Tom Tunguz

APRIL 30, 2024

Aside from the overall growth of these clouds increasing, the massive investment in CapEx data centers, power plants, and GPUs is stunning. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Since user preferences are always evolving, you need to be agile and swiftly adapt to new user behavior trends. TL;DR User behavior trends are not the same as consumer behavior trends. Here are the top trends to watch out for. They analyze the behavioral changes and evolving trends in the preferences of online shoppers.

SaaS Payments 89

SaaS Payments Trends Payment Solutions Payment Methods 89

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 9, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Consumption Trends We’re now through earning season. Is there any incremental signal on consumption trends reversing? ” They’re also seeing some real strength in AI Services. Overall similar to Datadog.

Trends 130

Trends Cloud Azure AWS 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2023

G2 CEO Godard Abel deep dives into his original vision for G2, going multi-product, selling with multiple sales teams, demand gen spend, and why AI is the most important thing right now. Many investment banker pitches say that everyone is number one at something. AI is just a better interface than forms-based searching.

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User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2024

Generative AI has changed how tech companies do business. companies use AI in their operations and the number of jobs requiring AI has increased by 450% since 2013. In 2023, over 26% of investments in American startups were directed toward AI-related companies. How to implement AI to build better products.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

So, to understand future search trends, we must look at what’s shifted. Other than the increased use of voice search, we’re now seeing the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into search algorithms. Leveraging social media marketing with video will be one of the big-deal SEO trends for 2023.

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AI Search Trends Artificial Intelligence AI 144

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Couple takeaways for me: 2024 is shaping up to be the “prototype to production” year for AI. A strong data foundation is critical for an effective AI strategy! Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 293

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Can you run a social media account only using AI? We’ve even covered this before while addressing how the Buffer Content team uses AI in our creative process. We’ve even covered this before while addressing how the Buffer Content team uses AI in our creative process.

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AI Social Media ChatGPT Engagement 119

Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This shift presents a compelling opportunity for B2B enterprises to invest in tailor-made tools for their post-sales organizations and customer success (CS) teams. Analyzing extensive datasets to forecast trends. Predicting customer churn or potential customer issues to inform corrective steps to optimize the customer journey.

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Trends Customer Success Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 92

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. AI Investment Cycle Picking Up - Companies are (rightfully) investing in building out their capabilities around AI. But these investments aren’t cheap.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. What was arguably more impressive (and a better indicator of what’s to come for the rest of infrastructure software than overall Azure growth) was the Azure growth excluding AI Services (since Azure uniquely benefits from this).

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Azure Cloud Software AI 177

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 1, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Anything AI related has always been “hot,” but it has really hit a fever pitch in the last few months. Anything AI related has always been “hot,” but it has really hit a fever pitch in the last few months.

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Cloud AI Investment Metrics 311

Panintelligence

APRIL 3, 2024

Fueled by the need to stay competitive, there seems to be a rush to implement AI. For example, if you’re looking for enhanced Business Intelligence, you need to combine AI with human intuition. In a recent webinar with industry experts, we uncovered four key steps to successfully leveraging AI—which we'll dive into in this blog post.

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AI CTO Coach Scale Cybersecurity 59

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Below, we dive into the key trends from our research and reveal how support leaders can capitalize on the power of automation to tackle simple, repetitive tasks and resolve frequent queries. Many support leaders recognize the value of investing in automation to stem the surge of customer queries. .

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2024

Software companies don’t invest once in R&D & then sell copies of the software as we did in the 90s on CDs. And if AI fulfills anywhere close to its promise, we should expect that trend to continue. Because the research & development costs associated with software should be part of their cost of goods sold.

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Software Business Construction Government 239

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? For over two decades, Creandum has specialized in early-stage investing, Seed and Series A. Some of our most notable investments include Spotify, Klarna, Bolt, Neo4j, Pleo or Factorial.

Payments 209

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 209

SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2023

? Now that I have 5 investments at $200m+ ARR, and they are all basically cash-flow positive (which is necessary today), I’ve seen one clear trend in today’s new efficient world: Just about everyone at $200m ARR now has about 700 employees or so. 18-24 months ago, it was all over the place. This starts to get tough.

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Venture Capital Scaling AI Investment 282

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. And here is a passage from their earnings transcript talking about AI: Let's spend some time framing the dimensions of this new AI world. … And with regard to Gen AI, the momentum is outstanding. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 161

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. 2024 will be the year of AI applications!

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Cloud Artificial Intelligence AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 183

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. There are two forces in tension : overall cost reduction efforts by companies & the desire to invest in AI. The desire for AI is broad. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings.

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Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI Cloud 202

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. AWS was the the most positive sounding when it came to trends around optimizations. Azure also benefits significantly from their AI services. They called out 3% of growth this quarter was from Azure AI, which implies Azure AI is at a $1.5B

Cost optimization & reporting 152

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Azure AWS 152

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Revolutionizing Revenue: What is the Role of AI and Machine Learning in Agile Monetization? This blog post delves into how AI and ML are shaping the future of agile monetization, enhancing the way businesses approach billing, customer engagement, and revenue optimization.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI Search AI 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Share Alright, AI continues to be the biggest talking point of 2023 ( are we sick of talking about it yet? ) – with every SaaS company on the face of the earth looking to experiment with some kind of AI integration into their software; It’s become quite apparent that less is more in today’s world.

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AI Revenue Scale ChatGPT 79

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Are you hoping to identify MarTech trends that can help your campaigns be more effective and run more smoothly? In this blog, we unpack the six biggest MarTech trends looming over the marketing industry and how you can use them to your advantage. 6 MarTech Trends. Is MarTech a Good Investment for My Business?

Trends 131

Trends Scale Social Media Technology 131

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2024

Every investment dollar is harder to obtain, and CS leaders and their teams face more pressure than ever to deliver results. Their ownership of NRR will earn investment internally, and the expectations on them to deliver will go sky-high.” ” What role will AI and new technologies play in customer success in 2024?

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Customer Success Trends Sales Hiring Artificial Intelligence 52

CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

So, without further ado, let’s see the Customer Success Trends as predicted by the CS experts. Future strategies are focused on aggregating customer data and incorporating AI to provide valuable and accurate insights on usage trends, potential churn, and growth opportunities. #3 7 Increase use of AI. via GIPHY. #1

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Customer Success Trends AI Innovation 96

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Discover Bessemer Venture Partners’s annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. What does this mean for Cloud companies?

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Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 250

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Essentially, you invest more into acquiring the customer as they become more aware and have higher intent to buy vs top-loading all your spend in your TAM. With the arrival of AI and LLMs, the quality of content is better, so performance and open rates on automated outbound have gone up. No humans involved.

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Scale Sales Hiring Strategy Marketing 233

yoursales

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Revolutionizing B2B Sales: Impact of AI-Tools on Customer Engagement Amid the rapid evolution of the B2B sales domain, businesses need to integrate cutting-edge technologies to secure a competitive edge. At the forefront of this revolution is AI’s capacity to have a positive impact on customer engagement.

Scale 52

Scale AI B2B Engagement 52

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. So what you're seeing is much more of that continuous cycles by customers, both when it comes to AI or whether it comes to the traditional workloads.” Sometimes new workloads are AI related. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cost optimization & reporting 161

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Azure AWS 161

Clouded Judgement

MAY 10, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. So far - you’re either tied to AI tailwinds, or it’s rough out there. And in the public universe, it’s really only been the hyperscalers who’ve benefited from AI. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 161

Cloud Software GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure 161

Stax

MAY 30, 2024

TL;DR Understanding your target market is the first step to growing your FSM software business FSM software providers need to invest in product development and innovation to stay up-to-date with industry trends, forecast market needs, and respond with innovative solutions. It’s not just about staying up-to-date with industry trends.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2023

Like an investment portfolio, any individual strategy may thrive one day & suffer the next. It’s easy to deride the latest buzzword or trend. Big Data, DevOps, microservices, AI, data contracts. Other days when content strategies struggle, a witty paid ad campaign entices some clicks & form fills. What are LLMs?

Marketing 191

Marketing Outsourced Development Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 191

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

But the pandemic has shifted these trends into overdrive, highlighting the need for digital strategies in a way companies can’t afford to ignore. What sales investments should you focus on in 2022? An AI-driven speech analytics solution was the answer. Where’s the best place to begin?

Scale 89

Scale Investment Sales Forecasting 89

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2024

SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin also wrote how Customer Success has now morphed into part of the sales team and that the 2024 trends in CS include everyone wanting to eliminate humans from support to replace that headcount with AI and bots. This chart says never stop investing in customer success for real. The world has changed.

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Sales Hiring Customer Success Scale AI 249

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 5, 2024

Over recent years, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have become an essential element of SaaS Development Frameworks. Overview of Machine Learning and AI Integration. Problems and Opportunities for Progress in Cyberspace (CCIP). Let’s investigate these further by delving deeper.

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Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) 40

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

And whether they want to know more about security or scalability or automation or AI, the customers are really demanding that the vendors are coming to market with answers to these questions. Eyal Manor: Yes, so one trend I’ve been observing in the past two years is first of all is the rise of containers and the rise of Kubernetes.

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Cloud Scale Trends Machine Learning 163