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The data tells a compelling story of acceleration. Before 2020, startups typically took around 16 months to reach $1 million in annual revenue. Today, that process has shrunk to just five months. Similarly, reaching $5 million in revenue—once a nearly four-year journey—is now happening in approximately 13 months. Such compression indicates a seismic collapse of traditional business growth timelines, driven mainly by AI's disruptive capabilities.