the year, subscribed | shares			24,500,000
Shares issued during the year, aggregate purchase price			$ 245,000
Old Spire Warrants
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding | shares	909,798
Old Spire Convertible Notes
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Debt Instrument convertible conversion ratio	2.4808
Two Thousand Twenty One Old Spire Notes
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Debt Instrument convertible conversion ratio	13.6466
Old Spire Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Outstanding shares | shares	12,671,911
Common stock, conversion basis	one-to-one basis
Old Spire Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Outstanding shares | shares	4,869,754
Common stock, conversion basis	one-to-one basis
Old Spire Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Outstanding shares | shares	7,592,402
Common stock, conversion basis	one-to-one basis
New Spire Class A Common Stock [Member]
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value per share | $ / shares		$ 0.0001
Exchange ratio of common stock		1.7058
Shares issued, price per share | $ / shares		$ 0.1236
New Spire Class B Common Stock Member | Old Spire Founders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, par value per share | $ / shares		$ 0.0001
Shares purchased by related party | shares		12,058,614

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Reverse Recapitalization - Summary of Number of Shares of Common Stock Issued (Details)	Dec. 31, 2022 shares
Legacy Spire Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	6,405,302
Legacy Spire Convertible Preferred Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	42,873,636
Legacy Spire Convertible Note
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	37,034,620
Legacy Spire Warrants Excluding Eib Warrants
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	672,355
Class A Common Shares To Legacy Spire Stockholders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	86,985,913
New Spire Class A Common Stock Issued To Old Spire Founders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	12,058,614
New Spire Class A Common Stock Issued To Pipe Investors
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	24,500,000
New Spire Class A Common Stock Held By Public Stockholders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	1,979,515
New Spire Class A Common Stock Issued To Fp Lenders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	2,468,492
New Spire Class A Common Stock Resulting From Conversion Of Navsight Class B Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	5,750,000
Class A Common Shares And Old Spire And New Spire Shares
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	133,742,534
New Spire Class B Common Stock Issued To Old Spire Founders
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	12,058,614
New Spire Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, Issued	145,801,148

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Business Acquisition - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
		Nov. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total purchase consideration				$ 128,953
Cash consideration paid	[1]			109,592
Payments to Acquire Businesses,Cash payment			$ 0	103,892
Business Acquisition, Contributed Revenues				1,479
Business Acquisition, Contributed Losses				$ (1,470)
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid		$ 128,953
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		100.00%
Business Acquisition Market Share Price				$ 4.27
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member] | Cash [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Market Share Price		$ 1.95505
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs				$ 4,733
Common Class A [Member] | Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition share exchange ratio		0.01

[1] Included in the cash consideration are: a. $97,454 for outstanding exactEarth shares, b. $8,888 cash settlement of exactEarth stock options, RSUs and deferred stock units, and c. $3,250 related to acquisition fees of exactEarth paid by Spire upon the closing of the acquisition.

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Business Acquisition - Schedule of Purchase Price Components (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Value of Spire shares issued	$ 22,333	[1]
Cash consideration paid	109,592	[2]
Total purchase consideration	128,953
Post Combination Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Less amount classified as post-combination expense (3)	$ (2,972)	[3]

[1] Represents the fair value of 5,230,167 shares of Spire Class A common share transferred as of the November 30, 2021 ("acquisition date") as consideration (based on the closing market price of $4.27 per share on the acquisition date) consisting of 4,984,225 shares issued for outstanding exactEarth shares, in addition to 100,047 and 145,895 shares to settle exactEarth stock options and RSUs, respectively.

[2] Included in the cash consideration are: a. $97,454 for outstanding exactEarth shares, b. $8,888 cash settlement of exactEarth stock options, RSUs and deferred stock units, and c. $3,250 related to acquisition fees of exactEarth paid by Spire upon the closing of the acquisition.

[3] $2,972 was treated as post-combination expense in connection with the replacement of exactEarth’s outstanding equity awards. This amount has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Business Acquisition - Schedule of Purchase Price Components (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
		Nov. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			$ 3,250
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued In Acquisition		5,230,167
Business Acquisition Market Share Price			$ 4.27
Acquiree Outstanding Shares [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued In Acquisition			4,984,225
Acquiree Outstanding Options
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued In Acquisition			100,047
Post Combination Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Postcombination expenses	[1]		$ 2,972
Outstanding RSU
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Shares Issued In Acquisition			145,895
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash settlement			$ 8,888
Acquire Shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share Outstanding			$ 97,454

[1] $2,972 was treated as post-combination expense in connection with the replacement of exactEarth’s outstanding equity awards. This amount has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Business Acquisition - Schedule of Estimated Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivlaents	$ 5,700
Account receivable	1,707
Contract assets	1,233
Prepaid expenses and other assets	7,980
Property and equipment	19,991
Goodwill	52,986
Customer relationships	24,265
Intangible assets	19,356
Prepaid data rights, non-current	6,219
Investment in Myriota	4,563
Other long-term assets	261
Total assets acquired	144,261
Accounts payable	1,091
Accrued expenses	9,056
Contract liabilities	1,219
Long-term debt	3,895
Other long-term-liabilities	47
Total liabilities assumed	15,308
Net assets acquired	$ 128,953

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Business Acquisition - Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation to Identifiable Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Total intangible assets	$ 43,621
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	12 years
Total intangible assets	$ 13,790
Backlog [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	1 year
Total intangible assets	$ 3,229
Customer Relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	12 years
Total intangible assets	$ 24,265
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	5 years
Total intangible assets	$ 2,337

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Business Acquisition - Schedule of Supplemental Unaudited Pro Forma Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Net revenue	$ 61,497
Net loss	$ (37,407)

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 80,268	$ 43,375
Contract assets current and non current	3,353	2,084	$ 853
Contract with customer liaibility	16,628	9,255	$ 8,110
Contract liabilities, current portion	15,856	8,627
Contract liabilities, noncurrent portion	772	628
Revenue remaining performance obligation amount	$ 167,164
Revenue performance obligation expected timing of satisfaction explantion	expects to recognize 39% of these future commitments over the next 12 months and the remaining 61% thereafter as revenue when the performance obligations are met.
Revenue Benchmark
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 80,268	$ 43,375
Revenue Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Subscription Based Contracts [Member] | Revenue Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 57,082	$ 21,466
Concentration risk percentage	71.00%	49.00%
Non Subscription Based Contracts Member | Revenue Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 23,186	$ 21,909
Concentration risk percentage	29.00%	51.00%
Expected Time Of Satisfaction Over Next Twelve Months
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue remaining performance obligation percentage	39.00%
Expected Time Of Satisfaction Thereafter
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Revenue remaining performance obligation percentage	61.00%

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 80,268	$ 43,375
Revenue Benchmark
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 80,268	$ 43,375
Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage		100.00%	100.00%
EMEA [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	[1]	$ 31,962	$ 20,562
EMEA [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	[1]	40.00%	48.00%
Americas
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	[2]	$ 36,734
Americas | Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	[2]		$ 15,719
Concentration risk percentage	[2]	46.00%	36.00%
Asia Pacific
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	[3]	$ 11,572
Asia Pacific | Customer Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue	[3]		$ 7,094
Concentration risk percentage	[3]	14.00%	16.00%

[1] Netherlands represented 24% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

[2] U.S. represented 35 % and 36% for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and Canada represented 10% for the year ended December 31, 2022.

[3] Australia represented 11% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue by Geography (Parenthetical) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
NETHERLANDS
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Customer Risk, Percentage		24.00%
UNITED STATE
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Customer Risk, Percentage	35.00%	36.00%
AUSTRALIA
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Customer Risk, Percentage		11.00%
CANADA
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration Customer Risk, Percentage	10.00%

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue - Schedule of Changes in Contract Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Change in Contract with Customer, Asset [Abstract]
Balance at the beginning of the year	$ 2,084	$ 853
Contract assets recorded during the year	3,353	2,529
Reclassified to Accounts receivable	(1,694)	(1,298)
Other	(390)	0
Balance at the end of the year	$ 3,353	$ 2,084

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Revenue, Contract Assets, Contract Liabilities and Remaining Performance Obligations Disaggregation of Revenue - Schedule of Changes in Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Change in Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]
Balance at the beginning of the year	$ 9,255	$ 8,110
Contract liabilities recorded during the year	15,963	8,343
Revenue recognized during the year	(8,230)	(6,950)
Other	(360)	(248)
Balance at the end of the year	$ 16,628	$ 9,255

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Other Balance Sheet Components - Summary of Other Current Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Balance Sheet Components [Abstract]
Technology and other prepaid contracts	$ 4,695	$ 744
Prepaid insurance	2,594	4,430
Deferred contract costs	439	885
Other receivables	1,123	1,396
Other current assets	428	2,616
Other assets, current	$ 9,279	$ 10,071

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Other Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Other Accrued Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Professional services	$ 1,198		$ 1,164
Current	$ 2,333	$ 2,086	$ 0
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Liabilities, Current	Liabilities, Current	Liabilities, Current
Third-party operating costs	$ 1,541		$ 900
Corporate and sales tax	542		195
Accrued interest	765		276
Software	580		1,036
Other	1,251		1,252
Other accrued expenses	$ 8,210		$ 4,823

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Other Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Property and Equipment, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	$ 66,377	$ 64,050
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(32,974)	(30,120)
Total	33,403	33,930
Property and equipment, net	53,752	48,704
Satellite In Service
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	49,889	51,368
Internally developed software
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	2,119	2,160
Ground Stations In Service
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	3,369	2,200
Leasehold Improvements
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	4,175	1,754
Machinery and Equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	3,585	2,761
Computer Equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	1,985	2,168
Computer software and website development
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	99	472
Furniture and Fixtures
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross, total	1,156	1,167
Satellite Launch And Ground Station Work In Progress
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total	15,364	11,478
Finished Satellites Not In Service
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total	$ 4,985	$ 3,296

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Other Balance Sheet Components - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Impairment Effects on Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization	$ 18,341	$ 8,509
Loss on decommissioned satellite	549	$ 0
Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Impairment Effects on Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization	$ 11,771

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of Changes in Goodwill (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Beginning Balance	$ 53,627
Impact of foreign currency translation	(3,673)
Goodwill, Ending Balance	$ 49,954

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 42,024	$ 45,121
Less: Accumulated amortization	(7,243)	(968)
Intangible assets, net	34,781	44,153
Customer Relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	22,877	24,559
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	13,001	13,957
FCC Licenses [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	480	480
Backlog [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	3,043	3,268
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	2,204	2,366
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 419	$ 491

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Capitalized patent costs, unissued		$ 57	$ 196
Amortization of Intangible Assets		6,570	666
Intangible assets current			43,621
Intangible assets recognized impairment charges		$ 72	$ 91
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]		Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges	Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets current	$ 43,621
Customer Relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets current			$ 24,265
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		10 years 10 months 24 days
Intangible assets current			13,790
FCC Licenses [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		7 years
Backlog [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible assets current			3,229
Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted average amortization period		3 years 10 months 24 days
Intangible assets current			$ 2,337

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Schedule of Annual Amortization of Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2023	$ 3,503
2024	3,489
2025	3,480
2026	3,435
2027	3,023
Thereafter	17,794
Total	34,724
Capitalized patent costs, unissued	57	$ 196
Intangible assets, net	$ 34,781	$ 44,153

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Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	$ 105,368	$ 75,976
Less: Debt issuance costs	(6,893)	(24,852)
Non-current portion of long-term debt	98,475	51,124
Blue Torch term loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	100,511	0
FP Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	0	71,512
Other [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	$ 4,857	$ 4,464

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		16 Months Ended
	Jun. 13, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2021 Installments	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 17, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense long term debt				$ 13,955	$ 8,368
Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts				3,781	3,471
Debt issuance costs, net				6,893	24,852
Issuance of shares to FP Credit Partners. L.P					22,868
Gain (Loss) on extinguishment of Debt				(22,271)	(2,277)
Long-term debt				98,475	51,124
Long-term Debt, Gross				$ 105,368	$ 75,976
Number of Tranches | Installments		15
Exchange price | $ / shares	$ 2.01			$ 11.50
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						8.00%
Common Class A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 2.01
New Spire Class A Common Stock [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stockholders Equity Note Stock Split Exchange Ratio				1.7058
Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs				$ 4,516
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 120,000
2019 and 2020 convertible notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net						$ 392
Proceeds from Convertible Debt						$ 42,884
2021 convertible notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net			$ 62
Debt Instrument, Term			4 years
Proceeds from Convertible Debt			$ 20,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			8.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio					13.6466
Debt Instrument, Term			4 years
2020 Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio					2.4808
Convertible notes payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Payable					$ 2,103
Debt Instrument, Increase, Accrued Interest					1,698
Credit Agreement With Fp Credit Partners Lp [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Description of credit facility	Subject to certain exceptions, prepayments of the Blue Torch Credit Facility will be subject to early termination fees in an amount equal to 3.0% of the principal prepaid if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, 2.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the first anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the second anniversary of the closing date and 1.0% of principal prepaid if prepayment occurs after the second anniversary of the closing date but on or prior to the third anniversary of the closing date, plus if prepayment occurs on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date, a make-whole amount equal to the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable through the maturity date of the Blue Torch Credit Facility.
Proceeds From Loan	$ 70,000
GPO Warrant [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding | shares	198,675
Warrant [Member] | Introducing Fee [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs gross	$ 600
Common Stock Warrant [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding | shares	3,496,205
Warrants for common stock issued				3,579
Exchange price | $ / shares	$ 2.01
Exact Earth Acquisition [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt				4,857	4,464
FP Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on extinguishment of Debt					4,954
Long-term Debt, Gross				0	71,512
FP Term Loan [Member] | Credit Agreement With Fp Credit Partners Lp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount							$ 70,000
Outstanding Principal Amount	$ 72,835
Debt instrument covenant minimum unrestricted cash to be maintained				15,000
Gain (Loss) on extinguishment of Debt				22,510
Paycheck Protection Program [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on extinguishment of Debt					$ 1,699
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				$ 5,701
Line of Credit [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Description				The $120,000 term loan was available and drawn at closing, of which $19,735 was placed in an escrow account by Blue Torch with such amount to be released upon the Company achieving certain metrics related to annualized recurring revenue and a total annualized recurring revenue leverage ratio. These metrics were achieved and the $19,735 was released from the escrow account and delivered to the Company in February 2023 (Note 16). The term loan accrues interest at a floating rate, to be based, at the Company's election, on either a reference rate or a 3-month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") (subject to a 1.0% floor), plus an interest rate margin of 7.0% for reference rate borrowings and 8.0% for 3-month Term SOFR borrowings, plus an incremental Term SOFR margin of 0.26161%.
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.00%
Line of Credit [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member] | SOFR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				12.75713%
Line of Credit [Member] | Commitment Fee [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs gross				$ 2,400
Line of Credit [Member] | Agency Fee [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs gross				250
Line of Credit [Member] | Exit Fee [Member] | Blue Torch Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred finance costs gross				1,800
Convertible Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Expense, Debt				$ 0

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Leases - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Expense	$ 3,409
Short Term Variable Lease Cost	$ 548
Percentage of majority of ROU assets and lease liabilities relate to office facilities leases	80.00%
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 1,632
Supplementary Noncash Operating Lease Right Of Use Assets	$ 2,344
Rent expense		$ 3,313
Maximum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Remaining Lease Term	10 years
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	10 years
Minimum [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Remaining Lease Term	1 year
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	3 years

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Leases - Schedule of Company's Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Assets
ROU assets	$ 11,687	$ 11,775	$ 0
Total ROU assets	11,687	11,775
Liabilities
Current	$ 2,333	$ 2,086	$ 0
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Liabilities, Current	Liabilities, Current	Liabilities, Current
Non-current	$ 10,815	$ 10,525	$ 0
Total lease liabilities	$ 13,148	$ 12,611
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)	5 years 8 months 12 days	6 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted-average discount rate	9.00%	9.00%

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Leases - Schedule of Maturity of Operating Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022
Leases [Abstract]
2023	$ 3,372
2024	2,958
2025	2,922
2026	2,899
2027	1,912
Thereafter	2,670
Total lease payments	16,733
Less: Interest on lease payments	(3,585)
Present value of lease liabilities	$ 13,148	$ 12,611

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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments under Noncancelable Operating Leases (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
2022	$ 2,600
2023	2,389
2024	2,307
2025	2,284
2026	2,275
Thereafter	4,393
Operating Fees Payments Due, Total	$ 16,248

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Fair Value Measurement - Summary of Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Investments | U.S. government and agency securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		$ 11,269
Investments | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		2,576
Investments | Corporate Securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		7,745
Fair Value, Recurring
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		7,277
Fair Value, Recurring | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		2,180	$ 21,508	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Public Warrants [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Public Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities	[1]		5,060
Fair Value, Recurring | Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities	[1]		6,422
Fair Value, Recurring | Contingent Earnout Liability | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		349	10,026	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Credit Agreement Warrants | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		1,831
Fair Value, Recurring | Money Market Funds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		5,180
Fair Value, Recurring | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		2,097
Fair Value, Recurring | Investments
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		23,084
Fair Value, Recurring | Investments | U.S. government and agency securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		11,269
Fair Value, Recurring | Investments | U.S. treasury bills and bonds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		1,494
Fair Value, Recurring | Investments | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		2,576
Fair Value, Recurring | Investments | Corporate Securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		7,745
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		5,180
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities			5,060	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Public Warrants [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Public Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities	[1]		5,060
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Contingent Earnout Liability | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Credit Agreement Warrants | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Money Market Funds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		5,180
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Investments
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		1,494
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Investments | U.S. government and agency securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Investments | U.S. treasury bills and bonds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		1,494
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Investments | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Investments | Corporate Securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		2,097
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		1,831	6,422	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Public Warrants [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Public Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities			0
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities	[1]		6,422
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Contingent Earnout Liability | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Credit Agreement Warrants | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		1,831
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Money Market Funds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		2,097
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Investments
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		21,590
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Investments | U.S. government and agency securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		11,269
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Investments | U.S. treasury bills and bonds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Investments | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		2,576
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Investments | Corporate Securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale		7,745
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		349	10,026	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Public Warrants [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Public Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities			0
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Contingent Earnout Liability | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities		349	$ 10,026	[1]
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Credit Agreement Warrants | Long-term Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Long-term liabilities
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Money Market Funds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Investments
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Investments | U.S. government and agency securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Investments | U.S. treasury bills and bonds
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Other Assets, Fair Value Disclosure
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Investments | Commercial Paper
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale
Fair Value, Recurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Investments | Corporate Securities
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale

[1] There were no cash equivalents or marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

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Fair Value Measurement - Schedule of Quantitative Information Regarding Warrant Liability (Details)	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares
Private Warrants | Measurement Input Common Stock Fair Value
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0	3.38
Private Warrants | Measurement Input, Exercise Price
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0	11.50
Private Warrants | Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0	1.26
Private Warrants | Measurement Input, Price Volatility
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0	70.0
Private Warrants | Measurement Input, Expected Dividend Rate
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0
Private Warrants | Measurement Input, Expected Term
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Closing date of warrants		4 years 7 months 6 days
Contingent Earnout Liability
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Earnout expiration date	Aug. 16, 2026	Aug. 16, 2026
Contingent Earnout Liability | Measurement Input Common Stock Fair Value
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0.96	3.38
Contingent Earnout Liability | Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	4.16	1.26
Contingent Earnout Liability | Measurement Input, Price Volatility
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	55.0	70.0
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input Common Stock Fair Value
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0.0096	0
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input, Exercise Price
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0.0201
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	3.88
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input, Price Volatility
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	55.0
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input, Expected Dividend Rate
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0
Credit Agreement Warrants | Measurement Input, Expected Term
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Closing date of warrants	9 years 1 month 6 days

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Fair Value Measurement - Additional Information (Details)			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 19, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 16, 2022 shares	Nov. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 13, 2022 $ / shares
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Warrants Liabilities settled for cash | $				$ (8,757,000)	$ 1,600,000
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 11.50		$ 2.01
Warrants | $				$ 0	$ 19,942,000
Common Class A [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 2.01
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares	277,828
Public Warrants [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 11.50
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares	1,543,493	9,956,489		11,499,992
Warrants | $	$ 9,956,489
Public Warrants [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Shares, Issued | shares	1,991,298
Private Placement Warrants [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 11.50
Class of warrants or right issued during the period | shares				6,600,000
Warrants | $	$ 6,600,000
Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Shares, Issued | shares	1,320,000
Public and Private Placement Warrants [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Warrants sold | $	$ 16,556,489
Public and Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Exchange price | $ / shares			$ 0.18
Shares, Issued | shares	3,311,286
Share Price | $ / shares	$ 0.2		$ 0.2
Public and Private Placement Warrants [Member] | Warrant Amendment Agreements [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Warrants exchange ratio			0.10
Warrants outstanding			65.00%
GPO Warrant
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding | shares				198,675
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 2.01
Blue Torch Warrants
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding | shares				3,496,205
Exchange price | $ / shares				$ 2.01

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Fair Value Measurement - Summary of Warrants Classified as Equity That Are Measured at Fair Value on Nonrecurring Basis (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	$ 47,196
Investments
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	23,116
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	23,084
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	32
U.S. government and agency securities | Investments
Equity:
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	11,272
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	3
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	11,269
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	47,197
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	47,196
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	1
U.S. treasury bills and bonds | Investments
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	1,495
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	1,494
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	1
Commercial Paper | Investments
Equity:
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	2,578
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	2
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	2,576
Commercial Paper | Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	2,098
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	2,097
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	1
Corporate Securities | Investments
Equity:
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost, Total	7,771
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	26
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	7,745
Cash [Member] | Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	39,919
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	39,919
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	0
Money Market Funds | Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]
Equity:
Cash and cash equivalents at carrying value	5,180
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure	5,180
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Gains	0
Marketable Securities, Unrealized Losses	$ 0

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Fair Value Measurement - Summary of Change in Fair Value of The Warrant Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	$ (8,757)	$ 1,600
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Contingent Earnout Liability
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning balance	10,026
Change in fair value of contingent earnout liability	(9,677)
Ending balance	$ 349	$ 10,026

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Fair Value Measurement - Amortized cost and estimated fair value of marketable securities (Details) - Due In One Year Or Less [Member] $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 23,116
Fair Value	$ 23,084

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Cost of Revenue	$ 40,327	$ 18,720
L3Harris Agreement [Member]
Fixed fees	358
Cost of Revenue	$ 5,045	$ 417
Percentage of share payable	30.00%
L3Harris Agreement [Member] | Excess Revenue
Revenue	$ 16,000

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Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule Of operating fees includes the fixed payments (Details) - A&R L3Harris Agreement [Member] $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
2023	$ 4,300
2024	4,300
2025	4,300
2026	4,300
2027	4,300
Thereafter	15,548
Operating Fees Payments Due, Total	$ 37,048

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Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised in period	$ 483	$ 5,339
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	$ 806	$ 1,289
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$ 0.95	$ 2.92
Aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding	$ 200	$ 26,865
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable	200	18,639
Fair value of options vested	$ 6,072	$ 3,908
Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense vesting period	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense vesting period	4 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense	$ 31,518
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, weighted-average recognition period	2 years 3 months 18 days
Old Spire Options
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Stockholders' equity note, stock split, exchange ratio	1.8282
2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement,Number of shares available for grant under the plan	4,059,162
Purchase Price of Common Stock, Percent	85.00%
2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement,Number of shares available for grant under the plan	5,685,295
2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of Outstanding Stock Maximum	5.00%
2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Common Class A [Member] | Lesser [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement	23,951,000

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Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted Stock Units Activity (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]
Number of Stock Options outstanding, beginning balance	21,263,847
Number of Stock Options Granted	179,119
Exercise of stock options, shares	(503,805)
Number of Stock Options Forfeited, canceled, or expired	(1,819,756)
Number of Stock Options outstanding, ending balance	19,119,405	21,263,847
Number of Stock Options Vested and expected to vest	19,119,405
Number of Stock Options Exercisable	14,553,588
Weighted- Average Exercise Price beginning balance	$ 2.40
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, Granted	1.74
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, Exercised	1.60
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, Forfeited, canceled, or expired	3.43
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, ending balance	2.32	$ 2.40
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, Vested and expected to vest	2.32
Weighted- Average Exercise Price, Exercisable	$ 2.11
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	6 years 1 month 6 days	7 years 2 months 12 days
Vested and expected to vest weighted- average remaining contractual term (in years)	6 years 1 month 6 days
Exercisable weighted- average remaining contractual term (in years)	5 years 6 months

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Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option Activity (Details) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Shares, Beginning Balance | shares	783,902
Number of Shares, granted | shares	12,839,420
Number of Shares, vested | shares	(242,486)
Number of Shares, forfeited | shares	(1,000,591)
Number of Shares, Ending Balance | shares	12,380,245
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Beginning Balance | $ / shares	$ 3.94
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, granted | $ / shares	2.41
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, vested | $ / shares	3.62
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, forfeited | $ / shares	2.73
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share, Ending Balance | $ / shares	$ 2.46

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Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of the Stock Based Compensation Expense based on Roles and Responsibilities of the Employees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense	$ 11,491	$ 11,634
Cost of Revenue
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense	232	432
Research and Development
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense	3,154	2,859
Selling and Marketing
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense	2,822	2,307
General and Administrative
Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense	$ 5,283	$ 6,036

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Stock Based Compensation - Summary of Assumptions Used To Estimated Grant-Date Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield	$ 0	$ 0
Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	2.90%	0.60%
Expected volatility factor	58.30%	66.90%
Expected option life	5 years 6 months	5 years
Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate		1.40%
Expected volatility factor		70.00%
Expected option life		6 years 29 days

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 19, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Vote $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 13, 2022 $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized | shares		100,000,000	100,000,000
Common stock, par value per share		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred stock, par value per share		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding | shares		0	0
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 11.50		$ 2.01
Settlement of warrant liability | $		$ 0	$ 19,942,000
Additional paid-in capital | $		$ 455,751,000	$ 438,696,000
Common Class A [Member]
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Shares authorized | shares					1,000,000,000
Common stock, par value per share					$ 0.0001
Description of voting rights of common stock		Each holder of shares of Class A common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share
Common stock, number of vote per share | Vote		1
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 2.01
Class B common stock
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Shares authorized | shares					15,000,000
Common stock, par value per share					$ 0.0001
Description of voting rights of common stock		each holder of shares of Class B common stock will be entitled to nine votes for each share
Common stock, number of vote per share | Vote		9
Common Stock
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Description of voting rights of common stock		The holders of the common stock were entitled to one vote for each share
Common stock, number of vote per share | Vote		1
Dividend rate		8.00%
Private Placement Warrants [Member]
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 11.50
Settlement of warrant liability | $	$ 6,600,000
Public Warrants [Member]
Document Document And Entity Information [Line Items]
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 11.50
Settlement of warrant liability | $	$ 9,956,489

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Income Taxes - Summary of Loss Before Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Domestic loss	$ (69,072)	$ (17,976)
Foreign loss	(20,017)	(19,617)
Loss before income taxes	$ (89,089)	$ (37,593)

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Income Taxes - Summary of Income Tax Provision (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current income tax provisions:
Federal	$ 0	$ 0
State	0	0
Foreign	386	0
Current income tax provision	386	0
Deferred income tax expense:
Federal	0	0
State	0	0
Foreign	(64)	497
Deferred income tax expense	(64)	497
Total income tax provision	$ 322	$ 497

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	4.20%	5.20%
exactEarth acquisition costs	(0.20%)	(2.70%)
Merger costs	0.00%	(3.70%)
Merger contingent fees	0.00%	4.30%
Contingent earnout liability	2.30%	23.60%
Non-deductible expenses and other	2.00%	0.30%
Research and development credits	0.40%	2.30%
Foreign rate differential	1.30%	3.90%
Change in valuation allowance, net	(31.30%)	(55.50%)
Effective tax rate	(0.30%)	(1.30%)

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Income Taxes - Summary of Significant Components of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$ 97,737	$ 75,129
Research and development credit carryforward	6,402	6,002
Stock-based compensation	1,836	599
Property and equipment	3,533	4,177
Operating lease liabilities	1,965	0
Sec 174 Capitalized R&D	3,424	0
Intangibles	56	440
Other accruals	3,422	2,284
Gross deferred tax assets	118,375	88,631
Less: Valuation allowance	(102,480)	(74,558)
Net deferred tax assets	15,895	14,073
Deferred tax liabilities
Intangibles	(13,945)	(14,073)
Operating lease right-of-use assets	(1,950)	0
Foreign property and equipment and intangibles	(771)	(835)
Gross deferred tax liabilities	(16,666)	(14,908)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$ (771)	$ (835)

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries	$ 13,120
Increase in valuation allowance description	The increase in the valuation allowance of $27,922 includes $1 related to the acquisition of exactEarth's deferred tax assets subjected to a valuation allowance through purchase accounting. The remaining valuation allowance change of $27,921 is mostly related to current year losses.
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	$ 102,480	$ 74,558
Increase In the Valuation Allowance	102,480
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Not Subject to Expiration	$ 169,364
U.S. federal tax benefit at statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%
Latest Tax Year
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Increase In the Valuation Allowance	$ 27,922
Exact Earth Acquisition | Latest Tax Year
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Increase In the Valuation Allowance	1
Current Year Losses | Latest Tax Year
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Increase In the Valuation Allowance	27,921
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	102,954	$ 64,739
Domestic Tax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	251,889	$ 189,313
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] | Latest Tax Year
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Tax Purposes Expiration Year		2032
Domestic Tax Authority [Member] | Research Tax Credit Carryforward
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	3,732	$ 3,332
Luxembourg Tax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	16,350	$ 12,063
Operating Loss Carry Forwards Expiration Year		2035
Singapore Tax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	3,125	$ 2,685
Canada Tax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	18,631	$ 16,793
Operating Loss Carry Forwards Expiration Year		2029
United KingdomTax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	232	$ 188
Australia Tax Authority [Member]
Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	$ 84

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Net Loss per Share (Restated) - Schedule of Earnings Per Share Basic and Diluted Attributable to Common Stockholders (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Numerator:
Net loss	$ (89,411)	$ (38,090)
Denominator:
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	139,879,423	62,137,434
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	139,879,423	62,137,434
Basic net income (loss) per share	$ (0.64)	$ (0.61)
Diluted net income (loss) per share	$ (0.64)	$ (0.61)

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Net Loss per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	36,890,604	40,147,741
RSU Shares [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	12,380,245	783,902
Public and private warrants [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	1,543,493	18,099,992
Stock Option And Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	19,271,986	21,263,847
Credit Agreement Warrants [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	3,694,880	0

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2023	Mar. 14, 2023	Dec. 19, 2022
Blue Torch
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Term loan			$ 120,000
Escrow deposit			$ 19,735
Subsequent Event | Blue Torch
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from escrow deposit	$ 19,735
Subsequent Event | Silicon Valley Bank [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 31,200
Amount Invested in Black Rock money market mutual funds		$ 30,800