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AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution

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AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution Lessons from Arvind Nithrakashyap, Co-Founder and CTO of Rubrik, on scaling cyber resilience platforms, building multiple product curves, and implementing AI across both products and operations.

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M&A Is Back! Melio’s $2.5B Exit to Xero — In Just 7 Years!

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The Israeli R&D hub provided world-class technical depth (CTO Ilan Atias came from Apple-acquired PrimeSense), while the NYC headquarters ensured deep US market understanding and customer proximity. Most SaaS companies struggle with growth deceleration—Melio maintained momentum through revenue model innovation.

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

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Prey Reality The AI Funding Explosion That Should Terrify SaaS Leaders Let’s start with the brutal math that should keep every SaaS CEO awake at night: $100 billion in venture capital went to AI startups in 2024 — an 80% increase from 2023 SaaS companies raised only $4.7 billion (two $6B rounds in 2024 alone) Sierra (Bret Taylor): $4.5

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3 Ways I’ve Changed Venture Investing at SaaStr Fund

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– RevenueCat now powers 1/3d of all new mobile subscriptions world-wide – New Apps using RevenueCat doubled in last 6 months – Powering monetization for ChatGPT, Notion, VSCO, Runna, and pic.twitter.com/McFmCBZ0eE — Jason SaaStr.Ai Lemkin (@jasonlk) December 23, 2024 Even segments that used to be slow.

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What’s New at ZoomInfo with CEO Henry Schuck

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In the latest installment of SaaStr’s What’s New series – where we sit down with the leaders in SaaS and Cloud for the inside scoop on what’s top of mind and what’s new, SaaStr CEO and Jason Lemkin chats with the CEO of ZoomInfo , Henry Schuck. So, what’s new at ZoomInfo? ” And there can be some truth to that, right? .”

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June 30, 2025: The Date Where If Your Team Hasn’t Rolled Out Truly Great AI Into Production Yet… It’s Time to Reboot the Team

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By early 2024, every serious B2B company had access to the same foundational AI capabilities through APIs that cost pennies on the dollar. Workflow transformation that creates new value. Loom’s AI meeting summaries didn’t just transcribe—they created entirely new workflows around asynchronous collaboration.

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What SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Really Thinks About AI, Sales & Lead Gen In 2024

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For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. You’re not building a product or getting any new customers. Let’s jump right into the questions.

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