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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2025
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis | The following table presents the fair value hierarchy for the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 31, 2025 (in thousands):
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Total
Assets: |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,741,089 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,741,089 |
U.S. government securities | — |  |  | 388,670 |  |  | 388,670 |
Time deposits | — |  |  | 113,851 |  |  | 113,851 |
Corporate notes and bonds | — |  |  | 4,466 |  |  | 4,466 |
Commercial paper | — |  |  | 3,064 |  |  | 3,064 |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | — |  |  | 1,059,181 |  |  | 1,059,181 |
U.S. government and agency securities | — |  |  | 456,673 |  |  | 456,673 |
Commercial paper | — |  |  | 307,856 |  |  | 307,856 |
Certificates of deposit | — |  |  | 185,163 |  |  | 185,163 |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | — |  |  | 501,369 |  |  | 501,369 |
U.S. government and agency securities | — |  |  | 153,065 |  |  | 153,065 |
Certificates of deposit | — |  |  | 2,042 |  |  | 2,042 |
Derivative assets: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts | — |  |  | 1,579 |  |  | 1,579 |
Total assets | $ | 1,741,089 |  |  | $ | 3,176,979 |  |  | $ | 4,918,068 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,639) |  |  | $ | (1,639) |
Total liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,639) |  |  | $ | (1,639) |
The following table presents the fair value hierarchy for the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Total
Assets: |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government securities | $ | — |  |  | $ | 742,234 |  |  | $ | 742,234 |
Money market funds | 533,211 |  |  | — |  |  | 533,211 |
Time deposits | — |  |  | 56,263 |  |  | 56,263 |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | — |  |  | 939,727 |  |  | 939,727 |
U.S. government and agency securities | — |  |  | 573,780 |  |  | 573,780 |
Commercial paper | — |  |  | 353,548 |  |  | 353,548 |
Certificates of deposit | — |  |  | 216,444 |  |  | 216,444 |
Long-term investments: |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | — |  |  | 607,989 |  |  | 607,989 |
U.S. government and agency securities | — |  |  | 299,637 |  |  | 299,637 |
Certificates of deposit | — |  |  | 8,681 |  |  | 8,681 |
Derivative assets: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts | — |  |  | 60 |  |  | 60 |
Total assets | $ | 533,211 |  |  | $ | 3,798,363 |  |  | $ | 4,331,574 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts | $ | — |  |  | $ | (745) |  |  | $ | (745) |
Total liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | (745) |  |  | $ | (745) |
Schedule of Fair Value Measurements | The following table presents the Company’s strategic investments by type (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  | January 31, 2025 |  | January 31, 2024
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable equity securities under Measurement Alternative |  |  |  |  | $ | 281,158 |  |  | $ | 190,238 |
Non-marketable equity securities under equity method |  |  |  |  | 5,491 |  |  | 5,307 |
Marketable equity securities |  |  |  |  | 13,833 |  |  | 37,320 |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable debt securities |  |  |  |  | 750 |  |  | 1,500 |
Total strategic investments—included in other assets |  |  |  |  | $ | 301,232 |  |  | $ | 234,365 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | The following table summarizes the gains and losses associated with the Company’s strategic investments in equity securities (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended January 31, |  |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
Unrealized gains (losses) on non-marketable equity securities under Measurement Alternative: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairments | $ | (11,578) |  |  | $ | (3,101) |  |  | $ | (38,036) |  |  |
Upward adjustments | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,125 |  |  |
Net unrealized gains (losses) on marketable equity securities | (2,428) |  |  | 15,197 |  |  | (12,524) |  |  |
Net unrealized gains (losses) on strategic investments in equity securities | (14,006) |  |  | 12,096 |  |  | (46,435) |  |  |
Net realized gains (losses) on strategic investments in equity securities(1) | (17,414) |  |  | 34,713 |  |  | — |  |  |
Total—included in other income (expense), net | $ | (31,420) |  |  | $ | 46,809 |  |  | $ | (46,435) |  |  |
________________ (1)The net realized gains on strategic investments in equity securities for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 include primarily a remeasurement gain of $34.0 million recognized on a previously held equity interest as a result of a business combination completed during fiscal 2024. See Note 7, “Business Combinations,” for further details. For strategic investments in equity securities sold, the realized gains or losses represent the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the securities at the beginning of the period or the purchase date, if later.

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