Material Event (Form 8-K)

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 10, 2025, Peraso Inc. (the "Company") filed a prospectus supplement (the "Current Prospectus Supplement") to increase the maximum number of shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable pursuant to the At the Market Offering Agreement between the Company and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., dated August 30, 2024 (the "Sales Agreement"), to up to an aggregate of $1,750,000 of Shares, which does not include the Shares having an aggregate gross sales price of $2,686,953 that have been sold to date under the Sales Agreement.

The issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company under the Sales Agreement will be made pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-280798) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2024 and declared effective on July 22, 2024 (the "Registration Statement") and a base prospectus dated as of July 22, 2024 included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the prospectus supplements dated as of August 30, 2024 and December 10, 2024 and the Current Prospectus Supplement.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is the opinion of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares.