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Analog Devices Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
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Revenue of more than $2.4 billion, with sequential growth in Industrial, Automotive, and Communications, and double-digit year-over-year growth in ConsumerOperating cash flow of $3.8 billion and free cash flow of $3.2 billion on a trailing twelve-month basisRaised quarterly dividend 8% to $0.99, marking twenty-one consecutive years of increasesIncreased share repurchase authorization by $10.0 billion, bringing total remaining authorization to approximately $11.5 billion
WILMINGTON, Mass., Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a global semiconductor leader, today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter 2025, which ended February 1, 2025.
“ADI delivered first quarter revenue, profitability, and earnings per share above the midpoint of our outlook, despite the challenging macro and geopolitical backdrop,” said Vincent Roche, CEO and Chair. “Our recovery is being propelled by improving cyclical dynamics and numerous new wins across our franchise converting to revenue. We remain firmly committed to delivering ever higher levels of value for customers through differentiated innovation and customer experience, coupled with an agile and resilient supply chain.”
“Bookings continued to show gradual improvement during the first quarter with strength in Industrial and Automotive positioning us to grow sequentially and year-over-year in our second fiscal quarter. We remain confident that fiscal 2025 represents a return to growth for ADI,” said Richard Puccio, CFO.
Performance for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2025
Results Summary(1)
(in millions, except per-share amounts and percentages)
Three Months Ended
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 3, 2024
Change
Revenue
$ 2,423
$ 2,513
(4) %
Gross margin
$ 1,430
$ 1,474
(3) %
Gross margin percentage
59.0 %
58.7 %
30 bps
Operating income
$ 491
$ 586
(16) %
Operating margin
20.3 %
23.3 %
(300 bps)
Diluted earnings per share
$ 0.78
$ 0.93
(16) %
Adjusted Results(2)
Adjusted gross margin
$ 1,668
$ 1,734
(4) %
Adjusted gross margin percentage
68.8 %
69.0 %
(20 bps)
Adjusted operating income
$ 981
$ 1,054
(7) %
Adjusted operating margin
40.5 %
42.0 %
(150 bps)
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
$ 1.63
$ 1.73
(6) %
Three Months
Ended
Trailing Twelve
Months
Cash Generation
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 1, 2025
Net cash provided by operating activities
$ 1,127
$ 3,841
% of revenue
47 %
41 %
Capital expenditures
$ (149)
$ (656)
Free cash flow(2)
$ 978
$ 3,184
% of revenue
40 %
34 %
Three Months
Ended
Trailing Twelve
Months
Cash Return
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 1, 2025
Dividend paid
$ (456)
$ (1,826)
Stock repurchases
(160)
(596)
Total cash returned
$ (616)
$ (2,421)
(1) The sum and/or computation of the individual amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.
(2) Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the financial tables included in this press release. See also the “Non-GAAP Financial Information” section for additional information.
Outlook for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2025
For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, we are forecasting revenue of $2.50 billion, +/- $100 million. At the midpoint of this revenue outlook, we expect reported operating margin of approximately 24.2%, +/-160 bps, and adjusted operating margin of approximately 40.5%, +/-100 bps. We are planning for reported EPS to be $0.97, +/-$0.10, and adjusted EPS to be $1.68, +/-$0.10.
Our second quarter fiscal 2025 outlook is based on current expectations and actual results may differ materially as a result of, among other things, the important factors discussed at the end of this release. The statements about our second quarter fiscal 2025 outlook supersede all prior statements regarding our business outlook set forth in prior ADI news releases, and ADI disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
The adjusted results and adjusted anticipated results above are financial measures presented on a non-GAAP basis. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the financial tables included in this release. See also the “Non-GAAP Financial Information” section for additional information.
Dividend Payment
The ADI Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.99 per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on March 17, 2025 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2025.
Conference Call Scheduled for Today, Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 10:00 am ET
ADI will host a conference call to discuss our first quarter fiscal 2025 results and short-term outlook today, beginning at 10:00 am ET. Investors may join via webcast, accessible at investor.analog.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
This release includes non-GAAP financial measures that are not in accordance with, nor an alternative to, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and may be different from non-GAAP measures presented by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. These non-GAAP measures have material limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the Company’s financial results presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s use of non-GAAP measures, and the underlying methodology when including or excluding certain items, is not necessarily an indication of the results of operations that may be expected in the future, or that the Company will not, in fact, record such items in future periods. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the financial tables included in this release.
Management uses non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate the Company’s operating performance from continuing operations against past periods and to budget and allocate resources in future periods. These non-GAAP measures also assist management in evaluating the Company’s core business and trends across different reporting periods on a consistent basis. Management also uses these non-GAAP measures as primary performance measurements when communicating with analysts and investors regarding the Company’s earnings results and outlook and believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measures is useful to investors because it provides investors with the operating results that management uses to manage the Company and enables investors and analysts to evaluate the Company’s core business. Management also believes that free cash flow, a non-GAAP liquidity measure, is useful both internally and to investors because it is indicative of the Company’s ability to pay dividends, purchase common stock, make investments and fund acquisitions and, in the absence of refinancings, to repay its debt obligations.
The non-GAAP financial measures referenced by ADI in this release include: adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted operating expenses percentage, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted nonoperating expense (income), adjusted income before income taxes, adjusted provision for income taxes, adjusted tax rate, adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS), free cash flow, and free cash flow revenue percentage.
Adjusted gross margin is defined as gross margin, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding certain acquisition related expenses1, which are described further below. Adjusted gross margin percentage represents adjusted gross margin divided by revenue.
Adjusted operating expenses is defined as operating expenses, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding: certain acquisition related expenses1 and special charges, net2, which are described further below. Adjusted operating expenses percentage represents adjusted operating expenses divided by revenue.
Adjusted operating income is defined as operating income, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding: acquisition related expenses1 and special charges, net2, which are described further below. Adjusted operating margin represents adjusted operating income divided by revenue.
Adjusted nonoperating expense (income) is defined as nonoperating expense (income), determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding: certain acquisition related expenses1, which is described further below.
Adjusted income before income taxes is defined as income before income taxes, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding: acquisition related expenses1 and special charges, net2, which are described further below.
Adjusted provision for income taxes is defined as provision for income taxes, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding tax related items3, which are described further below. Adjusted tax rate represents adjusted provision for income taxes divided by adjusted income before income taxes.
Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as diluted EPS, determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding: acquisition related expenses1, special charges, net2, and tax related items3, which are described further below.
Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, determined in accordance with GAAP, less additions to property, plant and equipment, net. Free cash flow revenue percentage represents free cash flow divided by revenue.
1Acquisition Related Expenses: Expenses incurred as a result of current and prior period acquisitions and primarily include expenses associated with the fair value adjustments to debt, property, plant and equipment and amortization of acquisition related intangibles, which include acquired intangibles such as purchased technology and customer relationships. Expenses also include fair value adjustments associated with the replacement of share-based awards related to the Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Maxim) acquisition. We excluded these costs from our non-GAAP measures because they relate to specific transactions and are not reflective of our ongoing financial performance.
2Special Charges, net: Expenses, net, incurred as part of the integration of Maxim, in connection with facility closures, consolidation of manufacturing facilities, severance, other accelerated stock-based compensation expense and other cost reduction efforts or reorganizational initiatives. We excluded these expenses from our non-GAAP measures because apart from ongoing expense savings as a result of such items, these expenses have no direct correlation to the operation of our business in the future.
3Tax Related Items: Income tax effect of the non-GAAP items discussed above. We excluded the income tax effect of these tax related items from our non-GAAP measures because they are not associated with the tax expense on our current operating results.
About Analog Devices, Inc.
Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today’s innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter (X).
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which address a variety of subjects including, for example, our statements regarding financial performance; economic uncertainty; macroeconomic, geopolitical, demand and other market conditions, business cycles, and supply chains; our capital allocation strategy, including future dividends, share repurchases, capital expenditures, investments, and free cash flow returns; expected revenue, operating margin, nonoperating expenses, tax rate, earnings per share, and other financial results; expected market and technology trends and acceleration of those trends; market size, market share gains, market position, and growth opportunities; expected product solutions, offerings, technologies, capabilities, and applications; the value and importance of, and other benefits related to, our product solutions, offerings, and technologies to our customers; and other future events. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs, plans and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on our current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The following important factors and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: economic, political, legal and regulatory uncertainty or conflict, including actions taken or which may be taken by the presidential administration, executive offices of the U.S. government, or U.S. Congress, monetary policy, political, geopolitical, trade, or other issues in the United States or internationally, including increased tariffs or trade wars, and the ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and in Israel and the Middle East; changes in demand for semiconductor products; manufacturing delays, product and raw materials availability and supply chain disruptions; diversion of products from our authorized distribution channels; changes in export classifications, import and export regulations or duties and tariffs; our development of technologies and research and development investments; our future liquidity, capital needs and capital expenditures; our ability to compete successfully in the markets in which we operate; our ability to recruit and retain key personnel; risks related to acquisitions or other strategic transactions; security breaches or other cyber incidents; risks related to the use of artificial intelligence in our business operations, products, and services; adverse results in litigation matters; reputational damage; changes in our estimates of our expected tax rates based on current tax law; risks related to our indebtedness; the discretion of our Board of Directors to declare dividends and our ability to pay dividends in the future; factors impacting our ability to repurchase shares; and uncertainty as to the long-term value of our common stock. For additional information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please refer to our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risk factors contained in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements represent management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Except as required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made by us to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Analog Devices and the Analog Devices logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 3, 2024
Revenue
$ 2,423,174
$ 2,512,704
Cost of sales
992,871
1,038,763
Gross margin
1,430,303
1,473,941
Operating expenses:
Research and development
402,892
391,427
Selling, marketing, general and administrative
284,796
290,078
Amortization of intangibles
187,415
190,332
Special charges, net
63,887
16,140
Total operating expenses
938,990
887,977
Operating income
491,313
585,964
Nonoperating expense (income):
Interest expense
75,264
77,141
Interest income
(23,487)
(9,169)
Other, net
3,960
4,574
Total nonoperating expense (income)
55,737
72,546
Income before income taxes
435,576
513,418
Provision for income taxes
44,260
50,691
Net income
$ 391,316
$ 462,727
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – basic
496,116
495,765
Shares used to compute earnings per common share – diluted
498,668
498,741
Basic earnings per common share
$ 0.79
$ 0.93
Diluted earnings per common share
$ 0.78
$ 0.93
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
Feb. 1, 2025
Nov. 2, 2024
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 2,349,994
$ 1,991,342
Short-term investments
371,460
371,822
Accounts receivable
1,192,442
1,336,331
Inventories
1,474,656
1,447,687
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
344,524
337,472
Total current assets
5,733,076
5,484,654
Non-current Assets
Net property, plant and equipment
3,355,240
3,415,550
Goodwill
26,945,180
26,909,775
Intangible assets, net
9,183,038
9,585,464
Deferred tax assets
2,032,676
2,083,752
Other assets
718,336
749,082
Total non-current assets
42,234,470
42,743,623
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 47,967,546
$ 48,228,277
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable
$ 368,939
$ 487,457
Income taxes payable
487,456
447,379
Debt, current
399,855
399,636
Commercial paper notes
548,403
547,738
Accrued liabilities
1,166,343
1,106,070
Total current liabilities
2,970,996
2,988,280
Non-current Liabilities
Long-term debt
6,618,556
6,634,313
Deferred income taxes
2,514,866
2,624,392
Income taxes payable
261,564
260,486
Other non-current liabilities
531,029
544,489
Total non-current liabilities
9,926,015
10,063,680
Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 471,934 shares authorized, none outstanding
—
—
Common stock, $0.16 2/3 par value, 1,200,000,000 shares authorized, 495,976,483 shares
outstanding (496,296,854 on November 2, 2024)
82,664
82,718
Capital in excess of par value
25,041,250
25,082,243
Retained earnings
10,131,590
10,196,612
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(184,969)
(185,256)
Total shareholders’ equity
35,070,535
35,176,317
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$ 47,967,546
$ 48,228,277
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 3, 2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income
$ 391,316
$ 462,727
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:
Depreciation
98,447
84,348
Amortization of intangibles
417,156
440,903
Stock-based compensation expense
77,574
69,815
Deferred income taxes
(59,454)
(102,149)
Other
(799)
4,684
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
202,569
178,504
Total adjustments
735,493
676,105
Net cash provided by operating activities
1,126,809
1,138,832
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property, plant and equipment, net
(148,978)
(222,978)
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(45,652)
—
Other
329
3,877
Net cash used for investing activities
(194,301)
(219,101)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from commercial paper notes
1,969,276
2,779,494
Payments of commercial paper notes
(1,968,611)
(2,782,274)
Repurchase of common stock
(160,368)
(180,351)
Dividend payments to shareholders
(456,338)
(426,076)
Proceeds from employee stock plans
41,747
49,819
Other
438
(14,844)
Net cash used for financing activities
(573,856)
(574,232)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
358,652
345,499
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
1,991,342
958,061
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$ 2,349,994
$ 1,303,560
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
REVENUE TRENDS BY END MARKET
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
The categorization of revenue by end market is determined using a variety of data points including the technical characteristics of the product, the “sold to” customer information, the “ship to” customer information and the end customer product or application into which our product will be incorporated. As data systems for capturing and tracking this data and our methodology evolves and improves, the categorization of products by end market can vary over time. When this occurs, we reclassify revenue by end market for prior periods. Such reclassifications typically do not materially change the sizing of, or the underlying trends of results within, each end market.
Three Months Ended
February 1, 2025
February 3, 2024
Revenue
% of Revenue1
Y/Y%
Revenue
% of Revenue1
Industrial
$ 1,077,900
44 %
(10) %
$ 1,191,713
47 %
Automotive
732,513
30 %
(2) %
748,781
30 %
Consumer
322,900
13 %
19 %
270,211
11 %
Communications
289,861
12 %
(4) %
301,999
12 %
Total revenue
$ 2,423,174
100 %
(4) %
$ 2,512,704
100 %
1) The sum of the individual percentages may not equal the total due to rounding.
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 3, 2024
Gross margin
$ 1,430,303
$ 1,473,941
Gross margin percentage
59.0 %
58.7 %
Acquisition related expenses
237,832
259,884
Adjusted gross margin
$ 1,668,135
$ 1,733,825
Adjusted gross margin percentage
68.8 %
69.0 %
Operating expenses
$ 938,990
$ 887,977
Percent of revenue
38.8 %
35.3 %
Acquisition related expenses
(188,015)
(192,422)
Special charges, net
(63,887)
(16,140)
Adjusted operating expenses
$ 687,088
$ 679,415
Adjusted operating expenses percentage
28.4 %
27.0 %
Operating income
$ 491,313
$ 585,964
Operating margin
20.3 %
23.3 %
Acquisition related expenses
425,847
452,306
Special charges, net
63,887
16,140
Adjusted operating income
$ 981,047
$ 1,054,410
Adjusted operating margin
40.5 %
42.0 %
Nonoperating expense (income)
$ 55,737
$ 72,546
Acquisition related expenses
2,150
2,150
Adjusted nonoperating expense (income)
$ 57,887
$ 74,696
Income before income taxes
$ 435,576
$ 513,418
Acquisition related expenses
423,697
450,156
Special charges, net
63,887
16,140
Adjusted income before income taxes
$ 923,160
$ 979,714
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
$ 44,260
$ 50,691
Effective income tax rate
10.2 %
9.9 %
Tax related items
65,062
65,030
Adjusted provision for income taxes
$ 109,322
$ 115,721
Adjusted tax rate
11.8 %
11.8 %
Diluted EPS
$ 0.78
$ 0.93
Acquisition related expenses
0.85
0.90
Special charges, net
0.13
0.03
Tax related items
(0.13)
(0.13)
Adjusted diluted EPS*
$ 1.63
$ 1.73
* The sum of the individual per share amounts may not equal the total due to rounding.
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Trailing
Twelve
Months
Three Months Ended
Feb. 1, 2025
Feb. 1, 2025
Nov. 2, 2024
Aug. 3, 2024
May 4, 2024
Revenue
$ 9,337,627
$ 2,423,174
$ 2,443,205
$ 2,312,209
$ 2,159,039
Net cash provided by operating activities
$ 3,840,506
$ 1,126,809
$ 1,050,817
$ 855,027
$ 807,853
% of Revenue
41 %
47 %
43 %
37 %
37 %
Capital expenditures
$ (656,463)
$ (148,978)
$ (165,410)
$ (153,886)
$ (188,189)
Free cash flow
$ 3,184,043
$ 977,831
$ 885,407
$ 701,141
$ 619,664
% of Revenue
34 %
40 %
36 %
30 %
29 %
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF PROJECTED GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ending May 3, 2025
Reported
Adjusted
Revenue
$2.5 Billion
$2.5 Billion
(+/- $100 Million)
(+/- $100 Million)
Operating margin
24.2 %
40.5 %(1)
(+/-160 bps)
(+/-100 bps)
Nonoperating expenses
~ $60 Million
~ $60 Million
Tax rate
11% – 13%
11% – 13% (2)
Earnings per share
$0.97
$1.68 (3)
(+/- $0.10)
(+/- $0.10)
(1)
Includes $406 million of adjustments related to acquisition related expenses as previously defined in the Non-GAAP Financial Information section of this press release.
(2)
Includes $53 million of tax effects associated with the adjustment for acquisition related expenses noted above.
(3)
Includes $0.71 of adjustments related to the net impact of acquisition related expenses and the tax effects on those items.
For more information, please contact:
Michael Lucarelli
781-461-3282
Vice President, Investor Relations
investor.relations@analog.com
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Sunrate.AI portfolio currently includes the Payment Agent, FX Agent, Compliance Agent, Onboarding Agent, and Chat Agent, designed to help enterprises automate and optimise critical payment and treasury processes while maintaining compliance and operational control.
Mastercard has also been actively building the foundations for trusted agentic commerce – combining AI capabilities with verifiable authorisation, clear accountability and proven payments security. Its work in this area, including Agent Pay (alongside Agent Pay for Machines) and Verifiable Intent, are proof points in how Mastercard is enabling AI to participate in commerce safely and transparently.
“Our mission is to make global payments seamless, compliant, and intelligent,” said Paul Meng, Co-founder and CEO of Sunrate. “As businesses continue expanding internationally, AI agents will fundamentally reshape how enterprises manage global payments—enabling smoother capital flows, reducing operational friction, and embedding real-time intelligence into every payment decision. This white paper represents an important step in helping the industry understand how Agentic AI can be deployed responsibly at enterprise scale.”
“Agentic commerce is changing how businesses make and execute payment decisions, but speed without accountability creates new categories of risk,” said Anouska Ladds, Executive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Asia Pacific, Mastercard. “As AI starts to act on behalf of businesses, autonomous payment decisions need a clear, auditable chain of identity, intent and action. That’s what allows organisations to delegate with genuine confidence — and what will determine whether agentic commerce scales past pilots.”
Released under WAIC 2026’s theme, “Intelligent Partners, Co-creating the Future,” the white paper provides business leaders with practical guidance on adopting AI-driven payment capabilities, covering implementation approaches, governance considerations, and real-world enterprise applications.
By combining Sunrate’s expertise in global payments and treasury management with Mastercard’s trusted payment infrastructure and network capabilities, the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to accelerating the next generation of intelligent, secure, and autonomous B2B global payments.
Click here to check the white paper.
About Sunrate
Sunrate is a leading global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2016, Sunrate has enabled companies to operate and scale both locally and globally in 190+ countries and regions with its cutting-edge infrastructure, global network, and unified solutions.
Sunrate operates through offices across key markets, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. The company partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, J.P. Morgan. Sunrate is also the principal member of Mastercard and Visa. To learn more about Sunrate, visit https://www.sunrate.com/.
About Mastercard
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP
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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data able to stay onshore inside their own network
SYDNEY, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.
Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.
Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.
JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.
JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.
Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that need operational data to stay onshore, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.
“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model can run on the customer’s own hardware, keeping operational data onshore.”
“For teams across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, two things matter: keeping data onshore, and getting answers when a job fails after hours,” said Shayne Cooper, Account Executive for APAC at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP address both. The model can run on the customer’s own hardware, and the answer arrives in plain language at the moment it is needed.”
JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.
Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.
Fast facts
JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.
About JAMS Software
Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.
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