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Braze, Inc. 10-Q Summary: Quarter Ended October 31, 2025

Business Context and Reporting Period

This filing covers the quarterly period ended October 31, 2025. Braze, Inc. operates a cloud-based customer engagement platform enabling brands to deliver personalized experiences across multiple channels (push, email, SMS, etc.). The company reported strong revenue growth driven by new customer acquisition and expansion within its existing base, alongside a significant strategic acquisition.

Key Financial Metrics

Material Changes vs. Prior Period

• Revenue Growth: Revenue increased 25.5% year-over-year (YoY) for the quarter and 23.1% YoY for the nine-month period. Subscription revenue grew 24.2% in the quarter, driven by a mix of new customers (55.2% of growth) and expansion from existing customers (44.8%).
• Acquisition Impact: On June 2, 2025, Braze acquired OfferFit, Inc. for approximately $303 million (cash and stock). This acquisition added significant goodwill ($238.5 million) and intangible assets ($66.6 million) to the balance sheet and contributed to increased operating expenses and amortization costs.
• Margin Compression: Gross margin decreased to 67.2% from 69.8% in the prior year quarter. This decline is attributed to increased hosting costs, third-party messaging fees, and amortization of acquired technology from the OfferFit deal.
• Operating Expenses: Total operating expenses rose 19.5% YoY for the quarter. Research and Development (R&D) expenses increased 34.1% due to headcount growth and software costs. Sales and Marketing expenses increased 18.7% due to personnel costs and promotional activities.
• Customer Metrics: Total customers grew to 2,528 (from 2,211 in the prior year). Monthly active users reached approximately 7.8 billion. Dollar-based net retention rate for the trailing 12 months was 108%.

Outlook, Risks, and Management Commentary

• Strategic Focus: Management continues to invest in AI capabilities and channel expansion. The OfferFit acquisition is intended to deepen the integration of multi-agent decisioning engines into the platform.
• Liquidity: The company maintains a strong liquidity position with $387.3 million in cash and marketable securities, sufficient to fund operations for at least the next 12 months.
• Material Weakness in Internal Controls: The company identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to ineffective Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs) regarding user access and program change management. Management has initiated a remediation plan expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
• Risks: Key risks include macroeconomic instability affecting customer spending, intense competition, reliance on third-party cloud providers (AWS, Rackspace), and evolving data privacy regulations. The company also faces risks related to the integration of the OfferFit acquisition and the potential dilution from stock-based compensation.

Investor Verification Checklist

• Verify the integration progress and revenue contribution of the OfferFit acquisition in subsequent quarters.
• Monitor the remediation status of the identified material weakness in ITGCs and its impact on future financial reporting reliability.
• Track the trend in gross margins to determine if cost increases from the acquisition and infrastructure scaling are stabilizing.
• Assess the sustainability of the dollar-based net retention rate (108%) given macroeconomic pressures on customer budgets.
• Review the impact of the dual-class stock structure conversion (Class B to Class A) scheduled for January 2026 on voting control dynamics.