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Cash Equivalents and Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Cash Equivalents and Investments | Cash Equivalents and Investments The following is a summary of the Company’s cash equivalents, short-term investments, and long-term investments on the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
| January 31, 2025
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,741,089 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,741,089 |
U.S. government securities | 388,578 |  |  | 92 |  |  | — |  |  | 388,670 |
Time deposits | 113,851 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 113,851 |
Corporate notes and bonds | 4,466 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,466 |
Commercial paper | 3,064 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,064 |
Total cash equivalents | 2,251,048 |  |  | 92 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,251,140 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,559,893 |  |  | 2,177 |  |  | (1,520) |  |  | 1,560,550 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 609,937 |  |  | 528 |  |  | (727) |  |  | 609,738 |
Commercial paper | 307,752 |  |  | 142 |  |  | (38) |  |  | 307,856 |
Certificates of deposit | 187,112 |  |  | 97 |  |  | (4) |  |  | 187,205 |
Total investments | 2,664,694 |  |  | 2,944 |  |  | (2,289) |  |  | 2,665,349 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 4,915,742 |  |  | $ | 3,036 |  |  | $ | (2,289) |  |  | $ | 4,916,489 |
| January 31, 2024
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government securities | $ | 742,235 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | 742,234 |
Money market funds | 533,211 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 533,211 |
Time deposits | 56,263 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 56,263 |
Total cash equivalents | 1,331,709 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (2) |  |  | 1,331,708 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,549,151 |  |  | 1,959 |  |  | (3,394) |  |  | 1,547,716 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 877,496 |  |  | 574 |  |  | (4,653) |  |  | 873,417 |
Commercial paper | 353,525 |  |  | 154 |  |  | (131) |  |  | 353,548 |
Certificates of deposit | 224,869 |  |  | 271 |  |  | (15) |  |  | 225,125 |
Total investments | 3,005,041 |  |  | 2,958 |  |  | (8,193) |  |  | 2,999,806 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 4,336,750 |  |  | $ | 2,959 |  |  | $ | (8,195) |  |  | $ | 4,331,514 |
The Company included $23.6 million and $24.2 million of interest receivable in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company did not recognize an allowance for credit losses against interest receivable as of January 31, 2025 and 2024 because such potential losses were not material. As of January 31, 2025, the contractual maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale marketable debt securities did not exceed 36 months. The estimated fair values of available-for-sale marketable debt securities, classified as short-term or long-term investments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, by remaining contractual maturity, are as follows (in thousands):
| January 31, 2025
| Estimated Fair Value
Due within 1 year | $ | 2,008,873 |
Due in 1 year to 3 years | 656,476 |
Total | $ | 2,665,349 |
The following tables show the fair values of, and the gross unrealized losses on, the Company’s available-for-sale marketable debt securities, classified by the length of time that the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position and aggregated by investment type, on the consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| January 31, 2024
| Less than 12 Months |  | 12 Months or Greater |  | Total
| Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Value |  | Gross Unrealized Losses
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government securities | $ | 338,893 |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 338,893 |  |  | $ | (2) |
Total cash equivalents | 338,893 |  |  | (2) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 338,893 |  |  | (2) |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 625,766 |  |  | (1,259) |  |  | 321,952 |  |  | (2,135) |  |  | 947,718 |  |  | (3,394) |
U.S. government and agency securities | 525,408 |  |  | (1,323) |  |  | 191,863 |  |  | (3,330) |  |  | 717,271 |  |  | (4,653) |
Commercial paper | 172,422 |  |  | (131) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 172,422 |  |  | (131) |
Certificates of deposit | 71,813 |  |  | (15) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 71,813 |  |  | (15) |
Total investments | 1,395,409 |  |  | (2,728) |  |  | 513,815 |  |  | (5,465) |  |  | 1,909,224 |  |  | (8,193) |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 1,734,302 |  |  | $ | (2,730) |  |  | $ | 513,815 |  |  | $ | (5,465) |  |  | $ | 2,248,117 |  |  | $ | (8,195) |
Gross unrealized losses on the Company’s available-for-sale marketable debt securities were not material as of January 31, 2025. For available-for-sale marketable debt securities with unrealized loss positions, the Company does not intend to sell these securities and it is more likely than not that the Company will hold these securities until maturity or a recovery of the cost basis. The decline in fair values of these securities due to credit related factors was not material as of January 31, 2025 and 2024. See Note 5, “Fair Value Measurements,” for information regarding the Company’s strategic investments.

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