SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

Okta’s VP of Engineering, Monica Bajaj, and Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, Priya Ramamurthi, share Okta’s playbook to PLG, developer experience, and Enterprise ARR. How do you build a stellar developer experience and continue to scale when the user base skyrockets overnight? Most software developers are skeptical.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What is an integrated software vendor? An integrated software vendor more commonly known as an ISV is a software company that engages in a partnership with a payments provider in order to integrate payment processing capabilities into their platform. 3 things you should know about integrated software vendors 1.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71 Public & private company diligence, compliance analysis Marketing & PR 0.9 Automated sales coaching, AI sales development Architects, Surveyors, & Cartographers 0.28 Software engineers were the first to benefit with Copilot.

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SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

The shift from “innovation budget” to “operational budget” means AI tools must compete directly with established software investments—and many aren’t winning those comparisons yet. CFOs who initially approved AI experiments are now demanding concrete business outcomes. Skills bottlenecks are widening.

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Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

Ian Hillis welcomes David Blair, Senior Director of Product Management at Worldpay for Platforms, on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast to explore the critical roles of merchant underwriting and onboarding for software providers. Check out this helpful blog: The essential elements of merchant underwriting for software companies.

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Stax

JUNE 3, 2025

The term SaaS platform gets tossed around a lotbut what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for today’s software companies? In this article, we’ll break down what a SaaS platform is, highlight real-world examples, and explore key strategies to succeed in the fast-moving software-as-a-service industry.

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TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

TechEmpower has been instrumental in developing chatbots like these, utilizing generative AI to sift through internal documents and user manuals, enabling them to provide precise answers to customer service questions. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

How FastSpring drastically simplifies the entire cross border payments process for SaaS, software, mobile game, and other digital product businesses. And if you want to sell globally as a software company — even a small one — the majority of your transactions likely will be cross border. Luckily, there is another, much simpler option.

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USIO

MAY 9, 2025

APIs allow software systems to talk to each other. Compliance-as-a-Service (aka Regulatory-as-a-Service, RaaS) Translation: Legal protection on autopilot. Essential for reconciliation, compliance, and transparency. PCI Compliance Translation: The sacred rulebook of credit card safety.

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Payrix

APRIL 28, 2025

That expectation has driven software companies to build and grow their platforms rooted in customer centricity. As the demand for seamless platform experiences intensifies, theres only one way for software companies to effectively deliver on customer-centric strategies: with a digital-first approach.

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Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. The conversation unpacked notable trends, challenges, and opportunities for software companies navigating this dynamic landscape. This underscores the need for meticulous adherence to regulatory frameworks.

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

Software engineering teams have been early adopters of AI coding assistants precisely because they provide an immediate, measurable lift. This represents an under-recognized opportunity for B2B AI startups focusing on compliance, risk management, and administrative controls. This is exactly backward.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

Software that is difficult or time-consuming to remove is more likely to be purchased and renewed. Oates explains, “Software that supports critical infrastructure will continue to be purchased and renewed, year-over-year.” Many net-new purchases are for data security, compliance, risk management, and AI-powered tools.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

If so, join FastSpring at Game Developers Conference 2024 at Booth S1931! The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. We’d love to talk with you in person!

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Verge also reports that some of the changes — including that Google must “distribute rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps, unless developers opt out individually” — were some of the biggest changes Epic wanted from the case.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2023

Why AI Matters to VCs Over the last decade, each type of machine learning has developed and grown, with generative AI becoming the most recent. Platform Layer: This layer encompasses developer tools that simplify building applications. SaaStr Workshop Wednesdays are LIVE every Wednesday. Sign up for free. GPT, Llama).

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Because of these developments, mobile game companies are investigating more options for monetizing their games than just the App Store or Play Store. To learn more about how FastSpring supports game developers, visit fastspring.gg/. More details on those below.) What Is a Merchant of Record ?

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Payrix

APRIL 17, 2025

A payment facilitator (or PayFac) is a software platforms all-in-one payment processing solution. Instead of your customers needing to create their own merchant account to process payments, you as the PayFac developer handle all the payments setup and complexity for them. Handle sub-merchant compliance with card network rules.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

After experiencing the pain of managing software subscriptions first-hand, Cristina, Cledara ‘s Founder and CEO, decided to build a platform that was 100% focused on the customer and solved that very issue. Insight Assurance is a professional services firm providing cybersecurity compliance, risk management, and tax services.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 13, 2025

FastSprings Head of Gaming, Chip Thurston, will talk about best practices in developing your D2C strategy during What Actually Works With D2C: Proven Insights From the Frontlines of Major Mobile Publishers on January 20th. Spend less time managing your payments and compliance and more time making great games!

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Payrix

JUNE 10, 2025

White label merchant processing enables third parties like integrated software vendors (ISVs) or independent sales organizations (ISOs) to customize and sell the payment processing technology and services of a payments provider under their own brands. What is white label merchant processing?

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 27, 2024

Most leaders wants to inject AI into their business to develop a competitive advantage. What training data is used that might subject the software buyer to future legal action? SOC2, GDPR, ISO27001 & other certifications provide industry standards for security & compliance. Selling AI is not just selling software.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Well, if you haven’t, it’s best we dive in quickly (before non-compliance lands your business in some serious sh@#). Whether you’re a healthcare provider, a SaaS company in the healthcare space, or any other business dealing with Protected Health Information (PHI) , HIPAA compliance is non-negotiable.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Who is Peter Gassner CEO and Founder of SaaS Leader Veeva Systems Peter Gassner has established himself as a significant figure in enterprise software, particularly through his leadership at Veeva Systems. Instead of building generic enterprise software, he went all-in on life sciences. Classic vertical SaaS expansion.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development. The internet economy is expected to double from 2019 to 2023—and that’s after the cost of software tools to run your business has collapsed, from $4M in 2011 to a paltry $4000 today. Platforms-as-a-service. Key takeaways.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Everyone I work with uses document management software, and you should too. Whether you are trying to go green, stay organized, build great looking newsletters, or meet the most stringent regulations, document management software can make a hard process much easier. The Top 5 Options for Document Management Software.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this session, we brought together: Douwe Kiela, CEO of ContextualAI Benjamin Mann, co-founder of Anthropic Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean and Sandhya Hedge, General Partner at Unusual VC, To help us figure out how to sell GenAI software to some of the biggest organizations in the world. But actually, it turns out its still software.

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SaaStr

MAY 14, 2025

So Atlassian is the developer software engine that just keep going: $5.4 government agencies and their partners, with plans to meet even stricter compliance standards like FedRAMP High and DoD Impact Level. #5. This offering is tailored for U.S. Super Profitable.

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Payrix

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis sits down with Candice Raybourn, Head of Partner Activation at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss the crucial topic of PCI compliance. Candice underscores the financial and reputational risks associated with non-compliance.

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Scytale

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Scytale adds the DORA framework to its list of leading security and privacy compliance frameworks, enabling businesses to ensure effective and all-inclusive management of digital risks in financial markets within the EU. Compliance with this framework provides solid principles that companies across various industries can learn from.

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USIO

JUNE 28, 2024

Enhanced Security: Ensure the highest level of security with Usio PCI Level 1 compliance and industry-leading security protocols. to empower their users with a secure and efficient payment solution,” said Chris Ross, Director, Partner Development at Usio. We are thrilled to partner with ues.io chris.ross@usio.com M. 970-420-5903 W.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When you first hear the term “SOC 2 Type 2 compliance,” it might sound like you’re entering some kind of information security maze. Whether you’re just starting out or are somewhere in the middle of the journey, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance is designed to help your business strengthen customer trust. But guess what? It doesn’t have to be.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lucid is the leading provider of visual collaboration software with over 70M users worldwide. Those characteristics determine how the customer purchases, adopts and engages with your account team to derive value from the software. How do they purchase software, adopt it, and engage with account teams to derive value?

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 5, 2020

These are just two of the reasons that any business looking to grow should get auto dialer software. Here are the top six auto dialer software options on the market. The Top 6 Options For Auto Dialer Software. How to Choose the Best Auto Dialer Software for You. Compliance. Managers get real-time KPIs at a glance.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 8, 2021

Each has its own strengths and weaknesses that span attributes like speed, privacy, cost to write transactions, and developer friendliness. The more developers on a chain, the more transactions on that chain, the greater the attractiveness to future developers and end users. Software spans many categories.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Our mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with a strong emphasis on good design and ease of use. Maast offers payments, banking, lending and more as features in software provider’s platforms – with one relationship, contract and integration. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Integrated payments are payment processing capabilities that are incorporated into a software companys platform to provide their user base with the ability to accept and manage payments for their businesses. Often, software customers have to hop from system to system and spend time reconciling their payments against their sales.

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