SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

Abnormal Security Grows 100%+ at $200m, Raised at $5B Another Cloud security leader growing at a breathtaking pace. ARR A big beneficiary of AI and government spend. #5. NRR stayed strong at 115% and it raised guidance going forward. #3. Not Wiz fast. But very, very fast. #4. Palantir Also Sees Growth Accelerating, Grows 27% at $2.8B

Government 294

Government SaaS Cloud AI 294

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 5, 2023

TLDR - the recent debt ceiling deal may actually pose a drain on liquidity (in addition to ongoing QT) as the government sells T Bills to refill the Treasury General Account (this starts today!). Open Market Operations: This involves buying and selling government securities to influence the amount of money in the banking system.

Payment Services 176

Payment Services Cloud Government Banking 176

SaaStr

AUGUST 1, 2020

This has been an incredible roller-coaster for us in SaaS and Cloud since March 15, for some even more than others, but an incredible amount of change for all of us. Other than Zoom and a few others, it seemed like the world would crash deeply for SaaS and Cloud. Now, we have to deal more with the Work Outside of the Cloud.

Sales Hiring 363

Sales Hiring Venture Capital Cloud Travel 363

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2024

With long-term success comes some approach towards governance, which includes data and AI governance. That end-to-end model lifecycle needs to be done in a governed and transparent way, so you have a full line of sight to explain the ability of models to come to the decisions they make.

AI 289

AI Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Government 289

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For over 20 years, Exclaimer has been providing world-class on-premises and cloud-based email signature software and solutions for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365, Google Workplace (formerly G Suite), and Microsoft Exchange. Deel works for independent contractors and full-time employees in more than 150 countries, compliantly.

Cybersecurity 269

Cybersecurity Venture Capital compliance Government 269

Clouded Judgement

MAY 12, 2023

This is my first time in the UAE and it’s been incredible - it’s amazing to see what’s possible with a business friendly government that is massively committed to diversifying their economy. In business and government, leadership matters! Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment

Cloud 130

Cloud Entrepreneurship Government Subscription 130

Tom Tunguz

JULY 7, 2022

We refer to each wave by its architecture advance: internet, mobile, cloud, data lake, single-page apps, containers, serverless. Some of them will employ the four fundamental innovations of web3 : permanent ownership, paying customers with “equity,” regulatory arbitrage, and new governance models (DAOs).

AWS 236

AWS Government Innovation Cloud 236

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Skyflow ’s data privacy vaults deliver security, compliance, and governance via a simple API. At the 8th ever SaaStr Annual, ~200 of the best and hottest companies on earth will go BIG as partners/sponsors. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr!

Payments 268

Payments Payment Services AI Search Payment Solutions 268

SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

Smartsheet like most other SaaS and Cloud leaders held the line on costs and expenses, but still grew revenue. And they grew a government contract to $1.6 12-15 months later, it’s a whole new world. The result? A much, much more efficient company in 2024. And a few other interesting learnings: #6. million in ARR.

Airlines 299

Airlines Technical Review Entertainment Government 299

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Fed’s Repo market had to essentially be bailed out by the government. Cloud is a tidal wave. Cloud momentum is unstoppable. More and more of the $1 trillion spent on IT is still going to continue to move to the Cloud. No one really expected this. Having a high profile IPO like this fail is a bit scary.

SaaS Payments 280

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale SMB 280

Tom Tunguz

MAY 22, 2024

” Data center revenue totaled $26b, with about 45% from the major clouds ($13b). These clouds announced they were spending $40b in capex to build out data centers , implying NVIDIA is capturing very roughly 33% of the total capex budgets for their cloud customers. Is this a problem for the clouds? 26% 2021 4.3

Artificial Intelligence 220

Artificial Intelligence Cloud AI Government 220

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Without further adieu, here’s who is hiring a new VP of Sales in January: Spidertech , a SaaS platform serving law enforcement professionals, is looking for a candidate with B2B enterprise experience with a specific focus selling to government entities or public sectors. More on this opportunity here. More on this opportunity here .

Sales Hiring 337

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Payments 337

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 16, 2022

The wallet architecture also eliminates the opaque sea of intermediaries clouding the ad marketplace. Apps could encode user metadata as an NFT governed by a smart contract that enforces royalties. Imagine being able to segment and target based on millions of users’ purchasing history in real-time.

Blockchain 262

Blockchain Marketing Government Advertising 262

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Imagine you have a dollar to invest and you can choose between two options: a public cloud service or a layer 1 blockchain. A token provides voting rights when it is a governance token that governs a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). A DAO is the governance organization of a crypto company.

Government 258

Government Compensation Blockchain Banking 258

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2021

SalesLoft’s Sales Engagement Cloud Ecosystem will highlight key brands supporting sales and support teams, while providing a sample of SalesLoft’s partnering power from their over 100 integrations that exist within their App Directory. Increased sanitization and hand washing. Founded in 2012 by serial enterprise entrepreneur Jason M.

Scale 269

Scale Cloud Government B2B 269

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

We’re entering a period wherein governments regulate large technology businesses more actively. Depositions, document collection, strategy meetings flood executive calendars - not for one government but for the US, the EU, the UK, & Australia - all core markets for software businesses - each of which can block the merger.

Acquisition 213

Acquisition Startup Government Technical Review 213

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. They don’t have that cash in their bank account, so the way the government raises money is by selling treasuries to banks (banks give the government money in return for treasuries with a yield). Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 130

Cloud Government Banking Payment Services 130

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Instrumentation and Governance Enable Many New Use Cases : Today’s data leaders are struggling. Meanwhile, regulation and compliance mean the governance burden only increases. They are faster to get started (no account creation), they can scale very quickly, and they can rise to enterprise levels with commercial cloud offerings.

Artificial Intelligence 220

Artificial Intelligence Trends Data Software Review 220

SaaS Metrics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Navigating the cloud requires more than just user-friendly interfaces and storage solutions. Enter AI-Driven SaaS Governance—a powerful ally in your security toolbox. What is AI-Driven SaaS Governance? What is AI-Driven SaaS Governance? You need robust security to guard against ever-evolving threats.

Government 52

Government Cloud AI SaaS 52

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Security systems govern access to databases akin to secrets management & identity access management solutions do in the cloud. Data contracts express the commitments data teams make to others in the company about data freshness, format, & consistency - again drawing parallels to the service-level agreements in core engineering.

Software Engineering 201

Software Engineering Engineering AI Data 201

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Government Hacked; Scaling Ethereum appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Government 103

Government Scaling Innovation Blockchain 103

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Last week, OpenAI represented the future cloud of AI : the technology developers & product managers used to build a demo, then a beta, then a full-fledged product, rather than building from scratch. Today, every product & engineering leader must be reconsidering that assumption.

Artificial Intelligence 220

Artificial Intelligence Government Leadership AI 220

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

Resilient companies are built in the cloud. While older legacy companies have struggled to adapt to working at home, agile modernists like Aircall have taken advantage of total integration with the cloud to seamlessly make the switch. Today, more than 60% of the tools on the marketplace have been built by third parties.

Marketplace as a Service 186

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Government Retention 186

BetterCloud

DECEMBER 18, 2024

BetterCloud is featured in 145 G2 Winter 2025 Grid Reports and named a Leader in SaaS Operations Management, SaaS Spend Management, Data Loss Prevention, and Cloud File Security. See why BetterCloud is a leader in SaaS Operations Management and Cloud File Security. To our amazing customers, thank you!

Management 52

Management SaaS Government Operational efficiency. 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For any Cloud and SaaS Founders or execs seeking practical strategies and inspiration to stay ahead of the curve, this session’s for you. The pie chart shows the different industries customers were in — schools, local government, food, transportation, etc. Instead, they focused on the common threads.

Scale 300

Scale Scaling Strategy Sales Hiring 300

Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

Before founding Synthesia in 2017, he co-led Immersive Futures, shaping the UKs VR/AR industry and working with the UK government to establish Londons first high-quality volumetric capture studio, Dimension. He also co-founded Coincall, a privacy-focused crypto portfolio tracker, later selling it in 2019. GET ISO 27001 COMPLIANT 90% FASTER 6.

Startup 59

Startup Scale Cybersecurity AI Search 59

IT World

MARCH 2, 2020

Not all offer databases governed by an open source license.) But if you said, “Each offers an increasingly popular database-as-a-service cloud offering,” you’d be spot on. If you said, “They’re all open source database vendors,” you’d be mostly correct. Also on InfoWorld: Do you really need Kubernetes?

Cloud 81

Cloud Government Management 81

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

It is owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government and provides seed investments through its Cyberport Creative Micro Fund and Incubation Programme. Temasek Holdings is an investment company founded by the Singapore government in 1974. GIC is the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, founded back in 1981. Founded: 2011.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

IT World

APRIL 13, 2023

Building on its WebEx product line, Cisco plans to deliver an air-gapped, cloud-based collaboration system for companies involved in US national security and defense work, extending the secure offerings the company already provides to industries that require collaboration tools with strong security measures to meet US government requirements.

Cloud 87

Cloud Government Communication 87

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is a cloud-based platform that offers the services of Asia’s top AI assistant for hotel staff – Gaia. It provides smart hardware self-development and cloud service. Mobingi integrates server deployment, scaling and application lifecycle automation through its cloud solution. Funding to Date : $1.3M from a seed round.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

BetterCloud

JANUARY 15, 2025

When configurations often change, like in cloud productivity suites, risks grow. Unknown SaaS apps lurking around your SaaS environment jeopardize security posture and compliance with government and industry regulations. Thus, there needs to be continuous monitoring, an immense task without automation. Cross-site scripting (XSS).

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

We’re using digital workflows and storing data in the cloud, but the rest of the world, this was an overnight just shift in how people worked and how they communicated. At the exact same time, that company hadn’t moved basic applications to the cloud. So, whether it’s cloud storage or cloud video or messaging.

Sales Recruiting 207

Sales Recruiting Cloud CTO Hire Sales Hiring 207

IT World

JUNE 9, 2022

This week Microsoft offered up a presentation on its “ Microsoft Cloud For Sustainability ” effort, which should benefit companies trying to wrap their arms around efforts to reverse climate change and pollution.

Azure 126

Azure Government Cloud 126

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. We want to take you through the cloud journey over the last several years. Now, the cloud index fell along with it. If you go back to before 2014, what you see is the power of the cloud.

Sales Hiring 229

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 229

BetterCloud

APRIL 8, 2025

They can focus on more pressing security issues, like patching vulnerabilities or tackling that new cloud data migration project. File governance: Because passwords arent the only security risk Just because a users password has been reset doesnt mean youre done. BetterClouds File Governance tools take care of this for you.

Government 52

Government Systems Review Cloud Data 52

BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Managing Azure cloud services can feel like swimming upstream. Cleaning up the mess: File governance for SharePoint and OneDrive Anyone whos managed Microsoft 365 knows that file sprawl is a real problem. BetterCloud enhances identity governance by adding automation and visibility. Sound familiar? You’re not alone.

Azure 52

Azure Government compliance Identity management 52

IT World

MAY 9, 2023

Enterprise data management vendor Informatica will be adding generative AI capabilities to its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) via the addition of ClaireGPT and AI Copilot.

AI 119

AI Generative AI Government Cloud 119