TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

Generative AI is revolutionizing how corporations operate by enhancing efficiency and innovation across various functions. Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact.

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TechEmpower SaaS

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), have significantly transformed the search engine as we’ve known it. With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. Strive for a balanced outcome.

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TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Now that AI is here to help, every textbox is an opportunity to help a customer through the challenge. TechEmpower can help In the era of LLMs and Generative AI, empty textboxes are a product mistake. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas In the pre-LLM era, an empty textbox was a tough challenge.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2025

And our full AI Summit will be back and we’re adding a full AI Demo Stage you can apply to present at (more details soon!) There are many more speakers, workshops and braindates we’ll announce soon. It’s going to be one of our most epic line-ups ever!

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SaaStr

MAY 5, 2025

Ok about 2,000 of you have already picked your 2025 SaaStr Annual + AI Summit sessions so far and here are the top sessions … for now: 1. The New Rules of SaaS Growth: Whats Next for AI, PLG, and Revenue Scale with HubSpots CEO 2. How AI is Reshaping Enterprise SaaS: Learnings from Boxs CEO & IBMs GVP of A.I.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

Gorgias’ Next Generation AI Agent is Already Seeing 20% Automation Rate Gorgias is the leading content center for e-commerce, with over 16,000 customers. It’s next generation AI Agent has seen even better results, with customers able to dial up AI agent automation from 0% to 100%, with most choosing around 20%.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Unparalleled Networking Opportunities SaaStr Annual brings together thousands of SaaS, Cloud and AI executives, founders, VCs, and industry leaders under one roof across our 40+ acre campus, May 13-15 in SF Bay! Investor Connections and Funding Opportunities — And $5m AI VC Pitch Stage!! And the VCs that want to fund them!

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Stax

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Stax Payments , a leading payment technology provider, has appointed Mark Sundt as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, Sundt will accelerate the delivery of new products, features, and functionality that unlock and drive increased value for Stax customers and partners.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

At Saastr Annual, we hosted an Enterprise panel of AI leaders to share their experience and knowledge to help others understand how big companies think about and leverage AI. While the first generation of Generative AI is great, it’s not quite ready to solve Enterprise problems. Enterprises are looking for two big themes.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Together with Abhay Parasnis, founder and CEO of Typeface, they chat about what it looks like to be a builder at the forefront of Generative AI. Enterprise technology spend has remained resilient , with Cloud spend tripling over the last year. You move one over to 2.0, It was about activating and connecting systems and apps to it.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2024

Alex Plugaru, CTO Gorgias (and Roman Lapeyre, CEO Gorgias) on AI Stage Alex will be doing something pretty special — sharing exactly how they’ve added AI to automate 20%+ of all customer interactions on their platform. And a deep, honest and data-driven look at what works, and what doesn’t today, in AI.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. Q: Should Early-Stage Companies Sprinkle in AI? If you’re going to do AI, you should do so thoughtfully.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Artificial Intelligence Does your application leverage AI in any way? How can we use AI to improve the customer experience? Fulfillment?

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Stax

APRIL 24, 2025

Ever wondered how AI is shaping the world of payments? As Chief Technology Officer at Stax, Mark’s at the forefront of artificial intelligence in the industry. From identifying fraudsters to revolutionizing customer service, Mark explained how AI is already making waves in payments.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2024

May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai May Habib, CEO and Co-Founder @ Writer.ai

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2023

Suddenly it seemed that generative AI might transform industries from education to marketing. However, getting from technological breakthrough to useful applications is far from straightforward. ☞ Click here to join the beta waitlist for our AI features or receive AI news from Intercom. Great stuff!”

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On Monday, at TC Disrupt Colin Zima CEO of Omni , Jordan Tigani CEO of Motherduck , Daniel Svnova CEO of Superlinked & Toby Mao CTO of Tobiko Data who are leading the evolution of the Post Modern Data Stack discussed the trends they are seeing. AI is changing the structure of data teams. Vectors power AI systems.

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Scytale

APRIL 30, 2025

When you think about AI, whats the first thing that comes to mind? With 72% of businesses globally already integrating AI in some form, its no wonder so many are scrambling to get a handle on the risks that come with it. In the spotlight today are two key players in AI risk management – NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, framed the opportunity in AI this way : work on problems that used to be impossible, but are now really hard. AI-based sales development changes the economics of this calculation. If AI can reduce the overall cost of sales, the minimum viable ACV drops. ACVs remain the same.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Making it simple to implement, Ramya Periyagaram Chandrasekaran, Co-Founder at Datalligence AI Private Limited Why Is NRR the Most Important Growth Metric? Straight from a SaaS CCO with Yellow.ai’s CCO with Shekar Murthy, Chief Customer Officer at Yellow.ai

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

How is ZoomInfo Integrating More Advanced AI? At ZoomInfo, they’re integrating more AI for personalization and prioritization. Before AI, you would come into ZoomInfo and be asked a litany of setup questions like: What are the right accounts? What technologies do they use? Who’s on the buying committee?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2024

Jason Warner , who was CTO of GitHub before and during my time as COO there (and a former partner at Redpoint!) joined forces with the incredibly talented Eiso Kant to build the world’s most capable AI for software development. The pace of innovation in AI today is like nothing I’ve ever seen before in my career.

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

Software is better, and AI makes it more so. GTM Mistake #5: Not Properly Jumping on the AI Bandwagon AI can be confusing in B2B because adding a lot of hallucinations into your app next week doesn’t make it better, or you don’t need to make text into cartoons. AI is where all the budget is right now.

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Unbounce

AUGUST 31, 2021

An AI copywriting tool able to generate content at the push of a button? With AI, meet your new copywriting assistant that takes care of tedious writing tasks so that you can focus on what really matters: getting campaigns to convert. Yeah, an AI copywriter can help with that. What is AI Copywriting?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 16, 2024

The Park brothers, with decades of expertise in healthcare and policy, including as EVP and COO at athenahealth (Ed) and Chief Technology Officer of the United States (Todd), started Devoted with the idea of building a healthcare model from scratch. This episode was recorded live at a16z’s LP Summit.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

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. David George: Sure.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Key strategies for taming SaaS sprawl With AI becoming more and more prominent, its even more important for IT to keep up with the ever evolving tech stack. Last month, IT Brews webinar focused on an all too common issue – rising software costs colliding with sprawling tech stacks.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

” — Echeyde Cubillo, Co-founder and CTO, Acme Ticketing. Just got into a rhythm, and lazy about bringing up what I felt was wrong even if never mentioned” — Casey Wahl, Attuned Ai. ” — Siva Narayanan, Co-founder/CTO, FyleHQ. A good exercise to do after you lose any top customer. Are we sure?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

An AI co-pilot to an existing product? So we’ve had a ton of great conversations over the years on SaaStr on when and how to go multi-product. The classic in the restaurant industry is guacamole at mexican restaurants. Adding guacamole is one of the highest margin add-ons you can add to an order. The same is often true in SaaS.

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Unbounce

JUNE 11, 2019

AI is a blanket term that covers several different technologies. Even if you don’t know much about it, though, you probably use AI-powered technology dozens or hundreds of times per day. You also don’t need to be an expert on AI to understand how it’s going to transform lead generation and conversion for marketers.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

“How World-Class Product Teams Are Winning in the AI Era” is one of the talks at this year’s Product Drive Summit. Delivered by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, it tackles the challenges and opportunities AI-revolution poses for product teams. AI enables product teams to achieve more with fewer resources. Now, it’s time for AI.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 19, 2023

Does the acceleration in AI make your SaaS company more or less defensible? Sometimes, an AI feature is just another brick in the wall (but one that improves your product) Last week, I looked into the question if AI is a platform shift as disruptive as the move from on-premise to the Cloud.

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USIO

JUNE 28, 2024

Announces Partnership with Usio as Preferred Payment Integration Partner for USA Customers Chattanooga, Tennessee – 17 June 2024 – ues.io, the leading no-code/pro-code platform for building enterprise applications with AI, today announced a strategic partnership with Usio , a trusted leader in integrated payment solutions. application.

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Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

Victor Riparbelli As co-founder and CEO of Synthesia , the world’s leading AI video creation platform, Victor Riparbelli is a force to be reckoned with in AI-powered video production. His investment portfolio spans fintech, biotech, and deep tech, reinforcing his passion for driving progress across industries.

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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.

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SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2024

The three worlds are: B2B2C B2B2B AI And then there are folks in impacted categories like ZoomInfo , where things haven’t really improved. And there’s AI. Jason tweeted WTF because many things are happening in AI, like 200x ARR rounds. A lot of the funding rounds for AI feel like 2021 again, but only for this subset of people.

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