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Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business Description of Business
Wealthfront Corporation, a Delaware corporation incorporated in January 2007 (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Wealthfront” or the “Company”), is a technology company that built a financial solutions platform for digital natives to turn their savings into long-term wealth. The Company’s broad suite of products, including cash management, investing, borrowing and lending, and financial planning solutions, address the diverse financial needs of its clients regardless of the economic environment. Clients have ownership of the securities they transact on the Company’s platform, including those that collateralize margin loans, and, as a result, such securities are not presented on the consolidated balance sheets, other than client-held fractional shares which are presented gross.
The Company’s significant, wholly owned subsidiaries include Wealthfront Advisers LLC, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)-registered investment adviser, and Wealthfront Brokerage LLC, an SEC-registered broker-dealer and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Initial Public Offering
On December 15, 2025, the Company closed its IPO of 34,615,384 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $14.00 per share. In the IPO, 21,468,038 shares of common stock were sold by the Company and 13,147,346 shares of common stock were sold by selling stockholders. The Company’s net proceeds from the sale of common stock were $282.1 million, partially offset by underwriting discounts and commissions payable by the Company of $18.5 million. In connection with the IPO, all of the outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 69,852,421 shares of common stock and all warrants became exercisable at a weighted average price of $2.73 per share for an aggregate of 1,953,463 shares of common stock. Upon completion of the IPO, approximately $9.2 million of deferred offering costs were reclassified into stockholders’ equity as a reduction of the IPO proceeds. The Company recognized a one-time cumulative share-based compensation expense of approximately $239.0 million related to RSUs for which the time-based vesting condition was satisfied or partially satisfied when the performance condition was satisfied. The performance condition was satisfied upon the completion of the IPO. The Company incurred $140.9 million of tax withholdings and remittance obligations in connection with the net settlement of RSUs upon IPO completion, inclusive of employee and employer payroll tax obligations.