Note 6. Commitments and Contingencies

Facility Leases

On June 13, 2024, the Company entered into a new office lease in Redwood City, California for office space for its headquarters facility. The lease provides office space of approximately 18,026 square feet and for base monthly rent payments beginning at $57,400 that increase annually by approximately 3.0% over the term of five years from the date of occupancy. In addition to base rent, the Company has agreed to reimburse the landlord for certain operating expenses under the terms of the lease. The lease commencement date was September 1, 2024 when the premises became available for occupancy and the related operating lease ROU assets and liabilities were recorded in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. The Company's operating lease for its predecessor headquarters facility office space in Redwood City, California began on June 1, 2023 and expired in May 2025.

On November 25, 2025, the Company executed an amendment to its office lease in Redwood City, California for additional office space for its headquarters facility. The amendment provides additional office

space of approximately 17,779 square feet and for base monthly rent payments beginning at $32,747 that increase annually to $79,650 in the final year of the lease in 2029. In addition to base rent, the Company has agreed to reimburse the landlord for certain operating expenses under the terms of the lease. As of the date of this filing, the premises is not available for occupancy and therefore as the office lease has not commenced, the related operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are not recorded in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025.

The Company's operating lease ROU assets, current operating lease liabilities and long-term operating lease liabilities each appear as a separate line within the Company's consolidated balance sheets. In September 2024, the Company recorded an increase to its right-of-use assets by $2.8 million and an increase to its lease liability of $2.8 million as a result of the June 2024 office lease. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company's short-term liabilities were equal to $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and the long-term operating lease liabilities were equal to $2.0 million and $2.5 million, respectively.

The weighted average discount rate related to the Company’s lease liabilities was 8.5% as of December 31, 2025 over a remaining term of 3.7 years, and 8.5% as of December 31, 2024 over the remaining term of 4.7 years. The discount rates were determined based on estimates of the Company's incremental borrowing rate, as the discount rates implicit in the Company’s leases cannot be readily determined.

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Operating lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

853

 

 

$

548

 

 

$

312

 

Variable lease cost

 

 

6

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

-

 

Short-term lease cost

 

 

87

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

44

 

Total operating lease cost

 

$

946

 

 

$

721

 

 

$

356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

552

 

 

$

344

 

 

$

341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a schedule by year of future maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

 

2026

 

$

692

 

2027

 

 

861

 

2028

 

 

942

 

2029

 

 

665

 

Total lease payments

 

 

3,160

 

Less interest

 

 

(470

)

Total

 

$

2,690

 

 

Other Commitments

The Company enters into agreements in the normal course of business, including with contract research organizations for clinical trials, contract manufacturing organizations for certain manufacturing services, and vendors for preclinical studies as well as other services and products for operating purposes, which are generally cancelable upon written notice. As of December 31, 2025, the Company's non-cancelable other commitments aggregated $15.3 million.

Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and provide for general indemnifications. The Company’s exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future but have not yet been made. The Company accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made, and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 25, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 28, 2025
2017Apr 2, 2018
2016Mar 15, 2017
2015Mar 25, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.