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A Look Back: How $13 Billion Ramp Began To Scale with Co-Founder and CTO Karim Atiyah

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Karim Atiyah came to SaaStr Annual to share how they got this rocketship … off the ground. His journey from consultant to coder to fintech founder offers a masterclass in what he calls “asymmetric outcomes” strategic bets where the potential upside dramatically outweighs the downside.

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

SaaStr

Customer Service Platforms Threat: Voice agents indistinguishable from humans handling phone-based jobs at a fraction of human cost Market size: $85 billion addressable market for business calls alone 3.

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Why Your Startup Needs a Fractional CTO – TechEmpower

TechEmpower SaaS

A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.

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Top Tools for Monitoring API Performance

Teamgate

Sarah Kim, CTO at GrowthCraft, highlighted the cost efficiency: “As our system grew to hundreds of services, our previous monitoring solution became prohibitively expensive. Uptrace offers all the features we need at a fraction of the cost.”

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ISO 27001 Certification Costs Stressing You Out? Let’s Break it Down for You

Scytale

This is if companies opt to use an independent consultant. Therefore, many companies opt-in for an independent consultant to perform the audit. Automation helps in reducing the preparation time for ISO 27001 certification by centralizing documentation, simplifying risk assessments, and continuously monitoring compliance requirements.

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The Top 10 SaaStr Learnings from Mary Meeker’s Latest Report on AI

SaaStr

China Is Playing a Different Game Entirely The Models Youve Barely Heard Of: DeepSeek R1: 93% performance of OpenAI’s o3-mini at fraction of training cost Alibaba Qwen 2.5-Max: As Andrew Bosworth (Meta CTO) noted: “This is our space race…there’s very few secrets. 80% cheaper than predecessor, costs 0.2%

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5 Ways AI Has Already Changed SaaS Sales Forever with Perplexity’s CBO Dmitry Shevelenko and SaaStr CRO Confidential Host Sam Blond

SaaStr

” His real-world example is that when he gets a contract to review as the CBO of Perplexity in a buying role, he doesn’t immediately send it straight to legal anymore. ” What Survives : Complex, consultative sales where human judgment and relationship-building matter.

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