CORRESP Filing
Airship AI Holdings, Inc.
Date: Oct. 18, 2023 · CIK: 0001842566 · Accession: 0001013762-23-004622
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File numbers found in text: 333-274464
Referenced dates: October 6, 2023
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October
18, 2023
VIA
EDGAR
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
100
F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:
BYTE Acquisition Corp.
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed September 11, 2023
File No. 333-274464
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Set forth below are the responses of BYTE Acquisition
Corp. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”)
to comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by letter dated October 6, 2023, with respect to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), File No. 333-274464, filed with the Commission on
September 11, 2023. The Company has filed Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (“Amendment No. 1”),
together with this letter, via EDGAR submission.
For your convenience, each response is prefaced by the exact text of
the Staff’s corresponding comment in bold text. All references to page numbers and captions correspond to the Amendment No. 1 unless
otherwise specified.
Registration Statement on Form S-4, September 11, 2023
Cover Page
1. We note that the registration statement refers to PIPE Financing. Please revise
the cover page to highlight the terms of the PIPE Financing. Also expand your disclosure on the cover page and throughout the filing to
highlight material differences in the terms and price of securities issued at the time of the IPO as compared to the PIPE Financing.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and respectfully notes that, as of the date of the filing of Amendment No. 1, there is no commitment for any
PIPE Financing. The Company has revised its disclosure on the cover page and throughout Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
2. Disclose whether the consummation of any PIPE Financing is a condition of closing
or whether the Minimum Cash Condition may equal or exceed $7 million without any PIPE Financing.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and throughout Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
3. You disclose that the Insiders will be able to approve all of the proposals
even if all other outstanding shares are voted against such proposals. You also disclose that the Maximum Redemptions Scenario assumes
71.9% of the outstanding Public Shares are redeemed. Please clarify whether any amount of redemptions may cause the parties to be unable
to meet the Minimum Cash Condition and therefore result in the inability to approve all of the proposals.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and respectfully
notes that the Company expects the Minimum Cash Condition to be satisfied through the Non-Redemption Agreements. The Company has revised
its disclosure on the cover page and throughout Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
4. Please revise the cover page and prospectus summary to disclose the voting power
percentage of your directors and executive officers and that you expect to be a “controlled company” post-business combination
and provide a cross-reference to your risk factor disclosure and the longer discussion of the exemptions available to you as a “controlled
company.”
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on the cover page and throughout Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
Risk Factors, page 49
5. In your risk factors, please highlight the risk that the sponsor will benefit
from the completion of a business combination and may be incentivized to complete an acquisition of a less favorable target company or
on terms less favorable to shareholders rather than liquidate.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 73-75 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
Historically, existing customers
have expanded their relationships..., page 48
6. We note your disclosure that Airship AI depends on a relatively small number
of customers. To add context to this disclosure, please revise to disclose the number of customers for each period presented. In addition,
for each customer that provided greater than 10% of revenue, quantify the specific percentage each represented for each period. Finally,
disclose the details of any material agreements with your top two customers and file the agreements as exhibits, or tell us why it is
not required.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and notes for the
Staff that Airship AI has revised its disclosure on page 49 of Amendment No. 1 to provide the total number of customers for each period
presented and the specific percentage each customer that provided greater than 10% of revenue represented for each period. For the Staff’s
information, Airship AI does not have any master service agreements with its customers. For its government agency customers, Airship AI
must submit and complete standard bidding forms which contain all the applicable terms and conditions for its service offerings. For its
commercial customers, the customers submit detailed purchase orders which generally contain all the key terms and conditions, but such
purchase orders may be supported by separate statements of work for particular projects. No single purchase order is a material contract
under Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10). Accordingly, Airship AI does not believe it is required to file the purchase orders as exhibits.
However, the disclosure has been revised on page 49 of Amendment No. 1 to describe the material terms of the purchase orders.
We are currently an emerging growth company..., page 79
7. Expand your risk factor disclosure to describe how and when a company may lose
emerging growth company status.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 71 and 82 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
The underwriters of the IPO were to be compensated in part on a
deferred basis..., page 80
8. We understand that Citigroup, the lead underwriter in your SPAC IPO, waived
the deferred underwriting commissions that would otherwise be due to it upon the closing of the business combination. Disclose whether
Citigroup provided you with any reasons for the fee waiver. If there was no dialogue and you did not seek out the reasons why Citigroup
was waiving the deferred fees, despite already completing their services, please indicate so in your registration statement.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 20, 83-84, and 104 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
BYTS Board of Directors’ Reasons for the Approval of the Business
Combination, page 107
9. We note your disclosure that “Airship AI is operating in the Edge AI Software
Market that is projected to grow at a ~25% CAGR to approximately $3.5 billion by 2029E and the Edge AI Hardware Market that is projected
to grow at a ~19% CAGR to approximately $39 billion by 2030E.” Please revise to address how you calculated or determined these amounts.
In addition, provide a source for each of your market and industry statements throughout the registration statement.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on page 109 and 218 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
The Business Combination Proposal
Certain Projected Financial Information for Airship AI, page 108
10. Please expand your disclosure of the material assumptions underlying the financial
projections to also include any limitations or other estimates. Expand your disclosure to provide additional detail and quantification
of all the material assumptions used, including those related to the sales pipeline report to forecast revenue by customer and project.
Given that the revenue and gross margin forecasts are based on such sales pipeline report, disclose the details and assumptions of such
report.
Response: The Company
believes that the material assumptions underlying the financial projections include any relevant limitations or other estimates that
would be helpful to investors. Airship AI has expanded the disclosure on page 113 of Amendment No. 1 to provide additional detail
and quantification of the material assumptions related to the sales pipeline report.
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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 162
11. We note that BYTS intends for the Domestication and the Merger to qualify as
a reorganization, and, if so, U.S. Holders would generally not recognize any gain or loss as a result of each transaction. Please attribute
this representation of tax consequences to counsel and file a tax opinion pursuant to Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K or advise why the
tax consequences are not material to an investor.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on pages 15, 87, and 166-174 of Amendment No. 1. Additionally, White &
Case LLP will deliver an opinion that the Domestication should qualify as a reorganization under section 368 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and Loeb & Loeb LLP will deliver an opinion that the Merger should qualify as a
reorganization under section 368(a) of the Code. Forms of such opinions have been filed as Exhibits 8.1 and 8.2 to Amendment No. 1.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of June
30, 2023, page 184
12. Please revise to indicate the $198,000 adjustment to accumulated deficit relates
to pro forma balance sheet adjustment (5).
Response: The Company
acknowledges the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on page 193 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
2. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance
Sheet as of June 30, 2023, page 189
13. Please provide us with your detailed calculations to arrive at pro forma adjustment
(4). Specifically, tell us how you determined the $2,054 adjustment to common stock, the $9.61 million adjustment to additional paid-in
capital, and the $9.65 million adjustment to accumulated deficit. Please revise, as appropriate, to provide additional disclosure that
supports these calculations.
Response: The Company has
set forth below the detailed calculation to support and reflect the recapitalization of
Airship AI through (a) the contribution of all the share capital in Airship AI to Airship Pubco Common Stock, (b) the issuance of
13,693,215 Airship Pubco shares, (c) the forfeiture of an aggregate of 2,269,437 shares in connection with the Parent Support
Agreement consisting of 1,000,000 founder shares to be forfeited at Closing and 1,269,437 of the Share Contribution shares subject
to forfeiture at Closing, (d) the surrender of the Class B Ordinary Share of the Company, and (e) the elimination of the historical
accumulated deficit of the Company of $9.71 million as adjusted and calculated below, of the legal acquiree, consisting of $16.28
million historical accumulated deficit as of June 30, 2023 plus the waived underwriting fee of $11.33 million and transaction costs
totaling $4.76 million.
Class A ordinary shares reconciliation:
Class B ordinary shares converted to Class A ordinary shares at par
$ 912
Issuance of 13,693,215 shares at par
1,369
Forfeiture of Sponsor Class A ordinary shares at par
(227 )
Total Class A ordinary shares adjustment at par
$ 2,054
BYTS historical accumulated deficit elimination reconciliation
in millions:
Historical accumulated deficit
$ 16.28
BYTS waived underwriting fee
(11.33 )
BYTS transaction cost settled in cash
2.81
BYTS transaction cost settled in stock
3.38
Accrued transaction cost included in balance sheet
(1.43 )
Total eliminated historical accumulated deficit
$ 9.71
Less historical Airship capital to be recapitalized
$ 0.04
Net impact to additional paid in capital
$ 9.67
Information About Airship AI, page 210
14. We note your statements here and on pages 212 and 213 that you expect predictable,
long-term recurring revenue from your support and maintenance agreements. Tell us what consideration was given to disclosing recurring
revenue in your key performance indicator disclosure on page 217. If management uses recurring revenue to manage the business, revise
to disclose how you define and calculate this measure, how you track it, and the amount of recurring revenue for each period presented.
Include discussion of any significant changes in the amount from period to period. Refer to SEC Release 33-10751.
Response: For the Staff’s information, Airship AI considered and determined
not to disclose recurring revenue as a key performance indicator. Historically, a majority of Airship AI’s product revenue consisted
primarily of a bundled hardware and software product and to date it has sold or licensed a minimal amount of standalone software. In the
future, Airship AI expects to see more delivery of its products using a cloud based software solution which will allow it to create additional subscription revenue. As Airship AI grows and increases its product offerings and customer base, Airship AI intends to
consider more advanced key performance indicators such as recurring revenue. Airship AI has revised its disclosure on page 221 of Amendment
No. 1 to provide more detail in this regard.
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15. We note your disclosure that you “specialize in ingesting data from edge-based
sensors...including surveillance cameras (video), audio, telemetry, acoustic, seismic, and autonomous devices.” Please revise to
provide a more detailed discussion regarding the specific data points or types of data your artificial intelligence platform collects
and utilizes from each of the identified sources. As one example, it is unclear whether the surveillance camera data collected and used
includes facial or gait recognition, or other forms of identifying data. In addition, clarify whether your AI or machine learning models
use outside data sources, such as publicly available datasets or from your other customers, or if they are closed-loop systems.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on page 214 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
16. Please revise to more clearly explain what “dark” and “unstructured”
data are, as well as how “edge” AI differs from artificial intelligence more generally.
Response: The Company acknowledges
the Staff’s comment and has revised its disclosure on page 214 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
17. Please revise to provide a more complete discussion regarding how your AI models
operate including how your AI models structure data from the various inputs and the specific data points customers receive. As a non-exclusive
example, we note your disclosure that “Airship Command is our suite of visualization tools that allow customers to interact with
their data and devices securely and efficiently” but it is unclear what visualization and structured data customers have access to
and specifically how it can increase efficiency and operational metrics.
Response: The Company acknowledges the Staff’s
comment and has revised its disclosure on page 214 of Amendment No. 1 accordingly.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations of Airship AI
Key Performance Indicators, page 217
18. We note your qualitative discussion of certain key performance indicators. Please
revise to provide quantitative information related these measures for each period presented and include a discussion of any significant
fluctuations in the measures from period to period. Refer to SEC Release 33-10751.
Response: As discussed in response to Comment 14, Airship AI’s product
revenue has consisted primarily of a bundled hardware an