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Ultra Clean Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

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HAYWARD, Calif., July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: UCTT), today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 28, 2024.

“UCT executed well in Q2 due to ongoing strength in demand from the domestic China market and customers supplying High Bandwidth Memory and equipment supporting advanced packaging for AI applications,” said Jim Scholhamer, CEO, “UCT’s broad portfolio and strategic footprint are supporting our customers’ technology roadmaps in 2024 and will enable us to accelerate growth as the market strengthens.”

Second Quarter 2024 GAAP Financial Results

Total revenue was $516.1 million. Products contributed $452.7 million and Services added $63.4 million. Total gross margin was 17.1%, operating margin was 4.4%, and net income was $19.1 million or $0.42 per diluted share. This compares to total revenue of $477.7 million, gross margin of 17.3%, operating margin of 3.6%, and net loss of $(9.4) million or $(0.21) per diluted share, in the prior quarter.

Second Quarter 2024 Non-GAAP Financial Results

On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin was 17.7%, operating margin was 6.9%, and net income was $14.4 million or $0.32 per diluted share. This compares to gross margin of 17.9%, operating margin of 6.5%, and net income of $12.1 million or $0.27 per diluted share in the prior quarter.

Third Quarter 2024 Outlook

The Company expects revenue in the range of $490 million to $540 million. The Company expects GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share to be between $(0.07) and $0.13 and non-GAAP diluted net income per share to be between $0.22 and $0.42.

Conference Call

The conference call and webcast will take place on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at 1:45 p.m. PT and can be accessed by dialing 1-800-836-8184 or 1-646-357-8785. No passcode is required. A replay of the call will be available by dialing 1-888-660-6345 or 1-646-517-4150 and entering the confirmation code 53952#. The Webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://uct.com/investors/events/.

About Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. is a leading developer and supplier of critical subsystems, components, parts, and ultra-high purity cleaning and analytical services, primarily for the semiconductor industry. Under its Products division, UCT offers its customers an integrated outsourced solution for major subassemblies, improved design-to-delivery cycle times, design for manufacturability, prototyping, and high-precision manufacturing. Under its Services Division, UCT offers its customers tool chamber parts cleaning and coating, as well as micro-contamination analytical services. Ultra Clean is headquartered in Hayward, California. Additional information is available at www.uct.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to providing results that are determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), management uses non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating margin and non-GAAP net income to evaluate the Company’s operating and financial results. We believe the presentation of non-GAAP results is useful to investors for analyzing our core business and business trends and comparing performance to prior periods, along with enhancing investors’ ability to view the Company’s results from management’s perspective. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Tables presenting reconciliations from GAAP results to non-GAAP results are included at the end of this press release.

The Company defines non-GAAP net income as net loss before amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, acquisition activity costs, fair value adjustments, debt refinancing costs and the tax effects of the foregoing adjustments.

A reconciliation of our guidance for non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the subsequent quarter is not available due to fluctuations in the geographic mix of our earnings from quarter to quarter, which impacts our tax rate and cannot be reasonably predicted or determined. As a result, such reconciliation is not available without unreasonable efforts and we are unable to determine the probable significance of the unavailable information.

Safe Harbor Statement

The foregoing information contains, or may be deemed to contain, “forward-looking statements” (as defined in the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance. We use words such as “anticipates,” “projection,” “outlook,” “forecast,” “believes,” “plan,” “expect,” “future,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “estimates,” “see,” “predicts,” “should” and similar expressions to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements included in this press release include our expectations about the semiconductor capital equipment market and outlook. All forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, the Company’s actual results may differ materially from the results predicted or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors also include, among others, those identified in “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise unless required by law.

Contact:
Rhonda Bennetto
SVP Investor Relations
rbennetto@uct.com 

 

 ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited; in millions, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 28,
2024

June 30,
2023

June 28,
2024

June 30,
2023

Revenues:

Product

$        452.7

$         362.5

$        871.2

$        731.1

Services

63.4

59.0

122.7

123.7

Total revenues

516.1

421.5

993.9

854.8

Cost of revenues:

Product

383.9

311.1

738.0

626.2

Services

43.7

42.3

84.8

87.5

Total cost revenues

427.6

353.4

822.8

713.7

Gross margin

88.5

68.1

171.1

141.1

Operating expenses:

Research and development

7.1

7.2

14.1

14.3

Sales and marketing

14.8

12.7

28.5

25.8

General and administrative

43.7

35.6

88.3

76.0

Total operating expenses

65.6

55.5

130.9

116.1

Income from operations

22.9

12.6

40.2

25.0

Interest income

1.4

0.8

2.8

1.3

Interest expense

(11.7)

(11.8)

(23.9)

(23.6)

Other income (expense), net

17.4

(1.5)

13.5

1.3

Income before provision for income taxes

30.0

0.1

32.6

4.0

Provision for income taxes

8.5

8.3

18.4

11.8

Net income (loss)

21.5

(8.2)

14.2

(7.8)

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

2.4

1.2

4.5

5.0

Net income (loss) attributable to UCT

$          19.1

$           (9.4)

$            9.7

$        (12.8)

Net income (loss) per share attributable to UCT common  stockholders:

Basic

$          0.43

$         (0.21)

$          0.22

$        (0.29)

Diluted

$          0.42

$         (0.21)

$          0.21

$        (0.29)

Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share:

Basic

44.9

44.7

44.7

44.8

Diluted

45.4

44.7

45.3

44.8

 

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited; in millions)

June 28,
2024

December 29,
2023

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$           319.5

$            307.0

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses

206.9

180.8

Inventories

399.9

374.5

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

34.5

30.9

Total current assets

960.8

893.2

Property, plant and equipment, net

326.6

328.3

Goodwill

265.2

265.2

Intangible assets, net

200.0

215.3

Deferred tax assets, net

3.1

3.1

Operating lease right-of-use assets

161.3

151.7

Other non-current assets

10.3

10.9

Total assets

$        1,927.3

$         1,867.7

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Bank borrowings

$             16.3

$             17.6

Accounts payable

229.0

192.9

Accrued compensation and related benefits

49.2

47.7

Operating lease liabilities

18.7

18.1

Other current liabilities

38.2

33.7

Total current liabilities

351.4

310.0

Bank borrowings, net of current portion

478.3

461.2

Deferred tax liabilities

18.9

19.0

Operating lease liabilities

152.4

143.0

Other liabilities

14.6

37.3

Total liabilities

1,015.6

970.5

Equity:

UCT stockholders’ equity:

Common stock

503.3

496.6

Retained earnings

356.4

346.7

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(7.4)

(4.4)

Total UCT stockholders’ equity

852.3

838.9

Noncontrolling interests

59.4

58.3

Total equity

911.7

897.2

Total liabilities and equity

$        1,927.3

$         1,867.7

 

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited; in millions)

Six Months Ended

June 28,
2024

June 30,
2023

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income (loss)

$                14.2

$                 (7.8)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by
operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

22.7

18.2

Amortization of intangible assets

15.3

11.4

Stock-based compensation

8.0

4.7

Amortization of debt issuance costs

1.9

1.9

Change in the fair value of financial instruments

(22.6)

(0.2)

Deferred income taxes

(0.5)

(0.6)

Loss (gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment

0.1

(0.4)

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable

(26.1)

75.1

Inventories

(25.4)

45.1

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(1.5)

5.2

Other non-current assets

0.7

(0.3)

Accounts payable

41.4

(62.6)

Accrued compensation and related benefits

1.5

(12.5)

Income taxes payable

1.4

(4.3)

Operating lease assets and liabilities

0.5

(2.9)

Other liabilities

1.4

(5.6)

Net cash provided by operating activities

33.0

64.4

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

(31.0)

(47.0)

Proceeds from sale of equipment

0.1

0.5

Net cash used in investing activities

(30.9)

(46.5)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from bank borrowings

67.7

—

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

0.9

—

Extinguishment of debt

(44.2)

—

Principal payments on bank borrowings

(7.1)

(30.9)

Payment of debt issuance costs

(2.5)

—

Employees’ taxes paid upon vesting of restricted stock units

(2.2)

(2.2)

Payments of dividends to a joint venture shareholder

(0.1)

(0.1)

Repurchase of shares

—

(23.7)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

12.5

(56.9)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(2.1)

1.0

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

12.5

(38.0)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

307.0

358.8

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$               319.5

$               320.8

 

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

REPORTABLE SEGMENTS

GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION

(Unaudited; dollars in millions)

GAAP

Non-GAAP

Three Months Ended

Three Months Ended

June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024

Products

Services

Consolidated

Products

Services

Consolidated

Revenues

$     452.7

$      63.4

$          516.1

$     452.7

$      63.4

$          516.1

Gross profit

$       68.8

$      19.7

$            88.5

$       70.8

$      20.7

$            91.5

Gross margin

15.2 %

31.1 %

17.1 %

15.6 %

32.7 %

17.7 %

Income from operations

$       18.8

$        4.1

$            22.9

$       28.2

$        7.5

$            35.7

Operating margin

4.2 %

6.5 %

4.4 %

6.2 %

11.8 %

6.9 %

Three Months Ended

June 28, 2024

Products

Services

Consolidated

Reconciliation of GAAP Gross profit to Non-GAAP Gross profit (in millions)

Reported gross profit on a GAAP basis

$       68.8

$      19.7

$            88.5

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

1.3

1.0

2.3

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.5

—

0.5

Restructuring charges (3)

0.2

—

0.2

Non-GAAP gross profit

$       70.8

$      20.7

$            91.5

Reconciliation of GAAP Gross margin to Non-GAAP Gross margin

Reported gross margin on a GAAP basis

15.2 %

31.1 %

17.1 %

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

0.3 %

1.6 %

0.5 %

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.1 %

— %

0.1 %

Restructuring charges (3)

0.0 %

— %

— %

Non-GAAP gross margin

15.6 %

32.7 %

17.7 %

Reconciliation of GAAP Income from operations to Non-GAAP Income from operations (in millions)

Reported income from operations on a GAAP basis

$       18.8

$        4.1

$            22.9

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

4.7

2.9

7.6

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

4.2

0.5

4.7

Restructuring charges (3)

0.5

—

0.5

Non-GAAP income from operations

$       28.2

$        7.5

$            35.7

Reconciliation of GAAP Operating margin to Non-GAAP Operating margin

Reported operating margin on a GAAP basis

4.2 %

6.5 %

4.4 %

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

1.0 %

4.5 %

1.5 %

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.9 %

0.8 %

0.9 %

Restructuring charges (3)

0.1 %

— %

0.1 %

Non-GAAP operating margin

6.2 %

11.8 %

6.9 %

1    Amortization of intangible assets related to the Company’s business acquisitions

2    Represents compensation expense for stock granted to employees and directors

3    Represents severance, retention and costs related to facility closures

 

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP ADJUSTED RESULTS

Three Months Ended

June 28,
2024

June 30,
2023

March 29,
2024

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Net Income (in millions)

Reported net income (loss) attributable to UCT on a GAAP basis

$           19.1

$          (9.4)

$          (9.4)

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

7.6

5.5

7.7

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

4.7

1.3

3.9

Restructuring charges (3)

0.5

2.4

1.8

Acquisition related costs (4)

—

0.1

0.3

Fair value related adjustments (5)

(24.1)

1.6

1.3

Debt refinancing costs expensed (6)

3.6

—

—

Legal-related costs (7)

—

(0.9)

—

Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (8)

1.9

(1.6)

(3.0)

Income tax effect of valuation allowance (9)

1.1

8.1

9.5

Non-GAAP net income attributable to UCT

$           14.4

$            7.1

$           12.1

Reconciliation of GAAP Income from operations to Non-GAAP Income from operations (in millions)

Reported income from operations on a GAAP basis

$           22.9

$           12.6

$           17.3

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

7.6

5.5

7.7

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

4.7

1.3

3.9

Restructuring charges (3)

0.5

2.4

1.8

Acquisition related costs (4)

—

0.1

0.3

Legal-related costs (7)

—

(0.9)

—

Non-GAAP income from operations

$           35.7

$           21.0

$           31.0

Reconciliation of GAAP Operating margin to Non-GAAP Operating margin

Reported operating margin on a GAAP basis

4.4 %

3.0 %

3.6 %

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

1.5 %

1.3 %

1.6 %

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.9 %

0.3 %

0.8 %

Restructuring charges (3)

0.1 %

0.6 %

0.4 %

Acquisition related costs (4)

— %

0.0 %

0.1 %

Legal-related costs (7)

— %

(0.2) %

— %

Non-GAAP operating margin

6.9 %

5.0 %

6.5 %

Reconciliation of GAAP Gross profit to Non-GAAP Gross profit (in millions)

Reported gross profit on a GAAP basis

$           88.5

$           68.1

$           82.6

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

2.3

1.5

2.3

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.5

0.5

0.6

Restructuring charges (3)

0.2

0.4

—

Non-GAAP gross profit

$           91.5

$           70.5

$           85.5

Reconciliation of GAAP Gross margin to Non-GAAP Gross margin

Reported gross margin on a GAAP basis

17.1 %

16.2 %

17.3 %

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

0.5 %

0.3 %

0.5 %

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.1 %

0.1 %

0.1 %

Restructuring charges (3)

0.0 %

0.1 %

— %

Non-GAAP gross margin

17.7 %

16.7 %

17.9 %

Reconciliation of GAAP Other income (expense), net to Non-GAAP Other income (expense), net (in millions)

Reported Other income (expense), net on a GAAP basis

$           17.4

$          (1.5)

$          (3.8)

Fair value related adjustments (5)

(24.1)

2.9

1.3

Debt refinancing costs expensed (6)

3.6

—

—

Non-GAAP Other income (expense), net

$          (3.1)

$            1.4

$          (2.5)

Reconciliation of GAAP Income (Loss) Per Diluted Share to Non-GAAP Earnings Per Diluted Share

Reported net income (loss) on a GAAP basis

$           0.42

$        (0.21)

$        (0.21)

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

0.17

0.12

0.17

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

0.10

0.03

0.09

Restructuring charges (3)

0.01

0.05

0.04

Acquisition related costs (4)

—

0.01

0.01

Fair value related adjustments (5)

(0.53)

0.04

0.03

Debt refinancing costs expensed (6)

0.08

—

—

Legal-related costs (7)

—

(0.02)

—

Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (8)

0.04

(0.04)

(0.07)

Income tax effect of valuation allowance (9)

0.03

0.18

0.21

Non-GAAP net earnings

$           0.32

$           0.16

$           0.27

Weighted average number of diluted shares (in millions) on a non-GAAP basis

45.4

45.0

45.1

ULTRA CLEAN HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE

Three Months Ended

June 28,
2024

June 30,
2023

March 29,
2024

Provision for income taxes on a GAAP basis

$          8.5

$          8.3

$          9.9

Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments (8)

(1.9)

1.6

3.0

Income tax effect of valuation allowance (9)

(1.1)

(8.1)

(9.5)

Non-GAAP provision for income taxes

$          5.5

$          1.8

$          3.4

Income before income taxes on a GAAP basis

$        30.0

$          0.1

$          2.7

Amortization of intangible assets (1)

7.6

5.5

7.7

Stock-based compensation expense (2)

4.7

1.3

3.9

Restructuring charges (3)

0.5

2.4

1.8

Acquisition related costs (4)

—

0.1

0.3

Fair value related adjustments (5)

(24.1)

2.9

1.3

Debt refinancing costs expensed (6)

3.6

—

—

Legal-related costs (7)

—

(0.9)

—

Non-GAAP income before income taxes

$        22.3

$        12.3

$        17.7

Effective income tax rate on a GAAP basis

28.3 %

8300.0 %

366.7 %

Non-GAAP effective income tax rate

24.7 %

14.8 %

19.7 %

1    Amortization of intangible assets related to the Company’s business acquisitions

2    Represents compensation expense for stock granted to employees and directors

3    Represents severance, retention and costs related to facility closures

4    Represents acquisition activity costs

5    Fair value adjustments related to contingent consideration and intercompany loan related to an acquisition, net of $1.3 million loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

6    Represents the third party transaction costs related to the amended credit agreement and the previously capitalized costs of extinguished debt

7    Represents estimated costs related to certain legal proceedings

8    Tax effect of items (1) through (7) above based on the non-GAAP tax rate

9    The Company’s GAAP tax expense is generally higher than the Company’s non-GAAP tax expense, primarily due to losses in the U.S. with full federal and state valuation allowances. The Company’s non-GAAP tax rate and resulting non-GAAP tax expense considers the tax implications as if there was no federal or state valuation allowance position in effect

 

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Customer Story: ADT embraces Oracle AI to improve onboarding and enhance workforce insightsProduct Overview: Oracle AI Database@Google CloudProduct Overview: Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM)

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ADT is a leading provider of security, interactive and smart home solutions serving residential and small business customers in the U.S. Through innovative offerings, unrivaled safety and a premium customer experience delivered by the largest network of smart home security professionals in the U.S., ADT empowers people to protect and connect to what matters most, every second, every day. For more information, visit ADT.com.

About Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications
Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications are a complete suite of cloud applications that form the enterprise system of record, spanning finance, HR, supply chain, manufacturing, sales, service, and marketing. The suite includes Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM), and Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX).

Fusion Agentic Applications extend that foundation into a system of outcomes. They can coordinate and execute end-to-end work toward business objectives, and are designed to operate within the policies, controls, and authority each organization defines. With Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, customers and partners can create, extend, and manage these agents and agentic applications combining trusted enterprise data with the security, data governance, and performance needed to operate at scale.

About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.

About Oracle AI World
Oracle AI World is where customers and partners discover the latest product and technology innovations, see how AI is being applied across industries, and connect with experts and peers. Attendees will gain practical tips and insights to drive immediate impact within their organizations and explore how Oracle is helping unlock the full potential of AI. Join the event to see new capabilities in action and hear from thought leaders and industry movers. Register now at oracle.com/ai-world or follow the news and conversation at oracle.com/news and linkedin.com/company/oracle.

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Oracle Unveils New Cloud Networking Innovations for AI

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New Oracle Acceleron capabilities help customers move data efficiently, keep distributed AI workloads running, and securely scale multi-tenant clusters

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle AI World — Oracle today announced new capabilities in Oracle Acceleron, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure‘s (OCI) suite of networking and infrastructure technologies that help customers run demanding AI workloads reliably, securely, and at scale.

The latest additions build on OCI’s continued investments in high-performance connectivity, network architecture, host-level acceleration, and security and give customers more flexibility across compute and storage while improving the network’s ability to adapt to changing conditions.

“AI infrastructure can be unforgiving when it comes to network friction,” said Pradeep Vincent, executive vice president, Compute and AI Infrastructure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. “When thousands of accelerators are working together, one congested or failed path can have consequences far beyond a single connection. With Oracle Acceleron, we are building a network that can respond by rerouting traffic, recovering from failures, and helping customers scale securely.”

Oracle Acceleron combines dedicated network fabrics, more direct data paths, and a converged NIC to boost performance and lower cost, with host-level zero-trust routing and multi-planar designs to strengthen security and resilience. Its unique software architecture simplifies complex networking operations through a programmable foundation that unifies advanced networking, storage, and security capabilities across a broad range of hardware.

New capabilities span AI data movement, distributed AI communication, and secure multi-tenant AI infrastructure:

AI Data Movement

Oracle Acceleron High-Performance Fabric: Helps customers deploy inference, storage, and HPC workloads with greater performance through RDMA connectivity on OCI front-end compute.Expanded NVMe Block-storage Attachment Options: Helps customers support AI, database, and other data-intensive workloads with NVMe block storage across Oracle Acceleron bare metal and VM shapes improving performance up to 3x.

Distributed AI Communication

Oracle Collective Communications Library: Helps customers keep distributed AI workloads running when network paths fail by spreading collective traffic across OCI’s backend Multiplanar Network. It steers traffic toward healthier paths and helps workloads instantaneously recover when links, ports, or NICs fail, significantly improving the network availability and resilience.Transparent Front-End Multiplanar Networking: Helps customers improve resiliency across compute infrastructure by bringing multiplanar networking to front-end networks, with built-in transparent path selection and failover, as well as transparent congestion control for front-end RDMA traffic.

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Learn more about new Oracle Acceleron capabilities and innovationsLearn more about Oracle Cloud InfrastructureLearn more about Oracle Cloud NetworkingLearn more about Oracle Acceleron

About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.

About Oracle AI World
Oracle AI World is where customers and partners discover the latest product and technology innovations, see how AI is being applied across industries, and connect with experts and peers. Attendees will gain practical tips and insights to drive immediate impact within their organizations and explore how Oracle is helping unlock the full potential of AI. Join the event to see new capabilities in action and hear from thought leaders and industry movers. Register now at oracle.com/ai-world or follow the news and conversation at oracle.com/news and linkedin.com/company/oracle.

Future Product Disclaimer
This press release is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, timing, and pricing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products may change and remains at the sole discretion of Oracle Corporation.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
Statements in this article relating to Oracle’s future plans, expectations, beliefs, and intentions are “forward-looking statements” and are subject to material risks and uncertainties. Many factors could affect Oracle’s current expectations and actual results, and could cause actual results to differ materially. A discussion of such factors and other risks that affect Oracle’s business is contained in Oracle’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including Oracle’s most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors.” These filings are available on the SEC’s website or on Oracle’s website at oracle.com/investor. All information in this article is current as of October 27, 2026 and Oracle undertakes no duty to update any statement in light of new information or future events.

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Integrated platform brings together AI-powered production, enterprise media models, and distributed video delivery to help media companies, streaming providers, and brands get more value from their content

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle AI World — Oracle today announced Oracle Media Fabric, an integrated platform designed to help media companies, streaming providers, and brands reduce content production time and cost, distribute and stream high-quality video at scale, and create more personalized experiences for viewers. The platform brings sophisticated content creation and streaming capabilities once available only to the largest proprietary streaming platforms to content creators of all sizes. By connecting AI-powered creative tools with next-generation video delivery infrastructure built around open standards, Oracle Media Fabric enables audience-specific advertising, tailored programming, and shared viewing experiences built around what audiences care about.

“Creating content and delivering it to viewers were separate processes,” said Clay Magouyrk, CEO, Oracle. “With Oracle Media Fabric, we’re bringing content creation and streaming together, using AI across the entire production and distribution workflow. That helps creators reduce production time and cost, make better use of their existing content, and tailor viewing experiences for different audiences in real-time.”

Oracle Media Fabric brings together Oracle Creative Studio, Oracle AI Media Models, and Oracle Video Edge to help customers create, adapt, and deliver content. It includes safeguards to help protect customers’ intellectual property (IP) and reduce the risk of generated content infringing the IP rights of others. Powered by the Oracle Creative Studio and Oracle Video Edge, the Oracle Adaptive Media Platform connects creation and delivery to enable audience-specific advertising, personalized programming, and shared viewing experiences.

Oracle Creative Studio: Helps professional media teams and a broad range of creators turn ideas into storyboards, scenes, cinematic video, visual effects, and virtual characters. As an AI-powered production suite, it brings together Oracle AI Media Models and leading third-party models through a flexible, model-agnostic platform that can select models for each creative task based on requirements for security, provenance, cost, and IP protection.Oracle AI Media Models: Help media studios and entertainment companies accelerate content creation while maintaining creative control. The Oracle-developed models focus on video generation, image generation, and image editing, enabling governed, large-scale media processing, intelligent curation and search, and frontier-model customization on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).Oracle Video Edge: Helps broadcasters and streaming providers maintain high video quality and low latency during large-scale live events, helping ensure viewer playback starts fast and remains smooth as audience sizes peak. The AI-enabled managed platform uses real-time network and playback information to coordinate capacity and direct viewers to suitable delivery locations across OCI and participating content delivery networks and internet service provider networks.Oracle Adaptive Media Platform: Helps connect creation and delivery, enabling customers to develop audience-specific advertising, personalized programming, and shared viewing experiences. Brands can generate variations of a base advertisement within brand guidelines and approval rules, helping reduce the time and cost of creating multiple versions.

By helping broadcasters and streaming providers understand how audiences respond to programming and advertising, Oracle Media Fabric can inform more engaging experiences, strengthen viewer relationships within customers’ applications, and create new opportunities to monetize content. Oracle Media Fabric is planned to be available within the next 12 months.

About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit oracle.com.

About Oracle AI World
Oracle AI World is where customers and partners discover the latest product and technology innovations, see how AI is being applied across industries, and connect with experts and peers. Attendees will gain practical tips and insights to drive immediate impact within their organizations and explore how Oracle is helping unlock the full potential of AI. Join the event to see new capabilities in action and hear from thought leaders and industry movers. Register now at oracle.com/ai-world or follow the news and conversation at oracle.com/news and linkedin.com/company/oracle.

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Oracle, Java, MySQL, and NetSuite are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. NetSuite was the first cloud company—ushering in the new era of cloud computing. 

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The preceding is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, timing, and pricing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products may change and remains at the sole discretion of Oracle Corporation.

 

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