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C3.AI Executive Compensation (FY26)

AI · Redwood City, CA · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2026
Chief executive, fiscal 2026
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Thomas Siebel
Latest say-on-pay support
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October 3, 2025
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Data as of October 22, 2026Latest filing (DEF 14A): August 28, 2026
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Chief executive total compensation — Thomas Siebel: $25,516,876 → $24,308,723 (4.7% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 87.4% → 86.0% (1.4 points lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is C3.AI's chief executive and what were they paid?
Thomas Siebel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, received $24,308,723 in total compensation for fiscal 2026. Siebel's total was 4.7% lower than the $25,516,876 reported for fiscal 2025.
What was C3.AI's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 86.0% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held October 3, 2025.
Which companies are in C3.AI's peer group?
The disclosed peer group names Appian, Datadog, DocuSign, JFrog and MongoDB, among others.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Edward Abbo
President and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Houman Behzadi
Executive Vice President (previously President and Chief Product Officer)
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇◇—◇——◇◇
Richard Lutton Jr.
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Departed during or after this year
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Juho Parkkinen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Abbo
President and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Houman Behzadi
Executive Vice President (previously President and Chief Product Officer)
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Juho Parkkinen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Richard Lutton Jr.
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Departed during or after this year
◇———◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Guy Wanger
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Abbo
Former President and Chief Technology Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇———◇—◇◇
Houman Behzadi
Executive Vice President
◇———◇—◇◇
Juho Parkkinen
Former Vice President of Finance
Departed during or after this year
◇—————◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Edward Abbo
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Merel Witteveen
Senior Vice President, Operations
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2026
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Stephen Ehikian
President and former Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇◇——◇◇
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
◇—◇◇——◇◇
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer
◇—◇◇◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2026
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Hitesh LathRSU◇——◇——◇
Hitesh LathOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Stephen EhikianRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephen EhikianRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephen EhikianRSU◇——◇——◇
Stephen EhikianOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Thomas M. SiebelRSU◇——◇——◇
Thomas M. SiebelOPTION◇——◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2026 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Hitesh LathRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Thomas SiebelRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
Stephen EhikianRSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇—
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Hitesh Lath
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer · Offer letter
Equity acceleration on change in control◇
Thomas Siebel
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2025 filing
Equity acceleration on change in control◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2026
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Kenneth A. Goldman
——◇———◇
Michael G. McCaffery
Lead independent director
——◇———◇
Stephen M. Ward Jr
——◇———◇
Bruce Sewell
——◇———◇
Mike Clayville
——◇———◇
Condoleezza Rice
——◇———◇
Richard C. Levin
——◇———◇
Alan Murray
——◇———◇
KR Sridhar
——◇———◇
Jim H. Snabe
——◇———◇
General (Ret.) John Hyten
——◇———◇
Thomas M. Siebel, Lisa Davis and John C. Dwyer served on the board in fiscal 2026 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Equity is delivered as Options.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2026
  • Appian APPN
  • Datadog DDOG
  • DocuSign DOCU
  • JFrog FROG
  • MongoDB MDB
  • nCino NCNO
  • PagerDuty PD
  • Palantir Technologies PLTR
  • Pegasystems PEGA
  • ServiceNow NOW
  • Snowflake SNOW
  • Sprinklr CXM
  • Twilio TWLO
  • Workday WDAY
  • Yext YEXT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025October 3, 2025=◇◇◇
2024October 2, 2024=◇◇◇
2023October 4, 2023=◇◇◇
2022October 5, 2022=◇◇◇

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Citations

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217 figures on this page: 213 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
213 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001577526-26-000110
    NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  2. 0001577526-25-000045
    Proposal 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.
  3. 0001577526-25-000012
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis
  4. 0001628280-24-042519
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001628280-24-038092
  6. 0001628280-24-007744
    Employment Agreement
  7. 0001628280-23-034217
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0001628280-23-030459
    Summary Compensation Table
  9. 0001628280-22-026174
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers C3.AI discloses

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AppianDatadogDocuSignJFrogMongoDBnCinoPagerDutyPalantir TechnologiesPegasystemsServiceNowSnowflakeSprinklrTwilioWorkdayYext

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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