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Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company’s stock-based compensation expense is recorded as follows (in thousands):
Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2024202320242023
Cost of revenue$476 $151 $999 $504 
Sales and marketing(1)
4,347 9,627 34,777 10,749 
Research and development2,447 523 7,036 1,560 
General and administrative6,405 474 20,525 1,546 
Total stock-based compensation expense$13,675 $10,775 $63,337 $14,359 
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(1)Sales and marketing includes common stock warrant expense of $2.2 million and $27.1 million recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and $9.1 million recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023. See Note 7 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity.
The Company capitalized $0.3 million and $0.1 million of stock-based compensation expense to capitalized software development costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The Company capitalized an immaterial amount of stock-based compensation expense to capitalized software development costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense as of September 30, 2024 was $52.7 million for unvested restricted stock units and $11.7 million for unvested stock options and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.2 years and 2.4 years, respectively.
Equity Incentive Plan
In April 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (2024 Plan), which became effective in connection with the IPO. The 2024 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, stock appreciation rights, performance units, and performance shares to eligible employees, directors, and consultants. The 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (2011 Plan), which terminated effective immediately prior to the effectiveness of the 2024 Plan, provided for the grant of various stock awards to employees of the Company, including incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, and RSUs.
As of September 30, 2024, the maximum number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock that may be issued under the 2024 Plan is equal to 4,550,353 shares. The number of shares available for issuance will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning on January 1, 2025, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 5,400,000 shares, (ii) 5% of the outstanding shares of all classes of the Company’s common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such number of shares determined by the Administrator no later than the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Stock Options
The Company’s option awards typically vest over a three- or four-year period and expire 10 years from the grant date. The exercise price of the option awards is typically equal to the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant. As defined in the individual option award agreements, certain option awards provide for accelerated vesting if there is a sale of the Company and the outlined employees are terminated in a specific time period thereafter.
A summary of option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, is as follows:
OptionsWeighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
Options outstanding as of December 31, 2023
4,516,612$14.34 7.5$75,915 
Granted184,14831.15 


Exercised(678,582)11.28 


Forfeited or expired(333,426)16.94 


Options outstanding as of September 30, 2024
3,688,752$15.51 6.7$170,057 
Options vested and exercisable as of September 30, 2024
2,513,078$14.05 6.1$119,523 
The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $34.3 million.
In July 2021, the Company granted stock option awards to our named executive officers in anticipation of an initial public offering in 2021. The stock options were scheduled to vest in equal monthly installments over the four-year period after the vesting commencement date (or in the case of one of the two awards granted to the CEO, the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date). The
vesting commencement date for each award was the effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act. In March 2024, the awards were modified to accelerate the vesting by amending the vesting commencement date to be the grant date. The modification increased the fair value of the options by $3.0 million.
As a result of the IPO, the liquidity event condition associated with these stock options was satisfied as of the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act on April 17, 2024. Upon the IPO, we recognized an $11.4 million cumulative stock-based compensation expense adjustment using the accelerated attribution method associated with the stock options for which the portion of the service period had been satisfied and vested through achievement of the liquidity event condition upon the IPO. Prior to the IPO, no stock-based compensation expense was recognized for these stock options as the liquidity event condition was not probable.
Restricted Stock Units
A summary of RSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, is as follows:
RSUsWeighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Share
Unvested and outstanding as of December 31, 2023
$— 
Granted1,229,22661.65 
Vested(9,474)64.58 
Forfeited or expired(71,425)71.82 
Unvested and outstanding as of September 30, 2024
1,148,327$60.99 
Prior to and in connection with the IPO, the Company granted RSUs to employees and executives that vest upon the satisfaction of both a service condition and a liquidity event condition (double-trigger awards). The service condition for the majority of these awards is satisfied over four years with awards vesting on each quarterly vesting date (defined as the first trading day on or after March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1). The liquidity event condition is satisfied upon the occurrence of a qualifying event, defined as the earlier to occur of (i) a change of control or (ii) the first quarterly vest date after the expiration of the lock-up period following the completion of an IPO, subject in each instance to continued service to the Company.
As a result of the IPO, the liquidity event condition associated with all double-trigger awards was deemed probable as of the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act on April 17, 2024. Upon the IPO, we recognized a $2.6 million cumulative stock-based compensation expense adjustment using the accelerated attribution method associated with the double-trigger awards for which the portion of the service period had been satisfied. The double-trigger awards are expected to begin vesting on December 1, 2024, which is the first quarterly vest date after the expiration of the lock-up period following the completion of the IPO. The vesting of certain double-trigger awards was accelerated prior to December 1, 2024 related to terminations.
RSUs granted after the IPO are subject to a service-based vesting condition only, which is typically a three- or four-year period.
CEO Performance-Based RSU

On April 17, 2024, the Company issued a performance-based RSU award to the CEO (CEO PRSU). The CEO PRSU awards a target number of RSUs to the CEO, totaling 125,216 RSUs, that become eligible to vest based on the Company’s total shareholder return (TSR) relative to the TSRs of the companies in the Russell 2000 Index during the performance period from the grant date through
December 31, 2026. A percentage of the target number of RSUs, ranging from zero to 200%, will vest based on the percentile rank of the Company's TSR relative to that of the other companies in the index over the performance period. The award is subject to the CEO’s continued service to the Company, and the TSR condition is a market condition. In addition, the CEO PRSU is subject to acceleration upon a change in control.
The Company estimated the fair value of the CEO PRSU on the April 17, 2024 issuance date using a Monte Carlo simulation that incorporates the probability of achievement of the market condition, resulting in an aggregate grant date fair value of $14.3 million. The key assumptions used include a risk-free rate of 4.76%, an expected volatility of approximately 57%, and an expected term of 2.7 years.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized $1.3 million and $2.4 million of stock-based compensation expense related to the CEO PRSU, respectively.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
In April 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2024 ESPP, which became effective in connection with the IPO. Initially, there are 715,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP. The number of shares available for issuance will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company, beginning on January 1, 2025, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 1,100,000 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) 1% of the outstanding shares of all classes of the Company’s common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) an amount determined by the board of directors.
The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a discounted price per share through payroll deductions over consecutive offering periods that are approximately six months in length. Each offering period has a single purchase period of the same duration. The offering periods will generally start on the first trading day on or after May 15 and November 15 each year and end on the first trading day on or after the following November 15 and May 15, respectively. The per share purchase price is equal to 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of a share of the Company’s Class A common stock on (i) the first trading date of the offering period or (ii) the last trading day of the offering period.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the ESPP of $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The Company has not yet issued any shares of its Class A common stock under the ESPP.