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AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution

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AI and Cybersecurity: How Rubrik’s Co-Founder Built a $1B+ ARR Platform While Joining the AI Revolution Lessons from Arvind Nithrakashyap, Co-Founder and CTO of Rubrik, on scaling cyber resilience platforms, building multiple product curves, and implementing AI across both products and operations.

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Palantir’s +79% vs Bill’s -43%: The AI Divide That Defined SaaS Performance in 1H’25

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📈 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.

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88% of B2B IPOs Have Founder CEOs. And Those Ones Do Far, Far Better

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For the digital health, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and developer tools companies in the IPO pipeline, the message is clear: founder leadership isn’t just acceptable in B2B—it’s the overwhelming norm and often a significant competitive advantage.

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Going Multi-Product in the Age of AI with Webflow, Rubrik, Zoom, and ProductBoard

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Risk Management: For companies like Rubrik working in sensitive areas like cybersecurity, ensuring AI recommendations are highly accurate and safe is crucial. Pricing Strategy : Consider whether AI features should be packaged as part of existing products or as separate offerings, based on how value scales with usage.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Today’s technology leaders play a more strategic role in establishing cybersecurity strategy for their organizations. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?”

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Navan Files for IPO: The Opening of B2B IPO Floodgates?

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Here’s a comprehensive overview of the major candidates: Company Founded CEO Sector Est. Revenue Valuation IPO Timeline Databricks 2013 Ali Ghodsi Data Analytics $2.4B $62B 2025-2026 Netskope 2012 Sanjay Beri Cybersecurity $487M $7.5B valuation—though leadership maintains no near-term IPO plans) Canva (design software, $48.7B

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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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Unlimited budgets for “AI” and “cybersecurity” Long contract terms (3-7 years) High switching costs (security clearances) Less price sensitivity Actionable Takeaways For Current B2B Founders: Audit your “mission-critical” score – Would customers pay 2x your price?

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Scaling Your Startup and Getting Funded: Key Lessons from Seasoned Pros

Speaker: Brian Chang, Managing Director of Warburg Pincus & Scott Schwan, Chief Product Officer of A-LIGN

Implement a cybersecurity infrastructure to sustain growth. In this webinar, you'll learn how to: Bridge the gap between product-market fit and go-to-market fit. Land marquee customers and build loyalty with them. Navigate roadblocks to scale and maintain focus on the long-term vision.

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Cover Your SaaS: How to Overcome Security Challenges and Risks For Your Organization

Speaker: Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster

In this webinar, Ronald Eddings, Cybersecurity Expert and Podcaster, will outline the interconnected relationship between SaaS apps and IT & security teams, along with several actionable solutions to overcome the new difficulties facing your organization.