---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819142-23-000085"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SES"
cik: "0001819142"
company_name: "SES AI Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T16:58:52.281307+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SES AI reports Q3 net loss $0.04/sh; cash $342M; expects Li-Metal B-sample JDA soon

## Summary
- Operating expenses $19.4M ($8.5M R&D, $10.9M G&A); net loss $0.04/sh fully diluted.
- Cash and securities $342M; 2023 total cash usage guidance $85-$105M.
- Expects to sign world's first automotive Li-Metal B-sample JDA with OEM in coming weeks.
- Safety breakthroughs: new cathode, self-venting, protected anode; second testing bunker completed.
- Three A-sample lines operational; two B-sample lines under prep with vendor qualification reviews.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819142-23-000085
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SES
- cik: 0001819142
- company_name: SES AI Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000085/0001819142-23-000085-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000085/ses-20231107x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819142-23-000085.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SES AI Corp reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2023, SES AI Corporation (the “Company”) released a letter to its shareholders, which includes a business update and the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819142/000181914223000085/0001819142-23-000085-index.htm

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