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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense | The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following categories of its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
|  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Engineering services |  | $ | 4,018 |  |  | $ | 1,607 |
General and administrative costs |  |  | 3,808 |  |  |  | 3,326 |
Total |  | $ | 7,826 |  |  | $ | 4,933 |
Schedule of Stock Options Activities | The following table summarizes AST LLC’s option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 6,390,261 |  |  | $ | 1.14 |  |  |  | 4.79 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Exercised |  |  | (356,815 | ) |  |  | 3.58 |  |  |  | - |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | (13,197 | ) |  |  | 10.00 |  |  |  | - |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 6,020,249 |  |  | $ | 0.98 |  |  |  | 4.49 |
Options exercisable as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 5,211,633 |  |  | $ | 0.98 |  |  |  | 4.43 |
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 5,264,393 |  |  | $ | 1.06 |  |  |  | 4.44 |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes AST LLC’s unvested option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 869,112 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  | (47,806 | ) |  |  | 2.57 |
Forfeited |  |  | (12,690 | ) |  |  | 10.40 |
Unvested as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 808,616 |  |  | $ | 0.47 |
Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 2,967,177 |  |  | $ | 12.55 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  | (196,566 | ) |  |  | 12.35 |
Forfeited |  |  | (109,375 | ) |  |  | 5.97 |
Unvested as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 2,661,236 |  |  | $ | 12.84 |
Employee Stock Option |
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Stock Options Activities | The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 3,649,458 |  |  | $ | 9.15 |  |  |  | 7.88 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (445,814 | ) |  |  | 9.18 |  |  |  |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | (44,223 | ) |  |  | 4.49 |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 3,159,421 |  |  | $ | 9.21 |  |  |  | 7.72 |
Options exercisable as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 1,742,684 |  |  | $ | 8.64 |  |  |  | 7.13 |
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 3,159,421 |  |  | $ | 9.21 |  |  |  | 7.72 |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity under the 2020 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 1,701,857 |  |  | $ | 4.70 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  | (244,229 | ) |  |  | 3.62 |
Forfeited |  |  | (40,891 | ) |  |  | 2.17 |
Unvested as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 1,416,737 |  |  | $ | 4.96 |
2024 Incentive Award Plan [Member] |
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |
Unvested as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 1,310,382 |  |  | $ | 23.49 |  |
Granted |  |  | 455,855 |  |  |  | 28.57 |  |
Vested |  |  | (36,085 | ) |  |  | 25.94 |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (10,587 | ) |  |  | 22.89 |  |
Unvested as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 1,719,565 |  |  | $ | 24.79 |  |
2024 Incentive Award Plan [Member] | Employee Stock Option |
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Schedule of Stock Options Activities | The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 22.51 |  |  |  | 9.93 |  |
Granted |  |  | 23,000 |  |  |  | 28.57 |  |  |  | - |  |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |
Outstanding as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 67,000 |  |  | $ | 24.59 |  |  |  | 9.76 |  |
Options exercisable as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  |  | - |  |
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 67,000 |  |  | $ | 24.59 |  |  |  | 9.76 |  |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity under the 2024 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |  |
Unvested as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 12.42 |  |
Granted |  |  | 23,000 |  |  |  | 16.23 |  |
Vested |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |
Forfeited |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |
Unvested as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 67,000 |  |  | $ | 13.73 |  |

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