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What the Online Advertising World Can Teach Us about the Evolution of Machine Learning in SaaS

Tom Tunguz

With machine learning, we may see another evolution of this. Machine learning startups create models based on data provided by customers. Unlike the first wave of SaaS software, machine learning startups benefit from the data their customers share with them. And that initiative met some success.

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SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

The Angel VC

So if you want to raise capital for your SaaS startup in 2017, investors will wonder if you can become a true system of record, build a real platform/ecosystem/marketplace or build a unique data asset over time. For what it's worth, I know AI and Machine Learning are a hyped topic but I think the hype is justified.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

Cloud Marketplaces. Then lastly, something BVP has seen grow rapidly over the last year is the emergence surge and cloud marketplaces, which help B2B businesses find each other and transact in the cloud. ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Data and machine learning infrastructure accelerates to new heights. Product-led Growth.

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Reading list: Platforms, ecosystems, and partnerships

Intercom, Inc.

All of this thinking, planning and building culminated most recently in the launch last week of our App Partner and Service Partner programs , which unlocks new sales, marketing and technical opportunities for companies we collaborate with. Then you have to understand that you can’t be a platform without having that marketplace point of view.

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The most exciting Latin American SaaS Startups

SaaStock

Metatext offers a solution to help SaaS entrepreneurs to automate business processes such as customer services, marketing and insights. Elevator pitch : NEO MED is a marketplace aiming to simplify the relationship between Clinics, Laboratories and Hospitals that need medical reports and the to physicians writing these reports.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Companies in almost every sector are looking to take advantage of machine learning and integrate it into their products. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Micro Acquire.

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How to Make User Acquisition Practically Free with Lambda School (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Uber is a classic marketplace company. It’s a two-sided marketplace. You had town car services before. They’ve spent an outrageous amount of time and effort and energy in machine learning resources, figuring out what it is that you want to watch. And interestingly, nothing really on Uber is new.