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Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Of course. Vlad, maybe a great place to start is over the last few years, RingCentral has embarked on a significant transformation. So you
started in the unified communications space. You've been evolving the product to encompass customer experience in the contact center,
more recently, artificial intelligence.
So maybe you can just give the audience an update on where you are in that transition. Is 2026 going to be the breakout year for some of
these emerging products? And what specific initiatives you and the team are putting in place to chase after a lot of these broader growth
opportunities?
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DECEMBER 01, 2025 / 8:35PM, RNG.N - RingCentral Inc at UBS Global Technology and AI Conference
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. So let's dive in a little bit more on the three As that you mentioned. So AIR, AVA, and ACE. Could you talk about -- it's early days,
but in terms of where you're seeing the most customer interest, which of those three products? And then two, as you think about the evolution
of adoption and monetization, what does that look like potentially in the coming years?
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Yeah. That was a great background on the competitive differentiation, and I'd love to dive into that a little bit deeper. So in terms of the
competitors that RingCentral runs into frequently on the AI side, what does that look like? There's a number of players in the space. You
have the CRM players trying to offer some solutions in the space.
There's the contact players entering it, other -- you see competitors. So who do you see more most frequently? And how is RingCentral
trying to position itself in this industry?
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. Vaibhav, over to you. So you've set a goal of achieving $100 million in ARR from these emerging products. So could you break
down that $100 million could potentially look like across these individual products?
And then just any additional color in terms of the growth trends you're seeing by product as well, too, I think, would be helpful for the
audience.
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. And then in terms of the remaining 95%, 90% going into next year, it still sounds like a lot of the core business is in the RingEX
business. So could you give a little bit of an update in terms of the performance of that business, the underlying demand trends that you're
seeing, and what the catalyst of that business look like going forward?
So is it really a function of improvement of demand environment? Are there any interesting initiatives that you guys have underway to spark
further growth in that business? How should we think about the underlying drivers there?
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DECEMBER 01, 2025 / 8:35PM, RNG.N - RingCentral Inc at UBS Global Technology and AI Conference
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. We've talked a lot about the growth trajectory that you're seeing by product, but I'd love to touch on the growth trajectories that
you're seeing by customer segment. So there's been a big focus down market. You've seen a nice reacceleration in the business back up
to double-digit growth.
I think there's some more challenging dynamics embodying the enterprise space. So could you just talk through what demand trends you're
seeing amongst those two customer bases, how RingCentral is trying to position the company and how you think about those customer
segments going forward?
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Yeah. And on that latter point that you made, you talked about there's been a little bit of a mix shift from the NiCE partnership than to your
newer CX offering. And I think that has had a little bit of an impact to ARPU because I think the RingCX offering is lower ARPU than what
you see with a NiCE partnership.
So could you talk about how you see that evolving over time? And are we largely through the impact that that might be having to growth?
And how do you think about that going into next year and beyond?
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. And I'd love to shift gears to the free cash flow improvement in profitability, which has been a bright spot in the RingCentral story.
So Vaibhav, maybe you could just talk about the runway that's still left there and the opportunities for continued leverage both on the free
cash flow side and also on the EBIT margin side.
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. And I'd love to talk a little bit about the investments in AI and then also how you're using AI internally. I think you've made comments
in the past that the big focus of R&D today is going into your AI product. So one, can you talk about that, how that is being allocated internally?
And then secondly, you mentioned using AI, right, as an area to save costs and improve efficiency. So maybe you can example -- give some
examples of the initiatives that are underway there.
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DECEMBER 01, 2025 / 8:35PM, RNG.N - RingCentral Inc at UBS Global Technology and AI Conference
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. So that makes Steven's job easier. So I'm sure he's excited about that, that use of AI. Maybe a last question for both of you. We're
wrapping up 2025, headed into 2026. So Vlad, first for you, what are you hearing in terms of customer conversations? What are your
customers' spending plans potentially looking like going into next year versus what we saw this year? And then Vaibhav for you, curious
on capital allocation and how you're thinking about that strategy headed into 2027?
Question: Taylor McGinnis - UBS AG - Analyst
: Perfect. Well, we'll leave that there. Thank you all for joining and let's give Vlad and Vaibhav a round of applause.
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