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
Yes, You Can Get Microsoft 365 Free - Here's How
Microsoft 365 can be used without paying for a subscription by leveraging three free options: the browser‑based Office.com suite, the free Microsoft 365 mobile app, and the education‑focused Office 365 A1 program. The web version provides Word, Excel, PowerPoint and 5 GB of OneDrive storage as long as users stay online. Mobile users can view documents for free, while editing requires the separate free apps. Students and teachers with a school email also receive full web apps, and a 12‑month Premium trial adds AI features before charging $20 per month.
Google's CodeWiki Auto‑Docs Any Repo for Instant Onboarding
I'm deleting every codebase documentation tool because of this. Google launched CodeWiki and it turns any GitHub repo into documentation a normal human can actually understand. You paste a repository and it automatically maps the entire project, explains the architecture, builds diagrams,...
Unified “Single Brain” Platform Supercharges Marketing Efficiency
My bet is everyone is going to have something River-like at their company. We have been doing this for the last 2 months at my company - we call it 'Single Brain'. Since we're a marketing services company, we...
Marqo Unveils Sibbi, AI Agent That Handles Discovery to Post‑Purchase in One Chat
Marqo introduced Sibbi, an AI‑powered commerce superintelligence agent that guides shoppers from product discovery through checkout, order tracking and returns in a single conversational flow. The launch claims $130 million in attributable revenue uplift for a test retailer and double‑digit conversion...
Pit Secures $16 Million Led by A16z to Accelerate AI‑Native Enterprise Ops Platform
Pit, the Stockholm‑based AI‑native enterprise operations platform, closed a $16 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Lakestar and executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Deel, Revolut and the Stena and Lundin families. The funding will fuel product expansion,...
BigID Names Former Palo Alto Networks Exec Mahesh Chukkapali COO to Accelerate AI Security Push
BigID announced Mahesh Chukkapali as its new chief operating officer, tapping his experience at Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud and HackerOne to speed up AI security initiatives. The hire underscores BigID’s ambition to become the default AI‑security platform for large...
Korean PropTech Firm Zigbang Launches AI Service to Block Jeonse Fraud
Zigbang introduced its Zikim AI Diagnosis service at a Seoul‑based public‑private seminar, aiming to identify Jeonse lease fraud before contracts are signed. The launch coincides with Seoul’s AI‑driven Jeonse fraud risk analysis expanding to 3,000 cases, signaling a new safety...
TransAct Technologies Names Robert Campbell CFO as CEO Preps for Growth
TransAct Technologies announced that controller Robert Campbell will assume the chief financial officer role on June 30, 2026, when veteran CFO Steven A. DeMartino retires after nearly three decades. Campbell, who has overseen the company’s shift to a recurring‑revenue model, steps into...
Gen Digital Posts $5 Billion Q4 Revenue, Up 27% YoY
Gen Digital announced Q4 2026 revenue of $5 billion, a 27% year‑over‑year increase, driven by record bookings and higher cross‑sell penetration. The results featured a 51% operating margin, $1.5 billion free cash flow and a dividend launch, positioning the firm for continued...
Basata Secures $21 Million Series A to Automate U.S. Healthcare Operations
Basata announced a $21 million Series A, led by Basis Set Ventures and joined by Cowboy Ventures, PHX Ventures, Zenda Capital and Victoria Treyger, to expand its AI‑driven platform that automates referrals, scheduling and follow‑up. The funding brings total capital to $24.5 million...
Define AI Search Strategy Before Investing in SaaS
I want more SaaS teams to get clear about their strategy + objectives before spending a bunch of time/energy/money on software + new hires for AI search efforts. Need an audit to make sure it converts to ROI? We should chat:...
BlackLine Posts 9.7% Revenue Rise as Platform Strategy Fuels Deal Size Surge
BlackLine, Inc. announced a 9.7% increase in Q1 2026 revenue and a margin expansion to 21.6% after moving to a platform‑based commercial model. The shift drove an 85% rise in average new deal size to $162,000 and an 18% lift...
Open Text Beats Q3 Estimates on Record Cloud Revenue, Raises FY Guidance
Open Text Corp. posted Q3 2026 revenue of $1.28 billion, beating analysts' forecasts, driven by a record $493 million cloud revenue. The company also lifted its full‑year guidance for cloud growth and enterprise bookings, underscoring robust demand for its information‑management suite among...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: D365 Sales Release Wave 1; D365 Sales Add-Ins; Connecting WhatsApp; Generative Pages
Microsoft announced the 2026 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 Sales, moving several preview features to general availability. The update adds sales qualification tools, opportunity acceleration, and a refreshed sales close agent to streamline daily selling activities. New add‑ins embed the Microsoft Sales...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Blogs: Email Notification Type; Account Reconciliation Agent; Integrating with B2B...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management blogs highlighted four practical enhancements. First, a new email notification type lets users configure event‑driven messages without writing custom code. Second, an AI‑powered account reconciliation agent automates matching subledger entries to the general...
Homhero Appoints Former Shopify Exec Dominik Wilkowski as CTO to Accelerate PMS Growth
Homhero, the Australian‑New Zealand property‑management system, announced the hiring of Dominik Wilkowski as chief technology officer. The former Shopify senior development manager brings experience overseeing 200+ developers and a 99.9% API uptime, positioning Homhero to compete with global PMS rivals.
Whoop Launches Paid Video Clinician Access and Health Record Integration for U.S. Users
Whoop announced that U.S. members will soon be able to schedule live video consultations with licensed clinicians and store medical records within the app, a paid add‑on to its existing membership. The rollout follows a $575 million funding round that lifted...
Snowflake Integrates Malaysia’s ILMU Sovereign LLM Into AI Data Cloud
Snowflake has incorporated Malaysia’s sovereign ILMU large‑language model into its AI Data Cloud, coinciding with the launch of Snowflake on AWS’s Asia Pacific (Malaysia) region. The move gives Malaysian enterprises a regulated, in‑country AI platform that respects data residency while...
Adobe Finalizes Semrush Acquisition, Bolstering AI‑Driven SEO Suite
Adobe announced the completion of its acquisition of Semrush, integrating the SEO platform into its Customer Experience Orchestration suite. The move comes as AI‑generated traffic to U.S. retail sites jumped 269% year‑over‑year, underscoring the urgency for marketers to secure visibility...
RingCentral Posts Q1 Revenue Surge as RingCX Platform Grows 70% YoY on AI Subscriptions
RingCentral announced a surge in first‑quarter revenue and a 70% year‑over‑year increase in RingCX platform customers, driven by expanding AI‑powered subscription services. The company highlighted its ability to blend AI and human interactions at scale as a competitive moat.
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Honestly, what more can I say? I’ve been a member for 30 years. Limited-time offer: Save $125 TRY 30 DAYS FOR $24.95 The future of charting has arrived and has everything you need to trade like a pro. If you want to trade...
This Free CAD Software Runs in Your Browser and Puts Expensive Programs to Shame
SolveSpace is a free, open‑source parametric CAD tool that runs both as a lightweight desktop app and directly in a web browser. It uses a constraint‑based solver, letting users define geometric relationships instead of manually dragging shapes. The software supports...
Async Infrastructure Paved Path to AI Agent Era
https://t.co/EAT6n7xgeL lets developers add AI agents to their products with a simple SDK, handling execution, long-running workflows, and reliability so they don't have to. Over 90% of their usage now comes from agent workflows, and they recently announced their $16M...
Canvas Breach Exposes 275 M Users, Prompting Urgent Personal Finance Cyber‑Safety Push
A ransomware intrusion on the Canvas learning platform compromised personal data for an estimated 275 million users across 9,000 schools. The breach, coupled with Gen Digital’s record cyber‑safety revenue and new RFID‑blocking wallet tools, has ignited a sector‑wide call for tighter...
KPMG India Teams Up with CleverTap to Boost AI‑Driven Customer Engagement Consulting
KPMG India has entered a strategic alliance with AI‑first martech platform CleverTap, merging the firm’s transformation consulting with CleverTap’s real‑time analytics and AI‑driven engagement suite. The partnership targets reduced churn, higher lifetime value and compliance‑ready customer ecosystems for corporate clients...
Spacelift Hires Two Senior VPs to Accelerate AI‑Native Infrastructure Automation
Spacelift announced the appointment of John Henry Archer as senior vice president of sales and channel and Jonah Kowall as senior vice president of product and design. The hires come as the company rolls out Spacelift Intelligence, its AI‑focused orchestration...
DocuSign Teams with Harvey to Embed AI Legal Reasoning in E‑Signature Platform
DocuSign has partnered with Harvey to integrate the AI platform’s legal‑reasoning engine directly into its e‑signature suite. The joint solution lets legal teams pull contracts from DocuSign, have Harvey analyze them against jurisdictional law, and trigger workflow actions without leaving...
Datadog CEO's Two‑Word Warning Highlights AI‑Driven Race in Enterprise Monitoring
Datadog chief executive Olivier Pomel warned enterprises they "can't afford to be late" in the AI monitoring race, a message that coincided with a 30% share surge and first‑quarter revenue of $1.006 billion, up 32% year over year. The company also...
Omada Health Posts 42% Revenue Jump as GLP‑1 Care Track Fuels Employer Wellness Growth
Omada Health announced Q1 2026 revenue of $78 million, a 42% rise year‑over‑year, as its GLP‑1 Care Track and expanded pharmacy‑benefit‑manager partnerships boost member enrollment. The company lifted full‑year revenue guidance to $322‑$330 million and reported its first positive adjusted EBITDA.
Shopify Posts 34% Revenue Jump to $3.17B as AI Fuels Growth, Shares Slump 33% YTD
Shopify reported first‑quarter revenue of $3.17 billion, up 34% year over year, and a 35% rise in gross merchandise volume, thanks to AI‑driven features like Sidekick. The earnings beat came as the company's shares have tumbled roughly 33% in 2026, sparking...
Boring, Small‑TAM Markets Deliver SaaS’s Biggest Returns
The markets that made me the most money looked terrible on paper. They were underserved. Relatively unattractive. The kind VCs pass on because the TAM looks too small. That's the point. Boring means: • Customers who actually need it • Real...
Defining AI COGS: Finance Framework for SaaS
What Belongs in AI COGS? The Financial Framework SaaS Companies Are Scrambling to Build Finance is playing catch-up, but we are also at the edge of what can be implemented now versus what is theoretical. What do we want this...
Substack UK Paid Subscriptions Top 500,000, Signaling Creator Economy Surge
Substack disclosed that paid subscriptions to U.K.-based creators have crossed the half‑million mark, cementing the market as its second‑largest after the United States. The milestone reflects a broader shift toward paid, creator‑driven content as the platform expands beyond newsletters into...
Iren Names Kent Draper CRO to Accelerate AI‑Driven Power Projects
Iren Limited announced the appointment of Kent Draper as chief revenue officer, tasking him with driving revenue growth as the company expands its AI‑powered power portfolio. The move comes amid a $3.1 bn annual recurring revenue base, a $3.4 bn five‑year AI...
MyPropOps Debuts NVIDIA‑Governed Compliance Platform for HUD and Section 8 Rentals
Ali Morgan, founder of Jonomor, introduced MyPropOps, a compliance‑centric property‑operations platform governed by NVIDIA’s NemoClaw AI framework. The service, built for HUD‑audited and Section 8 housing, starts at $99 per month and promises immutable audit trails for every AI action.
Paylocity Q3 2026 Earnings Beat, AI Push Drives 11% Revenue Growth
Paylocity reported Q3 2026 results that topped guidance, with total revenue up 10.5% and adjusted EBITDA reaching $220.2 million at a 43.8% margin. Growth was powered by an 11.6% rise in recurring and other revenue and the rollout of AI‑infused products...
Acceldata Teams with ServiceNow to Embed Data Quality in AI Workflows
Acceldata has partnered with ServiceNow to embed its data quality monitoring into the ServiceNow Data Catalog, part of the Workflow Data Fabric ecosystem. The integration lets AI agents and automated workflows consume only vetted data, while incident context flows back...
Sprout Social Posts 11% YoY Revenue Rise, Beats Q1 2026 Forecast
Sprout Social posted $121.5 million in Q1 2026 revenue, an 11.2% year‑over‑year increase, surpassing analyst forecasts. The company highlighted strong AI‑driven product adoption, a record $24.7 million non‑GAAP free cash flow, and an inaugural $50 million share‑repurchase program.
Maury Povich Came Out of Retirement to Star in a New Campaign for This AI Tool for Creatives
Maury Povich, the 87‑year‑old former daytime‑talk host, returned from retirement to front Air’s new AI‑enhanced creative‑team platform campaign, "On Air with Maury Povich." Air, a cloud‑based operations and asset‑management service launched in 2021, has raised more than $70 million from investors...
HubSpot Shares Tumble 20% as AI‑Fueled SaaS‑pocalypse Triggers Soft Guidance
HubSpot (HUBS) saw its stock plunge roughly 20% after reporting a strong first‑quarter revenue beat but issuing second‑quarter guidance below analyst expectations. The drop reflects growing investor anxiety that AI‑driven competition could stall growth in the CRM and marketing‑automation space.
Atlassian Opens 150 Billion‑Node Teamwork Graph to Third‑Party AI, Boosting Enterprise Automation
Atlassian announced an open‑beta release of its Teamwork Graph, granting third‑party AI tools access to more than 150 billion connections across people, work, goals, code and content. The move expands the reach of its Rovo AI assistant, already used by over...
ServiceNow CEO Dismisses ‘SaaSpocalypse’ as Stock Tumbles 39% and AI Fuels $30B Revenue Goal
ServiceNow’s chief executive Bill McDermott rejected the “SaaSpocalypse” narrative that AI will render SaaS obsolete, even as the company’s shares have slid 39% this year. He highlighted a new AI‑centric product suite, a $30 billion revenue forecast for 2030, and recent...
Substack Bestsellers Aren’t Guaranteed Profits, Just Hype
Being a bestseller on Substack doesn't mean you're making money. It looks like they've created those lists with the purpose of blowing smoke up your ass to keep you producing content.
Enterprise Software Spend Hits $6‑7K Per Employee, Likely Rising
So today the average enterprise pays $6-7,000 per year per employee on software and services. Once token budgets get sorted, which tokens will be used in that figure, I do think this annual spend per employee goes up. Question...
How to Use the Open a Page Action in Flow
Salesforce’s Summer ’26 release introduces a native Open a Page action for Screen Flows, letting admins direct users to Salesforce record pages or external URLs without custom code. The action offers inputs for page type, record ID, object name, view...
Odoo's Risks Remain, Yet It Ranks Top Ten
Odoo's main risks? It might not be robust enough for large organizations, and the company may be overreaching. Despite these downsides, its strengths still land it in the top 10. #Odoo #ERP #BusinessSoftware https://t.co/VtFjPDpVv2
Limit Free Trials to Highlight Core Value
Founders: Free trials are fine, but they need clear value triggers. Like Yesware limiting free email tracking volume - when pros hit the cap, they're seeing enough value to pay. Don't give away your core value indefinitely. Gate it behind reasonable limits.
Modicus Prime Announces $8M in Funding to Enable AI Audit Readiness Across Pharma
Modicus Prime announced it has closed an additional $4.5 million financing round led by Frist Cressey Ventures, bringing its total capital to $8 million. The funds will be used to scale its Trustworthy AI Compliance Software, which embeds a compliance layer into...
Align Your North Star Metric with Customer Value
Your north star metric shouldn’t just work for you—it should align with your customer. In Ep. 249, Agastya Samat shares how Zeya Health is iterating on metrics like patient NPS and moving toward a B2B2P model. Listen here 👇 https://t.co/9v8A7YZVAs https://t.co/tKcWpTHLJF
Infor CloudSuite Jumps to #3, Driven by Client Demand
Infor CloudSuite climbs to #3, up from #6. This rise is driven by increased client selection and growing traction and stability within the CloudSuite solution itself. #CloudSuite #Infor #Tech https://t.co/FFsJTQrGFf