SaaS metrics
Abstract raises 25 million dollars: security platform reports 380 percent ARR growth
Abstract, a security operations company founded in 2023 and led by CEO Colby DeRodeff, has raised 25 million dollars, bringing total funding to nearly 50 million dollars. The company reports 380 percent year-on-year growth in annual recurring revenue and 264 percent net revenue retention, and says its valuation tripled from the prior round.
OpenAI proposes AI ROI scorecard: successful tasks replace token costs
OpenAI has proposed a four-part framework for measuring enterprise AI value around useful work, total cost per successful task, dependability and economic improvement at scale. The approach challenges procurement decisions based mainly on token prices or seat adoption and gives SaaS leaders a practical way to compare models, workflows and human review costs against completed business outcomes.
How to calculate MRR (and the mistakes that quietly skew it)
Monthly recurring revenue is the heartbeat metric of every SaaS company, and one of the most commonly miscalculated. Here is the clean definition, the edge cases, and the variants investors actually ask for.
Churn: how to measure it honestly and reduce it systematically
Churn compounds against you the way growth compounds for you. This playbook covers the difference between logo and revenue churn, benchmarks that matter, and the retention levers with proven effect.