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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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SaaStr Annual + AI Summit 2025 is Next Week! Everything You Need to Know Before You Go!

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SaaStr Annual + AI Summit 2025 is just around the corner , taking place at the San Mateo County Event Center from May 13-15, 2025. Thursday, May 15th promises to be action-packed, starting with an AI and Sales Kickoff at 9:00 am, followed by sessions with Anthropic and Cursor, and a Founder/VC Brunch.

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

SaaStr

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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The Great AI Reset: It’s Time to Refound Your Start-Up. Now.

SaaStr

Has growth slowed while new AI entrants in your space are growting at epic rates? But … but … it’s too late to refound your start-up in the Age of AI. VCs especially are obsessed with AI-native startups. New pitch decks without an AI strategy aren’t even making it past associates. We are early.

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SaaStr Annual + SaaStr AI Summit 2025: Meet The Best of The Best in Cloud, B2B and AI! May 13-15 in SF Bay!!

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The ultimate gathering of SaaS and AI leadership is about to happen in San Francisco. SaaStr Annual + SaaStr AI Summit 2025! We’re bringing together the true founders, revenue leaders and product visionaries that are actually driving the next wave of AI first software. It’s days away now! Not talking heads.

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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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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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