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SAAS NEWS FLASH - December 29, 2025

Perplexity-backed AI platform raises $500M in a blockbuster growth round as enterprise SaaS M&A and AI pricing debates heat up[1][5].

•Perplexity (generative AI search) closed a $500M growth round to accelerate enterprise search integrations and datacenter expansion[1][5].
•Major enterprise deal: a large unnamed F500 retailer signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar subscription and deployment agreement with a customer-experience SaaS vendor to deploy AI agents across stores and contact centers[3][5].
•Pricing & packaging shift: several enterprise SaaS providers signaled new usage-based and outcome-based pricing pilots for AI features, reflecting renewed investor focus on unit economics and retention[4][5].

Flash Insight: The combination of mega-round funding for AI-native SaaS vendors and leading customers buying enterprise AI deployments indicates a shift from experimentation to large-scale production usage; expect more consolidation and fast-evolving pricing models as vendors race to show profitable, scalable AI monetization while buyers demand measurable ROI[1][3][4][5].

Sources
[1] SoftwareSuggest — "SaaS Companies that Got Funded in 2025" — https://www.softwaresuggest.com/blog/saas-companies-got-funded/
[3] OMNIUS — "Leading US SaaS Startups to Watch in 2025" — https://www.omnius.so/blog/leading-us-saas-startups
[4] OpenVC — "List of SaaS Investors & VC Firms for Startups (2025)" — https://www.openvc.app/investor-lists/saas-investors
[5] Crunchbase News — "SaaS News" and recent funding/deal coverage — https://news.crunchbase.com/sections/saas/

📊 SaaS METRICS SNAPSHOT - December 29, 2025

Overall snapshot: The SaaS market in 2025 remains large and growing with mixed signals—broad market valuations in the hundreds of billions, increasing adoption of usage‑based and hybrid pricing, improving retention vs. 2021–2022 peaks, and continued investor focus on efficiency metrics (CAC, Burn Multiple, Rule of 40). This summary pulls the most recent public industry benchmarks and thematic reporting available as of today[3][1][5].

Market Performance
•Latest SaaS stock performance and valuation multiples: Public SaaS multiples rebounded vs. the 2022 trough but are heterogeneous by category; market commentary for 2025 emphasizes both growth and profitability metrics such as Rule of 40 and Burn Multiple as valuation drivers[1].
•Recent funding round sizes and trends: Funding activity in 2025 prioritized companies showing unit‑economics improvement and AI differentiation; venture rounds tended to be selective and focused on scale‑stage companies (reports emphasize efficiency over indiscriminate growth)[1].
•ARR growth rates trending in the market: Practitioners and experts list Growth Rate / ARR growth as the single most important metric in 2025, with companies that sustain strong ARR growth while showing efficient CAC/RAC commanding premium investor interest[1].

Key Industry Numbers
•Average SaaS pricing model trends (per seat vs usage‑based): Usage‑based and hybrid (base + consumption) models continued to grow in adoption in 2025, with studies reporting usage/consumption models delivering higher expansion (e.g., usage‑based showing approximately +47% expansion annually vs. hybrids ~+32% in one benchmark dataset)[5].
•Customer acquisition cost (CAC) benchmarks by segment: Industry guidance in 2025 centers CAC expectations by stage and segment rather than single global numbers; experts emphasize RAC (Revenue Acquisition Cost) for enterprise peers—one cited RAC for a top cloud cohort ran ~2.86 (Q1 2025 reference) and signals pressure to lower acquisition cost per revenue dollar[1].
•Churn rate industry averages: Aggregate benchmarks show monthly churn substantially improved from 2021 highs; sector reports list example medians such as monthly churn around ~2–3.5% depending on segment, with enterprise cohorts near ~1.8–2.1% monthly and SMB/growth stages higher (growth‑stage ~3.9% monthly in one vertical study)[5][4].

Today's Notable Metrics (announcements / research items dated around Dec 29, 2025)
•Any specific company metrics announced today: No single major public company metric release matching today’s date was captured in the cited industry summaries; market coverage on 2025 trends emphasizes thematic metric shifts rather than a single‑day earnings event in the available sources[1][3].
•New SaaS unicorn valuations or milestones: 2025 saw continued creation of unicorns focused on AI/automation and consumption models, but specific new unicorn valuations for today were not present in the consulted summaries; more granular, day‑of newsroom feeds would be required for live deal captures beyond these reports[3][1].
•Industry benchmark updates or research findings: Recent 2025 research highlights include global market sizing estimates ranging from ~$315B to ~$390B for 2025 and projections to the high hundreds of billions by 2030, plus median year‑over‑year price increases (~7.8%) driven by AI features and inflation in one dataset[3][4]. Another 2025 churn study provided verticalized churn benchmarks showing enterprise monthly churn ~1.8% and usage‑based pricing associated with stronger expansion rates[5].

Actionable takeaways for SaaS professionals
•Prioritize efficiency: Investors in 2025 reward companies showing strong

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