{
  "title": "AI business in the 2024 report",
  "report_year": 2024,
  "period": "Historical snapshot: October 2024. Dates and populations are specified per row.",
  "methodology": "Stripe’s analysis selects high-revenue companies and conditions the milestone comparison on reaching it. Ramp measures spending through its own platform. Neither dataset establishes market-wide adoption, profitability, or typical startup outcomes.",
  "source_deck": "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GmZmoWOa2O92BPrncRcTKa15xvQGhq7g4I4hJSNlC0M/edit",
  "web_edition_date": "2026-10-10",
  "rows": [
    {
      "measure": "AI companies reaching $30M+ annualized revenue",
      "value": "20 months on average",
      "definition": "Stripe analysis of its highest-revenue AI companies that reached the milestone.",
      "printed_slide": 133,
      "pdf_page": 134,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2024.pdf#page=134"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Comparable SaaS companies reaching $30M+",
      "value": "65 months on average",
      "definition": "Historical comparison group reported alongside the Stripe AI cohort.",
      "printed_slide": 133,
      "pdf_page": 134,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2024.pdf#page=134"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Stripe AI sample",
      "value": "100 highest-revenue AI companies",
      "definition": "Selection frame for the analysis, not a representative sample of all AI startups.",
      "printed_slide": 133,
      "pdf_page": 134,
      "source_url": "https://www.stateof.ai/State-of-AI-Report-2024.pdf#page=134"
    }
  ]
}