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    "id": "revenue-per-employee",
    "title": "Does AI raise revenue per employee?",
    "summary": "Statements tying AI to revenue, profit or output per person.",
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      "efficiency",
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      "id": "klarna-revenue-per-employee-reached-nearly-1-4-2026",
      "text": "Revenue per employee reached nearly $1.4 million, four times the 2022 level",
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        "title": "SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), furnished on Form 6-K",
        "type": "filing",
        "date": "2026-05-14",
        "publisher": "SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report), furnished on Form 6-K",
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          "unit": "usd",
          "period": "Q1 2026 (stated at release)",
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      "id": "klarna-average-annual-revenue-per-employee-period-end-2026",
      "text": "Our average annual revenue per employee at period end has increased from approximately $344,000 in 2022 to approximately $1,240,000 in the year ended December 31, 2025.",
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      "organization": "Klarna",
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        "title": "SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report)",
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        "date": "2026-02-26",
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        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2003292/000200329226000007/klar-20251231.htm"
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          "metric": "revenue-per-employee",
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          "period": "FY2022",
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    {
      "id": "klarna-revenue-per-employee-reached-1-24-million-2026",
      "text": "Revenue per employee reached $1.24 million, up 3.6 times since 2022 as headcount declined 49%",
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      "organization": "Klarna",
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      "work": {
        "title": "SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report)",
        "type": "filing",
        "date": "2026-02-19",
        "publisher": "SEC filing (the company's own regulatory report)",
        "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2003292/000200329226000002/klarnaq425earningspressr.htm"
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        {
          "metric": "revenue-per-employee",
          "value": 1240000,
          "unit": "usd",
          "period": "year ended 2025-12-31 (stated at Q4 2025 release)",
          "level": "n/a"
        },
        {
          "metric": "employees-change",
          "value": -0.49,
          "unit": "share",
          "period": "since 2022",
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          "level": "n/a"
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    {
      "id": "klarna-average-annual-revenue-per-employee-period-end-2025",
      "text": "Our average annual revenue per employee at period end has increased from approximately $344,000 in 2022 to approximately $972,000 in the last twelve months ended June 30, 2025.",
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          "definition": "average annual revenue per employee at period end",
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  "notice": [
    "Every passage is reproduced word for word from the cited source.",
    "Check the verification status: \"reported\" means not yet confirmed by an independent second reader.",
    "Organizations flagged aiVendor sell AI tooling and have a reason to publish flattering numbers.",
    "An empty result means the archive holds nothing on it, not that nobody has said anything."
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