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Clouded Judgement 5.31.24 - Software Sentiment Crumbles

Clouded Judgement

And the promise of the software business model is as companies mature and go out of growth mode the profits will show up. .” As growth starts to slow, it gets harder and harder to justify using revenue multiples as a primary valuation metric. Coming in to Q1 there was broader optimism. Q4’s were generally good!

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Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 - OpenAI Updates + Datadog Gives the All-Clear?

Clouded Judgement

Model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc as companies start building out AI). Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP as companies look for cloud GPUs who aren’t building out their own data centers) Infra (Data layer, orchestration, monitoring, ops, etc) Durable Applications We’ve clearly well underway of the first 3 layers monetizing.

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Salesforce’s Mike Kreaden on how to build a platform to drive growth

Intercom, Inc.

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. Obviously we’ve seen a lot of changes in terms of tech and business models, but what would you say has stayed the same in that space?

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Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

CloudGeometry

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. Some of these include: Create a cluster of nodes per tenant Use IAM and other platform constructs to prevent tenant boundary-crossing. Investors like Bessemer have bet and made billions on the SaaS trajectory.