Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

The Company enters into various office space, data center, and equipment lease agreements in conducting its normal business operations. At the inception of any contract, the Company evaluates the agreement to determine whether the contract contains a lease. If the contract contains a lease, the Company then evaluates the term and whether the lease is an operating or finance lease. Most leases include one or more options to renew or may have a termination option. The Company determines whether these options are reasonably certain to be exercised or not at the inception of the lease. In addition, some leases contain escalation clauses. The rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) over the term of the lease. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on our consolidated balance sheets.

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. We use the implicit rate when readily determinable. Further, the Company treats all lease and non-lease components as a single combined lease component for all classes of underlying assets. The Company also enters into sublease agreements for some of its leased office space. Immaterial rental income attributable to subleases is offset against rent expense over the terms of the respective leases.

The Company leases office space and computer and other equipment under operating lease agreements expiring at various dates. Under the lease agreements, in addition to base rent, the Company is generally responsible for operating and maintenance costs and related fees. Several of these agreements include tenant improvement allowances, rent holidays or rent escalation clauses. When such items are included in a lease agreement, we record such items in right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets equal to the difference between rent expense and future minimum lease payments due. The rent expense related to these items is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Effective January 1, 2024, the Company’s primary office location is in Arlington, Virginia with a lease that expires in January 2031.

In connection with various lease agreements, the Company is required to maintain $1.9 million and $2.1 million in letters of credit as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company held $1.9 million and $2.1 million in restricted cash and restricted investments on the consolidated balance sheet as collateral for the letters of credit, respectively.

Loss on Lease Termination

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company terminated its Chicago, IL lease effective October 31, 2024 and recognized the impact of a $39.8 million termination penalty in its operating lease liability - current and operating lease liability - noncurrent on its consolidated balance sheet. The termination payment will consist of payments of $1.7 million, $23.0 million and $15.0 million to be paid in 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively.

Right-of-Use Asset Impairment

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company decommissioned its Alpharetta, GA and Brea, CA leases and wrote off the associated right-of-use asset, recognizing an impairment charge of $2.6 million in right-of-use assets impairment on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

The Company terminated a portion of its previous headquarters lease in Arlington, VA effective December 31, 2023 and recognized the impact of a $6.5 million termination penalty in its operating lease liability - current on its consolidated balance sheet. The termination payment consisted of two payments of $3.25 million that were paid on October 1, 2023 and April 1, 2024. In addition, the Company terminated the remainder of its previous headquarters lease in Arlington, VA effective March 27, 2024 and paid a $3.5 million termination penalty on April 1, 2024.

The following table summarizes our primary office leases as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands, other than term):


Location	Lease Termination Term (in years)	Future Minimum Lease Commitments		Letter of Credit Amount Required
Arlington, VA (1)	6.1	$	3,218	$	1,579
Edison, NJ	1.3	707		222
Makati City, Philippines	3.4	2,286		—
Alpharetta, GA	0.7	361		—
Pune, India	3.2	1,877		—
Brea, CA	2.4	2,373		—

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(1) Amounts required under the letter of credit for our previous headquarters’ lease in Arlington, VA until November 2025.

The following table summarizes the components of our lease expense (in thousands):


	For the Year Ended December 31,
		2024		2023		2022
Operating lease cost		$	2,960	$	7,984	$	8,956


Variable lease cost		5,301		6,004		5,682
Total lease cost		$	8,261	$	13,988	$	14,638

Maturity of lease liabilities including future lease termination payments (in thousands) is as follows:


	Operating lease expense
2025	$	27,610
2026	18,719
2027	3,008
2028	1,785
2029	1,370
Thereafter	1,663
Total lease payments	54,155
Less:
Interest	2,469
Present value of lease liabilities	$	51,686

Our weighted-average discount rate and our weighted remaining lease terms (in years) are as follows:


	December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Weighted average discount rate	9.09	%	6.40	%	6.36	%
Weighted average remaining lease term	4.3		6.0		7.8