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5 Interesting Learnings from Circle at $2.3 Billion in “ARR”

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So Circle is the latest tech IPO and it’s not really B2B or SaaS per se — it’s a fintech that issues and manages “stablecoins” Cypto that converts 1:1 to U.S. ✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) June 5, 2025 5 Interesting Learnings for B2B and SaaS Founders from Circle’s IPO: 1. The culprit?

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NVIDIA Hits $4 Trillion: What Founders Can Learn from the Greatest Growth Story Ever Told

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The B2B Parallel : Like the best B2B companies, NVIDIA created switching costs through their software stack (drivers, development tools, APIs). Gaming Foundation (1999-2010): Building the Moat Market Cap Journey: $563M → ~$10B NVIDIA started by solving a specific problem: making computer graphics faster and better.

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How to Embed Payment Functionality in Your AI SaaS: A Practical Guide

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If you’re a B2B SaaS , your users are typically your clients or business customers who might also be managing payments to their own customers, vendors, or contractors through your platform. Step 5: Automate Invoicing and Collections (Especially for B2B SaaS) For many B2B SaaS companies , invoicing is a critical part of the payment process.

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From $10M to $100M ARR in 5.5 Months: Inside Replit’s AI Coding Rocketship

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That’s 10x growth in less than 18 months—making Replit one of the fastest B2B scale stories in recent history. funding from Creandum Windsurf : $40M ARR, seemingly acquired by OpenAI for $3B These aren’t typical B2B metrics. It’s whether traditional B2B companies can transform quickly enough to survive the shift.

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Mastering Growth in the AI Era: How to Stand Out, Acquire Customers, and Raise VC Dollars with B Capital, Zetta, and Glasswing

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Laiva Becoming the platform of choice for life science companies and research institutions by creating a two-sided marketplace with significant SaaS components. The new term “AI application as a service” (AIS) describes companies selling AI-powered applications to mid-market and enterprise customers.

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How to Leverage FedNow

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B2B & B2C friendly: Ideal for consumer-to-business, business-to-business, and government disbursements. Banks and Credit Unions: Modernize Your Offering Use FedNow to: Offer customers real-time P2P and B2B payments. SaaS Platforms: Enable Instant Payouts Use Case: SaaS platforms in gig economy, marketplaces, or fintech.

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Embedded Payments and Their Role in Subscription Commerce

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Whether you’re building a SaaS product, launching a curated box service, or running a subscription model, embedded payments aren’t just a backend upgrade. Getting paid needs to be as frictionless as how you serve your customers. That’s where embedded payments come in. What Are Embedded Payments?

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