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spk00
Greetings and welcome to the Skillsoft second quarter 2024 financial results conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Chad Lyne, Head of Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin.
spk01
Thank you, Operator. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for Skillsoft's earnings call to discuss our results for the second quarter into July 31st, 2023. Participating on today's call are Jeff Tarr, Skillsoft's Chief Executive Officer, and Rich Walker, Skillsoft's Chief Financial Officer. Today after market close, Skillsoft issued a press release announcing its financial results, which is available on our investor relations website. Before I hand the call over to Jeff, I want to remind you that today's call will contain forward-looking statements about the company's business outlook and expectations, including statements concerning financial and business trends, our expected future business and financial performance, financial condition, and market outlook. These forward-looking statements and all statements that are not historical facts reflect management's current beliefs and expectations as of today, and therefore are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. For a discussion of the material risks and other important factors that could affect our actual results, we refer you to our most recent Form 10-K and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information which speak as of the respective dates. During the call, we will also discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures included in today's commentary to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, as well as how we define these metrics and other metrics, is included in our earnings press release, which has been furnished to the SEC and is also available on our website at www.skillsoft.com. After our prepared remarks, Jeff and Rich will be available to take questions. With that, it's my pleasure to turn the call over to Jeff. Thanks, Chad.
spk02
Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Our team executed well in the second quarter. Bookings and revenue were both up for the total company, driven by high single-digit bookings growth and our high-margin SaaS-based content and platform segment. Further, I'm pleased to report bookings and revenue were up sequentially in our instructor-led training or ILT segment, which we believe is now positioned for a return to growth on a year-over-year basis. On the bottom line, we continue to lead our industry peers in profitability with adjusted EBITDA up on both the dollars and margin basis compared to the first quarter. As I'll share today, generative AI has emerged as a new catalyst for growth. This important technology has created a new critical reskilling opportunity with customers and prospects that plays to our strengths and that we have been quick to seize as an organization. Our LTM dollar retention rate was 101%, up 300 basis points, and is a testament to the value we deliver to customers. We secured several seven-figure contract renewals in our federal government business. a multimillion-dollar renewal with an international logistics and package delivery company, an expanded relationship with an international food products distributor, among others. We continue to win new customers on the strength of our enterprise-grade solution. During the quarter, more than 140 new customers chose Skillsoft to support their enterprise learning and workforce transformation imperatives. New customer wins included six figure contracts with a global specialty chemicals company, a leading provider of helicopter transportation solutions, a world leader in systems to lower carbon emissions, a global insurance claims settlement provider, and an international provider of products for sustainable mobility. New customers like these are telling us that our ability to deliver on their complex workforce transformation needs is unrivaled due to our unique integration of assessments, micro videos, hands-on learning, coaching, and instructor led training, all on our cutting edge AI driven learning experience platform. While industry peers focused primarily on catalogs of video content, We are increasingly winning based on our ability to deliver transformative learning experiences with measurable learning outcomes and tangible business results, all built on a scientifically validated approach, designed and optimized for the way people learn online. Our unique competitive advantage is driving strong growth in usage and engagement across what we believe to be the largest community of enterprise learners. In the past year and a half, we've grown monthly active users nearly 60% and course launches more than 40%, as well as course completion rates that are well above industry averages at more than 80%. Our rich metadata combined with our AI-enabled platform and our content creation capabilities enables us to optimize the learner experience inside the enterprise. As mentioned earlier, one of the important contributors to our growth strategy has been our early move to position Skillsoft to benefit from generative AI. This technology has created a new re-skilling imperative for our customers, as nearly all companies of scale grapple with the effect it is having on the nature of work. At Skillsoft, we believe that generative AI will affect every knowledge worker job, and the companies and individuals that ignore it will be left behind. We also believe that we have a solid first mover advantage in generative AI, born out of the fact that we are both a platform developer and content creator, that we have a long history in AI, and that we operate across a wide range of modalities and content categories. The strength of our position in this new domain is further enhanced by our acquisition of Codecademy with its hands-on learning platform. Further, preparing individuals and organizations for a world of generative AI is about more than just the technology and the skills to use it. It is also about leadership and business skills and compliance. And here too, we have unique capabilities that position Skillsoft to lead. I'm pleased with the speed with which our organization has moved to seize the generative AI opportunity with a shared belief that it changes what we teach, how we teach, and how we work. We now have several dozen AI offerings on Codecademy and year to date have enrolled more than half a million learners in these AI courses. We also recently developed and released a plugin for OpenAI's ChatGPT that recommends personalized and relevant Codecademy courses to users, thus meeting and serving learners from within the ChatGPT interface and expanding the reach of the Codecademy platform. And we've rolled out a ChatGPT Aspire journey designed to equip organizations with the skills needed to use the technology productively and ethically across the enterprise. We've also leveraged Skillsoft's deep library of proprietary content and experience delivering coaching at scale with a beta version of our conversation AI simulator, trademarked Casey, which provides experiential active learning through a generative AI coaching tool. Casey helps employees develop business and leadership skills by creating a safe place to practice crucial business conversations with real-time personalized feedback. The initial market reaction to Casey has been tremendous. Quoting the chief strategy officer and principal analyst at Brandon Hall Group, a leading industry analyst, quote, Skillsoft's Casey is the breakthrough technology for leadership development that organizations have been waiting for. It's the most progressive advancement I've seen to date. Skillsoft has effectively combined the on-demand support of a virtual assistant with leadership and management training to create a transformational new way of building interpersonal skills." End quote. Casey has wide-ranging applications and use cases far beyond our initial beta release, and I'm excited to see this innovative solution continue to evolve and move into general availability this quarter. As these examples highlight, we are committed to leading the market with innovation that delivers enhanced customer value and outcomes, enables upskilling and reskilling across the enterprise, and develops and grows learners for the jobs of the future. I am proud of our team and the demonstrable progress we are making as an organization. Across the globe, the reskilling revolution is unlocking new opportunities for Skillsoft and propelling us toward what we anticipate to be a future of accelerating profitable growth and value creation. With that, I'll now turn the call over to our CFO, Rich Walker, to review our financial results.
spk03
Rich? Thanks, Jeff. Welcome, everyone, and thanks for joining today. Our teams performed at a high level as we delivered a strong second quarter and achieved an inflection to growth in both bookings and revenue for the total company. We continued making targeted investments to accelerate growth and drive the innovation agenda that Jeff spoke to, while also generating higher profitability compared to the first quarter. Moving now to our financial results, let's turn first to bookings. Total bookings were $129 million in the quarter, reflecting growth of 4% year over year. Content and platform segment bookings of $83 million were up 7% year over year and 2% on an LTM basis, with the quarterly expansion led by double-digit growth in our tech and dev offerings. which includes Codecademy B2B. In our ILT segment, bookings were $46 million, down less than 1% year over year, and a significant improvement over prior quarters. Our content and platform dollar retention rate, or DRR, was approximately 101% on an LTM basis, up approximately 300 basis points from the year-ago period. For the quarter, DRR was approximately 99%, up approximately 100 basis points from the prior year, highlighting the ongoing progress the team has made to bring greater value and growth to our customer relationships. As a reminder, given the quarterly seasonality in our renewal base, content and platform bookings and DRR should primarily be viewed and assessed on an LTM basis. Moving to the P&L, total revenue, which lags bookings, was $141 million in the quarter, up approximately 0.4% year over year, and marking an important return to growth for the total company. Consistent with last quarter, approximately 73% of the revenue was in our content and platform segment, and approximately 27% was in our ILT segment. Content and platform segment revenue, which is primarily subscription-based and recurring in nature, grew 4% year over year to $103 million, with growth across all content and platform areas including Codecademy. ILT segment revenue declined 9% year-over-year to $38 million as we continued to lap the partner subsidy program change from the prior year period. We are pleased with the progress we are seeing in the ILT business with bookings and revenue growth on a sequential basis compared to Q1. and an expectation that ILT will become a net contributor to total company year-over-year growth as we move into the second half of the year. Shifting to profitability. As we outlined at the start of the year, we are making targeted and strategic investments throughout the business that we believe will drive competitive differentiation and accelerated growth rate, greater scale, and an industry leading margin profile over the long term. And we will always continue to identify areas to simplify our operating model and to enhance our cost structure. I am pleased with our progress on both fronts as we double down in high priority growth areas like generative AI while dialing back from areas where we aren't seeing appropriate returns. Walking through our expenses, all of my references will be on a non-GAAP basis with the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations included in our earnings press release. Cost of revenue of $40 million or 28% of revenue was up 15% year over year, primarily due to courseware and mixed changes in our ILT segment and employee related costs to support the revenue growth in our content and platform segment. Content and software development expense of $16 million, or 11% of revenue, were up 1% year over year. Selling and marketing expense of $41 million, or 29% of revenue, were up 2% year over year. With growth in bookings and investments in our go-to-market transformation and in sales enablement activities, being partially offset by facility savings. General and administrative expenses of $20 million or 14% of revenue were up 9% year over year, primarily due to the timing of a corporate bonus reversal tied to our performance in fiscal 2023. Total operating expenses were $116 million or 82% of revenue. On a year-over-year basis, operating expenses were up $8 million or 7%, due primarily to the aforementioned bonus reversal last year. On a sequential basis compared to Q1, total operating expenses were up less than 2%. At the bottom line, adjusted EBITDA was $25 million or 18% of revenue. compared to $33 million or 23% of revenue in the prior year, which, as I noted earlier, was primarily due to last year's bonus reversal. We are pleased with the sequential progression and incremental profitability we are driving with adjusted EBITDA up approximately $4 million and margins up approximately 200 basis points compared to the first quarter of this year. Our gap net loss was $32 million or 20 cents on a per share basis. Our adjusted net loss was $29 million or 18 cents per share. Moving to cash flow and balance sheet highlights. On a year-to-date basis, cash flow from operations was $2 million, and we invested $9 million in capital expenditures and capitalized internally developed software. As a result, year-to-date free cash flow was negative $7 million, compared to negative $22 million in the prior year period. As a reminder, given the seasonality in our content and platform bookings, the second and third quarter are generally cash consuming quarters, while the first and fourth quarters are generally cash generative. We ended the second quarter with a solid cash position and ample liquidity, with cash and cash equivalents of $148 million and restricted cash of $5 million. We did not repurchase any shares during the quarter under our share repurchase authorization. Turning to debt and leverage, we had $40 million drawn against our $75 million accounts receivable facility and $586 million outstanding on our term loan facility, which matures in July of 2028. Recall the term loan facility amount on the balance sheet is net of original issue discount and deferred financing costs. Total net debt was approximately $473 million, resulting in net leverage of approximately 4.9 times our LTM adjusted EBITDA. Wrapping up, I would summarize the quarter as one in which we are proud of how our teams performed. We continued to innovate across the organization and brought differentiated capabilities to market, as Jeff shared with you. We delivered year-over-year growth in both bookings and revenue for the total company. Our content and platform segment had a solid growth quarter with exciting new customer wins and an LTM dollar retention rate of 101%. We feel our ILT segment has turned a corner with bookings and revenue up compared to the first quarter and an expectation that ILT will return to year-over-year growth in the second half. And we successfully invested for growth while also driving higher adjusted EBITDA sequentially. We are, of course, mindful that the broader macro remains fluid and dynamic. particularly given the typical fourth quarter seasonality that remains in front of us. That said, given our strong execution year to date and our current views for the balance of the year, we are reaffirming our core outlook metrics and our expectations to be free cash flow positive for the full year. As a reminder, our outlook calls for total bookings of $610 million to $640 million, revenue of $555 million to $585 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $100 million to $105 million. With that, I'll hand the call back to Jeff.
spk02
Thanks, Rich. Before we turn the call to Q&A, I'd like to say a word of appreciation to all of our team members around the globe for their strong performance and their tireless commitment to delivering transformative learning experiences to our customers and their learners. And to our stockholders, we appreciate your support as we continue to make important forward strides in executing our strategy in a way that we believe will generate profitable growth and long-term value creation. Operator, you may now open the call for questions.
spk00
Thank you. And ladies and gentlemen, at this time we'll conduct our question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone will indicate that your line is in the question queue. You may press star followed by the number two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. For participants using speaker equipment, It may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. One moment while we pull for questions. Thank you. And our first question comes from Robert Simmons with DA Davidson. Please state your question.
spk07
Hey, thanks for taking the question. So I guess first on Casey, just to clarify, is it in GA now or is it planned to be between now and quarter end?
spk02
It's in beta today with dozens of customers. It is available on our site for those who would like to add themselves to the beta list, and it will be in general availability within a matter of weeks. Feedback's terrific. Got it. Great.
spk07
All right, cool. And then any color on your on your churn rate, the growth churn? And then can you remind us kind of have the various pieces of churn and upsell pricing kind of fit together for your dividends, your net retention number?
spk02
Well, we share our dollar retention rate, which is up 300 basis points year over year. We don't typically provide more granularity than that. Rich, is there anything additional to share?
spk03
The only point I'd make is it's important to look on an LTM basis because there is a lot of fluctuations in some of the quarters.
spk02
In terms of just general color, how to think about it, our large enterprise accounts have much higher retention. Our SMB accounts have lower retention. So that would be one place where we see a differentiation between different customer categories.
spk07
Got it. And David, can you talk about what you're seeing in terms of pricing at the market? Are you, I think before you talking to kind of a bifurcation of the market, are you still seeing that in the kind of general trends?
spk02
Well, when it comes to pricing, our price increase this year generally was about 6%. But keep in mind that is on bookings, that it's heavily weighted to the fourth quarter, and that our average customer contract length is north of two years. So it does take quite some time for pricing to flow through to revenue and EBITDA.
spk07
Got it. Okay. That makes sense. And then can you talk a little bit about the Salesforce? You've been ramping up some relatively newer reps. How's that been going? And any other color you'd care to share?
spk02
Terrific. You know, I'll tell you what we've been seeing is, first of all, Our competitive advantage is strongest with those customers who have the most complex workforce transformation needs and where the skills gaps are most acute. And the reason for that is our blended offering. that cuts across micro videos, assessments, instructor-led training, coaching, and mentoring, and all the hands-on learning tools that we have in our portfolio really lends itself to tackling those significant challenges. To sell that kind of offering, which, by the way, we also have a professional services arm, To sell that requires a sales force that is equipped to engage in a consultative sales process that is able to engage at more senior levels in the organization. And so we've been on a multi-year journey to build that capability within our organization. We've made good progress. There's more progress to be made to realize the full potential of what we have in front of us.
spk07
Got it. Great. I'll hop back in the queue in case anyone else wants to ask some questions.
spk02
Thanks, Robert.
spk00
Thank you. Our next question comes from Remo Lenshow with Barclays. Please state your question.
spk08
Hi, this is Shailanand for Remo. Thanks for taking our question. First, I wanted to ask generally what you're seeing in the quarter that's underpinning the continued strength in content bookings, and particularly how would you balance potential tailwinds from more engagement from things like Gen AI with Kind of a consolidation trend. That's something that we've seen from other HCM players, kind of consolidating a bunch of point solutions. So given the breadth of your offering, not sure if that's something you're seeing from your customers.
spk02
Well, we certainly do benefit from consolidation of point solutions. We benefit from significant win-backs from customers that may have made a decision based on price in the past and are coming back to us because they have significant workforce transformation challenges and are focused on outcomes and results. We win when the customer is focused on outcomes and results. We win when the customer has more complex workforce transformation needs that can't just be met with videos or recordings of lectures, but requires deeply understanding the customer's workforce transformation and learning priorities and tailoring the solution to those priorities using the breadth of content that we have and the breadth of modalities. That's where we win. That's where we're winning more and more customers like Kendrell that we talked about last quarter, customers like the ones that we cited on the call today. And from my perspective, we're really just getting started with that. Now, you also mentioned generative AI, and what we see with generative AI is it is opening up a new skills gap within our customer base. Almost every conversation we have with customers these days, AI comes up. And the fact that we can address those needs with very complex, complete workforce transformation solutions that combine leadership and business skills, the technology, compliance, and deliver that at scale, that's an advantage that I believe we have.
spk08
Great. And quick follow-up. I wanted to ask on the federal pipeline this year compared to last. There's some incremental things that you have. I know FedRAMP on Percipio was last year, but is that leading to better retention of those customers? And then the FedRAMP around the coaching offering, is that leading to larger deal sizes for the federal pipeline? Any color there going into the big Q3?
spk02
Yeah, the answer to that question is yes and yes. We have a strong lead in the federal government with our offerings, including with coaching. The fact that we're FedRAMP certified with our coaching offering has been a real advantage, as has being FedRAMP certified with our platform and content offering been an advantage over the last couple of years. So we believe that... that the federal government business is a strength of the company, and we expect to get more and generate more opportunity. In fact, later this week, I'm going to be in Washington, D.C. We have our big Perspectives customer event, and we have really strong participation from the federal government.
spk08
Great. Thank you.
spk00
Thank you. Our next question comes from Raj Sharma with B. Riley. Please state your question.
spk06
Hi, thank you for taking my question. Just going back to the generative AI coursework and how that relates to the upskilling, firstly, is it a part of other programs and the coursework a part of Codecademy integrated into Precipio, or are they the ILT part of the business? And how do they impact retention and business and sort of growth in your customer?
spk02
So the answer to that's all of the above. We have Codecademy courses that are focused on generative AI. We have content within the core. of our platform and content business that is focused on generative AI, including very complete learning journeys focused on generative AI. And also we have ILT courses, a large suite of ILT courses that has been generating growth and contributing to growth and sales in the ILT business. So we're still early in seeing the P&L impact, but we are seeing results and we're seeing uptick and growth and customer conversations and conversions and usage. And that's all very encouraging.
spk06
Got it. So not a material impact on revenues yet or profits, obviously, but where do you, how do you see the impact is in terms of new customers or a greater engagement on the platform and a better retention?
spk02
All of the above. We have new customer conversations where a generative AI offering is a differentiator and a conversation starter. Our ILT business has won some significant new accounts because of the breadth of our ILT offering in generative AI. We're very excited about KC. KC isn't about teaching generative AI, but it's about leveraging the technology to do something new and important in the learning space. So we're very excited about what we see. We see this as a significant tailwind. Rich has something to add.
spk03
Yeah, quick one, Raj. Building on Jeff's comments in terms of what we anticipate, it isn't only about the technology. It will also benefit our leadership and business skills, Casey being one example. But it'll also become an important compliance area for companies going forward. And they're going to look to us to ensure safe, responsible, ethical use of the technology through our compliance offerings.
spk06
Got it. That's very helpful. Thank you. And then just secondly, you give more color on certain customers or groups of customers in certain areas that are getting impacted by any sort of slowdown you see versus areas that are stronger because of the upskilling. So are there parts of your customer base that are particularly strong or where you can see upskilling a lot and parts where there's any slowdown in the economy or geographically so are impacting the business?
spk02
Well, the way we look at our customer base is two broad categories. We have the category of customers who have huge workforce transformation challenges and very real skills gaps. For them, our offering is critical to their business. And then there's another category of customers for whom online learning is something that's an employee benefit, that it's a nice to have. And And that's a smaller and slower growing part of our business. So where we see the opportunities with those customers who have the most complex workforce transformation needs, that's the largest portion of our customer base. It's the largest portion of our market. It's growing the fastest and that's where we're pointing the vast majority of our resources.
spk06
Got it. Thank you for taking my questions and good job. Congratulations on reporting steady results. Thank you.
spk00
Thank you. And just a reminder to ask a question, press star 1 on your phone. Our next question comes from Ken Wong with Oppenheimer and Company. Please state your question.
spk05
Fantastic. Thanks for taking my question. The first one for you, Jeff, I think in the past you guys had touched on how new business perhaps has seen a little lengthening of the sales cycle. I realize total business doesn't depend too much on that, but just wondering if you started to see that stabilize or improve at all?
spk02
I would say that new business has been pretty consistent. Where we've been seeing a big step up in improvement is on the growth of our existing customer base. I'd say on new business, which for us is a smaller part of our business, you're still seeing a lengthening of sales cycles and it's a little slower, but it's such a small contributor to the business overall that it's less of an impact on our business than perhaps elsewhere. I do see opportunity to improve our new business growth, and we are investing in our sales force in a thoughtful way to, as I mentioned before, move up higher in sales inside our customer organizations and also engage in a more consultative sales process. And I think that will yield results on the new business side over time.
spk05
Got it. Got it. Super helpful. And then, Rich, just on EBITDA, anything we should be thinking about in terms of back half seasonality of EBITDA just so we kind of make sure we have our models properly tuned?
spk03
Yeah. Thanks for the question. I think First, I'd highlight that the EBITDA growth from sequentially from the first quarter was an important achievement. Finding and striking that balance of investing in the business and still giving some back to the results. As you think about the full year, we were obviously comfortable in reaffirming our outlook for the full year. The margin profile that we enjoyed in the second quarter is consistent with what we expect for the full year. And I think the expense base will continue to grow to support some of that growth, but the margin profile is not going to materially change. We have about 40% of the bookings in the fourth quarter. It's probably not unreasonable to expect that our second half growth rate quarter over quarter will be in line what we enjoyed sequentially in the second quarter. And sales and marketing, which we are continuing to invest in, is going to drive some of that bookings growth. You won't see the impact of that in revenue, but you'll see it in the expense base.
spk05
Got it. Okay. That's all super, super helpful call. I really appreciate it, guys.
spk02
Thanks, Ken.
spk00
Our next question comes from Tom Singlehurst with Citi. Please say your question.
spk04
Good evening, Tom Singlehurst and Citi. Thanks so much for taking the session. I've got a couple of questions, and I'm going to start with a clarification. I just really – We're very clear about the last 12 months, that is the quarterly dollar retention rates by which we focus on the former. But just to clarify, the 2Q being under 100%, even if it's improved, is that just an analysis thing? The second quarter is a higher period, a higher term typically. Is that how I should think about it?
spk02
Tom, it's a little mumbled, but I think the question that I got was quarterly retention rate compared to LTM retention rate. I'll let Rich share some thoughts, but the important point to keep in mind is Q1, Q2, Q3 are very small. And so individual wins and losses or anomalies and how the timing of renewals and such can move that data around. That's why we point to dollar retention rate, and we've been doing that for quite some time. Rich, what can you say?
spk03
Yeah, I'd just clarify the metrics. The LTM, while below 100%, the LTM was 101%, excuse me, up 300 basis points. But quarterly at 99 was still up year over year. And that trend is noticeable in both the quarter and the LTM, Tom. But I'd reiterate Jeff's comments. The LTM is the more accurate way to evaluate it.
spk02
I think I would just note you've seen us focus on LTM, whether the end quarter was good or the end quarter was bad. We've focused everyone on LTM for the last couple of years, and we encourage you to continue to use that in the models.
spk04
Hopefully you can hear me better. The second question was about Codecademy. Some others have talked about dwindling demand for coding bootcamps given software end markets in terms of employment. I was wondering whether that's something you've seen or whether it's just lost in the mix given robust demand for AI content.
spk02
Yeah, so I got the question. Again, it's mumbled, so if I don't answer this exactly right, we'll get it afterwards. But I think the question is about Codecademy and how Codecademy is performing. I'll start, and I know Rich has some things to share on it. First of all, Codecademy is strategic and critical to our business. We've integrated Codecademy's B2B business into our platform and content business within our B2B tech and dev offering. So it's now deeply integrated to hands-on learning as part of what we sell customers alongside the videos and the coaching and mentoring and the other types of learning labs and hands-on learning. And it's all in one package. That was the fastest growing content category within our within our platform and content business. We've also rebranded the entirety of our tech and dev offering as Codecademy. That's something we did last quarter. And we did that because, well, frankly, Codecademy has taught more people to learn to code than any other organization on the planet. It's a very strong brand and leveraging that brand across the entirety of our tech and dev portfolio made a great deal of sense. Rich, what else can we share?
spk03
I double clicked, Tom. I heard a portion of the question relating to generative AI. And initially, I think that segment will benefit. Importantly, if you look at the total content and platform bookings, that grew 7% in the quarter. the tech and dev segment actually grew double digit. And that segment is clearly, and that segment includes both the code enterprise and the code B2C business. And that segment benefited certainly from the code attributes.
spk04
Very clear. Final question, I'll speak loudly. The cost of AI-based tools, is that all embedded in guidance? There's no incremental AI sort of cost coming through?
spk02
It's all embedded, yeah.
spk04
Perfect. Thank you.
spk00
Thank you. There are no further questions at this time. I'll hand the floor back over to management for closing remarks.
spk02
Thank you, everyone, for joining us. I'd be remiss in not taking note of the fact that today is an anniversary of 9-11. And I do want to express our continuing sense of loss and our gratitude to the nation's first responders. I also want to thank our team members around the world for your hard work. and profitably growing our business, seizing the AI opportunity, and working together to build on our strong foundation as the global leader in enterprise learning. I also want to thank our customers, and I'm looking forward to being together with many of you at Perspectives 2023 this week in Washington, D.C., and of course, many thanks to our stockholders. We're very grateful to you as well. Have a good rest of your day.
spk00
Thank you. This concludes today's conference. All parties may disconnect. Have a good day.
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