NASDAQ:AEYE AudioEye Q2 2023 Earnings Report $12.25 +0.03 (+0.25%) As of 10:12 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Earnings HistoryForecast AudioEye EPS ResultsActual EPS-$0.11Consensus EPS -$0.12Beat/MissBeat by +$0.01One Year Ago EPSN/AAudioEye Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$7.84 millionExpected Revenue$7.85 millionBeat/MissMissed by -$10.00 thousandYoY Revenue GrowthN/AAudioEye Announcement DetailsQuarterQ2 2023Date8/10/2023TimeN/AConference Call DateThursday, August 10, 2023Conference Call Time4:30PM ETUpcoming EarningsAudioEye's Q1 2025 earnings is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2025, with a conference call scheduled at 4:30 PM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Q1 2025 Earnings ReportConference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Quarterly Report (10-Q)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by AudioEye Q2 2023 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrAugust 10, 2023 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 5 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Afternoon, and welcome to AudioEye's Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Joining us for today's call are AudioEye's CEO, Mr. David Maradi and CFO, Ms. Kelli Georgievich. Following their remarks, we will open the call for questions from the company's publishing analysts. Operator00:00:19I would like to remind everyone that this call will be recorded and made available for replay via a link available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.audioeye.com. Before I turn the call over to AudioEye's Chief Executive Officer, the company would like to remind all participants that statements made by AudioEye Management during the course of this conference call that are not historical facts are considered to be forward looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for such forward looking statements. The words believe, expect, anticipate, estimate, confident, will and other similar statements of expectations identify forward looking statements. These statements are predictions, projections or other statements about future events and are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Operator00:01:21Actual results could materially differ because of the factors discussed in today's press release, in the comments made during this conference call and in the Risk Factors section of the company's annual report on Form 10 ks, its quarterly report on Form 10 Q and its other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Participants on this call are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which reflect management's belief only as of the date hereof. AudioEye does not undertake any duty to update or correct any forward looking statements. Further, management's remarks today will includes certain non GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to these non GAAP financial measures is available in the company's earnings release posted in the Investor Relations section of its website at www.audioeye.com. Operator00:02:24Now, I'd like to turn the call over to AudioEye's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. David Maratti. Sir, please proceed. Speaker 100:02:33Thank you, operator. Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us. CEO. There have been several developments over the last 3 months that I'm excited to talk with you about today. But before I do, I want to highlight our solid financial performance and continued focus on efficiencies. Speaker 100:02:51We are pleased to announce record revenue of $7,840,000 in the second quarter. At the end of the Q2, annual recurring revenue or ARR was 29,700,000 As discussed previously, our results in the first half of twenty twenty three were impacted by certain contract renegotiations. Despite these renegotiations, we are pleased with sequential revenue and ARR growth and are excited about expected ARR acceleration in the second half. In the second quarter, gross margins were 77% and gross profit increased to $6,000,000 versus $5,700,000 year over year, representing a 100% flow through of additional revenue into gross profit. Continuing to focus on efficiencies, we expect to increase gross margin further in 2024 as we grow revenues. Speaker 100:03:51Revenue increased by 4% year over year, while operating expenses decreased by 3%. Our CFO, Kelly, will discuss the financial performance in more detail shortly. As we have said, we believe we are in the early innings of digital accessibility. 97% of websites today remain inaccessible to people with disabilities, despite increased litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Last week, the Department of Justice issued a proposed rule on website accessibility under Title II of the ADA. Speaker 100:04:28The rule would help ensure people with disabilities have equal access to web content and mobile apps. The proposed rule would drive more awareness and Compliance, and we are well positioned as we already work with over 900 government organizations and school districts. As a reminder, the European Accessibility Act previously required all EU member states to adopt laws for companies offering many types of products and services, including websites and e commerce services to ensure accessibility. In the EU, companies must provide accessible websites by June of 2025 and the Act requires member states CEO. In June, AudioEye shared findings from a collaborative initiative with accessibility experts from the disability community on the effectiveness and impact of generative AI on identifying, fixing and communicating accessibility issues that typically require expert review. Speaker 100:05:31AudioEye's accessibility experts, including those who rely on CEO. Assistive technology SoundAI could reduce the time needed to assess and correct a complex accessibility issue Such as determining whether a link is clear and accurate by up to 10x. We are currently incorporating AI into our processes and believe there is tremendous CEO. The North Star for AI is Someone with a disability can't distinguish between an experience handcrafted by an accessibility expert or created by an expert trained AI. That's the only bar that will let anyone claim they've solved digital accessibility at scale with AI. Speaker 100:06:16And make no mistake, it's a very high bar. We'll only meet it by involving the disability community from day 1, getting continuous feedback and actively investing in improving our capabilities over time. In addition to our findings and initiatives on AI, we recently announced the development and expansion of AudioEye's digital COO. The expansion of our product solution includes AudioEye's new Accessibility Maturity Management Program and the Accessibility Health Advisor. These programs and tools use our team of certified experts CEO. Speaker 100:06:56To assess the company's current level of accessibility and help define the investments required to make measurable, sustainable progress in accessibility. Our Accessibility Maturity Management program identifies the people, culture, process and system changes an organization needs to perform to make accessibility a first class concern and track progress toward these goals. When new regulations change accessibility guidelines, the health advisor notifies the company of any change is required to comply. This first of its kind program corresponding tools with the further development of AI automation will be powerful drivers in increasing accessibility at scale. In addition to our R and D efforts this quarter, I am pleased to confirm that we recently CEO. Speaker 100:07:54We're delighted to have fully integrated BOIA, which will help enable retention and upsells and result in cost savings in the near term. Going forward, we expect the product offering to primarily generate ARR under our subscription model instead of non recurring audit revenue. The impact of the integration of BOIA will reduce 3rd quarter revenue by approximately $200,000 as we transition one time audit into recurring revenue. Each quarter, we continue to bring on talent and advocates that contribute to AudioEye's success in the future. In July, we were thrilled to announce the addition of former United States Congresswoman for Arizona's 8th Congressional District, Gabby Giffords to our advisory board. Speaker 100:08:38Gabby Giffords is a retired United States politician who resigned from Congress in 2012 after sustaining a severe brain injury during an assassination attempt. Today, she helps raise awareness about disabilities. Gabby's influence in the disability community and her passion for change will help AudioEye continue to Great strides in building solutions that closed the digital accessibility gap. Moving on to Guider. We are guiding revenue of between $7,800,000 $7,900,000 for the Q3 of 2023, which is flat Sequentially, as mentioned, the impact of the integration of BOIA will reduce 3rd quarter revenue by approximately 200,000 as we transition one time audits into recurring revenue. Speaker 100:09:27Business momentum is strengthening and we Okay, that ARR will increase by approximately $1,000,000 sequentially, representing the fastest growth rate in several quarters. We expect ARR growth to be driven by an acceleration in our reseller channel and an improvement in our enterprise channel. While the first half of twenty twenty three saw a low single digit growth rate in ARR as we renegotiate specific contracts, We are pleased to have that process behind us and continue to forecast to return to a higher trajectory in the second half of the year, which we expect will accelerate going forward. We expect to generate a non GAAP profit of approximately $100,000 in the Q3 with a further improvement into the Q4. Cash on hand is sufficient to fund our ongoing operations and we expect to see cash burn decrease going forward. Speaker 100:10:20We also expect cash flow to inflect positively by the Q4 of the year depending on items such as working capital. I'll now turn the call over to AudioEye's CFO, Kelli. Speaker 200:10:32Thank you, David. Q2 2023 marks the 30th straight quarter of record revenue ending Q2 at $7,840,000 which was 4% growth year over year. Annual recurring revenue or ARR at the end of the Q2 of 2023 was $29,700,000 a $1,000,000 increase from ARR at the end of the Q2 of 2022. As David mentioned, we expect ARR growth to accelerate in the second half of twenty twenty three and we anticipate that ARR will increase by approximately $1,000,000 sequentially. Overall, we are pleased with our financial results for Q2 2023, which came within revenue and net loss expectations. Speaker 200:11:16Our 2 revenue channels are continuing to perform well in a more cost conscious environment. The partner and marketplace CEO. Our next question comes from the line of our SMB focused marketplace products and revenue from a variety of partners who deploy these same products for their SMB customers. In the Q2 of 2023, this revenue channel grew 13% year over year and represented 56% of revenue and 60% of ARR. We continue to recognize opportunities for expansion in our existing partners. Speaker 200:11:50Overall, we expect to continue seeing this channel contribute significantly to our growth in revenue as we build further traction and expand with larger partners. Our enterprise revenue channel, which typically consists of our larger customers and organizations, made up 44% of revenue and 40% of ARR in the Q2 of 2023. As mentioned previously, this channel faced additional headwinds in the first half of twenty twenty three with 1 larger customer contract renegotiation having an impact on total enterprise revenue in the quarter. Excluding this renegotiation, we continue to grow enterprise ARR year over year. We also continue to see great logo retention rates in 2023 with Q2 similar to Q1 2023 showing some of our best logo retention rates to date. Speaker 200:12:42The total customer count increased notably in Q2 2023 to approximately 104,000 customers from approximately 76,000 customers on June 30, 2022, and 95,000 customers on March 31, 2023. The expansion of platforms was the most material driver of customer count increases. Gross profit for the Q1 was $6,000,000 or about 77% of revenue compared to $5,700,000 and 76% of revenue in Q2 of last year. We are pleased to see the gross margin continue to increase year over year given the significant investment in our platform products and customer success. While revenues increased 4% over the comparable period of prior year, Operating expenses decreased approximately 3 percent or $300,000 to $8,100,000 The decrease was a result continued efficiencies in sales and marketing and G and A, offset by continued investment in R and D. Speaker 200:13:44Our total R and D spend in Q2 2023 with approximately $2,600,000 with approximately $526,000 reflected as software development costs in the investing section of the cash flow statement. This total R and D spend is up 33% of our revenue this quarter versus 23% last year. As David mentioned, the investment in our R and D has allowed us to develop new enterprise grade technology and programs like our Accessibility Maturity Management Program, Accessibility Health Advisor, and new AI driven automation in Expert Auto. Net loss in the Q2 of 2023 was $2,000,000 or 0 point 17 from the comparable period of prior year, thanks to the increase in gross profit as well as strategic and efficient spending in all departments. On a non GAAP basis, our Q2 net loss was $220,000 or $0.02 per share compared to a net loss of 240,000 or $0.02 per share in the same year ago period. Speaker 200:14:52The primary adjustment to GAAP earnings and EPS for Q2 2023 for non cash share based compensation, depreciation and amortization and non recurring items. We are pleased to see non CO. Items decreased substantially in Q2 2023 from the comparable period of prior year. Cash decreased $1,200,000 in the quarter, CEO, which was the result of cash outlays for tax payments from employee share based grants of approximately $200,000 non GAAP litigation expenses of approximately $200,000 software capitalization costs of $500,000 $300,000 of net cash used from other operating activities. With that, we open up the call for questions. Speaker 200:15:34Operator, please give instructions. Operator00:15:37Thank you. We will now take CEO. Phone now. Our first question comes from Zach Cumming from B. Riley. Operator00:16:04Please proceed. Speaker 300:16:06Hi, David and Kelly. Good afternoon and thanks for taking my questions. David, just starting with the outlook for ARR, I mean increasing in Q3. I mean, can you just talk about some of the factors that are driving that expansion there? Is it mainly just continuing to ramp With some of your partners or are we getting a pretty meaningful bump from those renegotiated agreements coming back online here in the second half? Speaker 100:16:32Yes, good question. We expect both our partner and enterprise channel to contribute to the growth going forward in ARR. We have our new revenue team ramping up. The pipeline is starting to build, really a lot of improvement in processes, systems and people. We're seeing great traction in the partner channel as well, and our partners are seeing a lot of success in selling the product. Speaker 100:16:59The renegotiations you mentioned did slow growth earlier this year, but as we move away, those core growth CEO. The core growth is there and we expect to accelerate even more. And I think with the new enterprise products, those are a game changer in the industry as they CEO. Speaker 300:17:19Understood. And can you just talk about CEO. The integration with BOIA is in terms of transitioning some Speaker 100:17:27of that Speaker 300:17:27revenue into Recurring in nature and kind of what sort of benefit that gives to do that integration. Speaker 200:17:40Yes. I'm happy to talk about that a bit, Zach. Yes, we're excited that we CEO. We'll complete the integration of BOIA and deliver more value to those customers under our model. Historically, they've been essentially one time audits that are one time in revenue and we see opportunity CEO. Speaker 200:18:00To up to like 15 customers and retained customers with our set of products and some of the automation and additional things we can CEO. It does have a one time impact in Q3, but we see the value in reoccurring revenue both for the customers with their reoccurring product and automation CEO. Speaker 300:18:25Got it. And final question, Maria, is really just around expenses going forward. CEO. Going forward, I mean, company expecting to flip to positive non GAAP income in Q3 and positive free cash flow in Q4. Are you expecting to see a ramp down in development expenses now that you have some of these AI products and enterprise CEO. Speaker 300:18:48Expanded capabilities out in the market or how should we think about investments going forward? Speaker 200:18:53Yes. We did invest, quite notably in R and D in CEO. We have a really high performing team and we're excited on the products we're delivering in the last CEO. 6 months specifically, but over the last couple of years and we do see more products coming down the pipe. And so we're happy with that investment. Speaker 200:19:12We do also see a large CEO. To scale up our revenue org, especially with these new enterprise products that we're introducing. And so I think we'd expect to continue to invest in CEO. Operator00:19:41Our next question comes from George Sutton from Craig Hallum. Please proceed. Speaker 400:19:46Thank you. David, I want to address the CEO. Low penetration rate we've seen thus far in terms of compliance and what some of these Things we'll do like the NPRM from the Justice Department relative to pursuing a much larger opportunity And then also the EU in terms of how significant that might be in that market and then how you are attacking those specific markets? Speaker 100:20:15Sure. I'm not sure there's going to be a large revenue effect in the near term with CEO. DoJ efforts, but I expect over the longer term, call it 1 to 2 years, you're going to see a meaningful ramp with state and local governments. And I think the DOJ is thinking about the private sector as well. I wouldn't be surprised if they take some action there, which could be very, very meaningful. Speaker 100:20:37With the EU, they're on track for 2025. It's pretty comprehensive. It covers many websites except for really the smallest ones. It's a very large TAM here. We estimate the TAM of around $3,000,000,000 Speaker 400:20:52And more specifically, How do you go after state and local governments today and how might that change? And on the EU side, how are you Speaker 100:21:06CEO. Yes, just blocking and tackling with the revenue work and selling, setting up a sales office CEO. Over in London, probably Q1 of next year is what we're thinking. It's just really blocking and tackling. We have the product now. Speaker 100:21:19So it's about going out and getting the business. Speaker 400:21:24And lastly, to be clear on the EU, when the compliance date is June of 25, My assumption is not everyone is completing that the end of June of 'twenty five. Can you just walk through how you Anticipate seeing people contemplate? Yes. Speaker 100:21:44Like everything in life, some will do it a year early, some will do it a little bit late. CEO. It's all over the board, it's what we saw with Aeoda in Canada. So it's really just depends on the company themselves. Okay. Speaker 100:21:59Thank you. Thank you. Operator00:22:03Our next question comes from Scott Buck from H. C. Wainwright. Please proceed. Speaker 100:22:09Hey, just a quick one guys. The contingent consideration, I saw that move to current assets. Is that paid in cash or do you have the option to pay that in stock or shares? Speaker 200:22:23The Bridges agreement has that as a cash payment. It's contingent based on 2022 2020 3 performance of the OIA, but it is a cash payment and the 2nd contingent payment is Speaker 100:22:40Sorry guys, that's it for me. I think Speaker 200:22:42it's like a Q2 2024 time period. Speaker 100:22:48Great. I appreciate it. That's it for me guys. Thank you. Okay. Speaker 100:22:54Thank you. Operator00:22:54At this time, this concludes our question and answer session. I'd now like to turn the call back over to Mr. Maradi for his closing remarks. Speaker 100:23:03Thank you for joining us today. As always, I want to thank our employees, partners and investors for their continued support. We look forward to updating you on our next call. Operator00:23:16Before we conclude today's call, I would like to remind everyone that a recording of today's call will be available for replay via a link available in the Investors section of the company's website. Thank you for joining usRead morePowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallAudioEye Q2 202300:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K)Quarterly report(10-Q) AudioEye Earnings HeadlinesAudioEye (AEYE) to Release Earnings on TuesdayApril 27 at 1:09 AM | americanbankingnews.comAudioEye price target lowered to $20 from $26 at B. RileyApril 24, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.comTrump’s Secret Social Security Plan?In less than a decade, Social Security could be out of money. 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Email Address About AudioEyeAudioEye (NASDAQ:AEYE) provides patented, internet content publication, distribution software, and related services to Internet and other media to people regardless of their device, location, or disabilities in the United States. Its software and services enable conversion of digital content into accessible formats and allows for real time distribution to end users on any Internet connected device. 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There are 5 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Afternoon, and welcome to AudioEye's Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. Joining us for today's call are AudioEye's CEO, Mr. David Maradi and CFO, Ms. Kelli Georgievich. Following their remarks, we will open the call for questions from the company's publishing analysts. Operator00:00:19I would like to remind everyone that this call will be recorded and made available for replay via a link available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.audioeye.com. Before I turn the call over to AudioEye's Chief Executive Officer, the company would like to remind all participants that statements made by AudioEye Management during the course of this conference call that are not historical facts are considered to be forward looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for such forward looking statements. The words believe, expect, anticipate, estimate, confident, will and other similar statements of expectations identify forward looking statements. These statements are predictions, projections or other statements about future events and are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Operator00:01:21Actual results could materially differ because of the factors discussed in today's press release, in the comments made during this conference call and in the Risk Factors section of the company's annual report on Form 10 ks, its quarterly report on Form 10 Q and its other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Participants on this call are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which reflect management's belief only as of the date hereof. AudioEye does not undertake any duty to update or correct any forward looking statements. Further, management's remarks today will includes certain non GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to these non GAAP financial measures is available in the company's earnings release posted in the Investor Relations section of its website at www.audioeye.com. Operator00:02:24Now, I'd like to turn the call over to AudioEye's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. David Maratti. Sir, please proceed. Speaker 100:02:33Thank you, operator. Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us. CEO. There have been several developments over the last 3 months that I'm excited to talk with you about today. But before I do, I want to highlight our solid financial performance and continued focus on efficiencies. Speaker 100:02:51We are pleased to announce record revenue of $7,840,000 in the second quarter. At the end of the Q2, annual recurring revenue or ARR was 29,700,000 As discussed previously, our results in the first half of twenty twenty three were impacted by certain contract renegotiations. Despite these renegotiations, we are pleased with sequential revenue and ARR growth and are excited about expected ARR acceleration in the second half. In the second quarter, gross margins were 77% and gross profit increased to $6,000,000 versus $5,700,000 year over year, representing a 100% flow through of additional revenue into gross profit. Continuing to focus on efficiencies, we expect to increase gross margin further in 2024 as we grow revenues. Speaker 100:03:51Revenue increased by 4% year over year, while operating expenses decreased by 3%. Our CFO, Kelly, will discuss the financial performance in more detail shortly. As we have said, we believe we are in the early innings of digital accessibility. 97% of websites today remain inaccessible to people with disabilities, despite increased litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Last week, the Department of Justice issued a proposed rule on website accessibility under Title II of the ADA. Speaker 100:04:28The rule would help ensure people with disabilities have equal access to web content and mobile apps. The proposed rule would drive more awareness and Compliance, and we are well positioned as we already work with over 900 government organizations and school districts. As a reminder, the European Accessibility Act previously required all EU member states to adopt laws for companies offering many types of products and services, including websites and e commerce services to ensure accessibility. In the EU, companies must provide accessible websites by June of 2025 and the Act requires member states CEO. In June, AudioEye shared findings from a collaborative initiative with accessibility experts from the disability community on the effectiveness and impact of generative AI on identifying, fixing and communicating accessibility issues that typically require expert review. Speaker 100:05:31AudioEye's accessibility experts, including those who rely on CEO. Assistive technology SoundAI could reduce the time needed to assess and correct a complex accessibility issue Such as determining whether a link is clear and accurate by up to 10x. We are currently incorporating AI into our processes and believe there is tremendous CEO. The North Star for AI is Someone with a disability can't distinguish between an experience handcrafted by an accessibility expert or created by an expert trained AI. That's the only bar that will let anyone claim they've solved digital accessibility at scale with AI. Speaker 100:06:16And make no mistake, it's a very high bar. We'll only meet it by involving the disability community from day 1, getting continuous feedback and actively investing in improving our capabilities over time. In addition to our findings and initiatives on AI, we recently announced the development and expansion of AudioEye's digital COO. The expansion of our product solution includes AudioEye's new Accessibility Maturity Management Program and the Accessibility Health Advisor. These programs and tools use our team of certified experts CEO. Speaker 100:06:56To assess the company's current level of accessibility and help define the investments required to make measurable, sustainable progress in accessibility. Our Accessibility Maturity Management program identifies the people, culture, process and system changes an organization needs to perform to make accessibility a first class concern and track progress toward these goals. When new regulations change accessibility guidelines, the health advisor notifies the company of any change is required to comply. This first of its kind program corresponding tools with the further development of AI automation will be powerful drivers in increasing accessibility at scale. In addition to our R and D efforts this quarter, I am pleased to confirm that we recently CEO. Speaker 100:07:54We're delighted to have fully integrated BOIA, which will help enable retention and upsells and result in cost savings in the near term. Going forward, we expect the product offering to primarily generate ARR under our subscription model instead of non recurring audit revenue. The impact of the integration of BOIA will reduce 3rd quarter revenue by approximately $200,000 as we transition one time audit into recurring revenue. Each quarter, we continue to bring on talent and advocates that contribute to AudioEye's success in the future. In July, we were thrilled to announce the addition of former United States Congresswoman for Arizona's 8th Congressional District, Gabby Giffords to our advisory board. Speaker 100:08:38Gabby Giffords is a retired United States politician who resigned from Congress in 2012 after sustaining a severe brain injury during an assassination attempt. Today, she helps raise awareness about disabilities. Gabby's influence in the disability community and her passion for change will help AudioEye continue to Great strides in building solutions that closed the digital accessibility gap. Moving on to Guider. We are guiding revenue of between $7,800,000 $7,900,000 for the Q3 of 2023, which is flat Sequentially, as mentioned, the impact of the integration of BOIA will reduce 3rd quarter revenue by approximately 200,000 as we transition one time audits into recurring revenue. Speaker 100:09:27Business momentum is strengthening and we Okay, that ARR will increase by approximately $1,000,000 sequentially, representing the fastest growth rate in several quarters. We expect ARR growth to be driven by an acceleration in our reseller channel and an improvement in our enterprise channel. While the first half of twenty twenty three saw a low single digit growth rate in ARR as we renegotiate specific contracts, We are pleased to have that process behind us and continue to forecast to return to a higher trajectory in the second half of the year, which we expect will accelerate going forward. We expect to generate a non GAAP profit of approximately $100,000 in the Q3 with a further improvement into the Q4. Cash on hand is sufficient to fund our ongoing operations and we expect to see cash burn decrease going forward. Speaker 100:10:20We also expect cash flow to inflect positively by the Q4 of the year depending on items such as working capital. I'll now turn the call over to AudioEye's CFO, Kelli. Speaker 200:10:32Thank you, David. Q2 2023 marks the 30th straight quarter of record revenue ending Q2 at $7,840,000 which was 4% growth year over year. Annual recurring revenue or ARR at the end of the Q2 of 2023 was $29,700,000 a $1,000,000 increase from ARR at the end of the Q2 of 2022. As David mentioned, we expect ARR growth to accelerate in the second half of twenty twenty three and we anticipate that ARR will increase by approximately $1,000,000 sequentially. Overall, we are pleased with our financial results for Q2 2023, which came within revenue and net loss expectations. Speaker 200:11:16Our 2 revenue channels are continuing to perform well in a more cost conscious environment. The partner and marketplace CEO. Our next question comes from the line of our SMB focused marketplace products and revenue from a variety of partners who deploy these same products for their SMB customers. In the Q2 of 2023, this revenue channel grew 13% year over year and represented 56% of revenue and 60% of ARR. We continue to recognize opportunities for expansion in our existing partners. Speaker 200:11:50Overall, we expect to continue seeing this channel contribute significantly to our growth in revenue as we build further traction and expand with larger partners. Our enterprise revenue channel, which typically consists of our larger customers and organizations, made up 44% of revenue and 40% of ARR in the Q2 of 2023. As mentioned previously, this channel faced additional headwinds in the first half of twenty twenty three with 1 larger customer contract renegotiation having an impact on total enterprise revenue in the quarter. Excluding this renegotiation, we continue to grow enterprise ARR year over year. We also continue to see great logo retention rates in 2023 with Q2 similar to Q1 2023 showing some of our best logo retention rates to date. Speaker 200:12:42The total customer count increased notably in Q2 2023 to approximately 104,000 customers from approximately 76,000 customers on June 30, 2022, and 95,000 customers on March 31, 2023. The expansion of platforms was the most material driver of customer count increases. Gross profit for the Q1 was $6,000,000 or about 77% of revenue compared to $5,700,000 and 76% of revenue in Q2 of last year. We are pleased to see the gross margin continue to increase year over year given the significant investment in our platform products and customer success. While revenues increased 4% over the comparable period of prior year, Operating expenses decreased approximately 3 percent or $300,000 to $8,100,000 The decrease was a result continued efficiencies in sales and marketing and G and A, offset by continued investment in R and D. Speaker 200:13:44Our total R and D spend in Q2 2023 with approximately $2,600,000 with approximately $526,000 reflected as software development costs in the investing section of the cash flow statement. This total R and D spend is up 33% of our revenue this quarter versus 23% last year. As David mentioned, the investment in our R and D has allowed us to develop new enterprise grade technology and programs like our Accessibility Maturity Management Program, Accessibility Health Advisor, and new AI driven automation in Expert Auto. Net loss in the Q2 of 2023 was $2,000,000 or 0 point 17 from the comparable period of prior year, thanks to the increase in gross profit as well as strategic and efficient spending in all departments. On a non GAAP basis, our Q2 net loss was $220,000 or $0.02 per share compared to a net loss of 240,000 or $0.02 per share in the same year ago period. Speaker 200:14:52The primary adjustment to GAAP earnings and EPS for Q2 2023 for non cash share based compensation, depreciation and amortization and non recurring items. We are pleased to see non CO. Items decreased substantially in Q2 2023 from the comparable period of prior year. Cash decreased $1,200,000 in the quarter, CEO, which was the result of cash outlays for tax payments from employee share based grants of approximately $200,000 non GAAP litigation expenses of approximately $200,000 software capitalization costs of $500,000 $300,000 of net cash used from other operating activities. With that, we open up the call for questions. Speaker 200:15:34Operator, please give instructions. Operator00:15:37Thank you. We will now take CEO. Phone now. Our first question comes from Zach Cumming from B. Riley. Operator00:16:04Please proceed. Speaker 300:16:06Hi, David and Kelly. Good afternoon and thanks for taking my questions. David, just starting with the outlook for ARR, I mean increasing in Q3. I mean, can you just talk about some of the factors that are driving that expansion there? Is it mainly just continuing to ramp With some of your partners or are we getting a pretty meaningful bump from those renegotiated agreements coming back online here in the second half? Speaker 100:16:32Yes, good question. We expect both our partner and enterprise channel to contribute to the growth going forward in ARR. We have our new revenue team ramping up. The pipeline is starting to build, really a lot of improvement in processes, systems and people. We're seeing great traction in the partner channel as well, and our partners are seeing a lot of success in selling the product. Speaker 100:16:59The renegotiations you mentioned did slow growth earlier this year, but as we move away, those core growth CEO. The core growth is there and we expect to accelerate even more. And I think with the new enterprise products, those are a game changer in the industry as they CEO. Speaker 300:17:19Understood. And can you just talk about CEO. The integration with BOIA is in terms of transitioning some Speaker 100:17:27of that Speaker 300:17:27revenue into Recurring in nature and kind of what sort of benefit that gives to do that integration. Speaker 200:17:40Yes. I'm happy to talk about that a bit, Zach. Yes, we're excited that we CEO. We'll complete the integration of BOIA and deliver more value to those customers under our model. Historically, they've been essentially one time audits that are one time in revenue and we see opportunity CEO. Speaker 200:18:00To up to like 15 customers and retained customers with our set of products and some of the automation and additional things we can CEO. It does have a one time impact in Q3, but we see the value in reoccurring revenue both for the customers with their reoccurring product and automation CEO. Speaker 300:18:25Got it. And final question, Maria, is really just around expenses going forward. CEO. Going forward, I mean, company expecting to flip to positive non GAAP income in Q3 and positive free cash flow in Q4. Are you expecting to see a ramp down in development expenses now that you have some of these AI products and enterprise CEO. Speaker 300:18:48Expanded capabilities out in the market or how should we think about investments going forward? Speaker 200:18:53Yes. We did invest, quite notably in R and D in CEO. We have a really high performing team and we're excited on the products we're delivering in the last CEO. 6 months specifically, but over the last couple of years and we do see more products coming down the pipe. And so we're happy with that investment. Speaker 200:19:12We do also see a large CEO. To scale up our revenue org, especially with these new enterprise products that we're introducing. And so I think we'd expect to continue to invest in CEO. Operator00:19:41Our next question comes from George Sutton from Craig Hallum. Please proceed. Speaker 400:19:46Thank you. David, I want to address the CEO. Low penetration rate we've seen thus far in terms of compliance and what some of these Things we'll do like the NPRM from the Justice Department relative to pursuing a much larger opportunity And then also the EU in terms of how significant that might be in that market and then how you are attacking those specific markets? Speaker 100:20:15Sure. I'm not sure there's going to be a large revenue effect in the near term with CEO. DoJ efforts, but I expect over the longer term, call it 1 to 2 years, you're going to see a meaningful ramp with state and local governments. And I think the DOJ is thinking about the private sector as well. I wouldn't be surprised if they take some action there, which could be very, very meaningful. Speaker 100:20:37With the EU, they're on track for 2025. It's pretty comprehensive. It covers many websites except for really the smallest ones. It's a very large TAM here. We estimate the TAM of around $3,000,000,000 Speaker 400:20:52And more specifically, How do you go after state and local governments today and how might that change? And on the EU side, how are you Speaker 100:21:06CEO. Yes, just blocking and tackling with the revenue work and selling, setting up a sales office CEO. Over in London, probably Q1 of next year is what we're thinking. It's just really blocking and tackling. We have the product now. Speaker 100:21:19So it's about going out and getting the business. Speaker 400:21:24And lastly, to be clear on the EU, when the compliance date is June of 25, My assumption is not everyone is completing that the end of June of 'twenty five. Can you just walk through how you Anticipate seeing people contemplate? Yes. Speaker 100:21:44Like everything in life, some will do it a year early, some will do it a little bit late. CEO. It's all over the board, it's what we saw with Aeoda in Canada. So it's really just depends on the company themselves. Okay. Speaker 100:21:59Thank you. Thank you. Operator00:22:03Our next question comes from Scott Buck from H. C. Wainwright. Please proceed. Speaker 100:22:09Hey, just a quick one guys. The contingent consideration, I saw that move to current assets. Is that paid in cash or do you have the option to pay that in stock or shares? Speaker 200:22:23The Bridges agreement has that as a cash payment. It's contingent based on 2022 2020 3 performance of the OIA, but it is a cash payment and the 2nd contingent payment is Speaker 100:22:40Sorry guys, that's it for me. I think Speaker 200:22:42it's like a Q2 2024 time period. Speaker 100:22:48Great. I appreciate it. That's it for me guys. Thank you. Okay. Speaker 100:22:54Thank you. Operator00:22:54At this time, this concludes our question and answer session. I'd now like to turn the call back over to Mr. Maradi for his closing remarks. Speaker 100:23:03Thank you for joining us today. As always, I want to thank our employees, partners and investors for their continued support. We look forward to updating you on our next call. Operator00:23:16Before we conclude today's call, I would like to remind everyone that a recording of today's call will be available for replay via a link available in the Investors section of the company's website. Thank you for joining usRead morePowered by