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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

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If you didn’t catch it the other day … and you can read about it on SaaStr …Microsoft and Google Cloud both had extremely strong quarters, Microsoft Azure grew 40% last quarter , and a record number of nine-figure and billion-dollar deals. We are post-term sheet moving along diligence. Nathan, do you have a question?

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DeepSeek vs Claude vs Mistral: Top GPT Competitors in 2025

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In practice, SaaS teams use LLMs for chatbots, document summarization, code assistance, and more, so factors like cost, licensing, and safety all matter. Real-world SaaS use : Developers use LLMs for everything from automated customer support to personalized content feeds. Mistrals models are fully open-source and highly efficient.