Canaan, Inc. Q1 FY2023 Earnings Call

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  • Revenue: $55.2 million, down 5.3% from $58.3 million in Q4 2022 and down significantly from $201.8 million in Q1 2022. Missed Q1 guidance of $65 million.
  • Net Loss: $84.4 million, an 8% improvement from $91.6 million in Q4 2022 but a sharp decline from net income of $65.1 million in Q1 2022.
  • Machine Sales: $43.7 million, down 7.6% from Q4 2022 despite a 126.8% QoQ increase in total computing power sold (4.2 million TH/s). ASP per TH dropped to $10 due to weak market pricing.
  • Mining Revenue: $11 million, up 3.3% QoQ and hit a record high. 476 bitcoins mined. Gross profit for mining was $0.2 million.
  • AI Business Revenue: $0.41 million, a 68.6% QoQ increase.
  • Gross Loss: $47.5 million, improved from $64.1 million gross loss in Q4 2022.
  • Cash and Equivalents: $72 million as of March 31, 2023. Company spent $53.9 million on production capacity and $28.6 million on operations.
  • Bitcoin Holdings: 623 BTC, down from 757 at year-end. 699 BTC sold in Q1 to cover electricity costs in line with new hedging strategy.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to Canaan Inc. First Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the managements prepared remarks, we will have a question-and-answer session. Please note that this event is being recorded. Now, I'd like to hand the conference over to your speaker host today, Mr. Clark Soucy, Investor Relations Director of the company. Please go ahead, Clark. Clark Soucy: Thank you. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our earnings conference call. The company's financial and operating results were released by newswire services earlier today and are currently available online. Joining us today are our Chairman and CEO, Mr. Nangeng Zhang; and our CFO, Mr. Jin Cheng James. In addition, Mr. Leo Wang, IR Senior Director; and Ms. Xi Zhang, IR Manager, will also be available during the question-and-answer session. Mr. Zhang will start the call by providing an overview of the company and performance highlights for the quarter. Mr. Cheng will then provide details on the company's operating and financial results for the period before we open up the call for your questions. Before we continue, I would like to refer you to our safe harbor statement in our earnings press release. Today's call will include forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, our outlook for the company and statements that estimate or project future results of operations or the

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