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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
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Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

In March 2025, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for its principal executive office located in San Francisco, with a total commitment of $8.7 million. The lease will commence in November 2025 with an expiration date in fiscal 2029. The Company will recognize the related right-of-use assets and liabilities, which have not yet been determined, at the respective lease commencement date.

Legal Matters

On February 14, 2024, a putative securities class action captioned Chicago & Vicinity Laborers’ District Council Pension Fund v. Amplitude, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-00898 (the “Securities Class Action”) was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming the Company, its Chief Executive Officer, and its former Chief Financial Officer as defendants. The lawsuit is purportedly brought on behalf of all those who purchased or acquired the Company’s common stock between September 21, 2021 and February 16, 2022. The complaint alleges claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, based on allegedly false or misleading statements related to the Company’s business and financial outlook. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and other relief. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint on July 12, 2024, which was granted with leave to amend on October 2, 2024. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on October 23, 2024. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on November 13, 2024, and, on January 13, 2025, the court dismissed the amended complaint with prejudice and entered judgment in favor of the defendants.

On June 10, 2024, a shareholder derivative complaint captioned Hawkins v. Spenser Skates, et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-03460 (the “Derivative Action”) was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, its former Chief Financial Officer, and the current and former members of the Company’s board of directors as defendants. The complaint, purportedly brought on behalf of the Company, alleges claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets, abuse of control, gross mismanagement, and contribution for alleged wrongdoing by the Company’s directors and officers from September 21, 2021 through February 16, 2022. The complaint seeks unspecified damages and other relief. The Derivative Action was stayed pending a resolution of any motions to dismiss the Securities Class Action. Following the dismissal of the Securities Class Action on January 13, 2025, the Derivative Action was dismissed without prejudice on February 21, 2025.

On August 8, 2024, a putative privacy class action captioned Atkins v. Amplitude, Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-04913 was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, naming the Company as a defendant. The lawsuit is purportedly brought on behalf of all individuals who downloaded and used an application on their mobile device that embedded the Company’s Software Development Kit (“SDK”) and did not publicly disclose the Company in the application’s notices or disclosures. The complaint asserts claims under the Federal Wiretap Act, California Wiretap Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act, and California

Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. The complaint seeks statutory damages and other relief. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on November 15, 2024. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint on January 7, 2025, the plaintiffs filed their opposition brief on February 11, 2025, and the Company filed its reply on March 4, 2025. The Company also filed a motion to compel arbitration on April 8, 2025, and the plaintiffs filed their opposition brief on May 6, 2025. The Company’s motion to dismiss and motion to compel arbitration are pending and set for hearing on June 3, 2025.

On September 18, 2024, an individual privacy action captioned Shah v. Amplitude, Inc., Case No. 2:24-cv-08155-MEMF-JPR was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, naming the Company as a defendant. The lawsuit is brought by an individual who alleges to have used an application on his mobile device that embedded the SDK without explicitly identifying the Company in the application’s notices or disclosures. The complaint asserts claims under the Federal Wiretap Act, California Wiretap Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act, and California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. The complaint seeks statutory damages and other relief. On December 4, 2024, the court stayed the case pending final resolution of Atkins v. Amplitude, Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-04913 (N.D. Cal.).

On October 7, 2024, a putative privacy class action captioned Willey v. Amplitude, Inc., Case No. 1:24-cv-07577 was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit was purportedly brought on behalf of all persons who accessed the Oscar Health website or application in Pennsylvania and entered information in response to prompts in the “Find a Plan” function. The complaint alleged that the Company’s services operate on the Oscar Health website and application to intercept information submitted by users for a health insurance quote. The complaint asserted a claim under Pennsylvania’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act. The complaint sought unspecified damages and other relief. On December 5, 2024, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the case and re-filed in the Superior Court of the State of California. The Company removed the case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on December 16, 2024. On January 27, 2025, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the case.

The Company has received, and may in the future continue to receive, claims from third parties asserting, among other things, infringement of their intellectual property rights. Future litigation may be necessary to defend the Company, its partners and its customers by determining the scope, enforceability and validity of third-party proprietary rights, or to establish its proprietary rights.

In addition to the matters discussed above, from time to time, the Company is party to litigation and other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. While the Company does not believe the ultimate resolution of pending legal matters is likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial position, the results of any litigation or other legal proceedings are uncertain and as such the resolution of such legal proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. The Company records litigation accruals for legal matters, which are both probable and estimable. For legal proceedings for which there is a reasonable possibility of loss (meaning those losses for which the likelihood is more than remote but less than probable), the Company has determined that it does not have material exposure, or it is unable to develop a range of reasonably possible losses. Although no assurance may be given, the Company believes that it is not presently a party to any litigation of which the outcome, if determined adversely, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business, operating results, cash flows, or financial position. Legal fees are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.