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~~305 ~~Terra~~North ~~Bella~~Mathilda Avenue

~~Mountain View~~Sunnyvale, California ~~94043~~94085

(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 85.0103 ~~Other~~Amendments ~~Events~~to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

~~On July~~Effective July 18, 2025, the Board of Directors of Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) ~~filed~~adopted athe ~~prospectus~~Amended ~~supplement~~and toRestated Bylaws ~~the~~which ~~prospectus~~reduced ~~included~~the inquorum ~~the~~required ~~Company’s Registration~~for ~~Statement~~stockholder onmeetings ~~Form S-3~~from ~~(File~~the ~~No. 333-286404),~~holders ~~which~~of ~~was~~the ~~declared~~shares ~~effective~~of bystock ~~the~~having ~~Securities~~a ~~and~~majority ~~Exchange~~of ~~Commission~~the votes onwhich ~~April~~could ~~11,~~be ~~2025,~~cast ~~under~~by the ~~Securities~~holders ~~Act~~ of ~~1933,~~all asoutstanding ~~amended,~~shares ~~relating~~of tostock ~~the~~entitled ~~issuance~~to ~~and~~vote ~~sale~~at ~~from~~the ~~time~~meeting to(the ~~time~~“Prior ofQuorum Requirement”) up to ~~$50.0~~one-third ~~million of~~(33 ~~shares~~1/3%) of ~~Class A~~the ~~common~~voting ~~stock~~power of ~~the~~shares ~~Company,~~of ~~$0.001~~stock ~~par~~which ~~value~~could ~~per~~be ~~share~~cast (by the ~~“Shares”),~~holders ~~pursuant~~of toall ~~the~~outstanding shares Atof ~~The~~stock ~~Market Offering~~entitled ~~Agreement,~~to ~~dated~~vote ~~February 1,~~at ~~2023,~~the ~~between~~meeting (the ~~Company~~“Amended ~~and~~Quorum HRequirement”).~~C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.~~

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AThe ~~legal~~foregoing description of the ~~opinion~~Amended ~~relating~~and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the ~~Shares~~full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed ~~herewith~~ as Exhibit 5 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit		Description
5.1		Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP
3.1		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Knightscope, Inc.
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

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