UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 18, 2025

Knightscope, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-41248

46-2482575

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1070 Terra Bella Avenue

Mountain View, California 94043

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 924-1025

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		KSCP		Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On July 18, 2025, Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-286404), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2025, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance and sale from time to time of up to $50.0 million of shares of Class A common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated February 1, 2023, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

A legal opinion relating to the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit		Description

5.1		Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP
23.1		Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	knightscope, INC.

Date: July 18, 2025	By:	/s/ William Santana Li
	Name:	William Santana Li
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President

Knightscope, Inc. 8-K