SaaStr

MAY 21, 2025

billion Highest ever quarter of US commercial total contract value (“TCV”) at $810 million, up +183% Y/Y Palantir has dramatically evolved beyond its government roots. This vertical focus aligns with broader trends in re-industrialization and supply chain resilience. billion and $1.8

Artificial Intelligence

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

New spending data from Ramp reveals a possible trend: end user AI adoption may be hitting its first growth slow down. But as we move into mainstream enterprise adoption, we’re dealing with Fortune 500 companies, regulated industries, and government agencies—organizations where a 12-18 month procurement cycle is considered fast.

AI

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Who will be responsible for data governance and quality assurance to ensure the accuracy and reliability of your data? For instance, if you find that you lack the infrastructure to integrate data from different platforms, you can then invest in new tools or reorganize data governance processes. How will it be analyzed?

Strategy

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2025

This isn’t just about geopolitics it’s about a fundamental shift in how governments and VCs view defense technology investing. Why It Matters : Wars in Ukraine and Israel demonstrated the impact of technologies like drones on modern warfare. General Catalyst even named defense a key strategy for their recent $8B fund. #6.

Outsourcing Services

USIO

JUNE 12, 2025

Whether it’s a fintech startup, a government agency, or a national subscription platform, Louis emphasized one key idea: the future of payments is flexible, seamless, and built to adapt. And at Usio , that’s exactly where we thrive – building smart, scalable solutions that flex around our partners’ needs, not the other way around.

Payments

SaaStr

JULY 5, 2025

New data from Carta analyzing 17,896 primary priced rounds from Q1 2021 to Q2 2025 shows a clear trend: lead investors are systematically taking larger portions of the rounds they lead. Series B : Despite some volatility, trending upward from 50% to 51%. Why This Is Happening Several factors are driving this trend: Flight to quality.

Government

BetterCloud

APRIL 30, 2025

Every year we explore ITs biggest challenges and concerns, trends in SaaS management, and what the future holds – making this the industrys largest and longest running research of its kind. Were seeing a growing trend of greater IT control of IT resources. Were seeing a growing trend of greater IT control of IT resources.

Trends

USIO

JUNE 19, 2025

The trend is clear: embedding payments is a smart monetization strategy that’s become table stakes for platforms that want to grow fast. According to Goldman Sachs and Fast Company , platforms like Bill.com and AvidXchange generate over 60% of their total revenue from payments, not software fees.

Payments

Scytale

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As technology continues to evolve, compliance industry trends and requirements adapt accordingly. Compliance trends in 2025 continue to be influenced by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, blockchain, and cloud computing. What role does AI play in compliance trends?

compliance

Blulogix

DECEMBER 23, 2024

the trend is fueled by several key drivers: Customer Demand for Flexibility: Customers increasingly expect pricing to be proportional to the value they receive, making rigid pricing models less attractive. Industry Trends: Why Usage-Based Pricing is Growing The growth of usage-based pricing is no accident.

Payment Features

USIO

AUGUST 1, 2025

The Rise (and Stall) of Embedded Payments Over the past several years, embedded payments became one of the hottest trends in SaaS. You can customize disbursements, invoicing, and even government program payouts all through a single platform. But the reality rarely lives up to the promise. The integration was painful the first time.

Payments

User Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

I mean, analyzing quantitative data like CSAT or NPS is pretty easy, especially when your feedback software breaks down all responses and plots the trends in a graph (Userpilot does that). They are commonly used in business, academia, and government to gather feedback, measure satisfaction, or support decision-making processes.

Scale

How To Buy Saas

JUNE 18, 2025

Governments and companies now invest billions: the U.S. Government-led funding is enormous (China leads the world in AI patent filings, accounting for roughly 70% of the total grants). UK government policy (AI sector plan, collaboration with Europe on data and chips) aims to keep local talent from heading abroad. poured $109.1

AI

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2025

The Bottom Line: AI Infrastructure and Vertical Solutions Lead the Way This year’s YC Demo pods revealed two dominant trends: AI Infrastructure Maturation : Companies like Atlog, Mosaic, Openmart, and Sixty Four AI are building the foundational layers needed for enterprise AI adoption.

AI Search

Scytale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

LogicGate LogicGate goes beyond compliance and dives deep into governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Advanced Reporting: Their detailed analytics help you spot trends and optimize your compliance efforts. Affordable: Osano is budget-friendly, making it an ideal choice for startups.

compliance

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2025

The Commercial Breakthrough For years, Palantir was primarily a government contractor. Government Can Be a Feature, Not a Bug Palantir’s deep government relationships initially seemed like a limiting factor for commercial growth. Government Momentum Sustained : Despite all the commercial focus, U.S.

AI

BetterCloud

MAY 23, 2025

With money on the mind, its no wonder that SaaS consolidation trends have continued. This isn’t just a fleeting trend; it’s a strategic imperative for businesses aiming for efficiency, security, and a healthier bottom line.

Technical Review

Payrix

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Mike Valdepenas, Senior Director, Portfolio Management “What trends in data modeling are you most excited about, and how does data impact risk management in payments?” Governance and compliance should be foundational to your payments offering, making it possible to innovate confidently while meeting regulatory requirements.

Merchant Services

BetterCloud

JUNE 16, 2025

Challenges with data governance and privacy: You can’t confidently say where all your sensitive data is stored or who has access to it. Keep up with new SaaS trends, emerging security threats, and innovative solutions. This visibility is crucial for maintaining data governance and meeting regulatory standards.

Management

Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

Know Your Customer (KYC): This check involves verifying government-issued IDs, business licenses, and ownership structures to confirm the merchants legitimacy and authenticity. Update criteria regularly Adapt to new industry trends and emerging risks. Predictive models can help identify potential red flags early in the process.

Merchant Services

Sales Hacker

JUNE 27, 2025

Her Internet Trends reports helped a generation of founders navigate shifts in consumer behavior, platforms, and growth models. Her latest release, Trends: Artificial Intelligence (2025) , is her first in 5 years! Mary Meeker doesn’t publish often. But when she does, it usually defines how the next wave of tech gets built.

AI Search

User Pilot

JULY 22, 2025

What to look for in Segment alternatives While exploring these alternatives, one growing trend kept being reinforced for me: moving from a monolithic CDP to a composable approach gives you more control and speed. Feature & events dashboard: Get built-in funnels, paths, cohort analysis, and trend reports in one unified product dashboard.

Software Review

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Why Real Invoice Calculation is Superior to Traditional Estimation Tools Higher Accuracy and Precision Traditional estimation tools rely on trends, historical data, or simplified models to project future revenue. This gives businesses a highly accurate , granular view of their upcoming revenue.

Payment Features

BetterCloud

JUNE 9, 2025

Finally, establish a continuous monitoring and governance framework. With access to real-time usage trends, BetterCloud empowers your procurement or IT team with data-backed insights for vendor negotiations. SaaS spend optimization isn’t a one-time project; it’s an ongoing discipline.

SaaS

How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

AI systems can process vast datasets and spot trends or risks that humans might miss. In one retail example, a CEO might use an AI tool to draft a summary of key performance metrics or ask a virtual assistant to highlight emerging market trends. Establish data governance and cross-team data pipelines.

Artificial Intelligence

SaaStr

JUNE 30, 2025

The major SaaS providers have announced another round of significant price increases for 2025, continuing a trend that’s putting pressure on enterprise software budgets across the board. The federal government has started pushing back hard, and even mighty Salesforce has had to blink.

Pricing

SaaStr

JULY 6, 2025

Industry Implications The New Model of Venture Capital NFDG’s story represents several evolving trends in venture capital: 1. Meeting Intelligence: Granola Granola tackles the massive market opportunity in meeting productivity and transcription. billion fund deployed, NFDG has achieved remarkable capital efficiency.

Venture Capital

How To Buy Saas

MAY 28, 2025

Security and Compliance: Orchestration centralizes data governance. This unified governance greatly reduces risks (e.g. even ship with governance modules (role-based access, content filtering) so sensitive data never slips through unmanaged pipelines. Another trend is richer LLM memory. Services like Portkey and Orq.ai

Artificial Intelligence

How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

Legal and Government Documents: Publicly available legal texts or government publications can also be part of the mix. The trend is that each year, training efficiency improves (through techniques like mixed precision training, better optimizers, smarter learning rate schedules, etc.), and hardware also gets faster per dollar.

Artificial Intelligence

User Pilot

JANUARY 28, 2025

Reports for granular analysis – Get deeper insights into user behavior with detailed reports like funnels, paths, trends, and cohorts. Monitor trends at a glance with custom dashboards and reports. Machine learning insights – Amplitude also uses machine learning to highlight retention trends and user predictions.

Machine Learning

Blulogix

MAY 21, 2025

For CIOs looking to elevate ITs role in the enterprise or government agency, thats a problem. Heres the cost trend. It delivers critical servicesbut from a financial perspective, its a black box. Costs come in, bills go out, and leadership is left wondering: Where is the value? Thats where chargeback comes in. Heres a breakdown.

AWS

ChurnZero

MAY 29, 2025

Some SaaS trends simmer; others ignite. These concerns will fade as case law, best practices, and internal governance will evolve. Then there’s AI, in a category all of its own. What started as an experimental tool has quickly become a defining lever of efficiency, productivity, and now profitability. The implication?

Benchmarks

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 5, 2025

Sophie Buonassisi (22:07.948) And if you’re building a system, need to understand the patterns that govern that system. And is the account trending healthy or not? It’s all building a business is about building a great system. Gaurav Agarwal (21:50.199) Yeah. But the truth is pattern exists in everything.

Scale

BetterCloud

APRIL 24, 2025

From governance and cybersecurity to data management and user support, the demands on IT departments are constantly escalating. The numbers dont lie: A growing gap The steady climb of the IT-to-employee ratio is a trend that is always one to keep an eye on. Stay tuned for the full report. Why this surge?

Cybersecurity

BetterCloud

MARCH 24, 2025

Stay up-to-date on new SaaS trends and technologies: The SaaS world is constantly evolving. BetterCloud is your SaaS operations management friend BetterCloud is the only unified SaaS lifecycle management platform that helps organizations manage, secure, and govern SaaS applications organization-wide. Are they still relevant?

Management

User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

Compliance-heavy industries Sectors like finance, healthcare, insurance, and government cant afford errors in their mobile apps. Analytics dashboards: Youll see high-level engagement trends and user-level insights, but unlocking deeper metrics demands extra setup or third-party integrations. moment faster.

Mobile

How To Buy Saas

JUNE 26, 2025

This ensures clear governance—e.g., Custom Reports & Google Analytics Integration Export performance data to CSV/Excel for deeper insights or offline sharing Integrate with Google Analytics for advanced web tracking This lets you analyze traffic trends, user behavior, and engagement alongside your other web properties.

Technical Review