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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock Options Activity | A summary of the stock option activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans is presented below:
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance as of December 31, 2023 | 845 |  | $ | 24.98 |  |  | 1.71 |  | $ | — |
Granted | 7,213 |  |  | 2.18 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Exercised | — |  |  | 3.00 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited | (159) |  | 4.71 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Expired | (611) |  | 23.98 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance as of September 30, 2024 | 7,288 |  | $ | 2.94 |  |  | 9.49 |  | $ | 3,438 |
Expected to vest at September 30, 2024 | 7,288 |  | $ | 2.94 |  |  | 9.49 |  | $ | 3,438 |
Exercisable at September 30, 2024 | 178 |  | $ | 31.54 |  |  | 4.47 |  | $ | 1 |
Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) Activity | A summary of restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity is presented below:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant- Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | 2,190 |  | $ | 3.74 |
Granted | 928 |  |  | 1.38 |
Vested | (1,135) |  | 3.79 |
Forfeited | (485) |  | 3.73 |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024 | 1,498 |  | $ | 2.25 |
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense | The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization | $ | 430 |  |  | $ | 220 |  |  | $ | 1,006 |  |  | $ | 744 |
Sales and marketing | 203 |  |  | 236 |  |  | 404 |  |  | 681 |
General and administrative | 971 |  |  | 1,184 |  |  | 2,518 |  |  | 3,320 |
Research and development 1 | 135 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 310 |  |  | (221) |
Total | $ | 1,739 |  |  | $ | 1,707 |  |  | $ | 4,238 |  |  | $ | 4,524 |
________________________________ (1) The negative stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 for research and development was due to forfeitures.

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