SINGAPORE, Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SAI.TECH Global Corporation (“SAI.TECH” or “SAI” or the “Company”, NASDAQ: SAI, SAITW), today reported unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Financial Highlights for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Mr. Arthur Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated that, “The negative impact caused by tightened regulation on crypto mining businesses and the vibration in cryptocurrency markets on the Company’s business resulted in the downward trend on the Company’s half-year financial result.”
Recent Developments
Despite the deterioration of the global bitcoin market and the fall of bitcoin price, we believe that minimizing total mining costs is key to future success and have continued our research and development towards innovative liquid cooling technologies, to expand our capabilities and advantages as an energy-saving clean bitcoin mining operator. We have powered up our U.S. R&D Center SAI NODE Marietta and OCEC Computing Heat Recycle Technology Development Center in Ohio in August, after months of development. Besides our infrastructure products that are compatible with bitcoin mining machines, we have begun the research, development, and production of a new containerized data center with immersive liquid cooling capabilities to provide stable operating environment for AI-dedicated GPUs, in conjunction with GIGABYTE’s HPC immersion servers.
Research and Development of New Products
On-site Project Development in the U.S.
Presence at Online and In-Person Events
Financial Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
Revenues
Sales of Products. Sales of products represented the sales of high-performance digital asset mining machines to end customers. The revenue from sales of products was $2.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, decreased by $1.5 million, or 42% from $3.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was mainly due to slack market conditions of mining machines amid a sluggish bitcoin market.
Hosting Service. Hosting service includes all services related to hosting (including keeping and running the mining machines) and daily maintenance of servers to customers. Our hosting revenue was derived from our hosting operations in Kazakhstan, which were $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease was mainly in connection with our hosting client that gradually scaled down the operation in response to local electricity power policy.
Mining Pool. Mining pool income includes revenues from the Company’s self-owned sai.plus mining pool, representing mining rewards from sai.plus mining pool. The Company allocates mining rewards to each pool participant, mainly the hosting clients, net of the pool operator fees based on the sharing mechanism predetermined and records as cost of mining pool revenue. Our mining pool revenues were $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022.
Mining Revenue. Mining revenue represents mining rewards generated from the Company’s self-owned mining machines. The mining revenue is mainly derived from our operations in Mexico beginning in 2022. Our mining revenues were $0.4 million and $0.03 million, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2022. We started our self-mining business in the second half of 2022.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues primarily included the cost for the purchase of high-performance digital asset mining machines, costs incurred for our self-mining activities, and the direct costs incurred for the provision of hosting services and mining rewards allocated to each provider of pool participant in exchange for their computing power contributed to the mining pool.
The cost of revenues decreased by $1.9 million or 40%, from $4.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to $2.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease was mainly due to the $1.2 million decrease in cost for the purchase of high-performance digital asset mining machines and a $0.6 million decrease in hosting service amid a sluggish bitcoin market in the first half of 2023.
Gross (Loss)/Profit and Gross Margin
Our gross profit decreased by $0.4 million, from $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to gross profit of $0.2 million for six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue (“gross margin”) was 11% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2022, and 2023, respectively. The decrease of gross margin was mainly due to the decrease in margin of sales of products as a result of a drop in the selling price amid a sluggish bitcoin market.
Selling and Marketing Expenses
Our selling and marketing expenses primarily consisted of staff costs and travelling expenses to participate in marketing activities. Selling and marketing expenses increased by $0.4 million from $0.24 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to $0.65 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was mainly due to a $0.2 million increase in depreciation expense, and a $0.2 million increase in incentive plan amortization that was launched in December 2022.
General and Administrative Expenses
Our general and administrative expenses mainly consisted of salaries and bonuses, office related expenses and professional service fees. General and administrative expenses increased by $0.5 million, or 20%, from $2.57 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to $3.11 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to an increase of $1.2 million in incentive plan amortization that was launched in December 2022 and a decrease of $0.6 million in depreciation expense.
Research and Development Expenses
Our research and development expenses mainly consisted of amortization expenses of intangible assets and costs for the development of waste heat recovery technology. Research and development expenses increased by $0.5 million, or 380%, from $0.13 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, to $0.61 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase was mainly attributable to the amortization of research and development employees’ incentive plan that was launched in December 2022.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Impairment of long-lived assets were nil and $0.07 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively. The impairment of long-lived assets during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was mainly due to the impairment of cryptocurrency.
Other Income (Expense), net
Other income was $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which mainly comprises a government grant of $0.7 million, $0.1 million gain on disposal of inventories, $0.2 million investment gain, offset by loss on disposal of fixed assets of $0.6 million. Other expense was $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, which mainly comprises of loss on disposal of fixed assets of $0.3 million.
Net loss
As a result of the foregoing, we had a net loss of $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, and a net loss of $3.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023.
Other financial information
As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s total cash and cash equivalents were US$ 7.7 million, compared with $11.22 million as of December 31, 2022. Net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $0.48 million, as compared to $8.43 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, decreased by 94.3%. Net cash used in investing activities was $2.97 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to $0.68 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, representing an increase of 335.3%. Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was nil, as compared to $21.07 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, decreased by 100%.
About SAI.TECH
SAI.TECH is a Nasdaq-listed (SAI) heat recycle computing center operator headquartered in Singapore. SAI is dedicated to providing clean computing services based on liquid cooling and chip waste heat utilization technology.
In May 2022, SAI became a publicly traded company under the new ticker symbol “SAI” on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) through a merger with TradeUP Global Corporation (“TradeUP”). For more information on SAI.TECH, please visit https://sai.tech/.
Forward-Looking Statements:
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SAI.TECH GLOBAL CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In thousands, except for number of shares and per share data) | ||||||||
As of December 31, 2022 | As of June 30, 2023 | |||||||
(US$) | (US$) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 11,215 | 7,707 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 1,541 | 2,021 | ||||||
Inventories | 152 | 285 | ||||||
Cryptocurrencies | 50 | 412 | ||||||
Stablecoin assets | 4,612 | 4,466 | ||||||
Deposits, prepayments and other current assets, net | 1,121 | 985 | ||||||
Total current assets | 18,691 | 15,876 | ||||||
Non-current assets: | ||||||||
Property and equipment, net | 1,872 | 2,740 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 94 | 23 | ||||||
Construction in process, net | — | 1,092 | ||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 443 | 956 | ||||||
Total non-current assets: | 2,409 | 4,811 | ||||||
Total assets | 21,100 | 20,687 | ||||||
Liabilities and equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | 165 | 1,257 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities-current | 188 | 240 | ||||||
Accrued and other liabilities | 159 | 186 | ||||||
Other payable and accrued liabilities | 43 | 41 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 555 | 1,724 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities-non-current | 231 | 676 | ||||||
Total Liabilities | 786 | 2,400 | ||||||
Shareholders’ equity: | ||||||||
*Class A Ordinary shares ($0.0001 par value; 330,369,366 shares authorized, 13,315,903 and 14,113,299 shares issued and outstanding in December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2023.) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
*Class B Ordinary shares ($0.0001 par value; 9,630,634 shares authorized and outstanding in December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2023.) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 46,030 | 47,859 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (25,257 | ) | (28,982 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) | (461 | ) | (592 | ) | ||||
Total shareholders’ equity | 20,314 | 18,287 | ||||||
Total Liabilities and shareholders’ equity | 21,100 | 20,687 | ||||||
* The shares and per share data are presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the reorganization. |
SAI.TECH GLOBAL CORPORATION UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS)/INCOME (In thousands, except for number of shares and per share data) | ||||||||
For the Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
2022 | 2023 | |||||||
(US$) | (US$) | |||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
Revenues | 5,376 | 3,026 | ||||||
Cost of revenues | 4,774 | 2,847 | ||||||
Gross Profit | 602 | 179 | ||||||
Sales and marketing expenses | 238 | 652 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 2,574 | 3,105 | ||||||
Research and development expenses | 129 | 609 | ||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets | 70 | — | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 3,011 | 4,366 | ||||||
Loss from operations | (2,409 | ) | (4,187 | ) | ||||
Other (expense)/income, net | (320 | ) | 462 | |||||
Loss before income tax | (2,729 | ) | (3,725 | ) | ||||
Income tax expenses | — | — | ||||||
Net loss | (2,729 | ) | (3,725 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive loss | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation loss | (118 | ) | (131 | ) | ||||
Total comprehensive loss | (2,847 | ) | (3,856 | ) | ||||
Loss per ordinary share* | ||||||||
Basic and diluted | (0.1209 | ) | (0.1578 | ) | ||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding*: | ||||||||
Basic & Diluted | 22,564,287 | 23,611,768 | ||||||
* The shares and per share data are presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the reorganization. |
Last Trade: | US$0.75 |
Daily Volume: | 0 |
Market Cap: | US$11.250M |
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