Q4 2025 Hyliion Holdings Corp Earnings Call
Operator: Hyliion Holdings Q4 2025 earnings call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the call over to Greg Stanley, Chief Accounting Officer. Please go ahead.
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Speaker #2: Thank you and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Hyliion Holdings Q4, 2025 earnings conference call. On today's call, our Thomas Healy, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jon Panzer, our Chief Financial Officer.
Greg Stanley: Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Hyliion Holdings Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call. On today's call are Thomas Healy, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jon Panzer, our Chief Financial Officer. A slide presentation accompanying today's call is available on Hyliion's Investor Relations website at investors.hyliion.com. Please note that during today's call, we will be making certain forward-looking statements regarding the company's business outlook. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about anticipated events that are based on current expectations and assumptions, as such, are subject to risk and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made on this call. For more information on those factors that may cause the company's results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, please refer to our presentation and press release as well as our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission....
Gregory Stanley: Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Hyliion Holdings Q4 2025 Earnings Conference Call. On today's call are Thomas Healy, our Chief Executive Officer, and Jon Panzer, our Chief Financial Officer. A slide presentation accompanying today's call is available on Hyliion's Investor Relations website at investors.hyliion.com. Please note that during today's call, we will be making certain forward-looking statements regarding the company's business outlook. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about anticipated events that are based on current expectations and assumptions, as such, are subject to risk and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made on this call. For more information on those factors that may cause the company's results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, please refer to our presentation and press release as well as our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission....
Speaker #2: A slide presentation, accompanying today's call, is available on hyliioninvestorrelations website at investors.hyliion.com. Please note that during today's call, we will be making certain forward-looking statements regarding the company's business outlook.
Speaker #2: Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about anticipated events that are based on current expectations and assumptions. As such, our subject to risk and uncertainties.
Speaker #2: Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made on this call. For more information on both factors that may cause a company's results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, please refer to our presentation and press release, as well as our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Speaker #2: You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and we undertake no duty to update this information unless required by applicable law.
Greg Stanley: You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and we undertake no duty to update this information unless required by applicable law. With that, I will now turn the call over to Thomas.
Gregory Stanley: You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and we undertake no duty to update this information unless required by applicable law. With that, I will now turn the call over to Thomas.
Speaker #2: With that, I will now turn the call over to Thomas.
Speaker #3: Hello, and thank you for joining us for Hyliion's fourth quarter and full year 2025.
Thomas Healy: Hello, and thank you for joining us for Hyliion's Q4 and full year 2025.
Thomas Healy: Hello, and thank you for joining us for Hyliion's Q4 and full year 2025.
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Thomas Healy: Hello, everyone. Apologies for the technical difficulties there. Thank you for joining us for Hyliion's Q4 and full year 2025 earnings call. Heading into 2026, we are positioned strongly to deploy more early adopter units and move towards commercialization. As we shared on our last call, the KARNO Power Module is now performing at a level that meets our initial customer needs. On today's call, we'll provide more details on our early customer deployment plans and cover the current status of UL certification and product performance, demand we're seeing across commercial and military markets, and how we are preparing to scale production to support growth. Turning first to UL certification. We made significant progress during the quarter and are now nearing completion of this important milestone.
Thomas Healy: Hello, everyone. Apologies for the technical difficulties there. Thank you for joining us for Hyliion's Q4 and full year 2025 earnings call. Heading into 2026, we are positioned strongly to deploy more early adopter units and move towards commercialization. As we shared on our last call, the KARNO Power Module is now performing at a level that meets our initial customer needs. On today's call, we'll provide more details on our early customer deployment plans and cover the current status of UL certification and product performance, demand we're seeing across commercial and military markets, and how we are preparing to scale production to support growth. Turning first to UL certification. We made significant progress during the quarter and are now nearing completion of this important milestone.
Speaker #5: Hello, everyone, and apologies for the technical difficulties there. Thank you for joining us for Hyliion's fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. Heading into 2026, we are positioned strongly to deploy more early adopter units and move towards commercialization.
Speaker #5: As we shared on our last call, the KARNO power module is now performing at a level that meets our initial customer needs. On today's call, we'll provide more details on our early customer deployment plans and cover the current status of UL certification, and product performance.
Speaker #5: Demand we're seeing across commercial and military markets, and how we are preparing to scale production to support growth. Turning first to UL certification, we made significant progress during the quarter and are now nearing completion of this important milestone.
Speaker #5: To provide additional context, UL certification for the KARNO power module occurs at three levels: the linear electric motor, the battery pack, and the full power module.
Thomas Healy: To provide additional context, UL certification for the KARNO Power Module occurs at three levels: the linear electric motor, the battery pack, and the full power module. I'm pleased to share that we have successfully completed UL testing for both the linear electric motor and the battery pack, meaning we have completed two of the three certifications we need. We have completed our initial round of testing on the full power module. Through that process, we identified several small refinements, including gasket updates to further strengthen water ingress protection and the opportunity to incorporate recent power output improvements. With those enhancements now underway, we plan to begin our next round of UL testing shortly and expect to complete the certification in Q2.
Thomas Healy: To provide additional context, UL certification for the KARNO Power Module occurs at three levels: the linear electric motor, the battery pack, and the full power module. I'm pleased to share that we have successfully completed UL testing for both the linear electric motor and the battery pack, meaning we have completed two of the three certifications we need. We have completed our initial round of testing on the full power module. Through that process, we identified several small refinements, including gasket updates to further strengthen water ingress protection and the opportunity to incorporate recent power output improvements. With those enhancements now underway, we plan to begin our next round of UL testing shortly and expect to complete the certification in Q2.
Speaker #5: I'm pleased to share that we have successfully completed UL testing for both the linear electric motor and the battery pack, meaning we have completed two of the three certifications we need.
Speaker #5: We have completed our initial round of testing on the full power module. Through that process, we identified several small refinements, including gasket updates to further strengthen water ingress protection, and the opportunity to incorporate recent power output improvements.
Speaker #5: With those enhancements now underway, we plan to begin our next round of UL testing shortly and expect to complete the certification in the second quarter.
Speaker #5: Overall, we are very encouraged by the progress and view UL certification for early adopter units as a near-term gating item toward delivering units to customer sites.
Thomas Healy: Overall, we are very encouraged by the progress and view UL certification for early adopter units as a near-term gating item towards delivering units to customer sites. Beyond certification progress, we now have 5 KARNO units at our facility, 2 development units, and 3 early adopter customer units. These systems are being continuously exercised through a range of load profiles, extended duration testing, customer-specific operation scenarios, and military representative applications. As we shared last quarter, we achieved over 150 kW of power generation, which is sufficient for initial customer deployments. We have since demonstrated 175 kW of power production in testing following recent upgrades, and we expect to reach the full 200 kW design power rating by year-end as we transition into commercialization.
Thomas Healy: Overall, we are very encouraged by the progress and view UL certification for early adopter units as a near-term gating item towards delivering units to customer sites. Beyond certification progress, we now have 5 KARNO units at our facility, 2 development units, and 3 early adopter customer units. These systems are being continuously exercised through a range of load profiles, extended duration testing, customer-specific operation scenarios, and military representative applications. As we shared last quarter, we achieved over 150 kW of power generation, which is sufficient for initial customer deployments. We have since demonstrated 175 kW of power production in testing following recent upgrades, and we expect to reach the full 200 kW design power rating by year-end as we transition into commercialization.
Speaker #5: Beyond certification progress, we now have five KARNO units at our facility: two development units and three early adopter customer units. These systems are being continuously exercised through a range of load profiles, extended duration testing, customer-specific operation scenarios, and military representative applications.
Speaker #5: As we shared last quarter, we achieved over 150 kilowatts of power generation which is sufficient for initial customer deployments. We have since demonstrated 175 kilowatts of power production in testing following recent upgrades and we expect to reach the full 200 kilowatt design power rating by year-end as we transition into commercialization.
Speaker #5: These improvements include refinements to the piston design and updates to cylinder liner material to enhance heat retention within the system. Importantly, we do not believe reaching the full rating will require any fundamental architecture changes but rather a series of incremental optimizations across the platform.
Thomas Healy: These improvements include refinements to the piston design and updates to cylinder liner material to enhance heat retention within the system. Importantly, we do not believe reaching the full rating will require any fundamental architecture changes, but rather a series of incremental optimizations across the platform. The steady progress we have made in the past couple of quarters reinforces our confidence in achieving the final 200 kilowatt design specifications this year. One thing to note, we are still experiencing some technical difficulties. We would ask that you please follow along on the slides that are posted on our website. Continuing on, fuel flexibility continues to be a key differentiator of the KARNO system. We made meaningful progress in this area during the quarter. We successfully demonstrated dynamic fuel switching with the KARNO Power Module transitioning between natural gas and propane.
Thomas Healy: These improvements include refinements to the piston design and updates to cylinder liner material to enhance heat retention within the system. Importantly, we do not believe reaching the full rating will require any fundamental architecture changes, but rather a series of incremental optimizations across the platform. The steady progress we have made in the past couple of quarters reinforces our confidence in achieving the final 200 kilowatt design specifications this year. One thing to note, we are still experiencing some technical difficulties. We would ask that you please follow along on the slides that are posted on our website. Continuing on, fuel flexibility continues to be a key differentiator of the KARNO system. We made meaningful progress in this area during the quarter. We successfully demonstrated dynamic fuel switching with the KARNO Power Module transitioning between natural gas and propane.
Speaker #5: The steady progress we have made in the past couple of quarters reinforces our confidence in achieving the final 200-kilowatt design specifications this year.
Speaker #5: One thing to note, we are still experiencing some technical difficulties and we would ask that you please follow along on the slides that are posted on our website.
Speaker #5: Continuing on, fuel flexibility continues to be a key differentiator of the KARNO system, and we made meaningful progress in this area during the quarter.
Speaker #5: We successfully demonstrated dynamic fuel switching with the KARNO power module transitioning between natural gas and propane. The system can automatically switch between fuels without shutting down and without any user input to indicate which type of fuel is being utilized.
Thomas Healy: The system can automatically switch between fuels without shutting down and without any user input to indicate which type of fuel is being utilized. We simply change the incoming fuel supply, and the unit continues to operate as designed, truly highlighting our unique fuel-agnostic capabilities. Another recent accomplishment was successfully running a KARNO Core on diesel fuel and being able to export power to the grid while meeting Tier 4 Final emissions requirements without the use of exhaust aftertreatment systems. We expect to begin incorporating diesel capability into customer-deployed systems this year. Diesel capability is particularly important for defense applications, where it remains the dominant fuel source. More broadly, the majority of installed generators worldwide operate on diesel, which significantly expands the KARNO Power Module's addressable market in mission-critical and prime power applications.
Thomas Healy: The system can automatically switch between fuels without shutting down and without any user input to indicate which type of fuel is being utilized. We simply change the incoming fuel supply, and the unit continues to operate as designed, truly highlighting our unique fuel-agnostic capabilities. Another recent accomplishment was successfully running a KARNO Core on diesel fuel and being able to export power to the grid while meeting Tier 4 Final emissions requirements without the use of exhaust aftertreatment systems. We expect to begin incorporating diesel capability into customer-deployed systems this year. Diesel capability is particularly important for defense applications, where it remains the dominant fuel source. More broadly, the majority of installed generators worldwide operate on diesel, which significantly expands the KARNO Power Module's addressable market in mission-critical and prime power applications.
Speaker #5: We simply changed the incoming fuel supply in the unit continues to operate as designed. Truly highlighting our unique fuel agnostic capabilities. Another recent accomplishment was successfully running a KARNO core on diesel fuel and being able to export power to the grid while meeting tier four final emissions requirements without the use of exhaust after treatment systems.
Speaker #5: We expect to begin incorporating diesel capability into customer-deployed systems this year. Diesel capability is particularly important for defense applications, where it remains the dominant fuel source.
Speaker #5: More broadly, the majority of installed generators worldwide operate on diesel, which significantly expands the KARNO power module's addressable market in mission-critical and prime power applications.
Speaker #5: For example, many data centers prefer pipeline natural gas for prime power but still require onsite diesel for resiliency. We believe our ability to operate on both fuels will allow customers to avoid purchasing separate natural gas and diesel generators and instead rely on a single, flexible platform for both primary and backup operation.
Thomas Healy: For example, many data centers prefer pipeline natural gas for prime power, but still require on-site diesel for resiliency. We believe our ability to operate on both fuels will allow customers to avoid purchasing separate natural gas and diesel generators, and instead rely on a single flexible platform for both primary and backup operation. Next, I'd like to share our outlook for 2026, which can be seen on slide 5. This includes our deployment plans, product development priorities, business development activity, and manufacturing capability. We are entering 2026 with strong demand across commercial, data center, and military markets. As previously shared, we have nearly 500 units under non-binding letters of intent, in addition to a broader set of customers actively evaluating the platform. The primary focus now is transitioning from development into real-world field deployments and moving towards commercialization and scaling.
Thomas Healy: For example, many data centers prefer pipeline natural gas for prime power, but still require on-site diesel for resiliency. We believe our ability to operate on both fuels will allow customers to avoid purchasing separate natural gas and diesel generators, and instead rely on a single flexible platform for both primary and backup operation. Next, I'd like to share our outlook for 2026, which can be seen on slide 5. This includes our deployment plans, product development priorities, business development activity, and manufacturing capability. We are entering 2026 with strong demand across commercial, data center, and military markets. As previously shared, we have nearly 500 units under non-binding letters of intent, in addition to a broader set of customers actively evaluating the platform. The primary focus now is transitioning from development into real-world field deployments and moving towards commercialization and scaling.
Speaker #5: Next, I'd like to share our outlook for 2026, which can be seen on slide five. This includes our deployment plans, product development priorities, business development activity, and manufacturing capability.
Speaker #5: We are entering 2026 with strong demand across commercial, data center, and military markets. As previously shared, we have nearly 500 units under non-binding letters of intent in addition to a broader set of customers actively evaluating the platform.
Speaker #5: The primary focus now is transitioning from development into real-world commercialization and scaling. From a development perspective, our overall plan remains consistent with what we have previously communicated.
Thomas Healy: From a development perspective, our overall plan remains consistent with what we have previously communicated. We expect to deploy approximately 10 early adopter units prior to commercialization, including the 2 units delivered to the Navy last year and a third unit that we recently completed. That will go to a customer site following UL certification and product validation. Throughout 2026, we plan to deploy these systems into customers' environments and commercialization to follow later this year. One area where we are seeing particularly strong long-term interest is the data center market. With recent industry announcements pointing towards a shift to 800V DC architectures for next generation AI facilities, we believe our KARNO technology is uniquely well-positioned.
Thomas Healy: From a development perspective, our overall plan remains consistent with what we have previously communicated. We expect to deploy approximately 10 early adopter units prior to commercialization, including the 2 units delivered to the Navy last year and a third unit that we recently completed. That will go to a customer site following UL certification and product validation. Throughout 2026, we plan to deploy these systems into customers' environments and commercialization to follow later this year. One area where we are seeing particularly strong long-term interest is the data center market. With recent industry announcements pointing towards a shift to 800V DC architectures for next generation AI facilities, we believe our KARNO technology is uniquely well-positioned.
Speaker #5: We expect to deploy approximately 10 early adopter units prior to commercialization, including the two units delivered to the Navy last year and a third unit that we recently completed, which will go to a customer site following UL certification and product validation.
Speaker #5: Throughout 2026, we plan to deploy these systems into customers' environments and commercialization to follow later this year. One area where we are seeing particularly strong long-term interest is the data center market.
Speaker #5: With recent industry announcements pointing towards a shift to 800-volt DC architectures for next-generation AI facilities, we believe our KARNO technology is uniquely well-positioned. Our platform already operates at 800 volts DC, which aligns directly with this emerging standard and has the potential to reduce conversion stages, lower equipment requirements, improve overall system reliability and efficiency, and simplify site electrical architectures.
Thomas Healy: Our platform already operates at 800V DC, which aligns directly with this emerging standard and has the potential to reduce conversion stages, lower equipment requirements, improve overall system reliability and efficiency, and simplify site electrical architectures. In 2026, we plan to demonstrate this capability in live environments to showcase this potential. Early this year, we successfully demonstrated a mission-representative Navy load profile on a Navy-owned KARNO asset. The system managed rapid load changes and sustained performance under high-stress operating conditions, reinforcing its suitability for shipboard and defense use. This was an important validation milestone and has accelerated discussions around additional defense platforms and with NASA, who is exploring coupling our KARNO technology with nuclear power generation. We have identified several near-term opportunities across multiple branches of the military that are moving towards potential contract awards, which we expect to finalize this year.
Thomas Healy: Our platform already operates at 800V DC, which aligns directly with this emerging standard and has the potential to reduce conversion stages, lower equipment requirements, improve overall system reliability and efficiency, and simplify site electrical architectures. In 2026, we plan to demonstrate this capability in live environments to showcase this potential. Early this year, we successfully demonstrated a mission-representative Navy load profile on a Navy-owned KARNO asset. The system managed rapid load changes and sustained performance under high-stress operating conditions, reinforcing its suitability for shipboard and defense use. This was an important validation milestone and has accelerated discussions around additional defense platforms and with NASA, who is exploring coupling our KARNO technology with nuclear power generation. We have identified several near-term opportunities across multiple branches of the military that are moving towards potential contract awards, which we expect to finalize this year.
Speaker #5: In 2026, we plan to demonstrate this capability in live environments to showcase this potential. Early this year, we successfully demonstrated a mission-representative Navy load profile on a Navy-owned KARNO asset.
Speaker #5: The system managed rapid load changes and sustained performance under high-stress operating conditions, reinforcing its suitability for shipboard and defense use. This was an important validation milestone and has accelerated discussions around additional defense platforms and with NASA, who is exploring coupling our KARNO technology with nuclear-powered generation.
Speaker #5: We have identified several near-term opportunities across multiple branches of the military that are moving towards potential contracts awards. Which we expect to finalize this year.
Speaker #5: We believe these opportunities could represent 40 to 50 million dollars' worth of new revenue opportunities on top of the approximately 20 million dollars' worth of contracts with ONR that we are currently executing on today.
Thomas Healy: We believe these opportunities could represent $40 to $50 million worth of new revenue opportunities on top of the approximately $20 million worth of contracts with ONR that we are currently executing on today. As part of our current Navy program, we plan to deliver additional KARNO Power Modules and cores in 2026 for specialized shipboard testing. Once completed, these deliveries will represent about half of our early adopter units. One deliverable will be a multi-KARNO Power Module for the ship, demonstrating our ability to create high-power systems through coupling our 200-kilowatt cores together. Building on our work with the Navy, I'd like to provide an update on plans for a previously discussed 2-megawatt KARNO Power Module, which we believe aligns well with the needs for data center and other high-power applications. This can be found on slide 6.
Thomas Healy: We believe these opportunities could represent $40 to $50 million worth of new revenue opportunities on top of the approximately $20 million worth of contracts with ONR that we are currently executing on today. As part of our current Navy program, we plan to deliver additional KARNO Power Modules and cores in 2026 for specialized shipboard testing. Once completed, these deliveries will represent about half of our early adopter units. One deliverable will be a multi-KARNO Power Module for the ship, demonstrating our ability to create high-power systems through coupling our 200-kilowatt cores together. Building on our work with the Navy, I'd like to provide an update on plans for a previously discussed 2-megawatt KARNO Power Module, which we believe aligns well with the needs for data center and other high-power applications. This can be found on slide 6.
Speaker #5: As part of our current Navy program, we plan to deliver additional KARNO power modules and cores in 2026 for specialized shipboard testing. Once completed, these deliveries will represent about half of our early adopter units.
Speaker #5: One deliverable will be a multi-KARNO power module for the ship demonstrating our ability to create high-power systems through coupling our 200-kilowatt cores together. Building on our work with the Navy, I'd like to provide an update on plans for a previously discussed two-megawatt KARNO power module which we believe aligns well with the needs for data center and other high-power applications.
Speaker #5: This can be found on slide six. In 2025, we spent significant time developing our multi-KARNO power module configuration for shipboard use. Through that effort, we identified substantial overlap between the Navy architecture and what is required for higher-power commercial deployments.
Thomas Healy: In 2025, we spent significant time developing our multi-KARNO Power Module configuration for shipboard use. Through that effort, we identified substantial overlap between the Navy architecture and what is required for higher power commercial deployments. As a result, we have leveraged that design foundation to advance a modular, scalable configuration suitable for data center applications. Our initial concept was a 2MW system comprised of 10 200kW KARNO Cores integrated into a compact footprint, roughly the size of a 20-foot shipping container. Recent customer discussions have led us to evolve the configuration into a more flexible architecture. The system is designed to scale in approximately 800kW increments, allowing configurations such as 800kW, 1.6MW, 2.4MW, 3.2MW, and so on.
Thomas Healy: In 2025, we spent significant time developing our multi-KARNO Power Module configuration for shipboard use. Through that effort, we identified substantial overlap between the Navy architecture and what is required for higher power commercial deployments. As a result, we have leveraged that design foundation to advance a modular, scalable configuration suitable for data center applications. Our initial concept was a 2MW system comprised of 10 200kW KARNO Cores integrated into a compact footprint, roughly the size of a 20-foot shipping container. Recent customer discussions have led us to evolve the configuration into a more flexible architecture. The system is designed to scale in approximately 800kW increments, allowing configurations such as 800kW, 1.6MW, 2.4MW, 3.2MW, and so on.
Speaker #5: As a result, we have leveraged that design foundation to advance a modular, scalable configuration suitable for data center applications. Our initial concept was a two-megawatt system comprised of 10 200-kilowatt KARNO cores integrated into a compact footprint roughly the size of a 20-foot shipping container.
Speaker #5: Recent customer discussions have led us to evolve the configuration into a more flexible architecture. The system is designed to scale in approximately 800-kilowatt increments, allowing configurations such as
Speaker #1: 800 kW, 1.6 MW, 2.4 MW, 3.2 MW, and so on. This modular approach aligns closely with feedback from data center customers, where power requirements vary depending on site electrical architectures.
Thomas Healy: This modular approach aligns closely with feedback from data center customers, where power requirements vary depending on site electrical architectures. By enabling expansion through the addition of core sets, we can tailor output to specific customer needs while maintaining high power density and resiliency. Turning to Slide 7. Moving on to our commercial customer deployments, we recently entered into a strategic partnership with ABM Industries to support the deployment of integrated distributed energy solutions. This collaboration, combined with KARNO technology, with ABM's site engineering, integration, and operational capabilities, helping us to simplify deployment and broader customer access across commercial, industrial, data center, and mission-critical applications. ABM is also equipped to offer Energy as a Service contracts with their customers. This partnership allows us to remain focused on advancing and commercializing the KARNO platform, while leveraging an experienced partner to support end-to-end customer solutions.
Thomas Healy: This modular approach aligns closely with feedback from data center customers, where power requirements vary depending on site electrical architectures. By enabling expansion through the addition of core sets, we can tailor output to specific customer needs while maintaining high power density and resiliency. Turning to Slide 7. Moving on to our commercial customer deployments, we recently entered into a strategic partnership with ABM Industries to support the deployment of integrated distributed energy solutions. This collaboration, combined with KARNO technology, with ABM's site engineering, integration, and operational capabilities, helping us to simplify deployment and broader customer access across commercial, industrial, data center, and mission-critical applications. ABM is also equipped to offer Energy as a Service contracts with their customers. This partnership allows us to remain focused on advancing and commercializing the KARNO platform, while leveraging an experienced partner to support end-to-end customer solutions.
Speaker #1: By enabling expansion through the addition of corsets, we can tailor output to specific customer needs while maintaining high power density and resiliency.
Speaker #1: Now turning to slide seven . Moving on to our commercial customer deployments . We recently entered into a strategic partnership with ABM industries to support the deployment of integrated distributed energy solutions .
Speaker #1: This collaboration , combined with Kano technology with ABM Site Engineering integration and operational capabilities , helping to simplify deployment and broader customer access across commercial , industrial , data center and mission critical applications .
Speaker #1: ABM is also equipped to offer energy as a service contracts with their customers . This partnership allows us to remain focused on advancing and commercializing the Kano platform , while leveraging and experienced partner to support end to end customer solutions Now turning to slide eight , where I'd like to provide a brief update on our manufacturing readiness Today , we operate more than 30 additive manufacturing machines .
Thomas Healy: Now turning to Slide 8, where I'd like to provide a brief update on our manufacturing readiness. Today, we operate more than 30 additive manufacturing machines, the majority of which are located at our Austin facility. These printers span 3 different machine models with configurations that are able to produce 1, 2, or 4 parts at once. We expect to take delivery of several additional printers this year that we've had on order from last year. With these additions, we believe our additive manufacturing capability or capacity will be well-positioned to meet planned production needs for 2026 and 2027, while providing a strong foundation for scaling further into 2028. Our current focus is on maximizing the speed, power, and productivity of each machine.
Thomas Healy: Now turning to Slide 8, where I'd like to provide a brief update on our manufacturing readiness. Today, we operate more than 30 additive manufacturing machines, the majority of which are located at our Austin facility. These printers span 3 different machine models with configurations that are able to produce 1, 2, or 4 parts at once. We expect to take delivery of several additional printers this year that we've had on order from last year. With these additions, we believe our additive manufacturing capability or capacity will be well-positioned to meet planned production needs for 2026 and 2027, while providing a strong foundation for scaling further into 2028. Our current focus is on maximizing the speed, power, and productivity of each machine.
Speaker #1: The majority of which are located at our Austin facility These printers span three different machine models with configurations that are able to produce one , two , or four parts at once .
Speaker #1: We expect to take delivery of several additional printers this year that we've had on order from last year. With these additions, we believe our additive manufacturing capability
Speaker #1: Our capacity will be well positioned to meet planned production needs for 2026 and 2027, while providing a strong foundation for scaling further into 2028.
Speaker #1: Our current focus is on maximizing the speed, power, and productivity of each machine. During the first quarter of 2026, we initiated efforts to improve printer throughput and will be dedicating both printer time and engineering resources to these optimization initiatives throughout the year.
Thomas Healy: During Q1 2026, we initiated efforts to improve printer throughput, and we'll be dedicating both printer time and engineering resources to these optimization initiatives throughout the year. In parallel, we plan to take delivery of and begin testing one or more printers equipped with the latest laser technology from GE Colibrium Additive, which we believe has the potential to further improve print speed and efficiency. On our last earnings call, we discussed the potential risk related to magnet supply, particularly given the export constraints from China. We are pleased to share that we have made meaningful progress in mitigating that risk and have already begun receiving components. While this does not fully eliminate supply chain risk, it substantially reduces our exposure and improves our confidence in supporting planned production. Turning to Slide 9.
Thomas Healy: During Q1 2026, we initiated efforts to improve printer throughput, and we'll be dedicating both printer time and engineering resources to these optimization initiatives throughout the year. In parallel, we plan to take delivery of and begin testing one or more printers equipped with the latest laser technology from GE Colibrium Additive, which we believe has the potential to further improve print speed and efficiency. On our last earnings call, we discussed the potential risk related to magnet supply, particularly given the export constraints from China. We are pleased to share that we have made meaningful progress in mitigating that risk and have already begun receiving components. While this does not fully eliminate supply chain risk, it substantially reduces our exposure and improves our confidence in supporting planned production. Turning to Slide 9.
Speaker #1: In parallel, we plan to take delivery of and begin testing one or more printers equipped with the latest laser technology from GE Librium, which we believe has the potential to further improve print speed and efficiency.
Speaker #1: On our last earnings call , we discussed the potential risk related to magnet supply , particularly given the export constraints from China We are pleased to share that we have made meaningful progress in mitigating that risk , and have already begun receiving components While this does not fully eliminate supply chain risk , it substantially reduces our exposure and improves our confidence in supporting planned production Turning to slide nine to wrap up , I'd like to share our key milestones for 2026 , which are summarized on the slide and highlight the achievements we expect to deliver over the course of the year We began the year with an early win by successfully operating the Kano Core on liquid fuel and meeting emissions requirements .
Thomas Healy: To wrap up, I'd like to share our key milestones for 2026, which are summarized on the slide, and highlight the achievements we expect to deliver over the course of the year. We began the year with an early win by successfully operating the KARNO Core on liquid fuel and meeting emissions requirements. Looking ahead, we expect to achieve UL certification for the Early Adopter KARNO Power Modules during Q2 of this year, which will enable broader customer site deployments. In parallel, we expect to achieve the full 200 kW design power by the end of 2026. We also plan to complete the remaining Early Adopter units during the year.
Thomas Healy: To wrap up, I'd like to share our key milestones for 2026, which are summarized on the slide, and highlight the achievements we expect to deliver over the course of the year. We began the year with an early win by successfully operating the KARNO Core on liquid fuel and meeting emissions requirements. Looking ahead, we expect to achieve UL certification for the Early Adopter KARNO Power Modules during Q2 of this year, which will enable broader customer site deployments. In parallel, we expect to achieve the full 200 kW design power by the end of 2026. We also plan to complete the remaining Early Adopter units during the year.
Speaker #1: Looking ahead, we expect to achieve UL certification for the early adopter Kano Power modules during the second quarter of this year, which will enable broader customer site deployments.
Speaker #1: In parallel , we expect to achieve the full 200 kilowatt design power by the end of 2026 . We also plan to complete the remaining early adopter units during the year These deployments are an important step towards validating system performance across real world applications , and will support our plan to commercialize the 200 kilowatt Kano Power Module in late 26 , which will then allow us to begin scaling production .
Thomas Healy: These deployments are an important step towards validating system performance across real-world applications, and will support our plan to commercialize the 200-kilowatt KARNO Power Module in late 2026, which will then allow us to begin scaling production. In addition, we expect to complete a multi-KARNO Core platform featuring the systems and controls required to coordinate multiple units operating in tandem. This configuration will serve as a stepping stone towards a larger multi-megawatt KARNO system, designed to support data center and other customers with higher power requirements. We expect to secure additional U.S. military contracts with a total revenue opportunity of $40 to $50 million, further advancing the development work underway to support autonomous U.S. Navy vessels and other mission-critical defense applications.
Thomas Healy: These deployments are an important step towards validating system performance across real-world applications, and will support our plan to commercialize the 200-kilowatt KARNO Power Module in late 2026, which will then allow us to begin scaling production. In addition, we expect to complete a multi-KARNO Core platform featuring the systems and controls required to coordinate multiple units operating in tandem. This configuration will serve as a stepping stone towards a larger multi-megawatt KARNO system, designed to support data center and other customers with higher power requirements. We expect to secure additional U.S. military contracts with a total revenue opportunity of $40 to $50 million, further advancing the development work underway to support autonomous U.S. Navy vessels and other mission-critical defense applications.
Speaker #1: In addition, we expect to complete a multi-Kano core platform featuring the systems and controls required to coordinate multiple units operating in tandem.
Speaker #1: This configuration will serve as a stepping stone towards a larger Multi-megawatt Kano system , designed to support data center and other customers with higher power requirements .
Speaker #1: We expect to secure additional US military contracts with a total revenue opportunity of 40 to $50 million . Further advancing the development work underway to support autonomous Navy vessels and other mission critical defense applications Taken together , these milestones support our expectation of generating approximately $10 million worth of revenue during 2026 from a combination of commercial customer activity and R&D service contracts Turning to slide ten .
Thomas Healy: Taken together, these milestones support our expectation of generating approximately $10 million worth of revenue during 2026 from a combination of commercial customer activity and R&D service contracts. Turning to Slide 10. Looking ahead, over the next three years, we plan to build on the progress achieved in 2026 as the KARNO Power Module transitions from early deployment into scaled commercialization. In 2027, we expect to ramp commercial deliveries and expand the range of applications where KARNO is deployed. This includes advancing the development of our multi-megawatt KARNO Power Module for data center applications. We view 2027 as a year where we'll transition from initial commercialization into meaningful production scale. In parallel, we plan to expand our additive manufacturing capability or capacity in preparation for anticipated growth in 2028.
Thomas Healy: Taken together, these milestones support our expectation of generating approximately $10 million worth of revenue during 2026 from a combination of commercial customer activity and R&D service contracts. Turning to Slide 10. Looking ahead, over the next three years, we plan to build on the progress achieved in 2026 as the KARNO Power Module transitions from early deployment into scaled commercialization. In 2027, we expect to ramp commercial deliveries and expand the range of applications where KARNO is deployed. This includes advancing the development of our multi-megawatt KARNO Power Module for data center applications. We view 2027 as a year where we'll transition from initial commercialization into meaningful production scale. In parallel, we plan to expand our additive manufacturing capability or capacity in preparation for anticipated growth in 2028.
Speaker #1: Looking ahead over the next three years , we plan to build on the progress achieved in 2026 as the Kano Power Module transitions from early deployment into scaled commercialization in 2027 , we expect to ramp commercial deliveries and expand the range of applications where Kano deployed .
Speaker #1: This includes advancing the development of our Multi-megawatt Kano Power module for data center applications We view 2027 as a year where we will transition from initial commercialization into meaningful production scale .
Speaker #1: In parallel, we plan to expand our additive manufacturing capability and capacity in preparation for anticipated growth in 2028—by '28 and beyond.
Thomas Healy: By 2028 and beyond, we expect to accelerate commercial growth as increased production capacity enables us to address a broader portion of customer demand. This includes fulfilling interest in multi-megawatt systems for data centers, as well as continuing expansion within military applications. Turning to slide 11. To wrap up, 2025 was a year focused on resolving product and production challenges, strengthening the core architecture of the KARNO Power Module, and expanding its operating capabilities across fuel and mission-critical profiles, while also improving performance. In 2026, our focus shifts from development to deployment and commercialization. With UL certification nearing completion, early adopter units moving into the field, growing military engagement, and strong data center interest, we believe we are well-positioned to transition from validation to scaled execution over the coming years.
Thomas Healy: By 2028 and beyond, we expect to accelerate commercial growth as increased production capacity enables us to address a broader portion of customer demand. This includes fulfilling interest in multi-megawatt systems for data centers, as well as continuing expansion within military applications. Turning to slide 11. To wrap up, 2025 was a year focused on resolving product and production challenges, strengthening the core architecture of the KARNO Power Module, and expanding its operating capabilities across fuel and mission-critical profiles, while also improving performance. In 2026, our focus shifts from development to deployment and commercialization. With UL certification nearing completion, early adopter units moving into the field, growing military engagement, and strong data center interest, we believe we are well-positioned to transition from validation to scaled execution over the coming years.
Speaker #1: We expect to accelerate commercial growth as increased production capacity enables us to address a broader portion of customer demand . This includes fulfilling interest in multi-megawatt systems for data centers , as well as continued expansion within military applications Turning to slide 11 to wrap up , 25 was a year focused on resolving product and production challenges , strengthening the core architecture of the Kano Power Module and expanding its operating capabilities across fuel and mission critical profiles , while also improving performance In 2026 .
Speaker #1: Our focus shifts from development to deployment and commercialization , with UL certification nearing completion . Early adopter units moving into the field , growing military engagements , and strong data center interest .
Speaker #1: We believe we are well positioned to transition from validation to scaled execution over the coming years . With that , I'll turn the call over to John to walk through the financial update starting on slide 12 .
Thomas Healy: With that, I'll turn the call over to Jon to walk through the financial update, starting on slide 12.
Thomas Healy: With that, I'll turn the call over to Jon to walk through the financial update, starting on slide 12.
Speaker #2: Thank you . Thomas , and good morning , everyone In the fourth quarter , we recorded revenue of $700,000 from research and development services related to our contracts with the Office of Naval Research .
Jon Panzer: Thank you, Thomas, good morning, everyone. In Q4, we recorded revenue of $700,000 from research and development services related to our contracts with the Office of Naval Research. Cost of sales was $600,000, resulting in a small gross margin gain. In Q4 2024, we recorded $1.5 million of R&D revenue and a $100,000 gross margin gain. As a reminder, R&D services revenue reflects the sale of KARNO Cores and related components to the U.S. Navy, and the work we perform to test and validate these units. Total operating expenses for Q4 were $15 million, down from $17.2 million in Q4 2024.
Jon Panzer: Thank you, Thomas, good morning, everyone. In Q4, we recorded revenue of $700,000 from research and development services related to our contracts with the Office of Naval Research. Cost of sales was $600,000, resulting in a small gross margin gain. In Q4 2024, we recorded $1.5 million of R&D revenue and a $100,000 gross margin gain. As a reminder, R&D services revenue reflects the sale of KARNO Cores and related components to the U.S. Navy, and the work we perform to test and validate these units. Total operating expenses for Q4 were $15 million, down from $17.2 million in Q4 2024.
Speaker #2: Cost of sales was $600,000, resulting in a small gross margin gain in the fourth quarter of '24. We recorded $1.5 million of R&D revenue and a $100,000 gross margin gain.
Speaker #2: As a reminder , R&D services reflect revenue reflects the sale of Kano Core and related components to the US Navy and the work we perform to test and validate these units .
Speaker #2: Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter were $15 million , down from 17.2 million in the fourth quarter of 24 . The decrease was driven by lower R&D and G&A costs , as well as a $500,000 gain from asset sales and connection with the powertrain .
Jon Panzer: The decrease was driven by lower R&D and SG&A costs, as well as a $500,000 gain from asset sales in connection with the powertrain exit and termination. R&D work continued at a strong pace in Q4, but was lower than 2024, when we were purchasing components at a faster pace. SG&A expenses were down about 6% compared to Q4 2024, primarily due to lower facilities and insurance costs, partially offset by a small increase in labor costs. Our total net loss for Q4 was $13.2 million, down from $14.4 million in Q4 2024. For the full year 2025, we recorded revenue of $3.5 million, all from R&D services, and gross profit of $170,000.
Jon Panzer: The decrease was driven by lower R&D and SG&A costs, as well as a $500,000 gain from asset sales in connection with the powertrain exit and termination. R&D work continued at a strong pace in Q4, but was lower than 2024, when we were purchasing components at a faster pace. SG&A expenses were down about 6% compared to Q4 2024, primarily due to lower facilities and insurance costs, partially offset by a small increase in labor costs. Our total net loss for Q4 was $13.2 million, down from $14.4 million in Q4 2024. For the full year 2025, we recorded revenue of $3.5 million, all from R&D services, and gross profit of $170,000.
Speaker #2: Exit and termination R&D work continued at a strong pace in the quarter , but was lower than 24 . When we were purchasing components at a faster pace SG&A expenses were down about 6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 .
Speaker #2: Four , primarily due to lower facilities and insurance costs . Partially offset by a small increase in labor costs . Our total net loss for the fourth quarter was 13.2 million , down from 14.4 million in the fourth quarter of 24 .
Speaker #2: For the full year 2025 , we recorded revenue of $3.5 million , all from R&D services and gross profit of 170,000 . This compares with revenue of $1.5 million and gross profit of 100,000 .
Jon Panzer: This compares with revenue of $1.5 million and gross profit of $100,000 in 2024. Full year operating expenses were $65.7 million, compared to $64.4 million for all of 2024. The small increase compared to 2024 is related to higher R&D expenses this year, partially offset by lower SG&A and powertrain exit and termination expenses. Our full year net loss was $57.2 million, compared to $52 million in 2024. Turning to slide 13, our cash and investments position, we spent $12.4 million during Q4 and $67.4 million for all of 2025. Full year capital spending was $23.7 million and consisted primarily of additive printing machines and related equipment, along with facility investments to support printer operations.
Jon Panzer: This compares with revenue of $1.5 million and gross profit of $100,000 in 2024. Full year operating expenses were $65.7 million, compared to $64.4 million for all of 2024. The small increase compared to 2024 is related to higher R&D expenses this year, partially offset by lower SG&A and powertrain exit and termination expenses. Our full year net loss was $57.2 million, compared to $52 million in 2024. Turning to slide 13, our cash and investments position, we spent $12.4 million during Q4 and $67.4 million for all of 2025. Full year capital spending was $23.7 million and consisted primarily of additive printing machines and related equipment, along with facility investments to support printer operations.
Speaker #2: In 2020 , for full year operating expenses were 65.7 million , compared to 64.4 million for all of 24 . The small increase compared to 24 is related to higher R&D expenses this year , partially offset by lower SGA and powertrain exit and termination expenses Our full year net loss was 57.2 million , compared to 52,000,000 in 2020 .
Speaker #2: For . Turning to slide 13 , our cash and investments position . We spent 12.4 million during the fourth quarter and 67.4 million for all of 2025 .
Speaker #2: Full year capital spending was 23.7 million and consisted primarily of additive printing machines and related equipment , along with facility investments to support printer operations .
Speaker #2: Cash generated from asset sales for the full year was 2.2 million . As a reminder , asset sales related to the monetization of equipment previously used in our powertrain division and will continue into 2026 , we finished the fourth quarter with 152.4 million of cash and short and long term investments on our balance sheet .
Jon Panzer: Cash generated from asset sales for the full year was $2.2 million. As a reminder, asset sales relate to the monetization of equipment previously used in our powertrain division and will continue into 2026. We finished Q4 with $152.4 million of cash and short and long-term investments on our balance sheet. While this outcome was a little lower than the $155 million we projected for the end of the year, we did end up deferring $10 million of planned equipment financing into 2026. Excluding that deferral, our year-end cash and investment balance would have been about $7.5 million higher than projected, mostly due to lower capital spending and lower operating expenses.
Jon Panzer: Cash generated from asset sales for the full year was $2.2 million. As a reminder, asset sales relate to the monetization of equipment previously used in our powertrain division and will continue into 2026. We finished Q4 with $152.4 million of cash and short and long-term investments on our balance sheet. While this outcome was a little lower than the $155 million we projected for the end of the year, we did end up deferring $10 million of planned equipment financing into 2026. Excluding that deferral, our year-end cash and investment balance would have been about $7.5 million higher than projected, mostly due to lower capital spending and lower operating expenses.
Speaker #2: While this outcome was a little lower than the $155 million we projected for the end of the year , we did end up deferring $10 million of planned equipment financing into 2026 , excluding that deferral .
Speaker #2: Our year end cash and investment balance would have been about $7.5 million higher than projected , mostly due to lower capital spending and lower operating expenses Looking forward into 2026 , as Thomas noted earlier , we expect to generate approximately $10 million in revenue this year from both R&D services and commercial customers Commercialization of the power module is expected to occur late in the year Also , as Thomas mentioned , we plan to slow capital spending in 2026 as we work to optimize the output of the printers we have on hand today .
Jon Panzer: Looking forward into 2026, as Thomas noted earlier, we expect to generate approximately $10 million in revenue this year from both R&D services and commercial customers. Commercialization of the KARNO Power Module is expected to occur late in the year. Also, as Thomas mentioned, we plan to slow capital spending in 2026 as we work to optimize the output of the printers we have on hand today. We are planning to execute equipment financing for up to $10 million this year, although that amount may shift up or down based on actual capital expenditures and available lease capital. Overall, for 2026, higher revenue, thoughtful expense control, lower capital spending, and planned equipment financing are expected to result in a lower level of total spending compared to 2025.
Jon Panzer: Looking forward into 2026, as Thomas noted earlier, we expect to generate approximately $10 million in revenue this year from both R&D services and commercial customers. Commercialization of the KARNO Power Module is expected to occur late in the year. Also, as Thomas mentioned, we plan to slow capital spending in 2026 as we work to optimize the output of the printers we have on hand today. We are planning to execute equipment financing for up to $10 million this year, although that amount may shift up or down based on actual capital expenditures and available lease capital. Overall, for 2026, higher revenue, thoughtful expense control, lower capital spending, and planned equipment financing are expected to result in a lower level of total spending compared to 2025.
Speaker #2: We are planning to execute equipment financing for up to $10 million this year , although that amount may shift up or down based on actual capital expenditures and available capital Overall , for 2026 , higher revenue , thoughtful expense control , lower capital spending , and planned equipment financing are expected to result in a lower level of total spending compared to 2025 .
Speaker #2: Our current forecast is for net spending of just over $50 million during the year , resulting in a year end cash and investment balance of approximately $100 million .
Jon Panzer: Our current forecast is for net spending of just over $50 million during the year, resulting in a year-end cash and investment balance of approximately $100 million. On past calls, we've consistently noted that we expect that the capital we have on hand today will be sufficient to carry us through commercialization of the KARNO Power Module. Based on our current plans, that continues to be the case. Last quarter, we noted that we anticipate additional capital will eventually be required to support production growth, particularly for the purchase of additional additive manufacturing equipment.
Jon Panzer: Our current forecast is for net spending of just over $50 million during the year, resulting in a year-end cash and investment balance of approximately $100 million. On past calls, we've consistently noted that we expect that the capital we have on hand today will be sufficient to carry us through commercialization of the KARNO Power Module. Based on our current plans, that continues to be the case. Last quarter, we noted that we anticipate additional capital will eventually be required to support production growth, particularly for the purchase of additional additive manufacturing equipment.
Speaker #2: On past calls , we've consistently noted that we expect that the capital we have on hand today will be sufficient to carry us through commercialization of the current power module Based on our current plans , that continues to be the case Last quarter , we noted that we anticipate a additional capital will eventually be required to support production growth , particularly for the purchase of additional additive manufacturing equipment in anticipation of that eventuality .
Sean Milligan: In anticipation of that eventuality, we have filed a standard S-3 shelf registration statement with the SEC to provide us with additional capital raising flexibility in the future. An S-3 is a valuable tool commonly used by established public companies to efficiently and opportunistically raise funds from time to time through the issuance of debt or equity. Now I'll turn the call back over to Thomas.
Sean Milligan: In anticipation of that eventuality, we have filed a standard S-3 shelf registration statement with the SEC to provide us with additional capital raising flexibility in the future. An S-3 is a valuable tool commonly used by established public companies to efficiently and opportunistically raise funds from time to time through the issuance of debt or equity. Now I'll turn the call back over to Thomas.
Speaker #2: We have filed a standard S-3 shelf registration statement with the SEC to provide us with additional capital raising flexibility in the future . An S3 is a valuable tool commonly used by established public companies to efficiently and opportunistically raise funds from time to time through the issuance of debt or equity .
Speaker #2: Now , I'll turn the call back over to Thomas .
Speaker #1: Thank you . John . As we look ahead , our focus for 2026 is clear We'll be building units and getting them into the field and expanding real world customer operating experience .
Thomas Healy: Thank you, John. As we look ahead, our focus for 2026 is clear. We'll be building units and getting them into the field and expanding real-world customer operating experience. We believe this year will be defining for Hyliion as customers begin operating the platform in live environments, and we transition from development to scaled execution. Beyond initial deployments, we see significant opportunity in both data center infrastructure and military applications. The shift towards an 800V DC architecture in next generation AI data centers aligns directly with KARNO's design, and we believe our modular and fuel flexible platform is well positioned to position this evolution. At the same time, resilient and mission-critical power remains a priority for the U.S. military. We are excited by the opportunity ahead and our focus on execution as we move into the next phase of growth.
Thomas Healy: Thank you, John. As we look ahead, our focus for 2026 is clear. We'll be building units and getting them into the field and expanding real-world customer operating experience. We believe this year will be defining for Hyliion as customers begin operating the platform in live environments, and we transition from development to scaled execution. Beyond initial deployments, we see significant opportunity in both data center infrastructure and military applications. The shift towards an 800V DC architecture in next generation AI data centers aligns directly with KARNO's design, and we believe our modular and fuel flexible platform is well positioned to position this evolution. At the same time, resilient and mission-critical power remains a priority for the U.S. military. We are excited by the opportunity ahead and our focus on execution as we move into the next phase of growth.
Speaker #1: We believe this year will be defining for Hyliion as customers begin operating the platform in live environments , and we transition from development to scaled execution Beyond initial deployments .
Speaker #1: We see significant opportunity in both data center infrastructure and military applications . The shift toward an 800 volt DC architecture in next generation AI data centers aligns directly with Kano's design , and we believe our modular and fuel flexible platform is well positioned to position this evolution .
Speaker #1: At the same time , resilient and mission critical power remains a priority for the US military . We are excited by the opportunity ahead and our focus on execution as we move into the next phase of growth .
Speaker #1: I will now hand it over to the moderator to open up for Q&A .
Thomas Healy: I will now hand it over to the moderator to open up for Q&A.
Thomas Healy: I will now hand it over to the moderator to open up for Q&A.
Speaker #3: We will now begin the question and answer session . If you would like to ask a question , please press star one on your telephone keypad .
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Speaker #4: Good morning . Congratulations on all the progress you're making . I wanted to ask about the commercialization later this year . And you mentioned , I think , half the the units will be going to the US Navy .
Martin Malloy: Good morning. Congratulations on all the progress you're making. Wanted to ask about the commercialization later this year. You mentioned I think half the units will be going to the US Navy. Could you talk maybe about the end markets for the other units and where you're seeing customer interest from? You mentioned data centers. Is that where the other half of the units are going?
Martin Malloy: Good morning. Congratulations on all the progress you're making. Wanted to ask about the commercialization later this year. You mentioned I think half the units will be going to the US Navy. Could you talk maybe about the end markets for the other units and where you're seeing customer interest from? You mentioned data centers. Is that where the other half of the units are going?
Speaker #4: Could you talk ? Maybe about the end markets for the other units and where you're seeing us ? Customer interest from You mentioned data centers .
Speaker #4: Is that where the other half of the units are going
Speaker #1: Sure . Appreciate the question . So military is a huge focus for us this year . You know , we're at the point where we're actually starting to put the systems together that will go into that unmanned , autonomous ship .
Thomas Healy: Sure. Appreciate the question. Military is a huge focus for us this year. You know, we're at the point where we're actually starting to put the systems together that will go into that unmanned autonomous ship. That's a very exciting one for us this year. Other applications include just prime power. Think about, like, powering facilities, providing power for EV charging, those sort of opportunities. The last one is that data center side of things. Ultimately, data centers are looking for that larger platform, that, you know, 2.4, 3.2 megawatt system. One of the focuses for this year is we can really showcase and, you know, provide the benefits to data centers, even on a 200 kilowatt system.
Thomas Healy: Sure. Appreciate the question. Military is a huge focus for us this year. You know, we're at the point where we're actually starting to put the systems together that will go into that unmanned autonomous ship. That's a very exciting one for us this year. Other applications include just prime power. Think about, like, powering facilities, providing power for EV charging, those sort of opportunities. The last one is that data center side of things. Ultimately, data centers are looking for that larger platform, that, you know, 2.4, 3.2 megawatt system. One of the focuses for this year is we can really showcase and, you know, provide the benefits to data centers, even on a 200 kilowatt system.
Speaker #1: So that's a very exciting one for us this year . Other applications include just prime power . So think about powering facilities , providing power for EV charging .
Speaker #1: Those sort of opportunities . And then the the last one is that data center side of things . So ultimately data centers are looking for that larger platform That 2.4 3.2MW system .
Speaker #1: But one of the focuses for this year is we can really showcase and provide the benefits to data centers, even on a 200-kilowatt system.
Speaker #1: And so, one of the things that we decided to do is take some of these early adopter units and actually use them as mobile units that we can showcase in various applications.
Thomas Healy: One of the things that we decided to do is take some of these early adopter units and actually use them as mobile units that we can showcase in various applications. One of the ones we do plan on showcasing this year is a data center opportunity.
Thomas Healy: One of the things that we decided to do is take some of these early adopter units and actually use them as mobile units that we can showcase in various applications. One of the ones we do plan on showcasing this year is a data center opportunity.
Speaker #1: And so one of the ones we do plan on showcasing this year is a data center opportunity
Martin Malloy: Thank you. Just for a follow-up question, could you maybe talk about the capacity that you'll have as you exit this year in terms of manufacturing on a megawatt annual basis, or give us some measures, what it would cost to add additional megawatts per year in manufacturing capacity, so we can get a feel for how 2027 might look?
Speaker #4: Thank you . And just for a follow up question , could you maybe talk about the capacity that you'll have as you exit this year in terms of manufacturing on a megawatt Annual basis ?
Martin Malloy: Thank you. Just for a follow-up question, could you maybe talk about the capacity that you'll have as you exit this year in terms of manufacturing on a megawatt annual basis, or give us some measures, what it would cost to add additional megawatts per year in manufacturing capacity, so we can get a feel for how 2027 might look?
Speaker #4: Or give us some measures , what it would cost to add additional megawatts per year in manufacturing capacity so we can get a feel for for how 27 might look .
Speaker #1: So at this stage , we haven't shared exact specifics around what you're asking . Reason being is we really want to showcase improve the printer speed improvements that we are highlighting .
Thomas Healy: At this stage, we haven't shared exact specifics around what you're asking. Reason being is we really want to showcase, improve the printer speed improvements that we are highlighting. That's going to be a big focus of this year. You know, just to give a little background there, as you buy an additive machine and you start utilizing it, there are levers you can pull, like how much power in the lasers, how many parts you're producing on a build plate, things like that, to increase the throughput. That's gonna be the focus for this year. Then with that'll give us a stronger clarity on exactly, you know, how much capacity we have with the existing install base.
Thomas Healy: At this stage, we haven't shared exact specifics around what you're asking. Reason being is we really want to showcase, improve the printer speed improvements that we are highlighting. That's going to be a big focus of this year. You know, just to give a little background there, as you buy an additive machine and you start utilizing it, there are levers you can pull, like how much power in the lasers, how many parts you're producing on a build plate, things like that, to increase the throughput. That's gonna be the focus for this year. Then with that'll give us a stronger clarity on exactly, you know, how much capacity we have with the existing install base.
Speaker #1: So that's going to be a big focus of this year . You know , just to give a little background there , as you buy an additive machine and you start utilizing it , there are levers you can pull .
Speaker #1: Like how much power in the lasers , how many parts you're producing on a build plate , things like that . To increase the throughput And so that's going to be the focus for this year .
Speaker #1: And then with that , that'll give us a stronger clarity on exactly how much capacity we have with the existing install base . But all that being said , we are highly confident that we have the strong production capacity for 26 and 27 .
Thomas Healy: All that being said, we are highly confident that with the strong production capacity for 2026 and 2027, and then as we look at 2028, that's where we envision we'll really need to start adding additional printers to start scaling capacity. I know that does not give you the exact color you were looking for, but hopefully you understand why, you know, we want to focus on those printer speed improvements, improving that we can get to the throughput that we anticipate.
Thomas Healy: All that being said, we are highly confident that with the strong production capacity for 2026 and 2027, and then as we look at 2028, that's where we envision we'll really need to start adding additional printers to start scaling capacity. I know that does not give you the exact color you were looking for, but hopefully you understand why, you know, we want to focus on those printer speed improvements, improving that we can get to the throughput that we anticipate.
Speaker #1: And then as we look at 2028 , that's where we envision we'll really need to start adding additional printers to to start scaling capacity .
Speaker #1: So, I know that does not give you the exact color you are looking for, but hopefully you understand why we want to focus on those printer speed improvements.
Speaker #1: Improving so that we can get to the throughput that we anticipate.
Speaker #4: Thank you . Very helpful . And I'll pass it back
Martin Malloy: Thank you. Very helpful, and I'll pass it back.
Martin Malloy: Thank you. Very helpful, and I'll pass it back.
Speaker #3: Our next question comes from Sean Milligan with Needham and Co . Your line is open . Please go ahead
Operator: Our next question comes from Sean Milligan with Needham & Company. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Operator: Our next question comes from Sean Milligan with Needham & Company. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Speaker #5: Hey Thomas , thanks for taking the questions
Sean Milligan: Hey, Thomas, thanks for taking the questions.
Sean Milligan: Hey, Thomas, thanks for taking the questions.
Speaker #1: Thanks , Sean . When you
Thomas Healy: Thanks, Sean. Good to hear from you.
Thomas Healy: Thanks, Sean. Good to hear from you.
Speaker #5: When you when you talk about the incremental 40 to $50 million potential from the military . I'm trying to understand is that do you consider that scaled deployments or is that like additional testing different platforms and different agencies , things like that , that would then scale , you know , could scale beyond that 40 to $50 million range
Sean Milligan: When you, when you talk about the incremental $40 to 50 million of potential from the military, I'm trying to understand, is that like, do you consider that scaled deployments, or is that like additional testing, across different platforms and different agencies, things like that would then scale, you know, could scale beyond that $40 to 50 million range?
Sean Milligan: When you, when you talk about the incremental $40 to 50 million of potential from the military, I'm trying to understand, is that like, do you consider that scaled deployments, or is that like additional testing, across different platforms and different agencies, things like that would then scale, you know, could scale beyond that $40 to 50 million range?
Speaker #1: Yeah . So it is really focused on additional applications and more unique development for the military . And so right now we have our Navy work .
Thomas Healy: Yeah, it is really focused on additional applications and more unique development for the Military. Right now we have our Navy work we're doing. It's really focused around being the prime power on a fully unmanned autonomous ship platform. We are also looking at stationary power deployment, think about, like, powering a base, doing that with the Navy. These additional contracts are both a continuation of that work, plus adding actually new applications, new opportunities. Think about, like, different ship platforms, think about other branches of the Military, how they need prime power solutions as well, and starting to expand the use cases of the KARNO technology.
Thomas Healy: Yeah, it is really focused on additional applications and more unique development for the Military. Right now we have our Navy work we're doing. It's really focused around being the prime power on a fully unmanned autonomous ship platform. We are also looking at stationary power deployment, think about, like, powering a base, doing that with the Navy. These additional contracts are both a continuation of that work, plus adding actually new applications, new opportunities. Think about, like, different ship platforms, think about other branches of the Military, how they need prime power solutions as well, and starting to expand the use cases of the KARNO technology.
Speaker #1: We're doing it. It's really focused around being the prime power on a fully unmanned autonomous ship platform. We are also looking at stationary power deployments.
Speaker #1: So, think about powering a base and doing that with the Navy. These additional contracts are both a continuation of that work, plus they add actually new applications and new opportunities.
Speaker #1: So think about like different ship platforms . Think about other branches of the military , how they need prime power solutions as well .
Speaker #1: And starting to expand the use cases of the technology . It's not so much just , you know , placing a standard P0 to just buy additional equipment , but obviously all this work we're doing with the military is in an effort to to go to that stage
Thomas Healy: It's not so much just, you know, placing a standard PO to just buy additional equipment, but obviously all this work we're doing with the military is in an effort to go to that stage.
Thomas Healy: It's not so much just, you know, placing a standard PO to just buy additional equipment, but obviously all this work we're doing with the military is in an effort to go to that stage.
Speaker #5: Okay , great . Thank you . And then on the this new 800 kilowatt module that you're talking about , I think historically you gave some numbers around KPIs for the Kano versus like fuel cells or traditional gas I was curious if there's any update in terms of like how this module might change that .
[Analyst] (Needham & Company): Okay, great. Thank you. On the, this new 800 kilowatt module that you're talking about, I think historically, you gave some numbers around KPIs for the KARNO versus, like, fuel cells or traditional gas. I was curious if there's any update, in terms of, like, how this, you know, module might change that. Does it look more attractive for you, as you scale up to the larger, you know, platforms here? What kind of risks are there, you know, scaling up from the 200 to the 800 and then the 3.2 ultimately? What do you need to work through, on your side to prove that up and get that done?
Sean Milligan: Okay, great. Thank you. On the, this new 800 kilowatt module that you're talking about, I think historically, you gave some numbers around KPIs for the KARNO versus, like, fuel cells or traditional gas. I was curious if there's any update, in terms of, like, how this, you know, module might change that. Does it look more attractive for you, as you scale up to the larger, you know, platforms here? What kind of risks are there, you know, scaling up from the 200 to the 800 and then the 3.2 ultimately? What do you need to work through, on your side to prove that up and get that done?
Speaker #5: Does it look more attractive for you As you scale up to the larger , you know , the larger platforms here , and then what kind of risks are there ?
Speaker #5: You know , scaling up from the 200 to the 800 and then the 3.2 , ultimately , what do you need to work through on your side to to prove that up and get that done ?
Speaker #1: All right . So a few pieces to that question . So first is around kind of how it compares against other solutions in the market .
Thomas Healy: All right, a few pieces to that question. First is around kind of how it compares against other solutions in the market. We see the customers looking at kind of the conventional internal combustion engines, looking at fuel cell, and then, you know, looking at technology like ours. In terms of how it shapes up, and maybe I'll put some broad numbers to it, is with a normal internal combustion engine, cost per kilowatt. Maybe I'll use, you know, if you look at our 200 kilowatt system, what the end numbers would be. If you bought a 200 kilowatt internal combustion engine, really designed for prime power and natural gas solutions, you're probably going to be approaching that $250,000, $300,000 for that actual solution.
Thomas Healy: All right, a few pieces to that question. First is around kind of how it compares against other solutions in the market. We see the customers looking at kind of the conventional internal combustion engines, looking at fuel cell, and then, you know, looking at technology like ours. In terms of how it shapes up, and maybe I'll put some broad numbers to it, is with a normal internal combustion engine, cost per kilowatt. Maybe I'll use, you know, if you look at our 200 kilowatt system, what the end numbers would be. If you bought a 200 kilowatt internal combustion engine, really designed for prime power and natural gas solutions, you're probably going to be approaching that $250,000, $300,000 for that actual solution.
Speaker #1: So we see customers looking at kind of the conventional internal combustion engines looking at fuel cell . And then looking at technology like ours in terms of how it shapes up .
Speaker #1: And I'll put some numbers to it . Is with a normal internal combustion engine , cost per kilowatt . And I'll maybe I'll use if you look at our 200 kilowatt system , what the N numbers would be if you bought a 200 kilowatt internal combustion engine .
Speaker #1: Really designed for prime power and natural gas solutions , you're probably going to be approaching that 250 to $300,000 for that actual solution .
Speaker #1: Then , as you look at our system , we're more around half $1 million . As you look at fuel cells , you're up closer around that $700,000 .
Thomas Healy: As you look at our system, we're more around half a million dollars. As you look at fuel cells, you're up closer around that $700,000. It really still puts us in the middle of those two, which is where we're targeting to be. You know, obviously, our system has benefits over those other solutions that really drive the payback, the return on investment. That's improved efficiency, so you're actually gonna use less fuel. On the maintenance side, having lower maintenance as well, is what we're anticipating, which will then help you with driving a faster payback and return on your investment. That's kind of how we shape up against competition.
Thomas Healy: As you look at our system, we're more around half a million dollars. As you look at fuel cells, you're up closer around that $700,000. It really still puts us in the middle of those two, which is where we're targeting to be. You know, obviously, our system has benefits over those other solutions that really drive the payback, the return on investment. That's improved efficiency, so you're actually gonna use less fuel. On the maintenance side, having lower maintenance as well, is what we're anticipating, which will then help you with driving a faster payback and return on your investment. That's kind of how we shape up against competition.
Speaker #1: So it really still puts us in the middle of those two , which is what we are , where we're targeting to be .
Speaker #1: And then obviously , our system has benefits over those other solutions that really drive the , the , the payback , the return on investment .
Speaker #1: So that's improved efficiency. So you're actually going to use less fuel. And then on the maintenance side, having lower maintenance as well is what we're anticipating, which will then help you with driving a faster payback and return on your investment.
Speaker #1: So that's kind of how we shape up against the competition . Now Another one of the benefits of this modular platform is it allows customers to really match the power they need with the amount of capacity we're giving them .
Thomas Healy: Another one of the benefits of this modular platform is it allows customers to really match the power they need with the amount of capacity we're giving them. Different data centers have different architectures. This 800 kilowatt system allows that flexibility. In terms of the risks you asked about, of going from 200 to 800 to then the 3.2, the core, the key thing here is the actual power generation unit, that 200 kilowatt KARNO core, remains the same in every size iteration. Once we validate and have confidence in that 200 kilowatt architecture, you're really just replicating it. I would equate it to think of like, going and buying an electric vehicle. You can buy ones that have different ranges.
Thomas Healy: Another one of the benefits of this modular platform is it allows customers to really match the power they need with the amount of capacity we're giving them. Different data centers have different architectures. This 800 kilowatt system allows that flexibility. In terms of the risks you asked about, of going from 200 to 800 to then the 3.2, the core, the key thing here is the actual power generation unit, that 200 kilowatt KARNO core, remains the same in every size iteration. Once we validate and have confidence in that 200 kilowatt architecture, you're really just replicating it. I would equate it to think of like, going and buying an electric vehicle. You can buy ones that have different ranges.
Speaker #1: So different data centers have different architectures And that this 800 kilowatt system allows that flexibility in terms of the risks . You asked about of going from 200 to 800 to then the 3.2 .
Speaker #1: So the core key thing here is the actual power generation unit . That 200 kilowatt Carnot core remains the same in every size iteration .
Speaker #1: And so once we validate and have confidence in that 200-kilowatt architecture, you’re really just replicating it. I would equate it to, think of like going and buying an electric vehicle.
Speaker #1: You can buy ones that have different ranges. At the end of the day, they're just putting more of the same batteries in the vehicle to get you longer range.
Thomas Healy: At the end of the day, they're just putting more of the same batteries in the vehicle to get you longer range. We're taking the same approach to power generation, where we're putting more of the same KARNO Cores back together to give you more capacity. In 2025, we actually spent a lot of time, a lot of effort on developing this 800 kW system because that is what's being utilized for the Navy. From there, what we said is, Well, as opposed to going and doing a re-engineering and doing a 2-MW system, why don't we just take that 800 kW and make that modular so that those can be stacked together? We are already well underway with the development of that system actually.
Thomas Healy: At the end of the day, they're just putting more of the same batteries in the vehicle to get you longer range. We're taking the same approach to power generation, where we're putting more of the same KARNO Cores back together to give you more capacity. In 2025, we actually spent a lot of time, a lot of effort on developing this 800 kW system because that is what's being utilized for the Navy. From there, what we said is, Well, as opposed to going and doing a re-engineering and doing a 2-MW system, why don't we just take that 800 kW and make that modular so that those can be stacked together? We are already well underway with the development of that system actually.
Speaker #1: We're taking the same approach to power generation , where we're putting more of the same Carnot cores back together , together to give you more capacity .
Speaker #1: So in 25 , we actually spent a lot of time , a lot of effort on developing this 800 kilowatt system , because that is what's being utilized in for the Navy .
Speaker #1: And then from there , what we said is , well , as opposed to going and doing a re-engineering and doing a two megawatt system , why don't we just take that 800 kilowatt and make that modular so that those can be stacked together ?
Speaker #1: So we already well underway with the development of that system actually
Speaker #5: And then on the ABM deal or partnership, can you just give us a little more background on ABM and maybe their expertise in terms of power deployment, and like what end markets they are, you know, stronger in?
[Analyst] (Needham & Company): Then on the ABM, deal or partnership, can you just give us a little more background on ABM, and maybe like their expertise in terms of power deployment and like what end markets they are, you know, stronger in?
Sean Milligan: Then on the ABM, deal or partnership, can you just give us a little more background on ABM, and maybe like their expertise in terms of power deployment and like what end markets they are, you know, stronger in?
Speaker #1: Absolutely . So ABM has a lot of breadth and experience in this space in power generation . And you know , they're their skills are widespread .
Thomas Healy: Absolutely. ABM has a lot of breadth and experience in this space, in power generation. You know, their skills are widespread. Everything from they've got a strong customer base, customers they're already working with, that are coming to them saying, Hey, we need additional power. We need to scale and expand. They can actually do the site engineering, so look at, you know, how do you integrate the actual power unit? They can actually do that integration work, the actual deployment, and they're set up to also do the long-term continuing service and upkeep of that site as well.
Thomas Healy: Absolutely. ABM has a lot of breadth and experience in this space, in power generation. You know, their skills are widespread. Everything from they've got a strong customer base, customers they're already working with, that are coming to them saying, Hey, we need additional power. We need to scale and expand. They can actually do the site engineering, so look at, you know, how do you integrate the actual power unit? They can actually do that integration work, the actual deployment, and they're set up to also do the long-term continuing service and upkeep of that site as well.
Speaker #1: Everything from they've got a strong customer base , customers are already working with that are coming to them saying , hey , we need additional power .
Speaker #1: We need to scale and expand to . Then they can actually do the site engineering . So look at how do you integrate the actual power unit .
Speaker #1: Then they can actually do that integration work . The actual deployment , and then they're set up to also do the long term continuing service and upkeep of that site as well .
Speaker #1: And in addition to all that , they also offer energy as a service solutions to there end customer , which for background there that means that you know , ABM would actually come in and procure and buy the technology .
Thomas Healy: In addition to all that, they also offer Energy as a Service solutions to their end customer, which for background there, that means that, you know, ABM would actually come in and procure and buy the technology, the solutions, and then they would charge the end customer based on a cost per kilowatt type of a purchasing agreement, to make it easier for customers to adopt solutions for power gen. ABM, very well-versed in this space, you know, one of the large players there. Their focuses range everywhere from, you know, things like airports, to data centers, to mission-critical applications. We've already started discussions with ABM and end customers together, and we're excited to see, you know, where that will take us here in 2026 and beyond.
Thomas Healy: In addition to all that, they also offer Energy as a Service solutions to their end customer, which for background there, that means that, you know, ABM would actually come in and procure and buy the technology, the solutions, and then they would charge the end customer based on a cost per kilowatt type of a purchasing agreement, to make it easier for customers to adopt solutions for power gen. ABM, very well-versed in this space, you know, one of the large players there. Their focuses range everywhere from, you know, things like airports, to data centers, to mission-critical applications. We've already started discussions with ABM and end customers together, and we're excited to see, you know, where that will take us here in 2026 and beyond.
Speaker #1: The solutions , and then they would charge the end customer based on a cost per kilowatt type of a purchasing agreement to make it easier for customers to adopt solutions for power gen .
Speaker #1: So ABM very well versed in this space . You know , one of the large players there . And then their focuses range everywhere from , you know , things like airports to data centers to mission critical applications .
Speaker #1: So we've already started discussions with ABM and end customers together , and we're excited to see where that will take us here in 26 and beyond
Speaker #5: Great. Thank you for the time.
Sean Milligan: Great. Thank you for the time.
Sean Milligan: Great. Thank you for the time.
Speaker #3: Our next question comes from Ted Jackson with Northland . Your line is open . Please go ahead .
Operator: Our next question comes from Donovan Schafer with Northland. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Operator: Our next question comes from Donovan Schafer with Northland. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Donovan Schafer: Thanks. Hey, Thomas. Hey, John.
Donovan Schafer: Thanks. Hey, Thomas. Hey, John.
Speaker #6: Hey , Thomas . Hey , John .
Speaker #1: Hey , Ted .
Jon Panzer: Hi, Ted.
Jon Panzer: Hi, Ted.
Donovan Schafer: I got a few questions for you. Let's start with just making sure I understand, you know, kind of, you know, CapEx and capacity. Right now, exiting, say, exiting 2025 at 30 printers. If I understand, you're gonna add one or two more during 2026, rather than expand the fleet, the effort is really focused on using it better. When we exit this year, roughly speaking, you'll be at 32 units, but you'll be running them, you know, at a much higher throughput rate. Is that the message?
Speaker #6: So I got I got a few questions for you . Let's start with just making sure I understand . Kind of CapEx and capacity .
Donovan Schafer: I got a few questions for you. Let's start with just making sure I understand, you know, kind of, you know, CapEx and capacity. Right now, exiting, say, exiting 2025 at 30 printers. If I understand, you're gonna add one or two more during 2026, rather than expand the fleet, the effort is really focused on using it better. When we exit this year, roughly speaking, you'll be at 32 units, but you'll be running them, you know, at a much higher throughput rate. Is that the message?
Speaker #6: So right now , exiting , say , exiting 25 , you had 30 . Printers and if I understand , then you're you're going to add 1 or 2 more during 26 .
Speaker #6: And rather than expand the fleet , the effort is really focused on using it better . But when we exit this year , roughly speaking , you'll be at 32 units , but you'll be running them at a much higher throughput rate .
Speaker #6: Is that the message ?
Speaker #2: Yeah , I think that I think you've got it summarized accurately . We don't know exactly how many we'll add . Maybe a handful this year .
Jon Panzer: Yeah, I think, Ted, you've got it summarized accurately. We don't know exactly how many we'll add, maybe a handful this year, so I wouldn't say exactly two. It might be a little more than that, but those are units we had on order from last year. You're thinking about it correctly. We've got a certain amount of capacity, and that capacity rate has been growing as we get more of these printers commissioned and operating to their optimum state. As Thomas was mentioning earlier, some of these are the latest generation printers, which have higher laser power than what we're used to. The work that we're gonna do to increase print speed this year will be related to taking advantage of that higher power and also just other programming opportunities that just make the printers run faster.
Jon Panzer: Yeah, I think, Ted, you've got it summarized accurately. We don't know exactly how many we'll add, maybe a handful this year, so I wouldn't say exactly two. It might be a little more than that, but those are units we had on order from last year. You're thinking about it correctly. We've got a certain amount of capacity, and that capacity rate has been growing as we get more of these printers commissioned and operating to their optimum state. As Thomas was mentioning earlier, some of these are the latest generation printers, which have higher laser power than what we're used to. The work that we're gonna do to increase print speed this year will be related to taking advantage of that higher power and also just other programming opportunities that just make the printers run faster.
Speaker #2: So I wouldn't say exactly two . Might be a little more than that . But those are units that we had on order from last year .
Speaker #2: But you're thinking about it correctly. We've got a certain amount of capacity, and that capacity rate has been growing. As we get more of these printers commissioned and operating to their optimum state...
Speaker #2: As mentioning earlier , some of these are the latest generation printers , which have higher laser power than what we're used to . So the work that we're going to do to increase print speed this year will be related to taking advantage of that higher power .
Speaker #2: And also just other programming opportunities that just make the printers run faster . So , you know , that's a lot of the good news is that's a great increase in output with not a whole lot of investment in terms of dollars .
Jon Panzer: You know, that's a lot of. The good news is that's great increase in output with not a whole lot of investment in terms of dollars. Yeah, we'll end 2026 with a, you know, a handful more printers and more throughput from the ones that we have.
Jon Panzer: You know, that's a lot of. The good news is that's great increase in output with not a whole lot of investment in terms of dollars. Yeah, we'll end 2026 with a, you know, a handful more printers and more throughput from the ones that we have.
Speaker #2: So that's what our focus will be on this year . So yeah , we'll end . In 2026 with a , you know , a handful more printers and and more throughput from the ones that we have .
Speaker #6: And then the , the , the range of your printers is everything from , you know , there's the older ones with one laser .
Donovan Schafer: The range of your printers, it's everything from, you know, there's the older ones with one laser, and then you have some with two, and then you've had some with four. These, the ones you'll be purchasing will be more of these, of the four laser printers. Is that correct?
Donovan Schafer: The range of your printers, it's everything from, you know, there's the older ones with one laser, and then you have some with two, and then you've had some with four. These, the ones you'll be purchasing will be more of these, of the four laser printers. Is that correct?
Speaker #6: Then you have some with two, and then you have some with four. And these—the ones you would be purchasing—will be more of these, of the four laser printers.
Speaker #6: Does that is that correct ? Yes .
Speaker #2: Actually it's a mix . It's a mix . So Thomas also mentioned that GE is working on some new laser technology . And and we're excited that help them out on development of that or trying to test out what that's capable of .
Jon Panzer: Actually, it's a mix. It's a mix. Thomas also mentioned that GE is working on some new laser technology, and we're excited to help them out on development of that or trying to test out what that's capable of, and that will actually be one of the printers with the smaller number of plates. We've really got opportunities across the range of our printer fleet.
Jon Panzer: Actually, it's a mix. It's a mix. Thomas also mentioned that GE is working on some new laser technology, and we're excited to help them out on development of that or trying to test out what that's capable of, and that will actually be one of the printers with the smaller number of plates. We've really got opportunities across the range of our printer fleet.
Speaker #2: And that will actually be one of the one of the printers with the smaller number of plates . So we've really got opportunities across the range of our printer fleet
Speaker #6: Okay And then you probably won't tell me this , but they kind of get a sense in terms of just sort of understanding as you , you roll through this and then you start your capacity expansion in the CapEx .
Donovan Schafer: And then, I mean, I know you probably won't tell me this, but to kind of get a sense, you know, in terms of just sort of understanding as you roll through this, and then you start, you know, your capacity expansion in the CapEx. I mean, roughly speaking, you know, for, like, the ideal printer, whatever, you know, whatever one it might be, what's the outlay for a singular unit?
Donovan Schafer: And then, I mean, I know you probably won't tell me this, but to kind of get a sense, you know, in terms of just sort of understanding as you roll through this, and then you start, you know, your capacity expansion in the CapEx. I mean, roughly speaking, you know, for, like, the ideal printer, whatever, you know, whatever one it might be, what's the outlay for a singular unit?
Speaker #6: I mean , roughly speaking , for the ideal printer , whether whatever one it might be , what's the outlay for a singular unit
Speaker #2: The cost or what are you asking for a printer or for
Jon Panzer: The cost?
Jon Panzer: The cost?
Donovan Schafer: Yep.
Donovan Schafer: Yep.
Jon Panzer: What are you asking?
Jon Panzer: What are you asking?
Donovan Schafer: Yeah.
Donovan Schafer: Yeah.
Jon Panzer: For a printer or.
Jon Panzer: For a printer or.
Donovan Schafer: For, you know...
Donovan Schafer: For, you know...
Speaker #7: You know
Speaker #2: Yeah . I mean , these are these are commercially available printers . So our exact cost , we can't we can't share . But you know that that is information that if you're looking at what additive printing machines cost , that's pretty readily available .
Jon Panzer: Yeah, I mean, these are commercially available printers. You know, our exact cost, you know, we can't share. You know, that is information that if you're looking at what additive printing machines cost, that's pretty readily available. Maybe, Ted, just to add slightly more, you know, some machines can actually come in less than $1 million. Other machines can be in the, you know, low single-digit millions.
Jon Panzer: Yeah, I mean, these are commercially available printers. You know, our exact cost, you know, we can't share. You know, that is information that if you're looking at what additive printing machines cost, that's pretty readily available. Maybe, Ted, just to add slightly more, you know, some machines can actually come in less than $1 million. Other machines can be in the, you know, low single-digit millions.
Speaker #1: Maybe, Ted, just to add slightly more, just some machines can actually come in at less than $1 million. And then other machines can be in the low single-digit millions.
Donovan Schafer: Okay. Going over to the kind of your revenue forecast and, you know, the development work you do. You know, you're guiding to $10 million of revenue, a mix between, you know, development work and, you know, I assume some unit revenue recognition. Starting with the development work, you know, you had $20 million of revenue with the U.S. Navy. You know, if you kind of go through it, you've rolled through about $5 million of that so far, so you got about $15 million of that, you know, kind of left to work through. You got another, let's call it, $40 or $50 million that, you know, across other things that you think you can bring in.
Speaker #6: Okay . And then going over to the kind of your revenue forecast and , and , you know , the development work you do , your guiding to $10 million of revenue , a mix between development work and I assume some , some unit revenue recognition , starting with the development work , you had $20 million of revenue with the US Navy .
Donovan Schafer: Okay. Going over to the kind of your revenue forecast and, you know, the development work you do. You know, you're guiding to $10 million of revenue, a mix between, you know, development work and, you know, I assume some unit revenue recognition. Starting with the development work, you know, you had $20 million of revenue with the U.S. Navy. You know, if you kind of go through it, you've rolled through about $5 million of that so far, so you got about $15 million of that, you know, kind of left to work through. You got another, let's call it, $40 or $50 million that, you know, across other things that you think you can bring in.
Speaker #6: If you kind of go through it, you've rolled through about $5 million of that so far. So you've got about $15 million of that kind of left to work through.
Speaker #6: You've got another , let's call it 40 or 50 million . That across other things that you think you can , you can bring in .
Speaker #6: When we look at let's start with the , the older stuff , I mean , will you will will you recognize , you know , a significant piece of that remaining 15,000,000 in 26 .
Donovan Schafer: When we look at, you know, let's start with, you know, the older stuff. I mean, when will you recognize, you know, a significant piece of that remaining $15 million in 2026? How do we think about that? What would be the timeline, if you would, for the new revenue that if you get these contracts in, where you would start seeing it happen? You know, kind of what are the milestones that you have to do to recognize that and get paid? I guess that's my next question.
Donovan Schafer: When we look at, you know, let's start with, you know, the older stuff. I mean, when will you recognize, you know, a significant piece of that remaining $15 million in 2026? How do we think about that? What would be the timeline, if you would, for the new revenue that if you get these contracts in, where you would start seeing it happen? You know, kind of what are the milestones that you have to do to recognize that and get paid? I guess that's my next question.
Speaker #6: How do we think about that ? And then what would be the timeline if you would for the new revenue that if you get these contracts in where you would start seeing it happen and then kind of what are the the milestones that you have to do to recognize .
Speaker #6: them and get paid? I guess that's my next question.
Speaker #2: Okay . There's a lot of pieces there . So remind me if I forget one of them . So the you're correct that most of the revenue that we project to earn this year would be from R&D services , although there will be commercial revenue from , from following commercialization of the very initial units that are early deployment units .
Jon Panzer: Okay. There's a lot, there's a lot of pieces there, so remind me if I forget one of them. You're correct that most of the revenue that we project to earn this year would be from R&D services, although there will be commercial revenue from following commercialization of the very initial units that are early deployment units. And that part that is R&D services revenue is part of that $20 million, roughly, of R&D contracts that we have. Part of that we spent in 2024, part of it last year. I think you're right, about $5 million spent so far. There is upside opportunity to that, just based upon the pace of our work. Some of that could roll into 2027 as well.
Jon Panzer: Okay. There's a lot, there's a lot of pieces there, so remind me if I forget one of them. You're correct that most of the revenue that we project to earn this year would be from R&D services, although there will be commercial revenue from following commercialization of the very initial units that are early deployment units. And that part that is R&D services revenue is part of that $20 million, roughly, of R&D contracts that we have. Part of that we spent in 2024, part of it last year. I think you're right, about $5 million spent so far. There is upside opportunity to that, just based upon the pace of our work. Some of that could roll into 2027 as well.
Speaker #2: And that that part that is R&D services revenue is part of that 20 million roughly of R&D contracts that we have . Part of that we spent in 2020 for part of it last year .
Speaker #2: I think you're right about about 5 million spent so far . There is upside opportunity to that just based upon the pace of our work .
Speaker #2: Some of that could roll into 2027 as well . The new contracts that we were talking about today , we plan to get those , you know , we hope to get those under contract and those are really more of kind of next fiscal year and really will provide us that runway .
Jon Panzer: The new contracts that we were talking about today, we plan to get those, you know, we hope to get those under contract, and those are really more of kind of next fiscal year and really will provide us that runway and pathway into 2027 and beyond. Let's see. Again, the timeline for those new contracts, we expect it to be kind of late in the year. On the commercialization side, the milestones, obviously, we wanna get a lot of hours on the units that we have, get these initial early adopter customer units in the customer's hands, finish testing them at our location, put them on customer sites. They have to meet customer specifications in terms of their operating capabilities.
Jon Panzer: The new contracts that we were talking about today, we plan to get those, you know, we hope to get those under contract, and those are really more of kind of next fiscal year and really will provide us that runway and pathway into 2027 and beyond. Let's see. Again, the timeline for those new contracts, we expect it to be kind of late in the year. On the commercialization side, the milestones, obviously, we wanna get a lot of hours on the units that we have, get these initial early adopter customer units in the customer's hands, finish testing them at our location, put them on customer sites. They have to meet customer specifications in terms of their operating capabilities.
Speaker #2: And pathway into into 2027 and beyond . See again , the timeline for those new contracts . We again , we expect it to be kind of late in the year .
Speaker #2: And then on the commercialization side , the milestones , obviously , we want to get a lot of hours on the units that we have , get these initial early adopter customer units and the customers hands finish testing at our location , put them on customer sites .
Speaker #2: They have to meet customer specifications in terms of of their operating capabilities . We mentioned UL certification has to be completed , and there's some steps around just just our manufacturing processes and so forth that have to be optimized and and repeatable and so forth .
Jon Panzer: We mentioned UL certification has to be completed, and there's some steps around just our manufacturing processes and so forth, that have to be optimized and repeatable and so forth. There's, you know, a lot of steps, fairly well-defined things that we have to do, which we expect to get done over the course of this year. Does that catch everything you were asking?
Jon Panzer: We mentioned UL certification has to be completed, and there's some steps around just our manufacturing processes and so forth, that have to be optimized and repeatable and so forth. There's, you know, a lot of steps, fairly well-defined things that we have to do, which we expect to get done over the course of this year. Does that catch everything you were asking?
Speaker #2: So there's , you know , a lot of steps fairly well defined things that we have to do , which we expect to get done over the course of this year Does that catch everything ?
Speaker #2: You were asking ?
Speaker #6: It did . It did . Thanks . And then on the ten systems , I mean , I know ten systems . Is it's a rough guesstimate for what you think you'll be able to put out in the field during 26 .
Donovan Schafer: It did. It did, thanks. On the 10 systems, I mean, I know 10 systems is, it's a rough guesstimate for what you think you'll be able to put out in the field, during 2026. Half of those are from the military, so I'm gonna assume those are not like, you know, the boxes, if you would, that, you know, I've seen in, you know, new testing facilities, but, you know, a little more bespoke. The, let's call it the remaining 5, will you recognize revenue on any of those?
Donovan Schafer: It did. It did, thanks. On the 10 systems, I mean, I know 10 systems is, it's a rough guesstimate for what you think you'll be able to put out in the field, during 2026. Half of those are from the military, so I'm gonna assume those are not like, you know, the boxes, if you would, that, you know, I've seen in, you know, new testing facilities, but, you know, a little more bespoke. The, let's call it the remaining 5, will you recognize revenue on any of those?
Speaker #6: Half of those are from the military . So I , I'm going to assume those are not the boxes . If you would , that I've seen in your testing facilities .
Speaker #6: But you know , a little more bespoke . The let's call it the five , will you recognize revenue on any of those ?
Speaker #6: I mean , I'm hard pressed .
Donovan Schafer: I mean, I'm hard-pressed to see, you know, like, if you're gonna do 10, that, and you have $10 million in revenue, that you're gonna recognize revenue on, you know, all 10 units that you're, you know, kind of circling in for, you know, you're kind of being, you know, put to customers. You know what I mean? Will you recognize revenue on, you know, KARNO modules outside of the Military during 2020?
Donovan Schafer: I mean, I'm hard-pressed to see, you know, like, if you're gonna do 10, that, and you have $10 million in revenue, that you're gonna recognize revenue on, you know, all 10 units that you're, you know, kind of circling in for, you know, you're kind of being, you know, put to customers. You know what I mean? Will you recognize revenue on, you know, KARNO modules outside of the Military during 2020?
Speaker #7: To
Speaker #6: See , if you're going to do ten that and you have 10 million in revenue that you're going to recognize revenue on all ten units that you're
Speaker #7: Kind of
Speaker #6: Circling in for, for.
Speaker #7: You know .
Speaker #6: Kind of being put to customers . But will you recognize revenue on , you know , carnal , carnal modules outside of the military during .
Speaker #7: 20 ?
Speaker #1: Sure . So maybe just to start off with the color of the units . So , yes , about half of them are going to military .
Thomas Healy: Sure. Maybe just to start off with the color of, you know, the units. Yes, about half of them going to military now. That is actually a split of some of them, and that's that 800 kilowatt module designed for going into the ship. Plus, actually, just to your point, Ted, about the military will also be taking delivery of boxes as well, units that are in a full 200 kilowatt enclosure, which is more focused on base deployments and prime power applications. We're actually doing both with the military, which is pretty exciting. On the units, the remaining units, which are more commercial ones, some of those will be going out to customer sites, you know, deployed.
Thomas Healy: Sure. Maybe just to start off with the color of, you know, the units. Yes, about half of them going to military now. That is actually a split of some of them, and that's that 800 kilowatt module designed for going into the ship. Plus, actually, just to your point, Ted, about the military will also be taking delivery of boxes as well, units that are in a full 200 kilowatt enclosure, which is more focused on base deployments and prime power applications. We're actually doing both with the military, which is pretty exciting. On the units, the remaining units, which are more commercial ones, some of those will be going out to customer sites, you know, deployed.
Speaker #1: Now that is actually a split of some of them . And that's that 800 kilowatt module designed for going into the ship . Plus actually just to your point , Ted , about the military will also be taking delivery of of boxes as well .
Speaker #1: Units that are in a full 200 kilowatt enclosure , which is more focussed on base deployments and prime power applications . So we're actually doing both with the military , which is pretty exciting .
Speaker #1: And then on the the units , the remaining units , which are more commercial ones , some of those will be going out to customer sites deployed .
Speaker #1: They are paying for these systems , even though we won't recognize revenue right on the front end . They are paying for the systems and and then some of those units , a couple of them were also anticipating having them as units that we can , as we're talking about , bring out the data centers , showcase abilities .
Thomas Healy: They are paying for these systems, even though we won't recognize revenue right on the front end. They are paying for the systems, and then a couple of them, we're also anticipating having them as units that we can, as we were talking about, bring out to data centers, showcase the abilities there, integrate into customer sites, and really prove that application. Because as we look at, you know, 2028, 2029, 2030, there is so much growth happening in the data center space that we wanna make sure that people will view us this year as a viable solution in that market. That's where it's important for us to showcase that. I'll then hand it over to John on how it works in terms of actually recognizing that early adopter unit revenue, though.
Thomas Healy: They are paying for these systems, even though we won't recognize revenue right on the front end. They are paying for the systems, and then a couple of them, we're also anticipating having them as units that we can, as we were talking about, bring out to data centers, showcase the abilities there, integrate into customer sites, and really prove that application. Because as we look at, you know, 2028, 2029, 2030, there is so much growth happening in the data center space that we wanna make sure that people will view us this year as a viable solution in that market. That's where it's important for us to showcase that. I'll then hand it over to John on how it works in terms of actually recognizing that early adopter unit revenue, though.
Speaker #1: There , integrate into customer sites and and really prove that application . Because as we look at 28 , 29 , 20 , 30 , there is so much growth happening in the data center space that we want to make sure that people will view us this year as a viable solution in that market .
Speaker #1: And so that's where it's important for us to showcase that. I'll then hand it over to Jon on how it works in terms of actually recognizing that early adopter unit revenue, though.
Speaker #2: Yeah . So just , just , just as an example , some of the early units that we expect to deploy initially here and some some that are already built and operating , once we have reached commercial official commercialization , then we would expect to recognize revenue for those .
Jon Panzer: Yeah, just have, you know, just as an example, some of the early units that we expect to deploy initially here and some that are already, you know, built and operating. Once we have reached, you know, official commercialization, then we would expect to recognize revenue for those. There could be some that are still in the process of acceptance and so on, that may slip outside of that. Yeah, that's the point of commercialization, is that we can recognize revenue, and the earliest ones that we deliver would be the prime candidates for that recognition right away.
Jon Panzer: Yeah, just have, you know, just as an example, some of the early units that we expect to deploy initially here and some that are already, you know, built and operating. Once we have reached, you know, official commercialization, then we would expect to recognize revenue for those. There could be some that are still in the process of acceptance and so on, that may slip outside of that. Yeah, that's the point of commercialization, is that we can recognize revenue, and the earliest ones that we deliver would be the prime candidates for that recognition right away.
Speaker #2: There could be some that are still in the process of acceptance, and so on, that may slip outside of that.
Speaker #2: But yeah , that's the point of of commercialization is that we can recognize revenue and the earliest ones that we deliver would be the prime candidates for for that recognition right away .
Speaker #6: Yeah . But so just to make sure I understand , you will recognize some revenue . But when you talk about the ten units , it's not ten units that are going to flow through in terms of your PNL , it's ten units that you're actually going to , for lack of a better term , you're going to ship .
Donovan Schafer: Just to make sure I understand, you will recognize some revenue. When you talk about the 10 units, it's not 10 units that are gonna flow through, you know, in terms of your PNL. It's 10 units that you're actually gonna, like, for lack of a better term, you're gonna ship them. They're gonna be... You know what I'm saying? They may not have been accepted, revenue recognized, but they have.
Donovan Schafer: Just to make sure I understand, you will recognize some revenue. When you talk about the 10 units, it's not 10 units that are gonna flow through, you know, in terms of your PNL. It's 10 units that you're actually gonna, like, for lack of a better term, you're gonna ship them. They're gonna be... You know what I'm saying? They may not have been accepted, revenue recognized, but they have.
Speaker #7: Them .
Speaker #6: They're going to be , you know what I'm saying ? They might not have been accepted in revenue recognized , but
Jon Panzer: Yeah. You're correct, maybe just to decompose the revenue, a little bit further, there's gonna be services related to R&D services, so testing and engineering work, even stuff we contract out. Then the deliveries that Thomas just mentioned, the full systems and 800 kilowatt system, then what we would call commercial customers, the initial units that we're deploying now, with our early adopter customers. Those will turn into revenue once we've crossed the threshold of commercialization, as well as making sure individually on those contracts that we've met the contract, the customer contractual requirements.
Jon Panzer: Yeah. You're correct, maybe just to decompose the revenue, a little bit further, there's gonna be services related to R&D services, so testing and engineering work, even stuff we contract out. Then the deliveries that Thomas just mentioned, the full systems and 800 kilowatt system, then what we would call commercial customers, the initial units that we're deploying now, with our early adopter customers. Those will turn into revenue once we've crossed the threshold of commercialization, as well as making sure individually on those contracts that we've met the contract, the customer contractual requirements.
Speaker #2: You're correct. And maybe just to decompose the revenue a little bit further, there's going to be services related to R&D services.
Speaker #2: So testing and engineering work , even even stuff we contract out . And then the deliveries that Thomas just mentioned , the full systems and 800 kilowatt system .
Speaker #2: And then what we would call commercial customers , the initial units that we're deploying now with our early adopter customers , those will turn into revenue once we've crossed the threshold of commercialization , as well as making sure individually on those contracts that we've met , the contract , the customer contractual requirements .
Speaker #6: Okay . And then my very last question , because I've taken up more time than I'm allowed , I think . But , you know , you're up to 175kW with regards to the corona .
Donovan Schafer: Okay, and then my very last question, because I've taken up more time than I'm allowed, I think. You know, with, you know, you're up to 175 kW with regards to the KARNO now, Thomas. You've got, you said, you know, as you've kind of gone through testing, I mean, it's part of the process of why you go through beta and everything, all under the sun. You know, you got more tweaks to do to get up to that 200 kW. Can you take a little time and kind of talk about, you know, where the things are that you need, you know, that you've discovered, you know, to?
Donovan Schafer: Okay, and then my very last question, because I've taken up more time than I'm allowed, I think. You know, with, you know, you're up to 175 kW with regards to the KARNO now, Thomas. You've got, you said, you know, as you've kind of gone through testing, I mean, it's part of the process of why you go through beta and everything, all under the sun. You know, you got more tweaks to do to get up to that 200 kW. Can you take a little time and kind of talk about, you know, where the things are that you need, you know, that you've discovered, you know, to?
Speaker #6: Now , Thomas , you've got you said as you kind of gone through testing as part of it's part of the process of why you go through beta and everything else under the sun is you got more tweaks to do to get up to that 200 kilowatt .
Speaker #6: Can you take a little time and kind of talk about , you know , where the things are that you need , that you've discovered , you know , that you need to revise and kind of where you are in the process .
Donovan Schafer: That you need to revise and kind of where you are in the process to resolving those issues, for lack of a better term, so that you can get to that 200 kilowatt goal? That's my last question. Thanks very much.
Donovan Schafer: That you need to revise and kind of where you are in the process to resolving those issues, for lack of a better term, so that you can get to that 200 kilowatt goal? That's my last question. Thanks very much.
Speaker #7: To
Speaker #6: Resolving those issues , for lack of a better term , so that we can so that you can get to that 200 kilowatt goal .
Speaker #6: This is my last question . Thanks very .
Speaker #7: Much .
Speaker #1: Perfect . All right . So yeah , obviously great progress in the corner quarter . Get into that 175 . We another core thing is we don't see it as fundamental architecture changes to get to the full 200kW .
Thomas Healy: Perfect. All right. Yeah, obviously, great progress in the quarter, getting to that 175. Another core thing is we don't see it as fundamental architecture changes to get to the full 200 kW. It's really about refinement. To use an analogy, like, this is a heat-powered solution, right? It's almost like squeezing a balloon. When you go, you know, contain the heat in one area, like squeezing a balloon, it wants to expand and go out other areas. We talked about earlier in the year of 2025, the regenerators, that's really the, that fine mesh, the thermal battery. We saw a deficiency there. Once we solved that, it was like squeezing the balloon in that area to then it showcased some other areas we needed to work on.
Thomas Healy: Perfect. All right. Yeah, obviously, great progress in the quarter, getting to that 175. Another core thing is we don't see it as fundamental architecture changes to get to the full 200 kW. It's really about refinement. To use an analogy, like, this is a heat-powered solution, right? It's almost like squeezing a balloon. When you go, you know, contain the heat in one area, like squeezing a balloon, it wants to expand and go out other areas. We talked about earlier in the year of 2025, the regenerators, that's really the, that fine mesh, the thermal battery. We saw a deficiency there. Once we solved that, it was like squeezing the balloon in that area to then it showcased some other areas we needed to work on.
Speaker #1: It's really about refinements . So to use an analogy like this is a heat powered solution right . And so it's almost like squeezing a balloon when you go , you know , contain the heat in one area , like squeezing a balloon .
Speaker #1: It wants to expand and go out other areas . And so we talked about earlier in the year of 25 , the regions .
Speaker #1: That's really the that fine mesh that the thermal battery we saw a deficiency there . Once we saw that , it was like squeezing the balloon in that area to then it showcased some other areas we needed to work on .
Speaker #1: So to give examples , those are over the past quarter , we've been working on a new cylinder wall sleeve that has better thermal properties , so it doesn't let heat transfer through as easily .
Thomas Healy: To give examples, those are, over the past quarter, we've been working on a new cylinder wall sleeve that has better thermal properties, so it doesn't let heat transfer through as easily. We working on a new piston design that reduces the amount of radiation, so heat that can actually flow through it, as well as, you know, smaller things like improved thermal blankets around the solution that keeps heat in better, some unique materials that can, you know, get, stop heat from transferring from one part to the other. All this, you know, as noted, it's small changes. Some of the things that I mentioned just now have already been rolled in. That's what got us to those improved power levels.
Thomas Healy: To give examples, those are, over the past quarter, we've been working on a new cylinder wall sleeve that has better thermal properties, so it doesn't let heat transfer through as easily. We working on a new piston design that reduces the amount of radiation, so heat that can actually flow through it, as well as, you know, smaller things like improved thermal blankets around the solution that keeps heat in better, some unique materials that can, you know, get, stop heat from transferring from one part to the other. All this, you know, as noted, it's small changes. Some of the things that I mentioned just now have already been rolled in. That's what got us to those improved power levels.
Speaker #1: We working on a new piston design that reduces the amount of radiation . So heat that can actually flow through it , as well as , you know , smaller things like improved thermal blankets around the solution that keeps heat in better , some unique materials that can , you know , get stop heat from transferring from one part to the other .
Speaker #1: All this , as noted , is small changes . Some of the things that I mentioned just now have already been rolled in .
Speaker #1: That's what got us to those improved power levels . Others are at a stage where we just got the first batch of these new cylinder wall sleeves in just this past week .
Thomas Healy: Others are at a stage where we just got the first batch of these new cylinder wall sleeves in just this past week. Pistons, we expect to get those in in the coming weeks. We are in the middle of still evolving that. You know, tying this all back together, it's important to note, like we're at the point where the power that these systems are producing now is sufficient to get the initial units out there, and so that is the prime focus right now. In parallel, we'll work on continuing to get up to that 200 kilowatts. Hopefully that adds some helpful color.
Thomas Healy: Others are at a stage where we just got the first batch of these new cylinder wall sleeves in just this past week. Pistons, we expect to get those in in the coming weeks. We are in the middle of still evolving that. You know, tying this all back together, it's important to note, like we're at the point where the power that these systems are producing now is sufficient to get the initial units out there, and so that is the prime focus right now. In parallel, we'll work on continuing to get up to that 200 kilowatts. Hopefully that adds some helpful color.
Speaker #1: Pistons . We expect to get those in in the coming weeks . And so we are in the middle of evolving that . But you know , tying this all back together , it's important to note like we're we're at the point where the power that these systems are producing now is sufficient to get the initial units out there .
Speaker #1: And so that is the prime focus right now. And then in parallel, we'll work on continuing to get up to that 200 kW.
Speaker #1: So hopefully that adds some helpful color.
Speaker #6: It does . It does . Okay . Thanks very much . And thanks for all the .
Donovan Schafer: It does. It does. Okay, thanks very much, and thanks for all the time.
Donovan Schafer: It does. It does. Okay, thanks very much, and thanks for all the time.
Speaker #7: Time .
Speaker #2: Thanks .
Jon Panzer: Thanks, Ted.
Jon Panzer: Thanks, Ted.
Speaker #7: Ted
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Speaker #4: Oh , thank you for taking the follow up question . Just wanted to ask about the control systems that you mentioned . Is that something you're developing internally or could we see some sort of partnership there
Martin Malloy: Thank you for taking a follow-up question. Just wanted to ask about the control systems that you mentioned. Is that something you're developing internally, or could we see some sort of partnership there?
Martin Malloy: Thank you for taking a follow-up question. Just wanted to ask about the control systems that you mentioned. Is that something you're developing internally, or could we see some sort of partnership there?
Speaker #1: Yeah, we've really taken the approach of developing all the software in-house. So it is highly IP design developed in-house by Hyliion.
Thomas Healy: We've really taken the approach of developing all the software in-house, so it is Hyliion's IP, designed, developed in-house by Hyliion. We see this as, you know, a key part of our solution and one that, you know, I didn't mention this in Ted's last question, but we even see some software improvements that we can make that will even squeak out some additional kilowatts out of the system. With all that in-house solution owned by us, where we will integrate with others is for site integration, right? We will not be the primary controller on a site. That is, you know, something that we will integrate with other site systems, or others' EV charging pedestals, things like that, and then, you know, let them operate it.
Thomas Healy: We've really taken the approach of developing all the software in-house, so it is Hyliion's IP, designed, developed in-house by Hyliion. We see this as, you know, a key part of our solution and one that, you know, I didn't mention this in Ted's last question, but we even see some software improvements that we can make that will even squeak out some additional kilowatts out of the system. With all that in-house solution owned by us, where we will integrate with others is for site integration, right? We will not be the primary controller on a site. That is, you know, something that we will integrate with other site systems, or others' EV charging pedestals, things like that, and then, you know, let them operate it.
Speaker #1: And we see this as , you know , a key part of our solution . And one that , you know , I didn't mention this in Ted's last question , but we even see some software improvements that we can make that will even squeak out some additional kilowatts out of the system .
Speaker #1: So with all that in-house solution owned by us , where we will integrate with others , is for site integration , right ? So we will not be the primary controller on a site that is , you know , something that we will integrate with other site systems or others .
Speaker #1: EV charging pedestals , things like that . And then , you know , let them operate it . It is key to note , though , we we do have the ability to integrate into other DC architectures .
Thomas Healy: It is key to note, though, we do have the ability to integrate into other DC architectures. Think about like a battery pack. You can plug a battery pack right into the KARNO Power Module, and we can communicate directly with that, and even control the battery. We see it as a very advanced software and one that customers who have been on site have actually seen it as a little bit of like a Tesla moment, where Tesla was the first to really put a large screen and display into their cars.
Thomas Healy: It is key to note, though, we do have the ability to integrate into other DC architectures. Think about like a battery pack. You can plug a battery pack right into the KARNO Power Module, and we can communicate directly with that, and even control the battery. We see it as a very advanced software and one that customers who have been on site have actually seen it as a little bit of like a Tesla moment, where Tesla was the first to really put a large screen and display into their cars.
Speaker #1: So think about, like, a battery pack. You can plug a battery pack right into the Carnot power module, and we can communicate directly with that.
Speaker #1: And even control the battery . And so so we see it as a very advanced software . And one that customers who have been on site have actually seen it as a little bit of like a Tesla moment where Tesla was the first to really put a large screen and display into their cars .
Thomas Healy: We're, you know, believe we're one of the first to really put a large screen and a lot of information that a user can look at real time on the actual power module and get feedback both at the unit or through the cloud.
Speaker #1: We're believe we're one of the first to really put a large screen , and a lot of information that a user can look at real time on the actual power module and get feedback both at the unit or through the cloud .
Thomas Healy: We're, you know, believe we're one of the first to really put a large screen and a lot of information that a user can look at real time on the actual power module and get feedback both at the unit or through the cloud.
Speaker #2: Yeah , we've got a very strong software and controls team , and they were many of them were some of our top people back when we had our powertrain division .
Jon Panzer: Yeah, yeah, we've got a very strong software and controls team. Many of them were some of our top people back when we had our powertrain division. We've been really able to leverage those skill set of those people.
Jon Panzer: Yeah, yeah, we've got a very strong software and controls team. Many of them were some of our top people back when we had our powertrain division. We've been really able to leverage those skill set of those people.
Speaker #2: So we've been really able to leverage those those skill set of those people
Speaker #4: Terrific. Thank you for your time.
Martin Malloy: Terrific. Thank you for your time.
Martin Malloy: Terrific. Thank you for your time.
Speaker #2: Thank you
Thomas Healy: Thank you.
Thomas Healy: Thank you.
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Speaker #3: I will now turn the call back to Thomas for closing remarks.
Speaker #1: Thank you everyone for joining today's call . Apologies again for the technical difficulties at the start there , but glad we were able to get that resolved and , you know , just setting the stage again for 2026 .
Thomas Healy: Thank you, everyone, for joining today's call. Apologies again for the technical difficulties at the start there, glad we were able to get that resolved. You know, just setting the stage again for 2026, this is a year that we're focused on getting units out there into the field, getting those customer deployments out there, and really showcasing the units working. We started the deployments of early adopter units last year, continue that this year and get units out into the field. As we look at the years ahead, I mean, a lot of exciting opportunities growing, not just in prime power, but then the other two that we mentioned heavily on this call with the military, expanding upon military contracts and then also the data center space.
Thomas Healy: Thank you, everyone, for joining today's call. Apologies again for the technical difficulties at the start there, glad we were able to get that resolved. You know, just setting the stage again for 2026, this is a year that we're focused on getting units out there into the field, getting those customer deployments out there, and really showcasing the units working. We started the deployments of early adopter units last year, continue that this year and get units out into the field. As we look at the years ahead, I mean, a lot of exciting opportunities growing, not just in prime power, but then the other two that we mentioned heavily on this call with the military, expanding upon military contracts and then also the data center space.
Speaker #1: This is the year that we're focused on getting units out there into the field, getting those customer deployments out there, and really showcasing the units working.
Speaker #1: We started the deployments of early adopter units last year, continue that this year and get units out into the field, and then as we look at the years ahead.
Speaker #1: I mean , a lot of exciting opportunities growing not just in prime power , but then the other two that we mentioned heavily on this call with the military expanding upon military contracts , and then also the data center space .
Speaker #1: So we look forward to hopefully sharing further good news in those two areas throughout this year . Thank you again for joining the call , and we look forward to chatting again on our next earnings call
Thomas Healy: We look forward to hopefully sharing further good news in those two areas throughout this year. Thank you again for joining the call, and we look forward to chatting again on our next earnings call.
Thomas Healy: We look forward to hopefully sharing further good news in those two areas throughout this year. Thank you again for joining the call, and we look forward to chatting again on our next earnings call.
Speaker #3: This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect. All right, this.
Operator: This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect. All right. This event has now concluded. Thank you for joining Hyliion Holdings Q4 2025 earnings release. The line will disconnect automatically.
Operator: This concludes today's call. Thank you for attending. You may now disconnect. All right. This event has now concluded. Thank you for joining Hyliion Holdings Q4 2025 earnings release. The line will disconnect automatically.