TWILIO INC

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Investing in our Class A common stock (“common stock”) involves a high degree of risk. A description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business is set forth below. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, before making a decision to invest in our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below may not be the only ones we face. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.

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Investing in our Class A common stock (“common stock”) involves a high degree of risk. A description of the risks and uncertainties associated with our business is set forth below. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, before making a decision to invest in our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below may not be the only ones we face. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment.

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•our ability to compete effectively in intensely competitive markets;

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•our ability to compete effectively in intensely competitive and rapidly evolving markets;

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Global economic and business activities continue to face widespread macroeconomic uncertainties, including market volatility, changes in international economic and trade relations, supply chain disruptions, changes in the labor market, elevated interest rates and potential increases in inflation, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and recession risks, which may continue for an extended period. Additionally, the instability in the political environment in many parts of the world, including in the United States, and changes and uncertainty with respect to trade policies, actual or threatened tariffs, treaties, government regulations, executive orders, directives and enforcement priorities, as well as the extended U.S. federal government shutdown, could have an adverse effect on the global economy and/or our business. Given that a majority of our revenue is usage-based and therefore impacted by general consumer sentiment and activity, our business may be more immediately and severely impacted by adverse macroeconomic conditions than those that rely primarily on subscription revenue. Additionally, increased prices resulting from the effects of tariffs and inflation could increase our operating expenses.

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Global economic and business activities continue to face widespread macroeconomic uncertainties, including market volatility, changes in international economic and trade relations, supply chain disruptions, changes in the labor market, increased energy and commodity price volatility, elevated interest rates and potential increases in inflation, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and recession risks, which may continue for an extended period. Additionally, the instability in the political environment in many parts of the world, including in the United States, geopolitical instability, including related to conflicts in the Middle East, and changes and uncertainty with respect to trade policies, actual or threatened tariffs, treaties, government regulations, executive orders, directives and enforcement priorities, as well as any ongoing or potential U.S. federal government shutdown, have contributed to further disruptions in global trade and have adversely affected, and may continue to adversely affect, the global economy and/or our business. Given that a majority of our revenue is usage-based and therefore impacted by general consumer sentiment and activity, our business may be more immediately and severely impacted by adverse macroeconomic conditions than those that rely primarily on subscription revenue. Additionally, increased prices resulting from the effects of tariffs and inflation could increase our operating expenses.

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Adverse macroeconomic conditions have in the past resulted in, and may in the future result in, decreased or delayed business spending by our current and prospective customers and business partners, reduced demand for or usage of our products, lower renewal rates by our customers, longer or delayed sales cycles, including current and prospective customers delaying contract signing or contract renewals, reduced budgets or minimum commitments related to the products that we offer, or delays in customer payments or our ability to collect accounts receivable, all of which could negatively affect revenue and revenue growth. Additionally, our customers may be affected by changes and uncertainty in the global political environment with respect to trade and other policies. For example, uncertainty regarding the impact of tariffs on certain countries by the U.S. administration, as well as potential or actual retaliatory measures taken by trade partners, have adversely affected trade relations, put increased pressure on supply chains, and led to increased market volatility, and such effects may continue. Any resulting harm to our customers’ businesses could depress their usage levels and/or purchasing power and lead them to reduce their spending with us.

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Adverse macroeconomic conditions have in the past resulted in, and may in the future result in, decreased or delayed business spending by our current and prospective customers and business partners, reduced demand for or usage of our products, lower renewal rates by our customers, longer or delayed sales cycles, including current and prospective customers delaying contract signing or contract renewals, reduced budgets or minimum commitments related to the products that we offer, or delays in customer payments or our ability to collect accounts receivable, all of which could negatively affect revenue and revenue growth. Additionally, our customers may be affected by changes and uncertainty in the global political environment with respect to trade and other policies. For example, tariffs imposed by the U.S. administration, uncertainty related thereto, and potential or actual retaliatory measures, have adversely affected trade relations, pressured supply chains, and led to increased market volatility, and such effects may continue. Any resulting harm to our customers’ businesses could depress their usage levels and/or purchasing power and lead them to reduce their spending with us.

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•our ability to attract and retain new customers, obtain renewals from existing customers and cross-sell or otherwise increase revenue from existing customers;

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•our ability to expand our customer base and the markets that our products address, attract and retain new customers, obtain renewals from existing customers and cross-sell or otherwise increase revenue from existing customers;

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•the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts and the productivity of our sales force;

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•the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts, the productivity of our sales force, and the length and complexity of the sales cycle for certain of our products or customers;

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•changes in the mix or amount of products sold in the United States versus internationally;

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•changes in the mix or amount of products that our customers use, and that are sold in the United States versus internationally, during a particular period;

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To grow our business, we must continue to attract new customers, increase usage of our existing products and new product adoption by existing customers, and successfully market new products, including products with higher gross margins, in a cost-effective manner. Our sales and marketing teams work closely together to drive awareness and adoption of our platform. We leverage our brand, marketing programs, developer network and conferences, such as SIGNAL, to expand our go-to-market motions. Our go-to-market model has three motions: our self-service platform, primarily aimed at developers, marketers, and other technical users; our direct sales motion, primarily aimed at enterprise and commercial customers; and our partner-led motion, including resellers, distributors, and strategic partners, such as ISVs, technology partners and systems integrators, which is primarily aimed at customers who do not have the available developer resources to build their own applications.

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To grow our business, we must continue to attract new customers, increase usage of our existing products and new product adoption by existing customers, and successfully market new products, including products with higher gross margins, and do so in a cost-effective manner. Our sales and marketing teams work closely together to drive awareness and adoption of our platform. We leverage our brand, marketing programs and conferences, such as SIGNAL, to expand our go-to-market motions. Our go-to-market model has three motions: our self-service platform, primarily aimed at developers and other technical customers; our direct sales motion, primarily aimed at enterprises and other organizations with complex, high-scale business needs; and our partner-led motion, including resellers, distributors, and strategic partners, such as ISVs, technology partners and systems integrators, which is primarily aimed at customers who do not have the available developer resources or expertise to build our products into their own applications.

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Our sales and marketing strategies, and their effectiveness, are influenced by numerous factors. We have made, and may in the future make, changes to the organization of our sales force and sales motions in response to changes in company strategy, new market opportunities, new products or features, sales performance or effectiveness, changes in sales headcount, changes to the compensation structure of our sales organization, or other factors. Such changes may not lead to wider adoption of our products or to the cost-effective acquisition of additional customers or increased revenue from existing customers as quickly or to the extent we expect, or at all, and have resulted, and may in the future result, in a reduction of productivity, which could negatively impact our growth rate and results of operations. For example, in recent years, we have reduced the size of our sales force to drive further efficiencies in our sales operations and are continuing to improve and rely more heavily on our use of self-service capabilities to drive sales of our products to customers that do not require direct account coverage. We are also introducing AI and automation in our self-service platform aimed at improving sales and customer support. These efforts may not continue to be as effective as we anticipate in driving adoption or increased usage of our products, or may take longer than we expect to drive growth or increase efficiency. In addition, if the costs of the marketing channels we use increase, then we may choose to use alternative or less expensive channels, which may not be as effective as the channels we currently use.

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Our sales and marketing strategies, and their effectiveness, are influenced by numerous factors. We have made, and may in the future make, changes to the organization of our sales force and sales motions in response to changes in company strategy, new market opportunities, new products or features, sales performance or effectiveness, changes in sales headcount, changes to the compensation structure of our sales organization, or other factors. Such changes may not lead to wider adoption of our products or to the cost-effective acquisition of additional customers or increased revenue from existing customers as quickly or to the extent we expect, or at all, and have resulted, and may in the future result, in a reduction of productivity, which could negatively impact our growth rate and results of operations. For example, we are focusing increasingly on solution selling and platform services. We are focused on driving efficiencies in our sales operations, and are continuing to improve and rely increasingly on our self-service capabilities to drive sales to customers that do not require direct account coverage. We are also introducing AI and automation in our self-service platform aimed at improving sales and customer support. These efforts may not continue to be as effective as we anticipate in driving adoption or increased usage of our products, or may take longer than we expect to drive growth or increase efficiency. In addition, if the costs of the marketing channels we use increase, then we may choose to use alternative or less expensive channels, which may not be as effective as the channels we currently use.

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New products that we develop or markets that we pursue may require increasingly sophisticated and more costly sales efforts and result in longer sales cycles. For example, we are focusing increasingly on sales to enterprises, such as through our Segment product, which is primarily aimed at complex customer data platform implementations at larger companies, and additional product innovations combining our communications products with contextual data and AI. As we seek to increase the adoption of our products by enterprises, we expect to encounter higher costs and more complex sales efforts for these customers. For enterprises, the decision to adopt our products may require the approval of multiple technical and business decision makers, and enterprise customers may require extensive education about our products and significant customer support before they will commit to deploying our products at scale, which may place additional strain on our product and engineering resources. Enterprises may also engage in protracted pricing and contract negotiations, leading to higher costs and longer sales cycles. Enterprise customers may not use our products enough for us to generate revenue that justifies our cost to obtain such customers, or may choose to develop their own solutions that do not include our products. They may also demand reductions in pricing as their usage of our products increases, notwithstanding increased costs incurred by us to provide such products, which could have an adverse impact on our gross margin.

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New products that we develop or markets that we pursue may require increasingly sophisticated and more costly sales efforts and result in longer sales cycles. As we seek to increase the adoption of our products by enterprises, we expect to encounter higher costs and more complex sales efforts for these customers. For enterprises, the decision to adopt our products may require the approval of multiple technical and business decision makers, and enterprise customers may require extensive education about our products and significant customer support before they will commit to deploying our products at scale, which may place additional strain on our product and engineering resources. Enterprises may also engage in protracted pricing and contract negotiations, leading to higher costs and longer sales cycles. Enterprise customers may not use our products enough for us to generate revenue that justifies our cost to obtain such customers, or may choose to develop their own solutions that do not include our products. They may also demand reductions in pricing as their usage of our products increases, notwithstanding increased costs incurred by us to provide such products, which could have an adverse impact on our gross margin.

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The providers of third-party products with which our products are integrated may modify the features, functionality, pricing, and other terms and conditions with respect to such products in a manner adverse to us and to our customers. If we are unable to maintain the integrations between our products and such third-party products, our ability to meet the needs and expectations of our customers could be adversely affected, which could adversely affect our business. Our platform must integrate with and leverage a variety of infrastructure, network, hardware, mobile and software platforms and technologies, and we need to continuously modify and enhance our products and platform to adapt to new integrations and changes and innovation in integrated technologies which may present significant complexity, obstacles or other adverse impacts on our products or our business. For example, last year we launched a new channel using Rich Communication Services (“RCS”) and we are working on a channel for Apple Messages for Business. We are also focused on the interoperability of our products across the data ecosystem. Third-party platforms may also implement changes to their policies or practices regarding privacy or other matters that may adversely impact us or our customers. In addition, our network service providers, mobile device operating system providers or inbox service providers may adopt new filtering technologies in an effort to combat spam or robocalling. For example, Apple, Google, Yahoo and other mobile device operating system providers or inbox service providers have developed, and may in the future develop, new applications or functions intended to filter spam and unwanted phone calls, messages or emails. Such technologies may inadvertently filter desired messages or calls to or from our customers. If mobile device operating system providers, inbox service providers or network service providers, our customers or their end users adopt new software platforms or infrastructure, we may be required to develop new versions of our products to work with those new platforms or infrastructure. This development effort may require significant resources, which would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Any failure of our products and platform to operate effectively with evolving or new platforms and technologies could reduce the demand for our products. If we are unable to respond to these changes in a cost-effective manner, our products may become less marketable and less competitive or obsolete, and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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The providers of third-party products with which our products are integrated may modify the features, functionality, pricing, and other terms and conditions with respect to such products in a manner adverse to us and to our customers. If we are unable to maintain the integrations between our products and such third-party products, our ability to meet the needs and expectations of our customers could be adversely affected, which could adversely affect our business. Our platform must integrate with and leverage a variety of infrastructure, network, hardware, mobile and software platforms and technologies, and we need to continuously modify and enhance our products and platform to adapt to new integrations and changes and innovation in integrated technologies which may present significant complexity, obstacles or other adverse impacts on our products or our business. For example, in 2025 we launched a new channel using Rich Communication Services (“RCS”) and we are working on a channel for Apple Messages for Business. We are also focused on the interoperability of our products across the data ecosystem. Third-party platforms may also implement changes to their policies or practices regarding privacy or other matters that may adversely impact us or our customers. In addition, our network service providers, mobile device operating system providers or inbox service providers may adopt new filtering technologies in an effort to combat spam or robocalling. For example, Apple, Google, Yahoo and other mobile device operating system providers or inbox service providers have developed, and may in the future develop, new applications or functions intended to filter spam and unwanted phone calls, messages or emails. Such technologies may inadvertently filter desired messages or calls to or from our customers. If mobile device operating system providers, inbox service providers or network service providers, our customers or their end users adopt new software platforms or infrastructure, we may be required to develop new versions of our products to work with those new platforms or infrastructure. This development effort may require significant resources, which would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Any failure of our products and platform to operate effectively with evolving or new platforms and technologies could reduce the demand for our products. If we are unable to respond to these changes in a cost-effective manner, our products may become less marketable and less competitive or obsolete, and our business, results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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The markets in which we participate are intensely competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

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The current and prospective markets for our products are intensely competitive and rapidly evolving, and if we do not compete effectively or if these markets fail to grow as expected, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

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The current and prospective markets for our products are rapidly evolving, significantly fragmented and highly competitive, with relatively low barriers to entry in some segments. The principal competitive factors of these markets include completeness of offering, credibility with customers, ability to differentiate our products against competing offerings, global reach, ease of integration and programmability, product features, platform scalability, reliability, deliverability, security and performance, brand awareness and reputation, the strength of sales and marketing efforts, customer support, and the cost of deploying and using products. Our competitors are primarily (i) CPaaS companies that offer communications products and applications, (ii) other software companies that compete with portions of our communications product line, (iii) regional network service providers that offer limited developer functionality on top of their own physical infrastructure, (iv) customer relationship management and customer experience vendors and (v) standalone customer data platform vendors.

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The current and prospective markets for our products are rapidly evolving, significantly fragmented and highly competitive, in some cases with relatively low barriers to entry, and may fail to grow as expected or decline over time. The principal competitive factors of these markets include completeness of offering, credibility with customers, ability to differentiate our products against competing offerings, global reach, ease of integration and programmability, product features, platform scalability, reliability, deliverability, security and performance, brand awareness and reputation, the strength of sales and marketing efforts, customer support, and the cost of deploying and using products, as well as our customers’ perception of the value and necessity of our products and platform. Our competitors are primarily (i) CPaaS companies that offer communications products and applications, (ii) regional network service providers that offer limited developer functionality on top of their own physical infrastructure, (iii) customer relationship management and customer experience vendors, (iv) standalone customer data platform vendors and (v) other software companies that compete with portions of our product line.

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Some of our competitors and potential competitors are larger and have greater name recognition, longer operating histories, more established customer relationships, larger budgets, lower operating costs, and significantly greater resources than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, customer requirements or changing economic conditions. Our competitors may also offer products or services that address one or a limited number of functions at lower prices, with greater depth than our products or in different geographies. Our current and potential competitors have in the past and may in the future develop and market products and services with comparable functionality to our products, and this could lead us to decrease prices in order to remain competitive.

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Some of our competitors and potential competitors are larger and have greater name recognition, longer operating histories, more established customer relationships, larger budgets, lower operating costs, and significantly greater resources than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, customer requirements or changing economic conditions. Our competitors may also offer products or services that address one or a limited number of functions at lower prices, with greater depth than our products or in different geographies. Our current and potential competitors have in the past and may in the future develop and market products and services with comparable functionality to our products, and this could lead us to decrease prices in order to remain competitive. In addition, customers may reduce or delay spending on our products or substitute alternative solutions in response to pricing pressures, budget constraints or changing business priorities.

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With the introduction of new products and services and new market entrants, we expect competition to intensify in the future. As we expand the scope of our products, we may face additional competition and, in some cases, may find our products in competition with those of our customers, which could cause them to replace our products with competitive offerings. If one or more of our competitors were to merge or partner with another of our competitors or our suppliers, the change in the competitive landscape could also adversely affect our ability to compete effectively. For example, certain of our competitors have engaged in acquisition activity, and we expect that our competitors will continue to evaluate the acquisition of companies and technologies that could increase competition with our products in the future. In addition, some of our competitors have lower list prices than us, which may be attractive to certain customers even if those products have different or lesser functionality. Pricing pressures and increased competition generally could result in reduced revenue, reduced margins, increased losses or the failure of our products to achieve or maintain widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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With the introduction of new products and services and new market entrants, we expect competition to intensify in the future. Industry developments and evolving technology, such as AI, may also impact our competitive landscape and the factors required to compete effectively in current or prospective markets. Our ability to grow will depend in part on our success in expanding the scope of our products and entering new markets, and there can be no assurance that the markets will grow or that our products will achieve meaningful adoption within them. As we expand the scope of our products, we may face additional competition and, in some cases, may find our products in competition with those of our customers, which could cause them to replace our products with competitive offerings. If one or more of our competitors were to merge or partner with another of our competitors or our suppliers, the change in the competitive landscape could also adversely affect our ability to compete effectively. For example, certain of our competitors have engaged in acquisition activity, and we expect that our competitors will continue to evaluate the acquisition of companies and technologies that could increase competition with our products in the future. In addition, some of our competitors have lower list prices than us, which may be attractive to certain customers even if those products have different or lesser functionality. Pricing pressures and increased competition generally could result in reduced revenue, reduced margins, increased losses or the failure of our products to achieve or maintain widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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While we achieved net income of $79.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we have incurred net losses in each preceding year since our inception, including net losses of $109.4 million and $1.0 billion in the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. In addition, while we have experienced revenue growth in prior periods, it is not indicative of future revenue growth, and our revenue and revenue growth for any quarterly or annual period should not be relied upon as an indication of our future revenue or revenue growth for any future period. If we are unable to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and manage our operating expenses, we may not achieve and sustain profitability and, even if we do, we may not be able to increase our level of profitability or achieve our stated profitability goals. As we implement additional initiatives to increase revenue, our operating expenses may continue to rise over the long term, potentially including, among other things: investments in our engineering team; improvements in security and data protection; the development of new products, features and functionality and enhancements to our platform; sales and marketing; expansion of our operations and infrastructure, both domestically and internationally; and general administration, including legal, accounting and other expenses related to being a public company. Our efforts to grow our business may be more costly than we expect, and if our revenue growth does not meet estimates, we may not be able to offset our associated operating expenses, which could prevent us from achieving and sustaining profitability, or maintaining or increasing cash flow. We may incur significant losses in the future for a number of reasons, including the other risks described herein, and unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications and delays and other unknown events. If we are unable to achieve and sustain profitability, or if we incur significant losses, the value of our business and common stock may significantly decrease.

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We achieved net income of $33.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2025. However, we incurred net losses in each preceding year since our inception. Our past performance for any quarterly or annual period should not be relied upon as an indication of our performance for any future period. If we are unable to generate and sustain increased revenue levels and manage our operating expenses, we may not achieve and sustain profitability and, even if we do, we may not be able to increase our level of profitability or achieve our stated profitability goals. As we implement additional initiatives to increase revenue, our operating expenses may continue to rise over the long term, potentially including, among other things: investments in our engineering team; improvements in security and data protection; the development of new products, features and functionality and enhancements to our platform, including computing costs associated with AI; sales and marketing; expansion of our operations and infrastructure, both domestically and internationally; and general administration, including legal, accounting and other expenses related to being a public company. Our efforts to grow our business may be more costly than we expect, and if our revenue growth does not meet estimates, we may not be able to offset our associated operating expenses, which could prevent us from achieving and sustaining profitability, or maintaining or increasing cash flow. We may incur significant losses in the future for a number of reasons, including the other risks described herein, and unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications and delays and other unknown events. If we are unable to achieve and sustain profitability, or if we incur significant losses, the value of our business and common stock may significantly decrease.

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We interconnect with fixed and mobile network service providers around the world to enable our customers to use our products over their networks. Although we currently hold or are in the process of acquiring authorization in many countries for direct access to phone numbers and for the provision of voice and messaging services on the networks of fixed and mobile network service providers, we expect that we will continue to rely on network service providers for these services. Where we do not have direct access to phone numbers, our reliance on network service providers has reduced our operating flexibility, ability to make timely service changes and control quality of service. In addition, the fees that we are charged by network service providers are subject to change and we can be subject to the imposition of additional fees, penalties, or other administrative or technical requirements, and even service interruption, due to regulatory, competitive, or other industry related changes over which we have little to no control.

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We interconnect with fixed and mobile network service providers around the world to deliver our products. Although we have, or are in the process of acquiring, authorization to provide voice and messaging services and for direct access to phone numbers in many countries, we expect to continue to rely to some extent on network service providers for these services. Reliance on network service providers subjects us to regulatory, competitive and other industry related changes over which we have little or no control. In addition, our reliance on network service providers subjects us to fees, penalties, administrative and technical requirements, each of which are subject to change. Similarly, in some cases, we utilize intermediaries for direct access to networks. Although we have, or are in the process of securing, direct connections with network service providers in many countries, we expect to continue to rely on intermediaries for these services to some extent. These intermediaries also charge us changing fees and at times have offerings that compete directly with our products. We also interconnect with internet service providers around the world to deliver our email products, and expect to continue to rely on such providers.

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From time to time, network service providers have instituted additional or increased fees that increase our network costs. For example, in June 2025, a major U.S. mobile carrier increased its fees for A2P SMS messages delivered to its subscribers, which will create a modest headwind to our gross margins going forward. Other U.S. mobile carriers may follow suit and such fees may increase over time. While we have historically responded to these types of fee increases through a combination of further negotiating efforts with our network service providers, absorbing the increased costs or passing the fees through to customers, there is no guarantee that we will continue to be able to respond in these ways in the future without a material negative impact to our business. The fees charged by our network service providers are subject to change, in some markets daily or weekly, and we may not change our customers’ pricing as rapidly and, as a result, such fee increases could adversely affect our business and results of operations. In addition, passing these fees through to our customers typically has the effect of increasing our revenue and cost of revenue, but typically does not impact the gross profit dollars received for sending these messages and, as a result, has a negative impact on our gross margins. Additionally, our ability to respond to any new fees may be constrained if all network service providers in a particular market impose equivalent fee structures, if the magnitude of the fees is disproportionately large when compared to the underlying prices paid by our customers, or if the market conditions limit our ability to increase the prices we charge our customers.

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The fees we pay to these providers also subject us to risks. We are exposed to significant fluctuations in applicable fees paid to network service providers, intermediaries, and internet service providers. These fees are outside of our control and we are not able to predict the magnitude or timing of changes to such fees. Additional or increased fees charged by such providers have resulted, and could in the future result, in increases to our costs and other impacts on our financial results. For example, recent increases to A2P messaging fees charged by major U.S. mobile carriers create a headwind on our margins, and such fees may increase further over time. In some markets, fees charged by our network service providers change daily or weekly. We may not be able to change our customer pricing as rapidly, and absorbing these costs could adversely affect our business and results of operations. Further, even when we do pass fee increases through to customers, it typically increases revenue and cost of revenue such that while gross profit dollars are not impacted, it has a negative impact on gross margins. While historically we have responded to many fee increases through negotiating efforts, absorbing increased costs or passing fees through to customers, we may be unable to respond in these ways in the future without a material negative impact to our business. Our ability to respond to fee increases may also be constrained by equivalent increases by other providers in a particular market, fees that are disproportionately large compared to underlying prices paid by our customers, or market or other conditions limiting our ability to increase the prices we charge for our products.

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For certain of our products, we primarily charge our customers based on their usage of such products. One of the challenges of this usage-based pricing model is the variability of the fees that we pay to network service providers over whose networks we transmit communications. Such network fees can vary, in some markets daily or weekly, differ across countries, and are affected by volume and other factors that may be outside of our control and which are difficult to predict. This can result in us incurring increased costs that we may be unable or unwilling to pass through to our customers, which could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition. If we elect to pass through increased fees to our customers, it could adversely affect our relationship with our customers and our customers may look for lower cost alternatives.

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We face risks associated with optimally pricing our products, particularly given the dynamic nature of our usage-based pricing. The fees that we pay to network service providers can vary, in some markets daily or weekly, differ across countries, and are affected by volume and other factors that may be outside of our control and which are difficult to predict. As a result, we may incur increased costs that we may be unable or unwilling to pass through to our customers. If we do pass increased fees through to our customers, it could adversely affect customer relationships or cause customers to seek lower-cost alternatives.

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We adjust the pricing models for our products from time to time and expect that we will continue to do so. Many of our usage-based customers enter into contracts with negotiated pricing, and our subscription customers are also subject to negotiated pricing. As competitors introduce new products or services that compete with ours or reduce their prices, we may be unable to attract new customers or retain existing customers based on our historical pricing. If we are required or choose to reduce our prices, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We periodically adjust the pricing for our products and expect to continue to. Many of our usage-based customers have contracts with negotiated pricing, and our subscription contracts also have negotiated pricing. New products or price reductions by competitors may prevent us from retaining or attracting customers based on our historical pricing, and we may otherwise be required or choose to reduce our pricing. Any such price reductions, lost customers, or other failure to optimize our pricing could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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In the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, we derived 36%, 35% and 34% of our revenue from customer accounts located outside the United States, respectively. The future success of our business will depend, in part, on our ability to strategically maintain and expand our customer base worldwide. Operating in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to regulatory, economic and political risks in addition to those we face in the United States.

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In the three months ended March 31, 2026 and the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, we derived 36%, 36% and 35% of our revenue from customer accounts located outside the United States, respectively. The future success of our business will depend, in part, on our ability to strategically maintain and expand our customer base worldwide. Operating in international markets requires significant resources and management attention and subjects us to regulatory, economic and political risks in addition to those we face in the United States.

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Also, due to costs from our international operations and network service provider fees outside of the United States, which generally are higher than domestic rates, our gross margin for messages terminating internationally is typically lower than our gross margin for messages terminating domestically. As a result, our gross margin has been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by our international operations. Our failure to manage any of these risks successfully could harm our international operations, and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Also, due to costs from our international operations and network service provider fees outside of the United States, which generally are higher than domestic rates, our gross margin for messages terminating internationally is typically lower than our gross margin for messages terminating domestically. As a result, our gross margin has been, and may continue to be, adversely impacted by our international operations. If we, or our international business partners, fail to manage any of these risks successfully, it could harm our international operations and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to expand our products and grow our business to meet the needs of current and prospective customers. In some circumstances, we may determine to do so through acquisitions, partnerships or investments in businesses and technologies that are complementary to our business. There can be no assurances that such acquisitions will result in the anticipated benefits, and it is possible that there could be a loss of our key employees and customers, disruption of ongoing businesses or unexpected issues, higher than expected costs, the diversion of management attention and resources from day-to-day business operations and an overall post-completion process that takes longer than originally anticipated. In addition, the following issues, among others, may need to be addressed in order to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisitions, partnerships or investments:

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Our success will depend, in part, on our ability to expand our products and grow our business to meet the needs of current and prospective customers. In some circumstances, we may determine to do so through acquisitions, partnerships or investments in businesses and technologies that are complementary to our business. There can be no assurances that such transactions will result in the anticipated benefits, and it is possible that there could be a loss of our key employees and customers, disruption of ongoing businesses or unexpected issues, higher than expected costs, the diversion of management attention and resources from day-to-day business operations and an overall post-completion process that takes longer than originally anticipated. In addition, the following issues, among others, may need to be addressed in order to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisitions, partnerships or investments:

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Breaches of or incidents impacting our networks or systems, or those of our third-party service providers, could degrade our ability to conduct our business, compromise the integrity of our products, platform and data, result in significant loss or unavailability of data and the theft of our intellectual property, damage our reputation, expose us to liability to third parties and require us to incur significant additional costs to maintain the security of our networks and data.

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Breaches of or other incidents impacting our networks or systems, or those of our third-party service providers, could degrade our ability to conduct our business, compromise the integrity of our products, platform and data, result in significant loss or unavailability of data and the theft of our intellectual property, damage our reputation, expose us to liability to third parties and require us to incur significant additional costs to maintain the security of our networks and data.

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Individuals or entities have in the past attempted and will in the future attempt to penetrate the security of our platform, or of our network or systems, and to cause harm to our business operations, including by misappropriating our proprietary information or that of our customers, employees and business partners or to cause interruptions of our products and platform. In particular, cyberattacks and other malicious internet-based activity continue to increase in frequency and magnitude, and cloud-based companies have been targeted in the past. We face various threats from traditional computer hackers, sophisticated organized crime, nation-state and nation-state supported actors, malicious code, software vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks and vulnerabilities through our third-party partners, fraud, employee theft or misuse, attempts to bribe, extort, or compromise our employees or infiltrate our workforce, password spraying, deep fakes, phishing, smishing, vishing, credential stuffing, denial-of-service attacks, and advanced persistent threat intrusions, which threaten our systems (including those hosted on cloud services), internal networks, our customers’ systems, our service providers’ networks, and the information that they store and process. Ransomware and cyber extortion attacks, including those perpetrated by organized criminal threat actors, nation-states, and nation-state-supported actors, are becoming increasingly prevalent and severe and can lead to significant interruptions in our operations, loss of data and income, reputational harm, and diversion of funds. Extortion payments may alleviate or reduce the negative impact of a ransomware attack, but we may be unwilling or unable to make such payments due to, for example, applicable laws or regulations prohibiting such payments. Geopolitical tensions and events may further heighten risks we and our service providers face from these and other attacks. Because the techniques used to access, disrupt or sabotage devices, systems and networks change frequently and may not be recognized until launched against a target, we expect to be required to make further investments over time to protect data and infrastructure as cybersecurity threats develop, evolve and grow more complex over time. We may also be unable to anticipate these techniques, and we may not become aware in a timely manner of any security breach or incident, which could exacerbate any damage we experience.

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Cyberattacks and other malicious activity continue to become more sophisticated, targeted and inexpensive to conduct, and to increase in frequency and magnitude. These include ransomware and cyber extortion attacks, which can lead to significant interruptions in our operations, loss of data and income, reputational harm, and diversion of funds. Extortion payments may reduce the negative impact of a ransomware attack, but we may be unwilling or unable to make such payments, such as due to applicable laws or regulations prohibiting such payments. Geopolitical tensions and events may further heighten risks we and our service providers face from breaches and other incidents.

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Outside the United States, an increasing number of laws, regulations, and industry standards apply to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity. For example, the GDPR, the United Kingdom’s General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018 (“UK GDPR”) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection impose strict requirements for processing personal information of covered individuals, whether within or outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom (“UK”) and Switzerland, respectively (such jurisdictions, collectively, “Europe”). For example, the GDPR imposes significant requirements regarding the processing of individuals’ personal information, including in relation to transparency, lawfulness of processing, individuals’ privacy rights, compliant contracting, data minimization, data breach notification, data retention, security, and international data transfers. Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, government regulators may impose temporary or definitive bans on data transfers or other processing, require data deletion, and impose significant fines, potentially ranging up to the greater of 4% of a company’s worldwide revenue or 20 million Euros or 17.5 million GBP, respectively. Individuals also may initiate compensation claims or litigation related to our processing of their personal information. Other privacy and data protection laws in Europe impose strict requirements around marketing communications and the deployment of cookies. As another example, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais, or “LGPD”) (Law No. 13,709/2018) may apply to our operations. The LGPD broadly regulates processing of personal information of individuals in Brazil and imposes compliance obligations and penalties comparable to the GDPR.

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In the United States, for example, the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, the “CCPA”) provides our customers, employees, and other individuals certain rights related to their personal information. The federal government has also proposed, and numerous other states are considering or have proposed and/or enacted, laws and regulations addressing privacy and cybersecurity. Internationally, the regulatory landscape is increasingly complex and fragmented and compliance increasingly financially burdensome. For example, in the European Union (“EU”), the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) imposes significant requirements regarding the processing of personal information, including related to transparency, individuals’ privacy rights, compliance contracting, data minimization, data breach notification, data retention, security, and international data transfers. Other international privacy and data protection laws also impose strict requirements, such as related to marketing communications and deployment of cookies. Together, this patchwork of global requirements presents significant compliance challenges, and subjects us to possible fines, sanctions, litigation, and other adverse consequences. For example, under the GDPR, regulators may impose temporary or definitive bans on data transfers or other processing, require deletion, and impose significant fines, potentially ranging up to 4% of our worldwide revenue.

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As a cumulative example of these risks, because our primary data processing facilities are in the United States, we have experienced hesitancy, reluctance, or refusal by European or multinational customers to continue to use our services due to potential risks arising from the Court of Justice’s July 2020 ruling in the “Schrems II” case, as well as related guidance from regulators and enforcement action against Meta by the Irish Data Protection Commission. For example, absent appropriate safeguards or other circumstances, the GDPR and laws in Switzerland and the UK generally restrict the transfer of personal information to many outside jurisdictions, such as the United States. On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Based on this decision, personal information can flow from the EU to U.S. companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework without additional data protection safeguards. We are certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. If we cannot maintain valid mechanisms for cross-border data transfers, we and our customers may face increased exposure to regulatory actions, substantial fines, and injunctions against processing or transferring personal information from Europe or elsewhere. Any inability to transfer personal information to the United States or other jurisdictions could significantly and negatively impact our business operations; limit our ability to collaborate with parties that are subject to data privacy and security laws; or require us to increase our personal information processing capabilities in Europe and/or elsewhere at significant expense. In addition, outside of Europe, other jurisdictions have proposed and enacted laws relating to cross-border data transfer or requiring personal information, or certain subcategories of personal information, to be stored in the jurisdiction of origin. If we are unable to increase our data processing capabilities and storage in Europe and other jurisdictions to limit or eliminate the need for relevant data transfers quickly enough, and valid solutions for relevant personal information are not available or are difficult to implement in the interim, we will likely face continuing reluctance from European and multinational customers to use our services and increased exposure to regulatory actions, substantial fines and injunctions against processing or transferring personal information across borders.

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We must also comply with increasing laws and regulations relating to data residency, data localization, and the transfer of data across territorial boundaries, arising from the fact that our primary data processing facilities are in the United States. For example, the GDPR restricts the transfer of personal data from the EU to the United States and other countries that are not deemed to have implemented adequate data protection measures, and other jurisdictions have proposed and enacted laws relating to cross-border data transfer or requiring personal information to be stored in the jurisdiction of origin. We use a variety of legal transfer mechanisms to transfer personal data across borders, including standard contractual clauses and the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, whose use is subject to ongoing review and litigation, and we may not be able to continue to rely on these or other transfer mechanisms. As a result of this uncertainty, we have encountered hesitancy, reluctance or refusal by European and multinational customers to use our services. If we are unable to maintain valid mechanisms for cross-border data transfer, we and our customers may face increased exposure to regulatory actions, significant fines, or injunctions against processing or transferring personal information from Europe or elsewhere. Any inability to transfer personal information to the United States or other jurisdictions, or costly restrictions on such transfer, may also limit our ability to collaborate with partners and customers, require us to increase our data processing capabilities in Europe and/or other jurisdictions at significant expense, and/or otherwise negatively impact our business.

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Additionally, we expect an increase in regulation of the use of AI and ML in products and services. For example, in Europe, the Artificial Intelligence Act, once effective, will impose onerous obligations related to the development, placement on the market and use of AI-related systems. A growing number of U.S. states are enacting legislation regulating aspects of AI or AI generally. Other countries are also contemplating laws regulating AI and ML. We may have to change our business practices to comply with obligations under these or other new and evolving regimes.

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Additionally, as a provider of interconnected VoIP service, we must also comply with certain U.S. federal privacy laws and regulations, including Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the FCC’s customer proprietary network information rules. We are also subject to state rules and obligations that have been proposed or adopted, or may be in the future. We are also subject to other rapidly changing technology- and industry-specific laws, regulations and obligations. For example, we expect increased global regulation in the use of AI and ML such as the recent AI Act in Europe, which imposes onerous obligations related to the development, placement on the market and use of AI systems. Various countries and a growing number of U.S. states are also enacting legislation regulating aspects of AI or AI generally. We may need to change our business practices to comply with obligations under these or other new and evolving regimes, and face significant compliance challenges, liability, or other risks.

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In addition, our contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity have become increasingly stringent due to changes in laws and regulations and expansion of our offerings. Certain privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws, such as the GDPR and the CCPA, require our customers to impose specific contractual restrictions on their service providers. In addition, we support customer workloads that involve the processing of protected health information and are required to sign business associate agreements with customers that subject us to requirements under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, as well as state laws that govern health information.

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We also have contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity that are increasingly stringent due to related legal and regulatory changes and the expansion of our offerings. For example, certain laws and regulations, such as the GDPR and CCPA, require our customers to impose contractual restrictions on their service providers. In addition, we support customer workloads involving the processing of protected health information and are required to sign business associate agreements with customers that subject us to certain requirements under federal and state laws governing health information, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009.

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Our actual or perceived failure to comply with laws, regulations, contractual commitments, or other actual or asserted obligations, including certain industry standards, regarding privacy, data protection and cybersecurity could lead to costly legal action, adverse publicity, significant liability, inability to process data, and decreased demand for our services, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Taken together, evolving legal, regulatory and contractual obligations pertaining to privacy, data protection, cybersecurity and AI may require us to expend resources to modify our practices and products, reduce demand for our platform, increase our costs, restrict our ability to store and process data, inhibit product functionality or the development of new products and features, or impact our ability to operate in certain locations, any of which could impair growth or otherwise harm our business. Further, any actual or perceived non-compliance with these laws, regulations, contractual commitments, or other actual or asserted obligations, including industry standards, pertaining to privacy, data protection, cybersecurity or AI could subject us to regulatory audits or inquiries, civil and criminal penalties, or significant fines, or lead to costly legal action, breach of contract claims, adverse publicity, significant liability, inability to process data, and decreased demand for our services, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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We have deployed, and continue to develop and incorporate, AI solutions and features into our platform and our business, and these solutions and features may become more important to our operations, future growth or competitiveness over time. We expect to rely on AI solutions and features to help drive future growth and efficiency in our business, but there can be no assurance that we will realize the desired or anticipated benefits from AI in a timely or cost-effective manner. For example, we are focused on continued product innovations to combine our communications products with contextual data and AI. We are also building out new AI capabilities internally, including AI automation and agents in our self-service platform and in our internal operations. We may also fail to properly implement or market our AI solutions and features. Our competitors or other third parties may incorporate AI into their products, offerings, and solutions more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations. Our ability to effectively implement and market our AI solutions and features will depend, in part, on our ability to attract and retain employees with AI expertise, and we expect significant competition for professionals with the skills and technical knowledge that we will require. Additionally, our offerings based on AI may expose us to additional claims, demands and proceedings by private parties and regulatory authorities and subject us to legal liability as well as brand and reputational harm. For example, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected if content or recommendations that AI solutions or features assist in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, harmful, or biased, or if such content, recommendations, solutions, or features or their development or deployment (including the collection, use, or other processing of data used to train or create such AI solutions or features) are found to have or alleged to have infringed upon or misappropriated third-party intellectual property rights or violated applicable laws, regulations, or other actual or asserted legal or contractual obligations to which we are or may become subject. If we fail to obtain any required permissions to collect, use, or otherwise process data, including personal information, in relation to AI solutions or features, or if we jeopardize the privacy or security of such information, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The legal, regulatory, and policy environments around AI are evolving rapidly, and we may become subject to new and evolving legal and other obligations. These and other developments may require us to make significant changes to our use of AI, including by limiting or restricting our use of AI, require us to make significant changes to our policies and practices, and necess…

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Additionally, our use of AI internally and in our offerings may expose us to additional claims, demands and proceedings by private parties and regulatory authorities and subject us to legal liability as well as brand and reputational harm. For example, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected if content or recommendations that AI solutions or features assist in producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, harmful, or biased, or if such content, recommendations, solutions, or features or their development or deployment (including the collection, use, or other processing of data used to train or create such AI solutions or features) are found to have or alleged to have infringed upon or misappropriated third-party intellectual property rights or violated applicable laws, regulations, or other actual or asserted legal or contractual obligations to which we are or may become subject. Our increasing use of AI internally in the development of our products may also subject us to intellectual property risks arising from limits and uncertainty regarding the protectability of certain outputs we create using generative AI tools. If we fail to obtain any required permissions to collect, use, or otherwise process data, including personal information, in relation to AI solutions or features, or if we jeopardize the privacy or security of such information, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The legal, regulatory, and policy environments around AI are evolving rapidly, and we may become subject to new and evolving legal and other obligations. Our increasing use of AI internally, including in product development, may also present risks of technical errors, service disruptions or other issues related to flawed or inaccurate AI-generated outputs, as well as security vulnerabilities, which would negatively impact our reputation and our business. These and other developments may require us to make significant changes to our use of AI, including by limiting or restricting our use of AI, require us to make significant changes to our policies and practices, and necessitate expenditure of significant time, expense, and other resources. AI also presents emerging ethical issues, and if our use of AI becomes controversial, we may experience brand or reputational harm.

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As a provider of communications products and a licensed telecommunications provider, we are subject to evolving federal, state and international regulations relating to privacy, telecommunications, consumer protection and other requirements. If we do not comply with such requirements, we could be subject to enforcement actions, fines, loss of licenses and possibly restrictions on our ability to operate or offer certain of our products. Any enforcement action by the FCC or another regulatory authority, which may be a public process, would hurt our reputation in the industry, could erode customer trust, possibly impair our ability to sell our VoIP, other telecommunications products and/or other services to customers and could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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As a provider of communications products and a licensed telecommunications provider, we are required to comply with many changing federal, state and international regulations, including relating to privacy, security, telecommunications, consumer protection, fraud and scam prevention, Know Your Customer and Know Your Traffic and other requirements and obligations, which often vary across the numerous jurisdictions in which we operate. Compliance with these requirements involves significant management attention and compliance costs, and can present operational challenges, onboarding delays and friction for our customers, require us to raise prices, restructure or discontinue our products, or limit our ability to expand into certain jurisdictions. If we do not comply with such requirements, we could face enforcement actions, significant fines, remedial directions to implement audits or new processes, loss of licenses, restrictions or prohibitions on our ability to operate or offer certain of our products, eroded customer trust, and damage to our brand and reputation, and other consequences. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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In the United States, at the federal level, we and/or our customers are required to comply with laws and regulations limiting telemarketing and certain technologies that enable automatic calling and/or messaging and establishing quiet hours for solicitations, such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”), laws requiring assistance to law enforcement in electronic surveillance, requirements to pay regulatory fees and contributions to various federally administered funds, requirements to safeguard the privacy of certain customer information, and requirements aimed at mitigating illegal robocalls and robotexts, such as the implementation of call authentication technologies, and other compliance requirements. At the state level, some states have adopted, proposed or may propose, regulations that may subject us to additional registration, reporting, resiliency and/or compliance obligations, including laws similar to the TCPA.

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Moreover, certain of our products may be used by customers located in countries where voice and other forms of Internet Protocol (“IP”) communications may be illegal or require special licensing or in countries on a U.S. embargo list. Users in such countries may continue to use our products in those countries notwithstanding the illegality or embargo, or a local partner that we use to provide services may not comply with applicable governmental regulations, subjecting us to potential penalties or governmental actions that may be costly, harm our business and damage our brand and reputation. We may be required to incur additional expenses to meet applicable international regulatory requirements or be required to raise the prices of services, or restructure or discontinue those services if required by law or if we cannot or will not meet those requirements. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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We are also subject to varying international licensing obligations and communications regulations, including related to reporting requirements, provision of emergency services and of information to support emergency services, number portability, combatting scam and fraud, payment into universal service funds, and licensing fees, among others. As we expand into new countries, our potential regulatory and licensing obligations, and related scrutiny, increase. The international landscape continues to evolve, and in many cases involves significant uncertainties related to how the CPaaS business model fits into the communications regulatory framework. There is significant variation in requirements across international jurisdictions, including as to whether some or all of the services we offer are considered regulated telecommunications services. In addition, certain of our products may be used by customers located in countries where voice and other forms of Internet Protocol (“IP”) communications may be illegal or require special licensing or in countries on a U.S. embargo list, and users in such countries may continue to use our products in those countries notwithstanding the illegality or embargo, or a local partner that we use to provide services may not comply with applicable governmental regulations, subjecting us to potential penalties or governmental actions that may be costly, harm our business and damage our brand and reputation.

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Our customers’ and others’ violation of our policies or other misuse of our platform to transmit unwanted, offensive or illegal messages, spam, phishing scams, links to harmful applications or for other fraudulent or illegal activity could damage our reputation, and we may face a risk of regulatory penalties, litigation and liability for illegal activities on our platform and unauthorized, inaccurate, or fraudulent information distributed via our platform.

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Our customers’ and others’ violation of our policies or other misuse of our platform to transmit unwanted, offensive or illegal communications, spam, social engineering scams, links to harmful applications or for other fraudulent or illegal activity could damage our reputation, and we may face a risk of regulatory penalties, litigation and liability for illegal activities on our platform and unauthorized, inaccurate, or fraudulent information distributed via our platform.

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The actual or perceived improper sending of text messages or voice calls may subject us to potential risks, including liabilities or claims relating to consumer protection laws and regulatory enforcement, including fines. For example, the TCPA restricts telemarketing and the use of automatic SMS text messages without prior express consent. TCPA violations can result in significant financial penalties, as businesses can incur civil or criminal penalties imposed by the FCC, FTC, state attorneys general or other state actors or through private litigation. Regulatory enforcement is often public, which would result in reputational harm.

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The actual or perceived improper sending of text messages, voice calls, or email may subject us to potential risks, including liabilities or claims relating to consumer protection laws and regulatory enforcement, including fines. For example, the TCPA restricts telemarketing and the use of text messages without prior express consent. TCPA violations can result in significant financial penalties, as businesses can incur civil or criminal penalties imposed by the FCC, FTC, state attorneys general or other state actors or through private litigation. Regulatory enforcement is often public, which would result in reputational harm.

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Class action suits are the most common method for private enforcement. This has resulted in civil claims against our company and requests for information through third-party subpoenas. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to the delivery of text messages or voice calls are continuously evolving and developing. If we do not comply with these laws or regulations or if we become liable under these laws or regulations due to the failure of our customers to comply with these laws, we could face direct liability.

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Class action suits are the most common method for private enforcement. This has resulted in civil claims against our company and requests for information through third-party subpoenas. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to the delivery of text messages, voice calls, or email are continuously evolving and developing. If we do not comply with these laws or regulations or if we become liable under these laws or regulations due to the failure of our customers to comply with these laws, we could face direct liability.

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Moreover, certain customers may use our platform to transmit unwanted, offensive or illegal messages, calls, spam, phishing scams, and website links to harmful applications, reproduce and distribute copyrighted material or the trademarks of others without permission, and report inaccurate or fraudulent data or information. These issues also arise with respect to a portion of those users who use our platform on a free trial basis or upon initial use. These actions are in violation of our policies and in particular, our Acceptable Use Policy. Our efforts to defeat spamming attacks, illegal robocalls and other fraudulent activity will not prevent all such attacks and activity. These attacks and activity are also being facilitated or enhanced by evolving technologies, including AI. Such use of our platform could damage our reputation and we could face claims for damages, regulatory enforcement, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, negligence, or fraud. Furthermore, enacting more stringent controls on our customers’ use of our platform to combat such violations of our Acceptable Use Policy could increase friction for our legitimate customers and decrease their use of our platform.

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Moreover, certain customers and others have in the past, and despite our prevention efforts, may in the future, use our platform to transmit unwanted, offensive or illegal communications, spam, social engineering scams, and website links to harmful applications, reproduce and distribute copyrighted material or the trademarks of others without permission, and report inaccurate or fraudulent data or information. These actions violate our policies. Our efforts to defeat spamming attacks, illegal robocalls and other fraudulent activity will not prevent all such activity. Such activity could damage our reputation and the effectiveness of our platform, and we could face claims for damages, regulatory enforcement, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation, negligence, or fraud. Furthermore, enacting more stringent controls on use of our platform to combat such activity could increase friction for our legitimate customers and decrease their use of our platform.

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Additionally, our products may be subject to fraudulent usage, including but not limited to revenue share fraud, domestic traffic pumping, subscription fraud, premium text message scams and other fraudulent schemes, such as phishing. Although our customers are required to set passwords or personal identification numbers to protect their accounts, third parties have in the past been, and may in the future be, able to access and use their accounts through fraudulent means. Furthermore, spammers attempt to use our products to send targeted and untargeted spam messages. We cannot be certain that our efforts to defeat spamming attacks will be successful in eliminating all spam messages from being sent using our platform. In addition, a security breach of, or security incident impacting, our customers’ systems could result in exposure of their authentication credentials, unauthorized access to their accounts or fraudulent calls on their accounts, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Similarly, our products may be subject to fraudulent usage, including but not limited to revenue share fraud, domestic traffic pumping, subscription fraud, premium text message scams and other fraudulent schemes, such as phishing. Although our customers are required to set passwords or personal identification numbers to protect their accounts, third parties have in the past been, and may in the future be, able to access customers’ accounts through fraudulent means and use the accounts for fraudulent activity. Furthermore, spammers attempt to use our products to send targeted and untargeted spam communications. We cannot be certain that our efforts to defeat spamming attacks will be successful in eliminating all spam communications from being sent using our platform. In addition, a security breach of, or security incident impacting, our customers’ systems could result in exposure of their authentication credentials, unauthorized access to their accounts or fraudulent calls on their accounts, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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The current legislative and regulatory landscape regarding the regulation of the internet is subject to uncertainty. For example, in January 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down the FCC’s net neutrality rules, and it is unlikely that similar federal rules will be adopted. Without federal net neutrality rules, we cannot predict whether internet access service providers may be able to limit our users’ ability to access our platform or make our platform a less attractive alternative to our competitors’ applications. Moreover, several states have enacted or are considering state-level legislation or executive action that would implement certain net neutrality protections. State broadband regulations have been upheld by courts in certain jurisdictions, creating the potential for a patchwork of disparate regulatory regimes and operational challenges.

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The current legislative and regulatory landscape regarding the regulation of the internet is subject to uncertainty. For example, in January 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down the FCC’s net neutrality rules, and the current federal regulatory environment makes the adoption of similar rules unlikely in the near term. Without federal net neutrality rules, we cannot predict whether internet access service providers may be able to limit our users’ ability to access our platform or make our platform a less attractive alternative to our competitors’ applications. Moreover, several states have enacted or are considering state-level legislation or executive action that would implement certain net neutrality protections. State broadband regulations have been upheld by courts in certain jurisdictions, creating the potential for a patchwork of disparate regulatory regimes and operational challenges.