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- We have incurred substantial operating losses in the past year, expect to continue to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future, and may not achieve a return to profitability in the future.
- We may not be able to obtain capital when desired on favorable terms, if at all, or without dilution to our stockholders.
- Our restructuring efforts may not be successful.
- Significant reductions in consumer demand has caused, and will likely continue to cause, a decrease in revenue from sales of our products and additional costs reducing both gross margin and operating income.
- We face intense competition from other providers of robots, including diversified technology providers, as well as competition from providers offering alternative products, which could negatively impact our results of operations and cause our market share to decline.
- We operate in an emerging market, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects.
- Designing new robotic products is complex and requires significant resources, and our ability to remain competitive requires significant continued investment in tools, processes and talent.
- We depend on the experience and expertise of our senior management team and key technical employees, and the loss of any key employee may impair our ability to operate effectively.
- If we are unable to attract and retain additional skilled personnel, we may be unable to operate our business.
- If we are not successful in expanding our direct-to-consumer sales channel by driving consumer traffic and consumer purchases through our website, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
- Our success depends nearly entirely on our consumer robots, and our sales growth and operating results would be negatively impacted if we are unable to enhance our current consumer robots or develop new consumer robots at competitive prices or in a timely manner, or if the consumer robot market does not achieve broad market acceptance.
- Any efforts to expand our product offerings beyond our current markets or to develop new products may not succeed, which could negatively impact our operating results.
- We spend significant amounts on advertising and other marketing campaigns, which may not be successful or cost effective.
- If we fail to enhance our brand, our ability to expand our customer base will be impaired and our operating results may suffer.
- Our income tax provision and other tax liabilities may be insufficient if taxing authorities are successful in asserting tax positions that are contrary to our position. Additionally, there is no guarantee that we will realize our deferred tax assets.
- If our goodwill or long-lived assets become impaired, our operating results could be negatively impacted.
- Our senior secured term loan credit facility provides our lenders with a first-priority lien against substantially all of our assets, and contains financial covenants and other restrictions on our actions that may limit our operational flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our results of operations.
- Our financial results could fluctuate substantially due to the accounting for the Term Loan that we measure at fair value.
- We depend on a limited number of manufacturers, and our reputation and results of operations would be harmed if these manufacturers fail to meet our requirements.
- If critical components of our products that we currently purchase from a small number of suppliers become unavailable, we may incur delays in shipment, which could damage our business.
- Conflicts with our channel and distribution partners could harm our business and operating results.
- If we fail to maintain or increase consumer robot sales through our distribution channels, our operating results would be negatively impacted.
- Significant developments in U.S. trade policies have had, and we expect will continue to have, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- Global economic conditions and any associated impact on consumer spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
- We are subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws and regulations that are central to our business; our failure to comply with these laws and regulations could harm our business or our operating results.
- Environmental laws and regulations and unforeseen costs could negatively impact our future earnings.
- Business disruptions resulting from international uncertainties could negatively impact our profitability.
- If we experience a disaster or other business continuity problem, we may not be able to recover successfully, which could cause material financial loss, loss of human capital, regulatory actions, reputational harm, or legal liability.
- The effects of regulations relating to conflict minerals may adversely affect our business.
- If we fail to protect, or incur significant costs in defending, our intellectual property and other proprietary rights, our business and results of operations could be materially harmed.
- We may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their proprietary rights, which could be costly, time-consuming and limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.
- Cybersecurity risks could adversely affect our business and disrupt our operations.
- If we suffer data breaches involving the designs, schematics or source code for our products, our brand, business and financial results could be adversely affected.
- We collect, store, process, and use customer data, including certain personal and robot-specific information, which subjects us to governmental regulation and other legal obligations related to privacy, information security, and data protection, and any security breaches or our actual or perceived failure to comply with such legal obligations could harm our business.
- Our products are complex and could have unknown defects or errors, which may give rise to claims against us, diminish our brand or divert our resources from other purposes.
- We use artificial intelligence in our business, and challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and adversely affect our results of operations.
- The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly.
- Our financial results often vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter due to a number of factors, which may lead to volatility in our stock price.
- Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and by-laws or Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.
Management Discussion
- Net cash used in our operations for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 was $114.8 million, of which the principal components were our net loss of $304.7 million, partially offset by the non-cash charges of $79.4 million and the cash inflow of $110.6 million from change in working capital. The change in working capital was mainly driven by the reduction in inventory. During 2023, we continued to carefully manage our inventory to a level that better aligns with current run rates and seasonality of our business reducing days in inventory from 95 days at end of fiscal 2022 to 56 days at the end of fiscal 2023. As of December 30, 2023, our inventory balance was $152.5 million, a reduction of $132.8 million from the end of fiscal 2022.