Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

In this conversation, a16z General Partner Angela Strange talks with J eff Sloan, former CEO of Global Payments, about how he was early to spot significant industry trends, how to make bets that move an organization, and the sea change that AI represents for the financial services industry. Angela: Why Global Payments?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The former tracks trends for software users , while a consumer behavior trend mainly refers to online shopping, such as buy-now-pay-later payment methods. Predictive analytics are driving business decisions such as product and marketing strategy. Personalized experiences are becoming standard in the SaaS world.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

With this faster method of calculating, what might have taken weeks could now take seconds. Early KKR executive Donald Herdrich is said to have bought an Apple IIe in 1980 for his children, got a demo of VisiCalc at the electronics store, and that turned into a decisive advantage for KKR going forward. billion, against almost $2.8

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

The session also talks about the challenges of working with a large amount of data in the context of a company, and the use of AI to efficiently route orders, optimize pricing, and improve customer experience. Quazzo believes that AI and other technologies can be used to personalize education and enhance team performance.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end. Cloud native engines maximize customization Today’s engines are monolithic desktop applications originally designed before modern cloud architecture and the SaaS age.

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Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I invested in FreeAgent in early 2009, I found the value of an online accounting solution SO compelling that I naively believed every small business in the UK would just have to adopt online accounting. And when we look beyond North America, global cloud maturity rates vary widely, too.” AI will be everywhere.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 3, 2024

What gets less attention, but is equally (if not more) valuable, is the business-use side of GenAI content creation: marketing. Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development.

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