SAIHEAT Limited Reports Audited Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2024

Rhea-AI Summary

SAIHEAT reported its fiscal year 2024 results with total revenues of $5.54 million, showing an 18% decrease from 2023's $6.78 million. The company faced challenges but saw significant growth in mining revenue, which increased 125% year-over-year.

Key financial highlights:

• Net loss improved slightly to $5.89 million from $6.12 million in 2023
• Mining revenue doubled to $2.92 million
• Other income rose 62% to $2.02 million
• Product sales declined 48% to $2.50 million

The company is focusing on three main areas: Bitcoin mining services, Associate Petroleum Gas (APG) solutions, and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. Notable developments include selling 40MW of liquid-cooling containers to Bitdeer and launching HEATNUC, an advanced SMR system for AI computing centers. Despite challenges from the Bitcoin halving event, SAIHEAT maintains its strategy of combining cryptocurrency mining with clean energy solutions.

Positive

• Mining revenue increased 125% to $2.92 million due to higher average Bitcoin prices
• Other income grew 62% to $2.02 million from crypto asset value appreciation
• Net loss improved slightly to $5.89 million from $6.12 million in 2023
• Secured sale of 40MW liquid-cooling container products to Bitdeer subsidiary
• Started accepting Bitcoin payments for products and services
• No impairment of long-lived assets recorded in 2024, compared to $0.14 million in 2023

Negative

• Total revenue decreased 18% to $5.54 million
• Gross loss of $1.01 million compared to gross profit of $0.46 million in 2023
• Product sales declined 48% to $2.50 million
• Hosting service revenue fell 86% to $0.05 million
• Mining pool revenue decreased 78% to $0.07 million
• Cost of revenues increased 4% despite lower sales
• Gross margin turned negative at -18% compared to positive 7% in 2023
• Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $1.04 million from $3.18 million

Insights

Financial Analyst

SAIHEAT reports significant revenue decline, gross loss, and concerning operating metrics despite strategic pivots toward Bitcoin mining and new technology initiatives.

SAIHEAT Limited's fiscal year 2024 results reveal substantial financial deterioration. Total revenues 18% to $5.54 million, with the company reporting a gross loss of $1.01 million compared to a gross profit in 2023. Their gross margin turned negative at -18% versus +7% previously.

The company experienced revenue declines across multiple business segments:

• Product sales decreased 48% to $2.50 million
• Hosting services plummeted 86% to $0.05 million
• Mining pool revenue fell 78% to $0.07 million

The lone bright spot was mining revenue, which increased 125% to $2.92 million, though this was primarily driven by higher Bitcoin prices rather than operational improvements (daily production increased marginally from 0.12 to 0.13 bitcoin).

Cash position weakened significantly, declining from $3.18 million to $1.04 million, while the company added $2.12 million in short-term borrowings. Inventory levels surged from $44,000 to $772,000, while accounts receivable dropped from $900,000 to $237,000, suggesting potential challenges in product sales.

Management is attempting to pivot toward three focus areas: Bitcoin cloud mining, Associated Petroleum Gas utilization, and Small Modular Reactor technology. Recent developments include a sale of 40MW liquid-cooling containers to Bitdeer and participation in electricity cost reduction programs.

Technology Strategist

SAIHEAT's technology pivot faces significant headwinds as financial results show weakness across core business segments despite Bitcoin mining gains.

SAIHEAT's technology strategy reveals a company in transition amid challenging market conditions. The April 2024 Bitcoin halving event significantly impacted their business model, forcing a strategic pivot toward what management describes as their "technologically leading area" - Bitcoin cloud computing power mining.

The company's new technological focus spans three domains:

• Bitcoin Mining: Offering computing power services to small/medium investors
• Associate Petroleum Gas (APG): Providing energy digitization solutions to oil/gas enterprises
• Small Modular Reactor (SMR): Developing modular nuclear power infrastructure solutions

Their liquid-cooling container sale to Bitdeer represents a tangible validation of their hardware capabilities. The HEATWIT liquid cooling system and HEATNUC small modular reactor initiatives demonstrate attempts to differentiate through technological innovation, particularly in heat recycling and power efficiency.

However, the financial results contradict this technological optimism. The steep decline in hosting services (-86%) and mining pool revenues (-78%) indicates customers are abandoning their platform. Product sales decreased by nearly half, suggesting limited market traction for their hardware solutions despite showcasing at industry events.

The pivot toward accepting Bitcoin payments and showcasing new products like the A-series line for AI infrastructure demonstrates an attempt to align with emerging technological trends, but these initiatives have yet to demonstrate financial impact to offset the significant revenue declines across core business segments.

SINGAPORE, April 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SAIHEAT Limited (“SAIHEAT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SAIH), today reported audited financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Financial Highlights for the Year Ended December 31, 2024

• Total revenues were US$5.54 million, representing a decrease of 18% compared to US$6.78 million in 2023 primarily due to revenue decreases across business segments of sales of products, hosting service and mining pool, which was partially offset by 125% revenue increase from mining revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024.

• Gross loss was US$1.01 million, compared to gross profit of US$0.46 million in 2023.

• Net loss was US$5.89 million, slightly improved from a net loss of US$6.12 million in 2023.

• Other income increased 62% to from US$1.25 million in 2023 to US$2.02 million in 2024, mainly due to an increase in the fair value of crypto assets for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Management Commentary

Mr. Arthur Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SAIHEAT, commented, “While 2024 presented notable challenges following the April Bitcoin halving event, we adapted quickly to shifting market dynamics. Our mining revenue showed strong resilience, doubling revenue year-over-year on the back of higher average Bitcoin prices. Looking ahead, we remain focused on enhancing operational efficiency, progressing our sustainable bitcoin currency-mining strategy, and deepening our innovation in associate petroleum gas and nuclear integration.

In 2025, we will place a greater emphasis on our technologically leading area - Bitcoin cloud computing power mining. By focusing on this direction, we plan to provide the following three categories of services for customers to establish a connection between humanity and clean energy.

The first is Bitcoincurrency mining. We plan to offer an array of services from Bitcoincurrency joint mining to relative asset custody services by providing improved computing power to small and medium-sized eligible investors.

The second is Associate Petroleum Gas (APG). We aim to offer associated gas reutilization to energy asset owners, to help the large enterprises in the oil and gas fields meet the demand of creating value from idle energy through energy digitization and monetarization solutions. These technologies contribute to reducing the carbon footprint and provides innovative solutions for energy enterprises.

The third is Small Modular Reactor (SMR). We will provide sovereign countries with integrated solutions based on modular nuclear power to assist them in building new generation of digital energy infrastructures. Through computing power bitcoin currency mining, we solve problems such as the lack of stable customers at the initial stage of infrastructure construction or the relatively long cost recovery in investment cycle, thus, accelerating the investment recovery cycle and achieving higher economic benefits.

Recent Developments

On-Site Project & Program Development Update

• The sale of 40MW of cutting-edge liquid-cooling container products to one of the subsidiaries of Bitdeer Technologies Group (“Bitdeer”) (NASDAQ: BTDR). The liquid-cooling containers are designed to host Bitdeer’s high-performance SEALMINER mining rigs and will be deployed at Bitdeer’s new data center.

• Participation in the 1CP (AEP’s Critical Peak) program, a strategic initiative designed to reduce electricity costs for energy-intensive industries. This initiative aligns with SAIHEAT’s mission to enhance operational efficiency and sustainability in the digital asset sector.

• Started accepting payments in Bitcoin for its range of products and services, including (1) the Company's HEATWIT liquid cooling Advanced Computing Center Ecosystem (ACCE) for Bitcoin mining operations and AI computing, and (2) the Company's HEATNUC small modular reactor products and services.

Hosting & Presence at Industry Events

• Participation at the Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) Conference, taking place from November 18-21 in Atlanta, Georgia. SAIHEAT showcased its Advanced Computing Center Ecosystem (ACCE), a proven suite of liquid-cooling system that enable carbon-negative data center operations by repurposing waste computing heat.

• Hosted its 2024 BIT HEAT DAY on November 14, 2024, at the Company’s U.S. R&D Center in Marietta, Ohio. The event was co-hosted with the Organization of Clean Energy and Climate (OCEC), a non-profit organization, with full support from local governmental office and community and focused on promoting next-generation edge data center infrastructure and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benefits of computing heat recycling through liquid-cooling technologies. SAIHEAT also showcased its new A-series product line, designed to address the growing demands of the AI industry.

HEATNUC Business Line Update

• Strategic Progress in HEATNUC Initiatives
  Announced the integration of HEATNUC, an advanced Small Modular Reactor (SMR) system dedicated to power AI computing centers. Designed as a stable, high-capacity energy source, HEATNUC addresses the unique power needs of AI-driven infrastructure, providing a solution that traditional renewable and fossil-fuel-based energy sources cannot match.
  

Audited Financial Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2024

Revenues

Sales of Products: Decreased by 48% from $4.80 million for 2023 to US$2.50 million for 2024, due to fewer customer orders of high-performance crypto asset mining machines and outdoor computing infrastructure container secured during fiscal year 2024.

Hosting Service: Declined 86% from $0.37 million year-over-year to US$0.05 million, which was due to machines shutdowns requested by hosting clients since their high power-consumption miners do not deliver profit when block reward halving occurred in April 2024.

Mining Pool: Decreased by 78%, from $0.30 million for 2023 to US$0.07 million for 2024, as some hosting customers using our pool chose to shut down miners due to block reward halving events in year 2024.

Mining Revenue: Increased by 125% to US$2.92 million, driven by increased average price of bitcoin mined, which was 130% higher than the average price in the prior year. The average daily bitcoin production was 0.13 bitcoin in 2024, compared with 0.12 in the prior year.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues increased by 4% year-over-year to US$6.55 million, primarily due to expanded self-mining activity and energy consumption. This offset reductions in hardware-related costs for sales and hosting.

Gross (Loss)/Profit

Gross profit turned into a gross loss of US$1.01 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to a gross profit of US$0.46 million in 2023.

Gross Margin

The gross margin was negative 18% in 2024, compared to a positive gross margin of 7% in the prior year.
The decline was primarily driven by higher costs associated with self-mining operations and a shift in revenue mix.

Operating Expenses

Selling and Marketing Expenses: Decreased 75% to US$0.28 million, reflecting reduced share-based compensation expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, and travel costs.

General and Administrative Expenses: Slightly increased by 5% to US$5.97 million, which was mainly driven by a rise in share-based payment expenses to US$3.15 million.

Research and Development Expenses: Decreased by 25% to US$0.64 million, due to lower employee-related and incentive expenses.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets: No impairment recorded in 2024, compared to US$0.14 million in 2023, reflecting improved BTC market valuations.

Other Income

Other income was US$2.02 million in 2024, compared to US$1.25 million in 2023, driven primarily by unrealized gains from changes in the fair value of crypto assets.

Net loss

As a result of the above, SAIHEAT reported a net loss of US$5.89 million, slightly improved from a US$6.12 million net loss in the prior year.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We are providing supplemental financial measures for non-GAAP net income from operations that excludes the impact of share-based compensation expense, loss from disposal of property and equipment, impairment losses on crypto assets, depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets. This supplemental financial measure is not measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and, as a result, this supplemental financial measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Management uses this non-GAAP financial measure internally to help understand, manage, and evaluate our business performance and to help make operating decisions.

We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is also useful to investors and analysts in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis. Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to material limitations as they are not in accordance with, or a substitute for, measurements prepared in accordance with GAAP. For example, we expect that share-based compensation expense, which is excluded from non-GAAP financial measures, will continue to be a significant recurring expense over the coming years and is an important part of the compensation provided to certain employees, officers, and consultants. Similarly, we expect that depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets will continue to be a recurring expense over the term of the useful life of the assets. We also will exclude impairment losses on crypto assets from the non-GAAP financial measure, which may occur in future periods as a result of our continued holdings of significant amounts of bitcoin. Our non-GAAP financial measure is not meant to be considered in isolation and should be read only in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. We rely primarily on such Consolidated Financial Statements to understand, manage, and evaluate our business performance and use the non-GAAP financial measure only supplementally.

The following is a reconciliation of our non-GAAP net (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively, which excludes the impact of (i) share-based compensation expense, (ii) loss from disposal of property and equipment, (iii) depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets (dollars in thousands):

		For the year ended December 31,
		2023				2024
Reconciliation of non-GAAP net (loss) income:
Net (loss) income		$	(6,120	)		$	(5,886	)
Share-based Compensation Expense			2,641				3,458
Loss from disposal of property and equipment			402				2
Depreciation and amortization expenses			1,347				1,655
Non-GAAP net (loss) income		$	(1,730	)		$	(771	)

About SAIHEAT

SAIHEAT (NASQAQ: SAIH) is a global distributed computing power operator. By leveraging a modular computing power system, we help energy owners address the issues of local energy consumption and efficient resource utilization. The company provides BTC cloud mining services by joint computing power, as well as energy digitization and monetarization solutions for energy asset owners. These technologies contribute to reducing the carbon footprint and provides innovative solutions for energy enterprises.

For more information on SAIHEAT, please visit: https://www.saiheat.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “project”, “targets”, “optimistic”, “confident that”, “continue to”, “predict”, “intend”, “aim”, “will” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that may be deemed forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but not limited to, statements concerning SAIHEAT and the Company’s operations, financial performance, and condition are based on current expectations, beliefs and assumptions which are subject to change at any time. SAIHEAT cautions that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors such as government and stock exchange regulations, competition, political, economic, and social conditions around the world including those discussed in SAIHEAT’s Form 20-F under the headings “Risk Factors”, “Results of Operations” and “Business Overview” and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. All forward-looking statements are applicable only as of the date it is made and SAIHEAT specifically disclaims any obligation to maintain or update the forward-looking information, whether of the nature contained in this release or otherwise, in the future.

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SAIHEAT LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)
		As of December 31, 2023				As of December 31, 2024
		(US$)				(US$)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents			3,176				1,038
Restricted cash			—				41
Accounts receivable			900				237
Inventories			44				772
Crypto assets			6,709				6,905
Stablecoin assets			81				20
Deposits, prepayments and other current assets, net			1,341				1,882
Total current assets			12,251				10,895
Property and equipment, net			4,994				3,974
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net			830				585
Intangible assets, net			—				—
Long term Assets			—				3,080
Total assets			18,075				18,534
Liabilities and equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable			45				438
Operating lease liabilities-current			241				82
Accrued and other liabilities			358				122
Advance from customers			—				870
Short-term Borrowings			—				2,115
Other payable and accrued liabilities			42				55
Total current liabilities			686				3,682
Operating lease liabilities-non-current			569				486
Total non-current liabilities			569				486
Total Liabilities			1,255				4,168
Commitments and contingencies - Note 12
Shareholders’ equity:
* Class A Common Shares, $0.0015 par value; 22,024,624 shares authorized, 1,110,907 and 1,013,163 shares issued and outstanding in December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.			1				1
* Class B Ordinary shares ($0.0015 par value; 642,043 shares authorized and outstanding on December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023)			1				1
Additional paid-in capital			48,680				52,137
Accumulated deficit			(31,345	)			(37,231	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)			(517	)			(542	)
Total shareholders’ equity			16,820				14,366
Total Liabilities and shareholders’ equity			18,075				18,534

SAIHEAT LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS)/INCOME
(In thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)
		For the year ended December 31,
		2022				2023				2024
		(US$)				(US$)				(US$)
Revenues			10,638				6,776				5,543
Cost of revenues			9,498				6,319				6,553
Gross Profit			1,140				457				(1,010	)
Sales and marketing expenses			1,098				1,134				284
General and administrative expenses			6,080				5,703				5,973
Research and development expenses			476				853				642
Impairment of long-lived assets			951				138				—
Total operating expenses			8,605				7,828				6,899
Loss from operations			(7,465	)			(7,371	)			(7,909	)
Other income/(expense), net			(1,380	)			1,251				2,023
Loss before income tax			(8,845	)			(6,120	)			(5,886	)
Income tax benefit(expenses)			—	)			—				—
Net loss			(8,845	)			(6,120	)			(5,886	)
Other comprehensive loss
Foreign currency translation loss			(544	)			(56	)			(25	)
Total comprehensive loss			(9,389	)			(6,176	)			(5,911	)
Loss per ordinary share*
Basic and diluted			(6.7189	)			(3.7916	)			(3.4582	)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding*:
Basic & diluted			1,316,440				1,614,089				1,702,018
* The shares and per share data are presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the reverse stock split.

FAQ

How much did SAIH (NASDAQ: SAIH) revenue decrease in 2024?

SAIH's total revenue decreased by 18% to US$5.54 million in 2024, down from US$6.78 million in 2023, primarily due to declines in product sales, hosting services, and mining pool revenue.

What caused SAIH's mining revenue to increase by 125% in 2024?

SAIH's mining revenue growth was driven by a 130% higher average Bitcoin price in 2024 compared to 2023, with daily Bitcoin production increasing to 0.13 Bitcoin from 0.12 Bitcoin the previous year.

What are SAIH's three main business focus areas for 2025?

SAIH will focus on: 1) Bitcoin currency mining services for small and medium investors, 2) Associate Petroleum Gas (APG) solutions for oil and gas companies, and 3) Small Modular Reactor (SMR) solutions for sovereign countries.

How did SAIH's gross profit performance change in 2024?

SAIH reported a gross loss of US$1.01 million in 2024, compared to a gross profit of US$0.46 million in 2023, with gross margin declining from positive 7% to negative 18%.

What major deal did SAIH secure with Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) in 2024?

SAIH sold 40MW of advanced liquid-cooling container products to Bitdeer Technologies Group, designed to host Bitdeer's SEALMINER mining rigs at their new data center.