“ARR grew 25%, reflecting continued strong demand for our platform.” (CEO)
“We achieved Rule of 62 performance in the first half of the year, placing us among the elite companies that consistently outperform the Rule of 40.” (CFO)
“The number of Zero Trust Everywhere enterprises has grown at a rapid pace and now sits at over 550, up from over 130 a year ago.” (CEO)
“Z-Flex generated more than $290 million in TCV, up over 65% quarter-over-quarter.” (CFO)
“We also set a record $1 million-plus new ACV deals for a Q2.” (CFO)
Topic: AI agent traffic monetization and security opportunity
Key points:
AI agents generate "rapid pace" traffic, accessing apps or communicating with other agents.
Zscaler’s zero trust exchange ensures agents only talk to authorized agents/apps, preventing infected/hijacked agents from infecting the enterprise.
More agentic traffic = more value delivered and "better revenue opportunity."
Mgmt stance: Bullish — sees AI agents as "biggest upside for growth" of Zscaler business.
Q12 — Matthew Hedberg
Topic: ARR guidance raise clarification (organic vs. Red Canary)
Key points:
ARR midpoint raised by $30 million; Red Canary expectations raised from $95 million to $135 million (a $35 million raise).
On organic basis, organic net new ARR growth raised from 6.7% (initial) to 9.5% for FY26.
First-half net new ARR (ex-Red Canary) grew 10% vs. 1% in prior-year first half.
Mgmt stance: Bullish — underlying organic business strength drove the raise, with "very healthy acceleration" in net new ARR growth.
Q13 — Keith Bachman
Topic: Zero Trust Everywhere adoption, ARR uplift, and market potential
Key points:
Customers at 550 (from 130 a year ago); all are enterprise customers.
ARR uplift when moving to Zero Trust Everywhere: 2x to 3x (shared last quarter).
No Zscaler customer wants to keep SD-WAN; interest high in Branch (replacing MPLS/SD-WAN for cost and security) and Cloud (no real competition beyond old-school firewalls).
Mgmt stance: Bullish — expects every Zscaler customer to eventually become a Zero Trust Everywhere customer.