Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services.

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SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2019

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. You then started another voice company, which was acquired by Google in 2007. Jessica Lin: Yeah.

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 18, 2020

I once discovered an AI-powered content optimization product while reading an article. Since launching in 2007, UserTesting, a product that uses real human insight to bridge the gap between products and users, has helped thousands of companies deliver better customer experiences. And then I gave up.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2007. Affectiva is bringing Emotion AI to the digital world. offers an applied customer-centric AI enterprise software that helps businesses make customer interactions more natural and valuable. Founders: Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, Kevin Ryan. Based in: New York. Funding to date: $311M. Founded: 2011. RoadBotics.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft launched OneNote in 2003, and it became a part of its Microsoft Office suite in 2007. Making the most of technological advancements such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to take care of your tasks and organize your workflows. Currently, OneNote is offered as a bundle with Windows 10 and 11.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We’ve got social and images and timing and AI and ML and all of these things, but MailChimp stayed email only for a long time, didn’t it? Whether we start in 2007, 2009, 2001, it’s a slow roll to Act Two, right? MailChimp is like a marketing platform. Are we in the second phase of MailChimp or the third?

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2007. Affectiva is bringing Emotion AI to the digital world. offers an applied customer-centric AI enterprise software that helps businesses make customer interactions more natural and valuable. Founders: Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, Kevin Ryan. Based in: New York. Funding to date: $311M. Founded: 2011. RoadBotics.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s a pattern that can be seen across the 2007–09 recession, the recovery that followed, the slow-growth years of 2011–19, and even during the pandemic period of 2020–21. Automation and AI shape every aspect of Amazon’s way of doing business. New ways of working.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

DiscoverOrg, a best-in-class B2B contact database founded in 2007, acquired Zoominfo, another best-in-class B2B contact database which was founded in 2000, in early February. A few months ago we wrote about Zoominfo’s acquisition of Datanyze in an effort to strengthen its sales intelligence engine. This is a little different, though.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

At this stage, any person who still thinks so belongs to the club that described the original touchscreen-enabled iPhone (2007) as mere novelty on the path to irrelevance, citing the tight dominance of keypad-heavy market leaders during that period.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A distinguishing feature of SimpleTiger is its unique AI technology to develop processes that are data-driven. While they have capabilities in PPC, their primary strength lies in SEO. They have assisted numerous SaaS companies in expanding their organic visibility and increasing their MRR.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

He then founded Tellme Networks, sold that in 2007 for $900 million to Microsoft. Primarily I’m interested in companies that focus on SaaS , perhaps have some sort of AI angle to that. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for about 900 million. He then founded Upserve and sold that business to Vista Equity Partners.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

What we’ve built is this core AI machine learning engine that takes literally millions and millions of unique sources so that we can deliver 95% accuracy to our clients. I bootstrapped the company with my co-founder in 2007. Business information is constantly changing. But it’s interesting because you put it second here.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since its establishment in 2007, Babbel has grown its business manifold and now is a leader in the language travel market. E-bot7 is an AI-driven German SaaS company. Driven by conversational AI , E-bot7 helps businesses to automate their customer-facing conversation. Founder/CEO: Andrew Shaw, Peter Hagen, Sebastian Villarroel.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

About: Dataiku is an AI-based data science platform. About: Meero is an AI-based photo editing tool as well as a marketplace for photographers. About: Shift Technology is AI-based fraud detection and claims processing solution for the insurer. Founded in 2007, this SaaS Company is trusted among its users. TalentSoft.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

I’ve followed Jill Konrath since 2007, when I subscribed to her “Selling to Big Companies” blog. As exciting as AI is and the degree to which it helps you do your job, it’s a little unnerving. Are you concerned about the coming threat from artificial intelligence (AI) that will disrupt the sales profession? Agile Selling.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This AI-driven platform serves as an engine, generating more leads at affordable rates. Founded in: 2007. Founded in: 2007. Founded in: 2006. Founder (s): Noah Eisner, Dave Stephens. Drips is a SaaS platform that has revolutionized the way organizations approach interactive marketing. Founded in: 2013. Founder: Rob Walling.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 28, 2022

Binah AI is one of a kind SaaS-based startup founded in Israel. Its AI platform is both easy to use and accessible. Founded in: 2007. Wix ADI – the AI-driven website building tool – gives Wix a competitive edge because of its ease of use and availability of many templates. Founded in: 2019. Founded in: 2006.

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