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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.

Seismic Completes Merger With Highspot

Seismic announced it has completed its merger with Highspot and will operate under the Seismic name, led by CEO Rob Tarkoff. The combined company positions itself as a leader in go-to-market (GTM) performance, serving 2,500 customers and 3.5 million sales, marketing and enablement users. Seismic says the merged business processes 550 million buyer–seller interactions and 33 million revenue actions annually, plans to invest over $100 million per year in R&D, and has more than 700 product, engineering, data science and AI staff across multiple global locations.

• Seismic completed its merger with Highspot and will operate under the Seismic name.
• The combined company is led by Seismic Chief Executive Officer Rob Tarkoff.
• Post-merger the company serves 2,500 customers and 3.5 million users worldwide.

Seismic Scaled AI Prospecting with ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo reported that Seismic scaled AI-assisted outbound prospecting across its go-to-market team by layering AI on top of ZoomInfo data. In its user surveys Seismic attributed 39% of active pipeline to opportunities identified or influenced by ZoomInfo signals, reported a 54% productivity improvement, and said sellers save an average of 11.5 hours per week. Seismic has relied on ZoomInfo for more than five years and combines its CRM data with ZoomInfo buying signals to generate account- and persona-specific outreach, speeding time-to-lead and improving response rates. The initiative was framed as part of Seismic’s internal goals for AI adoption and to make top sellers’ outbound practices repeatable across newer reps.

• Seismic attributed 39% of active pipeline to opportunities identified or influenced by signals from ZoomInfo.
• Seismic reported being 54% more productive after layering AI-assisted prospecting on ZoomInfo, according to its user surveys.
• Sellers at Seismic said they save an average of 11.5 hours per week, according to the company.