Efficiency is up, and on paper that reads like good news. 2025 delivered the largest single-year efficiency gain in five years. But look closer and the story turns: the gain was bought with cost cuts, not durable growth.

Ray Rike (Founder & CEO, Benchmarkit) brings the data and narrates the headline charts. Ben Murray (Founder, The SaaS CFO) gives the operator reaction from the finance seat. Albert Gozzi (Co-Founder & CEO, Aleph) closes on what benchmark-aware planning looks like in this environment. It's a live panel with open Q&A.

This is built for heads of finance, senior finance leaders, and CFOs at B2B SaaS and AI-native companies setting their 2026 budgets.

Join in on the discussion to learn:

• Why 2025 produced the biggest efficiency gain in five years, and why growth and retention paid the bill
• How the top quartile pulled away from the median on Rule of 40 (43% vs 15 to 25%)
• What the 4-point drop in gross revenue retention (88% to 84%) signals about durability
• How to read your own retention and CAC payback numbers against the latest benchmarks
• Why usage-based models are holding NRR at 108% while seat-based slips to 95 to 98%
• What the shift toward usage-based pricing means for how you model 2026 revenue
• How to pressure-test 2026 growth plans against unit economics before budgets lock

Plus, much more...