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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 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 consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Engineering services costs |  | $ | 25,834 |  |  | $ | 15,416 |  |  | $ | 8,832 |
General and administrative costs |  |  | 21,197 |  |  |  | 16,623 |  |  |  | 4,457 |
Cost of revenues - services |  |  | 459 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 47,490 |  |  | $ | 32,039 |  |  | $ | 13,289 |
Schedule of Stock Options Activities | The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 6,390,261 |  |  | $ | 1.14 |  |  |  | 4.79 |  |  | $ | 127,533,921 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (1,697,806 | ) |  |  | 1.35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | (14,678 | ) |  |  | 10.00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 4,677,777 |  |  | $ | 1.04 |  |  |  | 3.72 |  |  | $ | 334,888,519 |
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 3,921,920 |  |  | $ | 1.16 |  |  |  | 3.66 |  |  | $ | 280,310,813 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 3,921,920 |  |  | $ | 1.16 |  |  |  | 3.66 |  |  | $ | 280,310,813 |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 869,112 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  | (99,088 | ) |  |  | 3.18 |
Forfeited |  |  | (14,167 | ) |  |  | 4.15 |
Unvested at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 755,857 |  |  | $ | 0.24 |
Schedule of Unvested Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested restricted stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  |  |  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at December 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  | 2,967,177 |  |  | $ | 12.55 |
Granted |  |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  |  |  | (1,406,498 | ) |  |  | 10.94 |
Forfeited |  |  |  |  | (327,625 | ) |  |  | 20.41 |
Unvested at December 31, 2025 |  |  |  |  | 1,233,054 |  |  | $ | 12.30 |
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 year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 3,649,458 |  |  | $ | 9.15 |  |  |  | 7.88 |  |  | $ | 45,288,968 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (1,224,936 | ) |  |  | 8.99 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | (209,656 | ) |  |  | 9.60 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 2,214,866 |  |  | $ | 9.20 |  |  |  | 7.11 |  |  | $ | 140,519,893 |
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 1,525,273 |  |  | $ | 8.89 |  |  |  | 6.73 |  |  | $ | 97,222,406 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 2,214,866 |  |  | $ | 9.20 |  |  |  | 7.11 |  |  | $ | 140,519,893 |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 1,701,857 |  |  | $ | 4.70 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Vested |  |  | (817,983 | ) |  |  | 4.41 |
Forfeited |  |  | (194,281 | ) |  |  | 4.78 |
Unvested at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 689,593 |  |  | $ | 5.02 |
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 and restricted stock activity under the 2024 Plan for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 1,310,382 |  |  | $ | 23.49 |
Granted |  |  | 6,857,678 |  |  |  | 47.45 |
Vested |  |  | (569,550 | ) |  |  | 31.82 |
Forfeited |  |  | (724,844 | ) |  |  | 57.13 |
Unvested at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 6,873,666 |  |  | $ | 43.16 |
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 year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted-Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 22.51 |  |  |  | 9.93 |  |  | $ | - |
Granted |  |  | 23,000 |  |  |  | 28.57 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (1,750 | ) |  |  | 22.51 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |
Cancelled or forfeited |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 65,250 |  |  | $ | 24.65 |  |  |  | 9.01 |  |  | $ | 3,130,950 |
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 10,164 |  |  | $ | 22.51 |  |  |  | 8.93 |  |  | $ | 509,420 |
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2025 |  |  | 55,086 |  |  | $ | 25.04 |  |  |  | 9.03 |  |  | $ | 2,621,530 |
Schedule of Unvested Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested option activity for the year ended December 31, 2025:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Unvested at December 31, 2024 |  |  | 44,000 |  |  | $ | 12.42 |
Granted |  |  | 23,000 |  |  |  | 16.23 |
Vested |  |  | (11,914 | ) |  |  | 12.42 |
Forfeited |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Unvested at December 31, 2025 |  |  | 55,086 |  |  | $ | 14.01 |
Schedule of Option Award Estimated Using a Black-Scholes Option-pricing Model Assumptions | The fair value of each stock option is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with the assumptions used for the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, presented on a weighted average basis:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2025 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Exercise price |  | $ | 28.57 |  |  | $ | 22.51 |
Fair market value |  | $ | 16.23 |  |  | $ | 12.42 |
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | %
Expected term (in years) |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | 6.1 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 55.30 | % |  |  | 53.28 | %
Weighted-average risk-free rate |  |  | 4.28 | % |  |  | 4.10 | %

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