Today's SaaS Pulse
Ardoq launches “Free Your IT” campaign to break Big Tech lock‑in
Ardoq introduced the “Free Your IT” movement, urging enterprises to regain control over data and roadmap autonomy. The initiative promotes open standards, interoperable architectures, and a community‑driven approach, positioning Ardoq’s platform as a neutral hub for enterprise architecture tooling.
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By the numbers: Loop raises $95M to scale AI‑driven supply chain solutions
Broot.ai Partners with Vonage
Broot.ai, a B2B contact‑management platform, has integrated Vonage Voice APIs to embed one‑click, in‑app calling and instant local‑number provisioning. The new feature lets sales and marketing teams dial prospects directly from the CRM and assign US, European, and Pacific local numbers instantly. Centralized call data gives users real‑time visibility into outreach activity and campaign performance. The partnership positions Broot.ai to streamline prospect engagement and accelerate digital transformation for enterprise sales workflows.
Kustomer Launches Kustomer AI - Signals
Customer experience platform Kustomer introduced Kustomer AI‑Signals, an add‑on that delivers real‑time sentiment, escalation risk, and unified context to agents and managers. The feature pulls purchase history, prior interactions, and sentiment analysis to generate a plain‑language summary as soon as...
3Commas Launches QuantPilot: The Agentic AI Platform Built for the Next Generation of Crypto Traders
3Commas unveiled QuantPilot, an agentic AI platform that lets crypto traders design, backtest, and deploy quantitative strategies without writing code. The system uses autonomous AI agents to translate plain‑language ideas into fully tested strategies and integrates market data from sources...
OpenAI Secures $122 Billion Funding, Hits $2 B Monthly Revenue, Shifts Toward Enterprise AI
OpenAI closed a $122 billion funding round at an $852 billion valuation and announced $2 billion in monthly revenue, with enterprise now accounting for over 40% of sales. The raise, led by Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank, fuels a new enterprise‑focused model dubbed “Spud,”...
Domo Launches AI Agent Builder, MCP Server to Connect Enterprise Data to AI Ecosystem
Domo unveiled an AI orchestration framework that includes an AI Agent Builder, AI Toolkits, a centralized AI Library, and the Domo MCP Server. The suite lets enterprises create custom AI agents that operate on trusted, governed data and connect to...
Stearns Bank Advances Omnichannel Transformation with Prelim Account Opening
Stearns Bank N.A. has chosen Prelim’s omnichannel account‑opening platform to unify its in‑branch and digital onboarding processes. The fintech solution integrates with the bank’s Fiserv Premier core, automating everything from application intake and identity verification to account issuance while preserving...
Jess Conroy, CEO of ROH, on Building the Financial Core Hotels Never Had
In this episode, Peter Renton interviews Jess Conroy, CEO and co‑founder of Roe, about the massive gap in financial infrastructure within the hospitality industry. Conroy explains how hotels still rely on manual, error‑prone processes to capture, reconcile, and track payments—from...
Create, Edit and Share Videos at No Cost in Google Vids
Google Vids now offers free, high‑quality video generation using the Veo 3.1 model, granting every Google account ten video generations each month. Subscribers to Google AI Pro and Ultra gain access to custom music creation via Lyria 3 and Lyria 3 Pro, as well...
Google Vids Adds AI Avatars that You Can Customize & Direct, Free Veo Generation
Google has upgraded its Workspace video suite, Google Vids, with AI‑driven avatar customization, new music generation via Lyria 3, and expanded Veo clip limits. Free users can now create up to ten 8‑second clips each month, while AI Ultra subscribers receive...
Quick Score Reveals Hidden Gaps in Unpredictable Pipelines
Pipeline feels unpredictable for a reason. • Month to month swings • MQL vs quality debates • No clear root cause Usually not one issue. A few small gaps across the system. We built a simple score to spot them fast. Takes 5 minutes. Shows where...
Lattice and Crosschq Acquire
In this 7‑minute episode of This Week in RegTech, host Chris Russell highlights two major acquisitions shaping talent acquisition: Crosschq’s purchase of Tradeify to create an outcome‑trained hiring model, and Lattice’s acquisition of Mandela’s AI‑native coaching tech to accelerate its...
Tote Deploys AI Employee Agent With Loop Neighborhood Markets
Tote AI’s Genie employee agent has been rolled out across Loop Neighborhood Markets’ 50‑plus California stores, delivering instant answers to associate queries on customer service, POS operations, maintenance and payments. The deployment recorded 100% first‑contact resolution with zero escalations, operating...
Bitly Introduces AI-Powered Features to Simplify and Accelerate Marketing Analytics
Bitly has launched two AI‑powered features—Bitly Assist, a conversational chat assistant, and Weekly Insights, an automated performance‑highlighting report—aimed at speeding up marketers' data‑to‑action workflow. Assist lets users query link and QR‑code metrics and create assets through natural language, delivering answers...
ChartHop AI People Platform Now Available on SAP Store
ChartHop AI Pro, the AI‑powered people‑operations platform, is now listed on the SAP Store after its debut at Transform 2026. The solution integrates directly with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, delivering unified workforce intelligence, headcount planning, and real‑time analytics. By linking HR...
5 Questions That Drive 80% of Your Growth
In this episode of the eCommerce Playbook, host Richard Gaffin and CTC VP of e‑commerce strategy Luke Austin break down the five core questions that drive the majority of a direct‑to‑consumer brand’s growth work: forecasting targets, optimal channel spend allocation,...
Triton Digital Selected by NBC Sports to Power Podcast Hosting, Measurement, and Monetization
Triton Digital announced that NBC Sports has chosen its platform to power the network’s podcast hosting, audience measurement, and advertising monetization. NBC will deploy Omny Studio for enterprise hosting, the Triton Ad Platform for programmatic ad sales, Podcast Metrics for...
AI OS Replaces Social Media Manager, Handles Everything
You no longer need a social media manager. Neon is an AI OS that handles your entire account from DMs to daily content, end-to-end. → DMs managed completely on your behalf → Fresh niche-based inspiration every single day → Replies...
I Replaced My $120/Year Grammarly Subscription with Self-Hosted LanguageTool
The author swapped a $120‑per‑year Grammarly Premium plan for a self‑hosted LanguageTool Server, attracted by its free price and easy Homebrew installation. While the setup was quick, the grammar checker missed many errors and offered inconsistent suggestions compared with Grammarly....
HubSpot Moves to Outcome-Based Pricing for some Breeze AI Agents
HubSpot announced that, starting April 14, 2026, its Breeze AI Customer Agent and Prospecting Agent will shift to outcome‑based pricing. The Customer Agent will be charged $0.50 only for conversations it resolves, down from $1 per conversation, reflecting its 65%...
Navan Launches AI-Powered Audit Engine for Expense Risk Screening
Navan unveiled an AI‑driven Audit Engine that adds over 45 configurable checks to its travel‑and‑expense platform, enabling real‑time fraud, compliance and policy violation detection. The system automatically approves roughly 75% of transactions, directing finance teams to the remaining 25% that...
How Schneider Electric Is Streamlining Onboarding with WalkMe
Schneider Electric has expanded its use of WalkMe, a digital adoption platform, from a pilot in North America to a global solution that embeds on‑screen guidance across its SaaS tools such as SAP S/4HANA and Salesforce. The rollout, backed by...
Wunderkind Launches New Braze Integration to Turn Identity Into Revenue-Driving, Orchestrated Customer Journeys
Wunderkind has launched a new integration with Braze that embeds its AI‑driven identity resolution and high‑intent behavioral signals directly into Braze Canvas. The connection lets marketers turn anonymous web visitors into addressable Braze profiles, grow email lists in real time,...
Loop Neighborhood Markets Deploys Tote’s Genie AI Agent in Early Step Toward Agentic Retail Operations
Loop Neighborhood Markets has rolled out Tote’s Genie AI agent, an AI‑native associate support tool that delivers instant answers on policies, POS operations, and maintenance. Since launch the system recorded zero escalations and 100% first‑contact resolution, handling inquiries via voice...
AI “Junior” Becomes 24/7 Employee, Reporting Everything
Meet 'Junior', The New AI Coworker Who Won't Stop Snitching To Your Boss "It's very much like a human employee, but a very extroverted, 24x7 worker for whom I don't need to set up payroll," said co-founder and Chief Executive Officer...
HubSpot Flips AI Pricing on Its Head with Outcome-Based Breeze Agents
HubSpot announced an outcome‑based pricing model for its Breeze Customer and Prospecting agents, moving costs from usage fees to performance results. Effective April 14, the Customer Agent will cost 50 cents per resolved conversation, down from $1, while the Prospecting Agent shifts...
Actabl Launches AI Asset Setup
Actabl has introduced AI Asset Setup, an add‑on to its Transcendent hotel asset management platform that automates the collection and structuring of asset data using photo‑based input. The tool extracts details such as equipment type and serial numbers, eliminating the...
Zapier Survey Finds Nearly 3 in 4 Enterprises Would Face Disruption If They Lost Their Primary AI Vendor
Zapier’s latest enterprise survey of 542 U.S. executives reveals that 74% would experience operational disruption if they lost their primary AI vendor, while only 6% believe they could switch without impact. Although 89% are confident they could migrate within a...
Clio Adds Agentic AI Capabilities to Clio Work, Also Launches Vincent Mobile App
Clio announced two major AI upgrades: an agentic layer for its Clio Work platform and a new mobile app called Vincent. The agentic AI can automatically generate task roadmaps, pull relevant case law, score litigation risk and draft documents, all under...
Box Unveils the Box Agent to Transform How Enterprises Work With Content
Box announced the general availability of Box Agent, an AI‑driven engine that processes natural‑language prompts to search, analyze, and create content across an enterprise’s unstructured data. The agent leverages large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google while enforcing Box’s...
Study Finds 1,748 Exposed API Keys on 10,000 Webpages, Raising SaaS Security Alarm
Security researchers analyzing 10 million webpages identified 1,748 valid API keys on nearly 10,000 sites, many belonging to cloud, payment and developer‑tool services. The leak, largely hidden in client‑side JavaScript, underscores a systemic weakness in SaaS credential management.
Niobium Brings Fully Encrypted AI Workloads to the Cloud with The Fog
Niobium Microsystems is set to launch The Fog, a cloud platform that runs AI and data‑processing workloads on fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) without ever decrypting the data. The service relies on the company’s new mistic Core processor, an FPGA‑based chip...
Datadog Debuts Experiments to Unify Product Testing and Observability Data
Datadog announced Datadog Experiments, a unified platform that lets product teams design, launch, and measure A/B tests alongside real‑time observability data. The service combines product analytics, application performance monitoring, and business metrics from data warehouses, eliminating the need for separate...
Creator Platform Beehiiv Launches Podcast Hosting and Distribution
Beehiiv, originally a newsletter platform, has launched a full‑stack podcast hosting and distribution service. The new tool lets creators upload MP3, M4A or WAV files, automatically generate transcripts, and push episodes to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast and Castro. Beehiiv charges...
Webinar Replay: Inside Harvey’s AI Agents & Shared Spaces
Harvey’s AI agents and Shared Spaces were highlighted in a Legal IT Insider webinar, showcasing how the platform’s agentic workflows can automate complex, multi‑step legal processes. Launched a year ago, the agents can plan, adapt, and interact with users, while...
TradingView Introduces AI Chart Copilot
TradingView launched the AI Chart Copilot, an AI‑powered assistant that lives in a browser side panel alongside its charts. The tool instantly delivers technical breakdowns—moving averages, RSI, MACD, support/resistance and a rating—plus news, earnings and fundamental data for any asset....
The Unstructured Data Revolution in CRM – Interview with David Roberts of SugarCRM
SugarCRM CEO David Roberts argues that today’s CRM platforms function more as management dashboards than as tools for sellers, creating friction for sales teams. He predicts AI will overhaul CRM by ingesting unstructured data—emails, calls, texts—and turning it into actionable...
Freshworks Expands Freshservice with Continuous Discovery and Dependency Mapping for IT Asset Management
Freshworks Inc. launched a redefined IT Asset Management (ITAM) module for its Freshservice platform, adding continuous infrastructure discovery and dependency mapping. The AI‑powered service operations layer unifies data from hybrid, cloud, and on‑premises environments, enabling real‑time visibility of hardware, applications,...
Bootstrapped SaaS Growth When AI Took Over the Market
In this episode, host Omer Khan talks with Sylvester Dupont, the bootstrapped founder of Parser, a B2B SaaS that automates data extraction from documents. Sylvester recounts how the company spent a year building the product without customer input, launched to...
URC TV Cuts Streaming Costs with Eluvio Migration
United Rugby Championship migrated its direct‑to‑consumer service, URC TV, to Eluvio’s Content Fabric platform, slashing streaming operating costs by 62%. The move sparked a 64% jump in transaction volume and lifted revenue 35% despite lower pricing. Subscriber numbers more than doubled,...
Busy Professionals Need AI Screen Recorder—Seeking Testers
I could use some help. I'm not the kind of person to raise my hand and ask for help. I was taught that if you want something, you work hard for it. So that's how I live my life. I try to build things...
Snowflake's Data Cloud Becomes Financial AI Gravity Well
Snowflake: Morningstar partnership, new CRO, rising AI workloads. Three signals, one direction. Enterprise data clouds aren't just storage. They're gravity wells for financial intelligence. The platform that controls data access controls the AI output.
New Belgian AI Platform Backbone Aims to Cut Costly Quality Failures in Food Production
Belgian startup Backbone launches an AI platform for real-time quality and compliance management in food production, backed by seed funding from 100IN. The system consolidates fragmented supplier, lab, and procedural data to detect risks before they reach production, addressing an...
Eliminate User Input, Boost MRR to $40K
How Parseur reached 40K MRR: they removed all user inputs. Sign up, upload document, AI identifies what to extract. "We don't ask anything from the user." Took months of watching session recordings to find every friction point. https://t.co/0u2bk1NmPG
Monument Bank Launches BaaS Platform for Building Societies
Monument Bank isn't just tokenizing deposits for its own clients. It's packaging the entire blueprint - legal, regulatory, technical - as a BaaS platform for building societies. First client: Ecology Building Society. From interest income to recurring SaaS fees. Details https://t.co/JGUF1elkZI
Salesforce & Shopify Inventory: One System of Truth for Orders, Stock & Fulfillment
Shopify merchants often face inventory mismatches that cause overselling and delayed fulfillment. Axolt replaces fragmented integrations with a native Salesforce ERP that synchronizes orders, stock, and finance in real time. The solution provides instant inventory updates across multiple warehouses, built‑in...
Live Google Ads Integration Enables Direct Agent Campaign Management
Google Ads integration is live. Connect your account and the agent can review campaign performance, suggest changes, and make updates directly. Ad copy, bid strategy, campaign structure — without switching tabs or exporting reports. Waitlist invite emails going out soon → https://t.co/8Qp1fP9HOb
New Sidebar Shows Agent’s Full Access in Real‑Time
Added a context panel alongside the chat. Files, workflows, browser connections, email, skills — all in one collapsible sidebar. You can see everything the agent has access to while the conversation is happening. No more asking 'do you have access to X?' Waitlist...
Legora Surpasses $100m Annual Recurring Revenue
Legora has reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue within 18 months of its general‑availability launch, serving over 1,000 customers in 50 markets. The legal AI platform has shifted from single‑task tools to multi‑step, agentic workflows, handling large‑scale document reviews and...
OpenClaw Hype Drives Users Spending Hundreds Daily
One user called OpenClaw “a waste of tokens.” Another spent $200 in a single day. I racked up $600 in a week. The hype is real. So is the bill. https://t.co/MFj5pVF0o6
Special Series: The Trust Advantage with Brock Robertson, Chief Revenue Officer at Payroc | Episode 480
In this episode of the Trust Advantage series, Payroc CRO Brock Robertson discusses the evolving payment strategies of software platforms, highlighting the shift from full payment ownership (pay‑fac models) back toward trusted referral and partnership models. He explains how the...