Allbirds, a sustainable shoe company, is preparing an initial public offering (IPO). The company has lost money and expects it will continue to be unprofitable for the foreseeable future. The company has announced that it is preparing an initial public offering (IPO). The company has lost money and expects it will continue to be unprofitable for the foreseeable future.
Anthropic, a SaaS company founded as AI-first, vaulted from approximately $1 billion in annualized revenue in December 2024 to a staggering $3 billion by mid-2025. That’s a tripling of revenue in less than six months—growth patterns often reserved for the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, or the rare unicorn IPO. It’s unprecedented in enterprise SaaS.
Grammarly saw 99% year-over-year growth. Salesforce processed over 1 trillion AI predictions weekly. Between 2022 and 2024, ten major companies across SaaS, productivity, e-commerce, and creative tools executed strategic transformations that made AI central to their value propositions rather than peripheral features. These pivots collectively generated billions in new revenue . What distinguishes these success stories is their willingness to bet big on AI.
Alibaba’s cloud division, already up 48% year-over-year, is now turbocharged by AI-driven services. Triple-digit growth in AI products for six straight quarters? That’s insane momentum. And with a $53 billion AI/cloud investment over three years, Alibaba is doubling down on dominance.
The Apple partnership? A game-changer.
That one person could be so central to the future of A.I. — and perhaps humanity — is a symptom of the lack of meaningful oversight of the industry.
