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| We are delivering exceptional products to our customers with on time shipments to large flagship projects across the country |
| Additionally, the growth that we saw in our Smart Glass revenues was driven by a favorable product mix shift to our higher priced and higher margin products that are typically shipped towards the end of these projects |
| Importantly, we continue to make progress on delivering high-quality products at scale, keeping our promises to our customers, and moving the industry forward |
| First, in the third quarter, we showed continued progress on our path to profitability, and significantly improved gross margin |
| For the third quarter of 2023, we reported a $30 million improvement in adjusted EBITDA with a loss of $23 million compared to $53 million in Q3 2022, reflecting the impact of higher revenues, improving gross margins and lower operating expenses |
| Gross margin was positive without the impact of the future production outlook adjustments that Amy will describe in detail |
| I'm grateful for the support and belief from our customers and capital partners and I'm proud of the View team for focusing on the mission, being learning oriented, being nimble and resilient, and delivering key outcomes for our customers and the company |
| Combining the improved gross margins and lower structural fixed costs, we're making significant progress in reducing our quarterly cash burn |
| Our revenues are benefiting from repeat purchases from existing customers and traction in the multifamily residential market |
| We have very strong user affinity |
| On the factory side, we are performing well across key operating metrics which allow us to reduce overhead and production costs |
| We made significant improvement to our gross margins year-over-year |
| We are able to make these cost improvements because we have made great progress to date on the product, our market approach and the factory operations |
| Our financial performance continues to improve with scale, and this provides confidence towards the path to profitability |
| Revenue growth coupled with our lower cost of revenues resulted in continued significant improvement in gross margin |
| This timeframe gives us runway to continue to execute our business and demonstrate reduction in cash burn as we look to finance the business to cash flow positive |
| That's actually the main reason we are being successful in this segment |
| We have further reduced our factory fixed costs as we focus on strategic volume growth with higher quality projects with favorable economics |
| And forth, unlocking value for both our customers and View with our fully integrated smart building platform and the investment tax credit |
| Our dual value proposition of sustainability and delighted users combined with the affordability of smart windows with the investment tax credit plays well to the needs of the real estate developers in this segment |
| Anyone who knows a manufacturing oriented hardware business with a new product category knows that this is a major inflection point in the business and proves out the unit economics, which in turn forms a basis for profitable growth in the future |
| Airlines are demanding that the facilities be built to a better standard because a better on-the-ground experience provides a better in-the-air experience |
| We grew revenue 61% year-over-year in the quarter |
| These strategic investors are leaders in the real estate industry, and we're excited to partner with them to unlock the next stage of View's growth |
| First, continuous improvements in product architecture and material selection |
| While we grew revenues year-over-year, our Q3 2023 non-GAAP cost of revenues decreased 13% from Q3 2022, reflecting the benefit of our lower fixed costs in the factory and the field, and favorable product mix within and across the three major product offerings, partially offset by $6 million of charges for our changes in estimate in future per unit IGU costs |
| So that's why we are bullish and focused on the multifamily segment |
| As we continue to grow in this market, we expect that the multifamily residential segment will be a key driver of demand, enabling View to reach profitability |
| Third, continuing to scale the business with high-quality profitable projects |
| On our last earnings call, we said that we anticipated cash burn would improve in the second half of 2023, driven by leverage from higher revenues with the lower fixed cost structure following our recent cost savings initiatives |
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| During the quarter, we noted a continued decline in economic and market conditions, including a continued and sustained decline in our market capitalization, rising interest rates and a prolonged outlook for a continued slowdown in the real estate market |
| Health care also is facing some of the same financial challenges |
| I think, Rao, you touched quite a bit on my second question, but obviously, we are still seeing a lot of pressure in the commercial office market |
| Having said that, there's still a very heavy housing shortage |
| This combined with the limited amount of additional financing we secured and our revised projections for our future operating results culminated in a $170 million impairment charge to write-down the value of our property and equipment |
| Moving forward, we anticipate Smart Glass revenues to decrease and be a much smaller part of our total revenues |
| But secondly, as you know, passengers have gone back up to pre-pandemic levels |
| But they have a trifecta of issues that our customers are facing |
| So with all those, while the macro is depressed, there's still enough business for us to go after in the multifamily segment |
| The third quarter results show a steep decline year-over-year in both our factory fixed costs as well as our operating expenses |
| We've incurred $8 million in non-GAAP research and development expense in Q3 2023, a decrease of 42% or $6 million from Q3 2022 |
| While the real estate industry continued -- continues to deal with the headwinds of office segment challenges and high interest rates, we see multifamily residential development being a bit more resilient at the macro level |
| There's a lot of investment going on in airports across the United States perhaps partly because for decades, there have been an underinvestment in infrastructure in general and specifically airport facilities |
| We incurred $16 million in non-GAAP SG&A expenses in Q3 2023, which decreased to 20% or $4 million compared to Q3 2022, reflecting lower spend on legal fees following the completion of a restatement as well as lower sales and marketing expenses following our cost savings initiatives |
| And we have fewer -- as we have fewer early stage Smart Glass projects with IGUs in production following the shift to smart building platform |
| And so given the reduced outlook that we have for future production requirements, those unit economics for our future warranty replacements are now expected to be higher than we previously estimated |
| And then geographically, there are submarkets that are very hot and people are continuing to build |
| And in a few cases, we are actually saving them a little bit of money |
| And there are haves and have not |
| These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations |
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