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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | The components of loss before income taxes is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Domestic operations |  | $ | (34,774 | ) |  | $ | (77,871 | ) |  | $ | (187,763 | )
Foreign operations |  |  | 1,687 |  |  |  | 2,924 |  |  |  | 1,319 |
Loss before income taxes |  | $ | (33,087 | ) |  | $ | (74,947 | ) |  | $ | (186,444 | )
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | Current and deferred income taxes / (benefits) on loss from continuing operations are as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
State and local |  |  | 253 |  |  |  | 543 |
Foreign |  |  | 2,767 |  |  |  | 1,778 |
Total current income taxes |  | $ | 3,020 |  |  | $ | 2,321 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | (2,502 | ) |  | $ | (5,410 | )
State and local |  |  | (738 | ) |  |  | (1,968 | )
Foreign |  |  | (1,358 | ) |  |  | (119 | )
Total deferred income benefits |  | $ | (4,598 | ) |  | $ | (7,497 | )
Income tax benefit |  | $ | (1,578 | ) |  | $ | (5,176 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | The difference between the federal statutory rate of 21% and the Company’s effective tax rate after the adoption of ASU 2023-09 is summarized as follows:
|  | December 31, 2025 |
|  | Amount |  |  | Percentage |
U.S. federal statutory tax rate |  | $ | (6,949 | ) |  |  | 21.0 | %
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (1) |  |  | (363 | ) |  |  | 1.1 | %
Foreign tax effects |  |  |  |  |  |
United Kingdom |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | (1.3 | )%
Other foreign jurisdictions |  |  | 710 |  |  |  | (2.2 | )%
Research and development credits |  |  | (2,234 | ) |  |  | 6.8 | %
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | (23,159 | ) |  |  | 70.0 | %
Nontaxable or Nondeductible Items |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-deductible officer’s compensation |  |  | 31,859 |  |  |  | (96.3 | )%
Stock-based compensation |  |  | (12,717 | ) |  |  | 38.4 | %
Contingent consideration remeasurement |  |  | 7,712 |  |  |  | (23.3 | )%
Non-deductible transaction cost |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | (6.0 | )%
Meals and entertainment cost |  |  | 1,100 |  |  |  | (3.3 | )%
Other |  |  | 144 |  |  |  | (0.4 | )%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits (2) |  |  | (100 | ) |  |  | 0.3 | %
Effective tax rate |  | $ | (1,578 | ) |  |  | 4.8 | %
(1) State taxes in California, New York and New York City made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category. (2) Changes in unrecognized tax benefits on aggregated basis for all jurisdictions. The difference between the federal statutory rate of 21% and the Company’s effective tax rate before the adoption of ASU 2023-09 is summarized as follows:
|  | December 31, 2024 |
U.S. federal statutory rate |  |  | 21.0 | %
State income taxes |  |  | 20.7 | %
Other permanent differences |  |  | (1.2 | )%
Non-deductible transaction cost |  |  | (1.3 | )%
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 70.2 | %
Non-deductible officer’s compensation |  |  | (37.2 | )%
Research and development credit |  |  | 1.3 | %
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | (68.7 | )%
Change in state tax rates |  |  | 3.0 | %
Others |  |  | (0.9 | )%
Effective tax rate |  |  | 6.9 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax (liabilities) / assets are as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable reserve |  | $ | 1,392 |  |  | $ | 1,178 |
Accrued payroll |  |  | 11,039 |  |  |  | 8,201 |
Net operating loss carry forward |  |  | 159,024 |  |  |  | 113,454 |
Stock-based compensation |  |  | 27,168 |  |  |  | 16,218 |
Interest limitation carry forward |  |  | 5,654 |  |  |  | 8,192 |
Tax credit |  |  | 11,738 |  |  |  | 6,731 |
Research and development costs |  |  | 44,311 |  |  |  | 44,519 |
Accrued expenses and others |  |  | 7,878 |  |  |  | 3,393 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 268,204 |  |  | $ | 201,886 |
Less: Valuation allowance |  |  | (237,376 | ) |  |  | (181,480 | )
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |  | $ | 30,828 |  |  | $ | 20,406 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed assets |  | $ | (5,716 | ) |  | $ | (4,661 | )
Right-to-use assets |  |  | (3,522 | ) |  |  | (2,055 | )
Intangible assets |  |  | (26,614 | ) |  |  | (2,234 | )
Deferred state income tax and others |  |  | (11,033 | ) |  |  | (10,837 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | (46,885 | ) |  | $ | (19,787 | )
Net deferred tax (liabilities) / assets |  | $ | (16,057 | ) |  | $ | 619 |
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows:
Balance as of January 1, 2024 |  | $ | — |
Increase in tax positions for current / prior periods |  |  | 675 |
Balance as of December 31, 2024 |  | $ | 675 |
Increase in tax positions for current / prior periods |  |  | 970 |
Balance as of December 31, 2025 |  | $ | 1,645 |
Schedule of Cash Income Taxes Paid (Net of Refunds) | Cash taxes paid in accordance with the adoption of ASU 2023-09 were as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2025 |
Federal |  | $ | — |
State and local |  |  | 964 |
Foreign |  |  | 2,098 |
Total |  | $ | 3,062 |
Income taxes paid (net of refunds) exceeded 5% of total income taxes paid (net of refunds) in the following jurisdictions:
|  | Year ended December 31, 2025 |
State and local |  |  |
New York (1) |  | $ | 361 |
New York City (1) |  |  | 218 |
Texas |  |  | 256 |
Foreign |  |  |
India |  | $ | 1,373 |
Germany |  |  | 292 |
Czech Republic |  |  | 235 |
(1) The New York State and New York City cash taxes paid are related to capital taxes and are not included in the Company’s income tax provision but are disclosed as part of the Company’s income taxes paid on the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Income Tax Years Subject To Examination |
Jurisdiction |  | Tax Year
U.S. |  | 2022
Belgium |  | 2022
France |  | 2022
India |  | 2023
United Kingdom |  | 2022

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