{"id":639993,"date":"2026-09-07T07:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-announces-strong-second-quarter-fiscal-year-2027-momentum-and-accelerates-agentic-orchestration-at-enterprise-scale"},"modified":"2026-09-07T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:49:20","slug":"genesys-announces-strong-second-quarter-fiscal-year-2027-momentum-and-accelerates-agentic-orchestration-at-enterprise-scale","status":"publish","type":"announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-announces-strong-second-quarter-fiscal-year-2027-momentum-and-accelerates-agentic-orchestration-at-enterprise-scale","title":{"rendered":"Genesys Announces Strong Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2027 Momentum and Accelerates Agentic Orchestration at Enterprise Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 2 Sept. 2026 \u2014\u00a0Genesys\u00ae, a global leader in agentic orchestration\u00a0for customer experience\u00a0(CX),\u00a0today kicked off Xperience 2026\u00a0with strong business momentum and new Genesys Cloud\u2122 platform\u00a0innovations that help enterprises scale agentic AI across the customer journey.\u00a0During the\u00a0second quarter fiscal year 2027 (May\u00a01\u2013July 31, 2026)\u00a0Genesys Cloud\u00a0reached\u00a0nearly\u00a0$2.9 billion\u00a0in annual recurring revenue (ARR)i, up more than 30% year over year.\u00a0As\u00a0customers expand their use of AI,\u00a0Genesys Cloud AI ARR reached\u00a0more than $400\u00a0million,\u00a0with a year-over-year growth rate more than 2X that of Genesys Cloud ARR.\u00a0Net revenue retention (NRR)ii remained above\u00a0120%\u00a0for\u00a0more than 12\u00a0consecutive quarters, reflecting continued customer adoption and 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data-ccp-props=\"{\"335551550\":2,\"335551620\":2}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","disable_chat":false,"no_index":false,"no_follow":false,"disable_next_steps":false,"display_desc":false,"title_align":"left","pr_template":"basic","pr_breadcrumbs":"default","pr_header_image":"default","pr_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"simple_text_content","title":"","text_content":"<p><strong>LONDON \u2014 Sept. 2, 2026 \u2014 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Genesys<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, a global leader in agentic orchestration\u00a0for customer experience\u00a0(CX),\u00a0today kicked off Xperience 2026<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">with strong business momentum and new Genesys Cloud\u2122 platform\u00a0innovations that help enterprises scale agentic AI across the customer journey.\u00a0During the\u00a0second quarter fiscal year 2027 (May\u00a01\u2013July 31, 2026)\u00a0Genesys Cloud\u00a0reached\u00a0nearly\u00a0$2.9 billion\u00a0in annual recurring revenue (ARR)<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"none\">i<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"none\">, up more than 30% year over year.\u00a0As\u00a0customers expand their use of AI,\u00a0Genesys Cloud AI ARR reached\u00a0more than $400\u00a0million,\u00a0with a year-over-year growth rate more than 2X that of Genesys Cloud ARR.\u00a0Net revenue retention (NRR)<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"none\">ii <\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"none\">remained above\u00a0120%\u00a0for\u00a0more than 12\u00a0consecutive quarters, reflecting continued customer adoption and expansion.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That momentum is reflected\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0company\u2019s broader financial performance, with\u00a0total\u00a0revenue growth of\u00a0more\u00a0than 20% year-over-year for the first half of fiscal year\u00a02027.<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">iii<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Genesys was highly profitable during\u00a0the\u00a0same period, with greater than 30% GAAP and non-GAAP operating\u00a0margins, and\u00a0generated more than $500 million\u00a0of free cash flow<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">iv<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0during the 6-month period, fueling continued investment in innovation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAgentic AI is changing how companies operate around the customer,\u201d said Tony Bates, chairman and CEO at Genesys. \u201cBy orchestrating people, AI, systems and workflows around customer intent, enterprises can create stronger experiences that build loyalty and growth. Our momentum reflects a broader shift from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption, and Genesys Cloud is helping organisations make that transition with the context, governance and orchestration they need to move forward with confidence.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scaling Agentic Orchestration Across the Enterprise\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enterprise adoption of Genesys Cloud continues to expand as organisations translate AI investments into measurable business value. More than 7,500 organisations worldwide use Genesys Cloud, including over 600 customers with more than $1 million in Genesys Cloud ARR each. Across this global customer base, leading organisations including <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AAA Auto Club Enterprises, HSBC, Independence Blue Cross (IBX), <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">IDEXX Laboratories Inc., Nestl\u00e9, Riachuelo, Roche, Schneider Electric, Vanguard <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vodafone<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are using Genesys Cloud to transform how they orchestrate AI-driven customer experiences to increase loyalty and improve operating efficiency.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559739\":0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The scale and reach of Genesys Cloud continues to expand as enterprises rely on the platform to support increasingly complex agentic customer experiences. Genesys Cloud now powers more than 33 billion voice, digital and AI-driven conversations and over 6.5 billion sentiment events annually, while processing more than 1 trillion API invocations each year. Genesys also continues to accelerate its pace of innovation, delivering more than 600 new Genesys Cloud features over the last 12 months.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Advancing the Agentic Orchestration Platform<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Genesys introduced a series of innovations that advance Genesys Cloud as the agentic orchestration platform for CX, giving enterprises a way to coordinate AI agents, people, systems and workflows around the customer. This spans new capabilities including Genesys Cloud Navigator, Genesys Cloud Orchestrator, Contextual Intelligence and AI Control Plane, expanded Agentic Virtual Agent functionality, and a strengthened ecosystem of AI and technology partners, helping organisations move customers from intent to outcome across increasingly complex journeys.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-launches-new-innovations-that-advance-genesys-cloud-as-the-agentic-orchestration-platform-for-customer-experience\">Agentic orchestration<\/a>: context, coordination and governance across the customer journey.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Genesys Cloud Navigator,\u00a0Genesys Cloud\u00a0Orchestrator, Contextual Intelligence and AI Control Plane<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">v<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> create an integrated foundation for agentic orchestration that will help organisations understand customer intent, maintain context, coordinate action and govern increasingly autonomous experiences. For customers, this means more connected journeys with less repetition and fewer disconnected handoffs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-enhances-agentic-virtual-agent-amid-growing-enterprise-adoption\">Agentic Virtual Agent<\/a>:\u00a0advanced reasoning and action across the enterprise.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Amid growing customer adoption, Genesys Cloud Agentic Virtual Agent is expanding with advanced AI reliability through the latest Scaled Cognition APT-2 large action model, more natural voice and speech and new tools to simplify building, testing and optimisation. Deeper MCP and A2A interoperability, combined with more than 500 enterprise integrations and access to over 25,000 MCP-compatible tools through the Genesys acquisition of Pinkfish, connect customer conversations to the systems and AI agents needed to complete more complex requests. For customers, this means more natural self-service that can take action and carry more complex needs through to resolution.<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/company\/newsroom\/announcements\/genesys-expands-ecosystem-for-trusted-enterprise-agentic-experience-orchestration\">Open ecosystem<\/a>: choice and interoperability across enterprise AI.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0New and continued collaborations with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adobe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, AWS, Deepgram, ElevenLabs Salesforce,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">erviceNow\u00a0and Sierra<\/span><sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">vii<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> expand customer choice across AI, voice, messaging and enterprise technologies. The ecosystem helps organisations securely coordinate AI agents and workflows across the systems they already rely on to get customer work done, enabling more connected experiences through resolution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"335559738\":240,\"335559739\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more information on the role of orchestration in the future of customer experience, read the new whitepaper,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/blog\/post\/winning-in-the-agentic-era\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Winning in the Agentic Era: Orchestration as the Next Competitive Advantage in CX<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Forward-Looking Statements<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Statements in this press release that are not\u00a0historical\u00a0or current facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Unless required by law, Genesys undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this press release.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About Genesys<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Genesys<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> empowers more than 8,000 organisations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. Genesys Cloud\u2122 is the Agentic Orchestration Platform that securely connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise with built-in governance and control. As a result, organisations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genesys.ai\/\">www.genesys.ai<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2026 Genesys. All rights reserved. Genesys, the Genesys logo, Genesys Cloud\u00a0and\u00a0Genesys\u00a0Cloud CX are trademarks, service\u00a0marks\u00a0and\/or registered trademarks of Genesys. All other company names and logos may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sarah Logan<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:sarah.logan@genesys.com\">sarah.logan@genesys.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zeno Group<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:genesys@brands2life.com\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">genesys@brands2life.com<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><sup><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0i<\/span><\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Genesys Cloud Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is defined as Genesys Cloud fiscal quarterly revenue, including both committed contractual amounts and usage-based revenues, multiplied by four.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>ii <\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over last 12 fiscal quarters. Genesys Cloud NRR refers to Genesys Cloud net revenue retention. Genesys defines the cohort for Genesys Cloud NRR as the customers that generated revenue in the corresponding prior year fiscal quarter. For this cohort of customers, Genesys calculates Genesys Cloud NRR by comparing the percentage of Genesys Cloud revenue retained in the current trailing twelve-month period to the Genesys Cloud revenue from the corresponding prior year trailing twelve-month period.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>iii <\/sup><span class=\"TextRun SCXW35952206 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"Selected SCXW35952206 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">Non-GAAP operating margin represents non-GAAP income from operations over total revenue. Non-GAAP income from operations excludes acquired intangible amortization, stock-based compensation, employer payroll taxes on stock transactions, acquisition related charges, IT transformation costs and public company readiness expenses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>iv <\/sup><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities, less capital expenditures and capitalized software development costs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><sup>v\u00a0<\/sup><span data-contrast=\"none\">Genesys Cloud Contextual Intelligence and the AI Control Plane are available today and will continue to evolve and expand. Genesys Cloud Navigator is expected to be generally available in the fourth quarter of the company\u2019s current fiscal year (Nov. 1, 2026-Jan. 31-2027), with Genesys Cloud Orchestrator expected to be generally available in the first quarter of company\u2019s next fiscal year (Feb. 1-April 30, 2027). <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>vi <\/sup><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">Genesys Cloud Agentic Virtual Agent capabilities announced today, including the Scaled Cognition APT-2 model, new development tools and the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Selected SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">Deepgram<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">\u00a0integration, are available now with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Selected SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">ElevenLabs<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">\u00a0expected to be available in the third quarter of the company\u2019s fiscal year (Aug 1-Oct. 31, 2026).\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">Additional<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">\u00a0capabilities, including native voice enhancements, A2A interoperability and AI-assisted authoring, are expected to become\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">generally available<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">\u00a0in the fourth quarter of the company\u2019s fiscal year (Nov. 1, 2026-Jan. 31<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Selected SCXW127480829 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"endnote text\">2027).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><sup>vii<\/sup>Genesys Cloud capabilities with AWS, Deepgram, Meta, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Sierra are available today and will continue to evolve and expand. New capabilities with ElevenLabs are expected to become generally available by the third quarter of the company\u2019s fiscal year (Aug. 1\u2013Oct. 31, 2026), with Adobe capabilities expected in the first quarter of the company\u2019s next fiscal year (Feb. 1\u2013April 30, 2027).<\/p>\n"}],"pr_related_news":"auto","pr_promo_resource":"post","pr_promo_new_tab":false,"exclude_chat_auto_open":false},"news_date":"2026-09-02","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcements\/639993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcements"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/announcements"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcements\/639993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesys.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}