Teradata CORP: management transactions · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Teradata CORP

Teradata Corp /DE/ (NYSE: TDC) is a United States-based technology company listed on the NYSE and headquartered in San Diego, California. Teradata is best known for its long-standing heritage in enterprise data warehousing and analytics, but in recent years it has repositioned itself as a trusted AI and data platform vendor focused on hybrid environments. The company’s strategy centers on helping large organizations operationalize analytics and AI across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid architectures, where governance, performance, and security are critical. Teradata emphasizes its deep installed base, mission-critical workloads, and ability to support data-intensive enterprises that cannot simply move everything to a single public cloud. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000816761/000081676125000096/teradata2024annualreport.pdf)) From a business-model perspective, Teradata derives a meaningful share of its revenue from recurring cloud and software activity, complemented by services and other platform-related offerings. In its 2024 annual report, management highlighted a $609 million cloud business and described hybrid data analytics as a core differentiator. That positioning is important competitively: Teradata competes with major data platform, cloud analytics, and enterprise AI providers, but seeks to stand out through open and connected architecture, strong workload scalability, and trusted-data capabilities for complex enterprises. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000816761/000081676125000096/teradata2024annualreport.pdf)) Teradata’s product suite is anchored by ClearScape Analytics, which the company describes as a powerful analytics engine for scaling end-to-end AI/ML pipelines with accountability, security, and trust. The company has also introduced Enterprise Vector Store for combining structured and unstructured data, as well as new capabilities aimed at retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI, and bring-your-own-model use cases. In May 2026, Teradata announced the Autonomous Knowledge Platform, a new flagship product intended to unify production-grade AI, analytics, and data across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. These launches underscore Teradata’s push to move beyond traditional analytics into enterprise AI infrastructure. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000816761/000081676125000096/teradata2024annualreport.pdf)) Geographically, Teradata serves a global enterprise customer base, with a substantial presence in North America and exposure to multinational customers across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, defense, telecommunications, and retail/commercial sectors. The company’s recent communications indicate that its solutions are being deployed in high-value use cases such as fraud detection, compliance automation, customer experience analytics, R&D optimization, and defense-related scenarios. That breadth is relevant for investors because it reduces dependence on a single vertical, while also making Teradata’s sales cycle and competitive environment more sophisticated. ([teradata.com](https://www.teradata.com/press-releases/2026/teradata-accelerates-150-enterprise-ai-engage?utm_source=openai)) Recent news has been constructive. In February 2026, Teradata reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, including total ARR of $1.522 billion, fourth-quarter recurring revenue of $367 million, and full-year free cash flow of $285 million. The company also signaled continued momentum into 2026 with an upgraded AI narrative and multiple product announcements in 2025 and early 2026, including AI Services, AgentBuilder, multimodal data capabilities, and the Autonomous Knowledge Platform. For equity investors, the key theme is clear: Teradata is trying to convert its legacy data-management franchise into a modern AI platform business while preserving cash generation and enterprise relevance. ([investor.teradata.com](https://investor.teradata.com/news-events/investor-news/news-details/2026/Teradata-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Financial-Results/default.aspx))