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It’s 2025. There Is No “Downturn” Anymore. It’s You.

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In 2022, you could blame the markets In 2023, you could blame "macro" impacts In 2024, you could still claim we were in a "downturn" In 2025 — you've run out of excuses — Jason SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) February 4, 2025 The downturn is over in SaaS and B2B. HyperGrowth is Back.

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20 YC Startups Demoing at SaaStr 2025 Pushing the AI Frontier! From Abundant AI to Mosaic to Veriflow and More!!

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So we’ll have ~20 of the latest AI start-ups from YCombinator at a special YC Demo Pod area at 2025 SaaStr Annual! Come meet them (and also watch 100+ present live at our first AI Demo Stage ) at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! Here’s more on a dozen of them to meet IRL!:

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5 Interesting Learnings From DropBox at $2.6 Billion in ARR

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And now it’s transitioning to its third phase, investing big in its more AI focused business offering, Dash, while managing its classic but mature file sharing business efficiently. Phase 3 of Dropbox: “We are evolving from traditional file sync and share to AI-powered universal search and content intelligence.”

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AI Reaccelerating Cloud Growth

Tom Tunguz

This growth is fueled by AI workloads. ” “Higher-than-expected AI consumption contributed to revenue growth in Azure.” “In Azure, we expect revenue growth to be 26% to 27% in constant currency with an increasing contribution from AI. Google, on the other hand, declined after having plateaued last quarter.

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Top 7 Chameleon Alternatives for 2025

User Pilot

Another useful feature is HelpBar, which lets you add search functionality to your product in a few clicks. With it, you can easily connect your knowledge base, developer documentation, and other resources to a search bar within your product. Additionally, the AI Assistant widget lets you add a multi-lingual in-app chatbot.

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Google's Future in Search & AI

Tom Tunguz

Google’s earnings call identified some major changes and unexpected outcomes, including the performance of AI Ads, the importance of hardware compared to algorithmic efficiency gains, and the groundswell of developer adoption for Gemini models. The new modalities for engaging with computers will be the main theme of AI in 2025.

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4 Things Most Founders Get Wrong About Marketing with Dave Kellogg

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So at SaaStr Annual, Dave Kellogg did a great deep dive on “5 Things Every B2B CEO Needs to Know about Marketing” In the Age of AI it’s even more true today, so I wanted to update our SaaStr take-aways from the deep dive. These “five-five” CMOs barely exist. Better to hire for your specific needs and stage.