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The Chat GPT Growth Story: How AI is Changing the Way We Work with OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal

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It’s only been ten months since ChatGPT launched, and since then, we’ve seen a huge increase in AI applications being created and used globally. OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal, joined OpenAI a year and a half ago — before ChatGPT launched. After the launch of ChatGPT, they went from 30 leads a week to 10,000.

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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

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When SaaStr Fund made the first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, nobody could have predicted that this “simple API for managing in-app subscriptions” would become the infrastructure powering 33% of all mobile subscription apps and reach a $500M valuation in 2025. Managing Them Will Remain a Headache.

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Top SaaStr Content for the Week: OpenAI’s Head of Sales, New Workshop Wednesday with Divvy, SaaStr’s CEO and lots more!

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10+ Actionable Things You Can Do To Scale Faster In The Early Days The Chat GPT Growth Story: How AI is Changing the Way We Work The Challenge with SMB SaaS: High Growth Can Only Mask High Churn For Just So Long (Updated) Dear SaaStr: My Top Sales Rep Made $600,000 a Year — And Just Quit! What Happened?

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How AI Infrastructure Will Power the Future with Oracle and Bain Capital Ventures

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Weinstein, and Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, Aaref Hilaly, take the stage at SaaStr Annual to answer this question, plus what to expect with the future of AI. What Is AI Infrastructure Infrastructure is everything you might think of behind a ChatGPT-like experience. The Head of the Global VC Practice at Oracle, J.D.

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Where AI Really Matters in Vertical SaaS With CEOs of Owner, Alloy Automation, and DoNotPay

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Their system can handle complex tasks such as negotiating with service providers on behalf of customers, though this requires careful management to ensure the AI remains truthful and effective. Impact on Business Operations Team Structure and Management The implementation of AI has led to interesting changes in organizational structure.

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85% of Business App Trials Start on Day 0. Don’t Waste Your Shot. The Latest Data from 75,000 Apps and RevenueCat

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I’m fortune that SaaStr Fund was the first investor in RevenueCat in 2018 and today it’s grown into the #1 tool to manage mobile subscriptions, powering 40% of all mobile subscription apps, and even ChatGPT’s mobile app itself. So they see 40% of all mobile subscriptions — and a ton of data from it.

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AI is Driving a Freemium Renaissance. Run Toward It.

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Here, we see threats when customer attempt to cancel, big price increases every year, and renewal managers trying to force customers to buy extra seats they don’t need. And even when AI costs were 10x what they were today, it managed to be profitable. Which, perhaps ironically, leads vendors to be less customer-centric.

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