Zoom profile
Meetings, calls and collaboration tools.
The meeting ends; its transcript can keep working.
Where the money comes from
Individual and business subscriptions are core revenue streams.
Sources (6)
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they made last year
Zoom Communications, Inc.: USD 4.87 billion revenue in the year ended 2026-01-31. Net income: USD 1.90 billion. Group/company figures.
Sources (4)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much they keep
39.03% net margin for the year ended 2026-01-31: reported net income divided by revenue.
Sources (4)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they’re worth
Zoom Communications, Inc. (ZM), 2026-10-16 snapshot: USD 94.19 per share. Market capitalisation: USD 27.48B.
Sources (5)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated market snapshotSecondary market data · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Where the money is heading
Zoom is expanding from video meetings into a larger paid workplace containing chat, documents, customer workflows and AI assistance.
Sources (6)
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who runs it
Zoom Communications, Inc.
Zoom is a listed communications-software company. Founder Eric Yuan’s enhanced-voting holdings and institutional investors feature in its dated disclosures.
Sources (6)
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Selected dated shareholder disclosures
Eric S. Yuan
A Zoom executive and substantial Class B holder in its proxy. The disclosed shares include a revocable trust held with his spouse.
- Share-class percentage — Class B
- 72.6%
- Voting power
- 37.7%
- Disclosure as of
- 31 March 2026
Class B share percentage is not total economic ownership; the proxy includes the disclosed spousal trust.
Sources (1)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
Emergence Capital Partners
Investment-partnership entities holding Zoom Class B shares through Emergence Capital Partners III, L.P.; the proxy describes shared investment/voting control.
- Share-class percentage — Class B
- 10.2%
- Voting power
- 5.3%
- Disclosure as of
- 31 March 2026
Shares held through investment partnerships; do not count the same holdings again under a partner/director’s name.
Sources (1)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
BlackRock
An investment-management group reporting voting or investment authority over shares held through managed portfolios. The position is not all the manager’s own economic wealth.
- Share-class percentage — Class A
- 6.6%
- Voting power
- 3.2%
- Disclosure as of
- 31 March 2026
- Underlying position date
- 31 December 2024
The proxy cites a February 2025 filing reporting the December 2024 position.
Sources (1)
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
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- Zoom Communications, Inc. — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
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Photo credits
- Zoom Communications, Inc. — Simple Icons contributors; Zoom Communications, Inc. brand mark. CC0 1.0. Original monochrome SVG geometry unchanged; contained in a white tile.
- Eric Yuan — Village Global. CC BY 2.0. Face crop (330, 60, 800, 530); resized to 168 × 168 pixels and encoded as WebP. Adapted image retains the source licence.
- Emergence Capital Partners — emergence capital. CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia raster rendition resized to fit 168 pixels; lossless WebP, original colours and proportions.
- BlackRock — BlackRock. Public domain. Original SVG geometry unchanged; contained in a white tile.
What AI does here
AI Companion creates meeting summaries, answers questions and works with transcripts and workspace content. Meeting knowledge becomes reusable after the call.
Sources (5)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who supplies the brains
Zoom combines its own technology with a federated approach to model providers for AI Companion.
Sources (5)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
What it learns from you
Zoom collects account, device, usage and feature-dependent meeting data. The September 2026 statement explains that hosts, account owners, other participants and connected applications can have different access. Recording, AI features and the organisation’s settings need separate attention.
Sources (6)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who checks its work
Account administrators and hosts control key AI/recording settings. Participants can see when meeting AI features are active, and hosts manage generated material.
Sources (6)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
How much choice you have
Check the meeting’s AI and recording indicators, who owns the account and the transcript/summary retention settings.
Sources (6)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Editorial Trust score: 75/100
Assessed 18 October 2026
What they say vs what they do
20/25 points
Zoom’s published statement distinguishes customer content from other personal data and says it does not use the covered communications/customer content to train Zoom or third-party AI models. This does not mean a meeting is unrecordable or that a host cannot retain a recording.
Sources (4)
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they know—and what they do with it
20/25 points
Zoom collects account, device, usage and feature-dependent meeting data. The September 2026 statement explains that hosts, account owners, other participants and connected applications can have different access. Recording, AI features and the organisation’s settings need separate attention.
Sources (4)
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Quality vs Quantity
15/25 points
A meeting record or summary reflects the available recording and can miss context.
Sources (6)
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much control you really have
20/25 points
Check the meeting’s AI and recording indicators, who owns the account and the transcript/summary retention settings.
Sources (6)
- Zoom — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom Workplace — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who does it better
Comparison priority: call reliability, guest access, recording permissions and the AI features the meeting actually needs.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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Reinforcement— The reward
A successful meeting, useful summary or resolved question rewards returning to the same familiar tool.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Prompts & Cues— The trigger
Calendar invitations, meeting reminders and chat activity bring Zoom into the working day.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Response Effort— The easy path
Joining links, recurring meetings and integrated recordings reduce setup. AI summaries reduce the effort of catching up afterwards.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Social Influence— The crowd
Colleagues and clients determine where the meeting happens. Their use of Zoom makes participation practically necessary.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Loss Aversion & Scarcity— The pressure
A live meeting has a real start time. Miss it and you need a recording, summary or another person to fill the gap.
Sources (3)
- Enable Allow users to retain transcripts generated with meeting summaryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Zoom AI Companion | Zoom Technical LibraryPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- The privacy lifecycle of Zoom AI CompanionPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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