If you are looking for an AI-first small cap serving customers including Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Meta and Oracle, Nextech3D.ai just reported a major acceleration: 160 new customer contracts worth approximately $874,000 through early August 2026, versus 18 contracts worth approximately $55,470 during the same period last year.

That represents approximately 1,476% growth in new contract value, alongside a 77% increase in average contract value and approximately 92% software gross margins.

• Nearly 9X More Contracts: 160 new customer contracts versus 18 during the comparable 2025 period.

• $874K in New Contract Value: Up from approximately $55,470 last year.

• 92% Software Margins: High margins provide greater flexibility to invest in sales and continued growth.

• Bigger Deals: Average contract value increased 77% to approximately $5,464 as Nextech expands its footprint within enterprise accounts.

• CEO Alignment: Evan Gappelberg owns more than 30 million shares and recently purchased another 250,000 shares on the open market.

Nextech3D.ai is pursuing a land-and-expand strategy across Eventdex, MapD and KraftyLab: win enterprise customers, introduce additional products and capture more of their event spending.

Management is targeting relationships ranging from $10,000 to $100,000+, while some opportunities currently being pursued are described as multi-million-dollar, multi-year deals covering dozens of events.

The company is also moving toward three-year contracts and expects to add six enterprise salespeople by the end of 2026, each carrying responsibility for more than $1 million in annual revenue.

“This year, we've signed 160 new customer contracts, compared to just 18 during the same period last year. Contract value grew from $55,000 to $874,000. Average deal size is up 77%. Those aren't isolated metrics, they're signals that the market is responding to what we're building.”

Nextech3D.ai is showing progress across several important enterprise software metrics: more customers, larger contracts, approximately 92% margins and longer-term agreements.

With major enterprise relationships already established, the next phase is about converting those relationships into larger, deeper engagements while expanding the sales organization to pursue bigger opportunities.

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