Q3 2025 Algorhythm Holdings Inc Earnings Call

Speaker #1: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Algorithm Holdings third quarter 2025 financial results earning call. My name is Elvis, and I'll be your operator today.

Speaker #1: As a reminder, this call is being recorded. We have a brief safe harbor statement, and then we'll get started. This call contains forward-looking statements under U.S.

Speaker #1: federal securities laws. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or present expectations.

Speaker #1: A description of some of the risks and uncertainties can be found in the reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the cautionary statement found in our current and periodic filings.

Speaker #1: Now, I'll turn the call over to Gary Atkinson, Company CEO. Please go ahead, Gary.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining our third quarter 2025 earnings call. My name is Gary Atkinson, Company CEO. I'm also joined this morning by Alexandre, Company CFO and General Counsel.

Speaker #2: I appreciate you taking the time to hear about the progress we've made as Algorithm continues on its growth as a leading AI-driven logistics technology company.

Speaker #2: This quarter was a major milestone for us. It was the first reporting period since we completed the sale of our legacy Singing Machine business and transitioned to a clean financial presentation reflecting only our core operations at Semicab.

Speaker #2: This is the new algorithm, a lean technology-first organization focused squarely on disrupting freight logistics through artificial intelligence and network optimization. Before diving into our recent progress, I want to restate the core problem that Semicab is solving and why our conviction in this business continues to grow.

Speaker #2: First, the global truckload transportation market is massive. It has a total addressable market of approximately $3 trillion per year. Second, the industry remains massively inefficient.

Speaker #2: On average, one out of every three miles driven by a truck is empty. These empty miles cost shippers and carriers over $1 trillion annually, not to mention the hidden impacts of unnecessary road congestion, wasted fuel, and avoidable CO2 emissions.

Speaker #2: Third, Semicab is uniquely positioned to address this problem. We are one of the first freight technology platforms to embed our AI-driven collaborative optimization model directly into the core of our architecture.

Speaker #2: Our platform is designed by default to continuously optimize every single load we process automatically, finding multilateral matches to reduce empty miles. And finally, we're seeing the proof.

Speaker #2: It's working. In India, our real-world case studies show many examples of truck utilization rates improving to approximately 85%, outperforming industry average by more than 20 percentage points.

Speaker #2: If done at scale and with proper execution, we believe Semicab can be an integral part of the infrastructure that coordinates all full truckload movements around the world.

Speaker #2: Alex will go into more detail shortly, but I want to call. Major achievements from. Quarters. During the third quarter, revenue increased approximately 1,300% year over year, representing an annualized run rate of about $7 million.

Speaker #2: This year, we've added four new Fortune 500 clients in India, and we've converted five pilot programs into multi-million dollar contract expansions. Across all awarded expansions, we are now tracking toward approximately $10 million in annual contractual run rate.

Speaker #2: This is a forward-looking metric and dependent on continued access to trucks. But it is a strong indicator of the direction and scale that we're moving ahead with.

Speaker #2: We anticipate further customer activity before year-end, and we look forward to updating you as progress continues. With that, I will now turn the call over to Alex.

Speaker #2: Andre, our CFO, who will walk through the third quarter financial

Speaker #2: results. Thank you,

Speaker #3: Gary. Hello, everyone. The quarterly report that we will be filing with the FCC later today will present our financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30th, 2025, and '24.

Speaker #3: As Gary mentioned, we sold Singing Machine on August 1st. Under applicable gap provisions, we reflected all financial results attributable to Singing Machine as discontinued operations in our financial statements.

Speaker #3: As a result, our balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows only reflect the financial results of our continuing operations, including the operations of Semicab.

Speaker #3: Singing Machine's financial results for all periods reported in our financial statements are reflected in select line items, referencing discontinued operations. Moving on to our third quarter financial results, the.

Speaker #3: Months ended September 30th, 2025, increased to $1.7 million from $100,000 last year primarily due to the acquisition of SMCB Solutions Private Limited on May 2nd, 2025.

Speaker #3: SMCB, which owns our Semicab business in India, was responsible for $1.7 million of revenue that we achieved during the third quarter of 2025. Semicab's legacy U.S.

Speaker #3: business was responsible for the $100,000 of revenue that we generated during the third quarter of 2024. We recently announced that Semicab's annualized revenue run rate had tripled to more than $7 million since January 2025.

Speaker #3: This growth was reflected in the revenue that we generated this quarter. We expect Semicab to generate around $2 million during our fourth quarter. During the next 12 months, we expect revenue to increase substantially, with Semicab's annualized revenue run rate increasing to between $15 million and $20 million by the end of next year.

Speaker #3: This will be largely attributable to the growth in our Semicab India business, but will also reflect some revenue that we expect to generate from Semicab's new U.S.-based SaaS business that we recently announced.

Speaker #3: Gary will discuss Semicab's U.S. SaaS business later during this call. Gross loss for the three months ended September 30, 2025, increased to

Speaker #1: loss is This a function of the revenue that semi cab from the generates managed services that provides in India , and the freight handling and servicing costs that compromise its cost of sales that it connection with the incurs in provision of those services .

Speaker #1: cab pays Semi for access to trucks and generates revenue by using these trucks to complete shipments for its customers . Semi into contracts cab enters for access trucks to when it enters into new territories , then begins generating revenue in these territories as it acquires customers .

Speaker #1: There . Semi cab does not fully utilize the that is paying for when the trucks first enters new territories , as it obtains customers and territories and is awarded more routes from its customers , it will be able to more fully utilize the trucks it has under contract .

Speaker #1: This will result in the amount of revenue generated from the trucks going up , spreading a larger revenue base over the relatively small cost of the trucks it is using in the territories .

Speaker #1: We expect gross loss to decrease over the next 12 months as the growth in revenue that semi cab generates from obtaining additional routes from its growing customer base exceeds the increase in the cost of sales that it will incur as it enters into contracts for access to additional trucks .

Speaker #1: Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30th , 2025 decreased to 1.2 million from 1.8 million last year . The decrease was due primarily to cost reduction measures that were implemented during the past couple of quarters , and the decrease in operating expenses that we incurred during the three month period end September 30th , 2024 .

Speaker #1: In connection with our acquisition of the assets of Semi Cabs' U.S. business on July 3, 2024, we expect general and administrative expenses to increase over the next 12 months as we continue to invest in the growth and development of our semi cab business.

Speaker #1: Net loss for the three months ended September 30th , 2025 decreased to 1.8 million from 2.1 million last year . The decrease was due primarily to the cost reduction measures that we implemented during the past couple of quarters , and the decrease in operating expenses that we incurred during the three month period end of September 30th , 2024 .

Speaker #1: In connection with our acquisition of the assets of semi US business on July 3rd , 2024 , net loss available to common stockholders expected to is remain as similar levels over the next 12 months .

Speaker #1: We expect cost reduction activities that we are engaged in to beneficially impact our net loss , but expect this to be offset by increases in the investment we will make in the growth and development of semi cab .

Speaker #1: That concludes my overview of the third-quarter financial results.

Speaker #2: Perfect. Thank you, Alex. Before we open up the call to questions, I would like to close by highlighting a new initiative that we announced last week that we believe will meaningfully accelerate our growth and further transform our business.

Speaker #2: launch of The Semi Cab Apex , our new SaaS platform for the US and global markets . Apex is an important evolution of our go to market strategy and a major expansion of our business model .

Speaker #2: It offers a combination of high margins , rapid scalability , and global adaptability delivered through cloud based software that is frictionless for customers .

Speaker #2: Here are a few key reasons why we are so excited about apex . Apex is a high margin SaaS product . Because apex is delivered entirely of software without any physical freight operations , it carries significantly higher gross margin as adoption increases , we expect apex to significantly improve our blended company margins and strengthen overall profitability .

Speaker #2: Apex scales quickly. Unlike our managed services business, Apex does not require access to trucking or growing fleets. Apex can be deployed within any enterprise shipper's business that manages their own operations. Apex can be dedicated or implemented with a third-party logistics (3PL) warehouse or carrier network.

Speaker #2: Apex is also extremely easy to implement. We designed Apex to integrate into existing DMs or management systems for transportation via commonly used APIs, without requiring a major overhaul.

Speaker #2: IT integration project . This dramatically reduces customer friction and speeds up time to market . Apex is globally deployable because we are solving a global inefficiency that is not dependent on region specific physical operations .

Speaker #2: Apex can be deployed in the US , India , Europe , Middle East or any market around the world where shippers need better visibility .

Speaker #2: Planning and optimization . I'll this close on note . Apex is the future of semi cab . We're building toward a world where our platform powers millions of loads every day across tens of thousands of shippers globally , where we are positioned to generate recurring revenue and transaction fees on each and every one of these loads .

Speaker #2: That is coming through the semi cab platform. With that, I would now like to open the call for any questions.

Speaker #3: like to ask a If you'd question , please press Star one on your phone . Now and you'll be placed into the queue in the order received .

Speaker #3: We'll pause briefly to form our queue . Again , everyone star one for a question We have . a question from Brian Tantalo and investor .

Speaker #4: Hey , good morning Gary .

Speaker #2: Hey, good morning, Brian. How are you?

Speaker #4: Good . Congratulations on a great quarter . Appreciate the update . Just one quick . You talked about apex . Sounds extremely exciting .

Speaker #4: Can you just explain what the go to market strategy is ? What we should be looking for as points of progress ?

Speaker #2: Yeah , absolutely . Brian . Thanks . Thanks for that question . Happy to talk more about apex . I mean , again , we are very , very excited about this product launch , particularly US in the .

Speaker #2: So in terms of sort of the go to market strategy , we've identified three different verticals that we're going to be going after with the apex product .

Speaker #2: So the first one that we touched on is enterprise shippers. These would be fast-moving consumer goods companies, very similar in profile to the companies that we are servicing in India.

Speaker #2: And basically any enterprise customer that has its own dedicated fleet . So for example , let's say customers like a Pepsi or a Coca-Cola or a Walmart or , you know , basically that large clients have 50 to 60% of their trucking is internally managed .

Speaker #2: They could deploy same Sammy cab apex platform , right ? Sort of on top of their TMS system . And so it's a very we're not asking a customer to replace their entire TMS system .

Speaker #2: We're just asking them to add some API hooks that go into our cloud based apex platform to help optimize what they're already doing .

Speaker #2: So that's one distinct vertical . The at other one we're looking essentially three PL warehousing customers that offer freight brokerage services . They could be then utilizing the semi cab apex platform to offer new services to their existing customers .

Speaker #2: So it sort of be like a white labeling of our platform where three PL warehouses could advertise themselves as a five PL service provider and basically white label .

Speaker #2: Our platform to their customers . So that's another way of generating revenue . And then finally , the last segment that we've identified is the carriers themselves .

Speaker #2: So, if you're a large transporter with thousands of trucks, you could utilize semi cabs to help improve what you're currently already doing.

Speaker #2: And so that's sort of the three different verticals that we've identified . And we're going to be sort of growing our sales team over time as we as we as we progress our conversations with those different customer groups .

Speaker #2: So hopefully that that answers the question .

Speaker #4: Thank you very much. And congratulations again.

Speaker #2: Thank you . Thank you . Appreciate it .

Speaker #3: Next we have Eric Nickerson of Third Century Partners .

Speaker #5: Hey , hey good morning Gary I'm sorry . You there . Can you hear me ? Hello ?

Speaker #2: Can you hear you ? I can hear you .

Speaker #5: Okay , good . I came onto the call just as you were finishing up your comments and opening up for questions . All I really want to ask is , is this call going to be is it going to have is it going to on be on the website so I can listen to it ?

Speaker #5: There ?

Speaker #2: Yep . This call , this call is recorded . It will be available up on our website a little bit later today . Once the recording becomes available and we can share it out with you .

Speaker #2: Eric .

Speaker #2: .

Speaker #5: Okay , that . Just one other question . A moment ago you said you're particularly excited about the United States . Is that to say that you think the US market is going to be a better immediate place to attack than India ?

Speaker #5: good . I'll do

Speaker #5: Did I hear you right?

Speaker #2: Well , I mean , I yeah . So I don't want to I think the thing that I'm so excited about the US and the apex launch in particular , is , you know , the , the margins on SaaS are typically 90 to 95% gross margins .

Speaker #2: So the ability to transform the financials of the company just much more meaningful with , with , with the apex launch and also the ability which it can scale .

Speaker #2: Right now, I'd say one of the sort of gating items on the growth in India is just access to trucks. Whereas here, with the Apex launch in the U.S., we're not limited at all by any physical access to really anything.

Speaker #2: It's pure software . It's cloud based . It scale as fast as a customer wants to scale . And so there's no it's just a much easier to scale and deploy as India , which opposed to is not to say we're not excited about the growth in India .

Speaker #2: I mean, we've got massive, massive growth opportunities in India, but it does require more of an operational lift just because you need to have access to trucks.

Speaker #2: You need a , you know , a full team on site to manage . So they're both good businesses . We both think they complement each other well .

Speaker #2: It's just one can move a lot faster than the other

Speaker #5: good . I won't bother you with stuff that'll probably just make you repeat what you've already said . I'll listen to the call on the on the transcript .

Speaker #5: So thanks . That's all I have .

Speaker #2: Perfect . Thank you .

Speaker #3: Again , everyone . Star one for a question . And we have no further questions at this time . Gary I'll turn the program back over to you for any closing comments .

Speaker #2: Okay . All right . Well , that concludes our prepared portion of the call today . I want to just thank everybody for taking the time to join us .

Speaker #2: And we look forward to continuing to update everybody into the near-term future as we continue to scale the business , add clients , expand clients , and continue to grow .

Speaker #2: So thank you again for all your support , and we'll be talking soon . Thank you .

Speaker #3: That concludes our meeting today . Thank you for joining . disconnect .