{"id":312643,"date":"2025-05-07T07:10:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/?p=312643"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T23:17:03","slug":"5-interesting-learnings-from-twilio-at-4-7-billion-in-arr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/5-interesting-learnings-from-twilio-at-4-7-billion-in-arr\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Interesting Learnings from Twilio at $4.7 Billion in ARR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312649 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil.webp?resize=980%2C551&#038;quality=65&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil-480x270.webp 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 980px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 980px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 980\/551;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312649\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil.webp?resize=980%2C551&#038;quality=65&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil.webp 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/twil-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 980px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>So Twilio continues its slow but significant re-acceleration from the lows of 18-24 month ago.\u00a0 Growth is back to double digits, NRR is up, and free cash flow is strong.\u00a0 And its bets on AI seem to be paying off.\u00a0 Voice agents are a large growth vector.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/twilio-nyse-twlo-surprises-q1-202713649.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHdOuKq4WTqFJrtBppJXpIZDhnTZPyOcVG1XTX3KqoxKa5DvpUioRT3eSa4WQjKOraFhrlnX4fT19zVW_NlXoLjbzhdjs_klhI4PLPFtavH_5w0-BloCOuOyS16el-5h3F1Kq2EjnBGesG3nz4EvDorgFJrVSML77-JQkap_bR6Q\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312648 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C243&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"243\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C146&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C187&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C373&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C263&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C238&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C117&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/243;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C243&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C146&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C187&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C373&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C263&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C238&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.03.41%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C117&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is it a <em>better<\/em> Twilio though?\u00a0 It&#8217;s a leaner, meaner Twilio, focused again on its core, with more AI but less headcount than before.\u00a0 The future will show us if a tighter focus is the long term winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twilio slowly re-accelerating:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; $4.8B ARR<br \/>&#8211; 12% YoY Growth, up from 7% last year<br \/>&#8211; 6% New Customer Growth, up to 335,000<br \/>&#8211; 107% NRR, up from 102% last year<br \/>&#8211; But Segment only growing 1%<br \/>&#8211; $700m+ Free Cash Flow annual run rate <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AkaFqsCFyU\">pic.twitter.com\/AkaFqsCFyU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason \u2728\ud83d\udc7eSaaStr 2025 is May 13-15\u2728 Lemkin (@jasonlk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonlk\/status\/1918075050009477450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h3>5 Interesting Learnings:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">1. Growth Has Reaccelerated, Though Still Far Below Its 2021 Peak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">12 months ago, Twilio was growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. Today, that growth has slowed to 12% year-over-year, with Communications revenue growing 13% and Segment revenue nearly flat at 1%.\u00a0 That&#8217;s impressive re-acceleration, although <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/5-interesting-learnings-about-twilio-at-2-billion-in-arr\/\">far below its 53% (!) growth at $2B ARR<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.twilio.com\/static-files\/8101b4f6-7d6b-471a-93e2-8485c78b67f7\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312644 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C803&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"803\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C482&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1346%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1346w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C616&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C867&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C787&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C385&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/803;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C803&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C482&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1346%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1346w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C616&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C867&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C787&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.09%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C385&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">2. Profitability Continues to Improve<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio is continuing its slow and steady growth in non-GAAP margins, and is also now GAAP profitable for the first time.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.twilio.com\/static-files\/8101b4f6-7d6b-471a-93e2-8485c78b67f7\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312646 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C546&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"546\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C328&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1920%2C1049&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C420&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C839&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1119&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C590&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C535&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C262&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/546;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312646\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C546&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C328&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1920%2C1049&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C420&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C839&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1119&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C590&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C535&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.59.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C262&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">3. NRR Up To 107% From 102%, But Still Way Down From Peak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">12 months ago, Twilio\u2019s overall DBNER was around 102%.\u00a0 Today, DBNER is up to 107%, with Communications at 108% and Segment dropping to 94%.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">But at $2 Billion ARR, in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/5-interesting-learnings-about-twilio-at-2-billion-in-arr\/\">Go Go Days of SaaS, Twilio&#8217;s NRR was a stunning 140% (!)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.twilio.com\/static-files\/8101b4f6-7d6b-471a-93e2-8485c78b67f7\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312645 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C625&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C375&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1727%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C960&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=400%2C250&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C675&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C613&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C300&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/625;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C625&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C375&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1727%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C480&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C960&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=400%2C250&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C675&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C613&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-3.57.39%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C300&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">2018-2021 was so, so different:<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/5-interesting-learnings-about-twilio-at-2-billion-in-arr\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312653 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1.png?resize=980%2C525&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"525\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1.png 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1-480x257.png 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 980px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 980px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 980\/525;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1.png?resize=980%2C525&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1.png 980w, https:\/\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-21-at-8.39.47-AM-980x525-1-480x257.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 980px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">4. Segment Is Struggling Even More<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">A year ago, Segment was growing at 5% year-over-year with a DBNER of 100%. Today, growth has slowed to just 1%, and DBNER has dropped to 94%. Segment\u2019s negative operating margin (-2%) also highlights its ongoing struggles.\u00a0 Twilio made a big M&amp;A bet buying everyone from Sendgrid to Segment and many other deals.\u00a0 For the most part &#8230; they haven&#8217;t worked out.\u00a0 And Twilio has returned to its core phone, SMS, and messaging roots.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investors.twilio.com\/static-files\/8101b4f6-7d6b-471a-93e2-8485c78b67f7\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312647 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C569&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"569\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C341&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1899%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1899w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C437&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C874&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1165&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C614&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C558&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C273&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/569;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C569&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C341&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1899%2C1080&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1899w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C437&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C874&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1165&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C614&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C558&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.01.24%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C273&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">5. International Revenue Remains Flat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio continues to generate about a third of its revenue from international markets, the same as 12 months ago. While this is impressive for a communications company, it shows that Twilio hasn\u2019t made significant progress in expanding its global footprint.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">6. Headcount Efficiency Has Improved<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Over the past 12 months, Twilio has reduced headcount by 10%, following a 25% reduction the year before. Despite these cuts, revenue has continued to grow, demonstrating improved efficiency.<\/p>\n<h3 data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">And a few other interesting learnings:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">7. ACV Growth Is Growing Modestly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio\u2019s average customer value (ACV) has grown to $12,000, up from $11,000 a year ago.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">8. Big Customer Wins Highlight Enterprise Push<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio continues to land large enterprise deals, including an eight-figure deal with an identity and access management company and a seven-figure deal with a last-mile delivery platform. These wins show the potential of Twilio\u2019s enterprise sales motion.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">9. AI is Becoming a Core Growth Driver, Customers Looking to Automate 30% of Inbound Calls With AI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio is doubling down on AI, launching new products like Conversation Relay and generative custom operators. These tools are designed to help customers build AI-driven voice agents and automate complex tasks like call scoring and compliance monitoring. Notably, Twilio\u2019s partnership with Eleven Labs brings over 1,000 AI-generated voices across 40 languages, enhancing its voice capabilities.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/transcripts\/earnings-call-transcript-twilio-beats-q1-2025-earnings-estimates-stock-surges-93CH-4018541\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312655 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C312&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"312\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C187&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C239&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C479&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C337&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C306&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C150&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/312;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C312&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C187&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C239&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C479&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C337&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C306&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.12.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C150&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-2 text-lg font-medium\" data-sentry-component=\"Heading3\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><strong class=\"font-semibold\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Bold\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">10.\u00a0 85% of Its Inbound Leads Handled By AI (!)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio\u2019s investments in AI-powered self-service tools are paying off. In Q1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/transcripts\/earnings-call-transcript-twilio-beats-q1-2025-earnings-estimates-stock-surges-93CH-4018541\">85% of inbound leads were handled by AI<\/a>, and customers who engaged with Twilio\u2019s AI assistant were 3x more likely to upgrade from a free trial to a paid account. This efficiency is driving growth in the self-service channel, particularly among AI startups.<\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/transcripts\/earnings-call-transcript-twilio-beats-q1-2025-earnings-estimates-stock-surges-93CH-4018541\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312656 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C248&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"248\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C149&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C191&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C381&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C268&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C243&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C119&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/248;\" \/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1000%2C248&#038;quality=70&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?w=1000&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=600%2C149&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=768%2C191&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C381&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=1080%2C268&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=980%2C243&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saastr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-01-at-4.14.48%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.png?resize=480%2C119&amp;quality=70&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">Twilio&#8217;s all-in on AI.\u00a0 Really, it has to be, because AI is already remaking the contact center and big parts of voice communications already.\u00a0 Those are some of the segments getting the biggest early big benefits from AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 last:mb-0\" data-sentry-element=\"Tag\" data-sentry-component=\"Paragraph\" data-sentry-source-file=\"message-components.tsx\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Twilio continues its slow but significant re-acceleration from the lows of 18-24 month ago.\u00a0 Growth is back to double digits, NRR is up, and free cash flow is strong.\u00a0 And its bets on AI seem to be paying off.\u00a0 Voice agents are a large growth vector. 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