Cerebras Systems Inc. CBRS
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Business Model#
What the company does and how it earns its money; written AI-editorially, exclusively from the company's original reports, without any assessment of our own.
Cerebras Systems designs and manufactures AI compute hardware centered on its Wafer-Scale Engine chips and associated CS-series systems (CS-2, CS-3, CS-4), deployed in data centers for high-throughput AI inference workloads. Revenue is generated through two primary streams: hardware sales and leases to large enterprise and hyperscaler customers under multi-year capacity agreements, and cloud and other services comprising AI inference delivered through Cerebras' cloud platform on a subscription and consumption basis. The business is anchored by long-duration customer contracts, most notably the Master Relationship Agreement with OpenAI covering 750 MW of AI inference compute capacity with deployment through 2028 and an option for an additional 1.25 GW by end of 2030 3. The June 2026 AWS commercial agreement extends the hardware leasing model to a second hyperscaler. The cloud and services segment, growing at triple-digit rates, serves enterprise customers across finance, life sciences, and security. Manufacturing is outsourced to contract manufacturers including Flex, Sanmina, and Rocket EMS, with capacity planned to expand more than 10x in 2026 4.
Current Status#
Summary of the most recent reporting period: core figures, drivers and management statements; written editorially from the current original report, every figure backed by a source number.
Price & Chart#
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Share-Price Drivers#
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Revenue rose to 180.1 in 2026-Q2 from 103.3 in 2025-Q2 with growth flagged accelerating, driven by a 750MW multi-year OpenAI deployment agreement and an AWS partnership for fast-inference distribution 1 4
OpenAI 750MW multi-year deployment agreement (2026-Q1) and Codex-Spark model co-launch anchor a growing frontier-model workload pipeline 1
AWS Commercial Agreement (2026-Q2) and planned disaggregated inference/throughput benefits on Amazon Bedrock (2027-Q1) broaden the distribution channel 3 4
GPT-5.6 Sol support at 750 tokens/second plus Kimi K2.6 and Gemma 4 enterprise trials extend supported-model traction on the Cerebras Inference service launched 2024-08 1 4
Capex of 416.9 in 2026-Q2 and a cash balance of 6742.2 following the IPO and an 850 million revolving credit facility fund deployment scale-up 4
Operating income of -477.2 and net income of -450.5 in 2026-Q2 widened versus prior quarters amid the capacity ramp 4
Sector trend: Demand-side KPIs point up, with accelerating revenue and raised guidance driven by frontier-model inference workloads and hyperscaler agreements 1 4. Profitability KPIs remain negative as heavy capex and operating losses accompany the utilisation build-out 4.
Event Timeline#
This timeline collects the material events from the original reports: guidance changes, revenue and margin signals, strategy shifts, product and M&A announcements. Events are grouped by quarter (most recent first); the grey tag before each event names the event type, the date is the publication date of the source. Management quotes open the quarter block as direct quotes. Per quarter we show the three most defining events; more can be expanded per quarter, older years are collapsed. Every event carries its source as a superscript, clickable number.
2026 · 9 events
2026-Q2 · Apr – Jun 2026
Q2 total revenue increased 74% YoY; cloud and other services revenue grew 281% YoY; core revenue more than doubled to $210M; six-month revenue up 84% YoY (3, 4)
Completed IPO on May 15, 2026, issuing 34,500,000 Class A shares at $185.00 per share with net proceeds of approximately $6.2 billion; ended Q2 with $6.74 billion cash and net cash of $5.82 billion (3)
2026-Q1 · Jan – Mar 2026
Gross margin improved to 44.6% in Q1 2026 from 41.8% in Q1 2025, primarily driven by higher hardware gross margin from lower material costs and improved manufacturing efficiency (2)
Q1 total revenue reached $193.4M (+94% YoY); core revenue $191.3M (+92% YoY), with cloud and other services up 178% and hardware up 59% (1)
Announced multi-year deal with OpenAI valued at more than $20 billion for 750MW AI inference compute deployment, with option for additional 1.25GW by end of 2030 (1)
EBITDA turned positive for the first time after 2 negative periods (-51.8 to +3.1 USDm). 1
Net cash position expanded to 1,354.4 USDm from 701.7 USDm in 2025-Q4 (+93%, derived from reported financial debt minus cash). 1
Key Figures ($m)#
The company's core financial figures in three views, one below the other: fiscal years (as reported; after restatements the table shows the most recent filing version, marked), half-years (6-month basis, H2 = second half on its own) and quarters (3-month basis, not cumulative). Each row is one period, most recent first. Values with a dotted underline are clickable and show the raw value, the exact source location, the scale evidence and the source; derived values additionally show their formula and inputs. All values are extracted automatically from the filings; errors are possible; please verify decision-relevant figures yourself by clicking through to the linked original.
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Quarters
| Period | Published | Revenue | Op. income | Net income | EPS ($) | EBITDA (adj.) | FCF | Cash | Net Debt | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2* | 2026-08-12 | 180.1 | -477.2 | -450.5 | -2.98 | -53.1 | -476.7 | 6,742.2 | -5,823.9 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1* | 2026-06-23 | 193.4 | -15 | -14 | -0.22 | 12.7 | -119.6 | 1,716 | -1,354.4 | 1 |
| 2025-Q2* | 2026-08-12 | 103.3 | -57.2 | 309.5 | 1.91 | -38.3 | -155.8 | – | – | 3 |
| 2025-Q1* | 2026-06-23 | 99.5 | -28.5 | -23.9 | -0.46 | -15.4 | -153.2 | – | – | 1 |
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow ($m)#
Point-in-time balance sheet items (e.g. cash, financial debt) and cash flow items (operating cash flow, investments/capex) per fiscal year, half-year and quarter. Balance sheet values are as of the period end, flow items cover the period. Derived values are marked and are calculated, for example, as: net debt = financial debt − cash; free cash flow = operating cash flow − capex; the click popover shows formula and inputs. All values are extracted automatically from the filings; errors are possible; please verify decision-relevant figures yourself by clicking through to the linked original.
Fiscal years
| Period | Published | Cash | Debt | Net Debt | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2026-06-23 | 701.7 | 0 | -701.7 | 1 |
Quarters
| Period | Published | Cash | Debt | Net Debt | D&A | OCF | Capex | FCF | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-08-12 | 6,742.2 | 918.2 | -5,823.9 | 24.4 | -59.8 | 416.9 | -476.7 | 3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 2026-06-23 | 1,716 | 361.6 | -1,354.4 | 18.2 | 12.3 | 132 | -119.6 | 1 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2026-06-23 | 701.7 | 0 | -701.7 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 2025-Q2 | 2026-08-12 | – | – | – | 5.4 | -68.9 | 86.8 | -155.8 | 3 |
| 2025-Q1 | 2026-06-23 | – | – | – | 3.9 | -54.9 | 98.2 | -153.2 | 1 |
Products & M&A (10/11 active+recent)#
Product announcements from the reports; market launches, approvals, partnerships; with first mention (date) and source. “Active/current” means: still mentioned in the most recent reports; what the company no longer mentions moves to the expandable part but is never deleted. Rows in grey are discontinued products.
| Product/Line | Since | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebras disaggregated inference and throughput benefits expected on Amazon Bedrock | 2027-03 | Planned | 4 |
| Disaggregated inference solution with AMD expected in production | 2026-12 | Planned | 4 |
| IPO completed | 2026-06 | Launched | 4 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol support enabled at 750 tokens per second | 2026-06 | Launched | 4 |
| Initial Public Offering | 2026-05 | Launched | 3 |
| IPO and listing on Nasdaq | 2026-05 | Launched | 2 |
| Revolving Credit Facility (2x) | 2026-04 | Launched | 4 |
| Gemma 4 enterprise customer trials (2x) | 2026-03 | Launched | 1 |
| Codex-Spark model co-launch with OpenAI | 2026-03 | Launched | 1 |
| Series H redeemable convertible preferred stock issuance | 2026-01 | Launched | 2 |
| Cerebras Inference cloud service launch | 2024-08 | Launched | 2 |
M&A (4)#
All recorded acquisitions (purchases) and divestitures/exits with date, short description and source; deliberately including smaller transactions that summaries often miss. Purchase prices appear only where the company itself has disclosed them. Rows in grey are cancelled transactions; the cancellation date is shown in the row.
Acquisitions
| Transaction / stake | Date | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Commercial Agreement | 2026-06 | Announced | 3 |
| OpenAI 750MW multi-year deployment agreement | 2026-03 | Announced | 1 |
| AWS partnership for fast inference distribution | 2026-03 | Completed | 1 |
| OpenAI Master Relationship Agreement | 2025-12 | Announced | 3 |
Reported KPIs (as disclosed) (37)#
Figures the company discloses itself in addition to the standard financials; order intake, recurring revenue, user or unit counts, adjusted measures. These “story KPIs” usually slip through standard databases; here they are collected as reported, with no calculation of our own. Important: the definition comes from the company itself and can differ from firm to firm; period and source are stated next to every value.
| Date | Period | KPI | Value / change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | working capital loan outstanding principal balance | $918.2 million | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | OpenAI committed capacity | 750MW | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | OpenAI additional capacity option | 1.25GW | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | marketable securities | $1.2 billion | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $7.4 billion | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | accumulated deficit | $1.4 billion | 3 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | remaining performance obligations | $25.4 billion | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | manufacturing capacity increase in 2026 | more than 10x | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | GPT-5.6 Sol inference speed | 750 tokens per second | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | disaggregated inference throughput increase with AMD | up to 5x | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | debt capacity | $850 million | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | data center capacity under contract | 600 MW | 4 |
| 2026-08-12 | 2026-Q2 | cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments | $8.6 billion | 4 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | working capital loan outstanding | $982.9 million | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | total revenue | $193,406 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | sales and marketing | $14,701 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | research and development | $75,495 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | operating lease commitments | $460.3 million | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | net loss | $(14,006) | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | marketable securities | $515.6 million | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | loss from operations | $(15,037) | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | hardware revenue | $110,593 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | gross profit | $86,176 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | gross margin | 44.6% | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | general and administrative | $11,017 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | cloud and other services revenue | $82,813 | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | cash and cash equivalents | $2.7 billion | 2 |
| 2026-06-24 | 2026-Q2 | accumulated deficit | $919.3 million | 2 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core total revenue | $191.3 million | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core operating loss | -$3.5 million | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core net loss | -$2.5 million | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core hardware revenue | $111.6 million | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core hardware gross margins | 42% | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core gross margin | 47% | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core cloud and other services revenue | $79.8 million | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | Core cloud and other services gross margins | 53% | 1 |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-Q1 | cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments | $3.3 billion | 1 |
Guidance Tracking (latest per metric/period · 9/9)#
All management forecasts (guidance) and their later outcome. Types: fiscal-year targets as well as quarterly/half-year targets; per metric and period the most recent statement applies, older versions can be expanded. The status is checked automatically against the actuals reported later: open (period still running), met, beaten, missed. For ranges (“X to Y”) reaching the range counts. Logged neutrally, no estimate of our own, no assessment.
Actuals: ratios in %
| For period | Guided on | Metric | Guided | Actual | Verdict | Direction | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 2026-08-12 | Gross margin (GAAP) | 41–43% | – | pending | raised | 4 |
| FY2026 | 2026-08-12 | Operating margin | 17–19% | – | pending | raised | 4 |
| FY2026 | 2026-08-12 | Core revenue | 880–890 | – | pending | raised | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2026-08-12 | Gross margin (GAAP) | 38–40% | – | pending | initiated | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2026-08-12 | Operating margin | 23–25% | – | pending | initiated | 4 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2026-08-12 | Core revenue | 214–216 | – | pending | initiated | 4 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-23 | Gross margin (GAAP) | 36–38% | – | – | initiated | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-23 | Operating margin | -32–-30% | -265 | miss | initiated | 1 |
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-06-23 | Core revenue | ~194 | – | – | initiated | 1 |
Development#
A condensed summary per reporting period as running text: what changed operationally, which drivers management names, how earnings and cash flow developed. Most recent period first, grouped by year; each text is written from the original report of that period, superscript numbers lead to the source.
FY2026
In FY 2026 (through June 2026), Cerebras Systems reported Q1 revenue of $193.4 million, up 94% year-over-year, and Q2 revenue of $180.1 million, up 74% year-over-year, with cloud and other services revenue growing 281% in Q2 driven primarily by the OpenAI compute relationship (3). Core gross margin improved approximately 940 basis points year-over-year in Q2 to approximately 41%, reflecting lower material costs and improved manufacturing efficiency, and core operating margin improved approximately 2,600 basis points over the same period (4). The company completed its IPO on May 15, 2026, raising approximately $6.2 billion in net proceeds and exiting Q2 with $6.74 billion in cash and a net cash position of $5.82 billion (2, 3). Q1 net loss narrowed to $14.0 million from $23.9 million in Q1 2025, while Q2 net loss expanded to $450.5 million, primarily reflecting $366.8 million in stock-based compensation triggered by IPO-related RSU vesting (2). Remaining performance obligations reached $25.4 billion at the end of Q2, underpinned by the 750MW OpenAI master relationship agreement and the AWS global hardware leasing agreement entered in June 2026 (4).
Sources: official investor relations documents#
All original documents used, with type (e.g. quarterly, half-year, annual report), publication date and a direct link to the filing (EDINET/SEC/IR). Every superscript number in the report points to an entry in this list; so every figure can be traced back to its place in the original.
| # | Document type | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 8-K-EX99.1 | 2026-06-23 | Open |
| #2 | 10-Q | 2026-06-24 | Open |
| #3 | 10-Q | 2026-08-12 | Open |
| #4 | 8-K-EX99.1 | 2026-08-12 | Open |
FAQ#
Is there a management forecast (guidance) for FY2026?
Yes. Management has issued targets for FY2026, including Gross margin (GAAP). The guidance tracking chapter shows all targets and checks them against the actuals reported later; neutral, with no estimate of our own.
Where can I find the official investor relations documents of Cerebras Systems Inc.?
The sources chapter links all 4 original filings used (SEC filings) with type, publication date and a direct link; every figure in the report carries a source number.