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4 Key Takeaways from the AI Panel at Saastr 2023

Tom Tunguz

Last week at Saastr 2023, I had the privilege of hosting a panel with Maggie Hott , GTM leader at OpenAI, Sharon Zhou , cofounder & CEO of Lamini, & Jordan Tigani , founder & CEO of MotherDuck talking about the implications of AI for the software industry broadly. Four themes resonated throughout the session.

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Free Software and Open Source Business

Andreessen Horowitz

Today, despite the critical importance of open source to software, it’s still seen by some as blasphemous to make money as an open source business. In this podcast, Armon Dadgar, Cofounder and CTO of HashiCorp; Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks; … The post Free Software and Open Source Business appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Product Power Breakfast #2: Thomas Interviews Dave

Kellblog

Well, we just finished the first episode (“ Dave interviews Thomas “) of our Enterprise SaaS Product Power Breakfast series and wow, was it crazy. A surprise cameo from Dharmesh Shah , cofounder and CTO of HubSpot (who I think Jason pulled up [1]) — thanks for coming!

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Dream Teams: The Characteristics of Billion-Dollar Startup Founders

Tom Tunguz

Above is a chart comparing the number of “billion” dollar startups by the total number of founders and the share of technical founders. 70% of teams have at least one technical founder. 30% of teams have no technical cofounders. The full dataset is here. founders; the median is 2. 10% of founders have an MBA.

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

While the sales-and-marketing types will emphasize “its proven-ness” you will want to know how much technical debt there is associated with this old architecture. Great startups are lead by strong technologists who ensure that technical debt is continuously addressed and retired via, e.g., trust releases. Clean cap table.

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OpenView leads $31M Series C in Applitools

OpenView Labs

OpenView is thrilled to announce our $31 million Series C investment in Applitools , the leading provider of AI-based automated visual testing and monitoring software. Today, the company serves hundreds of customers including some of the world’s largest enterprises like Gannett, HP and American Express.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author. Andrea has led numerous sales initiatives and teams at enterprise software and solution providers, including Varolii, IBM, Symphony Technology Group, Vitria Technology, DigitalThink, and PeopleSoft. Brooke Bachesta – SDR Manager at Outreach.