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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517413-21-000149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLY"
cik: "0001517413"
company_name: "Fastly, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:33:26.844317+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fastly Q2 revenue $85M (+14% YoY); GAAP net loss $0.51/sh; outage hit results

## Summary
- Revenue $85.0M (+14% YoY), net of $1.2M deferred revenue write-down from Signal Sciences acquisition.
- GAAP gross margin 52.6% vs 60.2% YoY; non-GAAP gross margin 57.6% vs 61.7% YoY.
- GAAP operating loss $57.0M (vs $14.2M loss YoY); non-GAAP operating loss $18.0M (vs $2.3M income YoY).
- DBNER 126% (Q1: 141%); NRR 93% (Q1: 110%); enterprise customer count 408 (Q1: 395).
- CEO cited a significant outage affecting Q2 results and Q3/full-year outlook; top-10 customer has not returned traffic.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517413-21-000149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLY
- cik: 0001517413
- company_name: Fastly, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000149/0001517413-21-000149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517413/000151741321000149/fsly-20210804.htm

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