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Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies
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↗What Happened
TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.
Our Take
VCs are finally admitting: "AI wrapper with proprietary data" doesn't cut it anymore. Everyone's shipping that. So what's left? Vertical consolidation—owning the whole domain, not just slapping a chatbot on it.
They're also tired of 3-month sales cycles and 12-month CAC payback on $10k/mo contracts. If your TAM isn't measured in billions and your unit economics don't sing, you're not getting funded. This culls the middle.
What To Do
If you're pitching AI SaaS, lead with unit economics and 18mo+ gross margins, not your training data.
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