Revenue: $211 million, up 14% year-over-year. Annual Run Rate Revenue (ARR): $843 million, up 14% year-over-year. Net Dollar Retention Rate (NDR): Improved to 100%. Revenue from $100,000+ Customers: Increased 41% year-over-year, representing 23% of total revenue. Gross Margin: 61%, 200 basis points higher than the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA: $86 million, with a margin of 41%. Non-GAAP Diluted Net Income per Share: $0.56, a 30% increase year-over-year. GAAP Diluted Net Income per Share: $0.39, a 160% increase year-over-year. Adjusted Free Cash Flow: Effectively breakeven for Q1. Cash and Cash Equivalents: $360 million at the end of Q1. Share Repurchases: $59 million in Q1, totaling $1.6 billion since IPO. New Credit Facility: $800 million secured five-year credit facility, including a $500 million Term Loan A. Q2 2025 Revenue Guidance: $215.5 million to $217.5 million. Full Year 2025 Revenue Guidance: $870 million to $890 million. Q2 2025 Adjusted EBITDA Margin Guidance: 38% to 40%. Full Year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA Margin Guidance: 37% to 40%. Q2 2025 Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Guidance: $0.42 to $0.47. Full Year 2025 Non-GAAP Diluted EPS Guidance: $1.85 to $1.95. Full Year 2025 Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin Guidance: 16% to 18%.

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Release Date: May 06, 2025

For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.

Positive Points

DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (NYSE:DOCN) reported a 14% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2025, reaching $211 million. The company's AI annual recurring revenue (ARR) grew over 160% year-over-year, indicating strong momentum in AI initiatives. Revenue from customers with an annual run rate of over $100,000 increased by 41% year-over-year, now representing 23% of total revenue. DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (NYSE:DOCN) achieved a 61% gross margin and a 41% EBITDA margin in Q1, reflecting healthy profitability. The company released over 50 new products and features in Q1, significantly enhancing its cloud and AI platforms without increasing R&D spend as a percentage of revenue.

Negative Points

The company's Q1 adjusted free cash flow was effectively breakeven due to front-loaded capital expenditures. DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (NYSE:DOCN) faces challenges in maintaining free cash flow while pursuing larger deals that require significant upfront capacity investment. The company is exploring additional funding strategies to support growth, indicating potential financial constraints. There is uncertainty in the economic and geopolitical environment, which could impact customer buying behavior and growth projections. DigitalOcean Holdings Inc (NYSE:DOCN) needs to address its outstanding 2026 convertible debt, which may affect its financial flexibility.

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Q & A Highlights

Q: Can you give us a sense of when the GenAI platform is expected to be generally available, and how does DigitalOcean differentiate itself in the AI landscape? A: The GenAI platform, currently in beta, is expected to go live by the end of Q2 or beginning of Q3. DigitalOcean differentiates itself by offering a full-stack cloud that supports AI inferencing, which is crucial for real-world applications. The platform is designed to democratize AI access, making it easy for non-AI native companies to integrate AI into their applications.

Q: What are you seeing from a macroeconomic standpoint, and are there any changes in customer behavior? A: DigitalOcean's customers are digital native enterprises, and cloud remains a top-line driver for them. While there are pockets of cautiousness, such as in the Ad tech sector, the company has no significant vertical or geographic concentration. The outlook reflects current observations, and the company remains confident in its full-year guidance.

Q: Can you discuss the potential for more large deals like the $20 million multiyear deal, and how do you ensure customer commitment in a rapidly evolving AI landscape? A: DigitalOcean is seeing increased interest from larger digital native enterprises for multiyear commitments, both in AI inferencing and core cloud services. The company's product innovations and go-to-market strategies are enabling these conversations, providing customers with confidence to migrate larger workloads to DigitalOcean's platform.

Q: With the need to increase capacity for new customers, how are you thinking about CapEx investments for the year? A: The CapEx investments, particularly in the new Atlanta data center, provide significant capacity to support growth projections for 2025. DigitalOcean is considering additional financing tools, such as leasing, to accommodate larger customer deals while maintaining strong free cash flow margins.

Q: How are you achieving leverage in sales and marketing spend while running new programs, and what is the future spend trajectory? A: DigitalOcean is expanding its customer acquisition strategies beyond the self-service funnel, including channel partnerships and AI outbound sales. The company is focused on understanding unit economics and ensuring the right sales enablement model before scaling investments further. The approach is cautious, considering both economic and technological shifts.

For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.

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