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Your next renewal increase is what pays for your customer's AI bill, and their procurement team has already worked that out. Software prices rose 12% to 16.4% through 2026 while general inflation sat near 2.7%. The average enterprise now spends $55.7M a year on software, up 8%, even though the number of apps in use slipped slightly, so every dollar of that growth came from price. 79% of IT leaders saw a price increase at renewal, and 78% got surprise AI or usage charges. Among 141 CIOs surveyed, 45% fund AI from existing software budgets and 54% are cutting vendor counts. Only about 28 cents of each new AI dollar is fresh budget.
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Only take advice from investors if it is a science question. Science decisions are ones that have a right answer. Great investors have answers for science questions because they sit on boards and invest in a lot of companies. They can just inform founders what will work and what won't work. Other areas, such as culture, mission, and strategy, should be the founder's domain and no one else's business.
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Compounded mastery, where founders possess deep domain expertise prior to starting their companies, is becoming essential as AI makes software development more accessible. This expertise, built over time through trust, networks, and recognition, cannot be replicated by AI or bought with capital. In a future dominated by AI content, only founders with established mastery and trust will thrive.
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