# Default alive

> Default alive — Whether, with expenses held where they are and revenue growing at its recent rate, a company reaches profitability on the cash it already has. If not, it is default dead and its runway ends in a raise.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/default-alive
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, reviewed by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is default alive?** In accounting, default alive means whether, with expenses held where they are and revenue growing at its recent rate, a company reaches profitability on the cash it already has. If not, it is default dead and its runway ends in a raise.

## Words this system refuses for it

- profitable
- runway

- **Category:** Equity & financing
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** revenue, runway