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Most SaaS Apps Are Just Getting Starting With AI. 2025 Will Be Radically Different.

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So I caught up the other day with the CTO of a leading SaaS company with tens of thousands of customers, growing quickly. AI is all over their homepage and website and comms. I asked him about a particular use case for AI, and his answer shocked me a bit: Honestly, our AI is basically still in beta.

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From 0 to $10m ARR, At What Point Do We Start Hiring and Whom?

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Dear SaaStr: From 0 to $10m ARR, At What Point Do We Start Hiring and Whom? From 0 t o $ 10M ARR, the hiring roadmap is critical because every hire has a disproportionate impact on your trajectory. But one small rule: once you even have 2 big customers, hire someone full-time to make them successful.

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

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The Great Spending Showdown: AI vs SaaS in 2025/2026 — What Every B2B Leader Needs to Know We’re witnessing the most dramatic shift in enterprise tech spending since the cloud migration began 15 years ago. The numbers are staggering: AI spending is set to hit $644 billion in 2025, growing at a mind-bending 76.4% year-over-year.

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Just How Long Does The Average CMO and CRO Last? The Data From 14,000 Execs

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Every year, we work with 150+ top sponsors and partners for SaaStr AI Summit + Europe, mostly marketing leaders. year average tenure) and CTOs (3.7 A CTO can point to technical debt reduction or infrastructure improvements. Their scoreboard is updated in real-time. Hire for quick ramp time.

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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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June 30, 2025: The date where if your team hasn’t rolled out a truly great AI into production yet … and seen a boost from it … It’s time to reboot the team. ✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) June 21, 2025 It’s time. It’s time to call it. June 30, 2025 marks the time we need to wrap up the era of stalling, of waiting to see in AI.

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The Top 10 Reasons to Attend 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!!

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Unparalleled Networking Opportunities SaaStr Annual brings together thousands of SaaS, Cloud and AI executives, founders, VCs, and industry leaders under one roof across our 40+ acre campus, May 13-15 in SF Bay! Investor Connections and Funding Opportunities — And $5m AI VC Pitch Stage!! And the VCs that want to fund them!