C3.ai, Inc.
AITechnologyNASDAQSoftware - Infrastructure
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Daily timeframePart of the technology sector, C3.ai, Inc. (AI) is listed under Software - Infrastructure. At a $1.37B market cap, C3.ai, Inc. ranks as a small-cap company within technology. It offers C3 agentic AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Studio, an integrated development environment in the C3 Agentic AI Platform that enables engineers, data scientists, and business analysts to design, build, test, and deploy AI applications; C3 AI Applications, a portfolio of industry-specific enterprise AI applications that enables the digital transformation of organizations globally; and C3 Generative AI, a library of agentic AI applications to retrieve data, analyze information, surface insights, and orchestrate workflows.
Market Cap
$1.37B
Beta
2.05
P/E (TTM)
—
P/E (Fwd)
-19.57
EPS (TTM)
$-3.32
EPS (Fwd)
$-0.45
ROE
-63.0%
ROA
-33.1%
Cash
$575.4M
Total Debt
$58.7M
Free CF
-$26.5M
52W Change
-69.3%
Annual Financials
Cash vs Debt
The balance sheet looks solid with $575.4M in cash comfortably exceeding the $58.7M debt load. A net cash position generally provides financial flexibility during uncertain economic periods. Free cash flow is running at -$26.5M, which bears watching. Negative free cash flow can be acceptable during heavy investment periods but needs to improve over time. ROE of -63.0% points to negative capital efficiency, indicating how much profit the company produces per dollar of shareholder equity. Revenue has been relatively flat, moving from $252.8M (2022) to $250.3M (2026).
With a beta above 1.5, AI tends to amplify broader market moves — both up and down. This higher volatility means larger price swings are common. With cash comfortably exceeding debt, AI has financial flexibility that may help navigate uncertain periods. The company is burning cash at the operating level, which is not unusual for growth-phase companies but adds risk if it persists. Understanding these risk dimensions helps frame what to watch going forward as conditions evolve for C3.ai, Inc. and its sector.