Today's SaaS Pulse
OpenAI acquires Ona to embed secure workspaces for autonomous AI agents
OpenAI announced the acquisition of Ona, a 79‑person cloud development environment provider, to embed secure, persistent workspaces for autonomous AI agents. Ona’s platform has seen a 13‑fold rise in weekly agent sessions across banks, pharma firms, and sovereign wealth funds. Analysts estimate the deal value between $450 million and $500 million.
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By the numbers: NinjaOne raises $400M Series C extension
Small Team, Big Game: How We Built Mr. Beast’s AI-Powered Puzzle in 27 Days
Salesforce built an AI‑powered puzzle for MrBeast’s $1 million game in just six weeks, handling over 275,000 registrations and processing 4.5 billion tokens. The team deployed 78 production orgs and engineered a multi‑org sharding architecture capable of 1.5 million concurrent users without downtime. Using Experience Cloud, Prompt Builder, MuleSoft and Scale Test, they achieved a 5.5× capacity boost and eliminated registration errors. The effort demonstrates that Salesforce’s platform can deliver large‑scale, secure AI experiences far faster than building from scratch.
Rippling AI Revolutionizes Payroll for 5K‑Employee Company
Rippling launched its AI analyst today. I'm not just the CEO - I'm also the Rippling admin for our co, and I run payroll for our ~ 5K global employees. Here are 5 specific ways Rippling AI has changed my job,...
Launch of GStack Office-Hours Skill Mimics YC Guidance
I just launched /office-hours skill with gstack. Working on a new idea? GStack will help you think about it the way we do at YC. (It's only a 10% strength version of what a real YC partner can do for...
AI Apps Generate Revenue but Struggle With Retention
AI‑powered subscription apps are generating 41% more revenue per user than non‑AI counterparts, yet they suffer markedly lower retention. RevenueCat’s State of Subscription Apps report shows AI apps retain only 21.1% of annual subscribers versus 30.7% for non‑AI apps, and...
Combine Intent, CRM, and Hiring Data for Instant Warm Leads
Find accounts actively researching your category and hiring to solve problems YOUR PRODUCT SOLVES - in <4 minutes... No heavy ABM motion, no weird back and forth between marketing and sales. Not properly prioritizing your accounts with signals kills your conversion rates,...
Product Management Principles I Learned Building 80+ Enterprise APIs
CDK Global launched over 80 enterprise APIs to modernize automotive commerce, learning that product‑centric decisions trump technical completeness. By focusing first on high‑value, read‑only APIs like the Vehicle Inventory endpoint, the firm achieved rapid dealer adoption and sub‑200 ms response times....
Agent-Driven Micro‑payments Will Unlock New Digital Revenue Models
Agents will outnumber human users on the web by orders of magnitude. Just like people, they will need a way to pay for services they use. They may run into propriety health or finance data they need to pay for...
How TeamSupport Reached $10M–$25M ARR With 1,000 Customers | Grant Stanis
In this episode, Grant Stanis, CEO of TeamSupport, discusses how his company turned support ticket data into revenue-generating insights, scaling to over 1,000 customers and $10‑$25M ARR. He explains TeamSupport’s unique product that links support conversations to retention and upsell...
Best Platforms to Sell Memberships: 5 Options Compared
A new guide compares five membership platforms—Beamly, Kajabi, Podia, Mighty Networks, and Memberful—across pricing, content support, community tools, and scalability. Beamly stands out for podcasters and video creators with zero platform fees, while Kajabi offers an all‑in‑one suite for course...
Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud "A Pile of Shit", Yet Approved It
Federal reviewers harshly criticized Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High (GCC High), calling it a “pile of shit” due to missing security documentation and unclear encryption practices. Despite these concerns, the FedRAMP program granted the cloud suite an authorization, effectively giving it...
Commvault Extends Enterprise Resilience to Structured and AI Data with Real-Time Governance Controls
Commvault announced an expansion of its Cloud platform to include data security posture management for structured data and real‑time access governance, leveraging its recent acquisition of Satori. The new features automatically classify sensitive information, monitor usage of structured and vector...
ANNA Money Secures HMRC Making Tax Digital Approval, Launches Free Auto Accountant Tool
ANNA Money has received HMRC certification as a Making Tax Digital (MTD) software provider for Income Tax, allowing its users to file quarterly returns directly through the platform. The fintech also launched Auto Accountant, a free AI‑driven tool that prepares...
Salesforce Summer ‘26 Release Date + Preview Information
Salesforce’s Summer ’26 release is slated for three weekend windows—May 9, June 5 and June 12, 2026—depending on each instance. Administrators must verify their instance’s exact upgrade date via the Salesforce Trust site and run functional tests beforehand. Sandbox upgrades,...
Industrial ERP at a Turning Point: Dean Forbes on Cloud Adoption and Pragmatic AI
Forterro’s CEO Dean Forbes says the company’s 2025 momentum stems from a decisive shift to cloud‑based ERP, which has unlocked confidence, stability and faster upgrades for mid‑market manufacturers. Recurring revenue now accounts for 74% of sales and net revenue retention...
Deskpro Now Available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud
Deskpro announced its integration with the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, making its AI‑powered help‑desk platform available on a cloud environment that is physically and legally confined to the EU. The move guarantees full data residency, catering to organizations that must...
Self‑Disruption Is Survival in the AI Era
Playing it safe is a death sentence in the age of AI But that’s what a lot of software companies are doing Wix and Intercom are two great examples of disrupting themselves in order to survive. -Wix bought disruption and provided the distribution....
Papa Johns Selects Deliverect to Modernize U.S. Delivery Operations with AI-Powered Unified Ordering Platform
Papa Johns announced a strategic partnership with Deliverect to roll out its Smart Dispatch & Delivery Management platform across all U.S. restaurants by the end of 2027. The AI‑driven system unifies first‑party and third‑party delivery channels into a single orchestration...
Torq Unveils Agentic Builder to Automate Security Workflows From Natural Language Intent
Torq Ltd. introduced Agentic Builder, an AI‑driven add‑on to its SOC platform that converts plain‑language security intents into fully tested, production‑ready workflows and custom AI agents. The system leverages the Torq Socrates engine for validation and continuous performance monitoring, enabling...
Qualtrics Adds AI-Powered Synthetic Data and Research Tools to Speed Customer Insights
Qualtrics unveiled AI‑driven synthetic consumer panels and a Research Hub at its X4 Experience Management Summit. The synthetic panels, built on a fine‑tuned large language model trained with over 200 million respondents, claim research‑grade accuracy that is twelve times better than...
Ep 736: ChatGPT Skills: How to Use The New Feature From OpenAI and The Best Use Cases
In this episode of the Everyday AI Show, host Jordan Wilson breaks down OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Skills—a beta feature for business, enterprise, and education plans that lets teams create reusable, SOP‑like workflows inside ChatGPT. He demonstrates how to build...
Sprout Social Alternatives: Social and Influencer Platforms for Scalable Brand Programs
Sprout Social has long served as an all‑in‑one hub for social publishing, engagement, analytics and, more recently, influencer campaign management. As brands’ influencer programs mature, many find that a single suite can’t meet the deeper relationship‑building, payment tracking, or listening...
Twirl Alternatives: Comparing Creator Marketing Platforms for Growing Brands
Twirl remains a popular choice for structured creator‑led content, but growing brands are seeking platforms that can handle larger creator volumes and more flexible workflows. Alternatives such as Modash, Humanz, Creator.co, Billo, Collabstr, Insense, Influee and Trend.io each emphasize different...
Eurobites: Orange Offers 'Sovereign' Collab Tools to Hedge Against Hyperscaler Lock-In
Orange has launched Live Collaboration, a sovereign suite of workplace tools built from European vendors and hosted on its Grenoble‑based Cloud Avenue SecNum data centre. The platform is designed to free enterprises from US hyperscaler lock‑in, lowering geopolitical and supply‑chain...
Reco Targets AI Agent Blind Spots with New Security Capability
Reco has launched a new capability called “Reco AI Agent Security” to give enterprises visibility and control over autonomous AI agents across their SaaS stack. The tool, available from March 18, expands Reco’s existing platform to cover agents such as Microsoft...
SaaS Evolves: Serving AI Agents, Not Humans
Is SAAS Dead due to the advancement of AI Agents? Yes & No! Yes- In a traditional sense, i.e. human using SaaS. No- Agents will be using the SaaS endpoint to think, to decide, to perform tasks. So the SaaS companies will evolve...
Incumbents Call AI Startup Agents Parasites, Data Belongs to Users
Recent earnings call, Aneel Bhusri of Workday says startups with AI agents are "parasites" This is what system of record incumbents really think of startups. The war is just beginning. The facts: the user data belongs to the users, not...
ActiveState Announced the Launch of Curated Catalogs
ActiveState launched the Curated Catalog, a private, secure repository of open‑source components built from source. The catalog draws from a library of more than 79 million vetted packages across 12+ language ecosystems and integrates with major artifact managers. It offers SLSA...
OpenClaw Launches LinkedIn Integration, Boosting Automated Outreach
OpenClaw for LinkedIn officially launched today. - It connects with Granola, Google Drive, HubSpot, Slack, and more. - It texts you before meetings so you don’t forget. - It helps set up appointments and calls. Automated texting and outreach is going to get even...
Dispatch in Cowork Limits Access to Project Folders
Super confused, what's the point of dispatch in Cowork if I can't work in specific project folders? Surely I'm missing something? https://t.co/hKqkJ7i076
CTrack Brings AI-Enhanced Software Platform to the UK for Intelligent Fleet and Asset Management
Ctrack has launched its AI‑enhanced platform Crystal in the UK, extending a global rollout after acquiring Inseego’s telematics business. The modular solution combines telematics, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to deliver real‑time insights, driver‑behaviour monitoring and workflow automation for fleets...
Launch Fast, Let Locals Replicate and Sell
Zhong Xu opened 10 offices in one quarter during COVID. All virtual. His logic: if the idea works in one country, someone local will copy it everywhere. Get there first. Let your early adopters sell for you. https://t.co/OQxdDHrAK0
SaaS Hype Dies, but We Keep Breaking Records
narrative: saas dead, everyone can build saas now, saas dead reality: every week is our best week ever
The Wrong Question: Why the TMS Debate Is Distracting Forwarders From What Comes Next
Freight forwarders are fixated on the "which TMS?" debate, especially around CargoWise pricing, but industry veteran Brian Glick argues the real issue is integration and what comes after traditional TMS. He positions Chain.io as a neutral integration layer that separates...
High RPO Guarantees Revenue, Risks Complacency
RPO breakdown of public software companies. High RPO = guaranteed future revenue (your customers are prisoners) Low RPO = you have to win your customers’ love much more frequently All else being equal, high RPO is better. But it can make you complacent…...
AI Startup Challenges Workday, Oracle, SAP for Manufacturers
Podcast Ep265: AI Startup Gunning For Workday, Oracle, & SAP, Industry 4.0: Manufacturers Must Know https://t.co/1IoZ2tG6Ov
Moving at Speed with the AI Multiplier: Cornerstone Launches AI-Powered Course Assistant and Adaptive Learning Agent
Cornerstone OnDemand unveiled the Spring 2026 Evolution of Cornerstone Galaxy, adding an AI‑Powered Course Assistant and Adaptive Learning Agent. The assistive and agentic tools embed contextual intelligence into learning, letting employees ask questions in‑session and receive role‑specific content recommendations without extra...
M-Files Boosts Microsoft 365 Copilot with Context-First AI
Document management leader M-Files announced new deep integrations with Microsoft 365 Copilot and the Copilot Agent Builder. The integration embeds M-Files’ metadata‑driven, permission‑aware content directly into Microsoft 365, allowing users to retrieve and act on trusted documents without leaving the...
Rewst Launches RoboRewsty AI Workflow Builder, Making Automation Easier for MSP Teams to Build and Manage
Rewst introduced the RoboRewsty AI Workflow Builder, letting managed service providers (MSPs) craft and edit automation workflows through natural‑language conversation inside the Rewst platform. The AI generates fully configured, ready‑to‑run automations—including triggers, tasks, and code—in minutes, cutting manual build steps....
NicSRS Launches sslTrus CaaS – A Powerful SSL Automation Tool for SMBs
NicSRS unveiled sslTrus CaaS, a Certificate‑as‑a‑Service platform that automates SSL lifecycle for SMBs. The service handles application, issuance, deployment, renewal and revocation for 1‑10 certificates, with optional cloud push or on‑premise clmBot agent. It includes three‑tier monitoring (CT log, OCSP,...
Redgate Launches Monitor SaaS to Reduce Infrastructure Overhead for Database Teams
Redgate Software has introduced Monitor as a SaaS edition, delivering its proven database monitoring platform as a fully managed cloud service. The solution, already trusted by more than 200,000 database professionals, aims to eliminate the deployment, hosting, and maintenance burden...
Rubrik and Rackspace Unveil UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud for Public‑Sector Workloads
Rubrik and Rackspace Technology announced the UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud, a ransomware‑focused recovery platform that keeps data and operations entirely within the United Kingdom. The service promises to cut restoration times from days to hours for public‑sector and regulated...
How Is eClinical Positioning Its Platform Capabilities to Help Sponsors?
eClinical Solutions is leveraging its elluminate platform to help sponsors adapt to the FDA’s new requirement for a single pivotal trial, a move aimed at strengthening efficacy evidence and patient safety. The platform offers highly customizable centralized monitoring, AI‑driven risk...
Datalign Advisory Opens Custom AI Agent Platform for Wealth Management Firms
Datalign Advisory has opened its Halo agentic AI platform to wealth‑management firms, letting them build custom, branded AI agents that operate within a compliance‑by‑design framework. The platform draws on each firm’s investment philosophy, proprietary content and client data, and is...
FinQuery Achieves Rare Five-Year Leadership Streak with 20th Consecutive G2 Award
FinQuery announced that its LeaseQuery platform has secured the No. 1 spot on G2’s Lease Accounting Software Grid for the 20th consecutive quarter, marking a five‑year streak of market leadership. The achievement reflects a 98 % overall satisfaction rating from more than...
Akamai Launches First Global Nvidia AI Grid Deployment
.@Akamai Inference Cloud deploys Nvidia AI Grid https://t.co/L2i6iabxJ7 Nvidia GTC 2026 is turning out to be a bit of a coming-out party for Akamai's Inference Cloud. Akamai's Inference Cloud is the first global implementation of Nvidia AI Grid, which routes...
Q & A: Ben Collier, Co-Founder, Ocasta
Ben Collier, co‑founder of Ocasta, describes a frontline operations platform that unifies communications, task management, knowledge, inspections, and coaching to eliminate guesswork for retailers. Built around real‑world store moments rather than head‑office assumptions, the system provides instant task tracking, photo...
OpenAI VP Hints ChatGPT ‘Unlimited’ Era May Be Coming to an End: ‘Just Doesn't Make Sense…’
OpenAI’s VP of Product Nick Turley warned that the era of flat‑rate ChatGPT subscriptions could end as AI models become more resource‑intensive. He likened unlimited plans to an "unlimited electricity" service, suggesting a shift toward usage‑based pricing. CEO Sam Altman...
Aderant Adds AI-Powered Performance Evaluation Tools to Its Vi Talent Management Suite
Aderant, the Atlanta‑based provider of law‑firm business management software, has integrated AI‑driven features into its vi by Aderant talent‑management suite. The new capabilities, embedded in viEval and viAllocate, include AI‑assisted performance evaluations, real‑time sentiment analysis of employee feedback, and automatic...
BambooBox Announces $6.6 Million to Build the Managed ABM Operating System for Enterprise Revenue Teams
BambooBox announced a $6.6 million Series A round led by Peak XV’s Surge to accelerate its Managed ABM Operating System. The platform blends AI‑driven orchestration with forward‑deployed ABM experts, aiming to solve the execution gap that many enterprises face with traditional ABM tools....
Assessing Asana's Net Promoter Score: Your Rating?
On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to recommend Asana to a friend?