Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. If we rewind back the clock to the start of 2022 the big debate was rates. .” This brings me back to AWS / Azure downgrades.

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How To Buy Saas

JUNE 18, 2025

This fuels a robust ecosystem of AI chips (Nvidia, AMD), cloud AI services (AWS Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Cloud AI), and SaaS integration (Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adobe Firefly). AWS Trainium2 & Ultracluster supercomputer details unveiled; embeds 64 Trainium chips, used by Anthropic + Apple trials.

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 31, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. And people thought that trend would continue in to Q1. Best practices around procurement, vendor evaluation and software spend management have become embedded in large organizations coming out of 2022 / 2023. Follow along to stay up to date!

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The SaaS industry is growing fast, but if you want to be one of the companies contributing to that trend, you'll need to know the secrets of successful SaaS businesses. billion by 2022. 28% of IT spending will shift to the cloud by 2022. SaaS trends that are on the rise. SaaS revenue is expected to reach $143.7

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rise of foundation models and generative AI only furthers this trend. Typical data lake storage solutions include AWS S3, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Google Cloud Storage (GCS) or Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). A key benefit of foundation models is their ability to add reason and logic on top of unstructured data.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 23, 2022

After a brilliant run up to 2022, SaaS valuations got hammered in the public markets lately. After a brilliant run up to 2022, SaaS valuations got hammered in the public markets lately. — Josh Kopelman (@joshk) May 18, 2022. Source: [link]. Some investors are even pulling out of term sheets altogether. Just sayin.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Slowly but surely, SaaS buyers will come back Brad van Leewen , COO and Co-founder of Cledara “Small SaaS buyers are now outpacing enterprise buyers in software spend for the first time since 2022. If the trend continues into 2024 as expected, it could foreshadow accelerating growth for SaaS companies.”

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2025

So Mary Meeker has been doing extremely well researched, deep analyses of internet trends since the earliest days the web took off. The Meta-Learning: Speed Is Everything Every one of these trends points to the same conclusion: This technology cycle is moving faster than anything in human history. 300+ pages. downloads in 10 weeks (3.4x

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

As SaaStr Europa 2022 drew to a close, attendees took one more opportunity to ask Jason questions about topics like how to navigate the current market, the future of work, playing in a crowded space, and hiring your first VP of Sales. I’m going to get the numbers wrong, I think Amazon has 10,000 open positions out in AWS.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Walrath: Yeah, so it was incredibly unfun at the time being on the wrong side of that trend. The way we were developing product in 2009 and 2010, which felt incredibly innovative, is we’re identifying these kind of sectoral trends. I would say after 2022 was a really tough year for revenue leaders.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Since Michael founded the firm in 2004, it has grown to over 30 offices worldwide, and they’ve worked with Intel, AWS, and Salesforce, among many other well-known brands. Pricing Strategies to Combat Stagflation 2022 Emerging SaaS Customer Markets How FastSpring Can Help FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies sell around the world.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

366: The buzz that accompanies digital transformation trends is infinite. Is AWS in the lead? Maybe the more interesting question is, what have you learned circa 2020 to 2022? This episode is an excerpt from a session at SaaStr Summit: Enterprise. You can see the full video here , and read the podcast transcript below.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 4, 2025

This guide breaks down the latest Amazon employee statistics , historical workforce trends, hiring strategies, and regional distribution. By the end, you’ll know how Amazons workforce compares to other global companies and what its employment trends reveal about the company’s future. million 2022 ~1.54

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How To Buy Saas

JUNE 3, 2025

The Rise of GPT Competitors Since ChatGPTs 2022 debut, many GPT competitors have emerged. Enterprise access and pricing: Claude is proprietary and offered via Anthropics API, as well as on cloud partners (AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI). APIs and open models are evolving weekly; platforms like Azure and AWS are adding new model options.

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