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A Look Back at Q1 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings

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net retention and CAC payback). GCP data is a bit more noisy as they don’t disclose GCP itself, but rather Google Cloud which includes GSuite. Net Revenue Retention High net revenue retention is the fourth aspect of a successful quarter, and one of my favorite metrics to evaluate in private SaaS companies.

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Clouded Judgement 10.11.24 - Budget Flush

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For software companies, this phenomenon can be a tailwind, as it drives accelerated deal closures and increased sales velocity, sometimes with less price sensitivity from buyers looking to quickly deplete their budgets. As a result, software vendors often see an uptick in revenue and bookings during these periods. Cloudflare is up 17%.

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Clouded Judgement 9.27.24 - The Foundation of Foundation Models

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Microsoft launched Azure in 2010, and Google launched GCP to the public in 2011 (they launched a preview of Google App Engine in 2008, but made it publicly available in 2011). On top of that- we HAVE seen significant pricing pressure. S3 has dropped nearly 97% in price, while EC2 has fallen nearly 90%!

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Clouded Judgement 5.3.24 - Hyperscalers Report Q1 + Early Look at Software Reports

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We now have results from the three hypersclaers (AWS / Azure / GCP). Quarterly Reports Summary Top 10 EV / NTM Revenue Multiples Top 10 Weekly Share Price Movement Update on Multiples SaaS businesses are generally valued on a multiple of their revenue - in most cases the projected revenue for the next 12 months.

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Clouded Judgement 5.10.24 - Software Weakness Across the Board

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All 3 (AWS, Azure, GCP) saw positive reacceleration Quarterly Reports Summary Top 10 EV / NTM Revenue Multiples Top 10 Weekly Share Price Movement Update on Multiples SaaS businesses are generally valued on a multiple of their revenue - in most cases the projected revenue for the next 12 months.

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Clouded Judgement 5.31.24 - Software Sentiment Crumbles

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This can lead to an airpocket of valuation as companies transition to a different primary valuation metric Outside of the hypserscalers (Azure, AWS, GCP) who have uniquely benefited from AI revenue (mainly selling compute), everyone else has largely struggled. Coming in to Q1 there was broader optimism. Q4’s were generally good!

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Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 - OpenAI Updates + Datadog Gives the All-Clear?

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Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP as companies look for cloud GPUs who aren’t building out their own data centers) Infra (Data layer, orchestration, monitoring, ops, etc) Durable Applications We’ve clearly well underway of the first 3 layers monetizing. Model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc as companies start building out AI).

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