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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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