Veritone, Inc.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Registered Direct Offering On September 30, 2026, Veritone, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “RDO Purchase Agreement”) with the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Purchasers, in a registered direct offering (the “Registered Direct Offering”), 20,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The gross proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering are expected to be $15.0 million, before deducting offering expenses payable by the Company. The Registered Direct Offering is expected to close on or about October 2, 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, to repay and/or restructure a portion of its convertible debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The RDO Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company, including for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the RDO Purchase Agreement were made only for the purposes of such agreement and as of the specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. The foregoing description of the RDO Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of RDO Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The Registered Direct Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-280148) that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 12, 2024, and that became effective on June 21, 2024 and a related base prospectus and prospectus supplement thereunder.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. On October 1, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the terms of the Registered Direct Offering, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information set forth in this Item 7.01 and contained in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is not incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.