What is driving customer demand for sovereign cloud, and what is the incremental TAM opportunity?

Geopolitics is driving demand for containing supply chains, economic infrastructure, and data within national borders, leading to requirements for sovereign-contained government infrastructure and controlled public cloud infrastructure. AI is adding a new dimension, with countries considering sovereign AI infrastructure. The TAM is still evolving, and it's unclear if it's entirely net new, but architectural shifts will require modernization, presenting an interesting opportunity. “TAM is still evolving. I don't have a good sense of how big the TAM would be. But -- and how -- if it is a net new, it is also unclear because before the sovereign concept, the customers were consuming IT services, but in a more shared way or cloud way.”

Is AI another technology shift that Rubrik will address with continuous innovation, similar to how it redefined cyber resilience, or is it just an application of old technology?

Rubrik is a continuously innovating company that anticipates customer needs. It redefined cyber resilience, then expanded to identity protection (now with over 900 customers). AI is the next S-curve, addressing the risks of agentic AI. Rubrik is building a comprehensive platform for AI agent management, control, and rewind, leveraging its data, identity, and application understanding. The company aims to be a leading security and AI operations company, focusing on non-consensus ideas. “I always am a huge believer in non-consensus ideas. And we are building the most important AI company that nobody is focused on. And we'll continue to build Rubrik into where our customers are going and where our markets are going, and will continue to be on the leading edge.”

How does memory pricing affect Rubrik's indirect exposure, potential risks to customer procurement of appliances, and are there any assumptions embedded in the guidance?

Rubrik is a software company, but acknowledges that software runs on hardware. So far, there hasn't been a significant impact on the business from memory pricing. While some customers self-host and procure hardware, Rubrik works with them to ease the process. The current guidance incorporates the overall environment, including macro factors and hardware supply issues, and does not anticipate a material impact at this point. “So far, we're watching the situation closely, and we haven't seen a significant impact on our business. Obviously, there's a portion of our business where customers self-host and they procure hardware. And we work with our customers where needed to ease for them. But so far, we haven't seen any material impact on our business as reflected in the results.”

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Rubrik (RBRK) Q4 FY26 earnings call: guidance and Q&A

Earnings call· Jan 2026 (Q4 FY26)· Information Technology· Mar 12, 2026

Source: earnings call transcript

Executive summary

Rubrik Q4 FY26 — Record Net New Subscription ARR and Strong Free Cash Flow

Rubrik concluded FY26 with a strong Q4, driven by record net new subscription ARR and significant free cash flow generation, exceeding all guided metrics. The company is leveraging its platform to address cyber resilience and AI transformation, with strong competitive win rates and rapid growth in its Identity business. Management is focused on continued investment in R&D and go-to-market strategies to capitalize on market opportunities in cybersecurity and AI.

Highlights

Accelerated net new subscription ARR growth to a record $115 million in Q4 FY26.
Subscription ARR reached $1.46 billion, growing 34% year-over-year.
Full fiscal year free cash flow was $238 million, more than 10x the prior fiscal year.
Subscription NRR remained strong, once again above 120%.
Customers with $100,000+ in subscription ARR reached 2,805, growing 25% year-over-year.

Concerns

Agentic AI risks (hallucinations, compromise)
Cyber attackers deploying AI

Guidance & targets

Category	Target	Timeline	Confidence
Revenue	$365 million to $367 million high materiality	Q1 · FY27	High
Revenue (normalized for material rights)	approximately 36% to 37% growth high materiality	Q1 · FY27	High
Material rights contribution to revenue	$4 million medium materiality	Q1 · FY27	High
Non-GAAP subscription ARR contribution margin	10% to 11% high materiality	Q1 · FY27	High
Non-GAAP EPS	negative $0.04 to negative $0.02 high materiality	Q1 · FY27	High
Subscription ARR	$1,829 million to $1,839 million high materiality	FY27	High
Subscription ARR growth	approximately 25% to 26% high materiality	FY27	High
Total revenue	$1,597 million to $1,607 million high materiality	FY27	High
Total revenue growth (normalized for material rights)	approximately 27% to 28% high materiality	FY27	High
Material rights contribution to revenue	$10 million medium materiality	FY27	High
Non-GAAP subscription ARR contribution margin	approximately 13% high materiality	FY27	High
Non-GAAP EPS	$0.07 to $0.27 high materiality	FY27	High
Free cash flow	$265 million to $275 million high materiality	FY27	High

Segment performance

Segment	Revenue	YoY	QoQ	Margin
Americas Revenue from the Americas region.	$268 million	45%	—	—
Outside the Americas Revenue from regions outside the Americas.	$109 million	51%	—	—

RBRK operating KPIs by quarter

RBRK operating KPIs stated on its earnings calls, by fiscal quarter
KPI	This call Jan 2026 Q4 FY26	Apr 2026 Q1 FY27	Jul 2026 Q2 FY27	Change vs prior quarter
Annual recurring revenue (ARR) Subscription	$1.46B First, subscription ARR reached $1.46 billion, growing 34% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	$1.57B First, subscription ARR reached $1.57 billion, growing 32% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	$1.66B First, subscription ARR reached $1.66 billion, growing 33% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	+5.7%
Net revenue retention rate Subscription	120%+ Third, our subscription NRR remained strong, once again above 120%. Source: earnings call transcript	~120% Third, our subscription NRR remained strong at approximately 120%. Source: earnings call transcript	119%+ Fourth, our subscription NRR remained strong at over 119%. Source: earnings call transcript	—
Customers above an annual spend threshold Subscription ARR of $100,000 or more	2,805 Fourth, customers with $100,000 or more in subscription ARR reached 2,805, growing 25% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	2,946 Fourth, customers with $100,000 or more in subscription ARR reached 2,946 growing 24% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	3,084 Customers with 100,000 or more in subscription ARR reached 3,084, growing 23% year-over-year. Source: earnings call transcript	+4.7%
Annual recurring revenue (ARR) Cloud	$1.29B Continued adoption of Rubrik Security Cloud resulted in $1.29 billion of cloud ARR up 48%. Source: earnings call transcript	$1.39B Continued adoption of Rubrik Security Cloud resulted in $1.39 billion of cloud ARR up 43%. Source: earnings call transcript	—	+7.8%

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Product announcements

Product	Type	Timeline	Details
Rubrik Agent Cloud	launch	a few weeks ago
Okta Identity protection	expansion	this quarter

Deals & partnerships

Predibase Acquisition of a company specializing in LLM fine-tuning and inference serving platform.

Predibase is now integrated into the Rubrik platform to enhance AI agent control and guardrailing capabilities.

Risks & headwinds

Agentic AI risks (hallucinations, compromise)

100x more risk

Mitigation:Rubrik Agent Cloud provides dynamic monitoring, control, and remediation of agentic actions, acting as an 'intelligent autonomous driving system' with real-time guardrails and a 'rewind button' for destructive actions.

Cyber attackers deploying AI

AI has made the world more dangerous

Mitigation:Rubrik Security Cloud acts as a 'bunker' for enterprises, providing cyber resilience and rapid recovery across on-premises, sovereign, cloud, and SaaS applications, pinpointing clean data and identities while isolating threats.

What to watch in Q1 FY27

Rubrik Agent Cloud POC progress and monetization

coming quarters and years

Current Number of POCs ongoing across early AI adopters and Fortune 500 companies

Target Further details on traction and potential monetization

Why it matters

Rubrik Agent Cloud is positioned as a key S-curve for AI transformation; its adoption and monetization will be critical for future growth.

We look forward to sharing more details about our tractions with Rubric Agent Cloud in the coming quarters and years.

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Q&A highlights

What are Fortune 500 and AI startup customers trying to solve with Agent Cloud, and is the pull more for monitoring/guardrails or remediation/rewind?

Customers are initially focused on understanding existing agents (sanctioned and shadow IT) and their actions. The second priority is real-time dynamic guardrails to control agentic interactions. The 'rewind' feature for undoing destructive actions is seen as a day-2 problem, becoming critical once agents are fully operationalized at scale.

“The rewind piece will be a day 2 problem, so to say, once the customers get fully operationalized at scale with agents, then they will work on like agentic rewind and how do you undo the effect of unwanted actions. But I think the first and the second piece is a high priority right now.”

asked by Matthew Martino · answered by Bipul Sinha

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Detailed narrative

Q4 FY26 Performance Highlights

Rubrik reported a spectacular Q4 FY26, significantly exceeding expectations with record net new subscription ARR of $115 million. Subscription ARR grew 34% year-over-year to $1.46 billion, and subscription revenue increased 50% year-over-year to $365 million. The company also achieved tremendous free cash flow of $238 million for the full fiscal year, representing more than a 10x increase from the prior year, demonstrating a strong foundation for long-term profitable growth.

Cyber Resilience and Competitive Wins

Rubrik continues to win comprehensively against competitors, with competitive win rates crossing 90% in Q4. The company's platform, Rubrik Security Cloud, provides comprehensive cyber resilience across on-premises, sovereign, cloud, SaaS, and identity environments. This includes preemptive recovery capabilities that precalculate recovery points for data and identity, enabling rapid recovery from ransomware and identity-based attacks. This differentiation is driving market share gains while competitors have stalled.

Identity Business Momentum

The Identity line of business is experiencing rapid success, garnering budget from CISOs and expanding Rubrik's reach beyond traditional CIO/CTO personas. In Q4, the company announced protection for Okta Identity, making it the only platform to expand coverage to Okta, Active Directory, and Entra ID.

The Identity business has grown to over 900 customers in just 3-4 quarters of selling, making it the fastest-growing product in the company's history.

Rubrik Agent Cloud and AI Transformation

Rubrik is positioning itself at the forefront of enterprise AI transformation with Rubrik Agent Cloud, designed to accelerate AI adoption through agent guardrail controls. This platform aims to provide dynamic monitoring, control, and remediation of agentic actions, addressing the risks associated with AI agents.

The Predibase acquisition, which developed LLM fine-tuning and inference serving, provides the AI capabilities for this platform. Rubrik Agent Cloud was made generally available recently, with ongoing POCs across early AI adopters and Fortune 500 companies.

Operating Leverage and Profitability

The company demonstrated significant operating leverage, with non-GAAP gross margin at 84% in Q4, up from 80% in the prior year. Subscription ARR contribution margin improved by approximately 950 basis points year-over-year to 12% for the last 12 months ended January 31. This improvement was driven by higher sales, scale benefits, and increased efficiency in cost management, contributing to the strong free cash flow generation.

Strategic Investments and Future Outlook

Rubrik plans to continue strategic investments in two key areas: R&D to accelerate innovation in data, security, and AI markets, and go-to-market efforts targeting attractive regions and verticals. These investments will also focus on scaling newer innovations like Identity Resilience and Rubrik Agent Cloud. The company is confident in its FY27 outlook, fueled by the robust cyber resilience market and its differentiated technology platform.

Summary of the company's earnings call; see how call summaries are prepared. Not investment advice.