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accession: "0001213900-22-068735"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001822145"
company_name: "Presto Automation Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T15:12:22.821537+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Presto Automation dismisses Withum, appoints Moss Adams as new auditor

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed Withum as independent auditor on October 27, 2022.
- Withum's prior reports included going-concern doubt; material weakness in stock classification noted.
- Moss Adams engaged to audit FY ending June 30, 2023; previously audited Legacy Presto.
- No disagreements or reportable events (other than the material weakness) during prior periods.
- Withum letter agreeing with disclosures attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-068735
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001822145
- company_name: Presto Automation Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000121390022068735/0001213900-22-068735-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000121390022068735/ea167911-8k_prestoauto.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Presto Automation Inc. dismissed Withum Smith+Brown, PC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Withum Smith+Brown, PC
  source text: On October 27, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Audit Committee ”) approved the dismissal of Withum Smith+Brown, PC (“ Withum ”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000121390022068735/0001213900-22-068735-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Presto Automation Inc. engaged Moss Adams LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Moss Adams LLP
  source text: On October 27, 2022, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Moss Adams LLP (“ Moss Adams ”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822145/000121390022068735/0001213900-22-068735-index.htm

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