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Marketplaces in the Age of AI

Andreessen Horowitz

While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen. Now, we believe generative AI promises to revolutionize marketplaces again. It will not only transform how products and services are sold — but also how they are made.

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Merchant of Record for Mobile Games: What It Is and Why You Need One

FastSpring

So where do you start if you want to provide more global payment solutions to your player base while chipping away at the hefty 30% fees that mobile marketplaces charge? Very simply, a merchant of record (MoR) is a legal entity that sells services or goods to a customer. How Is an MoR Different From a Payment Service Provider ?

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

The Apple and Google Play app stores give developers an instant marketplace, a gateway to billions of customers. Outsource Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting. Outsource undifferentiated heavy lifting. Since 2006 the era of “Everything as a service” has advanced quickly. Choose standard technology. Choose standard technology.

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Software-led payments: What’s on the horizon for platforms in 2025? | Episode 46

Payrix

However, companies must look beyond basic payment integration to evolve into platforms offering comprehensive services. AIs role in payments Artificial intelligence is reshaping the payments landscape. Companies are leveraging AI to enhance customer experiences, streamline operations, and combat fraud.

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Investing in Kaedim

Andreessen Horowitz

Furthermore, a shift to mobile and live service games means that content development is never truly done – a successful game launch quickly turns into a content treadmill to release monthly updates and DLC / expansion packs to retain players. One way that developers have addressed rising costs has been to rely on outsourcing.

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SaaStr Podcast #402 with HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos: “Customers Want Value + Simplicity: The Must Haves to Deliver”

SaaStr

So the whole world of software as a service and cloud has just exploded and will continue to grow enormously. And if we look at the specifics of the word SaaS, software as a service. And service many times means it’s human beings doing it. So how does this even work with software as a service.

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How Digital Founders Can Build Authentic Personal Brands with Rachel Gogos

FastSpring

Mistakes to avoid (like overusing AI or oversharing on social media). Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. So funny story, when I lived in Manhattan, it was in the 90s, and I was working at Dow Jones, but also started a business with two business partners called Silicon Fish.