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AI Adoption: 5 Hard Truths About the Fastest Technology Transformation in History With Aaron Levie, CEO Box

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No technology in history has scaled this rapidly – not even close. If your organization is taking a wait-and-see approach or treating AI like previous technology waves, you’re already behind. As Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, points out, ChatGPT alone amassed approximately 500 million active users in just over two years.

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The $10M to $1B Vertical SaaS Playbook: Key Lessons from Procore’s Chief Product Officer Wyatt Jenkins

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Meet Wyatt Jenkins: From Construction Sites to Chief Product Officer If you want to understand how vertical SaaS companies scale to $1B+ in revenue while staying true to their customers, there’s no better person to learn from than Wyatt Jenkins, Chief Product Officer at Procore Technologies.

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The Sheer Momentum You Need For an Enduring IPO in SaaS: 63% Average Growth

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Procore Technologies (IPO: May 2021) Pre-IPO Year Growth Rate: 38.4% Procore Technologies (IPO: May 2021) Pre-IPO Year Growth Rate: 38.4% The company went public during the pandemic recovery when construction technology adoption accelerated. Revenue Growth : $289.2M (2019) → $400.3M (2020) IPO Valuation : $8.3

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Dear SaaStr: What Was Your First Step When You Decided to Do a Startup?

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In my first start-up, arguably I invented the idea of the company , but my co-founder invented the technology. Dear SaaStr: What Was Your First Step When You Decided to Do a Startup? For me, both times, it was to find my co-founder. It was really all her. Step 1 was seeing if we wanted to do this crazy idea together.

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The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q2 2021

In our 24-criterion evaluation of B2B marketing data providers, we identified the 11 most significant vendors — Data Axle, Dun & Bradstreet, Enlyft, Global Database, InsideView, Leadspace, Oracle, SMARTe, Spiceworks Ziff Davis, TechTarget, and ZoomInfo Technologies — and researched, analyzed, and scored them.

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SaaStr AI App of the Week: Syllable.ai

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This isn’t beta technology—it’s battle-tested infrastructure that scales under real enterprise workloads. The Technology That Actually Works Production-Ready Infrastructure Monitor speech accuracy and latency, track agent responses and conversation success, identify tool integration issues with error logs and uptime monitoring.

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Palantir’s +79% vs Bill’s -43%: The AI Divide That Defined SaaS Performance in 1H’25

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Palantir Technologies (PLTR): +78.69% YTD 👑 Hit all-time high of $148.22 👑 Larry’s Long-Term Vision : CEO Larry Ellison’s early AI investments and partnerships (particularly around autonomous database technology) positioned Oracle perfectly for the AI infrastructure boom.

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Cloud-Based Solutions: The Sky Is the Limit for Retail Success

Speaker: Ryan Bryers, SVP of Global Engineering

With technology giants like Google, AWS, and Azure leading the charge, the true value of the cloud extends far beyond cost savings. In a rapidly evolving industry, the shift from traditional on-premise systems to cloud-based solutions has become crucial for retail success.

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LLMs in Production: Tooling, Process, and Team Structure

Speaker: Dr. Greg Loughnane and Chris Alexiuk

Technology professionals developing generative AI applications are finding that there are big leaps from POCs and MVPs to production-ready applications. However, during development – and even more so once deployed to production – best practices for operating and improving generative AI applications are less understood.

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The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms: Vendor Strategy, Market Presence, and Capabilities Overview

Enterprises need a platform that can make broader AI teams more productive, implementing more complex use cases and harnessing the fast pace of new AI technologies. The Forrester Wave™ evaluates Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers.

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The Executive Guide to Generative AI

As a leader, it's going to be tempting for your team to want to tinker with the technology, but it’s important to focus your team on the value. From productivity gains to finding new routes to revenue generation, generative AI is going to radically transform how we work.

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AI in Manufacturing

Their problems and needs don’t change, but the technology and solutions do. Manufacturers want to deliver the best products on the market as quickly and ethically as possible. They want to increase productivity and profits. Get this eBook to learn about: Achieving ROI with AI and delivering valuable results with urgency.

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Going to Market Smarter in the New Economy

Technology will continue to play a part in fostering buyer allegiance and building brands in the “new normal.” The fight to find new customers and retain existing ones is the biggest business challenge for many companies.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days.

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Innovation Systems: Advancing Practices to Create New Value

As technology transforms the global business landscape, companies need to examine and update their internal processes for innovation to keep pace.