New ARR Formulas in AI SaaS
Why AI application companies are hitting $100M ARR in months, what they actually mean when they say ARR, and whether the unit economics can hold once the subsidies thin out.
On thinking, life, and the questions worth sitting with.

Why AI application companies are hitting $100M ARR in months, what they actually mean when they say ARR, and whether the unit economics can hold once the subsidies thin out.

Short term, physics and organisational inertia protect jobs; long term, humans invent new work to keep money and meaning flowing. But the medium term — the next 5 to 20 years — is where the ladder breaks. Notes from India and the UK.

The AI coding landscape has shifted. We went from 'just pay $20 for GitHub Copilot' to a completely unbundled stack where you mix and match your Provider, Model, and Tool.

The artificial intelligence revolution unfolding today mirrors two previous technological waves that fundamentally transformed how we work and create. Like the microchip revolution of the 1960s-80s...
Why the act of writing things down is worth more than the things written down.

Side projects, creator economy, remote work — the hustle got loud enough to move the median. This is what it costs the people who can't afford to keep up.