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Vicarious Surgical cuts 14% of staff

By Chris Newmarker | February 14, 2023

a miniature surgical robot with two arms and a small camera on top

Vicarious Surgical’s Beta 2 surgical robotic system.

Vicarious Surgical laid off 14% of its workforce to reduce cash burn and boost R&D spending at the surgical robotics company. CFO William Kelly told analysts yesterday evening the present economic environment has Vicarious Surgical focusing on getting a quality robotic surgery system “out the door fast.”

The Waltham, Mass.-based company’s most recent annual report listed 165 employees, meaning the layoff could have involved roughly two dozen employees. Those who were let go were mostly engaged in selling, general, and administrative expenses, according to CEO Adam Sachs.

“While previously, it made sense for the company to deploy greater resources and parallel path multiple contingencies in order to absolutely minimize timeline risk wherever possible. In the current market environment, fiscal discipline requires a much more lean approach, focused on growing equity value and minimizing dilution,” Sachs said.


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Company officials expect the streamlining to hold the full-year 2023 cash burn at $55 million to $65 million. Vicarious Surgical had $116 million on its balance sheet at the end of 2022. That translates into two years of cash runway for Vicarious Surgical.

Adjusted net losses were $19.9 million, or 16¢ per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2022. The result was a penny ahead of The Street. Analysts’ consensus was a loss of 17¢ per share.

Sachs stressed that the workforce reduction will not affect Vicarious Surgical’s regulatory timeline. The goal remains to file with the FDA for a ventral hernia surgery indication around the end of 2024. However, Sachs acknowledged there was some additional risk around the company’s ability to respond to anything that comes up in the regulatory process.

Investors reacted by sending RBOT shares up more than 2% to $3.15 apiece in after-hours trading yesterday.

BTIG analysts Ryan Zimmerman and Sam Durno stuck with their Buy rating on Vicarious Surgical stock. “Frankly, we think some of the hiring in anticipation of a launch in FY25 may have been premature, so if RBOT can operate in a leaner fashion and still make its timelines, we think investors should be OK with this.”

Vicarious Surgical is among a host of companies — large and small — seeking to take on Intuitive in the soft-tissue surgical robotics space. The company’s technology uses proprietary human-like surgical robots combined with 3D visualization to transport surgeons inside the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery.

Last year, Vicarious Surgical finalized its Beta 2 surgical robotic system design and build-out. Sachs said yesterday that the company has moved on to the next robot — v1.0. It expects to finalize the next-gen system in the first half of 2023.

Editor’s Note: This story was republished from sister website MassDevice.

About The Author

Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is managing editor of MassDevice's Medical Design & Outsourcing, a sister publication of The Robot Report covering medical device innovation.

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