Tom Tunguz

JULY 7, 2022

Then the infrastructure innovations disappear beneath the delightful application and we move onto the next wave with its own buzzwords. Some of them will employ the four fundamental innovations of web3 : permanent ownership, paying customers with “equity,” regulatory arbitrage, and new governance models (DAOs).

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AWS Government Innovation Cloud 244

SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For example, Google and AWS are already ZoomInfo customers, but only certain sub-segments within those businesses – not the entire org. By freeing up that space, you can start to ask your team where the innovation is. It can’t come from scaling something five years ago from 10 to 400 SDRs, but real innovation.

New CTO 316

New CTO Scale Sales Hiring CTO Hire 316

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2023

It brings together industry leaders, innovators, and customers to showcase the latest products and technologies. AWS re:Invent : AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) annual conference, focused on cloud computing and SaaS-related services.

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ChatGPT AWS SaaS CTO 189

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. 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. Accordingly, we have a tiered set of recommendations for who to outsource to: Tier 1.

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Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 25, 2023

Five years ago, many startups defaulted to AWS for the generous credits, broad catalog, & rapid pace of innovation. For startups building LLM-based applications & infrastructure, this alters the calculus of selecting a cloud.

Artificial Intelligence 240

Artificial Intelligence AI AWS Cloud 240

SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Commoditization From AWS & Google Cloud. The platform innovations slowed temporarily, which drove churn higher. No matter what VP of Sales they hired, sales consistently failed to meet their quota. Competition in the market rose sharply. The transition was not easy, and there were struggles along the way.

Sales Hiring 313

Sales Hiring Data AWS Leadership 313

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Our leading customer communication platform is used by the most innovative companies worldwide, such as Unity, Spendesk, (add approved customer logos in here). Startup party: RSVP for our exclusive evening party to close the week on November 3rd in partnership with AWS and Aircall. Apply for a mentorship meeting here.

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AWS Scale Innovation Startup 198

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

Ed Lenta, the SVP and GM of Databricks, had the rare opportunity of scaling three hypergrowth companies — VMware, AWS, and Databricks. Sell To Customers How They Want To Be Sold To When Lenta first started building AWS in Australia, they were crude in how they thought about customers. Of course, we all know how that turned out.

Scale 262

Scale Scaling AWS Sales Hiring 262

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Open Source is one of the most successful enablers of global innovation in history, and Linux has grown into the most important software platform in the world, dominating every market it enters. For us, the SaaS model Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered was an amazing one to look at. Open Source is an innovation that’s here to stay.

Enterprise 246

Enterprise AI SaaS AWS 246

SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Examples include AWS, Adobe, Microsoft, and Google Cloud. Once you hit that $1 billion mark, you innovate and evolve your product portfolio. Examples include IBM, Accenture and Deloitte. Technology Alliances: The tech alliances offer important integrations, especially critical for ServiceNow’s target market of enterprise customers.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Scaling Outsourced Development 291

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

The Pace of AI is Increasing Dramatically Something ground-shifting has been happening over the last five years — the pace of innovation. If we project out and keep the pace of innovation, think about what will happen in the next five years. The pace of innovation is dramatically fast.

Generative AI 299

Generative AI Outsourcing Services AI Software Review 299

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2021

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, Global Vice President for AWS Storage will deliver one of the keynotes. Cloud data lakes are a key technology enabling the innovation in analytics and machine learning. This time, the conference will build on the foundation from last year’s event. Data engines query the data rapidly, inexpensively.

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VP of Engineering Cloud Data AWS 203

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

AWS has decreased prices for EC2, elastic compute cloud, and S3, simple storage service, 42 times in eight years. Access to near-unlimited computational power and storage will define many of the key technology innovations in the next decade. Cloud computing prices are hurtling to zero. Storage is following a similar path.

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Innovation Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Scale 100

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Executive teams and boards are demanding innovation with LLMs and data. The Pendulum Swings to Small Data : Modern Mac laptops have the same computational power as the AWS servers Snowflake used to launch the company. The Decade of Data Continues : The pace of innovation within the data world continues to accelerate due to data.

Artificial Intelligence 228

Artificial Intelligence Trends Data Software Review 228

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 26, 2020

All of Intercom’s production infrastructure is provided as a service to Intercom by Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is the leading cloud provider in the industry, and we leverage their portfolio of globally redundant services to ensure Intercom runs reliably. We continue to ship new and innovative products.

AWS 192

AWS Business Scale Cloud 192

Clouded Judgement

MAY 3, 2024

We now have results from the three hypersclaers (AWS / Azure / GCP). The most notable change in tone was Andy Jassy talking about AWS. Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q1 + Early Look at Software Results Q1 earnings seasons has officially kicked off! ” Full quote below: “We're seeing a few trends right now.

Cost optimization & reporting 190

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Software Azure 190

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you’ve used the AWS IAM (identity access management) console, you realize how complex access control has become. Cloud is more expensive for larger enterprises. Many are considering moving back to their own infrastructure and using the cloud to manage bursts. The second is control. Reality will be far more complex - it always is.

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 223

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) Cloud Enterprise Data 223

Panintelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Panintelligence recognized as Rising Star Partner of the Year (ISV) – EMEA finalist, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help customers drive innovation. Geo and Global AWS Partner Awards recognize partners whose business models continue to evolve and thrive on AWS as they work with customers.

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AWS Innovation Business Model Metrics 64

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. Azure (excluding Azure AI) continued to decelerate, and while AWS did come in ahead of expectations, it wasn’t a blow out.

Cost optimization & reporting 167

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Azure AWS 167

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

But these days, there are so many innovative and impactful tools that can massively streamline your workflows and help to set you up for success as you scale. AWS – Cloud computing. Many of the biggest and best companies in the world use AWS – and many of them were once startups using AWS, too. Apply now.

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

I started at Amazon before they had Amazon Web Services (AWS) so I was lucky enough to see AWS born out of the guts of all of the great operations work done for the amazon.com retail website. You can think of them beginning from very base infrastructural technologies, and in our case we’re betting exclusively on AWS as a cloud vendor.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Looking to join SaaS founders and tech enthusiasts who are discussing the most innovative trends for SaaS companies? It is the largest in-person event in the country—2,000+ attendees, 800+ companies, and 100+ speakers—along with features such as Betakit Keynote Stage, AWS Pitchfest, Workspaces Tradeshow.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 158

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Join us at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 18-22nd, for an extraordinary event dedicated to continually defining market innovations and providing insight into the future of games. The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as AWS, Epic, and Google.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Development Payment Services SaaS Payments 158

Scytale

JULY 8, 2024

Scytale joins AWS ISV Accelerate Program to enhance cloud-based compliance automation solutions. This partnership will help Scytale reach new heights by directly connecting with the AWS Sales organization, which means direct access to more AWS tools that better serve Scytale’s customers in their compliance journeys.

AWS 52

AWS Marketplace as a Service compliance Innovation 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2023

He’ll walk you through the three stages of growth: 0-$1M — From nothing to something $1M-$10M — Building, innovation, and customers $10M-$100M+ — Scaling and thriving And what sustainable growth strategies you can implement (and pitfalls to avoid) wherever you’re at in your SaaS journey. Next 40 employees? An additional 5%.

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Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Cloud 243

Zuora

AUGUST 15, 2024

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

Innovation 52

Innovation Technology AWS Strategy 52

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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Sales Recruiting Scale AWS Management 118

CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The AWS Well-Architected Framework is one such approach that helps adopt architectural best practices (whether or not you run on AWS) and adapt continuously. When done right, siloed isolation can help achieve the SaaS-centric goals of operational efficiency, innovation, and agility.

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Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS Construction 130

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And as I talked about before, for the AI Overviews, overall, we actually see monetization at approximately the same rate, which I think really gives us a strong base on which we can innovate even more.” ” With $75B of CapEx in cloud, the growth of the cloud business will be stunted this year until those systems come online.

AI Search 130

AI Search AI AWS Cloud 130

Scytale

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This partnership empowers MSPs in delivering scalable, high-quality compliance solutions through Scytale’s innovative automation tools, enabling MSPs to simplify security and regulatory complexities for their clients and stand out from competitors.

compliance 52

compliance Management AWS Innovation 52

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

It’s less expensive than it’s ever been in terms of actually getting a product to market, whether it’s leveraging platforms like Salesforce or GCP or AWS or Heroku. Salesforce AppExchange: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation and Growth from Salesforce. Maintaining an innovative edge. Then you move on from there.

Scale 151

Scale Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Technical Review 151

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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Development Technical Review AWS AI 109

Clouded Judgement

JULY 26, 2024

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. I asked ChatGPT how many price changes AWS has made to S3 since it’s inception in 2006, and the answer it gave me was 65. Staggering!

Cloud 144

Cloud Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Software Review 144

CloudGeometry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Those awesome new tricks that seem to show up out of nowhere within cloud-first applications like Google Workplace, Slack, Facebook, Twitter, Stripe, the iPhone, and Amazon (both eCommerce and AWS)? The operations team is just the last step between brilliant innovations and the nice people with the money. That’s a mistake.

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DevOps as a Service Software Development AWS Cloud 130

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Typical data lake storage solutions include AWS S3, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Google Cloud Storage (GCS) or Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). In truth, innovations in the past few years are helping evolve the data lake (swamp) into a data lakehouse! A natural question is “why do we have two tiers?

Data 130

Data Government Scale GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 130

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2020

While Elias appreciates our product innovation and personal support: . “[It] They want to be notified by Slack? Not a problem! They want to be notified on their phone? Not a problem! Desktop notifications? No problem.” . As our recent survey has shown, chatbots are on their way to becoming even more invaluable to business.

Technical Review 20

Technical Review Scale AWS Software Review 20

Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Tel Aviv, October 14, 2020 – Frontegg , creators of the first platform for fast-tracking SaaS development and innovation, today announced a $5M Seed round led by Pitango , with backing from i3 Equity and Global Founders Capital. Before AWS, engineering teams had to scale their own infrastructure.

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DevOps as a Service K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) Innovation New CTO 52