Continued Accelerating Revenue Growth
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.: C3.ai, Inc. (“C3 AI,” “C3,” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AI), the Enterprise AI application software company, today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended July 31, 2024.
“We had a solid start to the fiscal year, with rising demand for Enterprise AI driving our sixth consecutive quarter of accelerating revenue growth,” said Thomas M. Siebel, Chairman and CEO, C3 AI. “C3 AI is the original Enterprise AI company. Our unwavering commitment to solving the most challenging problems in the enterprise has led us to what we believe are the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the industry.”
Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights
- Revenue: Total revenue for the quarter was $87.2 million, an increase of 21% compared to $72.4 million one year ago.
- Subscription Revenue: Subscription revenue for the quarter was $73.5 million, constituting 84% of total revenue, an increase of 20% compared to $61.4 million one year ago.
- Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit for the quarter was $52.2 million, representing a 60% gross margin. Non-GAAP gross profit for the quarter was $60.9 million, representing a 70% non-GAAP gross margin.
- Net Loss per Share: GAAP net loss per share was $(0.50). Non-GAAP net loss per share was $(0.05).
- Cash Reserves: $762.5 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities.
- Free Cash Flow: Net cash provided by operating activities was $8.0 million. Positive free cash flow of $7.1 million.
Business Highlights
C3 AI made significant progress in broadening our market presence with particularly strong momentum in Manufacturing and State and Local Government.
- In Q1, the Company closed 71 agreements (an increase of 122% year-over-year) including 52 pilots (an increase of 117% year-over-year).
- The Company significantly expanded its footprint across State and Local Government, closing 25 agreements with municipal, county, and state agencies in Texas, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Washington, Connecticut, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maine, New Mexico, and Florida.
- The Company entered into new agreements with GSK, Eletrobras, Valero, Swift, SmithRx, Sanofi, the U.S. Intelligence Community, the U.S. Department of Defense, Dolce & Gabbana, and Ingersoll Rand, among others.
- C3 AI’s Federal business continues to experience sustained momentum, representing over 30% of bookings for Q1. The Company entered into new and expansion agreements with the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Intelligence Community, among others.
Customer Success
C3 AI’s customer base continues to expand both within and across industries while maintaining exceptional levels of customer satisfaction by focusing on delivering measurable enterprise value.
- Eletrobras, Latin America’s largest power generation and transmission company, has partnered with C3 AI to enhance grid resilience and availability. Brazil’s grid is among the world’s most complex, owing to its generation profile, variability, extensive service territory, and challenging regulatory environment. With C3 AI, Eletrobras can efficiently process and analyze real-time data, surfacing low latency AI insights to mitigate network disturbances.
- The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and C3 AI continued the successful collaboration digitally transforming the branch’s legacy software systems. The USMC is using the C3 AI Defense & Intelligence Suite to improve efficiency of personnel and management systems by accelerating critical processes and time-to-decision support. Backed by the Manpower IT Systems Modernization program, this work with C3 AI supports the USMC’s multi-year roadmap and goals, which includes becoming a more agile and technologically advanced force.