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
SaasRise Webinar Announcement
The post announces a live webinar on October 9 where SaaSrise founder Ryan Allis will detail his proprietary seven‑step B2B SaaS Growth System, a repeatable customer‑acquisition framework used to scale companies like Clearstream and GetResponse to $100M+ exits. It outlines each step—from building an ABM lead list and AI‑personalized outbound sequences to scaling profitable digital ads and structuring SDR/AE teams—and invites SaaS firms with ACV over $2,000 to join. The webinar also promotes a 16‑week Done‑With‑You growth program that will teach participants how to implement the system in their own organizations.
Praxim AI: Powerful Word Copilot Beats $1k Enterprise Add‑ins
.@Praxim_AI is the agentic copilot in Microsoft Word that actually works. It’s far more capable at document creation and editing than even enterprise vertical-specific AI add-ins costing over $1,000/month, bringing powerful editing and drafting tools to everyone. Trusted by professionals from accountants...
Turn N8n Workflows Into Profitable SaaS Fast
n8n is a free SaaS idea catalog. There is an arbitrage opportunity that can take you from idea to profitable SaaS with near-zero risk and a very low budget. Here's how it works: 1️⃣ Browse n8n workflows Stop "imagining" what your SaaS is going...
Mastermind Recap Sep 29th - Oct 3rd, 2025
The post recaps a week of SaasRise mastermind sessions where SaaS CEOs discussed ten high‑impact topics—from simple small‑business acquisitions and advisor management to AI prototyping, billing models, and AI‑first customer support—paired with concrete tool recommendations. Key takeaways include keeping acquisition...
Developer 360 Reveals Real Engineering Impact Beyond PRs
Most engineering metrics are broken. They count PRs and commits, not real impact. Developer 360 from @CodeAntAI changes that. Built on top of their AI code reviews, it shows what’s actually being built, fixed, or improved— with real visibility into engineering...
Seeking Feedback on New AppSumo Deal Page Design
Love your feedback - working on NEW AppSumo deal page design. Thoughts? https://t.co/orwBft6P4s
This Week in SaaS: Sep 22-29, 2025
This week’s SaaS roundup highlights AI’s dominance, with Anthropic’s $13 billion Series F raising its valuation to $183 billion and fueling a surge to $5 billion ARR, while security‑focused Netskope’s IPO underscored strong market appetite for high‑growth security SaaS. A wave of fundraises—from Invisible...
Hidden $400 Subscription Fee Buried in Cart Subtotal
How is this legal? @wpengine By default they show you "Cart Subtotal" But in reality, they added some random product extension for an additional $400/year and there is a hidden "New subscription total" that you don't know about unless you hit...
Mastermind Recap for Sep 23-25, 2025
The post recaps a week of SaasRise mastermind sessions where SaaS CEOs discussed ten high‑impact topics—from outbound prospecting and newsletter compliance to product redesign, time‑to‑value, attribution, hosting costs, paid‑ad scaling, and the build‑vs‑buy dilemma—offering concrete tactics and tool recommendations for...
The B2B SaaS Growth Program Fall 2025 Cohort
The post announces a new 16‑week Done‑With‑You B2B SaaS Growth Program launching on October 16, 2025, aimed at SaaS companies with $1M‑$100M ARR that want to build ABM lead lists, run AI‑personalized outbound campaigns, and scale digital advertising. It highlights...
SaaS Unit Economics: A Deep Dive for CEOs
The post explains how SaaS CEOs can drive scalable growth by mastering key unit economics—ARPA, churn, lifespan, LTV and CAC—and using optimal ratios such as a 3:1 LTV:CAC and sub‑3.5% monthly churn as signals to accelerate sales spend. Ryan Allis...
A Guide to Founder Liquidity
The post explains how SaaS and tech founders can secure personal liquidity through minority recapitalizations—selling less than 50% of their equity to growth or private equity investors—while retaining control and upside. It illustrates the concept with a detailed case study...
Two New SaaS Valuation Calculators
The post introduces two SaaS valuation calculators—Livmo’s interactive tool and SaaStr’s calculator—to help founders estimate company worth using metrics like ARR, growth, and EBITDA. It highlights recent M&A multiples, noting a median 4.1x revenue and 19.4x EBITDA for private deals...
New Mastermind Group For VC Backed CEOs
The post announces a new weekly mastermind group exclusively for venture‑backed tech CEOs who have raised at least $5 million, aiming to provide peer support on scaling, fundraising, exit planning, and founder well‑being. Led by SaaS veteran Ryan Allis, the group...
Our Top New Content From 1H 2025
The post curates the best SaaS growth and exit‑preparation content from the first half of 2025—webinars, reports, podcasts, templates and videos—organized for easy sharing. It highlights resources on raising capital, scaling, AI‑personalized outbound, and detailed M&A and VC reports, all...
How 600+ SaaS CEOs Are Scaling From $1M to $100M ARR Together
The post promotes SaasRise’s weekly mastermind calls that bring together 600+ SaaS CEOs and founders scaling from $1M to $100M ARR, offering peer feedback on growth, hiring, ops, AI, product, and exit strategies. It outlines the Summer 2025 schedule, highlights...
The B2B LinkedIn Strategy Guide
The post presents a detailed B2B LinkedIn strategy used by SaasRise, outlining tactics such as Sales Navigator ABM list building, AI‑personalized outbound email, automated connection requests, retargeting and thought‑leader ads, viral organic content, and a LinkedIn newsletter. Ryan Allis shares...
The "No Differentiation" Illusion
How do we position a product that doesn't have any advantages over the alternatives? Let's start by entertaining the idea that maybe we're wrong about that.
Dear SaaStr: What’s Your Top Advice For All New B2B Founders?
A veteran SaaS VC advises new B2B founders to temper speed with caution, recommending they pause on uncertain big decisions and extend runway budgets by 6‑12 months beyond original forecasts. He stresses the importance of building a aligned founding team...
When To Revisit Your Positioning
You shouldn't wait until disaster strikes to adjust your positioning, but when it does, that's a great time to revisit it.
From $3M to $80M: CEO Scaling Secrets
I sat down with Ayman Al-Abdullah, my friend and former CEO of AppSumo. (He helped scale the company from $3M to $80M from 2016 to 2021). Now he’s a CEO coach helping 7-figure CEOs get to 9-figures. Sharing the top lessons from our...
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Draw The Line Between Founder and First Employee?
The piece advises that the line between founder and first employee should be drawn by timing and commitment: founders are present before a name, product, code or funds, take essentially all the risk and work for little to no salary....