Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE)

Insurance software publisher with counted services staff. Read November 8, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending July 31, 2026, filed September 11, 2026. Ranked 115 of the 238 Technology companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Guidewire states 4,174 employees by function: product development and operations with sales and marketing at software publishing, the 1,015 professional services staff at computer systems design, and the 524 in general and administrative roles at management of companies, 42% in the U.S.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 50% now, 68% at the end of 2027, 73% at the end of 2028, 74% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 74% desk work, 22% people work and 4% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 26% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 63% becomes checking a model's work and 9% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

4,174 employees as of July 31, 2026 (stated). 1,762 employees in the U.S. and 2,412 employees internationally as of July 31, 2026.

The filing: “As of July 31, 2026, we had 4,174 employees, including 2,082 in global product development and operations (comprised of research and development, cloud operations, and technical support), 1,015 in professional services, 553 in sales and marketing, and 524 in general and administrative roles.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: 2,082 in product development and operations (1,412 research and development, 670 cloud operations and technical support), 1,015 professional services, 553 sales and marketing, 524 general and administrative; 1,762 in the U.S. and 2,412 abroad; no U.S. union representation, works councils in some foreign locations; fiscal year ends July 31.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Software Publishers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five. Now is projected from METR's April 2026 measurement and Epoch's November 2026 index.

• Microsoft (MSFT, 223,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
• Oracle (ORCL, 141,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
• Salesforce, Inc. (CRM, 83,334 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
• Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER, 34,000 employees)52% now, 71% by 2028
• DoorDash, Inc. (DASH, 31,400 employees)52% now, 71% by 2028
• Adobe Inc. (ADBE, 31,360 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
• ServiceNow, Inc. (NOW, 29,187 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028
• Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS, 28,000 employees)51% now, 73% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

63 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes its platform as combining core systems of record with digital, analytics and predictive and generative AI capabilities, says predictive analytics and AI can help underwriters and claims professionals improve risk selection and loss outcomes, and names AI among the changes its insurer customers face, in 63 sentences.

• “Our platform combines core systems of record with digital, analytics, and predictive and generative artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities.”
• “The most significant changes include: 3 Table of Content s increased need for agility and efficiency from core systems to address rapid changes in the industry; an increase in the number of events and insured losses resulting from catastrophes and natural disasters impacting the P&C insurance industry requiring agility and innovation from its core systems; a rise in customer expectations for di...”
• “Predictive analytics and AI technologies can help underwriters and claims professionals improve risk selection and loss outcomes, while automation enables straight-through processing where possible.”
• “At the same time, insurers must balance these gains with transparency and compliance requirements around the use of analytics and AI technologies.”
• “Insurers also face costs from fraud in underwriting and claims and are using analytics and AI technologies to improve detection and reduce related expenses.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20218median 0
• Fiscal 20229median 0
• Fiscal 202324median 1
• Fiscal 202439median 4
• Fiscal 202549median 10
• Fiscal 202663

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The professional services organization is read apart at computer systems design as a counted operation; the filing counts it but describes its work only as services.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001528396-26-000046, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.