Today's SaaS Pulse
Fresho snaps up Nation Wilcox to dominate UK food‑wholesale software
Fresho, the Australian‑origin order‑management platform, has acquired UK ERP specialist Nation Wilcox, creating the largest software suite for British food wholesalers. The combined offering now supports more than 400 wholesalers and caterers and processes over £2 billion (≈ $2.5 billion) in annual GMV.
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By the numbers: NinjaOne raises $400M Series C extension
Seamless Launches Free API to Power B2B Sales Intelligence and Data Enrichment
Seamless announced the launch of Seamless API, a programmatic interface now included for every user, free and paid. The API gives sales, marketing and RevOps teams direct access to contact discovery, email and phone lookup, firmographic data and CRM enrichment, aiming to automate manual prospecting and accelerate pipeline growth.
Maintain Funds for Renewal to Avoid Higher Rates
Pls keep some money at the time of renewal so it doesn’t skip the date. Once you miss a date it will charge you at the new rates. There is no manual feature to tweak this from our side. https://t.co/RlT8fFnDZq
Leading Hotels of the World Selects Journey to Power Digital Services for 425 Luxury Properties
The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) has named UK‑based hospitality platform Journey as its preferred digital partner, giving more than 425 member hotels in 80 countries access to web development, marketing and conversion tools. The move, part of LHW’s...
Ashby Acquires Talent Llama to Add AI Interviewing to Its Platform
Ashby announced it has acquired Talent Llama, a startup that provides AI‑powered interview software, to embed automated interview capabilities into its talent acquisition platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the move signals Ashby’s push to broaden...
Pixability Launches Pixability360 to Unify YouTube Paid, Organic and Creator Work
Pixability introduced Pixability360, a single dashboard that merges YouTube advertising, organic channel management and creator collaborations. The platform responds to a study showing that while 90% of agencies think these functions should align, fewer than one‑third actually do, and early...
MNTN Launches QuickFrame AI 3.0 Video Ad Tool as Q1 Revenue Rises 25%
MNTN introduced QuickFrame AI 3.0, a monthly‑subscription AI video ad generator that operates independently of its CTV platform. The launch coincided with a first‑quarter revenue of $73.7 million, a 25% year‑over‑year increase, underscoring the company’s growth in performance TV and AI‑driven...
Hg Capital Trust Writes Down Two‑thirds of Top Holdings, NAV Drops 5.4% in Q1
Hg Capital Trust, the listed vehicle for the private‑equity firm Hg, disclosed that it has written down two‑thirds of its 20 biggest software holdings, pushing its net asset value down 5.4% in the first quarter. The decline reflects a 9%...
AI Lead‑Qualification Tools Cut SDR Costs and Flood Buyers’ Inboxes
AI‑powered lead‑qualification platforms are now handling the first contact with prospects at a fraction of a human SDR’s cost, prompting firms to rethink pipeline management. The efficiency gain is offset by a surge in automated outreach that many buyers say...
Balcony Secures $12.7M Seed to Build ‘Digital Rails’ for U.S. Property Data
Balcony closed a $12.7 million seed round, bringing its total funding to $14 million, to develop a nationwide “digital rails” data layer for U.S. property records. Led by Blockchange Ventures, the capital will expand engineering, go‑to‑market teams and government deployments, addressing a...
BrentWorks Unveils CiteSentinel, First Tool to Spot AI‑Fabricated Legal Citations
BrentWorks Inc. launched CiteSentinel, a platform that automatically flags fabricated or inaccurate legal citations generated by AI. The tool arrives as courts tighten sanctions on bogus references, offering lawyers a way to verify authority before filing.
Payscale Launches AI‑first Smart Reporting to Turn Pay Data Into Strategic Insight
Payscale introduced Smart Reporting, an AI‑driven reporting suite that creates custom compensation analyses in seconds. The tool aims to shift pay teams from manual data work to strategic advisory roles, responding to a 68% demand for compensation as a business...
BigID Names Former Palo Alto Networks Exec Mahesh Chukkapali COO to Accelerate AI Security Growth
BigID announced Mahesh Chukkapali as its new chief operating officer, tasking him with scaling the AI security platform that unifies data discovery, DLP and AI governance. The hire brings a track record of growing B2B businesses to $1B+ ARR and...
Zip Unveils AI Accounting Agents, Cutting Invoice Cycle Times by Up to 96%
Zip introduced its AI Automation for Procure-to-Pay suite, a set of seven AI agents that automate the full accounting workflow. Early customers report invoice coding 40% faster, approvals 51% faster, and three‑fold monthly processing capacity without extra staff, signaling a...
Databricks Unveils Lakebase, a Serverless Postgres Engine Integrated with Its Lakehouse
Databricks has introduced Lakebase, a serverless PostgreSQL database that lives inside its lakehouse platform. By storing application data directly in Delta format, Lakebase eliminates the traditional ETL wall between operational and analytical workloads.
Telegram Signal Copier Launches TSC Infinity-A Fully Cloud-Based Telegram Copier for Seamless Trade Automation
Telegram Signal Copier (TSC) announced TSC Infinity, a fully cloud‑based Telegram signal copier that goes live on May 11, 2026. The new web platform replaces the desktop‑only TSC Classic, delivering device‑independent access, sub‑15 ms global latency, and automatic scaling without the need for...
ShinyHunters Extorts Universities in New Instructure Canvas Hack
AWS open‑sourced Trusted Remote Execution (Rex) on May 4, 2026, providing an open‑source runtime that intercepts every system call from AI‑generated scripts and evaluates it against host‑defined Cedar policies. The framework is designed to block three common agentic AI failure modes—hallucinated code,...
SalesCloser Announces Collaboration with Twilio to Accelerate Customer Deployments
SalesCloser Technologies announced a collaboration with Twilio to streamline voice‑enabled AI sales deployments. The partnership creates a referral and onboarding pipeline that lets customers activate enterprise‑grade phone numbers and manage compliance through Twilio’s platform. By offloading telephony setup, SalesCloser expects...
DIY Coding Replaces Costly Subscription Apps
Anyone else replacing subscription apps with apps you vibe-coded yourself? Started doing this for small utilities and now I cannot stop. What have you replaced?
ServiceNow Unveils 100-Day Guarantee Program For Getting Out-Of-The Box AI Capabilities Into Production
ServiceNow announced a 100‑day guarantee to put its out‑of‑the‑box AI capabilities into production, leveraging a network of 27 channel partners. The program, unveiled at Knowledge 2026, pairs the guarantee with an AI Control Tower that unifies management of agents across multiple...
ORO Labs Secures $100 Million to Accelerate AI‑Driven Procurement Platform
ORO Labs announced a $100 million financing round led by Brighton Park Capital and Goldman Sachs Alternatives. The capital will fund global expansion of its AI‑orchestrated procurement platform, already used by Coca‑Cola, Siemens Energy and other Fortune 500 firms. New board members...
Genpact and Google Cloud Expand Alliance to Deploy AI Agents for CFO Offices
Genpact and Google Cloud announced an expanded alliance to build and scale agentic AI solutions for the Office of the CFO. The partnership introduces the Genpact Finance One – Revenue Lens Agents on Google Cloud’s Agent Marketplace, aiming to move...
Intuit Adds AI‑Powered Workforce and 401(k) Tools to QuickBooks
Intuit announced that its flagship QuickBooks platform will now include AI‑driven workforce management and a built‑in 401(k) retirement solution. The move broadens QuickBooks from pure accounting software into a more complete HRTech suite for small and midsize businesses, though pricing...
Udemy Boosts AI Role‑Play with Video and Custom Scenarios for Millions of Learners
Udemy announced new video and customization capabilities for its AI‑driven Role‑Play platform, letting organizations tailor simulations to specific roles and workflows. The upgrade builds on a library of more than 15,000 instructor‑created scenarios and over 400,000 interactive simulations, positioning Udemy...
Salesforce's MuleSoft Launches Omni Gateway to Govern Enterprise AI Agents
Salesforce announced MuleSoft Omni Gateway, a new control‑plane solution that centralizes governance of AI agents, APIs, MCP traffic and LLM interactions. The product aims to close the gap where 42% of companies abandon AI agents before production, according to S&P...
IRIS Partners with Global Hotel Alliance to Launch Digital F&B Platform for 50+ Hotel Brands
IRIS announced a strategic partnership with Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) to embed its digital food‑and‑beverage ordering, Guest Directory and Mobile Concierge tools across GHA’s portfolio of more than 50 brands in 100 countries. The deal gives member hotels a 24/7,...
Gusto Tops $1 B Revenue, Signals IPO Readiness Amid HR Tech Boom
Payroll SaaS Gusto announced it generated $1 billion in actual revenue over the past 12 months, a milestone that brings the 14‑year‑old company closer to a public market debut. The growth comes as the firm remains cash‑flow positive, leverages AI for...
The Kyle Kingsbury Podcast Podcast - Episode 2 - Dave Rossi
The Kyle Kingsbury Podcast released its second episode featuring Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Rossi, author of “Alphas Die Early.” The episode is sponsored by PodPitch, an AI‑powered platform that automates podcast pitch creation and delivery for PR professionals. Kyle humorously...
Invoca Integrates ChatGPT Ads to Track AI Search Revenue
Invoca announced a no‑code integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT Ads Conversions API, enabling marketers to attribute leads, appointments and sales directly to AI‑search ad spend. The move positions AI search as a measurable paid media channel alongside Google and Meta.
Bapple & Co. Calls Out Structural Failures Threatening Modern SaaS Platforms
Bapple & Co. founder Steve Bapple warned that the speed‑first mindset driving SaaS growth is eroding system stability. He said the firm now focuses on “silent fixers” who rebuild software from first principles, aiming to restore structural integrity before failures...
Conductor Raises $22M, Launches Cloud Agents for Nonstop Coding
Conductor (@conductor_build) is a Mac app that lets you run multiple coding agents at the same time. Create an isolated copy of your codebase in one click, tell Claude or Codex to go work, and review and merge the results. The...
SimScale Opens Waitlist for Engineering AI Simulation Agents
SimScale has launched a public waitlist for its Engineering AI agents, autonomous tools that handle the full simulation workflow from CAD preparation to final reporting. The service, previously limited to strategic customers, now targets enterprises seeking to accelerate design validation....
Clone TB‑scale Postgres in Under 6 Seconds
Ardent (@ArdentAI) let's you clone any Postgres DB <6s at TB scale so coding agents can test their code and engineering teams can ship fast without fear of taking down production. It's already being used by dozens of teams like Supermemory...
AI Agent Pricing Shifts Toward Seat‑Based Features
The more I think about AI agents, the less obvious it is that pricing goes purely consumption-based Token costs matter... but enterprise agents may need identities, roles, auth, budgets, audit logs etc That sounds oddly seat-like? just not human-seat-like
Your AI Doesn’t Know What “Revenue” Means. That’s a Bigger Problem Than You Think.
Enterprise teams are discovering that large language models often answer business queries with the wrong definition of key terms such as "revenue" or "active user." The AI picks an interpretation—usually based on language patterns—not the specific metric definition used by...
New Seller Onboarding Tools Live on Agentic Market
Good demo Seller onboarding tools shipped on Agentic Market as well - try it out
AI Subscriptions Outspend All My Entertainment Bills
I am paying more for my AI subscriptions across @claudeai , @GeminiApp and @ChatGPTapp now than all my entertainment subscriptions combined
AI-Powered Conveyancing Speeds up Real Estate Closings
Conveyancing in Ontario has evolved from routine paperwork to a high‑risk, time‑sensitive process as client expectations rise. Legacy systems that rely on manual data entry cause errors and slow closings. Quintalink’s AI‑powered platform provides secure, firm‑specific servers, automated status‑certificate review,...
Google AI's Bundle Sets New Standard for Subscription Success
.@GoogleAI's subscription bundle is arguably the most successful consumer subscription in history. They bundle Gemini, NotebookLM, Nano Banana, Veo 3, and terabytes of storage—with 150M+ subscribers generating many billions in revenue. Here's the story behind how they designed the bundle, their unconventional...
My 6 Best Environmental Health and Safety Software Picks
The G2 Spring 2026 Grid Reports highlight six leading Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) software platforms. VelocityEHS Accelerate tops the list for its all‑in‑one EHS, ESG, and sustainability capabilities. SafetyCulture’s iAuditor stands out for mobile inspections, while Ideagen EHS, Octave Reliance, Avetta, and...
Target High‑value, Paying Customers, Not Every Segment
Founders: Don't try to boil the ocean with pricing segments. You're not optimizing pricing for every possible customer - you're looking for the ones who: 1) Have the problem badly 2) Can pay to fix it 3) Will get clear value from your solution
Rackspace Shares Jump 83% After AMD AI Deal and Q1 Profit
Rackspace Technology (RXT) rallied 83.26% to $4.16 on Thursday after unveiling a strategic artificial‑intelligence partnership with AMD and posting a first‑quarter profit. The move turned a modest close of $2.27 into a breakout opening at $3.98, igniting short‑term trading interest.
Keeper Security Appoints Former ZoomInfo CRO Tim Strickland to Drive Revenue Growth
Keeper Security announced the hiring of Tim Strickland as its new chief revenue officer. The former ZoomInfo CRO brings over 20 years of SaaS revenue leadership, including steering ZoomInfo through an IPO and integrating multiple acquisitions. His mandate is to accelerate...
Bright Power Unveils AI Platform for Energy Compliance in Commercial Real Estate
Bright Power announced the launch of an AI‑powered platform that automates energy‑code compliance and carbon‑forecasting for commercial real‑estate owners. The tool aims to streamline ESG reporting and reduce operational risk as regulators tighten energy‑efficiency standards. The rollout comes amid heightened...
Zahnarztpraxis Wallis Rolls Out Enhanced Digital Platform for Swiss Dental Patients
Zahnarztpraxis Wallis has upgraded its online dental directory with streamlined search, comparison and review features, aiming to cut geographic barriers for patients in the mountainous Valais canton. The free service now lets users filter by location, services and verified patient...
Greenhouse Rolls Out Managed Connection Platform to Govern AI Tool Integration
Greenhouse announced the Managed Connection Platform (MCP), a permission‑aware layer that lets recruiters attach external AI applications to its hiring system. Developed with design partners StubHub and Komodo Health, the MCP will be available to customers beginning in June, aiming...
monday.com Rebuilds Platform Around AI Work Agents for 250,000 Enterprises
monday.com has re‑engineered its software into an AI work platform, placing autonomous agents at the heart of workflows for more than 250,000 enterprise customers. The overhaul adds one‑click links to OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft 365 Copilot and promises tighter security...
Switching to Beehiiv After SXSW Happy Hour Serendipity
Who has two thumbs and just committed to moving her newsletter list over to @beehiiv? This girl 👍👍 Lots more to come on this, but it feels like serendipity after going to their happy hour event at SXSW earlier this year....
GitHub Deploys ‘Immune System’ to Guard AI Coding Agents on MCP Platform
GitHub announced a public‑preview immune system for its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, integrating dependency scanning and secret detection directly into AI‑assisted development workflows. The move follows high‑profile incidents where over‑privileged AI agents caused data loss, highlighting the need for...
PaioClaw Eliminates AI Agent Frustration with Instant Experts
PaioClaw just launched and it kills the #1 reason most people give up on AI agents. Other providers hand you a blank agent, a pile of JSON, and an $80 API bill at the end of the month. PaioClaw hands you a...
Ted’s Trash Service Selects CommanderAI to Modernize and Scale Sale Initiatives
Ted’s Trash Service, a 65‑year‑old family waste‑management firm in Missouri, has partnered with CommanderAI to modernize its sales operations. Using CommanderAI’s Go‑To‑Market platform, the company achieved a 96% email open rate and tripled its average deal value. The AI‑driven prospecting...