The company capitalized $35.8 million in software development costs in the first half of 2026, a significant increase from $24.9 million in the same period last year.
Filing excerpt
Net cash used in investing activities was $57.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily driven by $35.8 million in capitalization of software development costs, $11.7 million in purchases of strategic investments, and $10.4 million in purchases of long-lived assets.
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Company
linkedin_urlValue in the APIindustriesValue in the APIemployee_count_lowValue in the APIemployee_count_highValue in the APIrevenueValue in the APIdescriptionValue in the APISignal
signal_nameValue in the APIassociationValue in the APIGET /v1/signals/bdb90852-fe92-49f2-811e-2b6eafd96f29 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for circle.com.
{
"signal_id": "bdb90852-fe92-49f2-811e-2b6eafd96f29",
"signal_type": "sec-10q",
"signal_subtype": "capexIncrease",
"detected_at": "2026-08-11T08:12:14.322+00:00",
"company": {
"name": "Circle",
"domain": "circle.com"
},
"data": {
"detail": "The company capitalized $35.8 million in software development costs in the first half of 2026, a significant increase from $24.9 million in the same period last year. This accelerated investment in technology and infrastructure indicates active platform enhancement projects and budget for related services.",
"metrics": {
"pct": 0.437,
"timeframe": "current_year",
"pct_context": "Year-over-year increase in software development capitalization compared to H1 2025 ($24.9M).",
"dollar_context": "Capitalization of software development costs for the six months ended June 30, 2026.",
"dollar_millions": 35.8
},
"summary": "Circle boosts software development spending by 44% to $35.8M in H1 2026.",
"excerpts": "Net cash used in investing activities was $57.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily driven by $35.8 million in capitalization of software development costs, $11.7 million in purchases of strategic investments, and $10.4 million in purchases of long-lived assets.",
"relevance": 0.8,
"sentiment": "positive",
"confidence": "high",
"source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1876042/000187604226000248/crcl-20260630.htm",
"filing_date": "2026-08-05",
"filing_year": 2026,
"fiscal_year": 0,
"fiscal_year_end": "06/30",
"sales_relevance": "Budget available",
"signal_category": "financial",
"technologies_mentioned": [
"software development"
]
}
}
curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/bdb90852-fe92-49f2-811e-2b6eafd96f29 \
-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
-H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"domain":"circle.com","limit":20}'Long text fields are shortened on this page.
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