FORM 10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ________ to _________ UNICYCIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware81-3638692(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.) (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(650) 351-4495 4300 El Camino Real, Suite 210Los Altos, CA 94022(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on whichregisteredThe Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC Common stock, par value $0.001 per share Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:None. Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filterSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company Large accelerated filterNon-accelerated filter If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the voting stock and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the lastbusiness day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025 was $64,310,247 based upon theclosing price of the registrant’s common stock of $4.77 on The Nasdaq Capital Market as of that date. The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 30, 2026 was 25,237,782. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Specified portions of the registrant’s proxy statement, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant toSchedule 14A in connection with the registrant’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2026 Proxy Statement”), areincorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except with respect to information specificallyincorporated by reference in this Annual Report, the 2026 Proxy Statement is not deemed to be filed as part hereof. Table of Contents PagePart I1Item1.Business1Item1A.Risk Factors39Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments70Item 1C.Cybersecurity70Item 2.Properties71Item 3.Legal Proceedings71Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures71Part II72Item 5.Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities72Item 6.[Reserved]72Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations73Item 7A.Quantitative and