Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

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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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. AI is potentially the next elephant waiting to enter the room. Our engineers also write a lot of Ruby code, which knits together a lot of AWS, infrastructure, platform and SaaS technologies that form the core of Intercom’s backend infrastructure.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Amazon on AWS : “…customers are continuing to shift their focus towards driving innovation and bringing new workloads to the cloud. So what you're seeing is much more of that continuous cycles by customers, both when it comes to AI or whether it comes to the traditional workloads.”

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

He joined me for a chat that ranged from the role of AI to how they choose startups to incubate. Customer nurturing now starts from the first touch, and AI can help with that. Salesforce AppExchange: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation and Growth from Salesforce. Maintaining an innovative edge. Short on time?

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. Ali: Enterprises move slow.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 26, 2024

Subscribe now Big Week of AI! This week had a number of important AI announcements. The rate of innovation in the AI markets is staggering, and a reminder that it’s really hard for anyone (big companies especially) to “fully commit” to an AI strategy or vendor. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 23, 2024

Lessons learned from scaling innovative products and go-to-market motions at AWS. 32:49 – Challenges faced and insights gained during Linda’s time at AWS. Why a modern go-to-market approach requires moving beyond legacy CRM systems. How Common Room unifies siloed data to enable a 360-degree view of the customer.

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Zuora

AUGUST 15, 2024

With the rapidly changing landscape of media and technology, effective content monetization is more critical than ever.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

How the AI wave could impact the B2B software industry in the next decade Last year I explained in a video, embedded below, that I believed the B2B software industry was entering a new stage: the SaaS wave was now in its deployment phase, and at the same time, the next big innovation wave, driven by AI, was in its installation phase.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rise of foundation models and generative AI only furthers this trend. But this isn’t another post about AI, it’s about the future of data infrastructure. As Frank Slootman (Snowflake CEO) said, “Enterprises are also realizing that they cannot have an AI strategy without a data strategy to base it on.”

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

AI: Google is releasing a new AI-powered tool, ImageFX , for image creation. More for your eardrums : Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform. Amazon: A year and a half after announcing its intention to acquire iRobot, Amazon has dropped the deal. Read about their ARR milestone.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. David: I know you ended up doing some graduate work in health care and in AI.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 25, 2024

The smart revolution has come – AI is significantly changing the way we live our daily lives. How has AI changed SaaS businesses? What are the possible challenges of implementing AI in SaaS? Despite bringing innovations, the industry of that time faced tremendous upfront costs and restricted accessibility.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

But it is really incredible and inspiring to see how these companies and these cloud leaders have ushered in this new phase of innovation and growth, even in the hardest moments of society. We’ve all seen AWS and what they’ve done with their platform. It is staggering. Because more and more hardware is becoming soft.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 26, 2024

Cultivate an organizational culture that fosters customer-centricity , innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. For example, your AWS bill will most likely go up, but this is the case regardless of the growth model. Both free and paid users need on-demand access to support. What is the product-led growth strategy?

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Besides, their data professionals could develop comprehensive data strategies, deploy sophisticated analytics, and use AI to acquire deeper insights. Within a few minutes of receiving a claim and recording the closure, an AI algorithm could complete the full health insurance claims procedure in a recent pilot without human participation.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Before 2023, the term “generative AI” was met with blank faces. But over the past 12 months, Open AI’s ChatGPT has gone mainstream, Twitter has become X, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, as did FTX, and WeWork… How many of these did you see coming? Polis Pilavas , VP Engineering at ChartMogul “AI will dominate and disrupt.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Microsoft offers enterprise solutions, productivity suites, and cloud services for both B2B and B2C sectors, emphasizing innovation and efficiency. Key examples are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, which provide scalable resources like virtual servers and storage.

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

As the demand for efficient compliance management grows, companies such as Drata and Vanta have emerged as leaders in the field, offering innovative platforms designed to simplify and enhance the compliance journey. This innovative practice harnesses cutting-edge technology to revolutionize traditional compliance processes.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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User Pilot

JULY 14, 2024

Bonus points : Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Collaborative and innovative work environment. Making Data Simple : Hosted by AI VP at IBM, Martin AI, this podcast focuses on making complex data science concepts understandable for a broader audience. Experience with big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).

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SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2025

Whatfix is holding an “AI in Customer Success: Reality Check” meet-up in San Jose from 1-5pm with an afterparty at M8trix Casino Sprinto is hosting Brews & Big Ideas from 4-7pm at the epic Fieldworks outdoor brewery just down the street from the venue. Past speakers, sponsors, partners and more, look for an invite.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most famous lines from Citizen Kane is, “It's no trick to make an awful lot of money, if that's all you want is to do is make a lot of money.” If only that statement were as true as it seemed. It might be more accurate to say, “There are a lot of ways to make a lot of money.” Equipment costs.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

With a background that includes leadership roles at AWS, Microsoft, and Lenovo, Fred brings a wealth of experience in building high-performing teams and driving revenue growth. And I know you’ve had some great experience, particularly while you were at AWS, running different partner sales, channel sales.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. The wave of SaaS companies that built themselves on the likes of AWS and Azure have reinforced the pre-eminence of cloud computing.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

Found by Manoj Dawane in 2016, VTION is an Indian-origin media technology innovation company that aims at measuring media audiences by analyzing consumer trends and behaviors. Found in 2011 by Ashish Thusoo and Joydeep Sen Sarma, Qubole works on developing a “cloud-based data lake platform for self-service AI.”

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This year, topics ranged broadly from incorporating AI to deliver world-class consumer experiences to defining and measuring different forms of community-powered growth. In a previous post , I talked about how product work post-product/market fit shifts from zero to one innovation to features, growth, and scaling work.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Most recently Yousuf was the CIO & VP of Customer Success @ Moveworks, the advanced AI built for enterprise providing automatic resolution of IT issues. Most recently, Yousuf was the CIO and VP of Customer Success at Moveworks, the advanced AI built for enterprise, providing automatic resolution of IT issues.

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Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As innovation in Fintech SaaS increases, so does the pressure to safeguard sensitive data. But Andy says Fintech SaaS is hitting a big challenge: mixing innovation with tight security. Fintech companies are all about pushing tech boundaries, but the more they innovate, the bigger the risk of sophisticated cyber threats.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon, the global marketplace, also offers several other services, one of which is Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS offers cloud services to businesses. This AI-driven platform serves as an engine, generating more leads at affordable rates. Service Now focuses on workplace innovation.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

And the purpose, obviously, was to enhance face-to-face collaboration, innovation, and productivity. Justin Bedecarre: And it’s a really inspirational thing to add technology and innovation to the workplace, how you find space, how you manage space, and build the office of the future. Is AWS in the lead?

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2025

So this year’s SaaStr Annual May 13-15 in SF Bay is going to be bigger, better and even more AI than last year. SaaStr AI is the theme (not that original I know but), and roughly half our content will be on the intersection of B2B and AI, and half on GTM in today’s world.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

AI Commentary Some interesting AI commentary / stats I wanted to highlight from a couple earnings calls this week Microsoft on AI “We're excited that only 2.5 years in, our AI business is on track to surpass $10 billion of annual revenue run rate in Q2. ” No commentary on 2025 AWS CapEx Q3 CapEx: $22.6B

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Subscribe now The Platform Evolution Cycle I think we’re entering a really interesting point in the AI platform shift. I call this the “Reinvention Loop", and I think we’re just starting to hit this point in the AI platform shift. but the explosion of innovation happens in this Reinvention Loop.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2019

So left Twitter to join a super early stage startup in the AI and messaging space, and once I knew my time up was there, I started thinking about what was next. 100% the traditional enterprise you should totally buy one of those platforms, but have you noticed where all the new ones are and all the fast growing innovative ones are?

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