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Markets2026-07-18 · source-backed
Over the trailing twelve months, construction SaaS was 2 of 32 vertical deals but captured $149M, 15.1% of all vertical SaaS capital, per New Market Pitch. Legal ranked third with 5 deals and $164.2M, anchored by Harvey reaching $300M ARR by May 2026. Healthcare was broadest by count (10 deals) but least capital-dense at $197.5M. Investors are paying up for regulated, document-heavy workflows with few incumbents, not for deal volume.
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Analysts project 30 to 40% of the ~$450B vertical SaaS market gets reshaped by AI agents through 2028. Legal (Harvey, serving A&O Shearman and PwC Legal), healthcare (Ambience, ~$150B/yr projected US savings), and construction (Procore) show domain agents winning on data and w...
Five months ago, Anthropic was running at $9B annualized. Today it's $30B. CNBC named them #1 on the 2026 Disruptor 50, above OpenAI for the first time. The numbers from Daniela Amodei's interview are hard to process. $1B run rate in December 2024. $9B end of 2025. $14B Februa...
These aren't pilots anymore. Sierra reports $150M+ ARR within eight quarters of launch (on $950M raised), Intercom's Fin crossed $100M+ ARR resolving ~2M issues a week, and EliseAI sits around $100M ARR on $250M raised. Three companies selling completed work instead of seats,...
ChartMogul data just crystallized something that's been bugging me about AI product economics. AI products priced above $250/month retain at 70% gross revenue retention and 85% net revenue retention, matching traditional B2B SaaS. Products under $50/month? 23% retention. That'...
HubSpot quietly switched Breeze AI agents to $0.50/resolution pricing on April 14. That makes five. Intercom at $0.99/resolution (already past $100M ARR on this model). Sierra at $150M+ ARR on pure outcome pricing. Salesforce at $2/conversation or $0.10/action. Zendesk launchi...
Per-seat pricing is dying. Not slowly. Not in theory. Right now, across three unrelated categories, simultaneously. HubSpot: $0.50 per resolved conversation. Salesforce Agentforce: $800M ARR on "Agentic Work Units," converting 20 trillion tokens into 2.4 billion discrete measu...
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