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C3.ai, Inc.

TechnologyPrepackaged Software
Ticker AIREDWOOD CITY, CAFiscal year ends AprilBook value per share $4.48Diluted shares 155.0M

C3 Metrics Inc., trading as C3 AI on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol AI, operates as the Enterprise AI application software company. The company's website is located at www.c3.ai. C3 AI delivers a fully integrated family of products centered on the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for… From the company’s description.

Fiscal year 2026 · ends 04-30Changes are against fiscal 2025The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-07-31
Sales & profitability
$250.27M
−35.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $232.38M
-199.19%
−115.8 percentage points
Last 12 mo -203.09%
$-470.37M
−62.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $-446.41M
-70.30%
−35.9 percentage points
Last 12 mo -64.24%
Cash & financing
$-190.23M
−359.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $-154.62M
$-192.14M
−332.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $-155.78M
—
140.5M
+8.8% year over year
Last 12 mo 155.0M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What C3.ai, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

C3 Metrics Inc., trading as C3 AI on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol AI, operates as the Enterprise AI application software company. The company's website is located at www.c3.ai. C3 AI delivers a fully integrated family of products centered on the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating Enterprise AI applications. The company's product suite includes C3 AI Applications, a portfolio of industry-specific Enterprise AI applications; C3 Generative AI, a library of agentic AI applications for data retrieval and workflow orchestration; C3 AI Studio, an integrated development environment; and C3 Code, an agentic development environment enabling production-grade application deployment through natural language instructions.

The C3 Agentic AI Platform is built on a patented model-driven architecture designed to simplify Enterprise AI application development by reducing the need for complex programming code. This architecture enables organizations to rapidly design, develop, and deploy large-scale AI applications across major public cloud infrastructures, private cloud, hybrid environments, or on-premises systems. C3 AI's applications span multiple industries including asset performance, supply chain optimization, defense and intelligence, and property appraisal, with particular strength in manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities, aerospace and defense, and government sectors.

The company operates through a lighthouse customer strategy, establishing high-value engagements with large multinational corporations and government entities. Revenue is generated primarily through software subscriptions, including licenses, software-as-a-service offerings, Center of Excellence support services, and consumption-based pricing models, supplemented by professional services including implementation, consulting, and training. C3 AI maintains strategic partnerships with major technology providers including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud, as well as consulting and systems integration firms including McKinsey & Company, Booz Allen Hamilton, and others that extend market coverage and customer acquisition capabilities.

As of April 30, 2026, C3 AI employed 764 full-time employees, with 582 based in the United States and 182 in international locations. The company's competitive advantages center on its patented model-driven architecture, rapid time-to-value delivery capabilities, and accumulated domain expertise across fifteen years of Enterprise AI development.

Company details
Sector
Technology
Industry
Prepackaged Software
Headquarters
REDWOOD CITY, CA
Fiscal year end
April
CIK
1577526
SIC
7372

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2021–2026 · USD
$-556.31M$-298.48M$-40.66M$217.17M$475.00M202120222023202420252026Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns C3.ai, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

153
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$330.52M
held by funds, at market
22.1%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · C3.ai, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
0.02%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.04%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
0.20%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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