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> Manus is running $5000 credit for 2000 people.

How would this work though? They give out free "credits" and then claim usage of those as ARR? That would be outright fraudulent, no?

Who is paying for those "Manus Credits"?

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What’s “fraudulent” about lying in a marketing blog post? Private companies can, in most situations, say whatever they want about their business. They are almost certainly lying (as are most of these companies) by categorising any revenue as “recurring” but it wouldn’t be fraudulent to do that. Their investors are surely aware of the real financials and have no problem with this public posturing because it serves only to increase the value of their investment.

ARR drives startup valuations. For example people might argue if you have $100M ARR the startup is worth 10x, so $1B.

Now that’s a pretty good incentive to drive up ARR, no matter how.

Welcome to the world of creative accounting!

One-time projects? Count as ARR! 3 months contract with no extension? Count as ARR! You gave a discount of 50% for the first year? Make sure to count the full price as ARR!

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