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HashiCorp
(NASDAQ:HCP) 

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HashiCorp is a software company with a freemium business model based in San Francisco, California. HashiCorp provides open-source tools and commercial products that enable developers, operators and security professionals to provision, secure, run and connect cloud-computing infrastructure.

Founded: 2012
IPO Price: $80 (Dec 09, 2021)
Full Time Employees: 2,400 (Jan 2023)
Co-Founder: Armon Dadgar / Mitchell Hashimoto
CEO: Dave McJannet  
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software
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At a glance:
  • HashiCorp Positioned as Core Infrastructure Automation Vendor: HashiCorp’s products (e.g., Terraform, Vault, Consul, Nomad) are widely used to automate provisioning, security, and networking across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, supporting enterprise standardization on infrastructure-as-code.
  • Monetization Driven by Enterprise Upgrades from Open Source Adoption: A key part of the business model is converting broad open-source usage into paid enterprise subscriptions via governance, security, collaboration, and compliance features, with growth tied to expansion within large accounts.
  • Cloud and Security Priorities Support Demand, but Procurement Scrutiny Persists: Ongoing cloud migration, platform engineering, and secrets management needs are structural tailwinds, while macro-driven IT spend optimization and longer sales cycles can pressure near-term bookings and renewals.
  • Competitive and Platform Risk from Hyperscalers and Point Solutions: HashiCorp faces competition from cloud-native alternatives (e.g., native IaC tooling, Kubernetes ecosystem) and specialized security vendors, creating pricing and differentiation pressure—especially where customers prefer integrated platform suites.
  • Execution Focus: Efficiency, Retention, and Attach of Higher-Value Modules: Investors typically watch net retention/expansion, the pace of enterprise customer adds, and progress in improving operating efficiency, alongside cross-sell of adjacent products (e.g., Vault with Terraform) to deepen platform adoption.
Bull Thesis:
  • Dominant Infrastructure Automation & Security Platform: HashiCorp's suite of products (Terraform, Vault, Consul) are industry standards for infrastructure as code, secrets management, and service networking. They enjoy widespread adoption across enterprises and cloud environments, making them foundational to modern IT operations.
  • Accelerating Cloud & SaaS Transition: The company is successfully shifting its revenue mix towards higher-margin, recurring cloud services (HCP Cloud). This transition aligns with broader market trends towards managed services, promising improved long-term financial predictability and scalability.
  • Large and Expanding Total Addressable Market (TAM): HashiCorp operates in critical and growing segments of the cloud-native ecosystem, including multi-cloud infrastructure automation, security, and networking. The continuous expansion of cloud adoption and complexity provides a significant runway for future growth.
  • Strong Developer Mindshare and Ecosystem Lock-in: HashiCorp tools are deeply embedded in developer workflows and infrastructure operations, creating high switching costs. Their foundational role in modern IT environments fosters a sticky customer base and strong community support.
Bear Thesis:
  • Intensifying Competition from Cloud Providers and Open Source Forks: HashiCorp faces direct competition from native cloud provider services (e.g., AWS CloudFormation, Azure Key Vault) and new open-source forks (e.g., OpenTofu) that emerged after its BSL license change, potentially fragmenting its market and diluting mindshare.
  • Persistent Unprofitability and Negative Free Cash Flow: Despite robust revenue growth, HashiCorp has consistently reported net losses and negative free cash flow. This raises concerns about its path to sustainable profitability and efficient capital allocation, especially in a tighter economic environment.
  • Backlash and Potential Impact of BSL License Change: The controversial shift from MPL to BSL for core products has alienated parts of the open-source community and led to significant forks. This could dilute mindshare, adoption, and enterprise sales in the long run if customers prefer truly open-source alternatives.
  • Exposure to Macroeconomic Headwinds and IT Spending Slowdown: As an enterprise software provider, HashiCorp's growth is susceptible to broader economic downturns and reductions in IT spending. This can lead to longer sales cycles, slower customer expansion, and increased pressure on achieving revenue targets.
Main Competitors:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) ($AMZN) (AWS CloudFormation, AWS Secrets Manager, Amazon EKS/ECS, AWS App Mesh), AWS offers a comprehensive suite of native cloud services that directly compete with many HashiCorp products. CloudFormation competes with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Secrets Manager with Vault for secrets management, App Mesh with Consul for service mesh, and EKS/ECS with Nomad for workload orchestration. AWS's integrated ecosystem and 'free tier' or bundled services can be a strong draw for customers already on their platform, often making it the default choice for AWS-centric organizations. Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offer similar competing native services.
  • Pulumi (Pulumi IaC Platform), Pulumi is a direct competitor to HashiCorp Terraform in the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) space. While Terraform uses its domain-specific language (HCL), Pulumi allows developers to define infrastructure using general-purpose programming languages like Python, TypeScript, Go, and C#. This appeals to developers who prefer a more code-centric approach, existing IDEs, and familiar testing frameworks, offering a different paradigm for managing cloud resources.
  • CyberArk ($CYBR) (CyberArk Privileged Access Manager (PAM), CyberArk Secrets Manager), CyberArk is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) and identity security solutions, directly competing with HashiCorp Vault for enterprise secrets management, identity-based access, and privileged session management. CyberArk has a strong foothold in large enterprises, particularly in highly regulated industries, offering a comprehensive suite of security products with deep integration into existing enterprise security frameworks.
  • Gravitational (Teleport), Gravitational's Teleport is a direct competitor to HashiCorp Boundary, providing secure, auditable access to infrastructure (servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, web applications) using a Zero Trust approach. Teleport offers a unified access plane, similar to Boundary's goals, focusing on identity-based access, session recording, and robust auditing capabilities for remote access to critical systems.
  • Red Hat (an IBM Company) ($IBM) (OpenShift, Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes), Red Hat, through its OpenShift platform, competes with HashiCorp Nomad for workload orchestration and application deployment, offering a comprehensive enterprise Kubernetes distribution. Ansible Automation Platform also competes with aspects of Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, particularly in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, providing a powerful automation engine for IT operations.
Moat:
HashiCorp's competitive moat is built on its widely adopted open-source tools, developer-centric design, and a strong focus on multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Their integrated product suite, spanning infrastructure automation (Terraform), security (Vault, Boundary), and networking (Consul), provides a cohesive platform for modern cloud operations. However, HashiCorp faces significant competition from several fronts: major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) offering native, deeply integrated services; specialized enterprise vendors like CyberArk and Gravitational (Teleport) with deep feature sets in specific domains; and powerful open-source projects (e.g., Kubernetes, Istio, Pulumi) that offer alternative approaches or become de-facto standards in certain areas. HashiCorp differentiates by offering enterprise-grade features, commercial support, and a consistent workflow across diverse infrastructure landscapes, aiming to be the 'system of record' for infrastructure.
Income Statements:
Quarterly
Annual
    Unit: USD2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 
                
      revenue:
                
      license
    21,202,000 16,488,000 16,349,000 19,757,000 15,973,000 16,724,000 15,158,000 20,768,000 17,823,000 15,338,000 10,344,000  
      support
    117,656,000 116,166,000 113,632,000 108,940,000 106,098,000 103,997,000 101,913,000 96,890,000 89,500,000 84,257,000 79,208,000  
      cloud-hosted services
    28,962,000 26,534,000 24,590,000 21,307,000 19,863,000 18,372,000 16,544,000 14,516,000 12,875,000 10,637,000 8,832,000  
      total subscription revenue
    167,820,000 159,188,000 154,571,000 150,004,000 141,934,000 139,093,000 133,615,000 132,174,000 120,198,000 110,232,000 98,384,000  
      professional services and other
    5,569,000 5,950,000 6,008,000 5,779,000 4,191,000 4,153,000 4,368,000 3,614,000 5,143,000 3,631,000   
      total revenue
    173,389,000 165,138,000 160,579,000 155,783,000 146,125,000 143,246,000 137,983,000 135,788,000 125,341,000 113,863,000 100,897,000  
      yoy
    18.66% 15.28% 16.38% 14.73% 16.58% 25.81% 36.76%      
      qoq
    5.00% 2.84% 3.08% 6.61% 2.01% 3.81% 1.62% 8.33% 10.08% 12.85%   
      cost of revenue:
                
      cost of license
    525,000 470,000 537,000 592,000 293,000 498,000 585,000 607,000 393,000 360,000 393,000  
      cost of support
    14,748,000 14,817,000 15,199,000 13,705,000 13,356,000 16,304,000 14,843,000 12,853,000 12,149,000 12,272,000 10,838,000  
      cost of cloud-hosted services
    9,183,000 8,930,000 8,898,000 8,108,000 7,692,000 7,619,000 7,028,000 6,211,000 5,849,000 5,699,000 4,830,000  
      total cost of subscription revenue
    24,456,000 24,217,000 24,634,000 22,405,000 21,341,000 24,421,000 22,456,000 19,671,000 18,391,000 18,331,000 16,061,000  
      cost of professional services and other
    5,332,000 5,992,000 5,678,000 4,567,000 4,264,000 4,913,000 4,332,000 3,821,000 4,157,000 3,209,000   
      total cost of revenue
    29,788,000 30,209,000 30,312,000 26,972,000 25,605,000 29,334,000 26,788,000 23,492,000 22,548,000 21,540,000 19,389,000  
      gross profit
    143,601,000 134,929,000 130,267,000 128,811,000 120,520,000 113,912,000 111,195,000 112,296,000 102,793,000 92,323,000 81,508,000  
      yoy
    19.15% 18.45% 17.15% 14.71% 17.25% 23.38% 36.42%      
      qoq
    6.43% 3.58% 1.13% 6.88% 5.80% 2.44% -0.98% 9.24% 11.34% 13.27%   
      gross margin %
    82.82% 81.71% 81.12% 82.69% 82.48% 79.52% 80.59% 82.70% 82.01% 81.08% 80.78%  
      operating expenses:
                
      sales and marketing
    86,422,000 87,623,000 93,142,000 90,145,000 87,320,000 101,134,000 90,564,000 95,028,000 92,872,000 87,674,000 80,252,000  
      research and development
    53,365,000 54,981,000 58,835,000 54,049,000 54,349,000 59,962,000 54,193,000 46,437,000 53,887,000 47,885,000 47,175,000  
      general and administrative
    33,696,000 35,623,000 46,002,000 32,916,000 34,424,000 35,412,000 34,248,000 33,719,000 33,372,000 35,383,000 32,523,000  
      total operating expenses
    173,483,000 178,227,000 197,979,000 177,110,000 176,093,000 196,508,000 179,005,000 175,184,000 180,131,000 170,942,000 159,950,000  
      income from operations
    -29,882,000 -43,298,000 -67,712,000 -48,299,000 -55,573,000 -82,596,000 -67,810,000 -62,888,000 -77,338,000 -78,619,000 -78,442,000  
      yoy
    -46.23% -47.58% -0.14% -23.20% -28.14% 5.06% -13.55%      
      qoq
    -30.99% -36.06% 40.19% -13.09% -32.72% 21.81% 7.83% -18.68% -1.63% 0.23%   
      operating margin %
    -17.23% -26.22% -42.17% -31.00% -38.03% -57.66% -49.14% -46.31% -61.70% -69.05% -77.74%  
      interest income
    17,387,000 17,745,000 17,207,000 17,114,000 16,765,000 16,300,000 14,980,000 13,241,000 8,584,000 3,926,000   
      other income
    100,000 -258,000 38,000 -158,000 -407,000 -105,000 -120,000    510,000  
      income before income taxes
    -12,395,000 -25,811,000 -50,467,000 -31,063,000 -39,215,000 -66,401,000 -52,950,000 -49,090,000 -71,636,000 -74,627,000 -77,932,000  
      benefit from income taxes
    611,000 651,000 661,000 559,000 258,000  308,000 269,000 322,000 137,000 285,000  
      net income
    -13,006,000 -26,462,000 -51,128,000 -31,622,000 -39,473,000 -66,315,000 -53,258,000 -49,359,000 -71,958,000 -74,764,000 -78,217,000  
      yoy
    -67.05% -60.10% -4.00% -35.93% -45.14% -11.30% -31.91%      
      qoq
    -50.85% -48.24% 61.68% -19.89% -40.48% 24.52% 7.90% -31.41% -3.75% -4.41%   
      net income margin %
    -7.50% -16.02% -31.84% -20.30% -27.01% -46.29% -38.60% -36.35% -57.41% -65.66% -77.52%  
      net income per share
    -0.06 -0.13 -0.26 -0.15 -0.2 -0.34 -0.28 -0.25 -0.38 -0.4 -0.43  
      weighted-average shares used for eps calculation
    203,526 201,872 200,073 193,825 194,600 192,610 190,806 186,029 187,080 185,211,526 182,947,630  
      benefit for income taxes
         -86,000       
      other incomes
           557,000 -2,882,000    
      other income (expenses)
             66,000   
      professional services
              2,513,000  
      cost of professional services
              3,328,000  
    Balance Sheets:
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    Annual
      Unit: USD2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 
                  
        assets
                  
        current assets:
                  
        cash and cash equivalents
      923,627,000 797,224,000 594,738,000 763,414,000 729,826,000 830,018,000 966,791,000 1,286,134,000 1,274,901,000 1,291,834,000 1,340,900,000 1,355,828,000 
        short-term investments
      422,774,000 512,066,000 713,099,000 515,163,000 525,825,000 414,094,000 322,395,000      
        accounts receivable
      129,352,000 147,750,000 106,071,000 182,614,000 108,183,000 122,385,000 102,939,000 162,369,000 115,279,000 111,604,000 89,944,000 126,812,000 
        deferred contract acquisition costs
      50,858,000 50,194,000 48,988,000 50,285,000 45,508,000 45,329,000 42,995,000 42,812,000 37,317,000 36,219,000 32,200,000 32,205,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      26,215,000 28,433,000 39,619,000 30,075,000 29,248,000 28,526,000 26,760,000 17,683,000 14,437,000 18,935,000 19,304,000 17,744,000 
        total current assets
      1,552,826,000 1,535,667,000 1,502,515,000 1,541,551,000 1,438,590,000 1,440,352,000 1,461,880,000 1,508,998,000 1,441,934,000 1,458,592,000 1,482,348,000 1,532,589,000 
        deferred contract acquisition costs, non-current
      71,392,000 73,230,000 75,263,000 80,055,000 79,676,000 82,921,000 80,227,000 81,286,000 73,505,000 72,800,000 63,205,000 57,126,000 
        acquisition-related intangible assets
      9,486,000 10,194,000 10,903,000 11,611,000 12,319,000 13,028,000       
        goodwill
      12,197,000 12,197,000 12,197,000 12,197,000 12,265,000 12,265,000       
        other assets, non-current
      47,016,000 47,512,000 47,695,000 1,092,000 43,419,000 42,037,000 41,242,000 902,000 37,926,000 35,959,000 34,829,000 2,643,000 
        total assets
      1,692,917,000 1,678,800,000 1,648,573,000 1,691,947,000 1,586,269,000 1,590,603,000 1,583,349,000 1,628,340,000 1,553,365,000 1,567,351,000 1,580,382,000 1,623,675,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                  
        current liabilities:
                  
        accounts payable
      21,052,000 12,882,000 17,404,000 9,081,000 6,111,000 7,693,000 13,470,000 12,450,000 16,367,000 11,223,000 9,565,000 14,267,000 
        accrued expenses and other current liabilities
      14,293,000 19,417,000 17,087,000 11,118,000 13,210,000 10,376,000 8,835,000 6,783,000 7,309,000 7,371,000 10,001,000 4,542,000 
        accrued compensation and benefits
      44,126,000 48,537,000 48,049,000 56,007,000 51,974,000 53,505,000 53,474,000 58,628,000 53,204,000 54,978,000 50,611,000 56,939,000 
        deferred revenue
      310,431,000 311,462,000 297,302,000 334,894,000 264,422,000 264,639,000 249,515,000 272,909,000 220,579,000 213,385,000 204,428,000 206,416,000 
        customer deposits
      20,217,000 21,753,000 22,402,000 25,627,000 22,173,000 25,564,000 24,890,000 26,699,000 21,569,000 22,348,000 23,655,000 23,383,000 
        total current liabilities
      410,119,000 414,051,000 402,244,000 440,752,000 357,890,000 361,777,000 350,184,000 380,849,000 319,028,000 309,305,000 298,260,000 308,677,000 
        deferred revenue, non-current
      16,580,000 21,425,000 24,383,000 26,659,000 25,780,000 28,802,000 26,899,000 29,335,000 13,603,000 13,427,000 15,500,000 16,873,000 
        other liabilities, non-current
      8,553,000 9,392,000 10,367,000 1,535,000 10,876,000 15,112,000 11,970,000 713,000 13,528,000 14,389,000 15,008,000 351,000 
        total liabilities
      435,252,000 444,868,000 436,994,000 478,954,000 394,546,000 405,691,000 389,053,000 422,990,000 346,159,000 337,121,000 328,768,000 341,384,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                  
        stockholders’ equity:
                  
        class a common stock
      2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
        class b common stock
      1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      2,318,947,000 2,282,604,000 2,235,808,000 2,184,451,000 2,132,382,000 2,085,910,000 2,028,017,000 1,985,747,000 1,938,244,000 1,889,310,000 1,835,930,000 1,788,390,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      379,000            
        accumulated deficit
      -1,061,664,000 -1,048,658,000 -1,022,196,000 -971,068,000 -939,446,000 -899,973,000 -833,658,000 -780,400,000 -731,041,000 -659,083,000 -584,319,000 -506,102,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
      1,257,665,000 1,233,932,000 1,211,579,000 1,212,993,000 1,191,723,000 1,184,912,000 1,194,296,000 1,205,350,000 1,207,206,000 1,230,230,000 1,251,614,000 1,282,291,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      1,692,917,000 1,678,800,000 1,648,573,000 1,691,947,000 1,586,269,000 1,590,603,000 1,583,349,000 1,628,340,000 1,553,365,000 1,567,351,000 1,580,382,000  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
       -17,000 -2,036,000 -393,000 -1,216,000 -1,028,000 -66,000      
        current assets
                  
        property and equipment
         33,933,000    24,594,000    15,897,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
         11,508,000    12,560,000    15,420,000 
        operating lease liabilities
         4,025,000    3,380,000    3,130,000 
        operating lease liabilities, non-current
         10,008,000    12,093,000    15,483,000 
        stockholders’ equity
                  
        current liabilities
                  
        liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                  
        redeemable convertible preferred stock
                  
        preferred stock; 0.000015 par value; 100,000,000 and 0 shares authorized as of january 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively; 0 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of january 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                  
        total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                 1,623,675,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-04-30 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 
                   
          cash flows from operating activities
                   
          net income
        -13,006,000 -26,462,000 -51,128,000 -31,622,000 -39,473,000 -66,315,000 -53,258,000 -49,359,000 -71,958,000 -74,764,000 -78,217,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities:
                   
          stock-based compensation expense, net of amounts capitalized
        34,456,000 38,299,000 48,817,000 40,569,000 43,766,000 46,119,000 40,163,000 35,789,000 46,710,000 42,403,000 46,259,000 
          depreciation and amortization expense
        3,471,000 3,319,000 3,117,000 2,920,000 2,710,000 2,293,000 1,583,000 1,410,000 1,231,000 1,041,000 906,000 
          non-cash operating lease cost
        966,000 948,000 909,000 832,000 748,000 741,000 733,000 725,000 719,000 711,000 705,000 
          accretion of discounts on marketable securities
        -3,133,000 -3,553,000 -3,550,000 -4,233,000 -4,309,000       
          deferred income taxes
           68,000       
          other
        -12,000 102,000 11,000 71,000 -1,000 96,000 -28,000 7,000 11,000 -19,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                   
          accounts receivable
        18,364,000 -41,716,000 76,507,000 -74,508,000 14,202,000 -19,519,000 59,433,000 -47,097,000 -3,686,000 -21,660,000 36,887,000 
          deferred contract acquisition costs
        1,174,000 828,000 6,088,000 -5,156,000 3,066,000 -5,028,000 876,000 -13,276,000 -1,803,000 -13,614,000 -6,074,000 
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        2,204,000 11,384,000 -9,601,000 -813,000 -682,000 -815,000 -10,346,000 -3,452,000 4,566,000 377,000 -1,552,000 
          accounts payable
        8,203,000 -4,420,000 8,187,000 2,921,000 -1,582,000 -6,027,000 1,020,000 -3,917,000 5,144,000 1,658,000 -4,702,000 
          accrued expenses and other liabilities
        -2,697,000 1,658,000 -158,000 3,841,000 -1,627,000 467,000 -2,243,000 5,272,000 -922,000 -3,247,000 1,506,000 
          accrued compensation and benefits
        -4,411,000 488,000 -7,958,000 4,033,000 -1,531,000 -48,000 -5,075,000 5,424,000 -1,774,000 4,367,000 -6,328,000 
          deferred revenue
        -5,876,000 11,202,000 -39,868,000 71,351,000 -3,239,000 17,027,000 -25,830,000 68,062,000 7,370,000 6,884,000 -3,361,000 
          customer deposits
        -1,536,000 -649,000 -3,225,000 3,454,000 -3,391,000 674,000 -1,809,000 5,130,000 -779,000 -1,306,000 271,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        38,167,000 -8,572,000 28,148,000 10,286,000 8,657,000 -33,668,000 3,874,000 1,578,000 -15,171,000 -57,150,000 -13,719,000 
          capital expenditures
        -2,442,000 -2,734,000 -2,618,000 -3,003,000 -2,941,000 -2,956,000 -3,130,000 -2,684,000 -2,726,000 -1,983,000 -1,605,000 
          free cash flows
        35,725,000 -11,306,000 25,530,000 7,283,000 5,716,000 -36,624,000 744,000 -1,106,000 -17,897,000 -59,133,000 -15,324,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                   
          business combination, net of cash acquired
           -1,000       
          purchases of property and equipment
        -12,000 -190,000 -232,000 -206,000 -74,000 -26,000 -391,000 -112,000 -68,000 -59,000 -13,000 
          capitalized internal-use software
        -2,430,000 -2,441,000 -2,523,000 -2,797,000 -2,867,000 -2,930,000 -2,739,000 -2,572,000 -2,658,000 -1,924,000 -1,592,000 
          purchases of short-term investments
        -47,445,000 -125,862,000 -439,213,000 -120,618,000 -221,516,000       
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments
        8,644,000 22,444,000 49,071,000       
          proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
        131,810,000 309,482,000 194,477,000 136,523,000 114,133,000       
          net cash from investing activities
        90,567,000 203,433,000 -198,420,000 12,902,000 -110,325,000 -113,527,000 -324,221,000 -2,684,000 -2,726,000 -1,983,000 -1,605,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                   
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -27,000 -21,000 -31,000 -33,000 -12,000 -215,000 -9,000 -26,000 -20,000 -77,000 -125,000 
          payments related to acquisition holdback
        -3,457,000 -54,000         
          proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
        1,151,000 985,000 1,681,000 3,060,000 1,488,000 442,000 1,013,000 1,879,000 989,000 1,645,000 521,000 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan
          7,373,000   8,696,000   
          net cash from financing activities
        -2,333,000 7,625,000 1,596,000 10,400,000 1,476,000 10,422,000 1,004,000 10,549,000 969,000 10,069,000 396,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        126,401,000           
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                  
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        126,401,000           
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                   
          cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds received
        972,000 520,000 554,000  622,000 340,000 444,000     
          cash paid for operating lease liabilities
        1,267,000 1,262,000 1,220,000 1,135,000 982,000 967,000 963,000 954,000 953,000 939,000 935,000 
          supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities
                   
          capitalized stock-based compensation expense
        763,000 872,000 890,000 1,099,000 1,230,000 1,352,000 1,103,000 1,165,000 1,254,000 906,000 882,000 
          unpaid acquisition holdback
        -3,500,000 4,046,000         
          operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations
        608,000         
          purchase of property and equipment included in accounts payable
         -103,000 137,000         
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
          -168,676,000    -319,343,000  -16,928,000   
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of period
          763,414,000   1,286,134,000 -2,000 1,357,613,000 
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of period
          594,738,000 33,588,000   966,791,000 9,441,000 -16,928,000 -49,064,000 1,342,685,000 
          operating lease liabilities
                   
          proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
                   
          payments of deferred offering costs
                   
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                  -14,928,000 
          cash paid for income taxes, net of refund received
                   
          unpaid deferred offering costs
                   
          unpaid taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards
                   
          conversion of convertible preferred stock to common stock upon initial public offering
                   
          acquisition holdback
            -100,000       
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
                   
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash beginning of period
                   
          cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash end of period
                   
          amortization of (discounts) premiums on marketable securities
              -1,345,000     
          purchases of investments
              -342,330,000     
          proceeds from sales of investments
              21,239,000     
          purchase of short-term investments
                   
          payments of loan issuance costs
                   
          proceeds from issuance of redeemable convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs
                   
          cash paid for income taxes
                682,000 193,000 215,000 
          stock-based compensation expense
                   
          proceeds from issuance of common stock related to early exercised stock options
                   
          tenant allowance included in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                   
          vesting of early exercised stock options