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Updated Aug 5, 2026
C3 AI (NYSE: AI) is a public enterprise-AI software company founded in 2009. It provides an integrated platform, generative-AI products, and industry-specific SaaS applications that turn enterprise data into operational decisions and automated workflows.
Primary product
C3 Agentic AI Platform, an ontology-powered platform for developing, deploying, operating, and governing enterprise AI applications, complemented by C3 AI Studio, C3 Generative AI, C3 Code, and prebuilt enterprise applications.
Founded
2009
Headquarters
Redwood City, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 700 after the 2026 restructuring; older third-party profiles report 1,178-1,273 before the reduction.
Industry
Enterprise software / artificial intelligence
Sub-industry
Enterprise AI platforms, generative AI, predictive analytics, and industry-specific SaaS
Offices
Business model
Stage
Public company; formerly venture-backed
Total raised
$454M
Latest round
Series G · Sep 2020
Latest amount
$69.5M
Sep 2020
Dec 2009
Leadership
Thomas M. Siebel
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Ehikian
President
Hitesh Lath
Chief Financial Officer
Jim Hagemann Snabe
Board member
Founders
Patricia House
Co-founder
Tyler Myers
Co-founder
The company emphasizes innovation, curiosity, integrity, and collective intelligence; its careers materials emphasize work on technically demanding enterprise, defense, manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and public-sector problems.
Compensation
Public evidence reviewed did not establish a comprehensive company-wide compensation or benefits schedule. C3 AI is a public-company employer and its filings disclose equity-based compensation; role-specific compensation should be verified in current job postings.
Benefits
Pricing
Enterprise sales; pricing is not publicly posted and appears to be negotiated through subscriptions, platform/consumption contracts, production deployments, and services.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $250 million annual revenue (FY2026; third-party TTM figure also approximately $250 million)
C3 AI implemented a restructuring plan targeting approximately $135 million in annualized non-GAAP cost savings. By the June 2026 earnings discussion, headcount had fallen from roughly 1,070 to about 700, approximately a 35% reduction.
SourceFounder Thomas M. Siebel resumed the CEO role; Stephen Ehikian continued as President. Fiscal 2026 revenue was $250.3 million and GAAP operating loss was $498.5 million.
SourceCrunchbase reports C3 AI acquired Efficiency 2.0.
SourceC3 AI Investor Relations · Aug 2026
The latest investor-relations news item identified as of August 4, 2026.
C3 AI · May 2026
Reported FY2026 revenue of $250.3 million, announced Siebel's return as CEO, and described a restructuring targeting $135 million in annualized savings.
C3 AI · Feb 2026
Reported $53.3 million quarterly revenue, 90% subscription revenue, strong federal/defense bookings, and the restructuring plan.
83 jobs at C3 AI