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The AI GTM Stack That Built $1B+ in 24 Months

How companies are scaling to $100M+ ARR in under a year, and why "authenticity" won't save you

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Cursor: $0 → $500M+ ARR in 26 months.

Mercor: $0 → $100M ARR in 24 months, now at $450M run rate.

Lovable: $0 → $75M ARR in 7 months.

These timelines were impossible five years ago. They're wildly fast, and an order of a magnitude faster than the "blitzscaling" playbooks from 2015-2020.

Everyone's talking about the shift: "be authentic," "build community," "go where your users are." Cool. But authenticity doesn't scale to $500M ARR. Community doesn't compress 18 months to 7.

Here's what does: AI-powered distribution systems running 24/7 while you sleep.

The companies hitting these numbers aren't just building good products and hoping for viral moments. They're running sophisticated AI systems that listen, create, distribute, and optimize faster than any human team could.

This is the new GTM playbook. And it's not about vibes, it's about systems.

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