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The Bar Has Gone Up: The New Era of HyperFunctional SaaS with Jason Lemkin

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The New Era of Hyperfunctional SaaS: 2024-2029 So what are the pillars to operating as a Hyperfunctional SaaS company? #1: Everyone is going to have a pricing page, check the box, function app, and feature parity on everything that is AI and B2B, everyone. But you have to be hyper-functional. 1: AI is Table Stakes.

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Yes, Open AI Has Raised an Insane Amount of Money. But It Tracks Insane Growth Almost 1:1

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When Sam Altman talks about OpenAI’s path to $125B in revenue by 2029, most folks focus on the AI magic. OpenAI's projected path to $125B ARR 🚀If OpenAI hits their targets, they'll achieve 35,714x revenue growth from 2020 to 2029 – potentially the most dramatic business transformation in history.

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AI-powered martech releases and news: April 24

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They are telling investors it will turn cash flow positive in 2029. On Bluesky (yay), Business Insiders Ed Zitron wrote: This article saying OpenAI will top $125bn in 2029 is utterly awful and laughable. Can OpenAI make money? Execs at the of the revolutionary, money-burning company think so. Agents don’t exist!

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The 250,000 Customer Club: How HubSpot and Monday.com Both Created SMB+ Empires

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Pricing Model Evolution : HubSpot’s multi-tiered pricing approachfrom free tools to enterprise solutionscreates natural upgrade paths as companies grow, maximizing lifetime value while maintaining strong operating margins (14% non-GAAP operating margin in Q1 2025). Their ecosystem extends their reach globally.

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ChatGPT with ads: ‘Free-user monetization’ coming in 2026?

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That figure is forecast to grow to nearly $25 billion by 2029, of OpenAIs total $125 billion projection. The answer seems to be yes, based on internal OpenAI documents. OpenAI appears to forecast a billion dollars in new revenue from free user monetization in 2026. Putting that in perspective: In 2024, the company said it had $3.7