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  "meta": {
    "generated": "2026-10-16",
    "count": 60,
    "license": "CC BY 4.0 \u2014 attribute \"MRR Ledger\" with a link",
    "docs": "https://mrrledger.com/for-agents/",
    "tiers": {
      "venture": {
        "label": "Venture-backed",
        "note": "Has raised outside venture funding (e.g. Y Combinator or VC rounds). Says nothing about revenue size."
      },
      "indie": {
        "label": "Indie",
        "note": "Bootstrapped or founder-funded; no venture round on record. Says nothing about revenue size."
      },
      "experiment": {
        "label": "Experiment",
        "note": "Agent-run or research experiment rather than a conventional company."
      }
    },
    "tier_note": "Tier is about funding, not size: Venture-backed = raised outside venture money (even at under $1M annualized); Indie = bootstrapped or founder-funded; Experiment = agent-run or research project.",
    "source_sync_stale_note": "source_sync_stale_since (YYYY-MM-DD) = the source page says its live data connection (e.g. a TrustMRR Stripe key) stopped; value is the last synced figure, dated that day."
  },
  "data": {
    "generated": "2026-10-16",
    "business_count": 60,
    "ranked_count": 55,
    "chartable_count": 24,
    "lesson_count": 187,
    "category_counts": {
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      "customer-support": 8,
      "sales-gtm": 5,
      "legal": 5,
      "general-agents": 4,
      "automation-platforms": 4,
      "content-media": 5,
      "ecommerce": 5,
      "indie-solo": 13,
      "experiments": 4
    },
    "tier_counts": {
      "venture": 37,
      "indie": 19,
      "experiment": 4
    },
    "source_sync_stale_count": 2,
    "older_figure_count": 25,
    "median_annualized_usd": 10000000,
    "median_annualized_by_tier": {
      "venture": {
        "median_annualized_usd": 100000000,
        "n": 35
      },
      "indie": {
        "median_annualized_usd": 214044,
        "n": 19
      },
      "experiment": {
        "median_annualized_usd": 1843484,
        "n": 1
      }
    },
    "median_annualized_by_category": {
      "coding-agents": {
        "label": "Coding agents",
        "n": 7,
        "median_annualized_usd": 240000000
      },
      "customer-support": {
        "label": "Customer support",
        "n": 8,
        "median_annualized_usd": 100000000.0
      },
      "sales-gtm": {
        "label": "Sales & GTM",
        "n": 5,
        "median_annualized_usd": 5000000
      },
      "legal": {
        "label": "Legal",
        "n": 4,
        "median_annualized_usd": 110000000.0
      },
      "general-agents": {
        "label": "General agents",
        "n": 4,
        "median_annualized_usd": 275000000.0
      },
      "automation-platforms": {
        "label": "Automation platforms",
        "n": 3,
        "median_annualized_usd": 110000000
      },
      "content-media": {
        "label": "Content & media",
        "n": 5,
        "median_annualized_usd": 678396
      },
      "ecommerce": {
        "label": "E-commerce",
        "n": 5,
        "median_annualized_usd": 1000000
      },
      "indie-solo": {
        "label": "Indie & solo",
        "n": 13,
        "median_annualized_usd": 272712
      },
      "experiments": {
        "label": "Agent-run experiments",
        "n": 1,
        "median_annualized_usd": 1843484
      }
    },
    "acquired_count": 3,
    "acquired_slugs": [
      "cursor",
      "intercom-fin",
      "base44"
    ],
    "revenue_disclosed_count": 55,
    "revenue_undisclosed_count": 5,
    "agent_native_count": 48,
    "agent_added_count": 9,
    "median_annualized_indie_independent": {
      "n": 18,
      "median_annualized_usd": 200184.0
    },
    "median_note": "All-tier median is pulled up by venture ARR; use median_annualized_by_tier (indie = self-funded operators) for a fairer small-business benchmark. median_annualized_by_category uses the same ranked pool (n = ranked members per category). median_annualized_indie_independent drops indie businesses later acquired (ownership.status = acquired), the closer benchmark for a solo builder.",
    "verified_headline_count": 17,
    "verified_headline_share": 0.309,
    "verified_headline_by_processor": {
      "paddle": 1,
      "stripe": 15,
      "unnamed": 1
    },
    "median_annualized_verified": {
      "n": 17,
      "median_annualized_usd": 186324
    },
    "verified_note": "verified_headline_count = ranked businesses whose headline figure itself comes from a payment-connected source (headline_verification not null); share is of ranked_count. Filter with verified_only=true on /api/v1/search.json or MCP search_businesses/leaderboard.",
    "latest_changelog_date": "2026-10-16",
    "todays_feature": "project-vend",
    "mcp_tool_count": 13
  },
  "note": "Compact hub totals for humans and agents. MCP tool hub_stats returns data."
}