Gokul Rajaram, founding partner of Marathon Management Partners, warns that evaluating AI startups primarily on revenue multiples (ARR multiples) is dangerously misleading when burn rates spiral out of control. The conventional wisdom that a startup achieving strong revenue growth deserves a high valuation multiplier breaks down dramatically when that growth is purchased through unsustainable spending rather than sustainable unit economics.
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