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Fastly runs an edge cloud for delivery, security and compute. Q2 2026 revenue grew 23%, but $39.3 million of operating cash flow left only $3.6 million of free cash flow.
More than 30,000 AI-translated works carried 40% of WebNovel's platform novel revenue in the first half of 2026; China Literature did not disclose the amount.
Tesla sells EVs and energy storage. Q2 2026 auto revenue hit $20.5 billion, but a 16.9% auto gross margin and negative free cash flow test its $25 billion-plus capital plan.
Microsoft says Copilot revenue accelerated over 60% quarter over quarter and one in three GitHub pull requests now involves an agent, but never gives an absolute revenue figure.
Vertiv supplies power and cooling systems for data centers. Its $15 billion backlog and 22.6% Q2 margin are strong, but project timing still controls profit and cash conversion.
Alphabet merged AI Overviews and AI Mode into one Search experience, and AI Mode now tops 1 billion monthly active users, with the revenue impact still unsized.
Pegasystems started every new implementation in six months with GenAI Blueprint, and the listed apps went live in under 100 days, with no financial figure given.
SOPHiA GENETICS says its AI genomic analysis platform ran a record 115,000 patient analyses in Q2 2026, with no revenue or gross profit attributed to the AI.
Meta's business agents are now available globally on WhatsApp and Messenger, with more than 1 million businesses using them weekly, and no disclosed revenue yet.
Cerence first disclosed about 100,000 xUI-powered cars on the road on August 6, 2026, and placed the in-car assistant's revenue impact in fiscal 2027 and beyond.
GoDaddy says 50% of paid Websites + Marketing subscriptions now originate with Airo, its post-domain AI setup flow, but it has not quantified the renewal or revenue gain.
Figma's 2026-08-05 call showed a customer cutting prototype time from a full quarter to days, then buying AI credits; Make's revenue is still not broken out.
On its 2026-07-29 call C.H. Robinson said hundreds of AI agents run its quote-to-cash work, with productivity up over 60% since end-2022 and AI's share unsplit.
Aurora said 80% of commercial loads on its Dallas-to-Houston lane needed no onsite support in Q3 2024, but the $834,000 of pilot revenue only offsets R&D expense.
CAVA and Sweetgreen link below-inflation menu pricing to improving lower-income traffic, while Wendy's shows the pressure at the other end.
A 50% US duty on about $20 billion of Canadian goods took effect August 22, and it is collected from the US importer of record, often the brand owner itself.
Gildan says CAFTA-DR exemptions now provide about $100 million to $110 million in annual structural benefit, but the evidence remains company-specific.
Nvidia told customers AI server prices rise over 15% from early 2027, splitting distributors that book memory cost as revenue from vendors that eat it.
Velo3D says it needs 300-400 metal printers within one to two years but can build only 100, while 3D Systems sold more metal printers in H1 2026 than in all of 2025.
Five Below booked $170M and Petco $6.8M in IEEPA tariff refunds; both are routing part of that cash into stores and merchandise instead of price cuts.