Software Margins

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

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Sam Lessin: AI is driving all software profit margins to zero
“You know, AI is taking all of the software margins to zero, so now we do meat.”
Sam Lessin Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 1:57 Apple, OpenAI & Why Nobody Makes Money in AI | The SaaS Apocalypse · More or Less Podcast
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Lieberman: Software Profit Margins Will Suffer from Rising CAC
“This acceleration of competition is going to hurt software margins in two ways, I think. Retention and marketing. Acquiring users will be more difficult than ever before, which means that spending on paid marketing or employees to do organic marketing will bec…”
Alex Lieberman May 12, 2025 ▶ 12:26 Agencies are wildly underrated
Blomfield: Software startups should target 80% to 90% gross margins
“Really you should be aiming for software margins of like 80 or 90%.”
Tom Blomfield Jul 25, 2024 ▶ 5:25 How To Price For B2B | Startup School · Y Combinator

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