Form 8-K

8-K — Knightscope, Inc.

Accession: 0001104659-26-109041

Filed: 2026-09-21

Period: 2026-09-21

CIK: 0001600983

SIC: 3669 (COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC)

Item: Other Events

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

September 21, 2026

Knightscope, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its

charter)

Delaware

001-41248

46-2482575

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

305 North Mathilda Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94085

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip

Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (650) 924-1025

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General

Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities

Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange

Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under

the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under

the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)

of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

KSCP

Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant

is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On September

21, 2026, Knightscope, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in the Company’s

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-286404), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April

11, 2025, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to increase the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock of the Company,

$0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), issuable pursuant to the At The Market Offering Agreement, dated February 1, 2023,

between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.

This

Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of

the Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities

laws of any such state.

A legal

opinion relating to the Shares is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

Description

5.1

Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP

23.1

Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf

by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

knightscope, INC.

Date: September 21, 2026

By:

/s/ William Santana Li

Name:

William Santana Li

Title:

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

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Exhibit 5.1

September 21, 2026

Knightscope, Inc.

305 North Mathilda Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94085

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Knightscope, Inc.,

a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and

Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act

of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) of the Company’s prospectus supplement, dated September 21, 2026 (the

“Prospectus Supplement”), forming part of the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-286404),

initially filed by the Company with the Commission on April 4, 2025, as thereafter amended or supplemented, declared effective on April

11, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”).

We also have acted as counsel to the Company in

connection with an offering of up to $35,000,000 of shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common

stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) that may be issued and sold under that certain At The

Market Offering Agreement executed by the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, on February 1, 2023 (the “Sales Agreement”).

The Prospectus Supplement relates to the Shares.

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have

examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of

the Company, each as amended and/or restated as of the date hereof, (ii) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company

related to the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, the authorization and issuance of the Shares and related

matters, (iii) the Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto, (iv) the Prospectus Supplement, the prospectus supplement dated July

18, 2025 (the “ATM Prospectus Supplement”) and the base prospectus, dated April 11, 2025, included in the Registration

Statement (the “Base Prospectus” and together with the Prospectus Supplement and the ATM Prospectus Supplement,

the “Prospectus”), (v) the Sales Agreement, (vi) the specimen Common Stock certificate, (vii) a certificate

executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof, and (viii) such other records, documents and instruments as we deemed

relevant and necessary for purposes of the opinion stated herein.

We have relied upon such certificates of officers

of the Company and of public officials and statements and information furnished by officers of the Company with respect to the accuracy

of material factual matters contained therein which were not independently established by us. In such examination we have assumed the

genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of

all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

In making the foregoing examination we have assumed

the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals,

the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies, and the authenticity of the

originals of such copies. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion, where such facts have not been independently established,

we have relied, to the extent we have deemed reasonably appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers of the Company or

governmental officials.

We have not considered, and express no opinion

herein as to, the laws of any states or jurisdictions other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as currently in

effect.

Rockefeller Plaza | 22nd Floor | New York, NY 10112

212.659.7300 | haynesboone.com

Knightscope, Inc.

September 21, 2026

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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications,

assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Sales Agreement,

the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion

as an Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Commission. We further consent to the reference

to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement. In giving

this consent, we are not admitting that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or

the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update

or supplement such opinion after the date hereof to reflect any facts or circumstances that may thereafter come to our attention or any

changes that may thereafter occur.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haynes and Boone, LLP

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