Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“For some companies, [AI is] going to be standard issue like a PC.” Calendar Quarter Azure OpenAI Orgs, k CoPilot Users, m Power Platform Orgs, k 1/1/24 53 1.3 Microsoft’s document database, Cosmos, grew 42% annually, driven by AI. ” The data point suggests AI workloads could be a massive boon for Mongo.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2023

There are 4 questions a startup should ask themselves about building a startup that uses generative AI. The narrative is : AI is a massive platform change that Goldman Sachs projects will increase GDP 300x more than the PC. There are 4 questions startups should ask themselves about building with generative AI. The video is here.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 23, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early weaknesses in the software market. The transcript highlights the major trends in software of 2023. We saw moderated consumption growth in Azure and lower-than-expected growth [elsewhere]. Massive software vendors are indexes of buyer behavior.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 25, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next. The desire for AI is broad. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings.

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SaaStr

MAY 30, 2024

With a PLG-heavy background, first working at Microsoft Azure and again with Atlassian, the PLG pioneers, he gives insights into leveraging PLG for the growth of your organization. Let’s start with a sales-led motion, which is traditionally how B2B software has been sold. Atlassian, Microsoft Azure, and Zoom are good examples of that.

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 31, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Software Sentiment Software sentiment is incredibly low at the moment - and rightfully so. Nearly 70% of software companies who reported Q1 with an April quarter end guided Q2 below consensus!

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 11, 2024

Is Software Rebounding? Who are the real AI winners. It looks at the YoY dollar change in quarterly revenue from the hyperscalers (just looking at Azure / AWS because the data goes back further) going back a few years. Some software companies also have seasonality in the “payback.” ” Lots of questions!

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. But it may also suggest that many resellers with large sales teams looking to sustain their transactional businesses are able to drive additional software bookings. Yesterday, Cloudflare announced earnings.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Enterprise software businesses strive for 90-95% gross retention (generally the percent of revenue that sticks with you vs churns altogether), with net expansion in the 120%+ range (the aggregate change in expansion - contraction - churned revenue).

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. You can see some quotes from Azure / AWS in my Q2 recap , and pasted below. I believe one of the bigger reasons software has held up despite the run up in the 10Y to 5% is the expectation for re-acceleration (ie numbers / forecasts going up).

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 10, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Q1 Software Earnings Are… Not Good We’re about halfway through Q1 earnings season, and it’s not been pretty. So far - you’re either tied to AI tailwinds, or it’s rough out there.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Snowflake announced earnings yesterday, echoing the strength within software companies more broadly & underscoring the shift in enterprise buyer behavior to normal after three quarters of extensive cost cuts. " As with many other companies reporting strength in the market, AI & unstructured data workloads are fueling growth.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 25, 2021

Everyone has questions when it comes to choosing data analysis software. Luckily, data analysis software can seriously simplify data analysis—provided you choose the right one. How to Choose the Best Data Analysis Software for You. Data analysis software isn’t a cheap investment, so use caution when making a selection.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. ” Microsoft on Azure : “And I think last quarter, we said one, we are going to continue to have these cycles where people will build new workloads. Sometimes new workloads are AI related. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

Generative AI took the consumer landscape by storm in 2023, reaching over a billion dollars of consumer spend 1 in record time. Over the past couple months, we’ve spoken with dozens of Fortune 500 and top enterprise leaders , 2 and surveyed 70 more, to understand how they’re using, buying, and budgeting for generative AI.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Back then the median software NTM rev multiple was ~6x. Then there’s software specific data points. Then there’s the broader software universe. Follow along to stay up to date! Today it’s ~5x.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscaler Preview Next week Amazon, Microsoft and Google report earnings and we’ll see Q3 data for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Follow along to stay up to date! Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. When I think about the monetization of AI (and which “layers” monetize first) I’ve always thought it would follow the below order, with each layer lagging the one that comes before it. 2024 will be the year of AI applications!

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 29, 2025

Microsoft announced earnings yesterday & the data painted a brilliant picture for the future of AI. The AI subset is on a $13b run rate, more than double last year. Azure other cloud services revenue grew 31%. 300b of RPO is basically the next 2 years of Azure revenue already committed. .

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 28, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. AWS (Amazon), Azure (Microsoft), and Google Cloud (Google) all reported this week. Azure reported on Tuesday and gave us that glimmer of hope. Azure came in at 31% (constant currency). They then guided to 26-27% Azure growth in Q2.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Foundation Models Are to AI what S3 was to the Public Cloud Many people look at 2006 as the birth of the public cloud - the year Amazon launched AWS. Follow along to stay up to date! Why am I mentioning all this?

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In comparing the two most recent Microsoft earnings calls, Claude highlighted: faster than expected Azure growth (29% vs 27%) AI contributing 8% of Azure revenue up from 7% higher CapEx spending & greater capacity constraints for data centers much better commercial bookings growth : 17% vs 13% Excellent analysis.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a cutting-edge approach in AI that combines large language models (LLMs) with real-time information retrieval to produce more accurate and context-aware outputs. Industry leaders have quickly embraced RAG as a way to build more intelligent AI applications. and real SaaS examples using RAG.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 9, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Let’s take a look back at the 6 main consumption players in software and how they preformed. ” They’re also seeing some real strength in AI Services. They guided to 26-27% growth in Azure in Q2 (with 1% coming from AI).

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Ray Smith is the VP of AI Agents at Microsoft. Ray breaks down why the rise of AI agents is a tectonic shift, how businesses are already seeing ROI, and what it means for SaaS, team structure, and go-to-market strategies.

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User Pilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. Fear not though, as our product management software guide will give you insights into some of the best-in-class applications that will boost your team performance and help you build successful products!

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 28, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. AI = Data + Compute I’ll continue beating this drum, but we got two great quotes from Azure and AWS this week. ” Then at AWS Summit they called out “Your data is your differentiator when it comes to Generative AI.”

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 11, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. This is all important because on a relative basis, high growth software is expensive. So on a growth adjusted basis, high growth software is expensive. And everyone hoping for AI acceleration will need to wait.

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User Pilot

JULY 17, 2023

Searching for the best software for customer feedback to truly understand your customer sentiment ? Software for customer feedback has become essential for SaaS businesses that have customers in their hearts. UserVoice stands out as software for customer feedback with its collaboration and segmentation features.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 7, 2024

As more workloads and data move to the cloud and generative AI takes over the enterprise , cybersecurity is more critical today than ever. Some of the greatest software platforms in history have risen to the occasion in their respective markets to protect the enterprise against these evolving threats.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. We have companies like BuzzFeed and C3 making loose announcements about how they will incorporate generative AI into their business, sending their stocks up 50-100%+. Then we had the Fed meeting this week creating a huge move in the software market.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

Modern ATS software automates tedious tasks like job posting, resume screening, and interview scheduling, freeing HR teams to focus on engaging with candidates. Importantly, ATS platforms have evolved with AI-driven features , diversity and bias reduction tools , and deep analytics to meet todays hiring challenges.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Software buying has evolved. Long gone are the days of executives choosing software for their employees based on IT compatibility or KPIs. Employees now find their preferred software products and start using them, usually for free. The usage-based customer journey often looks different from traditional software.

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User Pilot

MAY 30, 2023

Decide on critical CDP software features Now, it’s time to think about priorities. Lytics A CDP built for customer-centric experiences, Lytics is the first CDP with native AI built-in. Customer relationship management software – HubSpot A CRM is an all-in-one tool to manage relationships with your customers end to end.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2021

Companies receiving large investments in early stages are typically going into hyper-growth mode and focusing on taking their business to the next level, including growing their employee base, hiring new leadership, buying new software and tools, and expanding into new markets. Transmit Security. Number of Employees: 251–500. Orca Security.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rise of foundation models and generative AI only furthers this trend. But this isn’t another post about AI, it’s about the future of data infrastructure. As Frank Slootman (Snowflake CEO) said, “Enterprises are also realizing that they cannot have an AI strategy without a data strategy to base it on.”

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