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Microsoft Pays Its AI Engineers 48% More. What About You?

SaaStr

"Software engineers working in AI earned 48% more than the average software engineer at the company, according to a payroll spreadsheet shared with BI." They want fairly consistent comp across engineering, and fear if nothing else, lots of issue if favorites are played, the new guy gets a better deal, etc.

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How Much of Customer Support Will AI Replace? Gartner Says 80%

SaaStr

So while AI for coding and software engineering has seen some of the most explosive start-ups, from Codeium to Loveable to Poolside to Claude and OpenAi’s own releases here and more, just as big if quieter has been the change to contact center and support. How far can it go though? What Intercom, Gorgias, Zendesk, etc.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

TechEmpower SaaS

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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Mastering Growth in the AI Era: How to Stand Out, Acquire Customers, and Raise VC Dollars with B Capital, Zetta, and Glasswing

SaaStr

Joselyn Goldfein , Managing Director at Zeta Venture Partners, which invests in AI and data infrastructure-focused startups from inception through seed stage And see everyone at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! What VCs Are Funding in AI Today The AI funding landscape has evolved rapidly in 2023-2024.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation metrics for at-scale production guardrails.

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The Where, When, and How of AI with Theory Ventures, Open AI, MotherDuck and Lamini

SaaStr

Hear the latest insights on AI from leading investor and SaaStr fan-fave, Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures. LLMs are transforming the way people use software, and these AI and data-driven companies share first-hand how they’re seeing this change take place. Now, those ML engineers are becoming part of the core workflow.

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How Much More Efficient Should a SaaS Startup Be When Using AI?

Tom Tunguz

If we assume some basic productivity gains in a typical SaaS company from AI in the next 12-24 months, how much more profitable will the business be? Sales development, content marketing, & software engineering strike me as the workstreams that will benefit immediately. Software engineering sees the greatest benefit.

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