SaaStr

MAY 23, 2025

When SaaStr Fund made the first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, nobody could have predicted that this “simple API for managing in-app subscriptions” would become the infrastructure powering 33% of all mobile subscription apps and reach a $500M valuation in 2025. No one else was even building anything like this.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Activant Capital brought together at SaaStr Annua l a group of break-out next-generation AI enhanced vertical software leaders: the CEOs from Owner.com, Alloy Automation, and DoNotPay. At SaaStr Annual they shared their experiences and insights on implementing AI in vertical software companies. New restaurants up +31% in 1 month!

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2025

pic.twitter.com/VXSqDIuTZT — Alex Clayton (@afc) June 13, 2025 AI Fueling Unprecedented Growth Databricks just announced they’re targeting a $3.7 The AI Infrastructure Land Grab Is Real What’s driving this unprecedented growth? Every business process becomes an AI opportunity. in net new revenue this year.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

Subscribe now The Year of “Enterprise AI” One of the biggest challenges facing AI systems in enterprises today is the “last mile” problem: how do you make AI both reliable and accurate for specific enterprise use cases? This is what I’m calling “Enterprise AI.”

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SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2025

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. June 30, 2025 marks the time we need to wrap up the era of stalling, of waiting to see in AI. ElevenLabs rocketing to $100m+ ARR powering voice for AI leaders.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence is transforming digital marketing by empowering us to do our best work. The right AI marketing tools will help you automate repetitive tasks, make data-driven decisions, and unblock your creativity. The shift to AI-powered marketing has been dramatic.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 13, 2024

In either case, you’ll likely hit up Google for an influencer marketing tool. Choosing the right platform for your influencer marketing efforts can be overwhelming—not because of a lack of options, but because there are so many to choose from. But with so many options available, how do you choose?

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Subscribe now “Grouping + AI” for Triage One area I’m quite excited to see AI revolutionize is “grouping + triage” workflows. Many of them AI based. I do think LLMs will really help turbo charge these markets though, and finally make the solutions actually useful. Top 5 Median: 22.2x

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SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

RevenueCat is the market leader for managing mobile subscription apps, with over 30% of U.S.-based based mobile subscription apps using their SDK and API to manage mobile subsriptions. SaaStr Fund was the first investor in the company. They’re hosting their first App Growth conference just after SaaStr Annual in SF! #3.

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2025

It’s 50% about the intersection of AI + B2B, 50% about GTM in 2025+, and … 50% about helping you meet the best of the best! With a New, AI Demo Stage from 100+ Top AI Start-Ups! AI is transforming SaaS, and were dedicating two massive stages to the SaaStr.AI The SaaStr.AI Summit Is Back and Bigger.

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SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2025

So who will benefit the most from AI in B2B? Or … the established leaders, who can add AI onto their apps and not just expose vastly more functionality, but leverage all that existing customer data, to create something brand new and fresh? How is The of AI changing it? Subscription backlog up 19.7%, to $25 Billion (!).

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Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

During Covid-19, when almost all of Europe was under a strict lockdown, Mollie’s market share across the continent exploded as its founder and then CEO, Adriaan Mol, capitalized on the wealthy continent’s rapidly changing buying habits. For Mollie, this niche market is that of small European businesses. billion in 2024.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 2, 2025

In Figma, designers work alongside developers, product managers (“PMs”), researchers, marketers, writers, and other non-designers who, in the three months ended March 31, 2025, made up two-thirds of our more than 13 million monthly active users. My note: Their product here is Dev Mode.]

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SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2025

The IPO market has been … on fire in 2025. initial public offering on Friday, becoming the latest enterprise software company to test increasingly receptive public markets. They signal a company systematically preparing for the scrutiny and operational demands of public markets. But we may have our first.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2024

With everything in AI moving so rapidly, what’s the best way to price Artificial Intelligence products or SaaS tools with custom AI features and integrations? Should it be subscriptions, usage, solutions, or something entirely different? Why is pricing so tricky? The costs are dynamic. Usage is volatile. ROI is unproven.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Keep reading to learn what the four most common SaaS assumptions are, and watch Adam knock each one down with the power of generative AI. Go-to-Market is expensive and labor-intensive. Now, it’s time to knock over all of these beliefs with generative AI. AI starts spitting out information. What’s the data model?

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Generative AI is a platform shift where models can take inputs such as text, image, audio, video, and code and generate new content into any of the modalities mentioned. The Pace of AI is Increasing Dramatically Something ground-shifting has been happening over the last five years — the pace of innovation. Now, it’s 100+ times.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 21, 2024

Social media marketing is more complicated than ever. Here are the top 12 courses to improve your social media marketing skills. Here are the top 12 courses to improve your social media marketing skills. Meta Blueprint : for learning about the basics of digital marketing, Facebook, Instagram, and ads.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2025

There’s currently a lot of jawboning on what will happen to jobs in the age of AI. There are many CEOs, some of very large public companies, who have commented on what AI means for their headcount plans. The pessimistic view is that the job displacement from AI will be massive, leading to a contracting economy.

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 11, 2023

Great companies transform a technology innovation into a go-to-market advantage. Salesforce catalyzed cloud-delivery & annual subscription model in the enterprise, upending decades of selling software with perpetual licenses. What is the distribution advantage AI confers to startups? AI enables ABM-at-scale.

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Blulogix

MARCH 27, 2025

By BluLogix Team How AI is Transforming Billing Billing has long been a complex and manual process, prone to errors, inefficiencies, and revenue leakage. With businesses adopting diverse pricing modelsranging from subscriptions to usage-based billinglegacy systems often struggle to keep up.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

market cap (12x ARR) This is what a 12x ARR vertical B2B leader looks like today. This efficiency is driven by their tailored go-to-market engine, which includes high-velocity inbound marketing, strategic partnerships with private equity firms, and a dedicated sales team for upselling Pro products and FinTech solutions.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

How will you be taking this to market? eCommerce Does your startup run on a subscription model? How many kinds of subscriptions do you support? What are the rules for subscriptions? Often this ties to marketing support. Artificial Intelligence Does your application leverage AI in any way? Free trials?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Metronome’s sophisticated billing and subscription management platform enables companies to easily manage and automate complex billing and invoicing processes.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 13, 2025

Something I’ve written a fair bit about, and something I deeply believe, is this: you don’t have an AI strategy without a data strategy. Or to authorize an AI tool to sit on top of your Slack data and make it searchable or useful. If you want access to it for AI workflows, you better use their agent.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2024

EMEA Oracle NetSuite SVP Nicky Tozer and COO Ham Patel took the stage at SaaStr Europa to talk about real-world examples of how traditional and Generative AI can help supercharge your growth. AI is part of that answer. AI can drive profitability, productivity, and ROI, but to supercharge growth, you need fuel.

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Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 28, 2024

You've got big marketing dreams but a not-so-big budget? After 12 years of marketing for bootstrapped brands, I've learned that you don't need to spend a fortune on fancy digital marketing tools to see results. A lot of these marketing software offer free or low-cost versions. Let me guess.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

In an era when executives are bombarded with tech buzzwords, it’s vital to focus on real-world AI uses that deliver business impact. This vivid idea captures AIs potential to act as assistants and insights machines, boosting efficiency and innovation. Executives also leverage generative AI for idea generation and reporting.

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Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Royalty-free A "royalty" is a payment made every time a piece of content is used. Royalty-free music means you pay once upfront for rights to use the music, rather than making recurring payments (royalties) each time you use the track. Annual subscriptions offer significant savings.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. To succeed, subscription-based organizations must embrace smarter, more integrated approaches to billing, management, and strategy.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Chargebee: Supports Complex Subscription Management. Recurly: Easily Integrates with Multiple Payment Gateways. Zoho Subscriptions: Online Subscription Billing Platform. Wave: Invoicing and Accounting Software for Small Businesses. Fully Compliant, Custom Trial and Subscription Options (Without Writing Code).

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SaaStr

JULY 2, 2025

🚨 Microsoft's 2025 strategy in numbers: ❌ 15,300+ employees laid off (7% of workforce) YTD: •9,000 cuts announced July 2 •6,000 cuts in May •300+ cuts in June •Performance cuts in January •and only halfway through year 💰 $80 billion invested in AI infrastructure 40%… pic.twitter.com/LJVfwStpW9 — Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 27, 2025

Subscribe now New Rules For a New Game One of the biggest shifts happening in startups right now is that the old rule of thumbs for how you build a successful software startup just don’t hold in the age of AI. In a greenfield market, the first company to get real usage becomes the category. And they’re HUGE. just faster.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 6, 2025

However, many companies misuse ARR and count forms of non-recurring revenue as ARR, confusing the metric. This “misuse of ARR” trend has accelerated in the age of AI, as business models have evolved (into more usage/success-based vs. seat-based), and everyone is tinkering with new AI products. Budget Source.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 16, 2024

In this blog, while understanding more about CardPointe and why it still works for so many businesses, we will take you through a guide on managing Cardpointe recurring billing with SubscriptionFlow to ensure that you do not miss out on collecting recurring payments just because CardPointe has dropped it. What is CardPointe?

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2025

– 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 AI has changed the competitive landscape in almost every cases.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 25, 2024

ServiceNow, a $150b market cap company, made this statement yesterday in their earnings call : “In Q4, our gen AI products drove the largest net new ACV contribution for our first full quarter of any of our new product family releases ever, including our original Pro SKU.” ServiceNow is the most recent. features shipped?)

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