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Markets2026-08-13 · source-backed
Q2 2026 showed $365M revenue up 22% YoY, ARR crossing $1.5B in July, NDR at 109% guided down to 108%. Co-CEO Eran Zinman called it the first time customers expand on AI consumption rather than only human seats. This is the concrete counter-evidence to the thesis that agents collapse per-seat NRR: the seat-plus-credit hybrid is producing measurable expansion, at least while credit buckets are still generously sized. Watch the guide-down.
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