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SaaStr AI App of the Week: Syllable.ai

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Syllable’s Agentic Platform is enterprise infrastructure that handles voice interactions with the same reliability you’d expect from mission-critical systems. Real-Time Data & Weather Services Get real-time weather updates and forecasts through an AI agent connected to live weather data from OpenMeteo.

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

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This gets more challenging when you have stakeholders who aren’t the ones buying the software. I already have a solution.” Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry. There was no software yet. That’s how you go long.

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The Early Days: How Deel Went From $1m to $100m ARR in Just 20 Months

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I dream about clients telling me, ‘Hey, I did not receive my payment today. ” In Y Combinator’s 10-week program, Deel burned through 20% of their time selling a payments platform that nobody wanted. ” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance.

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Embedded Payments and Their Role in Subscription Commerce

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That’s where embedded payments come in. Whether you’re building a SaaS product, launching a curated box service, or running a subscription model, embedded payments aren’t just a backend upgrade. What Are Embedded Payments? Think of it as a native, invisible payment layer working in the background.

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How Do SaaS Companies Actually Make Money from Payments?

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But then you think, “Why not also offer payments to our users?” For example, PracticeSuite doesn’t just help medical offices automate appointments—it also gives them a built-in way to collect payments from patients directly through the PracticeSuite platform. Payments create a parallel revenue stream without causing sticker shock.

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The Ultimate Guide to Ecommerce Payment Solutions

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According to the Worldwide Retail Ecommerce Forecast 2024 by eMarketer, eCommerce will account for 21.0% But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion. This is expected to grow to 22.6%

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What is Vertical SaaS?

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Software tailored to your industry? Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. these software companies are able to develop deep expertise in those niches.