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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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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) are always some of the first companies to report earnings during earnings season (coming up in 2 weeks), and there’s always a read through for consumption names (meaning people believe there’s a correlation).

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Clouded Judgement 8.11.23 - Datadog Consumption Trends

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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The good news is gross retention (ie churn) stayed constant. The broadly was a reversal from the trend in Q1. The hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) are seeing some uptick, but this is largely from selling compute (ie cloud GPUs).

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

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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. We now have results from the three hypersclaers (AWS / Azure / GCP). ” Full quote below: “We're seeing a few trends right now. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement 9.27.24 - The Foundation of Foundation Models

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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. 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). Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement 5.31.24 - Software Sentiment Crumbles

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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. And people thought that trend would continue in to Q1. The recurring nature of software companies (who can keep net retention above 100%, and ideally above 110%) really creates great businesses. Follow along to stay up to date!

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

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Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. Follow along to stay up to date!

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