SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2025

Why 40% Cloud Adoption Marks the End of Easy Growth. And why the AI budget war is just getting started Top 5 Takeaways 1. The 40% Tipping Point : With 40% of workloads now in the cloud, SaaS has hit market maturity. The easy growth is over—companies like Zoom exemplify this with saturated markets and nowhere left to expand rapidly. 2. AI is Eating SaaS Budgets : Companies like Cursor are generating massive revenue by replacing traditional SaaS workflows entirely.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 12, 2025

The Seed Surge of 2021 will lead to a raft of acquihires. In 2021 the total number of US software & AI seeds jumped from 2900 to 4300 - a 49% jump. Seeds fell to about 3000 creating a seed tabletop. Series As moved in lockstep both on the way up and the way down - creating a squeeze. These data form part of a longer term trend of a greater number of seeds but a relatively fixed number of Series As.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2025

Dear SaaStr: How Does a Founder Mindset Change As You Go From Startup to Scaleup? The big changes I see: Moving (Over Time) From Hustler to Strategist. Though Stay a Hustler, Too 😉 In the early days, you’re in the trenches—selling, building, and doing whatever it takes to survive. But as you scale, you have to step back and focus on strategy. You move from being the doer to the leader, managing teams and making high-level decisions.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 13, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now You Own Your Data…Or Do you? Something I’ve written a fair bit about, and something I deeply believe, is this: you don’t have an AI strategy without a data strategy. But what if the data you think you have… you actually don’t?

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USIO

JUNE 12, 2025

Embedded payments are becoming the backbone of modern commerce, and no one explains it better than our CEO, Louis Hoch. In a recent episode of the PayPod podcast, Louis joined host Kevin Rosenquist to unpack what’s driving the evolution of payments – from invisible infrastructure to intelligent automation. Whether it’s a fintech startup, a government agency, or a national subscription platform, Louis emphasized one key idea: the future of payments is flexible, seamless, and built to adapt.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 15, 2025

Databricks seems to be closing the gap on Snowflake faster than expected. Last week Databricks shared some important updates on their business which allows us to compare the progress of the two companies. Quarterly revenue between the two company shows nearly identical slope, two parallel lines. Snowflake recently exceeded $1b in quarterly revenue mark while Databricks just touched $750m and is targeting $925m for the next quarter.

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Payrix

JUNE 10, 2025

What is white label merchant processing? White label merchant processing enables third parties like integrated software vendors (ISVs) or independent sales organizations (ISOs) to customize and sell the payment processing technology and services of a payments provider under their own brands. For a software company, integrating white label merchant processing can be a growth strategy that adds value to their platform and provides their subscribers with a more complete user experience that’s consi

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USIO

JUNE 10, 2025

Let’s dive into why escheatment is still a challenge in 2025—and how Usio makes the process smooth, compliant, and user-friendly. What Is Escheatment? Escheatment is the legal process where unclaimed property—like money, gift cards, or refunds—is turned over to the state when the rightful owner can’t be found after a set dormancy period. That window is typically 3–5 years in the U.S., depending on the account type.

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The Daily Egg

JUNE 12, 2025

Looking for the best alternative to OptinMonster? We recommend OptiMonk, Poptin, or Wisepops for most people. Thrive Leads and Privy are solid options for specific. The post The 5 Best OptinMonster Alternatives that We Recommend appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2025

I see it happening everywhere. Board meetings where someone inevitably asks, “Don’t we need a VP of AI?” I saw a term sheet the other day where a leading VC firm reserved $1m of the round … for hiring a “VP of AI” Leadership teams scrambling to post job descriptions for “Head of Artificial Intelligence.” Recruiters cold-calling anyone with “machine learning” on their LinkedIn.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 16, 2025

You satisfy your customers, but can you satisfy our curiosity? With Emily Bach, Customer Support Team Lead at Mangomint. Please tell us a little bit about your company and what you do there. I’m a Customer Support Team Lead at Mangomint – a SaaS company that supports businesses in the health and wellness industry. What word or phrase in customer service jargon should be retired?

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Sparktoro

JUNE 11, 2025

60% of marketers say their top goal for the next 12 months is “increasing traffic.” And 59% say their primary KPI is… also traffic. To all those folks, I say: you’re about to have a terrible, horrible, no-good year. The Internet is sending less traffic. Period.

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USIO

JUNE 13, 2025

Writing checks or relying on clunky bank wires isn’t just slowing your business down—it’s leaving money on the table. ACH payments offer a secure, scalable, and cost-effective alternative that gives businesses better control over their cash flow. But the question is, how does ACH work, why does it matter, and how can it transform the way you manage payments?

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Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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FastSpring

JUNE 13, 2025

On June 24th, FastSpring CMO David Vogelpohl will be presenting at Adobe Developers Live , a free two-day virtual conference for Adobe Express and Creative Cloud developers. The event is designed “from code to solution” so that developers of many experience levels can “extend the power of Adobe applications to create meaningful innovation and build successful businesses.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2025

So Circle is the latest tech IPO and it’s not really B2B or SaaS per se — it’s a fintech that issues and manages “stablecoins” Cypto that converts 1:1 to U.S. dollars. But there are still lessons to learn, and it’s great to see the IPO markets truly re-opened: $2.3 Billion Revenue Run Rate Growing a stunning 60% $16 Billion valuation, so about 8x revenue We're back to IPOs seeming normal again That's quietly a big deal And a good thing [link] —

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JUNE 11, 2025

Like many people I want to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI). This post is part of a series where I experiment with AI tools, share what I build and learn. My hope is that these posts will create discussion around this transformational technology, its use cases and maybe even help others on their journey of AI discovery. The focus of this experiment is to use AI tools to create a summer marketing campaign brief for Coca-Cola, and then respond to the brief with three creative ideas -

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Stax

JUNE 11, 2025

Finance executive brings 35+ years of financial expertise to spearhead Stax Payments’ next chapter of strategic expansion, building on the company’s solid foundation and customer-first approach. ORLANDO – June 11, 2025 – Stax Payments , Inc. a leading payment technology provider, has appointed Kevin Wall as Chief Financial Officer. Wall’s impressive track record includes over 15 years of successfully leading finance organizations at top payments companies while navigating complex financial

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Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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USIO

JUNE 11, 2025

“ Checks? In 2025? ” Yep—and here’s why industries like healthcare , insurance , government , utilities , manufacturing , non-profits , real estate , and legal still rely on paper checks: Easily Acceptance Built-In Audit Trail Branding & Messaging But it’s not enough to just print and mail—it’s about doing it flawlessly, day in and day out, at volumes of 10,000 checks per day (and far beyond).

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FastSpring

JUNE 12, 2025

FastSpring is heading to The Next Web (TNW) Conference 2025 — and we’re bringing clarity to complexity for SaaS companies and digital product creators everywhere. This June 19-20, Amsterdam transforms into the global epicenter of innovation as TNW Conference takes over the industrial-chic NDSM Wharf. Join 10,000+ founders, tech leaders, and growth experts for two days of groundbreaking insights, bold visions, and transformative connections.

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SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2025

Dear SaaStr: How Do I Hire a Great First 1-2 Sales Reps? Hiring your first AE (Account Executive) is a pivotal moment for your startup. It’s not just about finding someone who can sell—it’s about finding someone who can sell your product in the messy, unstructured environment of an early-stage company. "Never, ever hire a VP of Sales until you have 2 individual sales reps really closing.

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The Moz Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

It’s the dawn of a new era in the marketing industry. With LLMs becoming savvier and faster, more marketing teams are looking for ways to implement AI solutions to unlock creativity and untapped potential. Here are five AI-powered workflows that combine the Moz API and Relevance AI to take your marketing efforts to new heights.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 16, 2025

AI is quickly becoming the new interface of the internet, not just for finding information, but for getting things done. So what if you could also chat with your SaaS metrics? Today, we’re releasing an experimental ChartMogul MCP server that makes this possible. It lets you connect your ChartMogul account to AI tools that support … AI is quickly becoming the new interface of the internet, not just for finding information, but for getting things done.

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Predictable Revenue

JUNE 12, 2025

Jacob’s post caught fire on LinkedIn: customer love, sharp metrics, and momentum. It was clear that we had to bring him back on the podcast. The post You Don’t Need More Features, You Need Perspective with Jacob Bank appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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BetterCloud

JUNE 11, 2025

We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog discussing all the ways you can automate IT tasks with a SaaS management platform (SMP). We have also deep-dived into how automation can make IT a lot more efficient, as well as keep employees productive and improve your SaaS security posture. As SMPs have grown in functionality and extensibility, so too has the power of the automated workflows you can orchestrate.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2025

Dear SaaStr: How Do You Balance Optimism with Realism When Pitching VCs? Successful startups balance optimism with realism by presenting a compelling vision while grounding their projections in credible, data-backed assumptions. Bear in mind, most VCs — not all, but most — have pretty good B.S. detectors. They will cut you some slack, but if you start saying things that just don’t tie to the numbers or reality, they won’t fund you.

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The Moz Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Are you stuck doing repetitive SEO tasks manually? Learn how to automate workflows and build no-code AI tools to scale smarter—no coding skills needed.

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The SaaS CFO

JUNE 10, 2025

How do leading SaaS companies define ARR? Especially as AI and usage-based pricing models reshape recurring revenue in SaaS? In this post, I break down how Verint, a CX automation leader, defines both Subscription ARR and AI ARR, and how they model these metrics internally for cash flow, investor reporting, and product strategy. I did […] The post AI ARR vs.

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Blulogix

JUNE 10, 2025

By BluLogix Team Usage-based billing breaks down fast—when product, sales, and finance don’t speak the same language. We see it all the time: Product wants to price dynamically, by usage tier or consumption thresholds. Sales wants to quote that model—but their CPQ isn’t usage-aware. Finance wants to recognize revenue accurately—but the data pipeline is broken.

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