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Twilio (NYSE: TWLO)
This fall 2024 Earnings Name
Feb 13, 2025, 5:00 p.m. ET
Contents:
- Ready Remarks
- Questions and Solutions
- Name Individuals
Ready Remarks:
Operator
Good day, and thanks for standing by. Welcome to the Twilio Inc. fourth quarter 2024earnings convention name Presently, all individuals are in a listen-only mode.
After the audio system’ presentation, there will probably be a question-and-answer session. [Operator instructions] Please be suggested that right now’s convention is being recorded. I’d now like handy the convention over to your speaker right now, Bryan Vaniman, SVP of investor relations and company improvement. Please go forward.
Bryan Vaniman — Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Good afternoon, everybody, and thanks for becoming a member of us for Twilio’s fourth quarter 2024earnings convention name Becoming a member of me right now are Khozema Shipchandler, chief government officer; and Aidan Viggiano, chief monetary officer. As a reminder, we are going to disclose non-GAAP monetary measures on this name. Definitions and reconciliations between our GAAP and non-GAAP outcomes may be present in our earnings launch and our earnings presentation posted on our IR web site at buyers.twilio.com.
We will even make forward-looking statements on this name, together with statements about our future outlook and objectives. Such statements are topic to identified and unknown dangers and uncertainties that would trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these described. A lot of these dangers and uncertainties are described in our SEC filings together with our most up-to-date Type 10-Q and our forthcoming Type 10-Ok. Ahead-looking statements characterize our beliefs and assumptions solely as of the date such statements are made.
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Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Thanks, Bryan. Good afternoon, everybody, and thanks for becoming a member of us right now. Twilio had a terrific This fall, reaching $1.195 billion in income, an 11% enhance 12 months over 12 months, and our second consecutive quarter of double-digit development. This fall additionally marked an necessary milestone for Twilio because it’s the primary time we have delivered quarterly GAAP working profitability within the firm’s historical past, properly forward of our preliminary goal.
For the total 12 months, we generated $4.458 billion in income, representing 9% natural development 12 months over 12 months. Over the previous two years, we have devoted ourselves to reworking Twilio’s enterprise from one primarily targeted on development to at least one that balances innovation, development, and profitability. Our outcomes exhibit the success of these efforts. Not solely have we just lately accelerated income development, however we have additionally considerably boosted our non-GAAP profitability whereas meaningfully accelerating our path to GAAP profitability plus lowering our web burn price and excellent share depend.
And we have elevated annual free money movement by practically $1 billion since 2022. All of this illustrates our dedication to working the corporate with extra self-discipline, rigor, and focus. And whereas there’s extra work to be performed, the outcomes converse for themselves. At our Investor Day a couple of weeks in the past, you bought an opportunity to listen to in regards to the new Twilio, together with our product technique, development levers, and monetary framework that we’ve in place to win a a lot bigger addressable market.
As advertising, gross sales, and buyer help converge into buyer expertise as a service, we strongly imagine that Twilio’s main communications platform plus contextual information powered by Section and our improvements with AI place us to win on this huge market and reinforce our imaginative and prescient that each digital interplay we energy between manufacturers and customers is nothing in need of superb. Whereas we supplied a number of particulars throughout our Investor Day, right now I wished to take the chance to bolster a couple of of the important thing takeaways, whereas additionally sharing a few of the highlights from This fall. On the innovation entrance, in 2024, we launched 251 merchandise, enhancements, and companies. These improvements align to our technique of constructing a trusted, easy, and good platform that permits manufacturers to drive safer, related, and personalised interactions with their prospects.
All through the quarter, we continued to spend money on our core capabilities to drive even larger buyer worth. Throughout Cyber Week, Twilio powered greater than 5 billion messages, delivered greater than 65 billion emails, and supported 678 million calls, all whereas delivering 100% uptime. The boldness our prospects have in Twilio is stronger than ever and important durations like Cyber Week proved to our prospects that Twilio has the trusted, easy, and good platform that they want. Through the fourth quarter, we expanded our trusted channels to satisfy our prospects’ evolving wants by including new capabilities to help current channels, together with RCS and WhatsApp.
For RCS, we additionally just lately introduced that wealthy content material playing cards, media, and wealthy card carousels at the moment are obtainable and supported by our Content material Template Builder that helps streamline improvement. RCS is proving a priceless enlargement car for current messaging prospects. Prospects like MarketBeat are capable of profit from Twilio’s streamlined strategy to improvement on a single messaging API and our common template administration system. It is also clear that Twilio continues to be on the middle of the AI worth chain as we have already got 90% of the Forbes 50 AI start-ups constructing on Twilio.
We continued to drive ROI with our AI-enabled merchandise, benefited from rising AI corporations that selected Twilio as an integral part for his or her buyer engagement layer, and partnered with key AI gamers within the ecosystem like AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, OpenAI, and Snowflake. In This fall, ConversationRelay, which helps simplify the method of constructing strong AI voice brokers, went into public beta. Whereas it is nonetheless early, we imagine that AI will drive a renaissance in voice and everybody from enterprises to start-ups will start orchestrating new voice experiences which might be two-way and personalised. On the section entrance, the AI improvements that went dwell all through 2024 are starting to generate tangible outcomes for our prospects.
For instance, with predicted audiences, one firm realized a 70% enchancment in viewers accuracy. And in This fall, discovered a median of 4 weeks of information science time saved by giving entrepreneurs the power to foretell conduct. Rising AI start-ups are persevering with to construct on Twilio. In actual fact, greater than 9,000 corporations constructing within the AI area utilized Twilio companies in 2024.
Paradox.ai, one in all Twilio’s AI searchlight winners is utilizing conversational AI for recruiting and leverages their AI assistant, Olivia, to assist with frontline recruitment. Beginning as a self-serve buyer in 2017, they reached unicorn standing in below 5 years. And right now, Twilio powers over 150 million messages a month on their behalf. However extra importantly, with Twilio messaging, they have been capable of assist corporations like McDonald’s, Workday and SAP get interviews scheduled in minutes, versus the handbook course of that used to take wherever from 5 to seven days.
And at last, we’re persevering with to accomplice with established AI corporations like OpenAI. Through the quarter, we helped OpenAI launch calls and WhatsApp messaging via their Twilio-powered quantity 1-800-CHATGPT, which has seen unimaginable quantity since launch. Our innovation technique and execution continues to repay as we have been named a frontrunner in a number of analyst experiences. Through the quarter, IDC named Twilio a frontrunner in its MarketScape worldwide buyer information platforms targeted on B2C customers.
And Omdia additionally named Twilio a frontrunner in two of its experiences: the Omdia Universe Buyer Engagement Platforms and the Omdia Universe Buyer Knowledge Platforms. With respect to distribution, we continued to concentrate on our key development levers: self-serve, cross-sell, worldwide enlargement, and our accomplice ecosystem, whereas additionally optimizing for scale and effectivity. In This fall, our go-to-market staff continued to ship improved execution as evidenced by robust massive deal exercise throughout the quarter. On the communications facet, we closed 78 offers price $500,000 or extra, up 47% 12 months over 12 months.
And in This fall, we closed our largest Section deal ever with one of many world’s largest monetary companies corporations. Inside self-serve, we noticed a continued acceleration in sign-ups, upgrades, and income development, a testomony to the enhancements we have delivered in our self-serve expertise over the course of 2024. Cross-sell and upsell continues to be an enormous development alternative. Through the quarter, we had terrific wins, together with one with a long-standing Twilio voice buyer that is a prime well being system within the U.S., which operates 33 hospitals.
The shopper adopted Twilio’s RCS Messaging, Branded Calling, and Engagement Suite as a way to enhance name adoption, set up a stronger model presence, and enhance messaging deliverability and engagement. Moreover, we additionally signed a take care of a number one internet hosting supplier. The corporate has been a longtime Twilio Messaging buyer and expanded their use to incorporate Twilio’s Conversations API to energy two-way SMS and voice channels. With Twilio, the corporate has built-in the product into their very own proprietary unified inbox, giving prospects the power to handle their enterprise communications wants on their smartphone and simplify the communication with their very own prospects.
Worldwide enlargement and accomplice distribution proceed to assist us unlock an underpenetrated addressable market. For instance, throughout the quarter, Twilio expanded its relationship with Klaviyo with a number of SMS offers in European markets. Lastly, we’re driving our go-to-market technique extra effectively by leveraging AI and automation, which is constructed upon Twilio’s personal expertise. In presales, we’re utilizing information to guide the identification course of, which has shortened gross sales cycles.
Moreover, right now, 80% of our new inbound leads are being dealt with by AI, which has led to a quicker sign-up and improve course of for prospects as a result of quicker responses, multilingual help, and depth of information. Put up gross sales, our assist middle assistants have garnered a 75% ticket deflection price when AI is engaged. I am happy with how our self-discipline, rigor, and focus has helped place the corporate properly for the years forward as we drive strategic customer-centric development with innovation on the core. In lots of respects, 2024 was about rebuilding the inspiration.
2025 is the 12 months we’ll keep targeted on executing towards our formidable innovation highway map to unlock the facility of communications, contextual information, and AI. And as we unlock it, each client that interacts with the 325,000-plus lively buyer accounts that we energy will profit. Our technique is evident, our execution is targeted, and our impression is actual. I am extremely proud to see the onerous work paying off as we enter this subsequent part of development and create extra worth for our shareholders within the years forward.
And with that, I will flip it over to Aidan.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Thanks, Khozema, and good afternoon, everybody. Twilio completed the 12 months with a robust This fall, delivering our second consecutive quarter of double-digit income development and our first-ever quarter of GAAP working profitability. For This fall, we generated report income of $1.195 billion, which represented 11% year-over-year development. We additionally generated report non-GAAP revenue from operations of $197 million and $93 million in free money movement.
We got here into 2024 dedicated to driving sturdy development, continued margin enlargement, and elevated free money movement technology. And I am happy with our execution all year long. For the total 12 months, we generated income of $4.458 billion, representing 9% natural development. Non-GAAP revenue from operations of $714 million and free money movement of $657 million.
We additionally accomplished our prior $3 billion share repurchase authorization, returning over $2.3 billion to shareholders in 2024 alone and lowering our excellent share depend by 16% because the begin of the 12 months. Income in our communications enterprise for the quarter was $1.121 billion, up 12% 12 months over 12 months. Messaging income development accelerated for a second consecutive quarter, whereas e mail efficiency remained robust, pushed partly by robust volumes throughout Cyber Week and the vacation season. Political income contributed roughly 60 foundation factors to our reported income development price.
This was partially offset by a 40-basis-point headwind related to sunsetting the software program part of our Zipwhip enterprise, which we’ve now totally lapped. Section income for the quarter was $74 million, down 1% 12 months over 12 months. We have been inspired by the go-to-market execution within the quarter with bookings barely accelerating 12 months over 12 months, together with over half of recent bookings coming from multiyear offers. Our This fall dollar-based web enlargement price was 106%, representing our greatest efficiency since Q1 of 2023 and reflecting the enhancing development developments we have seen in our communications enterprise during the last a number of quarters.
Our dollar-based web enlargement price for communications was 108% and the dollar-based web enlargement price for section was 93%. We delivered report non-GAAP gross revenue of $621 million, up 10% 12 months over 12 months. This represented a non-GAAP gross margin of 52%, down 40 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months and 100 foundation factors quarter over quarter. The decline in gross margins was pushed by anticipated larger internet hosting prices throughout Cyber Week, as we referenced throughout our Q3earnings name together with a rise in income combine from messaging.
Non-GAAP gross margin for our communications enterprise unit was 50.6%, down 10 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months and 110 foundation factors quarter over quarter. As we referenced on our Q3earnings name the sequential decline was pushed primarily by larger internet hosting prices related to the vacation buying season in addition to larger messaging income combine. Non-GAAP gross margin for our section enterprise unit was 72.3%, down 210 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months and up 240 foundation factors quarter over quarter. The sequential enchancment was primarily pushed by advantages from our section infrastructure migration undertaking in addition to internet hosting credit within the quarter.
We largely accomplished this undertaking throughout the fourth quarter, which we count on will assist help section gross margins as we transfer into 2025. This fall non-GAAP revenue from operations got here in modestly forward of expectations at a report $197 million, up 14% 12 months over 12 months, pushed by robust income development and ongoing value self-discipline. Our non-GAAP working margin of 16.5% was up 40 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months and sequentially. As well as, we generated $14 million in GAAP revenue from operations, representing Twilio’s first-ever quarter of GAAP working profitability.
As I referenced at Investor Day final month, in This fall, we incurred $17 million in dangerous debt bills associated to our buyer, Oi, a Brazilian telecom firm because of a slowdown of their ongoing fee exercise. We totally reserved our publicity to Oi’s current accounts receivables, which lowered working margin by 140 foundation factors within the quarter. For the total 12 months 2024, we generated non-GAAP revenue from operations of $714 million, up 34% 12 months over 12 months, and our non-GAAP working margin of 16% was up 320 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months. Non-GAAP revenue from operations for our communications enterprise was $275 million within the fourth quarter.
For the total 12 months 2024, our communications enterprise generated over $1 billion in non-GAAP revenue from operations. Non-GAAP loss from operations for our section enterprise was $10 million within the fourth quarter. Section working losses improved sequentially because of the gross margin enchancment within the quarter and ongoing value self-discipline. Our section enterprise stays on monitor to attain breakeven non-GAAP revenue from operations by Q2 of this 12 months.
Inventory-based compensation as a share of income was 13%, down 60 foundation factors quarter over quarter and 240 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months, as we proceed our efforts to cut back fairness compensation. Full 12 months 2024 web burn price was 3.3%, down 160 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months. As a reminder, this doesn’t embrace the impression of share repurchases carried out over the course of the 12 months. We proceed to handle dilution on a web burn foundation, which we outline because the variety of worker inventory models granted in a 12 months web of forfeitures and divided by the prior-year ending share depend.
We generated free money movement of $93 million within the quarter, down sequentially, as we anticipated, pushed by incremental vendor prepayments totaling roughly $130 million. As a reminder, we periodically pay sure distributors early to safe favorable phrases and pricing. For the total 12 months 2024, we generated $657 million in free money movement, up 81% 12 months over 12 months and representing a margin of 14.7%, which was up 600 foundation factors 12 months over 12 months. Earlier than I flip to Q1 and financial 12 months 2025 steerage gadgets, I wished to recap the monetary framework we introduced at our Investor Day in January.
In 2027, we’re focusing on non-GAAP working margins within the vary of 21% to 22%, up 500 to 600 foundation factors in contrast with our full-year 2024 outcomes. From 2025 to 2027, we count on to generate $3 billion-plus in cumulative free money movement. We’re focusing on GAAP working profitability in fiscal 12 months 2025 and annually thereafter. We proceed to concentrate on managing stock-based compensation and dilution responsibly, and we’re focusing on stock-based compensation at about 10% of income and web burn at lower than 3% in fiscal 12 months 2027.
As a reminder, we proceed to orient the enterprise to ship double-digit development over time, although our framework assumes annual income development via 2027 that’s just like our 2025 steerage of seven% to eight%. Lastly, our board just lately licensed a $2 billion share repurchase program expiring on the finish of 2027, and we’re focusing on a median of fifty% of our annual free money movement in capital returns to shareholders from 2025 via 2027. Transferring to Q1 steerage. We’re inspired by the expansion acceleration we noticed within the second half of 2024, however we’re persevering with to plan prudently given our usage-based income mannequin.
For Q1, we’re initiating a income goal of $1.13 billion to $1.14 billion, representing year-over-year development of 8% to 9%. The quarter-over-quarter decline in income displays each the This fall seasonality dynamic that we have seen within the final couple of years in addition to a modest impression from This fall political income. I’d additionally notice that there are two fewer days in Q1 versus This fall and one fewer day in Q1 versus the year-ago quarter. That being stated, we proceed to be ok with our steerage for the 12 months and we’re sustaining our full-year 2025 natural income development steerage vary of seven% to eight%.
Turning to our revenue outlook. For Q1, we count on non-GAAP revenue from operations of $180 million to $190 million. And for the total 12 months, we count on non-GAAP revenue from operations within the vary of $825 million to $850 million. As anticipated, free money movement in Q1 will probably be impacted by a roughly $120 million fee associated to our companywide money bonus program that we carried out in 2024 as a part of our efforts to cut back stock-based compensation.
This can restrict free money movement technology within the first quarter. That stated, we proceed to count on to generate robust quarterly free money movement over the stability of the 12 months. And for the total 12 months, we count on free money movement within the vary of $825 million to $850 million. I am more than happy with the accelerated income development we delivered within the fourth quarter in addition to our ongoing value self-discipline that’s driving robust profitability and free money movement.
I am additionally inspired by the innovation we’re delivering and the impression new merchandise and options are having each for our prospects and on our income development. We’re assured in our plans to drive sturdy income development, continued margin enlargement, and powerful free money movement technology in 2025. And with that, we’ll now open it as much as questions.
Questions & Solutions:
Operator
Thanks. [Operator instructions] One second whereas we compile our Q&A roster. Our first query goes to come back from the road of Jim Fish with Piper Sandler. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Jim Fish — Analyst
Hey, guys, thanks for the extra coloration right here. Thanks for the extra coloration right here following the Analyst Day. Nicely performed once more on the Analyst Day. Making an attempt to grasp, given a few of the macro stuff that is happening, how a lot of the energy you guys are seeing in messaging and e mail is because of considerably this return of the crypto world.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Hey, Jim, that is Aidan. I will take that query. So, I might say from a crypto perspective, we do see these prospects exhibiting stronger quantity, although it is, I’d say, nowhere close to returning to the degrees that we noticed in 2020 to 2022. So, it’s kind of higher, nevertheless it’s comparatively immaterial to the grand scheme of issues.
So, not an enormous driver for the enterprise, messaging, or e mail.
Jim Fish — Analyst
Received it. After which simply it was good to see Section right here when it comes to like, whereas income was slightly bit down 12 months on 12 months, if I take a look at that deferred income construct, plainly implied billings was up north of 20%, if I get most of that over to that facet. Is the Section enterprise seeing a backside? Or how a lot is the kind of billing energy attributable to that massive deal you referenced?
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Yeah. Perhaps I will touch upon the — or the RPO, and if Khozema needs so as to add something on the enterprise, you are able to do so. However sure, each the RPO stability you are taking a look at, CRPO stability as properly, they’re actually pushed by Section. And so, the expansion actually is pushed by a mixture of bookings development in addition to the proportion of recent bookings which might be tied to multiyear offers.
And what we noticed within the quarter was bookings have been up a bit, but in addition that over 50% of the offers that we booked within the quarter have been multiyear. And so, that is been some extent that the staff has been engaged on and targeted on, and we’re beginning to see that form of present up within the bookings metric. So, that is half of what’s driving it. After which I’d say, I’d notice that any of those metrics that you simply’re form of taking a look at any of those offers, that they are 12 months or much less in preliminary period if you take a look at the precise metric that you are looking at on the stability sheet.
So, they are not totally consultant of section’s e-book of enterprise. So, that is slightly bit on the metric. I do not know if you wish to add something on the enterprise, Khozema.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. Jim, all I’d say is that I believe this has been kind of a steady-as-she-goes story, proper? Like I believe that there have been a lot of operational enhancements that we made within the enterprise. I believe going again to the working evaluate that we introduced final 12 months, there have been a lot of issues that we wished to do to enhance efficiency, each on the expertise and innovation facet, but in addition when it comes to the best way that we’re working the enterprise. And I believe you are beginning to see a number of that present up within the stability sheet merchandise that you simply referenced.
And I believe, in the end, that may flip into income. I believe it’ll take slightly little bit of time. Income does lag. However I believe sitting right here right now, we really feel fairly good in regards to the stand-alone enterprise.
And I believe we really feel even higher about the best way that the Section asset really contributes to the general development story that we laid out throughout the Investor Day.
Jim Fish — Analyst
Useful. Thanks, guys.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Thanks.
Operator
Thanks. And one second as we transfer on to our subsequent query. Our subsequent query goes to come back from the road of Michael Turrin with Wells Fargo Securities. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Michael Turrin — Analyst
Hey, nice. Thanks very a lot. I admire you taking the query, and congrats on the return to double-digit development. I hoped you might possibly simply spend a while talking the methods you purpose to make sure the expansion enhancements you are seeing show sturdy.
What are you utilizing to construct these preliminary 2025 assumptions? After which what are a few of the swing components we must always ponder that would preserve you on the extra aspirational double-digit development degree?
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Yeah. Perhaps I will begin by form of what we noticed within the quarter. And I believe what’s necessary after we take a look at the expansion in each Q3 and This fall, to begin with, it actually wasn’t pushed by political. In This fall, we talked about it being 60 foundation factors.
That was largely offset by the tip of lifetime of our software program enterprise in Zipwhip. So, it is true 11% operational development. And importantly, it wasn’t one factor driving it, proper? Once you take a look at it by product, we noticed energy once more in accelerated development in messaging. E-mail has been robust all 12 months, proceed to be robust.
We had a record-breaking Cyber Week with energy in each — in messaging, e mail, and voice. Khozema form of gave you a few of these stats in his ready remarks. ISVs have been robust, self-service robust. Once you take a look at it by business, we have disclosed the highest 5 at our Investor Day, however we noticed energy in tech, monetary companies, healthcare, retail, e-commerce, promoting.
All of them exhibited wholesome development. After which geographically, it was comparable. So, I believe that is necessary for us, proper? It is not one factor that is form of driving the energy, nevertheless it’s fairly broad total. From a planning perspective and as we take into consideration what we’re guiding to, which is 7% to eight% for the 12 months, we really feel fairly good about that.
We all know that we’re working forward of that, clearly, within the second half of 2024. However simply given the usage-based nature of our enterprise, we expect that it is prudent to proceed to plan — or good to proceed to plan prudently. When it comes to what swing components might be to drive double-digit development, as we talked about at Investor Day, that is how we’re orienting the enterprise right now. We’re working the place internally that approach.
We’re planning a bit extra prudently. However we’ll proceed to drive these actions internally.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. There’s nothing, Michael, that I’d actually add. I imply, I believe — I might definitely echo all of what Aidan stated. I believe if you break it down by a few of the channels, like we really feel fairly good in regards to the exercise there.
I believe we referenced throughout the Investor Day in addition to throughout right now’s dialog, the truth that we’re seeing a lot of AI inexperienced shoots. I believe that is fairly optimistic. I believe a very powerful a part of the story, frankly, is, A, that the best way that we’re form of tuning and working the place is towards that double-digit quantity. And so, steerage apart, like that is the best way that we’re working the place.
After which I believe on the opposite facet, there’s simply a number of momentum when it comes to the variety of issues that we’ve underway that is in the end going to spring from innovation and expertise. However we really feel fairly good about the best way that issues are shaping up. And look, we simply did our Investor Day a few weeks in the past, so we’re just some weeks on from there. And within the context of the framework, look, we really feel actually good going ahead.
Michael Turrin — Analyst
That is nice. Simply as a fast follow-up on gross margin. Know that line can transfer round a bit, if we’re trying 4Q relative to remainder of 12 months, is that extra seasonal visitors pushed? And are you assured in means to proceed to ship some degree of gross margin enlargement as you progress towards these ’27 targets? Thanks.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Yeah. So, what I’d say — I will reply that in two items. So, when it comes to This fall, we form of signaled this slightly bit coming into the quarter. We at all times have larger internet hosting prices in This fall simply given how a lot visitors goes over the platform.
And so, we provision for that as a result of it is necessary to us that we preserve belief with our prospects and are resilient when it comes to having the ability to ship necessary visitors throughout issues like Cyber Week. So, internet hosting prices have been an element. You may see, for those who look from Q3 to This fall in 2023, that was the same dynamic. The opposite factor that occurred within the quarter was there was a larger mixture of messaging product income as a share of whole.
So, we talked about the truth that enterprise was robust. It accelerated from a development perspective in This fall. And so, that had a combination impact as properly. As you realize, that enterprise carries decrease gross margins.
Now, as we take into consideration the plan for the framework that we supplied at Investor Day and the 21% to 22% working margin goal by 2027, what we stated is that assumes mainly fixed gross margins. We aren’t assuming an uplift in gross margins to attain these — that framework. Now, is there alternative over time? I believe so if you take a look at the combo of our merchandise and what number of of them carry software program like gross margins. However I believe the fact is within the close to time period, messaging combine, each from a product perspective in addition to the place visitors is terminating geographically, will have an effect.
So, we’re planning for roughly flat gross margins over the following a number of years.
Michael Turrin — Analyst
Thanks very a lot.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to our subsequent query. Our subsequent query goes to come back from the road of Nick Altmann with Scotiabank. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Nick Altmann — Analyst
Superior. Thanks. You guys alluded to a big deal energy in This fall. And on the Investor Day, you highlighted how that $1 million-plus buyer cohort was, I imagine, the fastest-growing.
So, Khozema, are you able to simply possibly speak in regards to the high-end and what’s driving the energy there? Is that extra volume-driven? Is it extra cross-sell-driven? After which my follow-up is, if you take a look at the enhancements within the communications enlargement price, how a lot of that’s being pushed by these bigger offers or the high-end prospects? Thanks.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. So, let me simply step again for a second. I believe that as we take a look at a number of these bigger offers, it is at all times going to be a mixture of recent land after which, after all, develop by way of cross-sell. However I believe what’s actually necessary and attention-grabbing for our enterprise, as you form of suppose again to the Investor Day, is that much more of our prospects are seeing worth from utilizing a number of of our merchandise, on the one hand, after which I believe much more importantly, through the use of the mix of merchandise, particularly because it pertains to the best way wherein communications and information work together after which as we begin to use AI.
So, I might say more and more, the bigger, extra subtle use circumstances that we’re seeing deployed, enterprise prospects, they’re all form of heading down that path. But it surely’s at all times going to be a mixture of enlargement via cross-sell, however there are a handful of — greater than a handful of recent offers in there as properly. So, it is form of a mixture, however I believe it is prospects more and more transferring towards our imaginative and prescient. Remind me, Nick, what was the second a part of your query associated to enlargement?
Nick Altmann — Analyst
Yeah. Simply on the communications DBNRR. That seemed fairly —
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
How a lot of it’s pushed by bigger offers?
Nick Altmann — Analyst
Yeah, yeah.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. I believe it is, once more, slightly bit extra broad than that. Like I believe the lucky dynamic that we’re seeing within the enterprise proper now, as Aidan alluded to, the developments that we’re seeing aren’t concentrated in any explicit space that as a substitute they’re broad-based. And so, I would not per se level to massive offers as being the driving force.
I’d as a substitute say we’re seeing it form of throughout the board, and that is definitely very encouraging for us.
Nick Altmann — Analyst
Nice. Thanks.
Operator
Thanks. One second for our subsequent query. Our subsequent query goes to come back from the road of Mark Murphy with JPMorgan. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Mark Murphy — Analyst
Thanks very a lot. The variety of AI prospects that you’ve got racked up is fairly superb. You had talked about it on the Analyst Day. Questioning for those who may make clear how a lot of that’s tied to authentication or one thing that ties into an app obtain on the entrance finish of the cycle versus one thing which may align with an ongoing AI utilization sample.
After which is that AI enterprise driving any tangible tailwind to income development? As an example, is that larger than the place the political contribution tailwind was?
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Say the final half once more, Mark.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
I’d say — I will reply the final after which possibly Khozema can take the primary. It is not contributing meaningfully. Like I might say it is a mixture of various kinds of prospects. Some are actually small and simply getting began on our platform.
Others are bigger enterprise prospects that at the moment are constructing completely different AI use circumstances. However when it comes to the expansion price, it is a combine clearly throughout the completely different group, however I would not say it is an enormous tailwind to our income proper now.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. And I believe comparable dynamic when it comes to use circumstances, I imply, it actually — it spans the spectrum there, Mark. I believe you definitely do have of us which might be doing to 2FA as part of it. I believe one like actually good instance vis-a-vis utilization, 1-800-CHATGPT, clearly, that was a fairly cool use case to launch, so a number of quantity.
I believe as properly, such as you’re seeing a number of vertical AI start-ups like in a lot of completely different industries which might be actually making an attempt to ramp up rapidly. We see a number of these corporations using on our infrastructure rails that may be non-authentication, if you’ll. And so, it actually form of runs the gamut. Like I would not say there’s like a materially completely different combine essentially than the enterprise at massive.
However I believe what’s most encouraging about it’s, once more, the truth that we’ve as many as we do, the best way that we’ll have the ability to develop with these of us over time, I believe the parents which might be within the vertical areas, particularly, the power to make use of information as properly, will enrich these use circumstances down the highway. And once more, having broad-based energy right here is an effective factor.
Mark Murphy — Analyst
Thanks for that. And a fast follow-up for Aidan. Simply curious how generally do you suppose we will see that — this type of an enormous prepayment? You talked about the $130 million received just lately. Ought to we consider it as being an annual risk in This fall if you are going to be benefiting from some nice phrases and situations? Or do you suppose it’ll be extra episodic than that?
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
I believe will probably be extra episodic than that, Mark. I imply, we occur to have a big prepayment, you stated $130 million, in This fall. I simply suppose that the best way we give it some thought is simply given the energy of our stability sheet, that is one thing we need to proceed to do with completely different strategic distributors now and again. It actually permits us to safe higher unit economics and pricing and higher phrases for the enterprise.
And so, it will not essentially be each This fall, to reply your query straight. However now and again in numerous quarters, you will note these completely different prepayments. There’s at all times form of a run price degree within the enterprise each quarter. However like I stated, some quarters could also be greater than different.
I simply do not need to assume it’ll be each This fall. It would not essentially play out that approach.
Mark Murphy — Analyst
Very clear. Thanks. Recognize it.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to the following query. Our subsequent query goes to come back from the road of Ryan Koontz with Needham and Co. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Ryan Koontz — Analyst
Nice. Good to listen to a few of your progress within the RCS market. Some early wins there. As we take a look at this, how would you characterize the place the market is right now? Can it scale? What are the keys to success right here from the business? Is there a multi-operator interconnect working right now? Does it work internationally? Are you able to stroll us via only a minute on the place we’re? Thanks.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah, Ryan, that is Khozema. I will take that. So, I believe when it comes to the place we’re, it is extremely early. I believe, once more, you realize the story fairly properly, like RCS has really been round for a very long time.
I believe we’re inspired by a few of the early deployments. However I nonetheless suppose that there are a number of challenges that also exist within the ecosystem, I believe interoperability being a kind of. All that stated, I believe that we’re prepared. I imply, we need to help prospects.
I believe the a part of it that we’re really essentially the most enthusiastic about is the branded nature of it. The notion that if you work together with the model, that you realize precisely who it’s on the opposite facet. And past that, I imply, the engagements themselves are very wealthy, proper, when it comes to not having to go to an app or a web site or what have you ever. I believe we have talked prior to now, I believe the utility of it has a restricted set of use circumstances relying on how the RCS works.
And so, I believe the place we’re on it is vitally a lot prepared. We might be excited if it actually took off. I believe we’re form of cautiously optimistic about the best way that it performs out. I believe we view it as being kind of impartial to modestly accretive to the best way that we form of take into consideration issues.
And in some, very, very early days. I believe the volumes that we’re seeing, I imply, they’re definitely taking off relative to the place they have been, nevertheless it’s off a fairly low base.
Ryan Koontz — Analyst
I assume the Android ecosystem is form of far forward of the Apple ecosystem proper now.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah, a lot additional forward.
Ryan Koontz — Analyst
Received it. Yeah, Android. Proper. Thanks a lot.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to our subsequent query. Our subsequent query goes to come back from the road of Meta Marshall with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Meta Marshall — Analyst
Nice. Thanks. Perhaps you might simply give a way — I do know, clearly, you’ve a number of current prospects, and you will get concept of their enterprise efficiency by utilization. However simply form of what you are seeing form of on the enterprise atmosphere as we begin the 12 months simply form of as you undergo gross sales cycles.
After which possibly as a second query, on the Section piece, the web enlargement price nonetheless form of being under 100%. Simply form of when do you count on a few of the new wins and traction that you simply’re seeing can form of assist enhance that metric? Thanks.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. Hey, Meta, I believe we really feel fairly optimistic in regards to the enterprise atmosphere. I imply, I believe — I do not need to get forward of past the steerage that we supplied, however I believe simply typically, primarily based on the pattern line that we noticed in This fall, that prospects are prepared to interact. They’re excited in regards to the services that we have.
I believe they’re very excited in regards to the imaginative and prescient that we have laid out when it comes to the communications plus information, plus AI. I believe the truth that there are a variety of fielded use circumstances now and merchandise that go along with that, that they will avail themselves of. I might say fairly optimistic on stability. I imply, once more, I do not need to get too far forward of it, however we really feel fairly good in regards to the enterprise atmosphere.
I believe only one factor I will notice is we at all times form of plan round a impartial macro. So, nothing that we have form of stated or — and definitely nothing within the enterprise actually, I would not take from that we’re planning for like a rebounding macro or something like that. We’re planning for impartial. We’ll definitely be a beneficiary of a better macro.
And if it will get worse, we may see us get clipped from that slightly bit. However we’re planning for impartial. When it comes to web enlargement, look, we’re not — it isn’t like a metric that we per se run the enterprise to. What I’d say about it’s, is that after we take a look at a few of the key inputs into the best way that we take into consideration the stand-alone Section enterprise, I might say, primary, we’re seeing much more stickiness when it comes to the offers as a result of they’re extra multiyear.
Quantity two, we have performed some work on the expertise facet to get prospects activated rather more rapidly so that they are getting ROI, I believe that definitely helps. After which I believe, three, the best way wherein it now interoperates with a few of the information warehouses, which was kind of lengthy a request from prospects, like all of that’s in place. And I believe that each one finally ends up being good for the enterprise. I am positive you heard the query earlier in regards to the stability sheet dynamics with the enterprise.
We really feel higher about the place it’s. I believe it is work in progress. We need to make it even higher, after all, and income and the — or the enlargement traits will form of observe all that.
Meta Marshall — Analyst
Nice. Thanks.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to our subsequent query. Our subsequent query comes from the road of Arjun Bhatia with William Blair. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Arjun Bhatia — Analyst
Excellent. Thanks, guys. Perhaps the primary one, I will concentrate on NRR on the opposite facet of the enterprise, the comp facet, the 108 is fairly spectacular right here. I might be curious to listen to how a lot of that’s enhancements in gross retention versus, definitely, there’s been a spotlight within the enterprise in investing in innovation, product cross-sell, so the cut up between that may be attention-grabbing to listen to.
After which how do you count on this to evolve? Is that this a sustainable degree going ahead as a few of these initiatives play out? Or is This fall possibly — so there’s some seasonality in there that we must always contemplate going ahead? Thanks.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Yeah, I will take that, Arjun. That is Aidan. So, the Comms DBNE accelerated to 108% in This fall. I might say it typically tracks income development, proper, for those who take a look at it over time.
However if you break it down, clearly, like I stated, we had accelerated development in messaging. We noticed robust efficiency in e mail. So, I might say from a product perspective, largely coming from there. Once you break it down between the completely different churn contraction/enlargement parts of DBNE, churn was low.
It has traditionally been low, continued to be low. We actually noticed the advance by — via elevated enlargement. I might say a modest discount in contraction, like that is how I might characterize it. Once you take a look at DBNE by our completely different gross sales segments, I might say the 2 that, I’d say, carried out rather well have been ISVs in addition to self-serve.
And we talked about them at our Investor Day, these are key go-to-market segments for us. They continued to carry out properly within the fourth quarter as properly. After which by business, it was a lot of completely different industries, however that offers you a way of how to consider it a few other ways. When it comes to how to consider it going ahead, I would just say prefer it tracks income.
We do not information to this metric, so I am not going to supply a selected quantity, however it’ll monitor largely form of the income developments of the corporate.
Arjun Bhatia — Analyst
OK. That is useful. After which possibly zooming out slightly bit. At Investor Day, we talked quite a bit about form of cross-sell as an enormous driver of development.
And I believe you had talked about, I believe, 63% of consumers are single product. When you consider the cross-sell alternative, like how do you bucket it when it comes to possibly like here is form of the layup merchandise that you could promote, and like are there others which might be dwelling runs which might be possibly longer gross sales cycles however the place prospects may considerably enhance in measurement? Like, how are you approaching that from a product and go-to-market views?
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. Hey, Arjun, that is a very good query. I believe a few solutions. So, one is we’ve concentrated incentives as a part of the gross sales incentive plan to make it possible for our groups are targeted on it.
And I believe they’re enthusiastic about that alignment there. I believe second factor, form of to the true coronary heart of your query, like are there — I believe the phrase you used was layups. I imply, it is by no means a layup. However I believe on a few of the simpler facet, if you’ll, you’d think about that prospects, their means to make use of SMS and e mail together, or SMS and voice together, like a few of the form of basic channels.
Or if it ever — if it actually took off, like with RCS, like having the ability to form of reinforce a few of that exercise with a voice workload afterwards. So, I might say any a kind of combos, I would not restrict it to these essentially, however these are fairly enticing. They’ll find yourself being shorter gross sales cycles as a result of they’re already plugged into one in all our communications APIs, we will get prospects up and working fairly rapidly. We’ve got a lot of really deployed use circumstances wherein prospects really get extra worth through the use of two channels on the identical time or complementary versus only one.
So, we will level to a number of proof there too the place prospects are getting a number of worth. So, I might say the primary a part of your query there, like that is most likely on the simpler facet. I believe that stated, it is slightly bit longer of a gross sales cycle. However once more, we’re incentivizing our groups to make it possible for they’re targeted on this too.
That mixture of information with communications, like there’s a number of work that is happening in our R&D staff to make it possible for, in the identical approach that I described like on-ramping a channel, the identical approach it’s as simple to on-ramp information additionally via form of a singular or easy set of APIs, if it will probably’t be performed via one. And I do suppose we’re seeing a number of curiosity there. I believe it’ll take slightly bit extra time. However the simpler that we make it, if we will make it fully self-servable, like that is actually the place we’re headed with it.
And I believe that may begin to take off, however that may take a while due to the R&D funding cycle.
Arjun Bhatia — Analyst
All proper. Excellent. Very useful. Thanks.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to our subsequent query. Our subsequent query comes from the road of Alex Zukin with Wolfe Analysis. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Alex Zukin — Analyst
Hey, guys, I wished to ask simply possibly, once more, we’re nonetheless early into this entire form of constant steerage framework, and popping out of the Analyst Day, the place you probably did an awesome job. Perhaps simply discuss how a lot conservatism, how you have considered conservatism baked into each Q1 and as we get via the 12 months. After which only a fast query about that dangerous debt expense, the working revenue, appeared one-time, that impression in This fall. In case you may simply dive slightly bit deeper into that, these can be the 2.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Yeah. Hey, Alex, that is Aidan. So, I believe, once more, we’re actually happy with the efficiency within the second half of the 12 months, noticed energy throughout a lot of completely different areas. Because it pertains to the information for the 12 months, we’re guiding to 7% to eight%.
As we stated in Investor Day, we’re orienting the enterprise for double digits. That is simply form of how we’re working the place. However once more, the character of our enterprise issues, proper? We’re usage-based. We’re not subscription-based.
And so, with that, there’s slightly bit extra volatility, slightly bit much less visibility when it comes to forecasting. Because it pertains to Q1, we’re guiding to eight% to 9% year-over-year development. That is one level larger than we guided in This fall. So, you’re seeing that these developments that we’re seeing within the second half or that we noticed within the second half of ’24 are positively impacting our forecast.
However once more, simply given the character of the enterprise, on condition that it is a pretty dynamic market, we’ll form of proceed to plan prudently. Because it pertains to the dangerous debt expense that I discussed, possibly just a bit bit extra coloration. So, it was a $17 million cost in This fall associated to a Brazilian telecom buyer. We actually noticed a slowdown of their ongoing fee exercise.
It is a buyer, by the best way, that we referred to as out in our 10-Q for a number of quarters. I believe what was completely different is, traditionally, that they had been making ongoing funds, which restricted our — I might say, dangerous debt publicity to partial reserves. This quarter, their conduct modified a bit and resulted in a bit extra danger. And so, we totally reserved their receivables within the fourth quarter.
So, it was a little bit of an uncommon for us. It was a couple of 140-basis-point impression on our margins within the quarter. However like I stated, we’re totally reserved on that buyer at this level. We do not count on further expenses associated to Oi, which is the identify of the client, sooner or later.
Alex Zukin — Analyst
Excellent. After which simply something on the aggressive atmosphere on the aggressive entrance as you go ahead, significantly as you proceed to form of mix the — or degree up a few of these conversations across the broader platform-based providing?
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. I imply, we really feel nice competitively, proper? I imply, I believe we are the market chief in two actually necessary classes. I believe you are seeing a few of the latest success that we have had, particularly in what I believe goes to be actually a secular pattern round AI, like that is very encouraging. We’re rising at a quicker clip than any of the opposite guys.
And I believe we need to take that energy and never relaxation on our laurels however as a substitute convert that power into new R&D investments, which form of result in a double-digit mentality over time. And I believe that is going to be a extremely good setup for the enterprise. And I believe a few of the R&D investments that we’re making are actually thrilling and they are going to unlock a number of worth for purchasers.
Alex Zukin — Analyst
Thanks, guys.
Operator
Thanks. One second for our subsequent query. Our subsequent query comes from the road of Patrick Walravens with Residents JMP. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Pat Walravens — Analyst
Nice. And let me add my congratulations. Aidan, are you able to remind me how to consider the working margin ramp from like 17% to 18% in ’25 to the 21% to 22% in ’27? I imply, I’ve ’26 fairly flat presently with ’25. Is that the fitting approach to consider it?
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
What I’d say, so we dedicated to 21% to 22%. You recognize that given the information that we gave for 2025, that suggests roughly 17.5% in 2025. So, you must assume accretion annually. We did not give particularly how to consider ’26 and ’27, however you must assume that every 12 months we get a little bit of accretion on margin charges.
So, if we’re going from 17.5% to 21% to 22%, that offers you a way of the best way to mannequin form of ’26 and ’27.
Pat Walravens — Analyst
OK. I will go within the center. After which, Khozema, the place are you — are you able to possibly give us some examples of the place you are utilizing brokers internally? You reeled off a lot of areas throughout the Analyst Day. However the place is it — the place are you discovering it is actually working? To your personal inner operations.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. Good query, Pat. So, I believe there’s two areas the place we have seen actually a marked distinction in the best way that we’re working. I believe the primary can be in buyer help, the place we’re seeing a big quantity of deflection because of using AI brokers.
That is made the workforce much more productive on the one hand. However alternatively, it is also gotten prospects to a solution a lot, a lot quicker in an successfully self-serve style. So, that is been very thrilling for us, and we will clearly proceed going deeper there. The opposite facet of it although is with respect to SDRs.
So, as a substitute of essentially attaching an individual to each incoming inquiry, we’re capable of vet a number of these now via, once more, AI brokers. And the rationale that one, I believe, is much more impactful in some respects is, clearly, there’s value financial savings, however extra importantly, when the rep attaches themselves to the vetted account, it is simply that it has been vetted, proper? So, it is a way more high-quality lead in order that the rep ends are pursuing enterprise that is most likely going to materialize versus simply chasing one thing that occurred to come back in.
Pat Walravens — Analyst
Nice. Thanks each.
Operator
Thanks. One second as we transfer on to the following query. Our subsequent query comes from the road of Ryan MacWilliams with Barclays. Your line is open.
Please go forward.
Ryan MacWilliams — Analyst
Hey, guys, thanks for taking the query. I might love to listen to about the way you’re seeing any modifications within the macro via the tip of the fourth quarter or to begin this 12 months and for those who observed any modifications from a utilization perspective from a geographic standpoint in North America versus the remainder of the world.
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Hey, Ryan, I will begin. So, I might say nothing I might name out particularly from the tip of This fall via form of early Q1. What I’ll say is, for us, you at all times see a drop-off in quantity since you’re coming off of a really excessive vacation season. That is not atypical this 12 months.
That is simply form of the seasonality of our enterprise. So, I do not suppose there’s something I might name out particularly U.S. versus remainder of the world because it pertains to the volumes I am taking a look at form of day by day.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. No, I agree with Aidan. I imply, there’s clearly quite a bit happening, it is dynamic. However I do not suppose that we have seen essentially something that may actually impression our enterprise up to now.
Ryan MacWilliams — Analyst
Excellent. After which Khozema, voice AI, we’re nonetheless actually early days, and I am positive that is going to alter like 10 completely different occasions over the following few years. However as we take into consideration just like the potential voice AI use circumstances that may make sense for Twilio versus would possibly make sense extra like over-the-top by way of like Siri or Alexa or one thing, like what use circumstances do you suppose — or have you ever seen early days that individuals need to use Twilio for and that you simply guys are the rails in your prospects? Thanks.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Yeah. I will offer you possibly like an anonymized instance. I imply, I believe that we’ve prospects who’re actively in beta and piloting completely different use circumstances proper now. So, mainly, I imply, give it some thought this manner, proper? You may have a buyer who beforehand could have been utilizing an IVR because the mechanism to deal with an incoming workload.
And in lots of cases, sooner or later, that IVR has received to then flip to a human agent who’s received to have the ability to deal with like no matter that transactional workload is. And when that occurs, the one measure, actually, of what is going on on there’s cycle time. And never solely is it simply cycle time, due to the truth that that is the case, there is not any actual alternative to drive a extra attention-grabbing, intimate upsell-type expertise. And so, the client that I am particularly referencing on this case, what they’re doing is that they are utilizing the voice product that they have been however layering on prime of that our voice intelligence capabilities.
So, all the traits from that decision are getting saved. They’re utilizing AI on prime of it in order that, as a substitute of even going into an IVR, the AI agent is dealing with it from begin to end. Along with that, as a result of it is an AI agent, you are not paying an individual to deal with that quantity, and so there is not any constraint on cycle time. And so, you may create that rather more attention-grabbing and intimate expertise.
After which lastly, what’s particularly attention-grabbing on this explicit case is that it permits time for upsell, proper? And so, utilizing a few of the information that may be referenced from prior transactions and information historical past with that individual buyer, you need to use that information to go ahead and say, “By the best way, you ordered X, Y, Z final time. Here is a possibility to do it the following time.” And it drives extra quantity, ideally, higher-margin quantity for these prospects. And on the again finish of that, we will really add a channel too thanking them for his or her enterprise on the opposite facet. So, that could be a form of real-life one that’s in movement proper now.
It is not a singular instance. We’re beginning to have that dialog with a lot of our different prospects as properly. And I believe that’s proper on the coronary heart of this concept of communications plus information, plus AI, which is why we’re so enthusiastic about it, is that we are literally beginning to see the inexperienced shoots.
Ryan MacWilliams — Analyst
That sounds a lot better than being caught in IVR. Thanks. I admire the colour.
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Positive.
Operator
Thanks. And that was going to be our final query. Girls and gents, this does conclude right now’s convention name. [Operator signoff]
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Name individuals:
Bryan Vaniman — Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Khozema Z. Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Aidan Viggiano — Chief Monetary Officer
Jim Fish — Analyst
Khozema Shipchandler — Chief Government Officer
Michael Turrin — Analyst
Nick Altmann — Analyst
Mark Murphy — Analyst
Ryan Koontz — Analyst
Meta Marshall — Analyst
Arjun Bhatia — Analyst
Alex Zukin — Analyst
Pat Walravens — Analyst
Ryan MacWilliams — Analyst
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