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Cash Equivalents, Investments, and Strategic Investments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2026
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents | The following is a summary of the Company’s cash equivalents, short-term investments, and long-term investments on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
| April 30, 2026
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,401,999 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,401,999 |
Time deposits | 107,558 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 107,558 |
U.S. government securities | 44,360 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 44,361 |
Commercial paper | 2,770 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,770 |
Total cash equivalents | 1,556,687 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,556,688 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,851,397 |  |  | 1,303 |  |  | (3,188) |  |  | 1,849,512 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 401,565 |  |  | 449 |  |  | (123) |  |  | 401,891 |
Certificates of deposit | 25,298 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 25,307 |
Asset-backed securities | 21,496 |  |  | — |  |  | (36) |  |  | 21,460 |
Commercial paper | 4,611 |  |  | — |  |  | (4) |  |  | 4,607 |
Total investments | 2,304,367 |  |  | 1,761 |  |  | (3,351) |  |  | 2,302,777 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 3,861,054 |  |  | $ | 1,762 |  |  | $ | (3,351) |  |  | $ | 3,859,465 |
| January 31, 2026
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,752,777 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,752,777 |
Time deposits | 108,727 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 108,727 |
U.S. government securities | 94,523 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 94,532 |
Commercial paper | 40,384 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (7) |  |  | 40,379 |
Certificates of deposit | 2,808 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,808 |
Corporate notes and bonds | 75 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 75 |
Total cash equivalents | 1,999,294 |  |  | 11 |  |  | (7) |  |  | 1,999,298 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,382,374 |  |  | 4,473 |  |  | (11) |  |  | 1,386,836 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 484,453 |  |  | 961 |  |  | (14) |  |  | 485,400 |
Certificates of deposit | 65,643 |  |  | 46 |  |  | — |  |  | 65,689 |
Commercial paper | 18,605 |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,611 |
Total investments | 1,951,075 |  |  | 5,486 |  |  | (25) |  |  | 1,956,536 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 3,950,369 |  |  | $ | 5,497 |  |  | $ | (32) |  |  | $ | 3,955,834 |
Schedule of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale | The following is a summary of the Company’s cash equivalents, short-term investments, and long-term investments on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):
| April 30, 2026
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,401,999 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,401,999 |
Time deposits | 107,558 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 107,558 |
U.S. government securities | 44,360 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 44,361 |
Commercial paper | 2,770 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,770 |
Total cash equivalents | 1,556,687 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,556,688 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,851,397 |  |  | 1,303 |  |  | (3,188) |  |  | 1,849,512 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 401,565 |  |  | 449 |  |  | (123) |  |  | 401,891 |
Certificates of deposit | 25,298 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 25,307 |
Asset-backed securities | 21,496 |  |  | — |  |  | (36) |  |  | 21,460 |
Commercial paper | 4,611 |  |  | — |  |  | (4) |  |  | 4,607 |
Total investments | 2,304,367 |  |  | 1,761 |  |  | (3,351) |  |  | 2,302,777 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 3,861,054 |  |  | $ | 1,762 |  |  | $ | (3,351) |  |  | $ | 3,859,465 |
| January 31, 2026
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 1,752,777 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,752,777 |
Time deposits | 108,727 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 108,727 |
U.S. government securities | 94,523 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 94,532 |
Commercial paper | 40,384 |  |  | 2 |  |  | (7) |  |  | 40,379 |
Certificates of deposit | 2,808 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,808 |
Corporate notes and bonds | 75 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 75 |
Total cash equivalents | 1,999,294 |  |  | 11 |  |  | (7) |  |  | 1,999,298 |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate notes and bonds | 1,382,374 |  |  | 4,473 |  |  | (11) |  |  | 1,386,836 |
U.S. government and agency securities | 484,453 |  |  | 961 |  |  | (14) |  |  | 485,400 |
Certificates of deposit | 65,643 |  |  | 46 |  |  | — |  |  | 65,689 |
Commercial paper | 18,605 |  |  | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,611 |
Total investments | 1,951,075 |  |  | 5,486 |  |  | (25) |  |  | 1,956,536 |
Total cash equivalents and investments | $ | 3,950,369 |  |  | $ | 5,497 |  |  | $ | (32) |  |  | $ | 3,955,834 |
Schedule of Available For Sale Securities Remaining Contractual Maturity | The estimated fair values of available-for-sale marketable debt securities, classified as short-term or long-term investments on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets, by remaining contractual maturity, are as follows (in thousands):
| April 30, 2026
| Estimated Fair Value
Due within 1 year | $ | 870,283 |
Due in 1 year to 3 years | 829,841 |
Due in 3 years to 5 years | 602,653 |
Total | $ | 2,302,777 |
Schedule of Fair Value Measurements | The following table presents the Company’s strategic investments by type (in thousands):
|  |  |  |  | April 30, 2026 |  | January 31, 2026
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable equity securities under Measurement Alternative |  |  |  |  | $ | 336,574 |  |  | $ | 359,114 |
Non-marketable equity securities under equity method |  |  |  |  | 5,329 |  |  | 5,241 |
Marketable equity securities |  |  |  |  | 6,628 |  |  | 6,264 |
Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-marketable debt securities |  |  |  |  | 5,000 |  |  | 10,000 |
Total strategic investments—included in other assets |  |  |  |  | $ | 353,531 |  |  | $ | 380,619 |
Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investments | The following table summarizes the gains and losses associated with the Company’s strategic investments (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended April 30, |  |
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  |
Unrealized losses on non-marketable equity securities under Measurement Alternative: |  |  |  |  |
Impairments | $ | (2,000) |  |  | $ | (26,521) |  |  |
Net unrealized gains (losses) on marketable equity securities | 364 |  |  | (4,468) |  |  |
Net unrealized gains (losses) on strategic investments in equity securities | (1,636) |  |  | (30,989) |  |  |
Net realized gains (losses) on strategic investments in equity securities(1) | (1,862) |  |  | 1,304 |  |  |
Change in fair value of a non-marketable debt security accounted for under fair value option | (6,000) |  |  | — |  |  |
Total—included in other expense, net | $ | (9,498) |  |  | $ | (29,685) |  |  |
________________ (1)The net realized losses on strategic investments in equity securities for the three months ended April 30, 2026 primarily relate to a remeasurement loss of $2.2 million recognized on a previously held equity interest in Observe, Inc. 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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