424B3 1 f424b30622_arbe.htm PROSPECTUS

PROSPECTUS

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333
-257250

10,004,436 Ordinary Shares

Arbe Robotics Ltd.

NASDAQ trading symbol: ARBE

This prospectus relates to the issuance by us of an aggregate of 10,004,436 ordinary shares of Arbe Robotics Ltd. which are issuable upon exercise or conversion of warrants issued by us to the former holders of warrants of Industrial Tech Acquisitions, Inc. (“ITAC”) pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement dated as of March 18, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among us, our wholly-owned subsidiary and ITAC. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, we issued our warrants to the holders of the outstanding ITAC public and private warrants that were outstanding on the effective date of the Merger. We issued warrants to purchase a total of 10,735,680 of our ordinary shares. As of the date of this prospectus, there are warrants to purchase 10,004,436 ordinary shares outstanding.

The ordinary shares and warrants are traded on Nasdaq under the symbols “ARBE” and “ARBEW,” respectively.

We are a “foreign private issuer,” and an “emerging growth company” each as defined under the federal securities laws, and, as such, we are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. See the section entitled “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Foreign Private Issuer” for additional information.

Investing in our ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase our ordinary shares only you can afford to lose your entire investment. See “Risk Factors,” which begins on page 11.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this Prospectus is June 22, 2022

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus forms part of a post-effective amendment on Form F-1 to a registration statement on Form F-4 filed by us with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to the terms the “Company,” “us,” “we” and words of like import refer to Arbe Robotics Ltd., together with its subsidiaries. All references in this prospectus to “ITAC” refer to Industrial Tech Acquisitions, Inc.

ITAC was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Prior to executing the Business Combination Agreement with ua, ITAC’s efforts were limited to organizational activities, completion of its initial public offering and the evaluation of possible business combinations.

Merger and PIPE Financing

On October 7, 2021, we consummated the merger (the “Merger”) with ITAC, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement pursuant to which our subsidiary was merged with and into ITAC, and ITAC became our wholly-owned subsidiary, and we changed its name to Autobot MergerSub, Inc. Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement:

        holders of 3,866,842 shares of ITAC’s common stock remaining after the redemption of 5,813,894 shares, received 3,866,842 of our ordinary shares;

        the holders of 7,623,600 of ITAC’s public warrants received warrants to purchase 7,623,600 of our ordinary shares; and

        the holders of 3,112,080 ITAC private warrants received warrants to purchase 3,112,080 of our ordinary shares.

Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ITAC and we entered into subscription agreements with investors who, at the closing of the Merger, purchased 10,000,000 of our ordinary shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, which generated gross proceeds of $100 million.

Recapitalization and Stock Split

Pursuant to the Recapitalization, (i) all of our then outstanding warrants (other than certain outstanding warrants) were exercised, (ii) all of our then outstanding preferred shares, including preferred shares issued upon exercise of warrants, were converted into ordinary shares in accordance with their terms and our Amended and Restated Articles of Association then in effect, and (iii) each ordinary share that was outstanding after the exercise and conversion pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) became and was converted into a total of 48,268,611 ordinary shares.

The recapitalization resulted in a 46.25783-for-one stock split and a change in the par value of the ordinary shares from NIS 0.01 per share to NIS 0.000216 per share effective on October 7, 2021. All share and per share information in this prospectus retroactively reflects stock split.

Functional and Reporting Currency

A substantial portion of our activity, including transactions with customers, as well as equity transactions and cash investments, are incurred in U.S. dollars. Our management believes that the U.S. dollar is the currency of the primary economic environment in which we operate. Thus, our functional and reporting currency is the U.S. dollar.

Industry and Market Data

In this prospectus, we present industry data, information and statistics regarding the markets in which we compete as well as publicly available information, industry and general publications and research and studies conducted by third parties. This information is supplemented where necessary with our own internal estimates, taking into account publicly available information about other industry participants and our management’s judgment where information is not publicly available. This information appears in “Summary of the Prospectus,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” “Business” and other sections of this prospectus.

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Industry publications, research, studies and forecasts generally state that the information they contain has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of such information is not guaranteed. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and uncertainties as the other forward-looking statements in this prospectus. These forecasts and forward-looking information are subject to uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described under “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in any forecasts or estimates.

Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks

We own or have rights to trademarks, trade names and service marks that we use in connection with the operation of our business. In addition, our names, logos and website names and addresses are our trademarks or service marks. Other trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, in some cases, the trademarks, trade names and service marks referred to in this prospectus are listed without the applicable “©,” “SM” and “TM” symbols, but we and they will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our and their rights to these trademarks, trade names and service marks.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information that is presented in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information you should consider before investing in our ordinary shares. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before making an investment decision.

Our Business

We are leading a radar revolution with its proprietary 4D Imaging Radar solutions. Using cutting-edge technology, it offers the highest quality radar image on the market allowing truly safe driver-assist systems today while paving the way for fully autonomous driving.

We empower automakers (OEM’s), tier-1 automotive suppliers (automotive module manufacturers), delivery robots, and commercial and industrial vehicles, with next-generation sensing and paradigm-changing perception. Our imaging radar offers higher resolution than any other radar solution in the market and is an essential sensor for Level 2+ and above.

Our proprietary technology offers 4D Imaging Radar solutions that include a radio frequency chipset with the highest channel count in the industry — 2.304, and a ground-breaking radar processor chip, the first processor designed specifically for the performance and power saving requirements of the automotive industry. All coupled with AI-based post-processing capabilities.

Its 4D imaging radar can detect distance, relative speed, angular measurement of objects and their height above the road in any weather or lighting condition in 2K ultra-high resolution in both azimuth and elevation, delivering an image that we believe is X100 more detailed than any other radar on the market. It is also the first radar to empower perception algorithms, a paradigm-changing achievement of free spacing mapping, object tracking and identification and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping).

Our unique solution addresses the core challenges of autonomous vehicle and autopilot driving detect stationary objects — a manhole cover it can drive over or a guardrail it needs to avoid — identify vulnerable road users and eliminate false alarms without radar ambiguities. By complementing camera capabilities to achieve a full sensing environment and redundancy, it addresses all driving scenarios and environment use cases, making its solution a mandatory sensor for vehicles which operate at a Level 2+ autonomy and above. The former relates to a condition where automation systems are integrated though the driver is still required, whereas in the levels above, the higher you go, the more autonomous the vehicle will be, with a Level 5 vehicle being fully autonomous with no driver input.

Arbe was founded in 2015 and has offices in Israel and the United States.

COVID-19 Impact

During 2020, the spread of COVID-19 and the actions taken by governments have had an impact on the automotive industry, which at first estimated a reduced demand but then experienced a significant increase in demand for vehicle production and sales, which caused a chip shortage reality. As a result, some automotive factories were shut down at the beginning of this period, and some projects were placed on hold or cancelled. In addition, travel restrictions, remote work guidelines, limitations on face-to-face meetings, COVID-19 isolations and sick days, required us to change our work methods and adjust. We believe we managed to maintain our progress, relaying on new work methods and on our relationships such as our supply relationship with GlobalFoundries to stay on track.

As of the date of this prospectus, many automakers around the world have not yet resumed full development operations since the pandemic began. The automotive factories in China are an exception to this pattern, as they were early to return to normal and are currently operating at an accelerated rate. Recently, several provinces and municipalities in China experienced a lockdown as a result of potential spread of increased COVID 19 infections from the Omicron and subvariants of Omicron which could affect our business with Chinese automobile companies and Chinese suppliers. We cannot assure you that China will not experience further lockdowns and that such lockdowns will not affect us.

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The extent of the impact of the pandemic on our operational and financial performance in 2022 will depend on various future developments, including the duration and spread of future COVID-19 outbreaks, including the impact of the subvariant of the Omicron variant, which may spread faster than the original Omicron variant which has had impacted Asia and Europe and may impact other countries, including Israel and the United States. These outbreaks impact our customers, suppliers, and employees. These factors related to COVID-19 are beyond our knowledge and control and, as a result, at this time, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact, both in terms of severity and duration, that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.

Our Organization

We are an Israeli corporation founded on November 4, 2015. The mailing address for our principal executive office is 10 HaHashmonaim St 107, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Its telephone number is +972-73-7969804, ext. 200. Our website is https://arberobotics.com/. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website or any other website is expressly not incorporated by reference into and is not a part of this prospectus.

Foreign Private Issuer Status

We are a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act. As such, we are exempt from certain provisions applicable to United States domestic public companies. For example:

        we are not required to provide as many Exchange Act reports, or as frequently, as a domestic public company;

        for interim reporting, we are permitted to comply solely with our home country requirements, which are less rigorous than the rules that apply to domestic public companies;

        we are not required to provide the same level of disclosure on certain issues, such as executive compensation;

        we are exempt from provisions of Regulation FD aimed at preventing issuers from making selective disclosures of material information;

        we are not required to comply with the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act; and

        we are not required to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their share ownership and trading activities and establishing insider liability for profits realized from any “short-swing” trading transaction.

We are required to file an annual report on Form 20-F within four months of the end of each fiscal year, and we have filed our Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021. In addition, we intend to publish our results on a quarterly basis as press releases, distributed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq. Press releases relating to financial results and material events will also be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. However, the information we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC will be less extensive and less timely compared to that required to be filed with the SEC by U.S. domestic issuers. As a result, you may not be afforded the same protections or information that would be made available to you were you investing in a U.S. domestic issuer.

The Nasdaq listing rules provide that a foreign private issuer may follow the practices of its home country, which for us is Israel, rather than the Nasdaq rules as to certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirement that the issuer have a majority of independent directors and the audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee requirements, the requirement to disclose third party director and nominee compensation and the requirement to distribute annual and interim reports. A foreign private issuer that follows a home country practice in lieu of one or more of the listing rules shall disclose in its annual reports filed with the SEC each requirement that it does not follow and describe the home country practice followed by the issuer in lieu of such requirements. Currently, we do not plan to rely on the home country practice exemption with respect to its corporate governance other than the quorum requirements. Our Restated Articles provide that two shareholders holding 25% of the voting shares constitutes a quorum, as contrasted with the Nasdaq requirement of one-third of a company’s outstanding voting securities. If we choose to take advantage of other home country practice in the future, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would enjoy under Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.

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Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenue for the last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended (the “JOBS Act”). An emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Section 404, in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting. The JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company does not need to comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards until such date that a private company is otherwise required to comply with such new or revised accounting standards. We intend to take advantage of certain of these exemptions.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest of (i) the last day of our fiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of at least US$1.07 billion; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of the Merger; (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter and we have been publicly reporting for at least 12 months. Once we cease to be an emerging growth company, we will not be entitled to the exemptions provided in the JOBS Act discussed above.

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The Offering

Ordinary shares offered:

 

A maximum of 10,004,436 upon exercise of our warrants.

Outstanding ordinary shares:

 

63,141,012 ordinary shares as of May 31, 2022(1)

Use of proceeds:

 

Any proceeds we received from the exercise of warrants will be used for working capital. We can give no assurance that any warrants will be exercised.

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(1)      Does not include 10,004,436 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, 9,400,913 ordinary shares issuable pursuant to exercise of outstanding options under our 2016 Incentive Share Option Plan and our 2021 Share Incentive Plan, and a total of 1,699,842 ordinary shares which may be granted under our 2021 Share Incentive Plan.

Stock Split

All share and per share information concerning our ordinary shares reflects the 46.25783-for-one stock split as part of Recapitalization.

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, balance sheet data as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and statements of cash flows data for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. All share and per share information being adjusted to reflect the Recapitalization, including the 46.25783-for-one stock split. You should read this Summary Financial Data section together with our financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Dollars in thousands, except share and per share information.

Statements of Operations Data:

 

Year Ended December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

Revenues

 

$

2,249

 

$

332

 

 

$

Cost of Revenues

 

 

1,440

 

 

340

 

 

 

Gross Profit (Loss)

 

 

809

 

 

(8

)

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

28,564

 

 

12,794

 

 

 

22,012

Sales and Marketing

 

 

1,814

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

1,933

General and Administrative

 

 

3,709

 

 

1,093

 

 

 

1,187

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

34,087

 

 

14,950

 

 

 

25,132

Operating Loss

 

 

33,278

 

 

14,958

 

 

 

25,132

Financial Expenses, net

 

 

24,814

 

 

667

 

 

 

475

Net Loss

 

$

58.092

 

$

15,625

 

 

$

25,607

Net Loss per Ordinary Share (basic and diluted)

 

$

2.64

 

$

1.70

 

 

$

2.87

Average Ordinary Shares Outstanding

 

 

22,027,292

 

 

9,205,169

 

 

 

8,910,561

Balance Sheet Data

 

December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

Current assets

 

$

104,181

 

 

$

4,021

 

Working capital (deficiency)

 

 

88,714

 

 

 

(1,250

)

Redeemable convertible preferred shares

 

 

 

 

 

55,440

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(119,646

)

 

 

(61,554

)

Shareholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

 

79,823

 

 

 

(60,157

)

Selected Cash Flows Data:

 

Year Ended December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(26,416

)

 

(15,285

)

 

(22,559

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(684

)

 

9,704

 

 

(8,537

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

125,082

 

 

1,532

 

 

35,545

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and short-term restricted cash

 

 

97,982

 

 

(4,049

)

 

4,449

 

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Summary of Risk Factors

Our business is subject to numerous risks described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. The main risks set forth below and others you should consider are discussed more fully in the section entitled “Risk Factors,” which you should read in its entirety.

        We are an early-stage company with a history of losses, and it expects to incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable future.

        Our limited operating history and evolving business model makes evaluating our business and future prospects difficult and may increase the risk of your investment.

        We are creating innovative technology by designing and developing unique components. The high price of, or low yield in, these components may affect our ability to sell at competitive prices, and may lead to losses.

        We expect to invest substantially in research and development for the purpose of developing and commercializing new products, and these investments could significantly reduce its profitability or increase its losses and may not generate revenue for us.

        Agreements with customers may not generate the anticipated revenue as we are subject to the risks of cancellation or postponement of contracts or unsuccessful implementation.

        The development cycle of products using our technology as well as the market for our products that are under development can be impacted by various factors which cannot be predicted, including international conflicts, climate and weather conditions and the continued steps taken by governments to address the COVID 19 pandemic.

        Adoption of our products for other emerging markets may not occur or may occur more slowly than we anticipate, which would adversely affect our business and prospects.

        We may not be able to accurately estimate the supply and demand of our products, which could result in a variety of inefficiencies in our business and hinder our ability to generate revenue.

        If market adoption of our products does not develop, or develops more slowly than we expect, our business will be adversely affected.

        We target many customers that are large companies with substantial negotiating power, exacting product standards and potentially competitive internal solutions. If we are unable to sell our products to these customers, our prospects and results of operations will be adversely affected.

        We continue to implement strategic initiatives designed to grow our business. These initiatives may prove more costly than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in increasing our revenue in an amount sufficient to offset the costs of these initiatives and to achieve and maintain profitability.

        The markets in which we compete are characterized by rapid technological change, which requires us to continue to develop new products and product innovations, and could adversely affect market adoption of our products.

        Certain of our strategic, development and supply arrangements could be terminated or may not materialize into long-term contract arrangements.

        The complexity of our products could result in unforeseen delays or expenses from undetected defects, errors or bugs in hardware or software which could reduce the market adoption of its new products, damage its reputation with current or prospective customers, expose us to product liability, warranty and other claims and adversely affect its operating costs.

        We operate in a highly competitive market against a large number of both established competitors and new market entrants, and some market participants have substantially greater resources than we.

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        We expect our results of operations to fluctuate on a quarterly and annual basis, which could cause the share price of our ordinary shares to fluctuate or decline.

        Our business depends on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel and senior management.

        We rely on third-party suppliers and, because key components in our products come from a limited or sole sources of supply, we are susceptible to supply shortages, long lead times for components and supply changes, any of which could disrupt our supply chain and could delay deliveries of our products to customers.

        We may be subject to risks associated with autonomous driving, including, but not limited to, technical malfunctions, regulatory obstacles, and/or product liability.

        We have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic or another pandemic, and we may be affected by other conditions, including adverse economic conditions and trends, supply chain problems and international conflicts which may or may not involve Israel, the duration and economic, governmental and social impact of which is difficult to predict, which may significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

        We may not be able to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or prevent unauthorized parties from copying or reverse engineering its solutions, and our efforts to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and prevent third parties from violating its rights may be costly.

        We rely on our unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets, processes and know-how, in addition to patented technology, which we may not be able to adequately protect.

        We are subject to, and must remain in compliance with, numerous laws and governmental regulations concerning the manufacturing, use, distribution and sale of our products, as well as requirements of some of our customers.

        Our business may be adversely affected by changes in automotive safety regulations or concerns that drive further regulation of the automobile safety market.

        As a company organized under the laws of Israel and located in Israel, we will be subject to risks associated with conducting business in Israel, including risks related to political, economic and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding region.

        Failures, or perceived failures, to comply with privacy, data protection, and information security requirements in the variety of jurisdictions in which we operate may adversely impact our business, and such legal requirements are evolving, uncertain and may require improvements in, or changes to, our product.

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PRICE RANGE OF SECURITIES AND DIVIDENDS

Our ordinary shares and warrants are listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols “ARBE” and “ARBEW,” respectively.

Holders

As of June 9, 2022, we had 85 shareholders of record, of which 14 shareholders of record located in the United States were the holders of who own approximately 15.5% of our ordinary shares.

As of June 9, 2022, we had one holder of record of our public warrants, which is located in the United States.

Dividends

We have not paid any dividends to its shareholders. We anticipate that we will retain our earnings for use in business operations and, accordingly, do not anticipate that our board of directors will declare dividends in the foreseeable future.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our ordinary shares involves significant risks. You should carefully consider all of the information in this prospectus, including the risks and uncertainties described below, before making an investment in our ordinary shares. Any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In any such case, the market price of our ordinary shares could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

The risks set out below are not exhaustive and do not comprise all of the risks associated with an investment in us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or which we currently deem immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects and/or our share price.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

We are an early-stage company with a history of losses and expect to incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable future.

We incurred a net loss of approximately $58.1 million on revenues of approximately $2.2 million for year ended December 31, 2021 and a net loss of approximately $15.6 million on revenues of approximately $0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. No assurance can be made that we can or will become profitable. We are primarily a research and development company as we continue the development of our 4D imaging radar technology. Until such time as we begin material commercial deliveries of our products, it is likely to continue to generate losses. Even if we are able to begin making material commercial deliveries of its products, there can be no assurance that they will be commercially successful.

We anticipate that our losses will be higher (and may be significantly higher) as we:

        increase our research and development;

        expand our production capabilities or outsources such production;

        expand our design, development, installation and servicing capabilities;

        produce an inventory; and

        increase our sales and marketing activities and develop our distribution infrastructure.

We will incur the expenses from these efforts before we receive sufficient revenues to cover our incremental revenues with respect thereto, and therefore our losses in future periods may be significant. In addition, we may find that these efforts are more expensive than we currently anticipate or that these efforts may not result in revenues, which would further increase our losses.

Our limited operating history and evolving business model makes evaluating our business and future prospects difficult and may increase the risk of your investment.

We have been focused primarily on developing 4D imaging radar technology products since 2017 and we did not generate any revenue until 2020. This relatively limited operating history and modest level of revenue to date makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and the risks and challenges we may encounter. Further, because we have limited historical financial data and operate in a rapidly evolving market, any predictions about our future revenue and expenses may not be as accurate as they would be if we had a longer operating history or operated in a more predictable market.

In addition, our management may decide to make changes to our business model in response to shifts or perceived shifts in market sentiment or otherwise and we may incorrectly gauge the direction of the market. In this connection, our business and operations may undergo changes that result is a material change in our business and the direction

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of our business. Any such modifications could result in increased losses (as pivoting the business may be costly) and future results may differ materially from those presented herein. Any change in our business model may make the results of our operations to date less useful in evaluating our business and prospects.

If we fail to address the risks and difficulties that we face, including those described elsewhere in this “Risk Factors” section, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be impaired. We have encountered in the past, and will encounter in the future, risks and uncertainties frequently experienced by growing companies with limited operating histories in rapidly changing industries. If our assumptions regarding these risks and uncertainties, which we use to plan and operate our business, are incorrect or change, or if we do not address these risks successfully, the results of our operations could differ materially from our expectations and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Because we are creating innovative technology by designing and developing unique components, the high price of these components or the low yield from these components may affect our ability to sell at competitive prices, and may lead to losses.

Part of our technological approach to providing cost-effective and high-performance products involves using a multi-disciplinary approach to design some of our components. Many of these components are complex and contain multiple sophisticated elements with various workstreams involved therein. Such elements may require extreme precision and present challenges to bring products to market in an efficient and profitable manner, which can lead to increased costs of production or a decrease in the production yield as compared to what we currently contemplate or project. Any such change could significantly increase our production costs and thereby decrease our margins and potentially increase our losses.

We expect to invest substantially in research and development for the purpose of developing and commercializing new products, and these investments could significantly increase our losses and may not generate significant revenue for us.

Our future growth depends on maintaining our technological leadership in order to introduce new products that achieve market acceptance and penetrate new markets. Therefore, we currently plan to incur substantial research and development costs as part of our efforts to design, develop, manufacture and commercialize new products and enhance existing products. Our research and development expenses were approximately $28.6 million for 2021 and approximately $12.8 million for 2020. We expect that our research and development expenses are likely to grow in the future as we seek to expand our research and development effort to meet the anticipated market need. Because we expense our research and development activities, as we increase these expenses it will adversely affect the future results of our operations. In addition, our research and development program may not produce successful results, and even if it does successfully produce new products, those products may not achieve market acceptance, create additional revenue or become profitable. Because the market for our products is both leading edge technology and an evolving industry, we can only be successful if we can offer leading edge technology. Our failure to offer leading edge technology can materially impair our ability to operate profitably.

Agreements with customers may not generate the anticipated revenue as we are subject to the risks of cancellation or postponement of contracts or unsuccessful implementation.

Prospective customers of our products generally must make significant commitments of resources to test and validate our products and confirm that they can integrate our products with other technologies before including our products in any particular system, product or model. The development cycles of our products with new customers varies widely depending on the application, market, customer and the complexity of the product. In the automotive market, for example, this development cycle can be over several years. As a result of these lengthy development cycles, we spend significant time and resources to have our products selected by potential customers for a particular use. If we fail to secure such relationships, we may not have an opportunity to supply our products within a sector with such a long lead time for a period of several years. Further, we are subject to the risk that customers that order products, which are subject to the customer’s ability to integrate the product with its other systems, may cancel or postpone orders if the customer is not satisfied that our product and service meet the customer’s requirements.

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The development cycle of products using our technology as well as the market for our products that are under development can be impacted by various factors which cannot be predicted, including adverse economic conditions, international conflicts, climate and weather conditions and the continued steps taken by governments to address the COVID 19 pandemic.

The development process for our products as well as the timing of our sales and the market for our products can be affected by various factors, many of which are unpredictable. These factors include such conditions as international conflicts, climate and weather conditions, and actions taken by governments to address the COVID 19 pandemic and other pandemics. In recent months the following conditions have affected or may affect various aspects of our business.

        The effects of the February 24, 2022 invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukraine, which is discussed below.

        The recent earthquake in Japan, which may impact Japanese business both as potential users of our products or as suppliers of components necessary in the production of vehicles that would use our technology.

        The recent lockdown in many provinces and municipalities in China as a result of potential spread of increased COVID 19 infections from the Omicron and a subvariant of Omicron which could affect our business with Chinese automobile companies and Chinese suppliers.

        The effects of a subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which may spread faster than the original Omicron variant, as well as the effects of any new variants and subvariants which may develop, including any actions taken by governments, which have the effect of slowing the process of evaluating our products or increasing the already-existing supply chain problems;

        The effects of any other military conflicts or cybersecurity actions, including any expansion of the Russian invasion and any other conflicts worldwide, including in the Middle East; and

        Any other conditions which may affect the automotive industry generally and the ability of automotive companies in their evaluation and purchase of our products or our ability and the ability of our customers and potential customers to evaluate our product or order our product.

Any factors which affect the ability or willingness of customers and potential customers to test our products or purchase our products could materially impair our ability to develop our business, We cannot predict the extent that any of the foregoing will impact our business nor what other factors which we do not presently contemplate may impact our business; however, any of these factors, as well as other factors not presently contemplated, may have a material adverse effect upon our business.

We face risks related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and any other conflicts that may arise on a global or regional scale which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine that has had an immediate impact on the global economy resulting in higher energy prices and higher prices for certain raw materials and goods and services which in turn is contributing to higher inflation in the United States and other countries across the globe with significant disruption to financial markets and supply and distribution chains for certain raw materials and goods and services on an unprecedented scale. The impact of the sanctions has also included disruptions to financial markets, an inability to complete financial or banking transactions, restrictions on travel and an inability to service existing or new customers in a timely manner in the affected areas of Europe. The Russian Federation could resort to cyberattacks and other action that impact businesses across the United States, the European Union, Israel and other nations across the globe including those without any direct business ties to the Russian Federation. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has continued to escalate without any resolution of the invasion foreseeable in the near future with the short and long-term impact on financial and business conditions in Europe remaining highly uncertain.

The U.S. and the European Union responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing various economic sanctions on the Russian Federation to which the Russian Federation has responded in kind. The United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries across the globe have imposed their own sanctions on the Russian Federation.

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Israel has not imposed any sanctions. The United States, the European Union and such other countries acting together or separately could impose wider sanctions or take further actions against the Russian Federation if the conflict continues to escalate. Multinational corporations and other corporations and businesses with business and financial ties to the Russian Federation have either reduced or eliminated their ties to the Russian Federation in a manner that often exceeds what is required pursuant to sanctions by these countries. While we do not have any business or financial ties to the Russian Federation or Ukraine, the impact of higher energy prices and higher prices for certain raw materials and goods and services resulting in higher inflation and disruptions to financial markets and disruptions to manufacturing and supply and distribution chains for certain raw materials and goods and services across the globe may impact our business in the future.

Although we do not have any agreements with any companies in Russia or Ukraine, the Russian invasion of Ukraine could have significant adverse effects upon our business, including, but not limited to, the following

        A slowdown in the automotive industry generally and a slowdown of transactions in this industry, which could affect decisions on the supplier of radar components and technology;

        The effect of United States’ or other nations’ sanctions on companies, including companies that may be customers or potential customers of our products and suppliers of components used in the vehicles that use our products, that conduct business with Russian or Ukrainian companies;

        The effects of the significant increase in oil and gas prices as a result of gas shortages resulting from the reduced gas and oil flow from Russia;

        The additional inflationary pressures resulting from sanctions placed by the United States and European countries on Russia and Russian companies.

        Additional supply line issues, resulting from the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including reduced availability or higher prices for the raw materials used in our products.

        The worldwide economic conditions, including in Europe and Asia where a number or our customers are located, which may impact the decisions that relate to the use of our products including the customers’ evaluation process;

        Our ability to conduct business with companies, including companies that may be testing our product, that conduct business with Russia and Ukraine and which may be subject to sanctions or restrictions imposed by the United States, European or other government as a result of their conducting business with these companies.

        Adverse economic conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, may also result in a higher rate of losses on accounts receivables that we accrue in the future due to credit defaults.

        A change in the relationship between Israel and Russia, particularly as it relates to the security of Israel, and any conflict involving Israel as a result of a potential deterioration in Israel’s relationship with Russia.

We cannot predict the manner in which the Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact our business. However, the longer the invasion continues, the more likely the adverse effects will be material and, if our business declines as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will be material. Further, to the extent that the conflict widens and involves NATO forces, the negative effects on our business and automotive industry in general, may be substantially exacerbated.

To the extent that any of these factors affect our supplier, GlobalFoundries, including its ability to obtain the semiconductors necessary for our product, our ability to deliver any products that are ordered from us will be impaired, which may impact our ability to obtain orders for our products.

We will assess and respond where appropriate to any direct or indirect impact that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has on the availability or pricing of the raw materials for our products, manufacturing and supply and distribution chains for our products and on the pricing and demand for our products.

Other conflicts with a global impact that may arise from time to time could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and/or financial condition.

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We may need to raise additional funds in the future in order to execute our business plan and these funds may not be available to us when it needs them. If we cannot raise additional funds when we need them, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results could be negatively affected.

Although our working capital at December 31, 2021 was approximately $88.7 million, we are presently primarily a research and development company, with the result that, at least in the near future, we will be spending significantly more in research and development that we will generate in revenue. Thus, we may require additional capital in order to fund our growth strategy and to respond to technological advancements, competitive dynamics or technologies, customer demands, business opportunities, challenges, acquisitions or unforeseen circumstances, and it may seek to raise such funding through equity or debt financing.

We may not be able to timely secure such debt or equity financing on favorable terms, or at all. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt or other equity-linked securities, our shareholders could experience significant dilution. In addition, any debt financing we may obtain in the future, whether in the form of a credit facility or otherwise, could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to grow or support its business and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited. In addition, because our decision to issue debt or equity in the future will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing, nature or success of our future capital raising efforts.

If market adoption of our products does not continue to develop, or develops more slowly than we expect, our business will be adversely affected.

While our products can be applied for uses in different markets, many of our products are still relatively new in the market and it is possible that other technologies and devices, based on new or existing technology or a combination of technologies, will achieve acceptance or leadership as compared to our existing or future product lines. Even if our products are used, we cannot guarantee that our products will be designed into or included in subsequent generations of such commercialized technology. In addition, we expect that widescale use of our products may lag behind these initial applications significantly. The speed of market growth for our products is difficult if not impossible to predict, and it is more difficult to predict this market’s future growth in light of the current economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, to the extent that a market for our products develops successfully, we expect that there will be increasing competition from alternative providers and other modalities. If we are not successful in commercialization its products in a timely manner, or not as successful as we expect, or if other modalities gain acceptance by our potential customers, regulators and safety organizations or other market participants, our business, results of operations and financial condition will be materially and adversely affected.

We may not be able to accurately estimate the supply and demand of our products, which could result in a variety of inefficiencies in our business and hinder our ability to generate revenue. If we fail to accurately predict our manufacturing requirements, we could incur additional costs or experience delays.

It is difficult to predict our future revenues and appropriately budget for our expenses, and we may have limited insight into trends that may emerge and affect our business. We expect that we will be required to provide forecasts of our demand to our potential suppliers several months prior to the scheduled delivery of products to our prospective customers. Currently, there is little historical basis for making judgments on the demand for our products or our ability to develop, produce, and deliver products, or our profitability in the future. If we overestimate our requirements, our potential suppliers may have excess inventory, which indirectly would increase our costs. If we underestimate our requirements, our potential suppliers may have inadequate inventory, which could interrupt manufacturing of our products and result in delays in shipments, which is likely to affect revenue and customer relations. In addition, lead times for materials and components that our potential suppliers order may vary significantly and depend on factors such as the specific supplier, contract terms and demand for each component at a given time. If we fail to order sufficient quantities of product components in a timely manner, the delivery of products to our potential customer base could be delayed, which would harm our business, financial condition and operating results.

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We target many customers that are large companies with substantial negotiating power, exacting product standards and potentially competitive internal solutions. If we are unable to sell our products to these customers, our prospects and results of operations will be adversely affected.

Many of our customers and potential customers are large, multinational companies with substantial negotiating power relative to us and, in some instances, may have internal solutions that are competitive to our products. These large, multinational companies also have significant resources, which may allow them to acquire or develop competitive technologies either independently or in partnership with others. Accordingly, even after investing significant resources to develop a product, we may not secure a design win or may not be able to commercialize a product on profitable terms. If our products are not selected by these large companies or if these companies develop or acquire competitive technology or negotiate terms that are disadvantageous to us, it will have an adverse effect on our business.

We continue to implement strategic initiatives designed to grow our business. These initiatives may prove more costly than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in increasing our revenue in an amount sufficient to offset the costs of these initiatives and to achieve and maintain profitability.

We continue to make investments and implement initiatives designed to grow our business, including:

        investing in research and development;

        expanding our sales and marketing efforts to attract new customers in new industries;

        investing in new applications and markets for our products;

        further enhancing our manufacturing processes and partnerships; and

        incurring in legal, accounting, and other administrative functions necessary to support our operations as a public company.

These initiatives may prove more expensive than we currently anticipate, and we may not succeed in increasing our revenue, if at all, in an amount sufficient to offset these higher expenses and to achieve and maintain profitability. The market opportunities we are pursuing are at an early stage of development, and it may be many years before the end markets we expect to serve generate significant demand for our products at scale, if at all.

In addition, our revenue may be adversely affected for a number of reasons, including the development and/or market acceptance of new technology that competes with our products, changes by other market participants with respect to their acceptance or implementation of our technology, failure of our customers to commercialize autonomous systems that include our products, our inability to effectively manage our inventory or manufacture products at scale, our failure to enter new markets or to attract new customers or expand orders from existing customers or due to increasing competition. Furthermore, it is difficult to predict the size and growth rate of our target markets, customer demand for our products, commercialization timelines, developments in autonomous sensing and related technology, the entry of competitive products, or the success of existing competitive products and services. Accordingly, we do not expect to achieve profitability over the near term. If our revenue does not grow over the long term, our ability to achieve and maintain profitability may be adversely affected, and the value of our business may significantly decrease.

The markets in which we compete are characterized by rapid technological change, which requires us to continue to develop new products and product innovations, and could adversely affect market adoption of our products.

While we intend to invest substantial amounts on research and development, continuing technological changes in our technology and competitive technologies could adversely affect adoption of our products. Our future success will depend upon our ability to develop and introduce a variety of new capabilities and innovations to our existing product offerings, as well as to introduce a variety of new product offerings to address the changing needs of the markets in which we offer our products. Delays in delivering new products that meet customer requirements could damage our relationships with customers and lead them to seek alternative sources of supply.

If we are unable to develop products or system configurations that meet customer requirements, including pricing, on a timely basis or that remain competitive with other technological alternatives, our products could lose market share, our revenue will decline, it may experience operating losses and our business and prospects will be adversely affected.

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Certain of our strategic, development and supply arrangements could be terminated or may not materialize into long-term contracts.

We have arrangements with strategic, development and supply arrangements with other companies for the development of products or for the incorporation of our products in a customer’s products. Some of these arrangements are evidenced by memorandums of understandings and early stage agreements that are used for design and development purposes but that will require renegotiation at later stages of development or replacement by production or master agreements that have yet to be implemented under separately negotiated statements of work, each of which could be terminated or may not materialize into next-stage contracts or long-term contract arrangements. If these arrangements are terminated or if we are unable to enter into next-stage contracts or long-term operational contracts, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected.

We will be subject to risks associated with strategic alliances.

If we are successful in entering into definitive agreements with potential suppliers or for potential strategic alliances the resulting arrangements will subject us to a number of risks, including risks associated with non-performance by the third party and sharing proprietary information, any of which may materially and adversely affect our business and prospects. Our limited ability to monitor or control the actions of these third parties and, to the extent any of these strategic third parties suffers negative publicity or harm to their reputation from events relating to their business, we may also suffer negative publicity or harm to our reputation by virtue of our association with any such third party. In addition, a third party may have different priorities than we have with the effect that the supplier may not give our products the priority which we consider important, which could impair our ability to generate revenue.

We may experience difficulties in managing our growth and expanding our operations.

We expect to experience significant growth in the scope and nature of our operations. Our ability to manage our operations and future growth will require us to continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls, compliance programs and reporting systems. We are currently in the process of strengthening our compliance programs, including our compliance programs related to export controls, privacy and cybersecurity and anti-corruption and financial controls. We may not be able to implement improvements in an efficient or timely manner and may discover deficiencies in existing controls, programs, systems and procedures, which could have an adverse effect on our business, reputation and financial results.

Continued pricing pressures may result in lower than anticipated margins or losses, which may adversely affect our business.

Cost-cutting initiatives adopted by our customers as well as the effects of competition may result in increased downward pressure on pricing. We expect that as our industry develops and competition grows, our agreements with existing customers may require step-downs in pricing over the term of the agreements or, if commercialized, over the periods of production, and we may not be able to negotiate price reductions from our suppliers. In addition, our existing or future customers may reserve the right to terminate their supply contracts for convenience, which enhances their ability to obtain price reductions. Certain large customers may possess significant leverage over their suppliers, including us, because the market is highly competitive. Accordingly, we expect to be subject to substantial continuing pressure from our existing and prospective customers to reduce the price of our products. It is possible that pricing pressures beyond our expectations could intensify as automotive OEMs pursue restructuring, consolidation and cost-cutting initiatives. If we are unable to generate sufficient production cost savings in the future to offset price reductions, our gross margin and profitability would be adversely affected.

Adverse conditions within our industry or the global economy more generally could have adverse effects on our results of operations.

Our business is directly affected by and significantly dependent on business cycles and other factors affecting the global automobile industry and global economy generally. Production and sales within our industry are cyclical and depend on general economic conditions and other factors, including consumer spending and preferences, changes in interest rates and credit availability, consumer confidence, fuel costs, fuel availability, environmental impact, governmental incentives and regulatory requirements and political volatility. In addition, production and sales can be affected by our customers’ ability to continue operating in response to challenging economic conditions and in response to regulatory

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requirements and other factors. Any significant adverse change in any of these factors may result in a reduction in automotive sales and production by our customers and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Use of our products for markets other than the automotive market may not develop or may develop much more slowly than we anticipate, which would adversely affect our business and prospects.

We are investing in and pursuing market opportunities in various new sectors and industries. We believe that our ability to increase our revenue will depend in part on our ability to identify potential new markets and develop products and implements a marketing plan aimed at these new markets as they emerge. Each new market presents distinct risks and, in many cases, requires us to address the particular requirements of that market.

Addressing these requirements can be time-consuming and costly. The market for our existing products and technology outside of our core customer base is relatively new, rapidly developing and unproven in many markets or industries. Many of the participants in the markets for our core technology outside of our existing target industries are still in testing and developing and may not succeed to commercialize certain of our products. We cannot be certain that our products will be sold into these markets, or any market outside of where we currently operate, at scale. Adoption of our products outside of the automotive industry will depend on numerous factors, including: whether the technological capabilities of similar products meet users’ current or anticipated needs, whether the benefits of designing products such as our products into larger systems outweigh the costs, complexity and time needed to deploy such technology or replace or modify existing systems that may have used other modalities, whether users in other applications can move beyond the testing and development phases and proceed to commercializing systems supported by our technology and whether developers of products such as our products can keep pace with rapid technological change in certain developing markets and the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the length of any associated work stoppages. If technology developed by us does not achieve commercial success outside of the automotive industry, or if the market develops at a pace slower than we expect, our business, results of operation and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

We may be subject to the effects of adverse economic conditions, including inflationary pressures and supply chain issues, which may impair our gross margins and our ability to operate profitable.

Although we do not believe that our business was adversely affected by inflation prior to 2022, the recent inflationary pressures, combined with supply line delays and shortages of semiconductors, and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which exacerbated the already existing inflationary pressures and supply line delays and shortages and have had negative economic effects worldwide and may impair our revenues and margin and our ability to operate profitable. To the extent that inflation, along with supply line delays semiconductor shortages and other negative economic trends, we may incur increased costs in our components as well as from our contract manufacturers, and we may not be able to pass any costs we may incur to our customers and our customers may delay or put on hold any plans they have to develop automotive products that would require our radar. To the extent that we are unable to pass on costs or we are not able to market or products as we plan, our gross margin may be significantly eroded which may result in increased losses during our developmental phase and may impair our ability to operate profitable when we are in full production mode. We cannot assure you that we these factors will not impair our ability to operate profitably.

If we seek to expand our business through acquisition, we may not be successful in identifying acquisition targets or integrating their businesses with our existing business.

From time to time, we may undertake acquisitions to add new products and technologies, acquire talent, gain new sales channels or enter into new markets or sales territories. To date, we have no experience with acquisitions and the integration of acquired technology and personnel. Further, the ability to successfully identify an acquisition candidate, negotiate and close an acquisition and then integrate the acquired company may be made more difficult by travel limitations and difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are significant risks associated with any acquisition program, including, but not limited to, the following:

        We may incur significant expenses and devote significant management time to the acquisition and we may be unable to consummate the acquisition on acceptable terms.

        If we identify an acquisition, we may face competition from other companies in the industry or from financial buyers seeking to make the acquisition.

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        The integration of any acquisition with our existing business may be difficult and, if we are not able to integrate the business successfully, it may not only be unable to operate the business profitably, but management may be unable to devote the necessary time to the development of our existing business;

        The key employees who operated the acquired business successfully prior to the acquisition may not be happy working for us and may resign, thus leaving the business without the necessary continuity of management.

        Even if the business is successful, our senior executive officers may need to devote significant time to the acquired business, which may distract them from their other management activities.

        If the business does not operate as we expect, we may incur an impairment charge based on the value of the assets acquired.

        We may have difficulty maintaining the necessary quality control over the acquired business and our products and services.

        To the extent that an acquired company operates at a loss prior to our acquisition, we may not be able to develop profitable operations following the acquisition.

        Problems and claims relating to the acquired business that were not disclosed at the time of the acquisition may result in increased costs and may impair our ability to operate the acquired company.

        The acquired company may have liabilities or obligations which were not disclosed to us, or the acquired assets, including intellectual property assets, may not have the value we anticipated.

        Any indemnification obligations of the seller under the purchase agreement may be inadequate to compensate us for any loss, damage or expense which it may sustain, including undisclosed claims or liabilities.

        To the extent that the acquired company is dependent upon our management to maintain relationships with existing customers, we may have difficulty in retaining the business of these customers if there is a change in management.

        Government agencies may seek damages after we makes the acquisition for conduct which occurred prior to the acquisition and we may not have adequate recourse against the seller.

        We may require significant capital both to acquire and to operate the business, and the capital requirements of the business may be greater than we anticipated, and our failure to obtain capital on reasonable terms may impair the value of the acquisition and may impair our continuing operations.

        The acquired company may be impacted by unanticipated events, such as a pandemic such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the effect of climate changes or social unrest or other factors over which we may have no control.

If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition and prospects may be impaired.

The complexity of our products could result in unforeseen delays or expenses from undetected defects, errors or bugs in hardware or software which could reduce the market adoption of our products, damage our reputation with current or prospective customers, expose us to product liability, recalls, warranty and other claims and adversely affect its operating costs.

Our products are being designed to be, among other things, compatible with autonomous control. Autonomous driving technologies are subject to risks and there have been accidents and fatalities associated with such technologies. The safety of such technologies depends in part on user interaction and users, as well as other drivers on the roadways, may not be accustomed to using or adapting to such technologies. To the extent accidents associated with our products that are used with autonomous controls occur, we could be subject to liability, negative publicity, government scrutiny and further regulation. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

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Our products are technologically complex and require high standards to manufacture. We have experienced in the past and will likely also experience in the future defects, errors or bugs at various stages of development and manufacturing. We may be unable to timely release new products, manufacture existing products, correct problems that have arisen or correct such problems to our customers’ satisfaction. Additionally, undetected errors, defects, especially as new products are introduced or as new versions are released, could result in serious injury, including fatalities, to the end users of technology incorporating our products, or those in the surrounding area, our customers never being able to commercialize technology incorporating our products, litigation against us, negative publicity and other consequences. These risks are particularly prevalent in the highly competitive markets in which we operate. Some errors or defects in our products may only be discovered after they have been tested, commercialized and deployed by customers. In certain instances, we may provide our customer with a time-limited warranty to our products. If such errors or defects occur within the respective warranty period, we may incur significant additional development costs and product recall, repair or replacement costs. These problems may also result in claims against us by our customers or by third parties. Our reputation or brand may be damaged as a result of these problems and customers may be reluctant to buy our products, which could adversely affect our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers, and could adversely affect our financial results.

In addition, we could face material legal claims for breach of contract, product liability, tort or breach of warranty as a result of these problems. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, could be costly and may divert management’s attention and adversely affect the market’s perception of us and our products. In addition, our business liability insurance coverage could prove inadequate with respect to a claim and future coverage may be unavailable on acceptable terms or at all. These product-related issues could result in claims against us and our business could be adversely affected.

We will be affected by these problems regardless of whether the defective product or component was manufactured or assembled by us or by a supplier or contract manufacturer, and we may not have adequate recourse against the supplier or contract manufacturer, and we may not be able to obtain sufficient product liability insurance to protect it against such loss or expense, including the cost of litigation.

Legislation or government regulations may be adopted which may affect our products and liability.

Autonomous driving technology is subject to considerable regulatory uncertainty as the law evolves to catch up with the rapidly evolving nature of the technology itself, all of which are beyond our control. Our products also may not achieve the requisite level of autonomous compatibility required for certification and rollout to consumers or satisfy changing regulatory requirements which could require us to redesign, modify or update our products. Further, accidents, particularly accidents that involve a large number of deaths, even if our products are not involved, may result in industry-wide reevaluation of technologies used, with the effect that there is a slowdown as automobile manufacturers cease making purchase during the reevaluation process, which may result in suppliers other than us becoming a preferred supplier.

The industry may become subject to increased legislation and regulation. Such legislation may be triggered by a perceived safety concern, or it may result from public reaction to accidents by automobiles, drones or other autonomous vehicles. The potential market for our products is international, and each country or region may impost different regulations. These regulations may relate the technical requirement and standards for end products or the components and may impose liability on the manufacturer or the seller of the product, which liability may be strict liability, for damage resulting from the autonomous vehicle. Further, the legislation or regulations in different countries may impose different standards, which may be conflicting. Any legislation or regulations which impose standards or which impose liability is likely to increase our manufacturing cost as well as the cost of compliance and product liability insurance.

We operate in a highly competitive market against a large number of both established competitors and new market entrants, and some market participants have substantially greater resources than we have.

The markets for sensing technology applicable to autonomous solutions across numerous industries are highly competitive. Our future success will depend on our ability to maintain our ability to develop and protect from in a timely manner and to stay ahead of existing and new competitors and satisfy the market that is technology is leading edge technology. A large number of companies, offer radar-based and LiDAR-based technologies in competition with us. Some of these companies are better capitalized and better known than we. Our competitors compete with us directly by offering similar products and indirectly by attempting to solve some of the same challenges with different

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technology. We face competition from other market participants, some of which have significantly greater resources than we have. Our competitors may commercialize new technology which may achieve market adoption or stronger brand recognition as compared to our products. Even in emerging markets, we face substantial competition from numerous competitors seeking to prove the value of their technology. Additionally, increased competition may result in pricing pressure and reduced margins and may impede our ability to increase the sales of our products or cause it to lose market share, any of which will adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Fluctuation of the results of our earnings on a quarterly and annual basis, could cause the share price of the our ordinary shares to fluctuate or decline.

We are an early-stage research and development company, and the results of our operations to date have primarily reflected our research and development expenses, and, commencing in 2020, we had modest revenue from sales of our product, primarily to customers making purchases for their own research and development and evaluation projects. In the future, sales in any given quarter can fluctuate based on the timing and success of our customers’ development projects and marketing program. Accordingly, the results of any one quarter should not be relied upon as an indication of future performance. Our quarterly financial results may fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may not fully reflect the underlying performance of our business. These fluctuations could adversely affect our ability to meet our expectations or those of securities analysts or investors. If we do not meet these expectations for any period, the value of our business and our securities could decline significantly. Factors that may cause these quarterly fluctuations include, without limitation, those listed below:

        The timing and magnitude of orders and shipments of our products in any quarter;

        Pricing changes we may adopt to drive market adoption or in response to competitive pressure;

        The effect of supply line problems affecting but us and our customers;

        The effect of inflation;

        The timing of the completion of our application engineering services;

        Our ability to retain our existing customers and attract new customers;

        Our ability to develop, introduce, manufacture and ship in a timely manner products that meet customer requirements;

        Disruption in our sales channels or termination of our relationships with important channel partners;

        Delays in customers; purchasing cycles or deferments of customers; purchases in anticipation of new products or updates from us or our competitors;

        Fluctuations in demand pressures for our products;

        The mix of products sold in any quarter;

        The duration of the global COVID-19 pandemic or any other worldwide or regional health crisis, and the time it takes for economic recovery, including the effect of a subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19;

        Events and conditions affecting Israel-based businesses;

        The timing and rate of broader market adoption of autonomous systems both generally and those utilizing our smart vision solutions across the automotive and other market sectors;

        Market acceptance of our core products and further technological advancements by us and our competitors and other market participants;

        The ability of our customers to commercialize systems that incorporate our products;

        Any change in the competitive dynamics of our markets, including consolidation of competitors, regulatory developments and new market entrants;

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        Our ability to effectively manage our inventory;

        Changes in the source, cost, availability of and regulations pertaining to materials we use;

        Adverse litigation, judgments, settlements or other litigation-related costs, or claims that may give rise to such costs;

        Adverse publicity, litigation and governmental investigations affecting autonomous vehicles, regardless of whether our products are involved;

        the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and

        General economic, industry and market conditions, including trade disputes.

Changes in tax laws or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could affect our future profitability.

Factors that could materially affect our future effective tax rates include but are not limited to:

        Changes in tax laws or the regulatory environment;

        Changes in accounting and tax standards or practices;

        Eligibility for beneficial treatment under Israeli tax laws;

        Changes in the composition of operating income by tax jurisdiction; and

        Our operating results before taxes.

        Our ability to use our accumulated tax losses to offset future income.

Changes in our product mix may impact our financial performance.

Our financial performance can be affected by the mix of products it sells during a given period. If our sales include more of the lower gross margin products than higher gross margin products, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected. There can be no guarantees that we will be able to successfully alter our product mix so that it is selling more of our high gross margin products. In addition, our earnings forecasts and guidance are expected to include assumptions about product sales mixes. If actual results vary from this projected product mix of sales, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We are highly dependent on the services of our co-founders, who are our senior executive officers.

We are highly dependent on our co-founders, Kobi Marenko and Noam Arkind, who have acted as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, respectively, since inception, and as such, are deeply involved in all aspects of our business, including product development. The loss of either of them would adversely affect our business because this could make it more difficult to, among other things, compete with other market participants, manage our research and development activities and retain existing customers or cultivate new ones. Negative public perception of, or negative news related to, Mr. Marenko or Mr. Arkind may adversely affect our brand, relationship with customers or standing in the industry.

Our management team has limited experience managing a public company.

Our management team as a whole has 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 efficiently manage their new roles and responsibilities, our transition to being a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under the federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors. These new obligations and constituents will 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 operating results.

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Our business depends on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled personnel and senior management. Failure to effectively retain, attract and motivate key employees could impair our ability to operate profitably.

Competition for highly-skilled personnel is often intense, especially in Israel, where our principal office is located, and it may incur significant costs to attract them. We may face challenges in attracting or retaining qualified personnel to fulfill our current or future needs. The highly competitive environment for highly-skilled personnel can result in higher compensation packages to employees. We have, from time to time, experienced, and it expects to continue to experience, difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with appropriate qualifications. In addition, job candidates and existing employees often consider the value of the equity awards they receive in connection with their employment. If the perceived value of our equity or equity awards declines, it may adversely affect our ability to retain highly skilled employees. Our success will depend in part on the attraction, retention and motivation of executive personnel critical to our business and operations. If we fail to attract new personnel or fails to retain and motivate our current personnel, we could face disruptions in our operations, strategic relationships, key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated recruitment and onboarding costs, and our business and future growth prospects could be adversely affected. we cannot give assurance that we will be able to hire all required personnel when we require them.

We face numerous risks associated with commercial production.

We do not have manufacturing facilities and we rely on third parties for the manufacture of our products. we cannot be sure that our potential suppliers or companies with which we may develop a strategic alliance will be able to develop efficient, automated, cost-efficient production capabilities and processes and reliable sources of component supply, that will enable us to meet the quality, price, engineering, design and production standards, as well as the production volumes, required to successfully mass market our products. Even if we and our potential suppliers and strategic alliances are successful in developing our initial production and further high volume production capability and processes and reliably source our component supply, we do not know whether it will be able to do so in a manner that avoids significant delays and cost overruns, including as a result of factors beyond our control such as problems with potential suppliers and strategic partners, or force majeure events, or in time to meet our products commercialization schedules or to satisfy the requirements of it potential customer base. Any failure to develop such production processes and capabilities within our projected costs and timelines could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

We rely on third-party suppliers and, because key components in our products come from a limited or sole sources of supply, we are susceptible to supply shortages, long lead times for components and supply changes, any of which could disrupt our supply chain and could delay deliveries of our products to customers.

Components that go into the manufacture of our solutions are sourced from third-party suppliers. Some of the key components used to manufacture our products come from limited or single source suppliers. We are therefore subject to the risk of shortages and long lead times in the supply of these components and the risk that our suppliers discontinue or modify components used in our products. We purchase semiconductor chips that are an integral part of our products from one supplier, GlobalFoundries, a major semiconductor manufacturer in the automotive industry, among other industries. We currently do not have a supply agreement with GlobalFoundries, but we purchase semiconductor products pursuant to purchase orders placed by us based on our needs. If GlobalFoundries fails to deliver or delays the delivery of the semiconductor products, we will be required to seek an alternative source of supply. Although alternate chip manufacturers are available, any change in suppliers would necessitate a change in the design of the semiconductor, a process that could take up to two years, which would result in a loss of sales and a delay in the development and marketing of our products, which could materially and adversely affect our result of operation, financial position and prospects. Further, we, like other companies in the automotive industry, are affected by an industry-wide semiconductor shortage which results, in part, from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reliance on third-party manufacturers reduces our control over the manufacturing process, including our ability to finalize changes through validation, reduced control over quality, product costs and product supply and timing. We may experience delays in shipments or issues concerning product quality from our third-party manufacturers. If any of our third-party manufacturers experience interruptions, delays or disruptions in supplying our products, including by natural disasters, the global COVID-19 pandemic, other health epidemics and outbreaks, or work stoppages or capacity constraints or the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine or other international conflicts, our ability to ship products to distributors and customers would be delayed. In addition, unfavorable economic conditions could result in financial distress among third-party manufacturers upon which we rely, thereby increasing the risk of disruption

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of supplies necessary to fulfill our production requirements and meet customer demands. These delays or product quality issues could have an immediate and material adverse effect on our ability to fulfill orders and could have a negative effect on our operating results. In addition, such delays or issues with product quality could adversely affect our reputation and our relationship with our partners. If third-party manufacturers experience financial, operational, manufacturing capacity or other difficulties, or experience shortages in required components, or if they are otherwise unable or unwilling to continue to manufacture our products in required volumes or at all, our supply may be disrupted, we may be required to seek alternate manufacturers and we may be required to re-design our products. It would be time-consuming, and could be costly and impracticable, to begin to use new manufacturers and designs, and such changes could cause significant interruptions in supply and could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet our scheduled product deliveries and may subsequently lead to the loss of sales. While we take measures to protect our trade secrets, the use of third-party manufacturers may also risk disclosure of our innovative and proprietary manufacturing methodologies, which could adversely affect our business. In addition, increased component costs could result in lower gross margins. Even where we are able to pass increased component costs along to our customers, there may be a lapse of time before we are able to do so such that we must absorb the increased cost. If we are unable to buy these components in quantities sufficient to meet our requirements on a timely basis, we will not be able to deliver products to our customers, which may result in such customers using competitive products instead of our products.

Our sales and operations in international markets expose us to operational, financial and regulatory risks.

International sales comprise a significant amount of our overall revenue. Sales to international customers, i.e., customers located outside of Israel, accounted for most of our sales in 2021. We did not generate any revenue prior to 2020. International operations are subject to a number of other risks, including:

        Exchange rate fluctuations;

        Political and economic instability, international terrorism and anti-American and anti-Israel sentiment, particularly in emerging markets;

        The effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including any sanctions that may be imposed on any supplier or customer;

        Global or regional health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

        Potential for violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations, such as those related to bribery or fraud;

        Preference for locally branded products, and laws and business practices favoring local competition;

        Increase difficult in managing inventory;

        Less effective protection of intellectual property;

        Stringent regulation of our products or systems incorporating our products;

        Difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;

        Import and export laws and the impact of tariffs; and

        Changes in local tax and customs duty laws or changes in the enforcement, application or interpretation of such laws.

The occurrence of any of these risks could negatively affect our international business and consequently our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our business is subject to the risks of earthquakes, fires, floods and other natural catastrophic events, global pandemics, and interruptions by man-made problems, such as network security breaches, computer viruses or terrorism. Material disruptions of our business or information systems resulting from these events could adversely affect our operating results.

A significant natural disaster, such as an earthquake, fire, flood or significant power outage or other similar events, such as infectious disease outbreaks or pandemic events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, could have an adverse effect on our business and operating results. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced meaningful operational challenges, and

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we expect to continue to experience disruptions in our business during 2022, the extent to which cannot be presently determined. The COVID-19 pandemic and the steps taken by Israel and other countries to address the pandemic affected our operations in 2021 as it was affected by lockdowns in Israel and elsewhere and by the effect of the pandemic and government actions on our potential customer base. COVID-19 has heightened many of the other risks described herein. We cannot predict the effect of a new subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, nor the effects on our potential customers and suppliers of the March 2022 earthquake in Japan. Despite the implementation of network security measures, our networks and our products also may be vulnerable to computer viruses, break-ins and similar disruptions from unauthorized tampering with our solutions. In addition, natural disasters, acts of terrorism or war could cause disruptions in our remaining manufacturing operations, our or our customers’ businesses, our suppliers’ business or the economy as a whole. we also rely on information technology systems to communicate among our workforce and with third parties. Any disruption to our communications, whether caused by a natural disaster or by manmade problems, such as power disruptions, ransomware attacks or other cybersecurity breaches could adversely affect our business. To the extent that any such disruptions result in delays or cancellations of orders or impede our suppliers’ ability to timely deliver product components, or the deployment of our products, our business, operating results and financial condition would be adversely affected.

We have been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the duration and economic, governmental and social impact of which is difficult to predict, which may significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 which may be more contagious that the Omicron variant, as well as other possible health epidemics and outbreaks could result in a material adverse impact on our or our customers’ business operations including reduction or suspension of operations in the U.S. or certain parts of the world and our ability to market our product, which may be impacted by shortages affecting the semiconductor industry. Our engineering and manufacturing operations, among others, cannot all be conducted in a remote working structure and often require on-site access to materials and equipment. We have customers with international operations in varying industries. We also depend on suppliers and manufacturers worldwide. Depending upon the duration of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the associated business interruptions, our customers, suppliers, manufacturers and partners may suspend or delay their engagement with us, which could result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic may prove to be inadequate and it may be unable to continue our operations in the manner it had prior to the outbreak, and may endure interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our product development and shipments, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition. In addition, when the pandemic subsides, we cannot assure you as to the timing of any economic recovery, which could continue to have a material adverse effect on our target markets and our business.

Recently, a number of provinces and municipalities in China experienced a lockdown as a result of potential spread of increased COVID 19 infections from the Omicron and a subvariant of Omicron which could affect our business with Chinese automobile companies and Chinese suppliers. We cannot assure you that China or other countries will not experience further lockdowns.

The extent of the impact of the pandemic on our operational and financial performance in 2022 will depend on various future developments, including the duration and spread of future COVID-19 outbreaks, including the impact of the subvariant of the Omicron variant, which may spread faster than the original Omicron variant which has had impacted Asia and Europe and may impact other countries, including Israel and the United States. These outbreaks impact our customers, suppliers, and employees. These factors related to COVID-19 are beyond our knowledge and control and, as a result, at this time, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact, both in terms of severity and duration, that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.

Our pre-Merger investor shareholders, who own approximately 61% of our ordinary shares, may have rights which may impair our ability to consummate a financing or engage in transactions that may be important to the development of our business.

Some of our pre-Merger investor shareholders (the “Investor Shareholders”), who hold approximately 61% of our ordinary shares, are parties to an amended and restated investor rights agreement with us. Pursuant to the investor rights agreement, we agree that we will not, without the prior written consent of the Investor Shareholders holding a majority of the registrable securities, as defined, provided that such holders, as a group, continue to hold a majority of

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the registrable securities held by them immediately following the effective date of the Merger, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any of our securities which would provide to such holder the right to demand or include securities in any registration on other than either: (i) a pro rata basis with the Investor Shareholders or (ii) on a subordinate basis after all Investor Shareholders have had the opportunity to include in the registration and offering all shares of registrable securities that they wish to so include. This provision does not apply if the terms of the registration rights to be granted is approved by a majority of our independent directors. In negotiating a financing or other transaction, such as an acquisition of a business or intellectual property rights, a strategic alliance, joint venture or other transaction which we may consider, we may want to grant registration right. Under the terms of the investor rights agreement, as amended, if the Investor Shareholders have the right to withhold their consent and do withhold their consent to the grant of registration rights, the Investor Shareholders have the power to prevent us for completing a financing, acquisition or other transaction which the board of directors believe is in our best interest unless the transaction is approved by a majority of the independent directors. The existence of these rights on the part of the Investor Shareholders may have a negative effect on the market for and price of our ordinary shares. may be able to sell their ordinary shares pursuant to Rule 144 after the expiration of their lockup.

Our business is sensitive to conditions affecting the automotive industry, the duration and economic, governmental and social impact of which is difficult to predict which may significantly harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

Adverse conditions affecting one or more automotive manufacturers or the automotive industry in general, could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results. Our business may be negatively affected by challenges to the larger automotive ecosystem, including global supply chain challenges, such as those resulting from the ongoing global semiconductor shortage and cybersecurity issues, and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, while the COVID-19 pandemic and steps taken by governments to address the pandemic has impacted these conditions, other factors, including the effects of climate change, government regulations, the ability of suppliers to obtain rare earth elements, as well as other conditions which cannot be presently identified, can continue to affect the automotive industry.

Risks Related to our Intellectual Property

We may not be able to adequately protect or enforce our intellectual property rights or prevent unauthorized parties from copying or reverse engineering our solutions. Our efforts to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and prevent third parties from violating our rights may be costly.

The success of our products and our business depends in part on our ability to obtain patents and other intellectual property rights and maintain adequate legal protection for our products in the United States, Europe and other international jurisdictions. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, service mark, trademark and trade secret laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual restrictions, to establish and protect our proprietary rights, all of which provide only limited protection. We cannot assure you that any patents will be issued with respect to our currently pending patent applications or that any trademarks will be registered with respect to our currently pending applications in a manner that gives us adequate defensive protection or competitive advantages, if at all, or that any patents issued to us or any trademarks registered by it will not be challenged, invalidated or circumvented. We have filed for patents and trademarks in Israel, the United States, Europe and China. Not all patent applications have resulted in patents and we cannot assure you that patents will be granted. Further, patent protection may not be available in all countries in which we operate or in which we seek to enforce our intellectual property rights, and it may be difficult to enforce our patent rights. our currently issued patents and trademarks and any patents and trademarks that may be issued or registered, as applicable, in the future with respect to pending or future applications may not provide sufficiently broad protection or may not prove to be enforceable in actions against alleged infringers. We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent unauthorized use of our technology or the reverse engineering of our technology. Moreover, others may independently develop technologies that are competitive to us or infringe our intellectual property.

Protecting against the unauthorized use of our intellectual property, products and other proprietary rights is expensive and difficult, particularly internationally. We intend to enforce the intellectual property portfolio we have developed. Unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or reverse engineer our solutions or certain aspects of our solutions that we consider proprietary. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights, to

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prevent unauthorized parties from copying or reverse engineering our solutions, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to block the importation of infringing products into countries where we have patent protection.

Effective patent, trademark, service mark, copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which our products are available and competitors based in other countries may sell infringing products in one or more markets. An inability to adequately protect and enforce our intellectual property and other proprietary rights or an inability to prevent authorized parties from copying or reverse engineering our smart vision solutions or certain aspects of our solutions that we consider proprietary could seriously adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects.

In addition to patented technology, we rely on our unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets, processes and know-how.

We rely on proprietary information (such as trade secrets, know-how and confidential information) to protect intellectual property that may not be patentable or subject to copyright, trademark, trade dress or service mark protection, or that we believe is best protected by means that do not require public disclosure.

We generally seek to protect our proprietary information by entering into confidentiality agreements, or consulting, services or employment agreements that contain non-disclosure and non-use provisions with our employees, consultants, contractors and third parties. However, we may fail to enter into the necessary agreements, and even if entered into, these agreements may be breached or may otherwise fail to prevent disclosure, third-party infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary information, may be limited as to their term and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure or use of proprietary information. We have limited control over the protection of trade secrets used by our current or future manufacturing partners and suppliers and could lose future trade secret protection if any unauthorized disclosure of such information occurs. In addition, our proprietary information may otherwise become known or be independently developed by our competitors or other third parties. To the extent that our employees, consultants, contractors, advisors and other third parties use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain protection for our proprietary information could adversely affect our competitive business position. Furthermore, laws regarding trade secret rights in certain markets where we operate may afford little or no protection to our trade secrets.

We also rely on physical and electronic security measures to protect our proprietary information, but we cannot provide assurance that these security measures will not be breached or provide adequate protection for our property. There is a risk that third parties may obtain and improperly utilize our proprietary information to our competitive disadvantage. We may not be able to detect or prevent the unauthorized use of such information or take appropriate and timely steps to enforce our intellectual property rights.

Third-party claims that we are infringing intellectual property, whether successful or not, could subject it too costly and time-consuming litigation or expensive licenses, and our business could be adversely affected.

Although we hold patents related to our products, a number of companies, both within and outside of the industry in which we operate, hold other patents covering various aspects of our products. In addition to these patents, participants in this industry typically also protect their technology, especially embedded software, through copyrights and trade secrets. As a result, there is frequent litigation based on allegations of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights. we may receive in the future inquiries from other intellectual property holders and may become subject to claims that it infringes their intellectual property rights, particularly as we expand our presence in the market. In addition, parties may claim that the names and branding of our products infringe their trademark rights in certain countries or territories. If such a claim were to prevail, we may have to change the names and branding of our products in the affected territories and we could incur other costs.

We currently has a number of agreements in effect pursuant to which we have agreed to defend, indemnify and hold harmless our customers, suppliers, and partners from damages and costs which may arise from the infringement by our products of third-party patents or other intellectual property rights. The scope of these indemnity obligations varies, but may, in some instances, include indemnification for damages and expenses, including attorneys’ fees. Our

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insurance may not cover all intellectual property infringement claims. A claim that our products infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights, even if untrue, could adversely affect our relationships with our customers, may deter future customers from purchasing our products and could expose us to costly litigation and settlement expenses. Even if we are not a party to any litigation between a customer and a third party relating to infringement by our products, an adverse outcome in any such litigation could make it more difficult for us to defend our products against intellectual property infringement claims in any subsequent litigation in which it is a named party. Any of these results could adversely affect our brand and operating results.

Our defence of intellectual property rights claims brought against it or our customers, suppliers and channel partners, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, expensive to litigate or settle, divert management resources and attention and force us to acquire intellectual property rights and licenses, which may involve substantial royalty or other payments and may not be available on acceptable terms or at all. Further, a party making such a claim, if successful, could secure a judgment that requires us to pay substantial damages or obtain an injunction. An adverse determination also could invalidate our intellectual property rights and adversely affect our ability to offer our products to our customers and may require that we procure or develop substitute products that do not infringe, which could require significant effort and expense. Any of these events could adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects.

Legal and Regulatory Risks Related to our Business

We are subject to, and must remain in compliance with, numerous laws and governmental regulations concerning the manufacturing, use, distribution and sale of our products. Some of our customers also require that it comply with their own unique requirements relating to these matters.

We manufacture and sell products that contain electronic components, and such components may contain materials that are subject to government regulation in both the locations where we develop, manufacture and assemble our products, as well as the locations where we sell our products. Among other things, certain applicable laws and regulations require or may in the future require the submission of annual reports to the certain governmental agencies certifying that such products comply with applicable performance standards, the maintenance of manufacturing, testing, and distribution records, and the reporting of certain product defects to such regulatory agency or consumers. If our products fail to comply with applicable regulations, we and/or our products could be subjected to a variety of enforcement actions or sanctions, such as product recalls, repairs or replacements, warning letters, untitled letters, safety alerts, injunctions, import alerts, administrative product detentions or seizures, or civil penalties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

Since we operate on a global basis, we must continually monitor applicable laws and regulations, and engage in an ongoing compliance process to ensure that we and our suppliers are in compliance with all existing laws and regulations. If there is an unanticipated or onerous new legislation or regulation that significantly impacts our use of various components or requires more expensive components, such legislation or regulation could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Since our products are used for autonomous driving applications, they are subject to complicated and rapidly evolving laws and regulatory schemes that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction at the state, federal and international levels, including requirements related to safety, data privacy and security, and product liability, among other areas. These are rapidly evolving areas in which new or changed requirements could impose limitations on the use of our products. If we fail to adhere to these new laws and regulations or fails to continually monitor emerging developments, it may be subject to litigation, loss of customers or negative publicity and our business, results of operations and financial condition will be adversely affected. We are unable to predict how any future changes will impact it and if such impacts will be material to our business.

The evolution of the regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles and their related components is outside of our control.

There are currently no federal U.S. regulations pertaining to the safety of self-driving vehicles; however, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration has established recommended guidelines. Certain states have legal restrictions on self-driving vehicles, and many other states are considering them. This patchwork increases the difficulty in maintaining legal compliance. In Europe, certain vehicle safety regulations apply to self-driving braking

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and steering systems, and certain treaties also restrict the legality of certain higher levels of self-driving vehicles. Self-driving laws and regulations are expected to continue to evolve in numerous jurisdictions in the U.S. and foreign countries and may restrict autonomous driving features that we may deploy.

Our business may be adversely affected by changes in automotive safety regulations or concerns that drive further regulation of the automobile safety market.

Government vehicle safety regulations are an important factor for our business. Historically, these regulations have imposed ever-more stringent safety regulations for vehicles. These safety regulations often require, or customers demand that, vehicles have more safety features per vehicle and more advanced safety products.

While we believe increasing automotive safety standards will present a market opportunity for our products, government safety regulations are subject to change based on a number of factors that are not within our control, including new scientific or technological data, adverse publicity regarding industry recalls and safety risks of autonomous driving, accidents involving our products, domestic and foreign political developments or considerations, and litigation relating to our products and our competitors’ products. Changes in government regulations, as well as changes or evolution in court doctrines in interpreting those regulations, especially in the autonomous driving industries could adversely affect our business. If government priorities shift and we are unable to adapt to changing regulations or to court interpretations of those regulations, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

Federal and local regulators impose more stringent compliance and reporting requirements in response to product recalls and safety issues in the automotive industry. As the cars that carry our products go into production, it may become subject to stringent requirements, including a duty to report, subject to strict timing requirements, safety defects with our products. Such rules and regulations may impose potentially significant civil penalties for violations including the failure to comply with such reporting actions. If we cannot rapidly address any safety concerns or defects with our products, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued regulations that require manufacturers of certain autonomous vehicles to provide documentation covering specific topics to regulators, such as how automated systems detect objects on the road, how information is displayed to drivers, what cybersecurity measures are in place and the methods used to test the design and validation of autonomous driving systems. As cars that carry our sensors go into production, the obligations of complying with safety regulations could increase and it could require increased resources and adversely affect our business.

Failures, or perceived failures, to comply with privacy, data protection, and information security requirements in the variety of jurisdictions in which we operate may adversely impact our business, and such legal requirements are evolving, uncertain and may require improvements in, or changes to, our policies and operations.

Our current and potential future operations and sales subject it to laws and regulations addressing privacy and the collection, use, storage, disclosure, transfer and protection of a variety of types of data. For example, the European Commission has adopted the General Data Protection Regulation and California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, both of which provide for potentially material penalties for non-compliance. These regulations may, among other things, impose data security requirements, disclosure requirements, and restrictions on data collection, uses, and sharing that may impact our operations and the development of our business. While, generally, we do not have access to, collect, store, process, or share information collected by our solutions unless our customers choose to proactively provide such information to it, our products may evolve both to address potential customer requirements or to add new features and functionality. Therefore, the full impact of these privacy regimes on our business is rapidly evolving across jurisdictions and remains uncertain at this time.

We may also be affected by cyberattacks and other means of gaining unauthorized access to our products, systems, and data. For instance, cyber criminals or insiders may target us or third parties with which we have business relationships in an effort to harm them or their proper use, or the data stored in them, resulting in direct and indirect damages, including disruption, interruption or severance of operations, ransomware, leaks and data loss, theft of property, espionage, harm to reputation, harm to public trust and rehabilitation expenses. We work to prevent and reduce exposure to the risk of cyber-attacks, with strategies including use of information security systems, assimilation of a culture of data security (including training for managers and employees), refinement and adjustment of procedures, internal control programs, and auditing and support with the assistance of experts in the field.

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Our operations are rich in technology and computing and may be exposed to risks related to the stability of the information systems, their compatibility with the scope of our operations, information security, technical failures, overload of system servers and the like. Impairment of the stability of computer systems and inability on the part of us to return its systems to normal operation within a reasonable timeframe, or the lack of technological ability to meet commitments or the expectations of potential customers and strategic partners, may damage our reputation and harm our business outcomes.

We are assessing the continually evolving privacy and data security regimes and measures it believes are appropriate in response. Since these data security regimes are evolving, uncertain and complex, especially for a global business like our, it may need to update or enhance our compliance measures as our products, markets and customer demands further develop and these updates or enhancements may require implementation costs. The compliance measures we do adopt may prove ineffective. Any failure, or perceived failure, by us to comply with current and future regulatory or customer-driven privacy, data protection, and information security requirements, or to prevent or mitigate security breaches, cyberattacks, or improper access to, use of, or disclosure of data, or any security issues or cyberattacks affecting us, could result in significant liability, costs (including the costs of mitigation and recovery), and a material loss of revenue resulting from the adverse impact on our reputation and brand, loss of proprietary information and data, disruption to our business and relationships, and diminished ability to retain or attract customers and business partners. Such events may result in governmental enforcement actions and prosecutions, private litigation, fines and penalties or adverse publicity, and could cause customers and business partners to lose trust in us, which could have an adverse effect on our reputation and business.

We may be exposed to liabilities under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other U.S. and foreign anti-corruption anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions, and other trade laws and regulations, and any determination that we violated these laws could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are subject to export control and import laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, U.S. Customs regulations, and various economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. We are also subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and possibly other anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries outside of the United States in which we conduct our activities. Compliance with these laws has been the subject of increasing focus and activity by regulatory authorities, both in the United States and elsewhere, in recent years. Anti-corruption laws are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies and their employees and third-party intermediaries from authorizing, promising, offering, providing, soliciting, or accepting, directly or indirectly, improper payments or benefits to or from any person whether in the public or private sector. Our activities outside the United States may create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors, even though they may not always be subject to our control. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees, consultants, sales agents and distributors. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and our employees, consultants, sales agents, or distributors may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible, even if it does not explicitly authorize such activities. Should our export activity be subject to security oversight, this may have a material effect on our activity. Further, our business may be affected by sanctions which may be imposed on customers or suppliers who trade with Russian or Ukrainian companies in violation of United States or European restrictions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Noncompliance with anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, export control, sanctions, and other trade laws could subject us to whistleblower complaints, investigations, sanctions, settlements, prosecution, other enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, significant fines, damages, other civil and criminal penalties or injunctions, suspension and/or debarment from contracting with certain persons, the loss of export privileges, reputational harm, adverse media coverage and other collateral consequences. If any subpoenas or investigations are launched, or governmental or other sanctions are imposed, or if we do prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially harmed. Responding to any action will likely result in a materially significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and significant defence and compliance costs and other professional fees. In addition, the U.S. government may seek to hold us liable for successor liability for FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we may acquires. As a general matter, enforcement actions and sanctions could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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Regulations related to conflict minerals may cause us to incur additional expenses and could limit the supply and increase the costs of certain metals used in the manufacturing of our products.

We are subject to the requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, that will require us to determine, disclose and report whether our products contain conflict minerals. The implementation of these requirements could adversely affect the sourcing, availability and pricing of the materials used in the manufacture of components used in our products. In addition, we will incur additional costs to comply with the disclosure requirements, including costs related to conducting diligence procedures to determine the sources of conflict minerals that may be used in or necessary to the production of our products and, if applicable, potential changes to products, processes or sources of supply as a consequence of such verification activities. It is also possible that our reputation may be adversely affected if we determine that certain of our products contain minerals not determined to be conflict minerals or if we are unable to alter our products, processes or sources of supply to avoid use of such materials.

We may become involved in legal and regulatory proceedings and commercial or contractual disputes, which could have an adverse effect on our profitability and consolidated financial position.

We may be, from time to time, involved in litigation, regulatory proceedings and commercial or contractual disputes that may be significant. These matters may include, without limitation, disputes with our potential suppliers and strategic partners and our potential customer base, intellectual property claims, stockholder litigation, government investigations, class action lawsuits, personal injury claims, environmental issues, customs and VAT disputes and employment and tax issues. In addition, we could face in the future a variety of labor and employment claims against it, which could include but is not limited to general discrimination, wage and hour, privacy, ERISA or disability claims. In such matters, government agencies or private parties may seek to recover from us very large, indeterminate amounts in penalties or monetary damages (including, in some cases, treble or punitive damages) or seek to limit our operations in some way. These types of lawsuits could require significant management time and attention or could involve substantial legal liability, adverse regulatory outcomes, and/or substantial expenses to defend. Often these cases raise complex factual and legal issues and create risks and uncertainties. No assurances can be given that any proceedings and claims will not have a material adverse impact on our operating results and consolidated financial position or that our established reserves or our available insurance will mitigate this impact.

We are incurring increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

As a result of our merger with ITAC, we became a public company subject to reporting requirements in the United States, and, as a result, we are incurring significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company, and these expenses may increase even more after we are no longer an emerging growth company, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act. As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as rules adopted, and to be adopted, by the SEC and Nasdaq to the extent that they relate to foreign private issuers. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, we expect these rules and regulations to substantially increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly. The increased costs will increase our net loss. For example, we expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for it to obtain director and officer liability insurance and it may be forced to accept reduced policy limits or incur substantially higher costs to maintain the same or similar coverage. We cannot predict or estimate the amount or timing of additional costs it may incur to respond to these requirements. The impact of these requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.

The results of our operations may be affected by changes in currency exchange rates.

Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Currently most of our revenue is generated in U.S. Dollars while our expenses are generally denominated in the currencies of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our operations, primarily the Israeli Shekel, U.S. Dollar and Euro to some extent. We have not generated significant revenue to date and we do not believe that foreign currency exchange rates have not had, or currently have, a material effect on our business, but we cannot give any assurance that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will not have a material impact on us.

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Risks Related to our Ordinary Shares

Market conditions may adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

The price of our securities may fluctuate significantly. An active trading market for our securities may not be sustained. In addition, the price of our securities can vary due to general economic conditions and forecasts, our general business condition and the release of our financial reports. Additionally, if our securities become delisted from Nasdaq and are quoted on the OTC Markets (an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity securities that is not a national securities exchange) the liquidity and price of our securities may be more limited than if we were quoted or listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq or another national securities exchange in which event you may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established or sustained.

Our internal controls over financial reporting may not be effective and our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to certify as to their effectiveness, which could have a significant and adverse effect on our business and reputation.

As a privately-owned company, we were not subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. Upon the completion of the Merger in October 2021, we became subject to these rules and regulations. We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems and resources.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls, internal control over financial reporting and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by it in the reports that it 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. If we are not able to protect our computer system, including our financial records and client and personnel information, against cybersecurity attacks including ransomware attacks, we may not be able to maintain effective disclosure controls or internal controls over financial reporting.

Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in conditions in our business. Further, weaknesses in our internal controls may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could adversely affect our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal controls also could adversely affect the results of operations. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information.

In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, we have expended and anticipates that we will continue to expend significant resources, including accounting-related costs, and provide significant management oversight. Any failure to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, or consequent inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and could materially and adversely affect our ability to operate our business. In the event that our internal controls are perceived as inadequate or that it is unable to produce timely or accurate financial statements, investors may lose confidence in our operating results and the stock price of our ordinary shares could decline. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to maintain listing on Nasdaq.

Our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until after we are no longer an emerging growth company or a non-accelerated filer. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed or operating. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting could have a material and adverse effect on our company’s business and operating results.

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Risks Related to our Incorporation and Location in Israel

Conditions in Israel could materially and adversely affect our business.

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel, and many of our employees, including certain management members, operate from our offices that are located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. In addition, the majority of our officers and directors are residents of Israel. Accordingly, political, economic, and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding region may directly affect our business and operations. In recent years, Israel has been engaged in sporadic armed conflicts with Hamas, an Islamist terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip, with Hezbollah, an Islamist terrorist group that controls large portions of Lebanon, and with Iranian-backed military forces in Syria.

In addition, Iran has threatened to attack Israel and is believed to be developing nuclear weapons. Some of these hostilities were accompanied by missiles being fired from the Gaza Strip against civilian targets in various parts of Israel, including areas in which our employees are located, and negatively affected business conditions in Israel. Any hostilities involving Israel, including the recent hostilities between Hamas and Israel which has resulted large number of missiles being fired at Israel, including major cities, such interruptions or curtailments of trade between Israel and our trading partners could adversely affect our operations and results of operations. To the extent that key employees and potential employees are call up for active duty, our ability to operate may be impaired.

Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of events associated with war and terrorism. Although the Israeli government currently covers the reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained or that it will sufficiently cover our potential damages. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any armed conflicts or political instability in the region would likely negatively affect business conditions and could harm our results of operations.

Further, in the past, the State of Israel and Israeli companies have been subjected to economic boycotts. Several countries still restrict business with the State of Israel and with Israeli companies. These restrictive laws and policies may have an adverse impact on our results of operations, financial condition or the expansion of our business. A campaign of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions has been undertaken against Israel, which could also adversely affect our business. Actual or perceived political instability in Israel or any negative changes in the political environment, may individually or in the aggregate adversely affect the Israeli economy and, in turn, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

In addition, many Israeli citizens are obligated to perform several weeks of annual military reserve duty each year until they reach the age of 40 (or older, for reservists who are military officers or who have certain occupations) and, in the event of a military conflict, may be called to active duty. In response to increases in terrorist activity, there have been periods of significant call-ups of military reservists. It is possible that there will be military reserve duty call-ups in the future. our operations could be disrupted by such call-ups, which may include the call-up of members of our management. Such disruption could materially adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.

A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed by our employees in the course of their employment by us. Under the Israeli Patent Law, 5727-1967 or the “Patent Law”, inventions conceived by an employee in the course of and as a result of his or her employment with a company are regarded as “service inventions,” which belong to the employer, unless there is a specific agreement between the employee and employer giving the employee service invention rights. The Patents Law also provides that if there is no such agreement between an employer and an employee, the Israeli Compensation and Royalties Committee (the “Committee”), a body constituted under the Patent Law, will determine whether the employee is entitled to remuneration for his or her inventions. Case law clarifies that the right to receive consideration for “service inventions” can be waived by the employee and that in certain circumstances, such waiver does not necessarily have to be explicit. The Committee will examine, on a case-by-case basis, the general contractual framework between the parties, using interpretation rules of the general Israeli contract laws. Further, the Committee has not yet determined one specific formula for calculating this remuneration, but rather uses the criteria specified in the Patents Law.

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Although we generally enter into assignment-of-invention agreements with our employees pursuant to which such individuals assign to it all rights to any inventions created in the scope of their employment or engagement with us, We may face claims demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. As a consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current and/or former employees, or be forced to litigate such claims, which could negatively affect our business.

The potential tax benefits that may be available to us require us to meet various conditions and may not be available to us, which could increase our costs and taxes.

We may be eligible for certain tax benefits provided to “Preferred Technology Enterprises” under the Israeli Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959, referred to as the Investment Law. We have not yet applied for these benefits. In order to receive and remain eligible for the tax benefits for the Preferred Technology Enterprises tax benefits, we must continue to meet certain conditions stipulated in the Investment Law and its regulations If these tax benefits are reduced, cancelled or discontinued, our Israeli taxable income from would be subject to regular Israeli corporate tax rates. The standard corporate tax rate for Israeli companies has been 23% since 2018. Additionally, if we increase our activities outside of Israel through acquisitions, for example, our expanded activities might not be eligible for inclusion in future Israeli tax benefit programs. See “Certain Material Israeli Tax Considerations.”

The terms of grants received from the Israeli government require us to satisfy specified conditions in order to transfer the manufacture of products based on know-how funded by the Israel Innovation Authority outside of Israel or to transfer outside of Israel the know-how itself.

Under the Israeli Encouragement of Research, Development and Technological Innovation in Industry Law, 5744-1984, or the Innovation Law, research and development programs which meet specified criteria and may be approved by a committee of the Israel Innovation Authority of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry, or IIA, are eligible for grants from the IIA. The grant amounts are determined by the research committee and are typically a percentage of the project’s expenditures. Under most programs, the grantee is required to pay royalties to the State of Israel from the sale of products developed under the program.

Our research and development efforts in relation to our product have been partially financed through royalty-bearing and non-royalty bearing grants from the IIA in the total amount of approximately $4.4 million.

Under the terms and conditions of the IIA grants provided to us and pursuant to applicable laws, we are required to pay royalties from sales of products and services that incorporate know-how developed with the IIA-funded, royalty-bearing grants. Such royalties are due up to an amount equal to 100% of the IIA grants received, linked to the U.S. dollar plus interest on the unpaid amount received based on the 12-month LIBOR rate (from the year the grant was approved) applicable to U.S. dollar deposits. If we will manufacture IIA-funded products outside of Israel and generates sales, the ceiling may increase based on the percentage of production that is outside of Israel, up to a maximum of 300% of the IIA grants, linked to the dollar and bearing interest as detailed above.

        Local Manufacturing Obligation.    Under the regulations promulgated under the Innovation Law and the guidelines issued by the IIA, the manufacturing of products that incorporate know-how developed with the IIA-funded outside of Israel by us or by another entity may be subject to certain approvals and\or limitations, and if we fail to obtain a required approval, we may be subject to fines and/or an acceleration of our royalty obligation.

        Know-How transfer limitation

        The Innovation Law restricts the ability to transfer know-how funded by the IIA outside of Israel. Transfer of IIA funded know-how outside of Israel requires prior approval of the IIA and may be subject to additional payments to the IIA, calculated according to formulae provided under the Innovation Law. If we wish to transfer IIA funded know-how, the terms for approval will be determined according to the nature of the transaction and the consideration paid to us in connection with such transfer.

        Approval of transfer of IIA funded know-how to another Israeli company may be granted only if the recipient abides by the provisions of the Innovation Law and related regulations, including the restrictions on the transfer of know-how and manufacturing rights outside of Israel.

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        Change of Control.    Any non-Israeli citizen, resident or entity that, among other things, (i) becomes a holder of 5% or more of our share capital or voting rights, (ii) is entitled to appoint one or more of our directors or the chief executive officer or (iii) serves as one of our directors or as our chief executive officer, is required to notify the IIA and undertake to comply with the Innovation Law and the rules and regulations thereunder as applicable to the grant programs of the IIA, including the restrictions on transfer described above.

Approval to manufacture products outside of Israel or consent to the transfer of IIA funded know-how, if requested, is within the discretion of the IIA. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement under which it permits us to transfer IIA funded know-how or manufacturing out of Israel.

The consideration available to our shareholders in a future transaction involving the transfer outside of Israel of know-how developed with IIA funding (such as a merger or similar transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the IIA.

Our Restated Articles contain a forum selection clause for substantially all disputes between us and our shareholders under the Israeli Companies Law and the Israeli Securities Law, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to bring claims and proceedings against us, our directors, officers and other employees. Enforcement of a U.S. judgment against us or our officers and directors in Israel or the United States, or assertion of a U.S. securities laws claim in Israel or serving process on our officers and directors, may also be difficult.

Under our Restated Articles, the competent courts of Tel Aviv, Israel will be the exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee to us or our shareholders, or (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Israeli Companies Law, or the Israeli Securities Law, 1968-5728 (the “Israeli Securities Law”). This exclusive forum provision is intended to apply to claims arising under Israeli law and would not apply to claims brought pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any other claim for which federal district courts in the United States would have exclusive jurisdiction unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum. Such exclusive forum provision in the Restated Articles will not relieve us of our duties to comply with federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and our shareholders will not be deemed to have waived their compliance with these laws, rules and regulations. This exclusive forum provision may limit a shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us, our directors, officers and employees.

Another obstacle towards assertion of claims against us or our directors or officers is the fact that most of them are not residents of the United States and most of their and our assets are located outside the United States. Service of process upon us or our non-U.S. resident directors and officers and enforcement of judgments obtained in the United States against us or our non-U.S. directors and executive officers may therefore be difficult to effect within the United States. It may be difficult to assert claims under U.S. securities laws in original actions instituted in Israel or obtain a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal securities laws. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on a violation of U.S. securities laws against us or our non-U.S. officers and directors because Israel may not be the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proven as a fact, which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law in Israel addressing these matters.

Additionally, Israeli courts might not enforce judgments obtained in the United States against us or our non-U.S. directors and executive officers, which may make it difficult to collect on judgments rendered against us or our non-U.S. officers and directors. An Israeli court will not enforce a non-Israeli judgment if it was given in a state whose laws do not provide for the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts (subject to exceptional cases), if our enforcement is likely to prejudice the sovereignty or security of the State of Israel, if it was obtained by fraud or in the absence of due process, if it is at variance with another valid judgment that was given in the same matter between the same parties, or if a suit in the same matter between the same parties was pending before a court or tribunal in Israel at the time the foreign action was brought.

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The rights and responsibilities of our shareholders will be governed by Israeli law, which may differ in some respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. corporations.

Because we are incorporated under Israeli law, the rights and responsibilities of our shareholders are governed by our Restated Articles and the Israeli Companies Law, with minor exceptions pertaining to U.S securities laws. These rights and responsibilities differ in some respects from the rights and responsibilities of shareholders in typical U.S. corporations. In particular, pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, each shareholder of an Israeli company has to act in good faith in exercising such shareholder’s rights and fulfilling such shareholder’s obligations toward the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing such shareholder’s power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at the general meeting of shareholders and class meetings, on amendments to a company’s articles of association, increases in a company’s authorized share capital, mergers, and transactions requiring shareholders’ approval under the Israeli Companies Law. In addition, a controlling shareholder of an Israeli company or a shareholder who knows that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote or who has the power to appoint or prevent the appointment of a director or officer in the company, or has other powers toward the company, has a duty to act in fairness towards a company. Moreover, a shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations and liabilities on our shareholders that are not typically imposed on shareholders of U.S. corporations.

Provisions of Israeli law and our Restated Articles may delay, prevent, or make undesirable an acquisition of all or a significant portion of our shares or assets.

Certain provisions of Israeli law and our Restated Articles could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or our shareholders to elect different individuals to our board of directors, even if doing so would be beneficial to our shareholders, and may limit the price that investors may be willing to pay in the future for our ordinary shares. Among other things:

        Israeli Companies Law regulates acquisitions and requires that a tender offer be effected when certain thresholds of percentage ownership of voting power in a company are exceeded (subject to certain conditions);

        Israeli Companies Law requires special approvals for certain transactions involving directors, officers or significant shareholders and regulates other matters that may be relevant to these types of transactions;

        the Israeli Companies Law does not provide for shareholder action by written consent for public companies, thereby requiring all shareholder actions to be taken at a general meeting of shareholders;

        our Restated Articles divide our directors into three classes, each of which is elected once every three years;

        our Restated Articles do not permit a director to be removed except by a vote of a majority of the voting power of the shareholders represented at a general meeting in person or by proxy and voting thereon, as one class, and disregarding abstentions from the count of the voting power of the shareholders present and voting; and

        our Restated Articles provide that director vacancies may be filled by our board of directors.

Further, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions undesirable to us or to some of our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel granting tax relief to such shareholders from Israeli tax. For example, Israeli tax law does not recognize tax-free share exchanges to the same extent as U.S. tax law. With respect to mergers, Israeli tax law allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent on the fulfilment of numerous conditions, including a restrictive period of two years from the date of the transaction during which certain sales and dispositions of shares of the participating companies are restricted. Moreover, with respect to certain share swap transactions, the tax deferral is limited in time, and when such time expires, the tax becomes payable even if the shares have not been disposed. See the section titled “Material Israeli Tax Considerations — Taxation of our shareholders.”

Our board of directors has sole discretion whether to pay dividends. If our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency, and amount will depend upon our future, operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our directors may deem relevant. The Israeli Companies Law imposes restrictions on our ability to declare and pay dividends. See the section titled

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Description of ordinary shares — Dividend and Liquidation rights” for additional information. Payment of dividends may also be subject to Israeli withholding taxes. See the section titled “Material Israeli Tax Considerations” for additional information.

We are subject to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law and its regulations

We are subject to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law, 5741-1981, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and guidelines issued by the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority, with respect to the manner personal data is processed, maintained, transferred, disclosed, accessed, and secured. In this respect, the privacy regulations governing information security may require us to adjust certain data protection and data security practices, information security measures, certain organizational procedures, applicable positions and other technical and organizational measures. Failure to comply with the Israeli privacy laws may expose us to administrative fines, civil claims (including class actions) and in certain cases criminal liability.

As a foreign private issuer, under Nasdaq rules, we are permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards, which, if we follow such practices, may afford our shareholders less protection than they would enjoy if we complied with the Nasdaq corporate governance standards.

As a foreign private issuer, we are generally subject to the Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. However, Nasdaq rules permit a foreign private issuer like us to follow the corporate governance practices of our home country, which is Israel, in lieu of Nasdaq corporate governance requirements relating to independent directors and the formation and composition of board committees, with respect to the disclosure of third-party director and nominee compensation and the requirement to distribute annual and interim reports. These corporate governance practices in Israel may differ significantly from Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards. Currently, we do not plan to rely on the home country practice exemption with respect to our corporate governance other than the quorum requirements. Our Restated Articles provide that two shareholders holding 25% of the voting shares constitutes a quorum, as contrasted with the Nasdaq requirement of one-third of a company’s outstanding voting securities. If we choose to take advantage of other home country practice in the future, our shareholders may be afforded less protection than they otherwise would enjoy under Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards applicable to U.S. domestic issuers.

Risks Related to our ordinary shares

We may issue additional ordinary shares or other securities without shareholder approval, which would dilute existing ownership interests and may depress the market price of our ordinary shares.

We may issue additional ordinary shares or other securities in the future in connection with, among other things, our equity incentive plan, without shareholder approval although we require shareholder approval for the creation of a class or series of preferred shares and for the adoption of a new equity incentive plan. The creation of a class or series of preferred shares required shareholder approval. Our issuance of additional ordinary shares would have the following effects:

        Our existing shareholders’ proportionate ownership interest may decrease;

        the amount of cash available per share, including for payment of dividends in the future, may decrease;

        the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding ordinary share may be diminished; and

        the market price of our ordinary shares may decline.

Any such issuance may be dilutive to our shareholders or may cause the stock price to decrease.

Because our officers and directors and their affiliates own or control approximately 50% of our ordinary shares, they may be able to control any action requiring shareholder approval of shareholders.

Our officers and directors and their affiliates beneficially own or control the voting rights with respect to approximately 50% of our ordinary shares, they will have the power to control any action for which shareholder approval is required or sought by us, particularly since our Restated Articles provide that a quorum for action by shareholders at a meeting called by the board of directors is two shareholders holding at least 25%.

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Because we have a classified board of directors, it may be more difficult for a third party to obtain control of us.

Our Restated Articles provide for a classified board of directors with each class of directors being elected for a term of three years. As a result, the shareholders will vote for only one-third of the board each year. A classified board of directors may make it more difficult for a third party of gain control of us which may affect the opportunity of our shareholders to receive any potential benefit which could be available from a third party seeking to obtain control over us.

The private warrants that we issued in exchange for private warrants held by the ITAC sponsor are accounted for as liabilities and the changes in value of these warrants could have a material effect on our financial results.

The warrants that we issued in the merger with ITAC in exchange for ITAC’s private warrants are treated as liabilities. As a result of the merger, the 3,112,080 private warrants issued to the holder of the ITAC private warrants, which are held by the ITAC former sponsor, of which E. Scott Crist, one of our directors, is the managing member are treated as liabilities. The Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”) provides for the remeasurement of the fair value of such derivatives at each balance sheet date, with a resulting non-cash gain or loss related to the change in the fair value being recognized in earnings in the statements of operations. As a result of the recurring fair value measurement, as long as the warrants are outstanding, our financial statements and results of operations may fluctuate quarterly based on factors which are outside of our control. Due to the recurring fair value measurement, we will recognize non-cash gains or losses on the private warrants each reporting period based on the change in the derivative liability and the amount of such gains or losses could be material. Further, the gain or loss on the derivative liability, which will not be related our operations, could result in our reporting a loss in a period in which our operations are profitable and net income in a period in which we have a significant loss from operations.

Any projections, forecasts or guidance that we may issue may not be an indication of the actual results of the transaction or our future results.

From time to time, we issue guidance as to our estimated results. Any such guidance is prepared based on numerous variables and assumptions which are inherently uncertain and may be beyond our control. Furthermore, they may exclude, among other things, certain material items such as transaction-related expenses. Any such forecasts are subject to the risks described in these risk factors and should not be relied upon as an indicator of actual past or future results.

The grant and future exercise of registration rights may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares

We filed a registration statement, which was declared effective by the SEC, covering the sale by existing shareholders of a total of 47,212,314 ordinary shares owned by shareholders prior to the Merger and the sale of the 10,000,000 shares issued pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements. We also assumed ITAC’s obligations to register ITAC’s founder shares.

The registration of these securities permits the public sale of such securities subject, in the case of shareholders other than the PIPE investor, to lock-up agreements. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market, whether pursuant to the registration statement or Rule 144 or any other exemption may have an adverse effect on the market price of our ordinary shares.

The sale by our shareholders upon the expiration of their lock-up period may cause the market price of our securities to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

Shareholders holding 36,330,760 ordinary shares have signed lock-up agreements pursuant to which they agreed not to sell their ordinary shares during the one-year period commencing on the October 7, 2021, closing of the Merger, subject to early release after six months if the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share for any 20 out of 30 trading days. Additionally, shareholders holding 46,984,355 ordinary shares are parties to an investor rights agreement, which was amended in March 2022 and provides for a lock up of 270 days from the closing of the Merger, subject to early release after six months if the closing price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $9.00 per share for any 20 out of 30 trading days. Additionally, the ITAC sponsor is subject to a lock-up with respect to the 1,905,900 ordinary shares issued with respect to its shares as follows. In addition to being subject to the same lock-up provisions that are applicable to our shareholders referred to in the first sentence, the ITAC sponsor is subject

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to enhanced lock-up restrictions with respect to 952,950 ordinary shares. In addition to sales pursuant to a registration statement, the our shareholders, including the ITAC sponsor, will be able to sell their ordinary shares pursuant to Rule 144. The ordinary shares purchased in the PIPE offering are not subject to a lock-up. Thus a shareholder who is subject to a lock-up agreement and who purchased shares in the PIPE offering will not be subject to the lock-up with respect to the shares purchased in the PIPE offering.

Upon expiration of the applicable lock-up periods, or upon satisfaction of the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or another applicable exemption from registration, the sponsor and the pre-Merger shareholders, may sell large amounts of ordinary shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, which could have the effect of increasing the volatility of our ordinary share price and putting significant downward pressure on the price of our ordinary shares. The lock up provisions do not relate to shares purchased in the PIPE offering.

The market price of our securities may be volatile subject to wide fluctuations.

Fluctuations in the price of our securities could contribute to the loss of all or part of your investment. Prior to the Business Combination, there has not been a public market for our ordinary shares. If an active market for our securities develops and continues, 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 quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to it;

        changes in the market’s expectations about our operating results;

        success of competitors;

        our operating results 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 media and broadband industry in general;

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

        our ability to develop and market our products;

        the market’s perception as to our ability to develop and maintain any perceived technological advantage it may have;

        actions by social media users to seek to increase activity in our securities;

        changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

        our ability to meet compliance requirements including compliance with the Nasdaq continued listing requirements;

        commencement of, or involvement in, litigation involving us or the automotive industry in general;

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

        the volume of our ordinary shares available for public sale;

        changes in trading patterns resulting from social media action not related to the results of our business;

        any major change in our board or management;

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        sales of substantial amounts of our ordinary shares by our directors, executive officers or significant shareholders or the perception that such sales could occur;

        general economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, international currency fluctuations and acts of war or terrorism; and

        all of the risks described in these Risk Factors.

Broad market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. Particularly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global stock markets in general, and Nasdaq 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, prospects, 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.

Our Articles and Israeli law could prevent a takeover that shareholders could consider favourable and could also reduce the market price of our ordinary shares.

Certain provisions of Israeli law and our Restated Articles could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control and may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us or for our shareholders to elect different individuals to our board of directors, even if doing so would be beneficial to our shareholders, and may limit the price that investors may be willing to pay in the future for our ordinary shares. For example, Israeli corporate law regulates mergers, requires that a tender offer be effected when certain thresholds of percentage ownership of voting power in a company are exceeded (subject to certain conditions) and establishes a high ownership threshold to squeeze out minority shareholders in a full tender offer. Further, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions undesirable to us or to some of our shareholders whose country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel granting tax relief to such shareholders from Israeli tax. See the section titled “Material Israeli Tax Considerations — Taxation of our shareholders.”

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell your ordinary shares for a price greater than the price you paid for your ITAC common stock or your ordinary shares.

We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our ordinary shares in the foreseeable future. Consequently, you may be unable to realize a gain on your investment except by selling sell such shares after price appreciation, which may never occur.

Our board of directors has broad discretion whether to pay dividends. If our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency, and amount will depend upon our future, operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our directors may deem relevant. The Companies Law imposes restrictions on our ability to declare and pay dividends.

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 ordinary shares adversely, then the price and trading volume of our ordinary shares could decline.

The trading market for our ordinary shares is influenced by the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. We do not control these analysts, or the content and opinions included in their reports. As a new public company, we may be slow to attract research coverage and the analysts who publish information about our ordinary shares will have had relatively little experience with us, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. In the event we obtain industry or financial analyst coverage, if any of the analysts who cover us issues an inaccurate or unfavorable opinion regarding it, our share price would likely decline. In addition, the share prices of many companies in the technology industry have declined significantly after those companies have failed to meet, or significantly exceed, the financial guidance publicly announced by the companies or the expectations of analysts. If our financial results fail to meet, or significantly

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exceed, our announced guidance or the expectations of analysts or public investors, analysts could downgrade our ordinary shares or publish unfavorable research about us. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, our visibility in the financial markets could decrease, which in turn could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.

The IRS may not agree that we should be treated as a non-U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Although we are incorporated and tax resident in Israel, the IRS may assert that we should be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 7874 of the Code. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation is generally considered a U.S. “domestic” corporation if it is created or organized in or under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof, or the District of Columbia. Because we are not so created or organized (but are instead incorporated only in Israel), it would generally be classified as a foreign corporation (that is, a corporation other than a U.S. “domestic” corporation) under these rules. Section 7874 of the Code provides an exception under which a corporation created or organized under foreign law may, in certain circumstances, be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

As more fully described in the Item 10.E in the section titled “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment — Tax Residence of Arbe for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes,” based on the terms of the Merger, the rules for determining share ownership under Code Section 7874 and the Treasury regulations promulgated under Code Section 7874 (the “Section 7874 Regulations”), and certain factual assumptions, we are not currently expected to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Code Section 7874. However, the application of Section 7874 of the Code is complex, is subject to detailed regulations (the application of which is uncertain in various respects and would be impacted by changes in such U.S. tax laws and regulations with possible retroactive effect) and is subject to certain factual uncertainties. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge our status as a foreign corporation under Code Section 7874 or that such challenge would not be sustained by a court.

If the IRS were to successfully challenge under Code Section 7874 our status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we and certain of our shareholders could be subject to significant adverse tax consequences, including a higher effective corporate income tax rate on us and future withholding taxes on certain of our shareholders, depending on the application of any income tax treaty that might apply to reduce such withholding taxes. In particular, holders of our ordinary shares and/or warrants would be treated as holders of stock and warrants of a U.S. corporation.

See Item 10.E “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of Arbe — Tax Residence of Arbe for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes” for a more detailed discussion of the application of Code Section 7874 to the Merger. Investors should consult their own advisors regarding the application of Code Section 7874 to the Merger.

U.S. Holders of our ordinary shares and/or warrants may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are treated as a passive foreign investment company.

A non-U.S. corporation generally will be treated as a “passive foreign investment company,” or a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in any taxable year if either (1) at least 75% of its gross income for such year is passive income (such as interest, dividends, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of assets giving rise to passive income) or (2) at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. Although based on the current and anticipated composition of the income, assets and operations of us and our subsidiaries, we do not believe we will be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for its current taxable year, and do not expect to become one for U.S. federal income tax purposes in the near future, this is a factual determination that depends on, among other things, the composition of our income and assets, and the market value of its shares and assets, including the composition of income and assets and the market value of shares and assets of our subsidiaries, from time to time. Accordingly, a complete determination can only be made annually after the close of each taxable year. Thus, no assurance can be given as to whether we will be a PFIC in 2021 or for any future taxable year. In addition, our U.S. counsel does not express any opinion with respect to our PFIC status for 2021 or future taxable years.

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If we are a PFIC for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder of our ordinary shares and/or warrants may be subject to adverse tax consequences and may incur certain information reporting obligations. Under the PFIC rules, unless such U.S. Holder makes an election available under the Code (which election could itself have adverse consequences for such U.S. Holder), such U.S. Holder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the then prevailing maximum rates on ordinary income and possibly an “interest” charge, in respect of “excess distributions” and upon any gain from the disposition of our ordinary shares and/or warrants, as if the excess distribution or gain had been recognized ratably over such U.S. Holder’s holding period of the our ordinary shares and/or warrants. Certain elections (including a qualified electing fund election (or a QEF election or a mark-to-market election) that may be available to U.S. Holders of our ordinary shares to mitigate some of the adverse tax consequences resulting from PFIC treatment, however, are not available with respect to our warrants. Additionally, there can be no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of our status as a PFIC in the future or that we will timely provide information that would be required in order for a U.S. Holder to make a QEF election. For a further discussion, see Item 10.E “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders — U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Ownership and Disposition of ordinary shares and Warrants to U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.” U.S. Holders of our ordinary shares and/or warrants are strongly encouraged to consult their own advisors regarding the potential application of these rules to us and the ownership of our ordinary shares and/or warrants.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains “forward-looking statements” that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about ITAC our perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding possible or anticipated future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. The words “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “project,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “potential” and similar words or expressions indicate forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions (including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.

The statements contained in this prospectus regarding the following matters are forward-looking by their nature:

        Our projection of revenue and other operating results;

        Our expectation that hat we will be engaging with Tier 1 automotive suppliers and OEMs which would be building the radars based on its chipset solution, eliminating expenses associated with system completion, requirement for undertaking significant capital expenditures associated with developing mass production manufacturing and the expenses of operating any such manufacturing capability;

        Our expectation that radars are crucial to the automotive industry and will be deployed in nearly all new vehicles as a long range, cost-effective sensor with the fewest environmental limitations;

        Our belief that our radar chipset heralds a breakthrough in radar technology that will enable Tier 1 manufacturers and OEMs to replace the current radars with an advanced solution that meets the safety requirements of Euro-NCAP and NHTSA for autonomous vehicles at all levels of autonomous driving;

        Our belief that a fully autonomous vehicle is seen as a potential solution for reducing the number of traffic accidents (due to the elimination of the “human element” from the equation), and as an incentive to create innovative autonomous vehicle-sharing services that will lead to the public foregoing the purchase of private vehicles, to reduce the problem of traffic congestion, and to significantly reduce fuel consumption and air pollution;

        Our belief that automakers will choose to integrate advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) based on several technologies simultaneously (radar, camera and LiDAR), and that it is likely that this trend of integrating technologies into vehicles will continue in the coming years;

        Our belief that our 4D imaging radar technology holds significant advantages over alternative technologies such as vision through cameras or LiDAR laser systems and over current-generation radar technologies that are on the market presently or have been announced for development;

        Our belief that our ground-breaking technology that contains an advanced processor, consumes relatively low amounts of energy and can scan a vehicle’s environment at an exceptionally high resolution in real-time, and identify objects and distinguish between them with great long-range accuracy and a wide field of vision, differentiates us and will enable us to successfully compete and develop and maintain a leadership position in its target markets;

        Our belief that our products will be competitively priced;

        Our expectation that our marketing strategy, primarily targeted at Tier 1 manufacturers, will foster cooperation with Tier 1 manufacturers to integrate our radar chipsets into the radar systems that Tier 1 manufacturers will sell to OEMs;

        Our belief that that outsourcing will provide us a more secure path in production for quality control and reliability for automotive requirements;

        Our belief that certain operational or registration requirements for some autonomous functions will be removed as state regulators gain better experience with the technology;

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        Our expectation that awareness among automakers and vehicle owners of the importance and benefits of installing ADAS (even in the absence of binding regulation) has increased, and that it is likely that in the future, the vast majority of new vehicles will be equipped with these systems;

        Our belief that our radar chipset will make it possible to launch of an autonomous vehicle and will be the primary sensor for autonomous driving in the retail market in tandem with a camera;

        Our belief that our existing infrastructure positions us well to capitalize on regulatory changes pertaining to required installation of traffic accident prevention systems in general, and radar systems in particular, which is expected to increase the demand for the technology and products that we are developing;

        Our belief that the automotive market, which experienced significant slowdown following the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and a shortage of semiconductors, is expected to resume growth during 2022;

        Our belief that an increased demand for autonomous vehicles and the transition to mass production of Level 2 and higher autonomous vehicles, requiring advanced systems for automatically integrating vehicles in traffic and preventing traffic accidents, are expected to increase the demand for products in our field of activity; and

        Our belief that a requirement on the part of insurance companies to install radar systems as a condition for issuing insurance policies is expected to increase the demand for our products.

The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance, taking into account the information currently available to us. These statements are only predictions based upon our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, you should consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Any proceeds that we receive upon exercise of warrants will be used for working capital. We cannot give assurance that any warrants will be exercised.

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CAPITALIZATION

Set forth below is our capitalization at December 31, 2021:

You should read the information below together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in the prospectus and the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (Dollars in thousands)

 

December 31, 2021

Long-term debt

 

 

Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.000216 per share, 63,016,856 shares

 

*

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

199,496

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(119,646

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

79,829

 

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*        Less than $1.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, balance sheet data as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and statements of cash flows data for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. All share and per share information being adjusted to reflect the Recapitalization, including the 46.25783-for-one stock split. You should read this Summary Financial Data section together with our financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Dollars in thousands, except share and per share information.

Statements of Operations Data:

 

Year Ended December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

 

2019

Revenues

 

$

2,249

 

$

332

 

 

 

Cost of Revenues

 

 

1,440

 

 

340

 

 

 

Gross Profit (Loss)

 

 

809

 

 

(8

)

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

28,564

 

 

12,794

 

 

 

22,012

Sales and Marketing

 

 

1,814

 

 

1,063

 

 

 

1,933

General and Administrative

 

 

3,709

 

 

1,093

 

 

 

1,187

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

34,087

 

 

14,950

 

 

 

25,132

Operating Loss

 

 

33,278

 

 

14,958

 

 

 

25,132

Financial Expenses, net

 

 

24,814

 

 

667

 

 

 

475

Net Loss

 

$

58.092

 

$

15,625

 

 

$

25,607

Net Loss per Ordinary Share (basic and diluted)

 

$

2.64

 

$

1.70

 

 

$

2.87

Average Ordinary Shares Outstanding

 

 

22,027,292

 

 

9,205,169

 

 

 

8,910,561

Balance Sheet Data

 

December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

Current assets

 

$

104,181

 

 

$

4,021

 

Working capital (deficiency)

 

 

88,714

 

 

 

(1,250

)

Redeemable convertible preferred shares

 

 

 

 

 

55,440

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(119,646

)

 

 

(61,554

)

Shareholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

 

79,823

 

 

 

(60,157

)

Selected Cash Flows Data:

 

Year Ended December 31,

2021

 

2020

 

2019

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(26,416

)

 

(15,285

)

 

(22,559

)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

 

 

(684

)

 

9,704

 

 

(8,537

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

125,082

 

 

1,532

 

 

35,545

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and short-term restricted cash

 

 

97,982

 

 

(4,049

)

 

4,449

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 and notes to those statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this prospectus, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” sections of this prospectus, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.

Overview

We are driving a radar revolution, paving the way for an autonomous future, utilizing an outstanding, truly safe, commercially viable, 4D Imaging solution. As a global leader in radar technology, we enable safe roads today paving the way to full autonomy for passenger cars, autonomous trucks, delivery robots, robotaxies, commercial vehicles, and empowering a wide array of safety applications with advanced sensing and paradigm-changing perception.

Founded in 2015 by Chief Executive Officer Kobi Marenko, Chief Technology Officer Dr. Noam Arkind, and Oz Fixman, our breakthrough technology has transformed radar as a sensor for ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and autonomous vehicles from the chip-level up, with technological breakthroughs across all core components. As a result, we have created what we believe is the only imaging radar sensor that meets the demanding performance, safety, and cost requirements for Level 2+ through Level 5 autonomous vehicles, bypassing the traditional limitations of legacy radar technology- low resolution, inability to sense stationary objects, high false alarm rate, lack of resolution, to name a few. Integrating the advanced hardware with our custom AI stack enables support for advanced perception capabilities at mass market prices, with top performance in all environments, weather, and lighting.

Our 4D Imaging Radar, which is at least 10 times more detailed than any other radar on the market, sets a new standard for safety in the industry, and is designed to enable accurate and reliable sensing in some of the most challenging use cases that autonomous vehicles can encounter on a regular basis — such as providing free space mapping in a tunnel, detecting a tire on the road ahead in heavy rain, tracking pedestrians in the dark. This is achieved by the development of a chipset with the highest channel count in the industry, proprietary radar processing algorithms, and our industry first radar based perception applications.

Our advanced semiconductors technology has made us one of the leading providers for the world’s top OEMs. With 132 employees, as of March 31, 2022, we have scaled to over 30 evaluation projects and we have been advised that we are on the short list with 17 OEM, robotaxis, delivery robots, and autonomous trucks projects. Our imaging radar was selected by AutoX to enable its fully autonomous robotaxi fleet. We were selected for a pre-production project with a Top 5 global OEM, which is progressing towards selection in 2022. A Top 10 global OEM selected us for an “Imaging Radar — based perception” project. BAIC Group has announced that our technology will be installed on its mass-produced Level 2.5 / Level 3 models. Our solution was also selected for a smart mobility project.

The automotive radar industry has an estimated total addressable market opportunity of approximately $11 billion in 20251. Our model to capture this opportunity is to directly work with top established Tier 1 automotive suppliers in order to power their next generation radars. Correspondingly, we have successfully established relationships with five tier-1 suppliers who are building production radars based on our chipset, including Valeo, Weifu, Hirain, and Qamcom and a leading radar company that has commenced design in the fourth quarter of 2021. While there is a recognized chip shortage and supply chain challenges that will continue to impact global markets in 2022, GlobalFoundries has advised us that it will have the capacity necessary to meet our commitments based on our forecasts for 2022 and 2023. GlobalFoundries is our chip manufacturer and is responsible for chip production and supply chain management.

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1        Industry and wall street research estimates

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Business Combination and Public Company Costs

On October 7, 2021, we completed the merger ITAC. As a result of the Merger, our ordinary shares are registered under the Exchange Act and listed on Nasdaq, and we are required to hire additional personnel and implement procedures and processes to address public company regulatory requirements and customary practices. We are incurring additional expenses as a public company for, among other things, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees and additional internal and external accounting and legal and administrative resources, including increased audit and legal fees.

Total gross proceeds from the business combination were approximately $118,288,000 out of which total transaction costs amounted to approximately $16,707,000. The total gross proceeds include gross proceeds of $100,000,000 from the sale of 10,000,000 ordinary shares to PIPE investors at $10.00 per share, and $18,288,000, representing the funds remaining in ITAC’s trust account after payment to the redeeming ITAC stockholders.

Recapitalization and Stock Split

All share and per share information uses has been retroactively restated to reflect the 46.25783-for-one stock split and the changes in par value of our ordinary shares from NIS 0.01 per share to NIS 0.000216 per share effected on October 7, 2021 as part of the Recapitalization and the issuance of ordinary shares as part of the Recapitalization, assuming the ordinary shares were outstanding at the beginning of the periods presented.

Key Factors Affecting our Operating Results

We believe that our future performance and success depends to a substantial extent on the following factors, each of which is in turn subject to significant risks and challenges, including those discussed below and under “Risk Factors.”

In a field in which we operate, the key to generating business is the ability to offer the latest technology. For us to be successful, we must offer the latest technological developments. Our research and development effort are oriented to maintaining leading edge technology.

We believe that widespread adoption of 4D imaging radar across applications for safety and autonomy is approaching and that we are well-positioned in both automotive and non-automotive markets to take advantage of this opportunity. Nevertheless, mass production passenger vehicles OEMs are just beginning to commercialize level 2+ and autonomous systems that will rely on the imaging radar technology. Accordingly, we expect the rate of actual adoption and commercialization of radar-based solutions by automotive OEMs and their suppliers will impact our results of operations, including revenue and gross margins for the foreseeable future.

We also intend to target markets beyond mass production passenger vehicles, including vehicle applications like trucks, shuttles, automated ground delivery vehicles, and industrial verticals like industrial robots, security systems, ground protection, drones, traffic monitoring. Our solution has the potential to be a primary sensor candidate for many autonomous and semi-autonomous applications and next generation perception platforms. As a result, we believe that some of those markets can evolve in parallel with the automotive market.

The following table sets forth information as of March 15, 2022, as to companies that are (i) working with us and are building radar systems based on our chipset and (ii) purchased an A Sample and are in process of evaluation.

 

Using our
chipset for next
generation
radar

 

Purchased A
Sample and in
advanced
evaluation

 

Notes

Tier 1 automotive suppliers

 

5

 

2

   

NMPs

 

1*

 

2

 

* AutoX expects to integrate 400,000 Arbe-based radar systems in its Level 4 fleet over a 5 year period

Non-Automotive

 

 

7

   

OEMs

 

 

6

 

* Using our chipset for an advanced R&D project

Other

 

 

1

 

* a Japanese supplier of third-party components that seeks to provide added value.

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Although customers may have purchased an A Sample for evaluation, not all such customers are in a position to make a decision to build a radar based on our chipset, and we cannot give assurance that the customers described in the table will generate any significant revenue for us.

As a Tier 2 supplier of advanced technology to Tier 1 automotive suppliers and OEMs, we will be engaging with Tier 1 automotive suppliers and OEMs who would be building the radars based on Our Chipset solution, and our results of operations will be impacted by the timing of requirements of and orders by the Tier 1 automotive suppliers and OEMs.

The semiconductor market generally and the automotive industry in particular is seeing shortages due to increased demand in general, and specifically in the automotive industry. We are taking measures which are intended to make sure we will be able to meet all the demand of our customers, which may include significant prepayment for our products, although our efforts may not be successful.

We are competing for talent in a highly competitive environment, which results in higher compensation packages to employees. We cannot give assurance that we will be able to hire all required positions when they are required.

Commercialization

Our radar system is being evaluated by six of the top-ten global automakers by sales, and most major autonomous trucking and robotaxi programs currently in development, reflecting the significant commercial interest in imaging radar. We anticipate that these programs will make their decisions with respect to their radar technology commencing in 2022. Currently, we have entered into a contract with AutoX to integrate our chips in their production vehicle.

Our ability to achieve profitability is dependent upon generating orders and commitments from the current evaluation projects. Delays in the autonomy programs from OEMs that we are currently or will be working with could result in us being unable to achieve our revenue targets and profitability in the time frame we anticipate.

Since the OEMs rely on Tier 1 automotive suppliers for components such as radar based product, if a leading tier1 supplier goes into production with imaging radar based on our chips.it increases the chance of the OEM basing its radar on our technology. We believe that the fact that tier-1 suppliers already have radar production lines that they need to upgrade for imaging radar, reduces dramatically the risk and the cost in taking our technology to the mainstream.

Also, the fact that our technology is being evaluated by tier1 suppliers that have significant share in today’s radar market will increase significantly our opportunity to generate major market share commencing in 2023 when the automobile companies make the decisions on purchasing radar components for their vehicles.

Market Trends and Uncertainties

We estimate the total addressable market for Advanced Drive Assistance Systems, known as ADAS, and autonomous driving technology, will grow to approximately $75 billion or more in 20302 and we believe that this growth will result in a demand for our imaging radar chips. We believe that we have multiple levers for sustained growth and adjacent market opportunities, with a core strategy to focus on attractive markets with significant growth and profitability potential. Specifically, the markets of focus include passenger cars, commercial trucks, and robotaxi fleets. Each such market is potentially a significant global opportunity, and these markets have historically been underserved by inferior technology or not served at all. We believe that we are positioned as the only company with deeply integrated hardware and software products that currently meet the OEM specification requirements for safe Level 0 to Level 5 autonomy, which constitutes a significant portion of the market.

Our most immediate market focus is on passenger and commercial vehicle safety and autonomy on highways and ADAS applications. We believe there is significant room for improvement with regard to standard ADAS and crash avoidance. ADAS volumes are primarily driven by both the European and North American markets which have increasingly stringent safety regulations and consumer preference for safety. We are well positioned to capitalize on the increased ADAS demand in response to these increased safety regulations as our proactive safety software could increase the current reported collision avoidance rates by up to seven times. Although increasing automotive performance requirements may generate higher demand, we may not be able to take advantage of demand if we are unable to anticipate regulatory changes and adapt quickly enough to meet new regulatory standards or requirements. Market acceptance of active safety technology depends upon many factors.

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2        https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/driver-assistance-systems-market-1201.html

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COVID-19 Impact

During 2020, the spread of COVID-19 and the actions taken by governments have had an impact on the automotive industry, which at first estimated a reduced demand but then experienced a significant increase in demand for vehicle production and sales, which caused a chip shortage reality. As a result, some automotive factories were shut down at the beginning of this period, and some projects were placed on hold or cancelled. In addition, travel restrictions, remote work guidelines, limitations on face-to-face meetings, COVID-19 isolations and sick days, required us to change our work methods and adjust. We believe we managed to maintain our progress, relaying on new work methods and on our relationships such as our supply relationship with GlobalFoundries to stay on track.

Recently, several provinces and municipalities in China experienced a lockdown as a result of potential spread of increased COVID 19 infections from the Omicron and a subvariant of Omicron which could affect our business with Chinese automobile companies and Chinese suppliers. We cannot assure you that China and other countries will not experience further lockdowns.

The extent of the impact of the pandemic on our operational and financial performance in 2022 will depend on various future developments, including the duration and spread of future COVID-19 outbreaks, including the impact of the subvariant of the Omicron variant, which may spread faster than the original Omicron variant which has had impacted Asia and Europe and may impact other countries, including Israel and the United States. These outbreaks impact our customers, suppliers and employees. These factors related to COVID-19 are beyond our knowledge and control and, as a result, at this time, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact, both in terms of severity and duration, that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our business, operating results, cash flows and financial condition.

Effect of the Russian Invasion in Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine that has had an immediate impact on the global economy resulting in higher energy prices and higher prices for certain raw materials and goods and services which in turn is contributing to higher inflation in the United States and other countries across the globe with significant disruption to financial markets and supply and distribution chains for certain raw materials and goods and services on an unprecedented scale. The impact of the sanctions has also included disruptions to financial markets, an inability to complete financial or banking transactions, restrictions on travel and an inability to service existing or new customers in a timely manner in the affected areas of Europe. The Russian Federation could resort to cyberattacks and other action that impact businesses across the United States, the European Union, Israel and other nations across the globe including those without any direct business ties to the Russian Federation. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has continued to escalate without any resolution of the invasion foreseeable in the near future with the short and long-term impact on financial and business conditions in Europe remaining highly uncertain.

The U.S. and the European Union responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing various economic sanctions on the Russian Federation to which the Russian Federation has responded in kind. The United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries across the globe have imposed their own sanctions on the Russian Federation. Israel has not imposed any sanctions. The United States, the European Union and such other countries acting together or separately could impose wider sanctions or take further actions against the Russian Federation if the conflict continues to escalate. Multinational corporations and other corporations and businesses with business and financial ties to the Russian Federation have either reduced or eliminated their ties to the Russian Federation in a manner that often exceeds what is required pursuant to sanctions by these countries. While we do not have any direct business or financial ties to the Russian Federation or Ukraine as part of our business, the impact of higher energy prices and higher prices for certain raw materials and goods and services resulting in higher inflation and disruptions to financial markets and disruptions to manufacturing and supply and distribution chains for certain raw materials and goods and services across the globe may impact our business in the future.

Although we do not have any agreements with any companies in Russia or Ukraine, the Russian invasion of Ukraine could have significant adverse effects upon our business, including, but not limited to, the following

        A slowdown in the automotive industry generally and a slowdown of transactions in this industry, which could effect decisions on the supplier of radar components and technology;

        The effect of United States’ or other nations’ sanctions on companies, including companies that may be customers or potential customers of our products and suppliers of components used in the vehicles that use our products, that conduct business with Russian or Ukrainian companies;

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        The effects of the significant increase in oil and gas prices as a result of gas shortages resulting from the reduced gas and oil flow from Russia;

        The additional inflationary pressures resulting from sanctions placed by the United States and European countries on Russia and Russian companies.

        Additional supply line issues, resulting from the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including reduced availability or higher prices for the raw materials used in our products.

        The worldwide economic conditions, including in Europe and Asia where a number or our customers are located, which may impact the decisions that relate to the use of our products including the customers’ evaluation process;

        Our ability to conduct business with companies, including companies that may be testing our product, that conduct business with Russia and Ukraine and which may be subject to sanctions or restrictions imposed by the United States, European or other government as a result of their conducting business with these companies.

        Adverse economic conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine may also result in a higher rate of losses on accounts receivables that we accrue in the future due to credit defaults.

        A change in the relationship between Israel and Russia, particularly as it relates to the security of Israel, and any conflict involving Israel as a result of a potential deterioration in Israel’s relationship with Russia.

We cannot predict the manner in which the Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact our business. However, the longer the invasion continues, the more likely the adverse effects will be material and, if our business declines as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will be material. Further, to the extent that the conflict widens and involves NATO forces, the negative effects on our business and automotive industry in general, may be substantially exacerbated.

To the extent that any of these factors affect our supplier, GlobalFoundries, including its ability to obtain the semiconductors necessary for our product, our ability to deliver any products that are ordered from us will be impaired, which may impact our ability to obtain orders for our products.

We will assess and respond where appropriate to any direct or indirect impact that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has on the availability or pricing of the raw materials for our products, manufacturing and supply and distribution chains for our products and on the pricing and demand for our products.

Effects of Economic Downturn, Inflation and other Factors

The development process for our products as well as the timing of our sales and the market for our products can be affected by a range of factors, many of which are unpredictable. These factors include such conditions as economic conditions, international conflicts, climate and weather conditions, and actions taken by governments to address the COVID 19 pandemic and other pandemics.

We may be subject to the effects of adverse economic conditions, including inflationary pressures and supply chain issues, which may impair our revenues, gross margins and our ability to operate profitable. Although we do not believe that our business was adversely affected by inflation prior to 2022, the recent inflationary pressures, combined with supply line delays and shortages of semiconductors, and the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which exacerbated the already existing inflationary pressures and supply line delays and shortages and have had negative economic effects worldwide and may impair our revenues, margins and our ability to operate profitable. As a result of inflation, along with supply line delays semiconductor shortages and other negative economic trends, we may incur increased costs in our components as well as from our contract manufacturers, and we may not be able to pass any costs we may incur to our customers and our customers may delay or put on hold any plans they have to develop automotive products that would require our radar. To the extent that we are unable to pass on costs or we are not able to market or products as we plan, our gross margin may be significantly eroded which may result in increased losses during our developmental phase and may impair our ability to operate profitable when we are in full production mode. We cannot assure you that we these factors will not impair our ability to operate profitably.

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In recent months the following conditions have affected or may affect various aspects of our business.

        The February 24, 2022, invasion by the Russian Federation of Ukraine, which is discussed above.

        The recent earthquake in Japan, which may impact Japanese businesses both as potential users of our products or as suppliers of components necessary in the production of vehicles that would use our technology.

        The recent lockdown in many provinces and municipalities in China as a result of potential spread of increased COVID 19 infections from the Omicron and a subvariant of Omicron which could affect our business with Chinese automobile companies and Chinese suppliers.

        The effects of a subvariant of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which may spread faster than the original Omicron variant, as well as the effects of any new variants and subvariants which may develop, including any actions taken by governments, which have the effect of slowing the process of evaluating our products or increasing the already-existing supply chain problems; and

        The effects of any other military conflicts, including any expansion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and any other conflicts worldwide, including in the Middle East;

        Any other conditions which may affect the automotive industry generally and ability of automotive companies to complete in their evaluation and their purchase or our products or our ability and the ability of our customers and potential customers to evaluate our product or order our product.

Any factors which affect the ability or willingness of customers and potential customers to test our products or purchase our products could materially impair our ability to develop our business, We cannot predict the extent that any of the foregoing will impact our business nor what other factors which we do not presently contemplate may impact our business; however, any of these factors, as well as other factors not presently contemplated, may have a material adverse effect upon our business.

Quarterly Information

As a foreign private issuer, we are not required to file quarterly reports, On May 12, 2022, we filed a report on Form 6-K which included unaudited financial information for the first quarter of 2022. The unaudited financial information does not meet the requirement of interim financial statements under GAAP. Such quarterly information is included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were $0.9 million, an increase from $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2021. Our backlog as of March 31, 2022, was $2.8 million. Our gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 was 56.1%, compared to 44.3% in first quarter of 2021, mainly related to a decrease in cost as we worked toward production versions. Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2022 were $11.1 million, compared to $4.5 million in the first quarter of 2021. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by an increase in research and development expenses from $3.7 million in the first quarter of 2021 to $7.8 million in the first quarter of 2022. The increase was most notably in labor cost and to a lesser extent non-cash share-based compensation expenses. As a result, our operating loss increased from $4.3 million to $10.6 million. Net loss in the first quarter of 2022 decreased significantly to $7.9 million compared to a net loss of $18.4 million in the first quarter of 2021. The net loss in the first quarter of 2022 reflected financial income of $2.8 million as contrasted with financial expense of $14.1 million in Q1 2021. Both years’ financial expenses/income related to the revaluations of convertible loan and warrants.

As of March 31, 2022, we had $87.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, as a result of the merger with ITAC and the $100 million PIPE financing. Total debt on March 31, 2022, was $5.1 million which we expect to pay by July 1, 2022.

During the first quarter of 2022, Hyundai Motor Group showcased a joint pilot with us at EcoMotion Week, a program featuring cutting-edge issues in mobility, we launched a new RF chipset, with the final production configuration with long range sensing and high sensitivity, we won the Tech AD Europe 2022 award in the category of sensory perception, and we were selected as a 2022 Innovation Awards honoree in the Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation product category at CES, an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association.

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Results of Operations

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

 

Years Ended
December 31,

   

2021

 

2020

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

2,249

 

 

$

332

 

Cost of Revenues

 

 

1,440

 

 

 

340

 

Gross Profit (Loss)

 

 

809

 

 

 

(8

)

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and Development

 

 

28,564

 

 

 

12,794

 

Sales and Marketing

 

 

1,814

 

 

 

1,063

 

General and Administrative

 

 

3,709

 

 

 

1,093

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

34,087

 

 

 

14,950

 

Operating Loss

 

$

(33,278

)

 

$

(14,958

)

Financial Expenses, net

 

 

24,814

 

 

 

667