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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

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The Infrastructure Bypass Midmarket software companies are caught in a “pressure cooker” with fast-moving AI startups developing applications far more rapidly than traditional software companies on one side, and tech giants investing billions in proprietary AI tools on the other.

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10 Ways AI Will Change Sales Forever. It’s Already Happening, In Fact.

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If you’re skeptical about AI in sales because of hallucinations or poor experiences, Lemkin suggests it’s likely because you haven’t seen a well-trained AI. While not replacing the absolute best humans, they’re better than 90% of the team. Training takes work, but the results are game-changing.

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AI, Sales + GTM in 2025/2026: This Changes Everything with Jason Lemkin and Owner CRO Kyle Norton

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By the end of this quarter, team members who aren’t genuinely AI-curious should be let go. The 50/50 Team Is Coming Fast. CROs will need to manage teams that are 50% AI agents and 50% human by end of year. The performance distribution in sales teams will become dramatically wider, forcing tough talent strategy decisions.

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We Sent 4,495 AI SDR Emails in 2 Weeks and Got The #1 Response Rate. Here’s How (It’s Not What You Think)”

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We developed what we call “The Four C’s” for pre-call research: Chat : What did they discuss with our AI? Think of it as 3-6 combined touchpoints, not a single magic solution. Go Way Beyond Just Outbound If your AI is booking meetings for you (and it should be), you better know everything it knows when you get on that call.

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The Compound Startup Advantage: Why The CEO of Rippling Believes Focus Is Overrated

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Conrad personally runs payroll for Rippling’s 2,000 employees across a dozen countries as a “part-time job,” while UK companies with even small teams often spend 5-6 days monthly just managing payroll. His rationale: Training capacity : Sales teams can only absorb so much product knowledge. The proof of effectiveness?

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What Is LLM Orchestration? Why SaaS Builders Should Care

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Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, Claude, and open-source equivalents are now powering new featuresfrom intelligent chatbots to automated content creation. However, simply wiring LLM APIs into your application can create complexity. In effect, it makes managing multiple LLMs predictable and reliable.

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Top 5 Risk and Compliance Trends for 2025

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Compliance trends in 2025 continue to be influenced by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain, and cloud computing. The first of these concerns is new advanced threats, seeing as AI can be leveraged by malicious actors to develop sophisticated and evasive cyber threats.