How leading AI companies build for rapid growth

Today's top AI companies are reaching revenue milestones over 25% faster than the SaaS companies that came before them and scaling to international markets from day one. Go behind the scenes with ElevenLabs, Runway and Leonardo AI to learn how they built the financial infrastructure to monetise market demand and drive global growth.

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Growth strategies

Scaling AI: First-hand lessons from industry-leading AI companies

Learn growth strategies directly from AI leaders, including how they:
  • Monetised new AI products by quickly testing flexible pricing options such as usage-based and hybrid models
  • Kept engineering teams focused on AI development instead of building complex billing infrastructure
  • Drove rapid global growth by cutting down on manual processes and minimising operational drag

Impact metrics

Results from AI leaders

Fast-growing AI companies rely on unified financial infrastructure to make billing easier, streamline operations and keep engineering teams focused on innovating.
  • ElevenLabs reached a $3 billion valuation, managing complex billing with just 1 engineer.
  • Leonardo AI scaled its billing infrastructure to support more than 18 million creators across 100+ countries.
  • Runway monetised immediately by integrating a billing system to handle its hybrid pricing model.
  • Hex processed more than 500 million usage-based billing events within months of rolling out a new self-serve pricing model.

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