Show Me Your ARR:
From Launch to $100M

Fomo has reached over $150 million in annualized revenue alongside a daily spot trading volume exceeding $100 million. The platform is ranked in the top 5 under Finance on the App Store, indicating its popularity among users. Fomo is experiencing rapid user acquisition, with over 30,000 new users joining daily, and a recent spike to 45,000. The company is successfully attracting first-time users to onchain markets, showcasing strong growth momentum and market penetration.

FinLadder achieved a 7-figure ARR primarily through an innovative 3-step strategy, gaining 500 paying customers in just 30 days without paid ads or a big budget. By focusing on building trust through free, value-driven teaching, analyzing competitors to fill gaps in the market, and creating a community of engaged members through webinars, live Q&As, and social hangouts, the company demonstrated strong customer retention and sustainable growth.

Visible achieved $10M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), demonstrating 10x growth over two years driven purely through organic product adoption. Visible is a health platform and wearable technology designed specifically for people living with energy-limiting chronic illnesses—such as Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, Fibromyalgia, and EDS. Unlike traditional fitness trackers (like Apple Watch or Fitbit) that encourage high activity and workouts, Visible is built around pacing and energy management.

Venice has reached $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by building an AI platform focused on privacy-conscious users. The company's core offering revolves around providing private AI that avoids data harvesting, fostering trust and encouraging users to share confidential and personal queries. Built on the premise that privacy is the product rather than a limitation, Venice has successfully gained traction in its market, demonstrating that there is strong demand for secure, private AI experiences.

Blacksmith, founded in 2024, has achieved an annualized revenue run rate (ARR) of $10 million with just 10 employees and has since grown its workforce to 30 while achieving 'tens of millions of dollars' in ARR. Over the past year, the company has scaled from 700 to 5,000 customers, including notable clients like Mercury, Supabase, Clerk, Ashby, and Expensify. The startup recently raised $45 million in a Series B round led by Peak XV Partners, valuing Blacksmith at $550 million, up from a $60 million valuation less than a year prior. Blacksmith is competing by speeding up code testing and offering affordability, addressing the growing demand for validating rapid AI-generated code and expanding its platform with products like Codesmith, an AI coding agent for automated code fixes.

Fomofly AI reached $100k ARR within just 4 months without any external VC funding. The company attributed its growth to owning a single distribution channel, developing AI-driven short-form content for platforms like Threads, and targeting enterprise B2B clients. Through organic, scalable processes, they produce 70+ pieces of text content daily and average 1M monthly views. The unexpected adoption by enterprise-level users with over 1,000 employees became a significant driver of their ARR. Their deep industry expertise in AI and content creation also provided a competitive edge, opening up opportunities with major TV broadcast giants.

Stripe has finalized the acquisition of OpenRouter, an AI gateway startup, in a deal valued at over $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. OpenRouter, often likened to being the 'Stripe for AI,' provides customers with a single access point to optimize tasks across 400+ AI models without vendor lock-in. Backed by major investors such as Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and Google’s CapitalG, OpenRouter previously raised $113 million in a Series B at a $1.3 billion valuation. The platform boasts 8 million global users, making it a significant player in AI model orchestration and positioning Stripe as a powerhouse in AI infrastructure.

Anthropic has achieved an annualized revenue run rate (ARR) of $65 billion as of July, rapidly accelerating from $47 billion in May and $9 billion at the end of 2022, demonstrating a remarkable growth trajectory. Investors expect the company to sustain this pace, projecting annual revenues to reach $100-$120 billion by 2026. Anthropic's growth is capturing significant investor attention, surpassing even rival OpenAI's revenue growth trajectory, as it nears a potential IPO with a projected valuation exceeding $2 trillion. The company was last valued at $965 billion in May following a $65 billion funding round. Anthropic’s groundbreaking AI technology and strong market reception are key drivers of this growth.