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NEW!! Pitch your AI Startup at SaaStr Annual in May -- Get in Front of 1000s -- and Compete for a $500k-$5,000,000 investment from Mayfield.ai We have a HUGE announcement that we can’t keep secret any longer. This year, we’re partnering with Mayfield AI to bring you the AI Demo Stage and Pitch Competition to SaaStr Annual 2025: May 13-15 in the SF Bay Area. You could win $500K – $5M in funding from Mayfield AI Garage!! That’s right. This is epic opportunity to showcase your AI Startup. The winner(s) will receive funding from the Mayfield AI Garage, at the forefront of investing in cutting-edge tools at the intersection of SaaS and AI. If you’re building the next AI breakthrough in SaaS, pitch your startup at the MayfieldAI AI Demo Stage at SaaStr. 🤖 Selected founders will demo their innovation to leading SaaS CEOs, founders, and investors at SaaStr Annual (May 13-15, SF Bay Area). Win $500k – up to $5M in funding. This exclusive opportunity includes: ➡️ A featured 2-minute demo slot on the AI Demo Stage ➡️ A chance to win a $500K+ investment from the Mayfield AI Garage ➡️ Exposure to SaaStr’s community of 1000s and 1000s of SaaS, Cloud and AI leaders and investors The top 3 startups with present on the final day of SaaStr Annual, Thursday, May 15th on our AI Summit Stage in the Grand Finale Showcase in front of the live SaaStr Annual Audience. Apply by April 15th at link in the comments!! Good luck and see you at SaaStr 2025 -- May 13-15!!

This is absolutely bananas - and super bad for innovation, customers, and VC returns. LPs need to do their job and insist on risk-seeking, contrarian, diversified investment behavior. "Redpoint: 31% of All VC Money Last Year Went Into Just 20 Deals"

New!!  "Top 10 Unexpected Learnings from Scaling Wiz From $0 to The First $100M ARR with founding CRO Colin Jones and Sam Blond" “I thought I had 60 days to get the value proposition right. In the end, we had roughly 4.” – Colin Jones, CRO Emeritus at Wiz You may have seen the news that Google is making its biggest acquisition — by far — of Cloud and SaaS security leader Wiz for a stunning $32 Billion... Continue Reading

"Wiz grew 5x faster than ... our most aggressive plan" How they handled the planning with CRO Emeritus Colin Jones and Sam Blond on SaaStr CRO Confidential

Super excited to have Rippling as a Super Platinum partner for 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! Employees Get More Done with Rippling Increase savings, automate busy work, and make better decisions by managing payroll, HR, IT, and spend in one place. Accelerate every part of your business Everything you need to manage your business operations in one unified system. Rippling was built through R&D (not M&A), so its apps work together seamlessly. Manage global teams in one unified system 1️⃣ Rippling’s products are localized for use in 140+ countries, so your employees abroad have everything they need to be effective. 2️⃣ Hire, pay, and manage global talent compliantly 3️⃣ Manage identity, devices, and inventory globally 4️⃣ Control company spend around the world

🚀 ¡Nos vamos a SaaStr 2025! 🎉 Jason M. Lemkin, ¡ahí nos vemos! 👀 Mi socio Antti Kulppi se motivó y nos compró entradas a Alejandro Quezada y a mí para la conferencia más grande del mundo de Software as a Service (SaaS). 🌍✨ Este año el enfoque en IA es evidente 🤖🔥, y hay varias charlas que me tienen muy motivado: 💡 AI and the Bottom Line: Cómo Canva convierte el modelo freemium en retención y conversiones, con su CCO. 📈 Embracing AI for Better Marketing Outcomes: 5 formas en que Asana usa IA para impulsar la demanda y los ingresos, con su CMO. 🚀 The New Rules of SaaS Growth: Lo que sigue para AI, PLG y el escalamiento de ingresos, con el CEO de HubSpot. 🤔 ¿Quién más va? ¡Nos encantaría conectar! 🔥👋

New!! Could “Block” Be the Death of the AI SDR?: I don’t claim to be an expert on email deliverability and spam.  But I know a tiny bit.  We send well over 1,000,000 emails a week in our SaaStr newsletter.  And when I used to run Adobe Sign / EchoSign, I spent a huge amount of time worrying about deliverability.  E-signatures, after all, are primarily... Continue Reading

New!! "Mastering Growth in the AI Era: How to Stand Out, Acquire Customers, and Raise VC Dollars with BCapital, Zetta, and Glasswing Ventures" 3 top VCs gathered at SaaStr Annual to do a deep dive on AI in B2B today, from what customers really want in the enterprise to what VCs are funding: Karen Page, General Partner at B Capital Rudina Seseri, Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures, which focuses on early-stage AI and Frontier Tech investments in Enterprise... Continue Reading

"So many things are so hard. But everyone can improve customer happiness."

New!! "Dear SaaStr: How Can a New Startup Take on a Big, Established Leader?" Dear SaaStr: How Can a New Startup Take on a Big, Established Leader? How can a new start-up possibly take on a successful big market leader?  Today is the age of AI it seems like it’s easy.  Leaders like Codeium and Clay and Mercor seem to have no issues taking on the incumbents.  But it’s... Continue Reading