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. It also facilitates rapid prototyping, allowing for quicker iterations and thus shorter development cycles.

Generative AI 443

Generative AI CTO Hire AI Sales Recruiting 443

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

Developer APIs includes a litany of different developer tools and services. And with many developers working remotely full time, perhaps they express greater interest in other services as a result of being sheltered-in-place, but that seems spurious to me. If you have a hypothesis, send me a tweet at @ttunguz.

Startup 362

Startup Software Engineering Finance Engineering 362

Clouded Judgement

JULY 16, 2024

We can expect the company to start trading on the public markets next Wednesday Subscribe now OneStream Overview From the S1 - “OneStream delivers a unified, AI-enabled and extensible software platform—the Digital Finance Cloud—that modernizes and increases the strategic impact of the Office of the CFO.

Benchmarks 295

Benchmarks Data Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 295

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

For founders, the key is balancing long-term vision with short-term proof points that can secure ongoing financing and market traction. The most successful companies will combine unique data advantages with strong algorithms and effective go-to-market strategies.

Technical Review 191

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 191

Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This simplicity is of course shrouded in the complexity of biology, and demands that biotech companies thoughtfully de-risk existential concerns throughout the drug development lifecycle. How much of the total financing is allocated towards the lead program? key in vivo data results).

Development Team Review 125

Development Team Review Technical Review Finance Systems Review 125

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 29, 2022

On the other hand, the Defi (decentralized finance) sector enjoys more consistent revenue patterns. As blockchains look to foster healthy ecosystems, they will need to build a portfolio of application developers across different categories. L1s’ monthly revenue has followed NFT marketplaces downward, falling 57%.

Blockchain 315

Blockchain Application Development Finance Revenue 315

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Sales acceleration, marketing, finance tools all built on Salesforce data with Slack delivering the user interface. Third, the next horizon for instant messaging is the development of custom workflows within large enterprises. These workflows require platforms-as-a-service (PaaS) products that simplify development.

SaaS 279

SaaS Finance Cloud Engineering 279

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. Leverage AI and Embedded Finance: With advancements in AI and Embedded Finance , staying focused on impactful innovations while avoiding distractions from shiny, less-relevant trends will be crucial.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 130

SaaStr

JULY 18, 2021

The Q&A at the end is particularly strong on when and how to build your marketing team, where ABM is today, how to sell to developers, and much more. #3 “From Developer to Founder to CEO: Engineering to Enterprise with Elastic” A great session the real story of how Elastic grew to be the search (and more) leader it is today.

Scale 287

Scale Finance Market Segmentation Enterprise 287

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

With Databricks now one of the largest pre-IPO technology companies, with $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and a valuation of $62 billion, Ron’s insights are gold for any revenue leader looking to scale. From the early days, we had a more technical sales team.” Talk to users.

Scale 179

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 179

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Across Series A to Series E rounds in the US, hedge funds participated in 63% of startup financings worth more than $200B in 2021. The value propositions of board seats, venture platforms for hiring, business development, & marketing, and more active investing will be tested in 2022.

Finance 363

Finance Pricing Investment Startup 363

Payrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, Ian Hillis speaks with Brad Pinneke , VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, about one of the most important decisions software companies face today: choosing the right payments partner. Brad, welcome to the show. Brad Pinneke Hey.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 130

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Everstage is a no-code commissions automation platform that removes recurring busywork for your Ops and Finance teams and provides a transparent and gamified incentives experience to your customer-facing teams. With Aiven, developers can do what they do best: create applications.

Cloud 273

Cloud GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Payments SaaS Payments 273

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 18, 2023

Develop multiple products from Day One. Rippling sells about 13 products for information technology teams, finance teams, & human resources teams like mobile device management, payroll, & talent management. A compound company must excel at new product development & launch. Constellation Software.

Startup 315

Startup Strategy Scale Cloud 315

SaaStr

JULY 28, 2022

We all believe we are building a generational company, that will change how ownership and finance works. Trusted by finance teams and travelers alike, TripActions leverages real-time data to help companies keep traveling employees safe, reduce spend, and drive productivity. Fewer clicks, less tabs, and no waiting for pages to load.

Travel 263

Travel Finance Banking Development 263

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

Since TaxJar focuses on sales tax compliance for e-commerce, we needed to know how sales, finance and technology came together for these companies. Unlike our SMB customers, midsize businesses tend to have multiple key decision makers, including finance, product, IT, security and legal. Who were the different stakeholders involved?

Scale 287

Scale Business Finance compliance 287

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Digital Finance Today. Sager lays out his observations on fintech’s history and describes the three main stages of development over the years: Stage One: Original fintech circled closely around some of the storied industry players like Square and Robinhood. Enter your email below for the latest SaaStr updates.

Finance 255

Finance Innovation Banking Interviewing 255

SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

After 11 years in finances, in 2016 she became the CFO of Brinc.io, boldly entering into the tech world. Jessie provides invaluable know-how to portfolio companies on cash flow, fundraising, and financing strategies. She is also an active tech investor in Asia, complementing the financing with business development insights.

VP of Engineering 264

VP of Engineering CTO Coach Venture Capital SaaS 264

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

Now with digital finance, innovation is occurring at lightning speed. New developments are popping up so quickly that it’s hard to keep track of what’s out there, and what isn’t. In this session, Eric Sager, COO of Plaid will make clear what digital finance has enabled thus far, and what else is to come.

Payments 276

Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Banking 276

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Today, Cledara brings visibility and control to all your software subscriptions, helping you reduce software costs by 30% and save +20h a month on finance admin. Unlock real-time financial insights and a full-service finance team with Zeni ‘s intelligent bookkeeping, accounting, and CFO services. Cledara is the result of that.

Merchant Services 259

Merchant Services Cybersecurity compliance Finance 259

Payrix

JULY 23, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast, Ian Hillis sits down with Renn Salo, Vice President of Payments at Inktavo, to delve into the exciting world of Embedded Finance, with a particular focus on the intersection of lending and software platforms. How should software companies be thinking about Embedded Finance?

Payments 100

Payments Payment Solutions Finance Payment Services 100

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 28, 2022

Developers building sophisticated applications employ 10, 20, maybe 30 services. Can you imagine a site reliability engineer managing 15 to 20 tokens, coordinating with finance teams to ensure proper treasury management, while ensuring high uptime? That’s much more work than the automatic credit card payment with AWS.

Payment Solutions 268

Payment Solutions GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup Payment Features 268

SaaStr

MAY 7, 2024

Why Is Every Role a Prompt Engineering Role Runway is a next-generation finance platform. They’ve built four AI tools, three without writing code, and have developed an AI-first culture at Runway where everyone can develop and utilize these AI tools without a formal engineering background.

AI 278

AI Engineering Sales Hiring ChatGPT 278

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

And it’s all thanks to embedded finance and embedded fintech. Embedded finance isn’t entirely a new concept. Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Everything is done under one platform.

Payments 88

Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Finance 88

Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

With decades of experience in payments, Matt provided invaluable insights on emerging trends, regulatory changes, and the future of Embedded Finance. Technological evolution : The foundations laid in recent years are expected to yield transformative advancements in Embedded Finance and platform regulation. Matt Downs Yeah.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Teleport (www.goteleport.com) — Teleport provides identity-based infrastructure access that gives developers material productivity gains without compromising security. She also developed Bessemer’s Cash Conversion Score and authors the annual Cloud 100 Benchmarks Reports. Mary graduated with honors with an A.B.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Benchmarks Cloud compliance 285

SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2020

Divvy is a seamless expense management software combined with the world’s smartest business card giving your company total control of finances. UruIT is a top software development agency that offers services such as product discovery, web & mobile app development, product management, Machine Learning consulting, and UX design.

Machine Learning 306

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence SaaS Consulting 306

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 21, 2020

I examined the first screen that loaded in 25 popular iOS apps across a variety of use cases (such as social media, retail, services, personal finance, and more). Personal finance: (PayPal, Revolut) 41.0%. This begs the question: how should an app developer make decisions about the amount of text to show and its quality?

Mobile 291

Mobile PayPal Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 291

Payrix

JUNE 25, 2024

Embedded Finance is more than just a buzzword; it represents a fundamental shift in how financial services are delivered and consumed today. What is Embedded Finance? What is Embedded Finance? Customer data : Embedded Finance uses existing customer data to personalize experiences and offers, enhancing relevance and timing.

Payments 100

Payments Payment Solutions Finance Embedded Payments 100

SaaStr

MAY 20, 2020

VCs didn’t think developers would buy anything. But the customers are your best source of financing and knowledge. A deep dive on how to sell, how to sell to developers, how to expand products and markets, and much more. ” They had that conversation enough times to just build the first Twilio API. Times will change.

CTO Hire 355

CTO Hire New CTO CTO Airlines 355

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

More than innovating technically, Steven has guided Offchain Labs’ developer relations strategy in a unique way in the ecosystem. Arbitrum has ammassed more than $12b of assets on their platform (called total value locked or TVL) via that strategy.

Blockchain 233

Blockchain Payments Finance Innovation 233

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 16, 2020

Today, we’ll review the impact of XDR (either sales development rep or business development rep) attainment on AE quota attainment. This result is true independent of buyer type (product, engineer, legal, finance, IT, etc.), This analysis looks at both inside and outside sales AE attainment.

Finance 245

Finance Engineering Development Metrics 245

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Positions Needed: Developers (Front-End and Back-End), Client Applications, Core Services/Platform, Analytics, and DevOps. Director of Finance. VP Finance (13 Employees). The Org Journey: Series A – Series C. Series A (~ 50 Employees). Team Size: 12. Head of Product. Team SIze: 4 -5. Positions Needed: PMs and Designers.

CTO Hire 287

CTO Hire Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO 287

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 20, 2024

General & administrative should see productivity gains across legal & finance. Sales & marketing will initially see a boost from AI as the early adopters reduce cost-of-customer acquisition through novel techniques. But over time, everyone will use AI & the efficiencies will be competed away.

AI Search 232

AI Search AI Scale SaaS 232

FastSpring

JULY 26, 2024

In this episode, we’re going to be talking about developing a winning KPI strategy for game marketing. We primarily work with PC and console game developers. David Vogelpohl (18:37) You know, one of my favorite quotes of finance forecast is the only thing you can guarantee about your forecast is it will be inaccurate.

Development 158

Development Strategy Marketing Forecasting 158

SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Jay launched his entrepreneurial career while in high school with his first web-services firm, providing web development services to early-stage companies. After high school Jay moved to New Jersey to attend Rutgers University, where he studied finance & political science.

Development Team Review 299

Development Team Review Technical Review Management Social Media 299

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Brex is all-in-one finance for growing businesses. developers globally; Setka – a no-code content design tool recognized as one of 14 global WordPress VIP Technology Partners for delivering innovative management and editing tools that easily integrate into any CMS; as well as MoxieManager and TinyDrive.

Technology 253

Technology Data Banking Finance 253