LiveOne, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Balance Sheet & Financial Position Improvements

  • Strongest balance sheet in many years with over $20 million in cash following replacement of East West Bank loan (over $7 million) with JGB loan (over $16.5 million) and closing of $10 million equity financing.
  • Eliminated $14 million in short-term liabilities, including $2.5 million in Q1 FY2026 alone.
  • Completed 31% staff reduction (from 138 to 95 employees) with additional cost savings planned; cuts applied across the board, including at Slacker, enabled by AI efficiencies.

Revenue & Partnership Highlights (B2B Focus)

  • Fortune 500 partnership soft-launched August 5, 2025; potential to drive 30+ million paying subscribers via white-label solution (Intel Inside model); expected to replace or exceed prior Tesla revenue scale over next five years.
  • Amazon three-year deal ($16.5 million total) off to strong start with expectations to exceed minimum guarantees.
  • Fortune 250 streaming network revenues now over $26 million and growing; 75 additional B2B deals in pipeline.
  • PodcastOne: Record quarterly revenue of $15 million (annualized run rate of $60 million+); acquired at $17 million annual revenue, now significantly scaled.
  • Expected $50 million in B2B revenues (across Slacker and PodcastOne) over next 12 months, with heavier contribution in fiscal Q3 and Q4.

Tesla Partnership Updates

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Operator: Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. My name is Jim, and I'll be your conference operator today. I would like to welcome everyone to the LiveOne Inc. Q1 Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results and Business Update. I will now turn the floor over to Mr. Ryan Carhart. Ryan Carhart: Thank you. Good morning and welcome to LiveOne's Business Update and Financial Results Conference Call for the company's fiscal first quarter ended June 30th, 2025. Presenting on today's call with me is Rob Ellin, CEO and Chairman of LiveOne. Some of the statements made on today's call are forward-looking and are based on current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions that involve various risks and uncertainties. Please refer to the company's filings with the SEC for information about factors which could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements, including those described in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31st, 2025, and subsequent SEC filings. You'll find reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures discussed today in the company's earnings release, which is posted on the Investor Relations website. I'd now like to turn the call over to LiveOne's CEO, Rob Ellin. Rob Ellin: Thank you, Ryan. To start with, I want to thank Ryan for the brilliant job he's done as our new CFO, coming off the dramatic changes in the Tesla agreement and the loss of thos

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