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Cerebras Systems Announces Strong First Quarter 2026 Results

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Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ: CBRS) reported strong Q1 FY2026 results with GAAP revenue of $193.4 million, up 13% sequentially and 94% year-over-year. Core revenue was $191.3 million, up 92% year-over-year, with hardware and cloud services growing 60% and 167% respectively.

Core gross margin reached 47%, and core net loss was $2.5 million. Cerebras announced a multi-year OpenAI deal exceeding $20 billion for 750MW of compute, a multi-year AWS partnership for fast inference, and raised $6.4 billion in an IPO plus additional financings. 2026 core revenue guidance is $855–865 million, up 69% year-over-year at the midpoint.

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Positive

  • GAAP revenue grew 94% year-over-year to $193.4 million
  • Core revenue of $191.3 million, up 92% year-over-year
  • Cloud and services revenue up 178% year-over-year to $82.8 million
  • Multi-year OpenAI deal over $20 billion and 750MW deployment
  • Multi-year AWS partnership to scale Cerebras fast inference globally
  • Raised $6.4 billion in IPO plus $2 billion other financings and $850 million credit facility
  • Full-year 2026 core revenue guidance of $855–865 million, up 69% at midpoint

Negative

  • GAAP loss from operations of $15.0 million
  • GAAP net loss of $14.0 million
  • Core operating loss of $3.5 million and core net loss of $2.5 million
  • Q2 2026 core operating margin guidance of (30)–(32)%
  • Full-year 2026 core operating margin guidance of (28)–(32)%
  • Q2 2026 core gross margin guidance range of 36–38%, below Q1 core level of 47%

News Market Reaction – CBRS

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-19.61% News Effect
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-15.2% Trough Tracked
-$12.69B Valuation Impact
$52.00B Market Cap
3.5x Rel. Volume

On the day this news was published, CBRS declined 19.61%, reflecting a significant negative market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +10.6% during that session. Argus tracked a trough of -15.2% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 93 alerts that day, indicating high trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $12.69B from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $52.00B at that time. Trading volume was very high at 3.5x the daily average, suggesting heavy selling pressure.

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What This Means

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Analysis

The stock dropped -19.6% in the session following this news. A negative reaction despite positive revenue growth and marquee AI partnerships fits a pattern where expectations are high and positioning crowded. Elevated short interest and recent IPO dynamics could amplify downside moves if sentiment weakens.

Key Figures

GAAP revenue: $193.4 million Core revenue: $191.3 million OpenAI deal value: more than $20 billion +5 more
8 metrics
GAAP revenue $193.4 million Q1 2026, up 94% year-over-year
Core revenue $191.3 million Q1 2026, up 92% year-over-year
OpenAI deal value more than $20 billion Multi-year 750MW inference compute agreement
IPO gross proceeds $6.4 billion Raised in Q2 2026 in largest semiconductor IPO
Cash and investments $3.3 billion Cash, equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments at Q1 2026 end
GAAP net loss $14.0 million Q1 2026
Core net loss $2.5 million Q1 2026 non-GAAP core metric
Q2 core revenue outlook $194.0 million Q2 2026 non-GAAP core revenue guidance, up 88% year-over-year

Historical Context

4 past events · Latest: Jun 09 (Neutral)
Pattern 4 events
Date Event Sentiment 24h Move Catalyst
Jun 09 Earnings date set Neutral +4.6% Announced timing for release of Q1 2026 financial results and call.
May 28 Leveraged ETFs launch Neutral -2.3% Launch of 2x long and 2x short ETFs providing leveraged CBRS exposure.
May 15 IPO closing Positive +6.0% Closed IPO of 34.5M Class A shares at $185, raising $6.38B gross.
May 15 IPO accolades Positive -10.1% Headline highlighting “blockbuster” IPO and 68% first-day gain for CBRS.

24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.

Pattern Detected

Limited history shows mixed reactions to major events, including both strength and a sharp pullback around IPO-related headlines.

Regulatory & Risk Context

Short Interest: 17.15%
Short Interest
17.15% of float
0% 15% 30%+
moderate as of 2026-05-29 Days to cover: 1

Short interest is at an elevated level, which can contribute to heightened price volatility and the potential for sharp moves if positioning rapidly unwinds.

Key Terms

gaap, non-gaap, ipo, revolving credit facility, +2 more
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gaap financial
"GAAP quarterly revenue of $193.4 million; record core revenue of $191.3 million"
GAAP, or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, are a set of standardized rules and guidelines that companies follow when preparing their financial statements. They ensure consistency, transparency, and comparability across different companies, making it easier for investors to understand and compare financial information accurately. This helps investors make informed decisions based on trustworthy and uniform financial reports.
non-gaap financial
"Core Financial Results are all non-GAAP metrics (and exclude the impact of amortization"
Non-GAAP refers to financial measures that companies use to show their earnings or performance without including certain expenses or income that are often added back to give a different picture. It matters because it can make a company's results look better or more favorable, but it may also hide important costs, so investors need to look at both GAAP (official rules) and non-GAAP numbers to get a full understanding.
ipo financial
"Raised $6.4 billion in Q2 in largest semiconductor IPO of all time"
An initial public offering (IPO) is the process by which a private company sells its shares to the public for the first time, making its ownership available on the stock market. This allows the company to raise money from a wide range of investors to fund growth or other goals. For investors, an IPO offers a chance to buy into a company early in its public journey, potentially benefiting if the company grows in value.
revolving credit facility financial
"closed a revolving credit facility for up to $850 million from a broad syndicate"
A revolving credit facility is a type of loan that a business can borrow from whenever it needs money, up to a set limit. It’s like having a credit card for companies—allowing them to borrow, pay back, and borrow again as needed, providing flexibility for managing cash flow or funding short-term expenses.
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"joint Schedule 13G filing showing Tiger Global entities and Charles P. Coleman III"
A Schedule 13G is a formal document that investors file with the government when they acquire a large ownership stake in a company, usually for investment purposes rather than control. It helps keep the public informed about who owns significant parts of a company's shares, which can influence how the company is managed and how investors make decisions. Filing this schedule is important for transparency and understanding the ownership landscape of publicly traded companies.
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"were treated as exempt under Rule 16b-7, with the general partner and manager entities"
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission safe-harbor rule that shields corporate insiders (officers, directors and large shareholders) from automatic short-swing profit claims when they buy or sell their company’s stock under a pre-approved, written plan that follows specific timing and nondiscretionary rules. For investors, the rule matters because it distinguishes routine, formula-driven insider transactions from opportunistic trades that could trigger automatic profit recoveries—think of it as an approved autopilot for insider trading that reduces legal uncertainty when the plan’s conditions are met.

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  • GAAP quarterly revenue of $193.4 million; record core revenue of $191.3 million, up 92% from a year ago
  • Announced a multi-year deal with OpenAI for 750MW valued at more than $20 billion
  • Launched multi-year partnership with Amazon to bring Cerebras’ fast inference to AWS
  • Raised $6.4 billion in Q2 in largest semiconductor IPO of all time

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerebras Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRS), maker of the world’s fastest AI infrastructure, today announced financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, ended March 31, 2026.

“This was an outstanding start to 2026 for Cerebras. And we are proud of our achievements,” said Andrew Feldman, Cerebras co-founder and CEO. “AI has moved from being a novelty to being useful and productive. Cerebras’ wafer-scale technology delivers the fastest AI in the world. And fast AI is more valuable than slow AI because it is more productive. It provides answers in less time. It delivers solutions in less time. This in turn has created significant momentum with pioneering customers like OpenAI and AWS and emerging customers as well. The growing importance of AI in our economy requires AI infrastructure that can power the most advanced applications at unprecedented speed. This is the Cerebras mission.”

“Our strong financial performance in Q1 highlights the large and rapidly growing opportunity in front of us,” said Bob Komin, Cerebras CFO. “We are focused on innovating at the pace of demand, supporting accelerating investments in growth and capitalization on strategic opportunities while effectively managing our capital structure.”

Q1 2026 and Recent Business Highlights

  • Announced a multi-year deal with OpenAI valued at more than $20 billion
    • Reached agreement for OpenAI to deploy 750 megawatts of Cerebras’ high-speed inference compute over the next several years
    • Co-launched Codex-Spark, a model designed for near-instant coding and optimized for interactive work where latency matters, delivering more than 1,000 tokens per second
  • Began a multi-year partnership with AWS to bring fast inference to an even bigger scale through global distribution for every startup, AI native, and enterprise company
    • Together with AWS, we will launch a disaggregated inference strategy, with AWS’s Trainium 3 chips performing the prefill and the Cerebras CS-3 running blisteringly fast inference for decode
  • Launched enterprise customer trials of Kimi K2.6 and Gemma 4
    • Kimi K2.6, the leading open-weight frontier model and the first trillion-parameter model served on Cerebras, achieved performance approaching 1,000 tokens per second as independently measured by Artificial Analysis
    • Gemma 4 31B, flagship of Google DeepMind’s open-weight Gemma family, runs an order of magnitude faster on Cerebras based on scores on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, enabling image understanding at Cerebras speed
  • Raised $6.4 billion in gross proceeds through our IPO, in addition to the $1 billion Series H pre-IPO financing closed in February and the $1 billion working capital loan from OpenAI in January. Also, in April, Cerebras closed a revolving credit facility for up to $850 million from a broad syndicate of investment banks to further support the company’s strategy to accelerate the pace of our data center acquisitions.

1Q 2026 Financial Highlights

GAAP Financial Results:

  • GAAP revenue of $193.4 million, up 13% sequentially and up 94% year-over-year
    • Hardware revenue of $110.6 million, up 59% year-over-year
    • Cloud and other services revenue of $82.8 million, up 178% year-over-year
  • GAAP gross margin of 45%
    • GAAP hardware gross margins of 41%
    • GAAP cloud and other services gross margins of 49%
  • GAAP loss from operations of $15.0 million
  • GAAP net loss of $14.0 million
  • Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments of $3.3 billion

Core Financial Results are all non-GAAP metrics (and exclude the impact of amortization of customer warrants, data center pass-through revenues and costs, stock-based compensation, and certain other items):

  • Core total revenue of $191.3 million, up 12% sequentially and up 92% year-over-year
    • Core hardware revenue of $111.6 million, up 60% year-over-year
    • Core cloud and other services revenue of $79.8 million, up 167% year-over-year
  • Core gross margin of 47%
    • Core hardware gross margins of 42%
    • Core cloud and other services gross margins of 53%
  • Core operating loss of $3.5 million
  • Core net loss of $2.5 million

Q2 2026 Financial Outlook

  • Core Non-GAAP Financial Outlook:
    • Core revenue of approximately $194.0 million, up 88% year-over-year
    • Core gross margin in the range of 36 - 38%
    • Core operating margins in the range of  (30) to (32)%

Full Year Fiscal 2026 Financial Outlook

Core Non-GAAP Financial Outlook:

    • Core revenue of $855.0 to 865.0 million, up 69% year-over-year at the midpoint
    • Core gross margin in the range of 38 - 41%
    • Core operating margins in the range of (28) to (32)%

Earnings Webcast and Conference Call

Cerebras Systems will host a conference call to review its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 and to discuss our financial outlook today at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET). Interested parties may join the conference call via the webcast and can be accessed at the Cerebras website at https://investors.cerebras.ai/. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay on the same website following the conclusion of the conference call.

About Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ: CBRS) is building the world’s fastest AI infrastructure. The Cerebras team of pioneering computer architects, computer scientists, AI researchers, and engineers of all types came together to make AI blisteringly fast through innovation and invention. They believe that when AI is fast, it will change the world. Leading global corporations, research institutes, and governments choose Cerebras to run their AI workloads. Cerebras solutions are available on premises and in the cloud.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed to be forward-looking, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Cerebras’ future financial performance, including Cerebras’ expectations regarding its revenue, cash flows, expenses, gross margins, and other results of operations, business strategy, such as partnerships, investments, financings, borrowings, capital structure, capital allocations and data centers, growth and market opportunity, customer demand, product roadmap, technology leadership, supply chain, operating model, and outlook for Q2 and full year 2026, as well as the timing, execution and anticipated benefits of customer, partner and financing arrangements, deployments and capacity expansion initiatives, and any assumptions relating to the foregoing. The words “may,” “will,” “shall,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “objective,” or “continue,” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond Cerebras’ control. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: Cerebras’ ability to sustain and manage its growth, access borrowings and other sources of capital on acceptable terms, and deploy available capital to support growth; its history of net losses and ability to achieve and maintain profitability; its limited operating history at its current scale and ability to accurately forecast revenue and appropriately budget and manage expenses; its dependence on a limited number of significant customers, including OpenAI, Group 42 Holding Ltd, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, and AWS, and the potential impact of any reduction in demand from, material adverse development in its relationships with, or failure to meet its obligations to, such customers, including under its Master Relationship Agreement with OpenAI; the timing, execution and expected benefits of its strategic customer, partner and financing arrangements; its historical reliance on sales of hardware systems and the early-stage, rapidly evolving market for its cloud-based offerings and AI infrastructure; its ability to secure sufficient data center capacity and capital to support its cloud-based offerings; its ability to launch new offerings and add new product capabilities; and its ability to compete effectively in the rapidly evolving and competitive market for AI computing solutions.

Cerebras’ actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date they were first issued and are based on information available to Cerebras together with Cerebras’ expectations, estimates, forecasts, projections, beliefs, and assumptions as of such date. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Cerebras’ views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Cerebras undertakes no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Further information on potential risks that could affect actual results is included in Cerebras’ most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including in Cerebras’ most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by visiting Cerebras’ Investor Relations website at investors.cerebras.ai or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Use of non-GAAP financial measures

We use certain non-GAAP financial measures to supplement the performance measures in our consolidated financial statements, which are presented in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures include Core total revenue, Core hardware revenue, Core cloud and other services revenue, Core gross profit, Core hardware gross profit, Core cloud and other services gross profit, Core gross margin, Core hardware gross margin, Core cloud and other services gross margin, Core operating loss, Core operating margin, Core net loss, and adjusted earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to assist us in evaluating period-to-period comparisons.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not computed in accordance with, or as an alternative to, US GAAP. The GAAP measures comparable to the supplemental non-GAAP financial measures are as follows:

  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core total revenue is total revenue.
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core hardware revenue is hardware revenue.
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core cloud and other services revenue is cloud and other services revenue.
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core gross profit is GAAP gross profit
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core gross margin is GAAP gross margin
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core hardware gross margin is hardware gross margin
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core cloud and other services gross margin is cloud and other services gross margin
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core operating loss is loss from operations
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core operating margin is GAAP operating margin
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to adjusted earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”) is loss from operations.
  • The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Core net loss is net loss.

Reconciliations of each of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures for this quarter and prior periods are included in the tables below or elsewhere in the materials accompanying this press release.

Usefulness of non-GAAP financial measures to investors

By excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our recurring operating results from our core technology and service offerings and stock-based compensation from grants of equity awards, we believe that the Non-GAAP metrics described below provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance. Accordingly, we believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors and others because they allow additional information with respect to financial measures used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and may be useful to our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business. Disclosure of these non-GAAP financial measures also facilitates the comparisons of Cerebras’ operating performance with the performance of other companies in the same industry that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures that may be calculated in a manner comparable to their core operations.

Economic substance of and material limitations associated with non-GAAP financial measures used by Cerebras

Core revenue, Core hardware revenue, Core cloud and other services revenue, Core gross profit, Core hardware gross profit, Core cloud and other services gross profit, Core gross margin, Core hardware margin, Core cloud and other services margin, Core operating loss, Core operating margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Core net loss are adjusted, as applicable, to: (i) exclude non-cash stock-based compensation; (ii) exclude pass-through revenues and costs that are not part of our core technology and services offering; and (iii) add back non-cash amortization from customer warrants that is recorded as a reduction in revenues. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA excludes the impacts of depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation.

Core gross margin, Core hardware margin, and Core cloud and other services margin represent Core gross profit, Core hardware gross profit, and Core cloud and other services gross profit, respectively, expressed as a percentage of their corresponding Core revenue.

More specifically, Cerebras excludes each of those items mentioned above for the following reasons:

  • Stock-based compensation expense consists of equity awards granted based on the estimated fair value of those awards at grant date. Although stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to employees, Cerebras excludes these charges for the purpose of calculating these non-GAAP measures, primarily because they are non-cash expenses, and the Company’s internal benchmarking analyses evidence that many industry participants and peers present non-GAAP financial measures excluding stock-based compensation expense.
  • Amortization of customer warrants consists of equity granted to customers and recorded as contra-revenue. We exclude the impact of amortization of customer warrant assets recorded as contra‑revenue from our non‑GAAP results because it represents a non‑cash, valuation‑driven adjustment associated with equity instruments issued to customers. This adjustment does not reflect the underlying economics of our core revenue‑generating activities, including pricing, volume, or cost of delivering our products and services, and therefore may not be indicative of our ongoing operating performance.
  • Pass-through revenue and associated pass-through cost of revenue relate to non-recurring data center start-up and recurring data center costs that are incurred on behalf of specific customers. We exclude pass‑through revenue and the associated pass-through cost of revenue from our non‑GAAP financial measures because such amounts are incurred on behalf of specific customers based on capacity deployment options and may vary significantly from period to period. These pass-through revenues and costs do not reflect the underlying economics of our core hardware technology and services offerings, generate fixed minimal gross margins and can significantly distort period‑to‑period comparisons of our operating performance.

There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures, and these non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or in isolation from, our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently or not at all, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures. No reconciliation is provided with respect to certain forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures as the GAAP measures are not accessible on a forward-looking basis. We cannot reliably predict all necessary components or their impact to reconcile such financial measures without unreasonable effort. The events necessitating a non-GAAP adjustment are inherently unpredictable and may have a significant impact on our future GAAP financial results. Cerebras compensates for these limitations on the use of non-GAAP financial measures by relying primarily on its GAAP results and using non-GAAP financial measures only as a supplement. Cerebras also provides a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for this quarter and prior periods within this press release and Cerebras encourages investors to review those reconciliations carefully.


 
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
Revenue   
Hardware$110,593  $69,674 
Cloud and other services 82,813   29,838 
Total revenue 193,406   99,512 
Cost of revenue   
Hardware 64,931   48,410 
Cloud and other services 42,299   9,498 
Total cost of revenue 107,230   57,908 
Gross profit 86,176   41,604 
Operating expenses   
Research and development 75,495   52,751 
Sales and marketing 14,701   10,326 
General and administrative 11,017   6,997 
Total operating expenses 101,213   70,074 
Loss from operations (15,037)  (28,470)
Other income, net 2,528   6,286 
Loss before income taxes (12,509)  (22,184)
Income tax expense 1,497   1,683 
Net loss$(14,006) $(23,867)
    
Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.22) $(0.46)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted 62,806   52,003 


 
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
Net loss$(14,006) $(23,867)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax 911   180 
Available-for-sale investments:   
Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on debt securities, net of tax 1,184   (72)
Comprehensive loss$(11,911) $(23,759)


 
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
 March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$1,716,016  $701,706 
Restricted cash 1,029,098   228,672 
Investments 515,605   406,531 
Accounts receivable, net 62,631   50,423 
Inventories 89,040   63,626 
Customer warrants 90,701   60,906 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 77,870   31,782 
Total current assets 3,580,961   1,543,646 
Property and equipment, net 572,439   437,396 
Customer warrants, net of current portion 425,355   91,447 
Operating lease right-of-use assets 353,303   248,950 
Other non-current assets 16,320   4,598 
Total assets$4,948,378  $2,326,037 
    
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT   
Current liabilities:   
Accounts payable$50,336  $48,630 
Deferred revenue 149,918   131,049 
Operating lease liability 66,218   45,865 
Customer deposits 368,426   354,460 
Loan from customer 621,306    
Accrued and other current liabilities 171,042   139,536 
Total current liabilities 1,427,246   719,540 
Deferred revenue, net of current portion 94,344   35,847 
Operating lease liability, net of current portion 312,474   215,957 
Loan from customer, net of current portion 361,617    
Total liabilities$2,195,681  $971,344 
    
Redeemable convertible preferred stock$2,947,379  $1,933,348 
    
Stockholders’ deficit   
Class A common stock 1   1 
Class N common stock     
Treasury stock 742,713   346,829 
Additional paid-in capital (21,456)  (21,456)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 3,396   1,301 
Accumulated deficit (919,336)  (905,330)
Total stockholders’ deficit (194,682)  (578,655)
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ deficit$4,948,378  $2,326,037 


 
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net loss$(14,006) $(23,867)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:   
Depreciation and amortization 18,175   3,911 
Non-cash interest expense 18,949    
Non-cash lease expense 15,775   2,912 
Stock-based compensation 9,593   9,154 
Provision for product warranties 4,590   4,500 
Amortization of customer warrants 2,053    
Other (959)  (254)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Accounts receivable (12,208)  56,787 
Inventories (21,684)  53,752 
Prepaid expenses and other assets (57,603)  3,688 
Accounts payable (10,070)  (5,650)
Deferred revenue 36,769   15,055 
Customer deposits 13,966   (159,599)
Other liabilities 8,995   (15,326)
Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities$12,335  $(54,937)
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Purchases of property and equipment$(131,970) $(98,244)
Purchases of investments (308,801)  (20,175)
Maturities and sales of investments 204,155   61,673 
Net cash flows used in investing activities$(236,616) $(56,746)
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Proceeds from sale of shares of Series H redeemable convertible preferred stock$1,014,249  $ 
Costs incurred in connection with the sale of shares of Series H redeemable convertible preferred stock (218)   
Proceeds from Working Capital Loan 1,004,571    
Proceeds from issuance of shares of Class N common stock 15,019    
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 5,315   1,552 
Tax withholding from tender offer (623)   
Payments of deferred offering costs (207)   
Net cash flows provided by financing activities$2,038,106  $1,552 
Effect of exchange rate on cash 911   180 
Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash$1,814,736  $(109,951)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of period 930,378   581,965 
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of period$2,745,114  $472,014 


 
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
  Three Months Ended March 31,
   2026   2025
  Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services
GAAP revenue $193,406  $110,593 $82,813  $99,512 $69,674 $29,838
Less: Pass-through revenue  (4,111)    (4,111)      
Add: Amortization of customer warrant assets  2,053   969  1,084       
Core revenue $191,348  $111,562 $79,787  $99,512 $69,674 $29,838


  Three Months Ended March 31,
   2026   2025
  Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services
GAAP gross profit $86,176  $45,662 $40,514  $41,604 $21,264 $20,340
Less: Pass-through revenue  (4,111)    (4,111)      
Add: Pass-through costs  3,991     3,991       
Add: Amortization of customer warrant assets  2,053   969  1,084       
Add: Stock-based compensation expense  950   238  712   326  82  245
Core gross profit $89,059  $46,869 $42,190  $41,930 $21,346 $20,585


  Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026  2025 
  Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services Total Hardware Cloud and Other Services
GAAP gross margin 44.6% 41.3% 48.9% 41.8% 30.5% 68.2%
Non-GAAP adjustments 1.9% 0.7% 4.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.8%
Core gross margin 46.5% 42.0% 52.9% 42.1% 30.6% 69.0%


  Three Months Ended March 31,
   2026   2025 
  Total Research and Development Sales and Marketing General and Administrative Total Research and Development Sales and Marketing General and Administrative
GAAP operating expenses $101,213  $75,495  $14,701  $11,017  $70,074  $52,751  $10,326  $6,997 
Less: Stock-based compensation expense $(8,643) $(5,699) $(1,792) $(1,152) $(8,828) $(5,712) $(1,949) $(1,167)
Core operating expense $92,570  $69,796  $12,909  $9,865  $61,246  $47,039  $8,377  $5,830 


 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
GAAP loss from operations$(15,037) $(28,470)
Less: Pass-through revenue (4,111)   
Add: Stock-based compensation expense 9,593   9,154 
Add: Pass-through costs 3,991    
Add: Amortization of customer warrant assets 2,053    
Core operating loss$(3,511) $(19,316)


 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2026  2025 
GAAP operating margin(8)% (29)%
Non-GAAP adjustments6% 9%
Core operating margin(2)% (19)%


 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
GAAP loss from operations$(15,037) $(28,470)
Add: Depreciation and amortization 18,175   3,911 
Add: Stock-based compensation 9,593   9,154 
Adjusted EBITDA$12,731  $(15,405)


 Three Months Ended March 31,
  2026   2025 
GAAP net loss$(14,006) $(23,867)
Less: Pass-through revenue (4,111)   
Add: Stock-based compensation expense 9,593   9,154 
Add: Pass-through costs 3,991    
Add: Amortization of customer warrant assets 2,053    
Core net loss$(2,480) $(14,713)

FAQ

What were Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ: CBRS) Q1 2026 earnings results?

Cerebras reported Q1 2026 GAAP revenue of $193.4 million, up 94% year-over-year. According to Cerebras, GAAP gross margin was 45%, with a GAAP operating loss of $15.0 million and GAAP net loss of $14.0 million, reflecting ongoing investment in growth.

How did Cerebras Systems core revenue perform in Q1 2026 (CBRS)?

Cerebras reported Q1 2026 core revenue of $191.3 million, up 92% year-over-year. According to Cerebras, core hardware revenue was $111.6 million and core cloud and other services revenue was $79.8 million, with a core gross margin of 47% across the business.

What is the value of the Cerebras and OpenAI multi-year deal announced in 2026?

Cerebras announced a multi-year deal with OpenAI valued at more than $20 billion. According to Cerebras, OpenAI plans to deploy 750 megawatts of Cerebras high-speed inference compute over the next several years, significantly expanding Cerebras AI infrastructure footprint.

What does the AWS partnership mean for Cerebras Systems (CBRS) investors?

Cerebras began a multi-year partnership with AWS to expand fast inference globally. According to Cerebras, the collaboration will pair AWS Trainium 3 chips for prefill with Cerebras CS-3 for decode, supporting startups, AI-native firms, and enterprises through large-scale cloud distribution.

How much capital did Cerebras Systems raise through its 2026 IPO and financings?

Cerebras raised $6.4 billion in gross proceeds through its IPO in Q2 2026. According to Cerebras, this followed a $1 billion Series H round, a $1 billion working capital loan from OpenAI, and an $850 million revolving credit facility for data center expansion.

What is Cerebras Systems revenue outlook for Q2 2026 and full-year 2026?

For Q2 2026, Cerebras guides to core revenue of about $194.0 million, up 88% year-over-year. According to Cerebras, full-year fiscal 2026 core revenue is expected between $855.0 million and $865.0 million, representing 69% year-over-year growth at the midpoint.

What margins is Cerebras Systems guiding for in fiscal 2026 (CBRS)?

Cerebras expects fiscal 2026 core gross margin between 38–41% and operating margin between (28)–(32)%. According to Cerebras, Q2 2026 guidance calls for core gross margin of 36–38% and core operating margin of (30)–(32)%, reflecting continued scaling investments.