Today's SaaS Pulse
Salesforce Launches AgentExchange, a Unified AI Marketplace with $50M Builder Fund
Salesforce has merged its three app and AI stores into a single AgentExchange marketplace, offering over 13,000 ready‑made apps, AI agents, and automation components. The platform features intent‑aware search, one‑click buying, and instant activation within Salesforce or Slack, and includes a $50 million builder fund to encourage partner development.
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By the numbers: Loop raises $95M to scale its supply‑chain AI platform
Workers Are Getting Depressed by Everyday Tech Challenges - Could AI Be the Answer?
TeamViewer’s new "Impact of Digital Friction" report finds that 46% of UK firms blame IT inefficiencies for slowing work and 47% say tech frustration fuels employee turnover, with similar concerns in the US and India. One‑third of UK workers expect digital friction to worsen over the next year, and more than half of respondents are willing to let AI handle routine IT tasks such as troubleshooting and password resets. The study links digital friction to revenue losses—46% in the UK, 50% in the US, and 65% in India—and highlights that better AI‑driven support and training could alleviate these pressures.
ABM Success Starts with Overcoming Niche ICP List Pain
If you’re in B2B marketing, you already know that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is the game. But here’s the thing: building a quality account list for a niche ICP—that very specific type of customer that perfectly fits your offer—can be a...
Sim's Visual Agent Builder Powers the New AI Era
Sim (@simdotai) is building the visual, end-to-end agent builder — a platform where developers can design, test, and deploy real AI agents that work in production. Founded earlier this year, Sim grew from a small San Francisco apartment to a community...
SaasRise Mastermind Recap - Nov 12, 2025
The SaasRise Mastermind recap covered practical peer advice for SaaS CEOs, ranging from transitioning Google PPC in‑house and scaling multi‑channel cold outreach to navigating private‑equity discussions and exit planning. Key takeaways included focusing product insight for PPC, unifying email/LinkedIn sequences,...
AI-Powered Sales Automation at SaaStr London 2024
Want to learn how to get AI SDRs to really work? Really automate inbound with AI? Automate RevOps with AI? Join 2,500 of us and founders and leaders from Clay, Wiz, Intercom, OpenAI and more at SaaStrLondon.com Dec 1-2 to...
Tighten Feedback Loops, Not Features, to Unlock Growth
Most companies try to grow by adding more things. The real unlock usually comes from tightening the loop that already exists. When the feedback gets sharp enough, even old products feel new again.
Anthropic Will Invest $50 Billion in Building AI Data Centers in the US
Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment to build AI data centers in the United States, partnering with Fluidstack to launch facilities in Texas and New York with additional sites planned. The centers are slated to become operational throughout 2026 and are...
Grant Lee's Unconventional, Actionable Startup Advice
Epic startup advice from @thisisgrantlee of @GammaApp - super practical and non-consensus
180 AI Design Prompts Tested: What Actually Works
We ran 180 AI web design prompts through the top builders to see what actually ships and what falls apart. https://t.co/U0PVzCAy0C
Airbnb’s Testing a ‘Kitchen Stocking’ Service that Lets Guests Place Instacart Orders Before Their Stay
Airbnb is piloting a kitchen‑stocking service with Instacart that lets guests order groceries through the Airbnb app up to three weeks before arrival. The trial, limited to Phoenix, Orlando and Los Angeles, pays hosts $25 for each fulfilled order and...
AI Workforce Supports Seniors' Home Care and Monitoring
Kaigo Health (@kaigohealth) is building an AI care workforce that looks after Grandma and Grandpa— helping healthcare providers keep patients healthy at home by automating the follow-ups, check-ins, and monitoring that often fall through the cracks. https://t.co/nLD8Eq35CW
CEO‑CTO Alignment Is the Hidden Key to Billion‑dollar Growth
My biggest heartbreak ever as a founder: if my CTO and I could have gotten along better. Because we'd both be billionaires, running a great public company together. I tried. I know so much more today than I did then....
The Single Biggest Mistake You’ll Make as a Founder. Again and Again.
Jason Lemkin argues that the single biggest mistake founders make is tolerating mediocrity in senior team members—co‑founders, VPs, and partners—because it silently drains time, resources, and momentum. He breaks down three deadly forms of mediocrity, quantifies their hidden costs, and...
HEY Adds Dedicated Previously Seen Page with Shortcut
New in HEY: Now you can jump to a dedicated page with all your Previously Seen emails. These are emails you've clicked on, read, or sent that aren't marked unread. Previously Seen remains as a dedicated section at the bottom of...
Enterprise Deals Now Sealed via Text, Not Email
"Every single enterprise deal I have done is closed through text. It's not on email anymore. It's relationships." Full chat with Jen Abel : https://lnkd.in/g3WrxpEE
Top Infostealer Disrupted After Criminals Lose Server Access
The Rhadamanthys infostealer, a leading malware‑as‑a‑service platform, has been disrupted after German police reportedly accessed its web panels, locking out many criminal customers. Researchers noted the Tor site is offline and that SSH access now requires certificates, forcing users to...
AI Mirrors Your Thought Clarity, Not Randomness
When you work with AI, the output is never random. It’s a mirror held up to how clearly you think. Every response is a reflection of your own edges and blind spots. The model doesn’t create ideas. It digs through your...
Hightouch: Rapid Evolution From Analytics to Vertical AI
Which AI company has evolved their product most rapidly? Hightouch is the clear winner in my mind. When I invested in 2021, they were building *Operational Analytics.* A few months later, they broadened to *Reverse ETL* to meet customer demand...
Windows 11 Boosts Security Even Further by Adding Native 1Password Passkey Support
Microsoft’s November 2025 Windows 11 update adds native support for 1Password passkeys, letting users choose between Microsoft’s built‑in password manager and third‑party solutions for password‑less sign‑ins. The integration uses a new credential‑manager API plugin, placing 1Password on equal footing with Microsoft’s own...
From Syrian Kid to $253M ARR: Replit’s Meteoric Rise
Replit went from $2M ARR to $253M in just 2 years. And it all started with a Syrian kid who couldn’t afford a laptop. Their insane growth story👇
AI-Powered Browser IDE Catapulted Replit to $253M ARR
Replit went from $2M ARR to $253M in just 2 years. And it all started with a Syrian kid who couldn’t afford a laptop. Their insane growth story👇 When Amjad Masad founded Replit in 2016, the idea was simple: Code...
Hackers Hijacked Antivirus Features to Install Malware - Here's What We Know
Google Mandiant researchers disclosed a critical 9.1‑severity vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑12480) in Triofox’s built‑in antivirus that allowed improper access control, enabling the UNC6485 threat cluster to hijack the feature and install remote‑access tools such as Zoho Assist, AnyDesk, Plink and PuTTY. The...
Structured Prompts Unlock AI’s Web Design Potential
We ran 180 AI web design prompts to see what actually works. Everyone says these tools can design full websites in minutes. I wanted to see if that was true. Across Base 44, Bolt, Figma Make, and Lovable, we tested every...
Excessive Mixpanel Logging Triggers $800 Unexpected Bill
I vibe coded an app. As part of it, I had it hook into Mixpanel. Now I got a bill from @mixpanel for ~$800 because the vibe coded app was logging to Mixpanel too many times and in the wrong...
How to Scale Your Business (Full Course)
In this 51‑minute masterclass, Dan Martell outlines his six‑phase framework for scaling a business, emphasizing time‑buyback, predictable growth engines, and leadership systems that turn chaos into an empire. He shares actionable tactics—from leveraging AI tools and zero‑code profit models to...
AI Business Requires Rethinking SaaS Profit Metrics
Is this true? SaaS math vs. AI math. Let's put pencil to paper and compare SaaS economics vs. AI economics. Next week's newsletter will feature a new blog post on "SaaS vs. AI Math - Hype vs. Reality." And the...
Mid‑market Is a Myth: Choose SMB or Enterprise
Jen Abel on why the mid-market doesn't exist: "What is mid-market. It's either low-end enterprise or upper-end SMB. And if you bleed those two games, you're gonna lose. They're so distinctly different. Many people can get lost because selling to...
Avoid Common SaaS Gross Margin Miscalculations Before Funding
A SaaS company's gross margin is a key point of discussion in any M&A or capital raise transaction. As such, any SaaS founder looking to engage with potential buyers should ensure that they've properly classified costs related to the calculation...
UiPath MVP Program Expands to AI, Orchestration, LLMs
The UiPath Community has always been at the heart of everything we do. From the early days of UiPath to where we are now, some of the best ideas have come from the engineers, developers, and automation experts who explore...
Get Personalized PLG Advice at Scale via SuperMe
You can get PLG advice from me anytime now…WITHOUT spending thousands of dollars on consulting fee or waiting to find a virtual coffee spot on my calendar. People want to learn from practitioners - the ones actually doing the work....
Use ChatGPT to Rapidly Build Niche ABM Lists
How to Use ChatGPT to Build ABM Account Lists for Niche ICPs If you’re in B2B marketing, you already know Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is the game. But building a quality account list for a niche ICP — that specific customer...
Customer Insights Are the Hidden Lever for Sales Growth
customer insights are sales insights, it's not just a marketing thing 👀 what do I mean? when you really listen to your buyers, you uncover: 1. why deals stall (sales bottlenecks) 2. what language actually converts (sales messaging) 3. clear...
Abandon Funnels: Map Content to Intent, Not Stages
The funnel is dead, use a playground instead... And assume that your audience will use each piece of equipment the "wrong" way 😅 My go-to example of this: pricing. Pricing is traditionally considered a bottom-of-funnel or purchase-level conversation. But how...
Align Product and Marketing for Continuous Growth Momentum
The CEO should put the Product team and Marketing team together. In lock step. To drive momentum and success for the company. I see so much about Sales and Marketing. Not enough about Product and Marketing. There should be a...
One‑person AI GTM Generates $1.5M Pipeline, 40+ Customers
Everyone's talking about autonomous businesses. Almost nobody is actually showing their work. That's about to change. November 16, I'm pulling back the curtain on how we're generating $1.5M+ pipeline and closing 40+ customers a month- with a one-person GTM team...
AI IDE Gives Front‑End Agents Full Browser Context
Inspector (@tryinspector) is an AI IDE for front-end that connects browser and codebase. It lets you select elements visually and prompt changes, giving coding agents access to the same runtime context developers have: visuals, elements, and logs. https://t.co/QnTISmnc24
Five CEOs Master Vision, Code, Taste, Sales, Recruiting
What do @btaylor (Sierra), @matistanis (11Labs), @kareem (Clay), @parkerconrad (Rippling), @GabeStengel (Rogo), & @daraladje (Delphi) all have in common? They are 5 tool CEO's: (1) Vision, (2) Code, Taste (3), Sell (4), & Recruit (5). Learn more on this...
Speak Hits $100M ARR, Drives 5‑10× practiceSpeak Hits $100M ARR
With 15M downloads and 500+ enterprise clients, @Speak has passed $100M in annualized revenue. Users practice speaking 5-10x more on Speak than on other language apps, through AI-powered roleplays & real-world scenarios. https://t.co/j8PQ8Hmxdb
Digital Co‑Workers Slash Billions of Labor Hours in 3PLs
Prox (@try_prox) builds digital co-workers for 3PLs and fulfillment centers - companies that store, pack, and ship for brands. They automate the back-office operations layer that burns billions of labor hours across the industry. https://t.co/RDHVJfPXpV
Lead Magnets Drive Speed, Not Value—Fuel Founder Success
Lead magnets aren’t about value. They’re about velocity. Founders that use these effectively, win.
LogosGuard Launches AI Risk Management Platform for Enterprises
LogosGuard (@logos_guard) is building the risk management software for enterprises adopting AI. Stress-test your AI products, continuously monitor compliance with your controls, and gain the confidence to deploy AI responsibly. Congrats on the launch, @abelpjohn & @sukrut_oak! https://t.co/R5ubFkgSGn
AI Writes and Sends On‑brand Emails Across Your Tools
Proxis (@proxis_ai) writes and sends emails in your voice. It connects to your inbox + CRM + Notion + Drive + Slack so replies are accurate, on-brand, and auto-sent when confident. Congrats on the launch, @liam_a_collins! https://t.co/7cRpUrXgic https://t.co/9UgGreMPgq
AI Ad Agency Generates $620K Profit, 35% Growth
I love seeing agencies print profits. Live on @acquiredotcom: AI-powered performance ad agency helping brands grow with media buying, creative, and funnel optimization. > $1.7M TTM revenue > $620K TTM profit > 35% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/WAfvxsRcZs https://t.co/9BpLwk8kmq
Zero‑Trust Access for Humans and AI via Shareable Links
Multifactor (@MultifactorCOM) is building the future of zero-trust authentication, authorization, and auditing for AI agents. Their platform lets users securely and revocably share any online account with humans and AI agents alike, just by sending a link. https://t.co/V313zcyCFo
Agentforce Recovered 1,000 Missed Leads via Salesforce
"We found there were 1,000 (!) leads our human sales team never followed up with. So this was our best, first use case for Agentforce @salesforce. Because Agentforce knows everything our Salesforce instance does."
Relixir Secures $
Congrats to @joinrelixir on their $2M seed! Relixir is an inbound engine for AI search, helping brands drive ChatGPT traffic into inbound pipelines that are 5x more likely to convert. It's already used by 200+ B2B companies and has delivered $10M+...
Manage and Sell Multiple Startups From One Account
Now live on @acquiredotcom! You can now manage multiple and sell multiple startups from one account. Just click "manage startups" and then the "+" sign to create a new listing. Check it out and share any feedback! https://t.co/eWLANLahNZ
Companies Shift Gravity: From Employees to Customers, Acquisition to Delight
I think all companies have two centers of gravity 1. Focused on investors, customers, or employees 2. Focused on acquiring or delighting customers HubSpot moved (1) from employees to customers over time. We moved (2) from acquiring to delighting over...
AI SDRs Deliver 6.7% Response, 10% Ticket Sales
How are our AI SDRs really working at SaaStr? Join us LIVE on AI Workshop Wednesday TODAY at 10am PST to find out!! - 19,000 messages sent - 6.67% response rate - 4% positive response rate - sold 10% of tickets to SaaStr AI London...
Ask Derrick Reimer: Design, AI Coding, SavvyCal Insights
.@derrickreimer is joining me on @startupspod again this week. What questions do you have for him about design, dev, product decisions, coding with AI, SavvyCal, or hand-crafting the perfect espresso? https://t.co/pGDKAfsNZP