SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Alex Kayyal and Julie Kainz, Partners at Lightspeed, shared at SaaStr Annual a framework they developed around how to think about this new era of Artificial Intelligence in SaaS, what opportunities are out there for startups, and how to think about incumbents. CRM wasn’t a new category, but they were done on-premise.

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Frontegg

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Full stack developers are a coveted breed. We are glad to share a list of 22 leading full stack developers you must follow in 2022 to stay in touch with the latest trends and developments in the SaaS and IT spaces. #1 Since 1999, John Sonmez has been a highly popular blogger and speaker devoted to helping developers.

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Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

With a background in computer science and a passion for emerging technology, Victor has driven innovation in AI, machine learning, and immersive media. a next-generation AI-driven autonomous driving system that adapts to new environments through data-driven learning.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. Founded 2014 in Munich, Germany, Loyalty Prime has quickly developed itself into a leading loyalty program tech provider, serving blue-chip companies around the globe from a wide range of industries. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

And that ultimately is what led us to become a Google Cloud customer, but what we saw is that it was speed, it was scalability, it was security, reliability, but also on the development side: Who was gonna take us faster to market from a development perspective when we made our selection to ultimately pick a cloud provider.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As CTO, Sundt will accelerate the delivery of new products, features, and functionality that unlock and drive increased value for Stax customers and partners. As CTO of Clearent by Xplor, he helped grow its transaction processing from $2 billion to over $20 billion annually. To learn more about Stax, visit staxpayments.com.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

No, the amazing innovation of the iPhone was simply to bring a new generation of user interface to market with the touchscreen – and to really enable a different interaction that people have with the computing devices. I don’t believe any of that, in large part because I have to develop software for this stuff.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. With this popularization of blockchain came an influx of new users that caused infrastructure issues for websites interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Table of Contents. In the 1990s, Web 1.0 Where Web 2.0

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Neil Patel

JULY 7, 2021

Is it something we just have to continually improve and build on as new opportunities roll out? Social media, mobile apps, in-app ads, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and more have promised to help us put experience at the forefront. Are sales at a point where we can justify investing in and learning a new platform?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

And so, the thing that was really new about LLMs was the ability to, at extremely low cost, generate an answer instantly to any question. Adam: And so, based on all that, we landed on building Poe as a new chat-oriented AI product. Today, many people would probably say [the AI model] is largely the product.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound inbound, and even follow-up sales campaigns faster. And I feel really good about where we are in terms of our development cycle of that two-sided marketplace now that we’re starting to engage with employers on the other side and seeing accelerating ratings growth.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 3, 2021

Upon joining BetterCloud as its new CTO, Jamie Tischart was taken aback when he reviewed his professional biography with a colleague. We sat down with Tischart for an informal, but wide-ranging discussion about software development, management philosophies, and the future of engineering at BetterCloud.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. Founded 2014 in Munich, Germany, Loyalty Prime has quickly developed itself into a leading loyalty program tech provider, serving blue-chip companies around the globe from a wide range of industries. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

Schank was “ a foundational pioneer in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and learning sciences ,” truly one of the original AI visionaries. When the jungle tears itself down and builds itself into something new. One of my CS professors was Roger Schank, who just passed away in January.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So once I made the decision to move ahead on the launch of Crafty CTO , I wanted to get on with it. I started out skeptical of ChatGPT , the “word AI,” and its Large Language Model (LLM) brethren. ” Perhaps John had the same skepticism towards art models. With words!

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Valerian Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

It turns the wheels of development, pushing boundaries and redefining what's possible. From the first personal computers to the latest artificial intelligence algorithms, each step forward has been a product of innovative thinking. Innovations lead to new products and services, creating jobs and opening markets.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 19, 2023

Here’s how Morten Primdahl, co-founder & former CTO of Zendesk, put it in a recent conversation: “For someone like me who prefers to build business logic, using GPT is no more of a moat than using MySQL is. But many AI features will be bricks in your fortress, not something that greatly expands your moat, and again, that’s OK.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound, inbound and even follow-up sales campaigns faster. Outreach revolutionizes customer engagement by moving away from solid conversations to a streamlined and customer-centric journey, leveraging the next generation of artificial intelligence. Thanks for coming.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As CTO of OpenAI, Mira Murati oversaw the development and release of GPT-4 and ChatGPT. Here she tells Martin Casado the story behind the release of ChatGPT—and what it tells us about the future of AI and human-machine interactions. [0:00] Sometimes you sleep and you wake up and you have a new idea.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Gorgias developed an “Auto QA” system that uses large language models to analyze customer reactions, evaluating sentiment, satisfaction, and resolution. Email can handle longer processing times and more complex models, while chat requires near-instant responses.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2025

The companies building on this new stack will have 10x advantages over those still running traditional architectures. As Andrew Bosworth (Meta CTO) noted: “This is our space race…there’s very few secrets. Suddenly, every indie developer and startup can afford to build AI-native products.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 14, 2022

As the numbers of tech-based companies grow in number, there is a crucial point to note – Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption is also growing. While some say it is not necessary, some say it brings new perspectives towards AI. Experts’ Argument in Favor of Hiring Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO).

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Crafty CTO

JUNE 28, 2023

And when you look under the Products menu, you see: Products / Training Products / Inference And finally, the language of Mosaic’s announcement post for MPT-30B is telling as well: [Mosaic Logo] Foundation Series MPT-30B Open-source LLM. Many of the new ideas are from ordinary people. Commercially licensed. More Powerful.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

You can access the latest information, insights, trends, and data to enhance your knowledge of the latest SaaS industry developments. He often shares his knowledge on Twitter and LinkedIn regarding SaaS marketing and product development. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot.

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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. But nearly every day, there’s been something new that’s at least important and sometimes game-changing. We can ask GPT-4 itself: What is the cutoff date of your training data?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. Before that, I was a general manager at Microsoft.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound, inbound, and even followup sales campaigns faster using over one billion rows of performance data across 75 industries. It has been an incredible journey for him. So it’s a great show.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

. “The real advances in SEO come from people trying things out and sharing them with the community” Alexa: You mentioned trial and error there and given that SEO is really a new discipline, how has trial and error helped you be at the forefront of a discipline that has emerged within your career span? Kevin: Absolutely.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

The key to success is developing the product and having strong economics and a clear vision, especially during tough times. The cost of capital has gone up, and digital markets have returned to normal market sizes, leading to a new environment of lower valuations and less money in the market. Web Summit Rio, day 3.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Twenty-two marketing experts took the stage to give new solutions to old challenges and actionable solutions to new ones—not to mention the food, people, games, swag and after-parties that made it the best CTAConf yet. This year’s theme was “The Marketing Revolution” in response to the fact that marketing has changed. Speechless.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 21, 2020

Leveraging the next generation of artificial intelligence, the platform allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect every time, enabling personalization at scale previously unthinkable. He’s spent more than 17 years focused on sales, product, and client development.

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