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This little-known Chinese AI lab just dropped an AI model 3x faster and 20x cheaper than Claude. Here’s what the headlines won’t tell you:
The new way to build SaaS products with AI coding and tools like Claude, Curson, Lovable, Codex, Bolt, Vercel, Supabase, and Google AI Studio: https://youtu.be/baKNNPmjHRw?si=x6GPDfKmPB7sIx20
BIG NEWS: I just launched Pulse. The world's first news reader that cuts research from 2 hours to 5 mins👇
BIG NEWS: I just launched Pulse. The world's first news reader that cuts research from 2 hours to 5 mins👇 As a founder, I was drowning in information: • Scrolling Twitter for hours • Checking 20+ sites for tech news...
OpenAI’s Codex app hit 200K+ downloads in one day. People are calling it the Cursor killer. Here’s why the comparison is missing the point: Surely at first glance, Codex looks like another AI coding tool. The app: > Writes code...
Figma had one of the biggest IPO debuts in years. Six months later, its stock is down 75%. Here’s how AI crashed the IPO hype 👇 When Figma went public, the story looked clean. The stock jumped over 250% in...
This AI company hit $100M ARR in under 24 months by making a crazy bet on AI agents most startups ignored👇 At the end of 2023, Podium already had 60,000+ SMB customers using the product to manage leads and customer...
Pulse is being covered on the front page of Pulse right now. How meta. 👀 Our beta launched today. Up to 50 registered users so far. Grab a free beta account and follow some topics, publishers, creators, companies, and investors...
For the past six months, I’ve been quietly working on an AI project in stealth. Today, the beta goes live. Try the beta here . Pulse was built to solve a problem most founders, operators, and investors feel daily: staying...
Keeping track of AI and SaaS news and deals can be challenging. That's why we developed Pulse, our AI-curated technology news platform. We are seeking beta feedback this week before we launch widely. Please create a free account and share...
Here's a good place to track all the AI VC investments, exits, and IPOs... https://lnkd.in/ds-76UfY
This AI startup scaled to $500M by betting on a market most tech startups overlook. Here’s how Listen Labs made it happen 👇 User research has always sat in an odd place. Everyone agrees it’s important. Very few teams run...
This Week in SaaS — Jan 13–19, 2026 This week saw massive AI rounds, strategic acquisitions, and IPOs kicking off for top SaaS players. Highlights include Parloa’s $350M Series D, Deepgram’s $130M raise, and several others pushing the AI frontier....
This week in SaaS saw massive AI rounds, strategic acquisitions and IPOs kicking off for top players. Highlights include Parloa’s $350M Series D , Deepgram’s $130M raise and several others pushing the AI frontier. We’ve pulled the key takeaways for...
$100M to $200M ARR in just two months....Higgsfield is now the fastest scaling GenAI company in history. Here’s why it's worth paying attention to👇 In under 9 months, Higgsfield reached a $200M ARR. That pace puts them ahead of companies...
Looking for people to give quick product feedback on a new AI-curated technology news reading platform we’ve built. Comment if you’re up for giving beta feedback.
Duolingo went “AI first" 6 months ago. Revenue grew 41%. The stock dropped 64%. Here's what they missed 👇 On paper, things looked great. > ~$260M revenue with 73% margins > 33% YoY growth in bookings > 135M MAUs Yet...
How to Write a B2B Cold Email Sequence If you want cold email to actually work...not feel spammy or desperate...this guide walks you through how to craft a sequence that people want to open. We’ll talk tone, timing, value drops,...
How to Do AI Outbound the Right Way in 2025 Outbound didn’t die. Bad outbound did. AI hasn’t made cold email easier. It’s made standards higher. The teams winning today aren’t blasting more emails… they’re crafting more human ones. Here’s...
Bootstrapping my first startup to a 7-figure ARR almost broke me. But looking back, here's what it was a blessing in disguise👇
This Week in SaaS — Dec 2–8, 2025 December is off to a fast start in SaaS. Massive funding rounds, strategic acquisitions, and IPO filings are reshaping AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and enterprise software. If you’re a founder or exec, here’s...
December is already shaping up to be a big month for SaaS. From massive funding rounds to strategic acquisitions and IPO filings, innovation and investment are accelerating across AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and enterprise software. Below is a roundup of the...
Gemini’s climb is putting ChatGPT on alert. At least, that's what stats say.... But here’s what people aren't paying attention to👇 Since its launch, ChatGPT has been the default AI app, owning distribution, loyalty, mindshare. But over the past few...
Build High-Precision ABM Lists With Clay 🔍 Most B2B teams still build lead lists the old way… Manual. Slow. Incomplete. But with Clay, your outbound and paid pipeline becomes a data engine. ABM starts with one thing: a perfect list....
You can’t afford to build your Account-Based Marketing (ABM) lead list with just one or two tools. You need something powerful—something that not only finds people but enriches them with verified, usable data you can actually act on. That’s where...
SaasRise Mastermind Recap — Dec 3, 2025 Another week of peer-to-peer SaaS insights. CEOs tackled demand gen, AI, marketing, operations, and growth challenges. Key takeaways below 👇 1. Cold Email Response Rates Challenge: Only 1% reply; most positive responses early...
Here are the topics discussed this week in the SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind. Come join us next Wednesday at 8am PT and 12pm PT on Zoom for the type of peer advice you can only get from other SaaS...
Enterprise SaaS Mastermind — Dec 2, 2025 Enterprise SaaS never stands still and yesterday’s mastermind proved it again. We had CEOs and founders comparing notes on demand gen outsourcing, SEO, API partnerships, R&D capacity, funding and more. Real problems. Real...
Enterprise SaaS never stands still — and yesterday’s mastermind proved it again. We had CEOs and founders comparing notes on demand gen outsourcing, SEO, API partnerships, R&D capacity, funding, and more. Real problems. Real frameworks. Real tools you can use...
Claude Opus 4.5 just beat every human candidate on Anthropic’s performance engineering exam. Here’s what this breakthrough actually means👇 Anthropic’s newest model outperformed every software engineer who has ever taken their real hiring assessment. And this isn’t a small quiz....
This Week in SaaS — Nov 25 to Dec 1, 2025 Another packed week in SaaS—AI infra is getting the biggest checks, workflow automation is heating up, and consolidation continues across fintech, travel, and accounting. If you're building in mid-market...
Another packed week in SaaS—AI infra keeps attracting big checks, workflow automation is heating up, and consolidation is quietly accelerating across fintech, travel, and accounting. If you're building in mid-market or enterprise SaaS, the signals this week are clear: AI-driven...
Adobe’s AI push could cost them their monopoly and become their biggest strategic mistake👇
Adobe’s AI push could cost them their monopoly and become their biggest strategic mistake👇 For years, Adobe has dominated the creative software market. Photoshop. Illustrator. Premiere. But that dominance is exactly what puts Adobe at risk. Adobe is The Innovator’s...
The best performing private companies in 2025 are being built by solo founders. This chart makes it clear. Here’s what this means for startups👇 For years, the default belief in tech was simple: you need co-founders and a big team...
This Week in GrowthRise — B2B Marketing Mastermind Recap (Nov 26, 2025) Another insightful session inside the GrowthRise Mastermind for B2B Marketing Leaders ($1M+ ARR). The focus this week: practical strategies to improve LinkedIn advertising, implement affiliate programs and leverage...
This Week in SaasRise — CEO Mastermind Recap (Nov 23–26, 2025) Another strong week in the SaasRise CEO & Founder Masterminds. Theme: Doing more with less...leaner budgets, smaller teams, smarter systems and using AI + top talent to scale without...
This week’s SaasRise masterminds focused on practical wins founders are seeing right now. Members discussed how to grow with small marketing budgets, use LinkedIn and retargeting more effectively, and build simple content systems that don’t burn out the team. They...
ChatGPT has owned the AI space since 2022. But Google’s latest Gemini 3 release could change that. Here's why👇 For almost two years, “AI” basically meant “ChatGPT.” It owned the narrative, mindshare, and category. Adding 50 million new users in...
This Week in SaaS — Nov 18–21, 2025 AI-native SaaS continues to dominate fundraising, M&A and public markets. From $900M rounds in multimodal 3D engines to multi-billion-dollar observability and SEO acquisitions, the market is rewarding founders who embed AI into...
AI-native SaaS continues to dominate fundraising, M&A, and public markets. From $900M rounds in multimodal 3D engines to multi-billion-dollar observability and SEO acquisitions, the market is rewarding founders who embed AI into every layer of product and GTM — not...
I’ve built and sold companies worth millions. But the best decision I ever made was choosing the right person to build life with.... I’ve done the big deals. I’ve lived the founder rollercoaster. I’ve cashed the checks. But none of...
Build Your Outbound Email Infrastructure The Right Way 📬 Most teams obsess over copy and sequences. But none of that matters if your emails never reach the inbox. Outbound does not start with messaging. It starts with domains, inboxes, warm...
Every successful outbound program begins long before the first email is ever sent. In B2B marketing, the technical groundwork — domains, inboxes, authentication, and reputation management — determines whether your carefully crafted messages ever make it to the inbox. Most...
Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained👇
Google is the only company in the world building AI vertically. They used the same move to dominate the internet. Their AI playbook explained👇 Everyone’s busy debating model benchmarks, GPU shortages, and who shipped the newest AI app. But that’s...
How We Built Our B2B Content Marketing Machine — From 579K to 2.7M Impressions When I launched SaasRise in 2023, I was like most founders...juggling a hundred priorities, sending random newsletters when inspiration struck and wondering why outbound campaigns weren’t...
In this week’s SaasRise Mastermind recap, founders and growth leaders exchanged actionable insights on scaling smarter, optimizing renewals, and leveraging AI to enhance customer engagement and operational efficiency. Discussions centered on data management, sales performance, compensation frameworks, and sustainable business...
SaasRise CEO & Founder Mastermind Recap — Week of Nov 16–20, 2025 This week on SaasRise, founders and growth leaders shared actionable strategies on scaling smarter, optimizing renewals and leveraging AI to improve engagement and operations. Over four sessions, members...
Lovable hit $200M ARR under 12 months. Their revenue per employee is an insane $2-3M ARR. Here's how they pulled it off 👇
