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How Anthropic Rocketed to $4B ARR — And Why Your B2B Playbook May Already Be Obsolete

SaaStr

API-First Revenue Model Unlike the subscription-heavy models of traditional SaaS, 70-75% of Anthropic’s revenue comes from API calls through pay-per-token pricing. Developer-Led Growth at Enterprise Scale The company shows how bottom-up adoption through APIs can scale to enterprise contracts without traditional enterprise sales motions.

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SaaS Is Still Slowing Down, Unfortunately: What Q1 2025 Numbers Reveal About the Cloud Software Market

SaaStr

Many B2B and SaaS leaders continue to rely on price increases and upsells for more and more of their growth. The Implications for SaaS Leaders This data should fundamentally change how SaaS companies approach 2025 and 2026: Sales Cycles Are Getting Longer : If aggregate ARR additions are down 30%, individual deals are taking longer to close.

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SaaStr Sponsorships: Access the Elite 68% VP+ Executives Other Platforms Can’t Reach

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higher average contract values than industry standard The exclusivity factor : When the world’s top B2B executives evaluate solutions, they turn to companies that demonstrate thought leadership within their trusted professional community. .”

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How tariffs impact retail sales and ad spending, and why 2025 might be different

Martech

It specifically states that a sharp hike in tariffs could lead to a broader economic slowdown and potentially contract consumer spending and GDP in 2026, which would, as you might imagine, negatively impact retail sales. Consumer categories with heavy tariffs saw price increases of 1.7%-7%,

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10 Ways AI Will Change Sales Forever. It’s Already Happening, In Fact.

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If a prospect asks about integrations, pricing details, or implementation requirements that you’re unsure about, you’ll simply ask your AI, and it will provide the perfect answer in real-time. It can handle pricing questions, objections, and proposals without emotional baggage or commission pressure.

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

SaaStr

The Great Spending Showdown: AI vs SaaS in 2025/2026 — What Every B2B Leader Needs to Know We’re witnessing the most dramatic shift in enterprise tech spending since the cloud migration began 15 years ago.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Freshworks at ~$600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Moved to 71% Annual Contracts (From 54% in 2019) As Have Gone More Enterprise This is what I’d expect, but very helpful to see this data presented this way, as they’ve moved to half of their revenue from $50k+ deals, vs the $2k for smaller customers: And a few bonus learnings: #6. But a 3% price boost likely materially helped. #7.