C3ai Inc
AI
$15.08 -1.57%
Exchange: NYSE | Sector: Technology | Industry: Information Technology Services
Q3 2025
Published: Mar 7, 2025

Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $98.78M up 26% year-over-year
  • EPS of $-0.62 decreased by 3.3% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 59.1%
  • Net income of -80.20M
  • "This inflection point for C3.ai is a growth accelerator." - Tom Siebel
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Executive Summary

C3.ai delivered solid top-line growth in Q3 2025, underpinned by a rapidly expanding partner ecosystem and meaningful momentum in Generative AI and Agentic AI deployments. Total revenue rose 26% year over year to $98.8 million, with subscription revenue up 22% to $85.7 million and representing 87% of total revenue. Non-GAAP gross margins improved to 69% as the mix shifted toward high-margin software and away from lower-margin pilots, while non-GAAP operating loss narrowed to $23.1 million, reflecting disciplined expense management and targeted investments in sales force and partnerships. GAAP metrics remained negative, with operating income of approximately -$87.6 million and net income of about -$80.2 million, underscoring the company’s ongoing transition to scale and profitability. Management emphasizes the acceleration of growth through strategic alliances (Microsoft, AWS, McKinsey QuantumBlack), a expanding pipeline, and rapid deployment capabilities across industries, while guiding to Q4 revenue of $103.6–$113.6 million and a full-year non-GAAP loss from operations in a $87–$97 million range. This suggests a near-term profitability path contingent on continued ecosystem leverage, higher pilot-to-subscription conversion, and macro stability.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Increasing
98.78M
QoQ: 4.71% | YoY: 26.00%
Gross Profit
Increasing
58.35M
59.07% margin
QoQ: 0.88% | YoY: 28.84%
Operating Income
Decreasing
-87.59M
QoQ: -16.33% | YoY: -6.10%
Net Income
Decreasing
-80.20M
QoQ: -21.57% | YoY: -10.42%
EPS
Decreasing
-0.62
QoQ: -19.23% | YoY: -3.33%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q1 2026 70.26 -0.86 -19.4% View
Q4 2025 108.72 -0.60 +25.6% View
Q3 2025 98.78 -0.62 +26.0% View
Q2 2025 94.34 -0.52 +28.8% View
Q1 2025 87.21 -0.50 +20.5% View