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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-081448"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001813658"
company_name: "Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:50:47.886456+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tempo Automation cuts 90% workforce, CFO resigns; going concern doubt

## Summary
- Board approved termination of 62 employees, reducing workforce from ~69 to 7; completed July 14, 2023.
- CEO Joy Weiss and CTO Ralph Richart take 50% base salary reductions effective July 15, 2023.
- CFO Benton resigns effective July 14, remains director; Keith Tainsky appointed Interim CFO.
- Company reiterates substantial doubt about ability to continue as a going concern, seeks capital.
- No material termination benefit charges expected from the workforce reduction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-081448
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001813658
- company_name: Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813658/000110465923081448/0001104659-23-081448-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813658/000110465923081448/tm2321430d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-081448.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith Tainsky was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On and effective as of July 15, 2023, the Board appointed Keith Tainsky, the Company's Vice President of Finance and Business Operations, as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813658/000110465923081448/0001104659-23-081448-index.htm
- Executive change
  Benton resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On and effective as of July 14, 2023, Mr. Benton resigned his position as Chief Financial Officer of Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1813658/000110465923081448/0001104659-23-081448-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.