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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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Startup Metrics

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When talking to startup founders or other innovators, we always ask questions to better understand their business as a core. R : Revenue - Can you monetize any of this behavior? channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution We often reference Dave’s work when talking to innovators.

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

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And the evidence is mounting that AI startups aren’t just complementing SaaS — they’re actively hunting traditional SaaS incumbents for lunch. The Billion-Dollar AI Unicorn Factory The scale of AI startup funding isn’t just impressive — it’s existential for SaaS: The AI Billion-Dollar Club: OpenAI : $8.4

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Top 10 Reasons SaaStr Annual 2025 Will Be Better Than Ever!! May 13-15 in SF Bay!

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With a New, AI Demo Stage from 100+ Top AI Start-Ups! 150+ Sponsors Driving Innovation From the biggest names in cloud to the most exciting startups, our 150+ sponsors are showcasing the latest innovations in SaaS and AI. It’s May 13-15 in SF Bay, again on our 40+ acre indoor-outdoor campus ! The SaaStr.AI And networking.

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The Top 10 SaaStr 2025 Sessions So Far! OpenAI Head of GTM, HubSpot CEO, Canva CCO, DropBox and Snowflake CEOs!

SaaStr

The New Rules of SaaS Growth: Whats Next for AI, PLG, and Revenue Scale with HubSpots CEO 2. From Startup to $10B+: Lessons on Scaling, AI, and the Future of SaaS with Dropboxs Founder and CEO 3. AI for Growth: Building AI-Powered SMBs with Gustos CEO & CTO 14. How to Build a Category-Leading Product: Owns CEO 12.

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Dear SaaStr: What Are Some of the Qualities of a “Bad” Startup CEO?

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What are some qualities of a bad startup CEO/founder in Silicon Valley? A great CTO usually can solve this problem just in time to save the customers, but without one, revenue stalls. Sometimes, in a new or emerging category you can be slow at first. The best CEOs and founders are just fast. appeared first on SaaStr.

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June 30, 2025: The Date Where If Your Team Hasn’t Rolled Out Truly Great AI Into Production Yet… It’s Time to Reboot the Team

SaaStr

If your engineering team, your product team, or your leadership team hasn’t shipped meaningful AI capabilities into production by now, that have led to a material increase in revenue — you don’t have a strategy problem. Workflow transformation that creates new value. You have a talent (and vision) problem.

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