---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819142-23-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SES"
cik: "0001819142"
company_name: "SES AI Corp"
filed_at: "2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T03:47:38.275441+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SES AI Q4 2022 net loss $0.03; 2022 cash ops $46.5M below guidance; 2023 cash usage guided $130-170M

## Summary
- Q4 operating expenses $20.7M (R&D $8.3M, G&A $12.4M); non-cash gain $9.0M from sponsor earn-out liability.
- Full-year 2022 cash from ops $46.5M and capex $14.7M, both below prior guidance of $55-60M and $20-25M.
- Cash and short-term investments $390M at Dec 31, 2022; company says sufficient to reach commercialization.
- 2023 guidance: cash ops $80-100M, capex $50-70M, total cash usage $130-170M; plans to double/triple headcount and hire CMO.
- Transitioning from A-sample to B-sample lines in 2023; Avatar accuracy on 100Ah cells >60% (vs 0% at start of 2022).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819142-23-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SES
- cik: 0001819142
- company_name: SES AI Corp
- filed_at: 2023-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000021/0001819142-23-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000021/ses-20230314x8k.htm

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