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Veritone, Inc. (VERI) — Earnings Call X-Ray

Our AI read all 31 of VERI's earnings calls (2017–2025) and answered the same battery of questions about each one. Every past call is free; the newest quarter unlocks with a free account.

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Calls Analyzed
31
2017–2025
Avg Candor
6.2/9
evasion 2.8/9
High CandorPromotional ToneCritic AmmunitionFounder-LedVolume Step-UpEarly Product, Fast GrowthUnderused Fixed CostsMargins Contracting

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🔒 Q1 2025 earnings call 2025-05-08 NEWEST

Guidance: ■■■■■Demand: ■■■■■■ Margins: ■■■■Backlog: ■■■■ ■ analysts, ■■ questionsexpected move ±■■%
Candor /9
Specificity /9
Evasion /9
Stress /9

Management ■■■■■■ guidance against ■■■■■■■■ demand and ■■■■■■■ margins. The delivery was ■■■■■■■■ and ■■■■ in specifics, with ■■■ questions left hanging.

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C Q4 2024 earnings call 2025-03-13 move ±23.8%

Management held guidance steady against accelerating demand and contracting margins. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: maintainedDemand: acceleratingMargins: contractingBacklog: growingPricing: stableHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 3 analysts · 6 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Resolves doubts✓ Volume step-up ahead✓ Early product, fast growth⚑ Reads rehearsed
Candor 7/9
Specificity 8/9
Evasion 2/9
Confidence 8/9
Uncertainty 3/9
Promotion 8/9
Stress 2/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
YES Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
NO Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
NO Is consolidation happening among their peers?
YES Is a founder still running the company?
YES Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

D Q3 2024 earnings call 2024-11-12 move ±27.8%

Management held guidance steady against mixed demand signals and contracting margins. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: maintainedDemand: mixedMargins: contractingBacklog: growingPricing: stableHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 1 analysts · 2 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Volume step-up ahead✓ Early product, fast growth⚑ Reads rehearsedHidden segment
Candor 7/9
Specificity 8/9
Evasion 1/9
Confidence 8/9
Uncertainty 4/9
Promotion 8/9
Stress 3/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
NO Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
NO Is consolidation happening among their peers?
NO Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

F Q2 2024 earnings call 2024-08-08 move ±26.9%

Management held guidance steady against accelerating demand and expanding margins. The delivery was rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: maintainedDemand: acceleratingMargins: expandingBacklog: growingPricing: stableHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 3 analysts · 4 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Volume step-up ahead✓ Early product, fast growth⚑ Reads rehearsedFounder-led
Candor 6/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 8/9
Uncertainty 4/9
Promotion 7/9
Stress 4/9
Complexity 7/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
YES Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
NO Is consolidation happening among their peers?
YES Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
NO Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

C Q1 2024 earnings call 2024-05-07 move ±24.4%

Management raised guidance against mixed demand signals and expanding margins. The delivery was rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: raisedDemand: mixedMargins: expandingBacklog: growingPricing: stableHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 2 analysts · 2 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Resolves doubts✓ Prepayments growing✓ Volume step-up ahead✓ Early product, fast growth
Candor 6/9
Specificity 8/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 8/9
Uncertainty 4/9
Promotion 7/9
Stress 3/9
Complexity 7/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
YES Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
YES Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
YES Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
NO Is consolidation happening among their peers?
YES Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

F Q4 2023 earnings call 2024-03-12 move ±42.5%

Management held guidance steady against mixed demand signals and contracting margins. The delivery was rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: maintainedDemand: mixedMargins: contractingBacklog: growingPricing: stableHeadcount: cuttingCapex: flat 1 analysts · 2 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Volume step-up ahead✓ Early product, fast growth⚑ Reads rehearsedHidden segment
Candor 6/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 8/9
Uncertainty 3/9
Promotion 8/9
Stress 4/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
YES Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
YES Is consolidation happening among their peers?
NO Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

F Q3 2023 earnings call 2023-11-08 move ±26.2%

Management lowered guidance against mixed demand signals. The delivery was unusually candid, rich in specifics.

Guidance: loweredDemand: mixedMargins: stableBacklog: growingPricing: under pressureHeadcount: cutting 4 analysts · 8 questions
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging✓ Early product, fast growthFounder-ledHidden segmentCFO dominates
Candor 7/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 6/9
Uncertainty 6/9
Promotion 5/9
Stress 5/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
YES Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
NO Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
YES Is consolidation happening among their peers?
YES Is a founder still running the company?
NO Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
NO Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?
From the research question bank
1 more research questions answered NO

F Q2 2023 earnings call 2023-08-08 move ±44%

Management lowered guidance against slowing demand and contracting margins. The delivery was rich in specifics, promotional in tone.

Guidance: loweredDemand: slowingMargins: contractingBacklog: stableHeadcount: cutting
⚑ Critic ammunition⚑ Question left hanging⚑ Reads rehearsedHidden segmentCFO dominatesDirection beats results
Candor 6/9
Specificity 7/9
Evasion 3/9
Confidence 7/9
Uncertainty 5/9
Promotion 7/9
Stress 4/9
Complexity 6/9
All 20 questions our AI answered about this call
NO Would a skeptical short-seller find this call reassuring?
NO Would a careful investor underwrite management's guidance?
NO Is management's confidence proportionate to the evidence presented?
NO Does the call resolve more doubts than it creates?
YES Is there something a critic could fairly use against the company?
YES Is a claimed advantage dependent on scale they lack?
YES Does an obvious question remain unanswered?
NO Is a product early in its life but growing very fast?
YES Do they serve a small fraction of their addressable customers?
NO Is volume about to step up rather than grow gradually?
YES Are high fixed costs currently underutilised?
NO Is pricing recovering from a depressed level?
YES Do current results look bad while the direction looks better?
NO Are deferred revenue or customer prepayments growing?
YES Is consolidation happening among their peers?
NO Is a founder still running the company?
YES Does the final speaker sound like they are summarizing a finished story?
YES Is a fast-growing segment obscured by a declining one?
YES Does the CFO speak more than the CEO?
YES Does the call read rehearsed rather than lived?

Earlier calls

CallDateGradeGuidanceDemandMarginsCandorEvasion
Q1 2023 2023-05-02 D maintainedmixedcontracting 6/9 4/9
Q4 2022 2023-03-02 F maintainedmixedcontracting 6/9 3/9
Q3 2022 2022-11-08 F loweredmixedexpanding 6/9 4/9
Q2 2022 2022-08-09 F loweredmixedexpanding 6/9 3/9
Q1 2022 2022-05-03 D maintainedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 3/9
Q4 2021 2022-03-03 D raisedacceleratingexpanding 4/9 3/9
Q3 2021 2021-11-09 B raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 2/9
Q2 2021 2021-08-03 C+ raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 3/9
Q1 2021 2021-05-04 C+ raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 2/9
Q4 2020 2021-03-04 C+ raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 2/9
Q3 2020 2020-11-09 B raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 3/9
Q2 2020 2020-08-10 C+ raisedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 2/9
Q1 2020 2020-05-11 C+ maintainedmixedexpanding 7/9 2/9
Q4 2019 2020-03-04 C loweredacceleratingexpanding 7/9 2/9
Q3 2019 2019-11-06 D maintainedacceleratingexpanding 7/9 2/9
Q2 2019 2019-08-07 C maintainedacceleratingcontracting 6/9 3/9
Q1 2019 2019-05-09 C+ maintainedacceleratingexpanding 6/9 2/9
Q4 2018 2019-02-21 B+ raisedacceleratingcontracting 7/9 2/9
Q3 2018 2018-11-12 D noneacceleratingcontracting 6/9 4/9
Q2 2018 2018-08-13 F maintainedmixedcontracting 7/9 5/9
Q1 2018 2018-05-08 C+ noneacceleratingcontracting 7/9 2/9
Q4 2017 2018-02-26 F noneacceleratingexpanding 6/9 5/9
Q3 2017 2017-11-12 D noneacceleratingexpanding 5/9 2/9

Research question bank — earlier calls

During our 1,600-question research program, batches of experimental hypotheses were tested directly against some of VERI's earlier calls. The YES answers — the rare hits — are shown; click any question to see every company that matched it. Full list: the question bank.

F Q2 2022 earnings call 2022-08-09

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