Clouded Judgement

MAY 10, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Q1 Software Earnings Are… Not Good We’re about halfway through Q1 earnings season, and it’s not been pretty. Follow along to stay up to date! Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework.

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Cloud Software GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure 167

Tom Tunguz

JULY 25, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next.

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Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI Cloud 238

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

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. Datadog Gives Software the All Clear?

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Microsoft launched Azure in 2010, and Google launched GCP to the public in 2011 (they launched a preview of Google App Engine in 2008, but made it publicly available in 2011). Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AWS Azure 176

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

Every year Tackle surveys sellers and buyers at software companies across the spectrum—from less than $10M to over $1 billion in ARR, across multiple industries, and in roles like alliances/partnerships, sales, operations, product/development, finance, marketing, IT, and more.

Marketplace as a Service 77

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Trends Software 77

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Back then the median software NTM rev multiple was ~6x. Then there’s software specific data points. Then there’s the broader software universe. Follow along to stay up to date! Today it’s ~5x.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 4, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. But what I would add is that we saw Q2 trends continue into July.” And most importantly, they’ve seen these positive trends continue. Follow along to stay up to date! So those balanced out in Q2.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 21, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Next week we get all 3 hyperscalers reporting (AWS from Amazon, Azure from Microsoft, and GCP from Google). Follow along to stay up to date! Q1 Earnings Season We’re on the eve of Q1 earning season.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscalers Report Quarterly Earnings This week we saw AWS (Amazon), GCP (Google) and Azure (Microsoft) report earnings. Regardless, the misses by the hyperscalers is a good proxy for broader enterprise software demand.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 28, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Satya at Microsoft said “Every AI app starts with data and having a comprehensive data and analytics platform is more important than ever.” This could be a trend of improving buyer dynamics? Subscribe now Busy week!

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rise of foundation models and generative AI only furthers this trend. Iceberg leaned into the git functionality that software developers have become accustomed to. for Athena which charges in the manner) Audits and Data Quality: Iceberg brings a lot of software engineering best practices to data engineering.

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Data Government Scale GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 130

User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure offer infrastructure services that support backend development. Essentially, a technology stack consists of an array of software tools and technologies combined to establish a comprehensive platform tailored for web development.

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User Pilot

JULY 28, 2024

In contrast, a data analyst at a company developing marketing automation software might focus on analyzing campaign performance and user engagement data to optimize marketing strategies. Userpilot is an all-in-one product platform with engagement features and powerful analytics capabilities. Looking into tools for data analysts?

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Data Azure Data Analysis Machine Learning 52

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 11, 2022

The trend has been bolstered by several customer benefits — primarily, the model provides a clear linkage between what a customer pays and what they use or value they realize. While there is a growing trend toward consumption-based pricing, implementing these new models presents several key challenges: Revenue cannibalization.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Compensation 52

Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bigger swings generally mean a longer amount of time building toward something that could work in the future. Google on GCP? Matching groups of friends just wasn’t a problem people were that interested in using software to solve. How much time and money has Meta spent on VR? Amazon on Alexa?

Underperforming Technical Team 63

Underperforming Technical Team Scale GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup 63

Scytale

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Whether you’re using AWS, GCP, or MS Azure as your IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provider, hosting your data in the cloud doesnt automatically mean its secure. And trust me, in todays digital business environment, cloud-based compliance software is not something you can afford to skip.

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