Ascendiant Capital Markets Maintains Buy Rating for Knightscope

Raises Per Share Price Target to $3.75

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Knightscope, Inc. [Nasdaq: KSCP] (“Knightscope” or the “Company”), a leading developer of autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communication systems, today announced that Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC ("Ascendiant") has maintained a buy rating and has revised its price target upward to $3.75 per share from $3.50 per share.

Ascendiant has conducted extensive research and analysis stating, “We believe strong growth over the next year and AI assets to drive stock much higher.”

Ascendiant is an investment banking and equity research firm focusing on high-growth sectors, with expertise in technology, healthcare, and other emerging industries. It has not received compensation for advisory or investment banking services from the Company in the past 12 months.

“Valuation attractive: We are maintaining our BUY rating but raising our 12-month price target to $3.75 from $3.50, based on a NPV analysis, representing significant upside from the current share price. We believe this valuation appropriately balances out the company’s high risks with its high growth prospects and large upside opportunities.” – Ascendiant

Investors, analysts, and members of the media are encouraged to review the research report here.

About Knightscope

Knightscope is an advanced public safety technology company that builds fully autonomous security robots and blue light emergency communications systems that help protect the places people live, work, study and visit. Knightscope’s long-term ambition is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world. Learn more about us at www.knightscope.com. Follow Knightscope on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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