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| And so we're very pleased with where we are |
| This 15% non-GAAP operating margin for the quarter was a result of revenue over-performance, strong subscription gross margins, coupled with broad-based expense discipline and is the fifth consecutive quarter of non-GAAP profitability |
| For the third consecutive quarter, we posted positive GAAP net income totaling $17 million or $0.06 per basic share |
| We believe that the product suites we've built, the customers we serve and the size of the market opportunity ahead of us, put us in a great position to become a multibillion-dollar revenue company in the years ahead |
| Many AI experts agree that AI is going to boost human productivity significantly over the next few years |
| We have had several quarters here of looking at not just win rates, but the go-to-market model for CCaaS, what is working in the market as Ragy was mentioning earlier, we've been successful in onboarding partners in that segment |
| There's no question that we've been very successful in achieving both of these goals, and we're on track to deliver a solid year with 18% revenue growth, record profitability and strong free cash flow generation |
| And second was to meaningfully improve the operational efficiency and margins of our business |
| We're pleased that Q3 was another strong quarter that exceeded guidance across all key metrics |
| Today, I'm sure no one is debating the fact that we have an early mover AI advantage given our decision to design Sprinklr on a single architectural code base, where AI has been infused across all product suites, Sprinklr Service, Sprinklr Social, Sprinklr Marketing, Sprinklr Insights, our self-service offerings and our entire platform |
| We know that the opportunities we are in, we're seeing very good win rates |
| As I just outlined, we are on track to deliver a very successful FY '24, with 18% revenue growth and 11% operating margins that will have expanded by more than 1,000 basis points year-over-year, and we accomplished all this while broadening our product portfolio |
| And that's becoming really, really good |
| For example, one of our leading telecom customers using Sprinklr’s conversational AI bots and AI routing achieved over 90% improvement in the response time and more than 60% reduction in average case handling time after enabling our chatbot |
| One of our luxury goods customers has seen a 25% improvement in their CSAT score, along with a 50% reduction in their average handling time using Sprinklr's conversational analytics product |
| It's actually good for us because these early implementations the [99, the 59] (ph) uptimes and a whole bunch of things that we are just working through the system we've done it before, that it's good to have that breathing room |
| We maintained that Sprinklr is the fastest and the most effective ways for many enterprise customers and prospects to get actionable and practical AI across a global brand front office today |
| We are very pleased with the results, having made significant demonstrable progress with Sprinklr Service, gaining market share and customer momentum in the CCaaS market |
| From a profitability perspective, we have been pleased with the significant progress in our profitability performance this year |
| So we're seeing very good early traction and that early traction to convert to steady predictable growth on the bookings side |
| We expect FY '25 non-GAAP operating margins to continue to expand from our guidance for 11% operating margins for FY '24 |
| So we are constantly, as you'd recall from our prior earnings calls, upsells for us has always been a very strong suit |
| We have the strongest product portfolio in our history with an innovation flywheel that is consistently expanding our competitive differentiation |
| And essentially, there's a lot of people who jumped in and really are happy, and we're thrilled with the results |
| As you heard from Ragy, we're pleased with this quarter's results which exceeded the high end of our guidance range on the top and bottom line |
| We are very pleased with the momentum and the progress we've made in our Service suite |
| I think we have a very differentiated product |
| And given the performance throughout the first nine months of the year, we will be GAAP net income positive for the full year FY '24, consistent with our comments on the past few earnings calls |
| Subscription revenue benefited by $1 million from new business being booked earlier than expected in the quarter |
| That's an exciting thought |
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| And then as Ragy was saying, there are quite a bit of macro challenges, particularly as we look at the marketing and advertising suite |
| Non-GAAP gross margins for professional services were slightly negative, coming in at minus 2% |
| Given the macro environment, we are experiencing a higher level of down sales, as large customers right-size their software spend |
| As Ragy mentioned, our focus on succeeding in our CCaaS business slowed progress with some of our other go-to-market initiatives in our core product suites much more than we had anticipated |
| As such, we are mindful that this cycle of renewals may be one of the more challenging quarters to get through and is factored into the guidance numbers |
| As we've diversified the business and focused on scaling our CCaaS business, we'd like to acknowledge that we have made slower progress on some of our other go-to-market initiatives focused on our core product suites |
| If you like want to interpret it a certain way, I'd say maybe the media sector, right, media publishing channels who have been customers, we're seeing some sort of -- can interpret that there's some extra softness there |
| We also expect non-GAAP gross margin from professional services to be approximately negative $2 million in Q4 |
| And so that's an obvious place where we're seeing some additional pressure |
| I'm just wondering like in the quarter, if you saw any strength in certain verticals or weakness? Our research suggests that there's been like some softness in like insurance and auto and tax and financials |
| So offering them additional product suites is one of the players where there's a number of other players we are running, and again, this is part of the reason I was saying just given where we are and the limited visibility in how this plays out for the remainder of this year, what is captured in the guide is the situation we see |
| While NDE was healthy in the quarter, I would note that we began to see incremental pressure on renewals in Q3 as certain customers that are impacted by the difficult macro environment adjusted their spending levels with us |
| So I'd love to just touch on some of the renewal headwinds that you all are seeing? You previously highlighted the expectations for our net dollar expansion to be under pressure from some of those moderating renewals and upsells |
| Just given the -- some of the renewal pressures we are seeing here in Q3 |
| And I suspect what is happening is when those contracts are up for renewal, which for us happens to be in Q4 we're seeing a downdraft in terms of the number of seats being renewed |
| There's been the streaming wars that have been going on has come down |
| But it seems like this quarter, large customers are more of a headwind |
| We have signaled even in the past, we do expect the 118% to keep coming down |
| And why now? Well, you've seen a lot of corporations pull back on headcount, there have been layoffs across the economy |
| And as you know, and difficult times, Marketing is one of the first budgets and teams to be impacted with layoffs cutting back on spend, what's going on with some of the networks that isn't helping |
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