SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In case u missed @SaaStrAnnual State of the Cloud w @bdeeter @TheValuesVC. ??Future Cloud proliferating globally ??B2B APIs driving innovation ??Automation This will usher in unlimited potential for new innovation and growth in SaaS and Cloud. # 2 Cloud is Eating Software. Future of work = remote ??Privacy

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2025

It’s not just part of the innovation budget anymore. AI Budgets Are Exploding—And Moving to Core IT Spend The Hard Data : Enterprise AI spend is growing 75% year-over-year, with innovation budget allocation dropping from 25% to just 7% of total AI spend. Top 5 SaaStr Learnings: Enterprise AI in 2025 1.

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SaaStr

JULY 7, 2025

📈 Performance Summary Tables Top 10 SaaS Winners (1H’25) Bottom 10 SaaS Losers (1H’25) – Negative YTD Performance 🚀 Top 10 SaaS Gainers (1H’25) 1. Palantir Technologies (PLTR): +78.69% YTD 👑 Hit all-time high of $148.22 on June 26 , driven by 39% revenue growth to $884 million in Q1 • U.S.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2021

Recently Bessemer Venture Partners did another great deep give on Cloud metrics at the Cloud 100. They’ll update their classic “State of the Cloud” on Sep 27-29 at SaaStr Annual 2021 in the SF Bay Area so come join us there for the latest! But only the best SaaS and Cloud get these multiples.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Discover Bessemer Venture Partners’s annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. The past twelve months have been relatively turbulent for Cloud founders. What does this mean for Cloud companies? What does this mean for Cloud companies?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Bessemer Venture Partners Byron Deeter, Mary D’Onofrio, and Elliott Robinson share a state of the cloud economy, tactical lessons and case studies for early-stage founders, private market analysis, alongside key predictions and trends driving innovation in SaaS around the globe. Enter your email below for the latest SaaStr updates.

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2025

With 200+ top AI demos and sessions from leaders like Perplexity, Google Cloud, GitHub, Rubrik and more, youll get the most comprehensive look at how AI is reshaping B2B. 150+ Sponsors Driving Innovation From the biggest names in cloud to the most exciting startups, our 150+ sponsors are showcasing the latest innovations in SaaS and AI.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Most saliently, Signadot is founded by a cloud-native team. Signadot enables engineers to write microservices code in production while isolating the network and the database - sandboxing the microservice. This is the best of both worlds. The upsell microservice uses the latest code from peers and the core infrastructure is safe.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2025

We’re back and BIGGER and better than ever! And our full AI Summit will be back and we’re adding a full AI Demo Stage you can apply to present at (more details soon!)

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SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2025

The Great Spending Showdown: AI vs SaaS in 2025/2026 — What Every B2B Leader Needs to Know We’re witnessing the most dramatic shift in enterprise tech spending since the cloud migration began 15 years ago. Historical precedent : Companies that survived the cloud transition were those that disrupted themselves first.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 30, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. On the flip side, this might lead to slower innovation cycles as “incumbents” face less pressure from a smaller number of challengers. An example of a platform shift is the creation of the cloud. Follow along to stay up to date!

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2025

They’ve retrofitted their existing Cloud infrastructure to support this vision: “In the past year, we’ve retrofitted our 300 cities, 500+ data centers with GPUs, over 170 of them have them today.” ” Their goal is to use to AI to further support the use and development of AI in SaaS and Cloud companies.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 16, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Consider cloud computing: by lowering the cost of infrastructure, the cloud didn’t just shift spend from hardware to cloud services, it expanded the overall market by enabling new companies and applications to emerge.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

SaaStr is committed to having the most inclusive community in Cloud, SaaS and AI. We believe that true innovation depends on hearing from, meeting with, and listening to people with a variety of perspectives and diverse backgrounds. We are happy to bring the next generation of Cloud execs to Annual, too!

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Key areas to watch: Model Efficiency Innovations Enterprise Data Integration Tools Vertical-Specific AI Platforms Industry-Specific AI Applications Governance and Compliance Solutions As always in SaaS, the winners will be those who can move quickly while building sustainable, differentiated solutions.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 9, 2022

We’re delighted to share that Intercom has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 2022 , landing at #35 on the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. This is the sixth year in a row we’ve been included on the list, demonstrating ongoing innovation and excellence. It’s a very competitive field.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 30, 2020

Yesterday, Dremio hosted the Subsurface Conference , the first conference on cloud data lakes. If one had doubts that cloud data lakes are a strategic area for many in the data ecosystem, those figures should quash them. When the data is stored in the cloud, we call it a cloud data lake. Planning the software to build.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Unparalleled Networking Opportunities SaaStr Annual brings together thousands of SaaS, Cloud and AI executives, founders, VCs, and industry leaders under one roof across our 40+ acre campus, May 13-15 in SF Bay! VIP Networking app for B2B founders and execs attending (no service providers, sorry!) And the VCs that want to fund them!

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SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2025

Nangia recalled Microsoft’s early cloud computing missteps: “We initially got it wrong by focusing on building brand new, infinitely scalable cloud applications, instead of helping customers run their existing applications in the cloud.” Get that right first, then innovate on top of it.

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SaaStr

APRIL 27, 2023

Startups are solving the world’s important challenges with agility, innovative technology, and determination. Agile and adaptable, HiBob innovates through continuous learning loops to produce seismic cultural shifts for companies with dynamic, distributed workforces. Google is proud to help. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2024

Looking at previous waves like Cloud and data, we’re in the 15th year of Cloud, and it’s still not done. The post How to Solve Unsolvable Problems with Generative AI for Startups with Google Cloud appeared first on SaaStr. In addition to speed, you want to play the long game.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2021

Cloud Data Lakes are the future of large scale data analysis , and the more than 5000 registrants to the first conference substantiate this massive wave. Also, Tableau’s Chief Product Officer François Ajenstat will discuss the Tableau’s role in the cloud data lake. Data engines query the data rapidly, inexpensively.

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SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2025

Proximity to Partners and Customers If you’re in B2B, many of your key partners—Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, Stripe, OpenAI, etc.—are While other cities like New York, Salt Lake City, and Atlanta are growing, the Bay Area remains the hub for SaaS innovation and growth. are headquartered here.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The initial years were challenging – he bootstrapped the company and worked to convince an industry traditionally resistant to technological change to adopt cloud-based solutions. He recognized early on that cloud-based solutions could solve many of the communication and coordination challenges inherent in construction projects.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2020

Typically, the data resides in the customer’s cloud account. This cloud account has many names but no real moniker yet. Some call it a VPC for virtual private cloud. Others call it cloud prem, a contraction of cloud and on-prem(ises). Today, many of those data centers are in the cloud, hence cloud prem.

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SaaStr

MAY 11, 2025

Some of the notable VC firms on the list include Accel, A16Z, Base10 Partners, Emergence Capital, ICONIQ Growth, Innovation Endeavors, Mayfield, Redpoint Ventures, and Softbank, among many others. A lot of VCs register … a bit late … so we should hit almost 800 by the time SaaStr 2025 is in full swing.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2025

In our latest episode of the SaaStr Whats New series, SaaStr CEO and founder Jason Lemkin spoke with Sarah Kennedy, VP of Google Cloud Marketing. The conversation explored Google Clouds rapid growth, its AI-first approach, and what the future holds for the cloud ecosystem. The core drivers? But the real tipping point?

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q4 ‘23 Two quotes from the Amazon and Microsoft earnings call really stood out to me this week. Sometimes they’re classic cloud migrations. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2025

Its a unique chance to connect with the next generation of SaaS innovators. Dont miss this chance to hear directly from one of the top leaders in Cloud and the Future of AI. Join the YC Demo Pavilion For the first time, SaaStr Annual will feature a special Y Combinator Demo Pavilion showcasing 20 of the latest AI startups from YC.

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2025

Bessemer’s Talia Goldberg and Google Cloud’s COO Francis Duza were kind enough to join us at SaaStr AI Summit 2025 on what’s driving the fastest technology adoption in decades. Traditional competitive advantagesnetwork effects, switching costs, proprietary datamatter less in the early stages than pure execution velocity.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2025

What’s notable is the speed of implementation from idea to innovation to live deployment took only six months. Data Cloud has been Salesforce’s fastest-growing product ever and will be their “fastest multi-billion dollar product ever,” indicating the market understands this data-first approach to AI implementation.

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SaaStr

MAY 17, 2021

SaaStr Enterprise is a flagship SaaStr digital event on May 26 + 27 where the top executives and leaders driving innovation in the Cloud share their playbooks on scaling your business to market and sell to the enterprise. 500 CXOs exploring emerging trends and cloud innovation. SIGN UP (IT’S FREE). APPLY HERE.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Snowflake’s cloud analytics database thrives on structured data. Databricks’ technology rips through unstructured data in a cloud data lake house. Some customers run Databricks on their hardware (called on-premises or on-prem), whereas all Snowflake customers run on Snowflake’s cloud.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 7, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The challenge with AI today is the innovation cycles are so rapid. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! When it comes to large enterprises, they procure software in 3-5 year cycles.

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