SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Hot AI deals are breaking a lot of the classic rules. More here: [link] The post How Revenue Multiples Really Fall After Each VC Round appeared first on SaaStr. Multiples start off high, and then plummet in each round. Are there exceptions? But not that many.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 14, 2023

If a company adds AI to their pitch or nabs a.ai I plotted the 75th percentile valuation of all US software companies by stage compared to AI companies over the last twelve years. Series B AI prices surged twice in the last 12 years, driven by a handful of outliers, but otherwise, they also move in lockstep.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2023

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure had strong quarters with about 28% annual revenue growth each. But the story in this quarter’s reports is AI. Just last week, Epic Systems shared that it was using Azure OpenAI Service to integrate this next generation of AI with its industry-leading EHR software.

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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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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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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 22, 2023

Revenue grew 88% in a quarter, nearly doubling. China demand remained within the historical range of 20%-25% of Data Center revenue, implying the export regulations imposed on chips doesn’t seem to have impacted the company. The company had projected $11b & exceeded projections by $2.5b Metric Q1 Q2 Inventory, $b 4.6

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

AI is about to bring a similar revolution to healthcare. trillion dollar American healthcare industry will be AI-driven. AI will drive drug discovery , proposing medicines not yet dreamed up by man. AI will play a key role in diagnosis, helping humans know what’s wrong sooner so they can get access to life-saving treatments.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

How is AI going to impact the software and SaaS landscape of the next couple of years and also the next 5-10 years? Kristina Shen, General Partner at a16z, shares some insights into the present and future of generative AI at this week’s Workshop Wednesday, held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. For B2B Generative AI Apps, Is Less More?

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 2, 2023

Businesses using genAI will demand consistent answers to prompts like these : what is the company’s revenue by region? I’m working with ProductBoard to understand how different B2B startups are planning to leverage AI with a survey. Or how do I reset my password? Or how much would I pay if I used a 1000 units of a product?

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Predictable Revenue

JULY 25, 2023

Collin Stewart meets Dan Fagella, from Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research, to discuss the implementation of AI for sales. The post AI-Driven Sales Transformation with Daniel Faggella appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Collin Stewart, sits down with Dave Albano, a fractional CMO with a knack for leveraging AI in the sales and marketing landscape. The post Creating Content and Finding Leads Using AI with Dave Albano appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In enterprise healthcare, there are many “Jobs to be Done” (JTBD) for AI. To this end, we present the first part of the 6th episode of the Digital Health Go-to-Market Playbook series –Commercializing AI in Healthcare. Enterprise healthcare tasks are highly complex and unforgiving to errors.

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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.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

While it may seem ironic, AI solutions may be our best answer to the decaying personalization and humanity of care in the US; as Vijay wrote in 2021, “technology can make human healthcare more human.” To be clear—the goal in creating new AI tools is not to replace clinicians. Technology is emerging for AI to augment and enable care.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 4, 2023

Operation pros—don’t miss this conversation on getting the most out AI in contract management. Experts join to share how you can enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and increase customer satisfaction to give revenue the boost it needs.

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SaaStr

APRIL 20, 2024

We went pretty deep on: The real role of AI in marketing today Does everyone just want to be a strategist now? Will AI let ICs do more, with fewer managers? AI-powered tools can automate many tasks, flattening organizational structures and allowing individual contributors to accomplish more with the help of AI agents.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 22, 2024

But the stakes are much higher with generative AI: though it promises to deliver unprecedented value to businesses, it can also be very expensive to serve to each incremental customer. Or maybe you’re still determining how generative AI will benefit your customers, and right now it’s a nice-to-have for certain users.

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Scytale

APRIL 15, 2024

If you’ve been following the growth of artificial intelligence, you’re likely aware that the EU’s new AI Act is set to officially come into effect at the end of May 2024. This groundbreaking legislation will regulate AI systems based on their risk potential. Think AI-assisted surgery or self-driving cars.

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 4, 2023

Eric Nowoslawski and Varun Anand join Collin Stewart on the Predictable Revenue Podcast to discuss exciting ways of prospecting using AI for writing messaging and for targeting. The post How AI-Generated Outbound Campaigns Can Boost Your Sales with Eric Nowoslawski and Varun Anand appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 26, 2024

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). So the overall Azure quarterly revenue figure is already not entirely spot on.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Discussed in this Episode: The challenges of personalization in marketing and the role of AI in addressing these challenges. Insights on the future of AI in marketing and the importance of storytelling in building impactful brands. 08:01) The role of AI in personalization. (10:44) 16:04) The future of AI in marketing. (19:32)

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Predictable Revenue

MAY 5, 2023

With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), new and innovative ways of prospecting have […] The post How AI-Generated Outbound Campaigns Can Boost Your Sales with Eric Nowoslawski and Varun Anand appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What do enterprise buyers in healthcare care about most when evaluating AI products? We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. In other words, buyers aren’t seeking AI for AI’s sake.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 11, 2024

A lot of big customers want to have open file formats to give them the options…So data interoperability is very much a thing and our AI products can generally act on data that is sitting in cloud storage as well. As a reminder, about 10% to 11% of our overall revenue is associated with storage.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

In this presentation from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z General Partner Martin Casado lays out the case for AI as a driving force behind incredible advancements in technology, creativity, and the human experience — not to mention efficiency improvements on par with, if not greater than, those delivered by the internet and the microchip.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 1, 2024

Anything AI related has always been “hot,” but it has really hit a fever pitch in the last few months. What’s most interesting about this, is a lot of the darling AI companies from last year have really slowed down, but everyone seems to have forgotten this and is ready to “find the next big thing.”

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Crafty CTO

MARCH 17, 2023

I’ve been trying to write a comprehensive, buttoned-up “AI Update,” covering all this month’s AI developments. AI does not mean “the machine is thinking.” AGI isn’t here today, is unlikely to arrive in the near future, and is not part of the AI news I’m writing about.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

He’s been a B2B leader in businesses from pre-revenue to $600MM. He began his ML/AI journey several years ago and has been working in Generative AI since August 2022. Currently, he operates his own consultancy helping leaders with marketing strategy and AI in GTM. He’s also a proud alum of Michigan and Northwestern.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 24, 2024

In recent years, the testing process has seen a major transformation due to the increasing adoption of AI and machine learning technologies. Software testing using an AI-driven testing platform is enabling companies to test their applications more effectively and deliver high-quality digital experiences.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At the time, they were less than a billion or two in revenue, and now, they just crossed over a $30B revenue run rate. At the time, they were less than a billion or two in revenue, and now, they just crossed over a $30B revenue run rate. They build their own chips and work with NVIDIA.

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Chargebee

APRIL 9, 2024

The "2024 State of Subscriptions & Revenue Growth Report" reveals a pivotal shift in the subscription sector. With 96% of leaders anticipating revenue growth, the focus intensifies on customer retention and AI-driven efficiency. Despite optimism, challenges like price adjustments loom.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Generative AI is likely going to usher in a far more profound method of company transformation. Instead of financial engineering and the improved management techniques that PE promotes , we’ll start seeing AI cut costs and make existing companies vastly more profitable…while also enabling new business models to emerge.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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! This was repeated quite a few times AI tends to be additive budget for large enterprises. Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2019

Since writing The AI Agency: A Novel GTM for Machine Learning Startups , I’ve been meeting many companies who operate this way. If you’re operating an AI Agency, I’d love to hear from you. This is an early strategic question, perhaps the first strategic question an AI Agency will face.

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IT World

JULY 7, 2023

Global revenue generated by public cloud services topped the $500 billion mark in 2022, according to new data released this week by research firm IDC. This foundational spending, according to IDC, reflects the growing dependence organizations have on data and AI services, distributed computing and app frameworks. in year-on-year terms.

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