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20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.

MetricValueGeoPeriodTierSource
US software-sector venture capital deal value203.950013917794USD billions of US VC deal value in the Software sector, year-to-date through Q1 2026USQ1 2026T1nvca.org
US Information sector businesses using AI in any business function39.7% of Information-sector businesses (NAICS 51: software, publishing, telecom), as of survey wave ending 2026-05-03United States2026-05-03T1census.gov
Computer and mathematical occupations as a share of software-publisher employment45.59percentUS2023-05T1bls.gov
Annual mean wage of software developers in computer systems design and related services130390USD/yearUS2023-05T1bls.gov
Development tools and programming languages software revenue inside NAICS 51122100million dollars of employer-firm revenueUnited States2022 Service Annual SurveyT1www2.census.gov
US revenue from hosting and IT infrastructure provisioning services (product line within Computer Systems Design and Rel37820USD millionsUS2022T1www2.census.gov
All Employees, Computer Systems Design and Related Services (NAICS 541512)1866.3 -> 2374.6thousand personsUnited States2015-01 to 2026-06T1fred.stlouisfed.org
US Development tools and programming languages software industry revenue, employer firms, 2013 vs 20224347 (2013) to 2100 (2022)USD millionsUnited States2013-2022T1www2.census.gov
Software engineering leaders using or planning generative AI to control costs10-15% of total software engineering time savGlobal2024 Technology ReportT2gartner.com
AI share of Q1 megadeals and relationship to SaaS market value51.7percent of Q1 2026 megadeals involving AI companiesUSQ1 2026T2pitchbook.com
Free-to-paid conversion for free trials requiring a credit card, ChartMogul SaaS Conversion Report30percent free-to-paidglobal2026T2chartmogul.com
US seed-stage startups graduating to Series A within 12 months3percentUS2025 graduation cohortT2svb.com
Investors in Californian companies that are themselves based in California40percentUS-CA2025T2svb.com
Growth in prospective tenant tours of WeWork offices, San Francisco43percentUS-CA2025T2svb.com
Share of US VC investment going to the bottom 50% of companies by valuation7percentUS2025T2svb.com
US Series A rounds preceded by a seed extension round18percentUS2025T2svb.com
Trailing annual revenue at Series A raise, middle 50% of companies1.0–6.5USD millionUS2024-2025T2svb.com
Change in US VC investment value, 2024 to 202553percentUS2024-2025T2svb.com
Median cash runway of US VC-backed enterprise software companies14monthsUS2023T2svb.com
Change in share of investors participating in seed-stage deals, last five years21percentage pointsUS2020-2025T2svb.com

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