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Better together: Celebrating the 2026–2027 Elastic Partner Awards

We created the Elastic Partner Awards to recognize our partners' contributions and the results they are delivering for customers. See who the Elastic Partner Award winners are for 2026–2027!

10-Q Financial Filing Analysis for Elastic (2026-08-28)

Elastic N.V. reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2027 ended July 31, 2026, delivering total revenue of $478.11 million, up 15% year-over-year. The growth was led by Elastic Cloud, which increased 20% year-over-year to $235.21 million and now represents 49% of total company revenue. Concurrently, Elastic initiated a restructuring plan on June 24, 2026, to streamline operations, involving a 7% workforce reduction and $19.92 million in restructuring charges. Further expanding its product capabilities, Elastic also executed a post-quarter cash acquisition of Deductive AI, Inc. for approximately $70 million.

• Q1 FY2027 total revenue rose 15% year-over-year to $478.11 million, with Elastic Cloud increasing 20% to $235.21 million (49% of total revenue).
• Restructuring plan initiated on June 24, 2026, resulted in a 7% workforce reduction and $19.92 million in restructuring and related charges.
• Post-quarter cash acquisition of Deductive AI, Inc. closed on August 21, 2026, for approximately $70 million.

Elastic Nominates Julia Liuson to Board

Elastic announced the nomination of Julia Liuson to its Board of Directors. Liuson is a veteran technology executive who most recently served as President of Microsoft’s Developer Division and played a leadership role in integrating AI into developer tools including work with GitHub. Her nomination is subject to shareholder approval at Elastic’s annual general meeting in October 2026; if elected she will join the company’s Compensation Committee. The release also notes that Caryn Marooney will not stand for re-appointment when her term expires in October 2026. Elastic positioned the nomination as adding AI and developer-platform expertise as the company pursues opportunities connecting AI applications and agents to enterprise data for observability and security use cases.

• Elastic nominated Julia Liuson to its Board of Directors.
• Julia Liuson most recently served as President of Microsoft’s Developer Division and worked on GitHub integrations such as GitHub Copilot.
• Liuson’s nomination is subject to a shareholder vote at Elastic’s 2026 annual general meeting in October 2026.

Altimeter's Gerstner Criticizes AI Extinction Warnings

Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner dismissed AI extinction warnings as 'hyperbolic scare tactics' with a 'political agenda,' during an interview on CNBC's 'Halftime Report' on September 11, 2026. Gerstner, whose firm invests in AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Glean, and Databricks, argued that the industry is already taking unprecedented safety measures, unlike the early days of the internet and social media. His comments followed a researcher's resignation from Anthropic, who accused AI companies of 'gambling with our lives' in the race to superintelligence. Gerstner emphasized that the negative discourse is detached from reality, noting that he has not seen such extensive safety investments in any new technology in his 25 years in Silicon Valley.

• Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner called AI extinction warnings 'hyperbolic scare tactics'.
• Gerstner's firm invests in Anthropic, OpenAI, Glean, and Databricks.
• A researcher resigned from Anthropic, accusing AI companies of 'gambling with our lives'.

Glean Takes on Enterprise AI’s Biggest Bottlenecks: Context Gaps, Rising Costs, and AI Sprawl

Press Release: Glean announces new capabilities to address enterprise AI challenges.

Dialpad and Glean Announce Integration for Conversation Insights

Dialpad announced a new integration with enterprise AI company Glean that brings Dialpad’s conversational intelligence (voice and text, AI and human) into Glean’s enterprise knowledge platform. Dialpad has joined the Glean Partner Network and will demo the integration at Glean:GO 2026. The integration is intended to make customer conversations discoverable and actionable alongside documents, systems and workflows, enabling in-call assistance, richer context for sales and service, improved QA and faster post-call follow-up.

• Dialpad announced a new integration with enterprise AI company Glean to connect conversational intelligence with enterprise knowledge.
• Dialpad joined the newly launched Glean Partner Network.
• The integration will be demoed at Glean:GO 2026.