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| We are committed to maintaining a strong and well-managed balance sheet, focusing on cost effectiveness and the ability to fund our revenue growth |
| Despite selection process and OEM program delays that are out of our control, we see that customers are excited about our solutions and the possibilities we can achieve together |
| With respect to our 2024 guidance our goal of achieving four design-ins with automakers remain unchanged, as we observe continued strong interest in our market leading offering |
| Collaborating with Sensrad in the non-automotive market increases our total addressable market and accelerates our time to market |
| We view this achievement as a strong validation of our technology |
| Those solutions are very good for low-end ADAS to meet the challenges of the NCAP, but not for real solving the problems of radar |
| We have enough cash to pass this hiccup and we believe that on the long run Arbe will be a leader player and a very strong company |
| Arbe continues to innovate and we believe we can lead the safe hands-free revolution |
| Our sophisticated perception radar supports the needs of hands-free driving at an affordable price providing unmatched safety that we believe can scale the industry to full autonomy |
| Additionally, our approach in targeting new areas around the non-automotive industry is providing to be successful and we see faster go-to-market opportunities in these markets |
| We believe that Arbe remains strongly positioned as the long leading radar supplier in those OEMs and we expect to announce full customers wins in 2024 |
| We have strengthened our positioning in all our RFQ engagements, even though the OEMs have shifted their decision timelines from late 2023 to 2024 |
| Finally, we are initiating a dual listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to enhance our trading volume |
| We are pleased with the progress we have made as we continued to innovate and develop our offerings in 2023 |
| In January, we were proud to announce an important milestone |
| We are very pleased to have you join us today |
| Is this better? Can you hear me better now? Kobi Marenko Yes, now it's much better |
| Although some OEMs push their decision timelines into later this year, the anticipation surrounding our offerings is high and we expect to announce significant customer wins in 2024 |
| Adjusted EBITDA for the full-year of 2023 amounted to a loss of $32.5 million a $5.5 million improvement from 2022 and within our projected guidance |
| In summary, we are encouraged by our progress during the past year as well as the progress of our Tier-1 |
| So, if we are looking on the competitive landscape, I think that in the last quarter our situation improved dramatically |
| Operating loss for the full-year of 2023 was $46.9 million improvement of $0.8 million compared to 2022 |
| All of them want to control this stack and to compete on this stack and offer the customers a better and safer experience for highway autopilot and then for urban autopilot |
| This proactive and strategic approach underscores our commitment to optimizing investor value and fortifying our financial position in a dynamic market landscape |
| Could you give a little color on your non-automotive strategy? Kobi Marenko Yes, there is so first of all our non-automotive strategy was there from the beginning, but what we see is that Sensrad are gaining a lot of traction with their products mainly in robotics, in transportation and even in Homeland Security |
| One of the most exciting developments of Q4 was our announcement of the production version of our Radar Processor |
| To our employees and partners, your continued dedication is deeply appreciated |
| So, the full stack of Level 2+ plus Level 3 also defines vehicles that can run this kind of software and do all of the updates and improve the ADAS systems over the year over time |
| Industry timelines have been extended as the auto industry realigned its autonomous driving ambition with a focus on enabling meaningful Level 2+ and Level 3 applications to differentiate their offering and meet customers' needs |
| Shifting gears as part of our growth strategy, we are also targeting the non-automotive market, which is moving faster than the traditional auto market |
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| So, I think that we are suffering from the same, from the main problem of the industry |
| Now, I mean give, also focusing on the automotive market since the automotive market has been a little bit choppy lately due to weak demand |
| The margin decrease was primarily related to low annual revenue as we shifted our focus onto chips for production |
| Negative gross margin for Q4 2023 was 54.5% compared to a negative gross margin of 45.6% in Q4 2022 |
| Gross margin for the full-year of 2023 decreased to negative 2.6% compared to a positive 63.5% in 2022 |
| Net loss in the fourth quarter of 2023 decreased to $9.3 million compared to a net loss of $11.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Operating loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $12.1 million compared to $14.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Looking at adjusted EBITDA in Q4 of 2023, a non-GAAP measurement which excludes expenses for non-cash share-based compensation and for non-recurring items was a loss of $8.2 million compared to a loss of $11.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Definitely Q4, I would say was our less productive quarter ever, but people try to compensate in hard work when overall we were able to achieve all of our milestones with the customers and right now we are back to almost normal, at least to the new normal |
| 2023 net loss included financial income of $3.4 million resulted mainly from deposit interest and foreign exchange revaluations |
| So, overall I think that the main shift is the main delay is in ‘24 revenues, which are shifted a bit to ‘25 |
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