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Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures discusses venture capital valuation trends despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 550 basis points.
“In fact, valuations at Series A ticket sizes have increased 42% in the last two years.”
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Tunguz: AI app gross margins will expand as inference costs drop 95%
“And when we were looking like a typical software companies, probably at 75% gross margin. Yeah. AI software application companies are like a zero to 30%, and now their single biggest cost has been reduced by 95% overnight, and they didn't have to do a thing.”
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Tunguz predicts AI startup margins and multiples will match classic SaaS
“Before they used to have Challenging gross margins. And now they'll probably look the same as SaaS companies, which means you have pretty significant multiple and valuation expansion.”
Tomasz TunguzJan 31, 2025▶ 12:46The Future of AI in B2B SaaS: Insights from Synthesia and Theory Ventures. Hosted by Jason Lemkin
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Tunguz: Software startups tripling growth without AI are a hard sell
“If you're tripling, doubling without AI, it's a hard sell.”
Tomasz TunguzJan 31, 2025▶ 27:13The Future of AI in B2B SaaS: Insights from Synthesia and Theory Ventures. Hosted by Jason Lemkin
Insight
Tunguz: AI is in a "Groupon era" where GTM outpaces product differentiation
“It's a Groupon era for AI where one company takes off and then there are 15 to 20 others because you're wrapping the API, you have a lot of capability out of the gate, and then long-term product differentiation probably matters less than go-to-market execution…”
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PredictionOpen · timeframe Jan 2028
Tunguz: Enterprise app counts will flatline while total software spend rises
“And so I think maybe what we see is application count stays flat or maybe even decreases, but the total amount of software spending increases because it's capturing some fraction of that labor spend.”
Tomasz TunguzJan 31, 2025▶ 35:57The Future of AI in B2B SaaS: Insights from Synthesia and Theory Ventures. Hosted by Jason Lemkin
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Tunguz: The 20-year SaaS go-to-market playbook no longer applies
“The playbook that we've built over the last 20 years, basically no longer applies. And we need to re-instrument and re-determine what this new world looks like.”
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