Clouded Judgement

APRIL 11, 2024

It looks at the YoY dollar change in quarterly revenue from the hyperscalers (just looking at Azure / AWS because the data goes back further) going back a few years. If we break this down and look at Azure and AWS independently (graphs below), you’ll see how the AWS “swings” were a lot more volatile.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscaler Preview Next week Amazon, Microsoft and Google report earnings and we’ll see Q3 data for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 4, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. But what I would add is that we saw Q2 trends continue into July.” And most importantly, they’ve seen these positive trends continue. Follow along to stay up to date! So those balanced out in Q2.

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Cloud Azure Cost optimization & reporting AWS 130

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscalers Report Quarterly Earnings This week we saw AWS (Amazon), GCP (Google) and Azure (Microsoft) report earnings. At the same time, Azure came in below expectations. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud Azure AWS Cost optimization & reporting 130

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. This brings me back to AWS / Azure downgrades. Follow along to stay up to date! How far do forward estimates need to come down?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

In this session, she shares insights and trends from research conducted this year that can help software buyers and sellers make smarter decisions about software and the market. . Another exciting trend is that more products are being bought than ever before. Next year is forecasted to be even more bullish.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 28, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. AI = Data + Compute I’ll continue beating this drum, but we got two great quotes from Azure and AWS this week. This week we had two of the hypserscalers report (Microsoft / Azure and Google / GCP), and everyone was eager to see their results.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 21, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Next week we get all 3 hyperscalers reporting (AWS from Amazon, Azure from Microsoft, and GCP from Google). If we look at the trends in their most recent quarters YoY growth rates (below) you’ll see the deceleration has been meaningful.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 27, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Azure (Microsoft) Quarter The week the first of the cloud giants reported - Azure. Early Look at 2023 Guides Given the Azure weakness reported on Tuesday, all software tumbled Wednesday morning with most names down 5-10%.

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Clouded Judgement

MAY 26, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Early Look at May Consumption Trends This week kicked of Q1 earnings reports for companies with April quarter ends. This means we got commentary for the first time on May trends. Follow along to stay up to date! What did we learn?

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. This is why the consumption players (Snowflake, Mongo, Confluent, Azure, AWS, etc) so more variability in the macro slowdown. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As a result, maintaining the same “Rule of 40” score requires 1% of extra revenue growth for 1% of profit margin investment. To achieve that 1%:1% growth/margin ratio would require incredibly short investment payback periods. You can’t pay your Azure bill or office lease in “Rule of 40” points.

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SaaS Technical Review Benchmarks Azure 255

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Here, we trace some of the biggest trends and stories in technology over the past decade, and try to find a narrative to make sense of it all. There is a great responsibility to ensure it trends towards the former, not the latter. Big tech takes over. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Huge capital inflows to tech combined with extraordinarily low interest rates contribute to relatively easy growth capital access across the funding continuum from debt to equity investment. Cost of revenue is trending down for SaaS companies, leading to higher gross margins. and Adobe is in third place with 6.7%

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The SaaS industry is growing fast, but if you want to be one of the companies contributing to that trend, you'll need to know the secrets of successful SaaS businesses. SaaS trends that are on the rise. Here are some of the biggest trends in the industry right now: Cloud-based Services. AI Integrations.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Maybe with the exception of hyperscalers (particularly Azure). This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation. Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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Software Review Cloud Software Azure 161

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. As you can tell, there’s a BIG drop-off projected in 2023 Like Azure, they called for a big slowdown of consumption trends in the month of December. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. In the short term, enjoy the ride as the chase continues 😊 Kind of related to all of this - we now have seen the Q4’s from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Follow along to stay up to date! It’s a place I collect my thoughts.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Enhanced Data Insights Usage-based pricing generates extensive data that can be harnessed by technology companies to gain insights into customer behavior, preferences, and emerging trends. Investing in robust billing and invoicing systems. It attracts customers seeking flexibility and transparency in their technology services.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 25, 2021

Data analysis software isn’t a cheap investment, so use caution when making a selection. It can identify market trends, uncover insights, determine outliers, and monitor crucial business metrics. Power BI can integrate with Azure Machine Learning—plus, its ML and AI features are driven by Azure functions built into the Azure Cloud.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

While we aren’t going 100% usage-based overnight, if you look at some of the mega-trends in software—things like automation, AI, and APIs—the value of a product normally doesn’t scale with more folks logging in. This means you’ll want to invest significantly in tooling and people to be able to predict your customers’ consumption.

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Mattermark

AUGUST 22, 2017

Natasha Azur of Osage Partners takes a look at trends in venture capital activity ( which we’ve also been digging into lately on the Mattermark blog ) in “ What’s the Pulse on 2017 Midyear VC Investment?

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Audacix

OCTOBER 5, 2019

By acting on this trend early you will be able to turn your SaaS security prowess from just a differentiator into a barrier to entry for lucrative enterprise sales in your industry. You probably host it on AWS/Google Cloud/Azure - brands that are well known for prioritising your and their own security.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

We believe that AI startups who 1) build for enterprises’ AI-centric strategic initiatives while anticipating their pain points, and 2) move from a services-heavy approach to building scalable products will capture this new wave of investment and carve out significant market share. A multi-model future.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

You can find the original post here Today we’re very excited to announce our partnership and Series B investment in Tabular , the company behind Apache Iceberg. The rise of foundation models and generative AI only furthers this trend. Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Jason Lemkin: The highest stage of venture is crossover, crossover funds, TCV is one of an early one, but even mutual funds that invest in unicorns. A few can, Andreessen and maybe Sequoia, but 99% of the VCs you meet, legally, they can only invest in startups, whether they’re late stage or early stage. It could come back.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic advice to cloud founders, and insights into why entrepreneurs should feel auspicious about the future. Azure has been gaining on them rapidly and is growing a double that rate.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Cloud marketplaces like AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace and Google Cloud Platform Marketplace are digital storefronts where companies can list their offerings for software buyers to find, purchase and provision software. . Tackle’s survey found that 70% of sellers are ready to invest more in marketplaces as a go-to-market strategy.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 21, 2021

This will give you an idea of the plugin’s popularity and whether it’s still relevant to the ever-changing market trends. Other features include advanced reporting, database encryption, additional storage destinations like OneDrive, Azure, SFTP, and backup scheduling. Also, check out the Active Installations section.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 7, 2022

But to succeed in SaaS, you need to understand the trends driving those top level numbers – the micro metrics behind the macro. We offer direct integrations with Amazon S3, Azure Blob, Google Storage for cloud services. ChartMogul is absolutely worth the cost we’ve invested five times to ten times over.

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Payment Features Systems Review Churn Azure 52

Full Session

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

User trends. Feedback trends. Mixpanel also offers a decent list of integrations, with over 50 apps, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Hubspot, Slack, Snowflake, and Zendesk. Bigger businesses will probably want to invest in a paid plan. Segment health. Overall feedback score. Device breakdown.

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Software Review Sales Hiring Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 52

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

India has seen exponential growth in SaaS investments in the last decade. Instead of marketing, Zoho invests in R&D and customer service. Found by Manoj Dawane in 2016, VTION is an Indian-origin media technology innovation company that aims at measuring media audiences by analyzing consumer trends and behaviors. Freshworks.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s clear that buyers are racing to the Cloud Marketplace, like those offered by AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM / Red Hat, and sellers are eager to tap into the Cloud budget to help their buyers get started fast or scale contracts fueled by cloud budget growth. Use the Cloud Marketplaces to accelerate both enterprise and usage-based products .

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