USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

By embedding payment capabilities directly into existing business systems, companies can eliminate redundancies, improve cash flow, and create a smoother experience for customers and partners alike. Manual invoicing, reconciliation, and transaction approvals require time and personnel, leading to higher operational costs.

Payments 130

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2024

EMEA Oracle NetSuite SVP Nicky Tozer and COO Ham Patel took the stage at SaaStr Europa to talk about real-world examples of how traditional and Generative AI can help supercharge your growth. AI is part of that answer. AI can drive profitability, productivity, and ROI, but to supercharge growth, you need fuel.

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Generative AI is a platform shift where models can take inputs such as text, image, audio, video, and code and generate new content into any of the modalities mentioned. Base10 is interested in mega-trends that change how people live and work in the next ten years. Last year, over $4B was raised in the first half. Now, it’s 100+ times.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. Trends like usage-based pricing , complex provisioning , industry consolidation , and evolving regulatory landscapes are reshaping how businesses operate and thrive.

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Payment Features Subscription AI Search compliance 52

Subscription Flow

MAY 16, 2024

In this blog, while understanding more about CardPointe and why it still works for so many businesses, we will take you through a guide on managing Cardpointe recurring billing with SubscriptionFlow to ensure that you do not miss out on collecting recurring payments just because CardPointe has dropped it. What is CardPointe?

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 105

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Couple takeaways for me: 2024 is shaping up to be the “prototype to production” year for AI. A strong data foundation is critical for an effective AI strategy! Follow along to stay up to date! Time will tell if they can execute!

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AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 299

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Sendoso previewed the 2020 direct mail and gifting trends from their upcoming “State of Sending” report, scheduled for release on March 31. Blissfully unveiled their SaaS Trends 2020 report, hitting on a few highlights in the virtual presentation. The full report is available at blissfully.com/saas-trends/2020-annual-report/.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Features Marketplace as a Service 236

User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Personalize surveys by setting conditions based on user behaviors , translating and localizing your NPS surveys using AI, and customizing the appearance of your surveys to match your app’s design. Get real-time insights into your survey responses, with visual breakdowns of data, NPS score, and trends.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 12, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now The Red Queen Effect I strongly believe in two competing truths with respect to AI and its impact - the size of the prize will be bigger than we imagine now, BUT we’ll overestimate it in the short term.

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Integration capabilities Since you probably have other tools in your tech stack, you dont want to keep switching tabs or windows to reconcile invoices or transfer data. Look for an eCommerce payment system that offers plug-and-play integrations with your existing tech stack to minimize development costs.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 30, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. A technological shift is exemplified by what happened in endpoint security, where rules-based solutions from Trend Micro and Symantec were replaced by AI-based anomaly detection from CrowdStrike and SentinelOne.

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Blulogix

MARCH 12, 2025

By BluLogix Team The Future of Monetization: Why Usage-Based Billing is the Key to Scalable Growth Introduction Introduction Subscription models have dominated the digital economy for years, but in 2025, usage-based billing is emerging as the smarter, more scalable approach. Automate Billing & Invoicing to prevent revenue loss.

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Payment Features AI Search B2B AI 59

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2024

First off, a micro-trend: small up-rounds from existing investors. RevenueCat powers mobile subscriptions in over 30% of all mobile apps (!) Second, Gorgias sees big wins for AI in Support — But When Done Carefully. Across the SaaStr Fund portfolio , we can see a lot of different impacts of AI. So what’s new?

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AI Mobile B2B Investment 173

Blulogix

JANUARY 7, 2025

By Inga Broerman Why Billing Automation is the Foundation of Scalable Growth In the dynamic world of the subscription economy , businesses face increasing competition and mounting customer expectations. Schedule a Demo Today The Challenge of Scalability in Subscription Management Scaling a subscription business is inherently complex.

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Payment Features Scale Operational efficiency. AI Search 52

Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic. In a subscription business model, customers pay a recurring fee in exchange for a product or service.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 1, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Anything AI related has always been “hot,” but it has really hit a fever pitch in the last few months. Anything AI related has always been “hot,” but it has really hit a fever pitch in the last few months.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you are running a subscription business, finding it difficult to manage accounting operations, and looking for a tech stack or technology that can be your one-stop solution for all these issues, then this article is for you. Also Read: Why Integrate Xero in Your Subscription Management Software?

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 59

Blulogix

DECEMBER 31, 2024

By Inga Broerman Scaling with Usage-Based Models: A Practical Guide to Metering The rise of usage-based pricing is revolutionizing the subscription economy. Usage-based pricing represents a seismic shift in how subscription businesses operate.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Scaling AI Search Subscription 52

Clouded Judgement

JULY 16, 2024

We can expect the company to start trading on the public markets next Wednesday Subscribe now OneStream Overview From the S1 - “OneStream delivers a unified, AI-enabled and extensible software platform—the Digital Finance Cloud—that modernizes and increases the strategic impact of the Office of the CFO.

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Benchmarks Data Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 295

Stax

MARCH 4, 2024

To stay ahead of fraud means merchants must understand the threats, use trusted and secure providers, and keep up to date on payment security trends. So, let’s dive into payment security, touching on the basics of what you need to know to ensure secure payments.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Features 88

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) vs ERR (Experimental Runrate Revenue) ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is one of the most popular SaaS (Non-GAAP) metrics. This brings me to AI (everything leads to AI these days…).

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SaaSX

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In 2020, your data has never been safer or easier to use, emerging trends have never been more exciting, and we’ve never been more connected to the people around us. It could be argued that the biggest technological advance the 2010s brought was the rise of cloud computing and cloud-based subscription services.

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Trends Artificial Intelligence SaaS Mobile 120

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It’s been 9 months since ChatGPT was released and 7 months since it became the fastest consumer application to reach 100 million monthly active users , ushering in a new era of generative AI. But other than ChatGPT, how are consumers interacting with generative AI (GenAI) products? Who might be the next “big winner”?

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Generative AI AI ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence 145

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

To calculate implied ARR I take the subscription revenue in a quarter and multiply it by 4. So for public companies the formula to calculate gross margin adjusted payback is: [(Previous Q S&M) / ((Current Q Subscription Rev x 4)  -(Previous Q Subscription Rev x 4)) x Gross Margin] x 12 Here’s the payback data from Q3.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By BluLogix Team Thriving in the Subscription Economy of 2025 and Beyond Introduction The subscription economy is not just a trendits a transformative shift in how businesses operate and generate value. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI is set to play a significant role in the future of the subscription economy.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription AI Search Artificial Intelligence 52

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

And whether they want to know more about security or scalability or automation or AI, the customers are really demanding that the vendors are coming to market with answers to these questions. So one trend is just containers, Kubernetes and how that auto scales in a very seamless way wherever you are.

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Cloud Scale Trends Machine Learning 173

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 30, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Data + Compute = AI Two of the largest data companies in the world, Snowflake and Databricks, held their annual conferences this week. To truly take advantage of AI, enterprises need organized data in the cloud.

AI Search 130

AI Search AI Cloud Data 130

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 11, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. While it is too early to call an end to cloud optimization and a significant level of macro uncertainty remains, these new trends, along with the tenor of our customer interactions are encouraging.” Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 9, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Consumption Trends We’re now through earning season. Is there any incremental signal on consumption trends reversing? ” They’re also seeing some real strength in AI Services. Overall similar to Datadog.

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Trends Cloud Azure AWS 130

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meta Creator Compensation for AI Chatbots Meta is investing heavily in creators , with a whopping $5 million deal for a top creator’s contribution to AI chatbots. AI Celeb Backlash Meta's introduction of AI celebrities faces resistance, indicating a challenge in user acceptance.

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Social Media Payments AI Search AI 122

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 16, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. They contend that AI agents, capable of handling infinite workloads, will ultimately reduce the need for software spend. Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

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Outsourcing Services Cloud Software Outsourced Development 274

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.

AI Search 143

AI Search AI Artificial Intelligence Scale 143

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s crucial to stay updated with the latest trends in customer analytics to better understand customers and make the most out of collected data! So, let’s see 8 critical trends you can follow to stay on track with the changes and how you can apply them to achieve product growth. How to apply this trend?

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Artificial Intelligence Trends Technical Advisors Machine Learning 105

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From customer expectations, to market trends, to business operations, everything is evolving. At SubscriptionFlow, we take care of all your billing scenarios, with AI-driven mechanisms. Since the SaaS businesses mostly run on subscription-based models, RGM becomes an even more essential framework for them to follow.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Revenue 52

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. 2024 will be the year of AI applications!

Cloud 190

Cloud Artificial Intelligence GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI 190

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 7, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Are AI native software companies starting to eat everyone’s lunch? Every company from the smallest startup to largest enterprise is looking to transform their business with AI. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud AI Enterprise Revenue 190

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. What was arguably more impressive (and a better indicator of what’s to come for the rest of infrastructure software than overall Azure growth) was the Azure growth excluding AI Services (since Azure uniquely benefits from this).

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Azure Cloud Software AI 184