Revenue Memo

Revenue Memo is a newsletter that unpacks how great companies make money. Trusted by thousands of curious minds at Microsoft, Google, a16z, and more.

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Mar 15, 2026

How Discord makes money: The $15B platform funded by its fans

A chat app that scaled to over 250 million users and roughly $1.2 billion in revenue — now with a maturing advertising business alongside its fan-funded model.

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Mar 15, 2026

How WhatsApp makes money: The ad-free app powering Meta’s next big bet

The world’s most popular messaging app barely makes money, yet it's quietly becoming one of Meta’s most strategic bets.

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Mar 7, 2026

How Anthropic makes money: Selling intelligence instead of ad inventory

Instead of monetizing attention, Anthropic is betting that businesses will pay for reliable reasoning, scalable automation, and AI that can do real work.

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Feb 15, 2026

How Reddit makes money: Turning 100,000 subreddits into a profit machine

What began as “the front page of the internet” is becoming infrastructure for advertisers and LLMs.

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Jan 25, 2026

How Nvidia makes money: The highest-margin shovell seller in tech history

What began as a graphics chip company now captures a disproportionate share of profits from the global AI build-out.

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Jan 3, 2026

How Netflix makes money: Burning the playbook to secure the endgame

A content empire is making its endgame moves by turning scale into profit through ads, price ladders, and stricter access.

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Dec 14, 2025

How Temu makes money: The economics of selling everything for almost nothing

By subsidizing prices, shipping, and demand at historic scale, Temu is trying to lock in behavior first and negotiate margins later.

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Nov 22, 2025

How Polymarket makes money: Burning cash today to mint a token economy tomorrow

The prediction exchange betting its future on a token that will turn global trading volume into a sustainable profit engine.

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Nov 3, 2025

How PayPal makes money: The fintech giant losing margin to keep its throne

Its take rate keeps falling, but PayPal’s scale and 438 million users still anchor global digital commerce.

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Oct 23, 2025

How SpaceX makes money: Selling internet on Earth to fund life on Mars

From launching rockets to selling internet, SpaceX has built a self-funding machine powering humanity’s next great leap.

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Oct 4, 2025

How Robinhood makes money: The zero-commission paradox that redefined investing

A fintech platform capturing billions by routing trades and pocketing interest on idle cash.

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Sep 1, 2025

How Palantir makes money: The shadow architect of AI and security

What began as counterterrorism software now drives growth across Wall Street, pharma, and defense.