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Agora Returns to GAAP Profitability and Accelerates AI Strategy with Agent Studio and NetEase Deal

Agora’s AI product rollouts and a NetEase partnership are positioned to accelerate enterprise sales and push the company to GAAP operating profit in H2 2026.

Overview

  • Agora reported Q1 2026 revenue of $37.7 million, a 13.5% year-over-year increase, and a GAAP net profit of $1.1 million.
  • The company guided Q2 2026 revenue to $39 million to $40 million, which implies continued mid-teens year-over-year growth.
  • Agora introduced Agent Studio, a no-code environment for building AI agents, and expanded conversational AI and its Intelligent Meeting Engine to automate customer interactions and meetings.
  • Agora announced a strategic partnership with NetEase’s enterprise service division to provide real-time video content moderation and to help deploy AI agent solutions for enterprise customers in China.
  • Management expects AI to account for roughly 5% of revenue by year-end and says the company is targeting GAAP operating profit in the second half of 2026 as enterprise adoption and AI monetization scale.