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
Box Launches Box Automate, AI‑Powered Workflow Service
Box announced Box Automate, an AI‑driven workflow automation service, expanding its SaaS portfolio and signaling a shift toward AI‑enhanced content management. The new offering aims to accelerate customer operations, though pricing and rollout details were not disclosed.
Blackbaud Inc (BLKB) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Blackbaud reported $281 million organic revenue for Q2, up 6.8% YoY, driven by transaction solutions and favorable currency effects. Adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 38.5%, a 300‑basis‑point improvement, while non‑GAAP EPS increased 12% to $1.21 and free cash flow grew to...
Waystar Holding Corp (WAY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Waystar Holding Corp. reported Q4 2025 revenue of $304 million, a 24% year‑over‑year increase, driven by strong subscription growth and the recent Iodine Software acquisition. Adjusted EBITDA rose 29% to $129 million, delivering a 42.5% margin, while net revenue retention hit 112%...
Sentry's Integration with Perforce Is Now Generally Available
Sentry announced that its Perforce P4 integration is now generally available for all organizations. The new connector links Sentry directly to Perforce depots, enabling stack‑trace linking, commit tracking, suspect‑commit detection and suggested assignees. It also adds on‑demand source‑context, pulling code...
Manifest Raises $2 Million to Help Ad Agencies Eliminate Timesheets
Australian startup Manifest has closed a $2 million AUD pre‑seed round—about $1.3 million USD—led by Brand Fund and backed by Antler, Techstars and several ad‑industry veterans. The company’s AI‑powered platform automatically records agency workflows across tools, replacing traditional timesheets with real‑time visibility...
OmniOps Partners with Grafana Labs to Deliver Sovereign Observability in Saudi Arabia
OmniOps, Saudi Arabia’s leading AI‑infrastructure provider, joined Grafana Labs’ global partner program to deliver Grafana Cloud‑based observability services from within the Kingdom. The partnership enables enterprises to monitor metrics, logs, traces and AI workloads on a single open platform while...
Avoiding a Fundraise
Convoso, a Woodland Hills SaaS dialer provider founded in 2006, has sustained profitability for two decades without any venture or private‑equity funding. The company’s bootstrapped path contrasts with the broader Southern California tech scene, where only about 47% of firms...
Why Backing Up Your Microsoft 365 Data Is Only Half the Job
Microsoft 365 has transformed from a suite of web apps into the enterprise’s central control plane, intertwining identity, collaboration, security, and workflow. While Microsoft secures the underlying platform, customers now shoulder configuration, access delegation, and governance responsibilities. A breach at a...
OpenEvidence Replaces UpToDate, Restoring True Clinical Practice
Seventeen Years, or Seventeen Seconds How OpenEvidence Gave Me Back the Practice of Medicine 👨⚕️ 🔎"The Bottom Line: After 25 years in primary care, I started using OpenEvidence in December 2025. Within a month, I stopped using UpToDate. OpenEvidence functions simultaneously as my...
Human-Level Bots Threaten Free Services; Micro‑payments Could Save GitHub
It's honestly impressive that GitHub kept the service up at all, given this kind of growth. I predicted this years ago: Free services will become untenable with the advent of human-level bots. Worth exploring micro-payments: Even cents per git push...
ClickUp Data Leak Exposes Enterprise Emails for Over a Year
The tech roundup highlights a surge in AI‑driven productivity tools, with OpenAI’s Dreaming V3 doubling storage for Plus users, Google DeepMind’s Gemma 4 12B running offline on 16 GB devices, and Microsoft’s Scout assistant embedded across Teams, Outlook, and Windows. Hardware collaborations...
People‑First Social Presence Beats AI Search Spending
I’m gonna say the quiet part right now: a lot of B2B SaaS companies are spending a LOT of money trying to tackle AI search visibility IN THE COMPLETE WRONG WAY. Sure, you can push out content to try to win...
AMC Deploys Prisma Prop Tech Resident Portal Platform Across Portfolio of Managed Multifamily Communities
Apartment Management Consultants (AMC) has rolled out Prisma Prop Tech’s resident portal and payments platform across its portfolio of more than 900 multifamily communities. The unified solution offers digital rent payments, credit‑building, rewards, fraud protection, and two‑way messaging integrated with AMC’s property‑management...
Snowflake Helps Unlock Data Collaborations with Consent Signals From OneTrust
Snowflake and privacy‑governance leader OneTrust have teamed up to embed OneTrust consent signals directly into Snowflake’s Data Clean Rooms. The integration makes consent data actionable across analytics, activation and data‑sharing workflows, helping marketers ensure privacy‑first collaborations. OneTrust, used by more...
The Anthropic Pricing Shift Is a Reckoning That Work Tech Can’t Ignore
Anthropic announced a shift to a $20 per‑employee monthly fee and separate token‑based usage billing, ending its bundled token allowances for enterprise customers. The change reflects exploding AI agent usage, which consumes 5‑30 times more tokens than standard chats, making...
VIP Club Recording: New Substack Features, Growing Paid Subscribers & More
In a recent VIP Club mastermind, Yana G.Y. walked participants through Substack’s latest app and publication features, emphasizing tools that streamline paid‑subscriber acquisition. The session highlighted how creators like Hakima T A N T R I K A leverage Instagram and Daniel P. Hirschi uses LinkedIn and...
Putting AI to Work: AWS Unveils Agentic Enhancements for Connect and Quick Alongside New Alliance with OpenAI
Amazon Web Services announced a suite of agentic AI upgrades for its Amazon Connect and Amazon Quick platforms, alongside a new partnership with OpenAI that brings OpenAI models to AWS Bedrock and a Codex‑based API. The Connect enhancements enable AI‑native...
Tesa Picks Kinaxis Maestro as Digital Backbone for Global IBP Overhaul
Global adhesive‑tape producer tesa SE announced it will deploy Kinaxis' Maestro platform as the core of a multi‑year integrated business planning transformation. The move aims to replace fragmented regional planning with a centrally governed, AI‑enabled supply‑chain backbone, enhancing speed, visibility...
FINEOS and Opifiny Team Up to Automate Claims and Absence Management Across North America
FINEOS Corp. announced a strategic partnership with Opifiny Corp. to embed Opifiny’s cloud‑based medical‑information platform directly into FINEOS’s claims and absence management suite. The integration aims to cut claim cycle times, boost data accuracy and lower administrative burdens for insurers,...
Bookloom Publishing Launches Integrated Digital Book Marketing Platform for Authors
Bookloom Publishing introduced a new SaaS platform that bundles author branding, social media promotion, SEO, and targeted advertising into a single service. The Colorado‑based firm says the solution is designed to give writers measurable visibility in a market where thousands...
Microsoft and Accenture Deploy Copilot to 743,000 Employees, Claim 15x Faster Task Completion
Microsoft and Accenture have completed the largest-ever deployment of Microsoft 365 Copilot, extending the AI‑assistant to more than 743,000 global employees. The firm reports that 97% of users finish routine tasks up to 15 times faster, signaling rapid enterprise adoption...
OpenAI Jumps Out of Microsoft's Bed, Into Amazon's Bedrock
OpenAI announced that its leading large‑language models are now accessible through Amazon Web Services’ Bedrock platform, giving enterprises a way to run GPT‑5.4 and the upcoming GPT‑5.5 without sending data to OpenAI’s own APIs. The limited preview follows a financing...
OpenAI Jumps Out of Microsoft's Bed, Into Amazon's Bedrock
OpenAI announced that its flagship models, including GPT‑5.4 and the upcoming GPT‑5.5, are now available through Amazon Web Services' Bedrock managed‑inference and agent platform. The move gives enterprises a way to run OpenAI models without sending data to OpenAI’s own...
Artlist Hits $300M ARR, Unveils Artlist Studio for AI-Powered Video Production
Artlist announced the launch of Artlist Studio, an AI‑powered video production platform that replicates a full‑scale filmmaking workflow. The company reported a record $300 million annual recurring revenue, fueled by a 600% surge in new users in Q1 2026 versus the same...
Amazon Tried Selling Office Software and Failed. Now It Is Betting that Office Software Itself Is Obsolete.
Amazon Web Services unveiled a trio of AI‑driven business applications—Connect Decisions for supply‑chain optimization, Connect Talent for autonomous hiring, and the already‑launched Connect Health—signaling a strategic pivot from pure cloud infrastructure to enterprise software. The suite targets frontline operations and...
Annual Plans Reflect Commitment, Not Create Stickiness
It’s hard to know: Does picking an annual plan cause customers to be more sticky, or do more committed customers select annual plan? Clearly the latter happens, and it’s not a randomly-assigned experiment, so the data doesn’t exist. That said, I 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬...
OpenAI’s Models Are Now Available Everywhere. The Question Is Whether Everywhere Is Enough.
Amazon Web Services announced it will sell OpenAI’s models through its Bedrock marketplace, ending Microsoft’s three‑year exclusive reselling rights. The move caps a restructuring that began with Amazon’s up to $50 billion investment in OpenAI’s $110 billion funding round and a $100 billion,...
Kaseya Shifts From AI ‘Insights’ to Autonomous Action with New Agentic Platform
Kaseya unveiled an "agentic" IT management platform powered by its proprietary Kaseya Intelligence engine, moving beyond advisory AI to autonomous execution across IT operations, security, and backup. The platform integrates three new products—Agentic Digital Specialists for ticket triage, Unified Cyber...
Token Billing Becomes Inevitable for AI Subscriptions, Warns Microsoft Shift
"I think it’s inevitable that the majority of AI subscriptions move to token-based billing, especially as both Anthropic and OpenAI have now done so with their enterprise customers. The fact that Microsoft moved GitHub Copilot subscribers to token-based is also a...
CCJ Tech Shorts: Fleetio Rolls Out New Fleet Map Feature
Fleetio introduced a new Fleet Map feature that unifies asset locations, job sites, maintenance status, and nearby vendors into a single, source‑agnostic view. The company says the tool can save roughly three hours for every ten transactions when paired with...
Claude.ai Unavailable and Elevated Errors on the API
Anthropic confirmed a service outage affecting Claude.ai, Claude Console, the API, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude for Government from 17:34 to 18:52 UTC on April 28, 2026. The incident triggered elevated authentication errors and prevented users from logging in. Anthropic identified the...
Why Choose ONESOURCE for Your Direct Tax Software?
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Direct Tax consolidates federal, state, local and international tax compliance into a single cloud‑native platform. The solution claims a 148% return on investment, halving tax‑preparation time and averting roughly $275,000 in annual compliance penalties. Automatic regulatory updates, including...
Slack Vs. Google Chat: Features, Differences, and Which Is Right for You
Slack and Google Chat are the leading team‑messaging platforms, but they serve different ecosystems. Slack functions as a work operating system with over 2,600 third‑party integrations, AI‑driven summaries, and robust cross‑company collaboration via Slack Connect. Google Chat lives inside Google...
How ADR Notable Helps Mediators And Arbitrators Run Secure, Efficient Cases
In this episode, Gary Dornhafer, founder and CEO of ADR Notable, explains how his platform addresses the unique workflow needs of mediators and arbitrators, from secure document handling and private vs. public communications to specialized billing and scheduling tools. He...
DMDC Improves Access for Millions Via Okta Identity Management
The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) has replaced its two‑decade‑old DS Logon system with Okta’s cloud‑based Identity‑as‑a‑Service platform, branded MyAuth. The migration covers roughly 60 million active‑duty personnel, civilians, contractors, veterans and dependents, delivering faster, mobile‑friendly login and biometric options. Help‑desk contacts...
Kyriba Brings USDC Digital Dollars Into Corporate Treasury
Kyriba is one of the largest and most important players in managing and automating corporate treasury infrastructure for several thousand companies including many of the Fortune 100. Their integration of USDC and Circle infra into their platform unlocks digital dollars for...
Building SaaS Inside Claude: UI‑Free, AI‑Only Platform
We’re building the first SaaS fully within Claude itself. No user interface whatsoever. It’s a tool built for AI agents, not humans. If you’re still working on user interfaces to be used by people, grab your burned CD, pop it...
User Interfaces as We Know Them Are Dead - 4 Ways to Prep for 'Disposable' UIs
Salesforce unveiled "Headless 360," turning its core CRM, Agentforce and Slack services into pure APIs, MCP and CLI endpoints, eliminating the traditional browser UI. The announcement signals a broader industry move toward "disposable" user interfaces—ephemeral, AI‑generated screens that appear only...
Why We Invested in Dex
Notion Capital is leading a $6 million seed round in Dex, an AI‑powered recruitment platform that flips the traditional model by working on behalf of candidates. The $856 billion recruitment industry has seen time‑to‑hire climb to 44 days, highlighting deep inefficiencies. Dex’s voice‑agent...
IBM's AI Coding 'Partner' Bob Hits General Availability
IBM has launched Bob, its AI coding assistant, into general availability, extending the tool to all customers worldwide. The company reports that internal pilots involving 80,000 developers achieved an average 45% productivity gain across complex mainframe workflows. A new Premium...
Product-Led Growth Now Essential, Not Just Advantage
The market has changed. Product-led growth used to be a competitive advantage. Now, it's table stakes. Every one of Brex's 50 fastest-growing companies runs a product-led motion. Our own research confirms 97% of buyers prefer to try before they buy...
Map Discovery Questions to Product Features to Prove ROI
Founders: Map every discovery question to product capabilities: Pain Discovery: 'What's biggest time suck?' → 'Deprovisioning takes 5-10 min each' Pain Sizing: 'How often?' → '10x daily = 2 hours/day lost' Demo Anchor: Show automation feature that saves exactly those 2 hours. Questions build your demo script.
Amazon Unveils a Copilot for All Your Apps
Amazon announced two new AI services aimed at streamlining enterprise workflows. The first, Amazon Quick, is a desktop app that integrates with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoom and Salesforce to automate tasks like meeting scheduling without requiring an AWS account....
Oracle HCM Shifts to Continuous Intelligent Workforce Management
And @OracleHCM wants to go from reactive #WFM to on continuous intelligent operatios. #OracleARSummit https://t.co/rPd7C8ViUK
Rule of 40 Shifts to Rule of 60—Adapt Now
Why The Rule of 40 is Becoming the Rule of 60 -- and What You Can Do About It. https://t.co/QE1Gu6h7Fn
Paytronix Releases Rewards Hub
Paytronix unveiled the Rewards Hub, a self‑service upgrade to its guest engagement platform that puts loyalty program management directly in marketers’ hands. The new hub lets brands create and adjust reward structures, point values and promotions instantly, while providing real‑time...
OneStream’s Pre‑Built Connectors Enable Seamless ERP Consolidation
Unlock seamless financial consolidation. Pre-built connectors automatically link OneStream to leading ERPs like SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion, and Microsoft Dynamics, drawing crucial data from your core systems. #ERP #FinanceTech https://t.co/jE6UQblbI2
HappyHorse 1.0 Delivers Cinematic Text‑to‑Video Magic
This HappyHorse 1.0 demo on @WayinVideo is actually cinematic gold. From starry beach horse to full fantasy ride through enchanted gardens text-to-video just hit another level.
Is Subdelete Legit? Full Review & Safety Check
SubDelete is a subscription‑management platform that consolidates recurring charges into a single dashboard and offers a one‑click cancellation service. The tool generates timestamped cancellation requests, even for accounts with forgotten passwords or obsolete login methods. It operates on a user‑directed...
Customers Demand OpenAI on Trusted AWS Platform
Commentary here by Matt Garmin, customers have been asking us for this for a long time. They wanted to run OpenAI, but in the environment they trust = AWS. This positioning by @benthompson is also right. https://t.co/5MmOPIHecH