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How The Top 25 B2B Public Companies Have Performed In 2025 So Far — And What They Tell Us About the Future

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Veeva (+18.5%) ZoomInfo (+7.4%) Veeva continues to prove the vertical SaaS thesis: Deep pharma/life sciences expertise Regulatory compliance built-in Switching costs approaching infinity AI integration that actually matters The lesson : Horizontal is commoditized. Tier 3: Vertical Specialists Average Return: +15.3%

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The Early Days: How Deel Went From $1m to $100m ARR in Just 20 Months

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” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance. The Result : After pivoting from “payments only” to “payments + compliance,” they onboarded their first 100 clients and raised Series A. Local labor laws were the real blocker, not payment rails.

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

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The company later clarified it didn’t actually “replace” Salesforce with pure AI — it consolidated data onto its own tech stack using tools like Neo4j and built new interfaces. Industry observers like Josh Bersin remain skeptical about replicating complex systems like Workday’s payroll and compliance frameworks.

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RAG Explained: What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation?

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Because the model pulls from a live knowledge base or index, it can include the latest data (new support tickets, latest blog articles, yesterdays financial numbers, etc.) SaaS platforms can leverage this for features like analytics explanations ( Explain this dashboard pulling yesterdays data) or compliance checks with current regulations.

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Best Applicant Tracking Systems for 2025

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All the leading platforms reviewed below like Workable, Greenhouse, and Breezy HR are SaaS solutions that serve companies globally with multi-language support and compliance features (e.g., GDPR for data privacy in Europe). EEOC compliance forms, resume formats) cater to US hiring norms.

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Salesforce vs HubSpot: CRM Titans Compared for 2025

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Add-ons like Tableau CRM for big data analysis. Great for data-driven orgs. Also, Salesforces legacy in big data analysis (and tools like an embedded AI analytics) goes beyond what HubSpot offers out-of-the-box. Generally praised for ease on mobile. Excellent forecasting tools. Dashboards are easy to create.

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What is Click to Pay and How Does It Work?

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Data analytics: the provider must offer extensive data analysis tools and features to help you track transaction data in real-time, and gain valuable insights that can help you improve customer experience, marketing strategies, and other business offerings.