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Palladyne AI Announces Employee Equity Awards
SALT LAKE CITY, November 26, 2025--Palladyne AI Corp. (Nasdaq: PDYN and PDYNW) ("Palladyne AI"), a developer of artificial intelligence software for autonomous platforms in the industrial and defense sectors, today announced that on November 20, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Palladyne AI’s Board of Directors approved the grant of, in the aggregate, 272,208 restricted stock units, or RSUs, as material inducements to eight employees entering into employment with a subsidiary of Palladyne AI
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