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
Direct Communications Launches Mobile in 60 Days with Gaiia
Direct Communications rolled out mobile services in roughly 60 days by leveraging the AI‑driven OSS/BSS platform from gaiia. The rollout builds on the company’s 2025 migration of its broadband operations to the same platform, allowing mobile to share billing, product catalog, and operational workflows with existing services. By avoiding separate systems, Direct added a new recurring revenue stream while keeping operational complexity low. The integrated checkout lets customers bundle internet and mobile plans in a single transaction, enhancing lifetime value and retention.
Oracle: AI Agents Can Reason, Decide and Act - Liability Question Remains
Oracle announced Fusion Agentic Applications, embedding AI agents into its Fusion Cloud suite covering finance, HR, ERP and supply‑chain functions. The agents are marketed as capable of reasoning, deciding and acting autonomously to achieve defined business outcomes. Analysts caution that...
Low Retention, High Burn = No $50M Valuation
I talk to delusional Series A founders every day. So now, I just tell them this. If your company does under $10M ARR, burns over $200k/mo, and has low Gross Retention…you are not worth $50-100M to anyone. Doesn't matter what your...
Shopify: The Operating System of AI-Driven Commerce
Shopify is redefining its role from a pure e‑commerce platform to the operating system of digital commerce by embedding generative AI directly into merchant tools. Rather than chasing frontier AI models, the company focuses on the operational layer where business...
Review: Google Workspace Secures Data and Scales To Meet the Moment
Google Workspace, formerly G Suite, is praised for its ease of deployment and robust collaboration tools that help government employees work across dispersed locations. The suite combines Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Chat and AI‑driven features like Gemini and Notebook LM, delivering productivity...
Figma’s AI Boost May Offset Steep Revenue Decline
$FIG, Figma, is down 80%+ over 1 year. It's just released AI agent integration so your bots can design for you. https://www.figma.com/blog/the-figma-canvas-is-now-open-to-agents/ Their SG&A costs have grown linearly with their revenue suggesting they need to increase prices or control costs to get to...
Trayd Raises $10M, Slashes Payroll Time 28x
Congrats to Trayd on their $10M Series A! Specialty trade contractors deal with union rules, multistate labor laws, and a ton of manual back-office work. Trayd automates payroll, HR, and compliance for them, cutting a 14-hour weekly process down to under...
Clari + Salesloft, 1mind Partner to Advance Revenue Orchestration
Clari + Salesloft announced a strategic partnership with AI firm 1mind, embedding 1mind’s digital teammates into its Predictive Revenue System. The agreement also marks the gradual sunset of the Drift conversational marketing tool, with existing clients being referred to 1mind...
How Lumi AI Helps CPGs Find ‘Multi-Million-Dollar Opportunities’ Hidden in Their Supply Chain Data
Lumi AI, founded in 2023, offers a natural‑language interface that plugs into ERP systems like SAP and Oracle, letting CPG and food‑retail teams query supply‑chain data instantly. The startup has secured $3.7 million in seed funding and counts Kroger, Growmark and...
Domo Launches AI Agent Builder with Broad Enterprise Data Connectivity
Domo Inc. announced an AI agent builder that includes a library of enterprise data connectors powered by the Model Context Protocol. The platform lets users design conversational or goal‑oriented agents that can pull internal and external data, automate tasks, and...
Donna Expands to SAP Sales and Service Cloud
Donna has launched an AI‑driven assistant for SAP Sales and Service Cloud, extending its capabilities to field sales and service teams. The assistant offers proactive coaching before meetings and automates post‑meeting data entry, eliminating the need for manual updates. Its...
WealthReach Launches AI SEO and AEO Engine for Advisors
WealthReach has unveiled Attract, an AI‑driven SEO and answer‑engine optimisation (AEO) platform built specifically for registered investment advisors. The tool continuously scans a firm’s website, local search trends and content gaps, then drafts locally‑targeted landing pages and refreshes existing material...
TMTB: Pricing Update
TMT Breakout announced that its standard‑tier subscription will rise to $85 per month or $900 per year on the next renewal cycle. This marks the first price increase for existing customers in more than 2.5 years. The company emphasized that any...
Flanks Launches AI Financial Advisor for Wealth Managers
Flanks, a Barcelona‑based WealthTech firm, unveiled its AI Financial Advisor, a natural‑language co‑pilot that lets wealth managers interrogate complex, multi‑custodian portfolios instantly. The platform merges client wealth data with live market intelligence, delivering consolidated household views, real‑time sentiment, cash‑flow visibility,...
Adonis Raises $40M Series C to Strengthen Healthcare Revenue Cycle
Adonis announced a $40 million Series C round to accelerate its revenue‑cycle platform for healthcare providers. The funding, led by a mix of existing and new investors, will support product expansion and deeper market penetration. CEO Akash Magoon highlighted persistent challenges such as...
Usage-Based SaaS Pricing Triggers Tax Compliance Chaos
Usage-based pricing is the future of SaaS. It's also a sales tax compliance nightmare nobody warns you about. Here's the problem: Traditional subscriptions are simple for tax. Customer pays $99/month. Same price, same tax, same jurisdiction. Every month. Usage-based pricing? Complete opposite. Every transaction is...
6 Ways to Extract Data From Salesforce Data Cloud (Updated 2026)
Salesforce Data 360, the fastest‑growing component of the Salesforce ecosystem, now supports over 300 native connectors for ingesting any data type. The platform offers six distinct ways to export that unified data: Data Activations, Data Actions, Flow‑triggered HTTP callouts, zero‑copy...
Best Klaviyo Alternatives for Revenue Growth and Advanced Analytics
Klaviyo remains a leading CRM for e‑commerce, but its cost and complexity can deter startups. The article highlights three cost‑effective alternatives—Maestra, Brevo, and Omnisend—that deliver advanced analytics and multi‑channel performance tracking. Each platform offers customizable attribution, granular revenue dashboards, and...
AI Agent Auto-Optimizes Upsell Outreach via Data Experiments
We created a PQL agent that looks through Mixpanel and Stripe engagement metrics on trialing signups then cross references it with industry/company news and our other agents to figure out the best angle to attack to upsell/cross-sell engaged users. Then it...
Early Users Test SEO AI Tool Before Public Release
Last Sunday I closed access to Roborank, the SEO Agent that does your SEO work. 7 People joined (€2.3K): - 1 Travel Blogger - 2 SaaS Owners - 4 Agency Owners Each one of them will use it in different ways: - Crafting Better Copy for...
WRITER Sets a New Standard for Enterprise AI with the First Agent Skills and Playbooks for Business Teams
WRITER unveiled a suite of no‑code tools that let Fortune 500 marketing, sales and other business teams create AI agents, Skills and Playbooks using natural language. The new Skills creator automatically generates production‑ready agent capabilities, while the enhanced Playbook builder turns...
SAP Ariba Is Now Generally Available
SAP announced the general availability of its next‑generation Ariba platform, marking the shift from announcement to execution. The rebuilt solution runs on SAP Business Technology Platform, delivering a unified, real‑time data foundation and open APIs for tighter integration with SAP...
SAP Showcases New AI Capabilities, Ehancements, and Global Partnerships
SAP announced a suite of AI‑enabled enhancements across its Concur platform, including integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot that embeds expense and travel tasks directly in Office apps. Two new Joule agents—Expense Automation and Pre‑Submit Audit—automate report creation and receipt validation,...
AutoTechIQ Announces Launch of AutoQuoteIQ, Expanding Its AI-Driven Platform for Automotive Repair Shops
AutoTechIQ unveiled AutoQuoteIQ, an AI‑driven tool that automates repair estimate creation for automotive service shops. The product builds on the company’s digital inspection platform, linking inspection data directly to revenue‑generating workflows. By delivering faster, data‑backed quotes, AutoQuoteIQ aims to boost...
Blume Ventures-Backed Zivy Pivots To Fintech Compliance Amid Rise Of AI Agents
AI startup Zivy, backed by Blume Ventures, announced it will cease operations on March 31, 2026 after struggling to convert users into paying customers. The Bengaluru‑based firm, which raised $1.2 million in a September 2024 pre‑seed round, saw demand evaporate as...
UrVenue to Showcase Unified Booking and Experience Commerce Platform at Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention 2026
UrVenue will debut its unified booking and experience commerce platform at the Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention in San Diego, Booth #2034. The solution lets casino and resort operators sell and manage amenities—from sportsbooks to nightclubs—through a single system, with...
Sparrow Guided Launch Expands Access to Industry-Leading Leave Management Expertise
Sparrow introduced Sparrow Guided, a new self‑service tier that blends step‑by‑step digital guidance with access to its seasoned leave specialists. The platform automates routine tasks while reserving human expertise for complex claims, expanding the reach of Sparrow’s concierge‑level support beyond...
UiPath Announces New Agentic Solution to Accelerate Procurement Cycles
UiPath unveiled its new Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) solution, an agentic AI platform that overlays existing ERP and CRM systems to automate procurement and accounts‑payable workflows. The tool leverages Intelligent Xtraction and Processing, AI‑driven approval routing, and UiPath Maestro orchestration to capture...
Addigy Expands European Investment as Apple Device Adoption Soars Across the Region
Addigy announced a major expansion of its European investment, appointing former Jamf executive Michel van den Berg as Head of International Sales & Channels. The move comes as Apple devices capture a growing share of enterprise hardware across Europe, creating...
HR Tech Relies Heavily on OpenAI After Sora's Fall
Now that Sora is dead, let me remind y'all: lots of HR Tech products are built on OpenAI technology. Do with that information what you will 😘
Oracle Unveils AI Agent Studio, No‑Code Builder for Procurement Automation
Oracle announced AI Agent Studio, a no‑code builder that lets enterprises create AI‑driven procurement bots without programming. The launch expands Oracle's cloud suite and targets a market dominated by legacy ERP and emerging spend‑management platforms.
Ionos and Bocada Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated Cloud Storage and Backup Oversight for Modern IT and MSP Customers
Ionos and backup‑monitoring specialist Bocada have formed a strategic partnership to combine Ionos' cost‑efficient, S3‑compatible object storage with Bocada's AI‑driven backup oversight platform. The deal includes 90 days of free storage credits (up to $1,500) for Bocada Cloud users and 90 days...
Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks
Trayd, a New York‑based construction‑tech startup, closed a $10 million Series A led by White Star Capital, bringing its total financing to $17 million. The SaaS platform automates payroll, HR, compliance and labor‑cost tracking for specialty trade contractors, shrinking a 14‑hour manual process...
Sherweb Raises $125M to Expand Cloud Marketplace and MSP Services
Sherweb secured a $125 million minority investment from Investissement Québec to fund its next growth phase. The capital will expand its cloud marketplace and MSP enablement platform, building on the recent MicroWarehouse acquisition that gave it over 7,500 partners in North America...
This 20TB Cloud Storage Deal Costs Less Than a Year of iCloud’s 12TB Plan
Internxt announced a lifetime 20 TB cloud‑storage plan priced at $389.97, a steep discount from its $4,900 MSRP. The deal outperforms Apple iCloud’s top tier, which caps at 12 TB and costs roughly $720 per year. By paying once, entrepreneurs avoid recurring...
Per‑Seat SaaS Dying as Agents Replace Human Licenses
The "SaaSpocalypse" of 2026 is here. If your software business model depends on charging "per human seat," the market has decided your time is up. The data is undeniable: 🔻 monday.com (-72%) 🔻 Atlassian (-65%) 🔻 HubSpot (-57%) 🔻 ZoomInfo...
Tailor Demos with Real Data to Close Deals
Founders: Demo environment checklist: 1. Customer-like data (never dummy data) 2. Industry-specific examples 3. Offline-proof key screens 4. Competitors' logos removed 5. Customized workflows Generic demos = lost deals.
PROLIM Expands Global Salesforce, Snowflake, and Industrial AI Capabilities by Rebranding Kasmo Digital
PROLIM announced the rebranding of its recent acquisition, Kasmo Digital, under the PROLIM name, creating a unified global digital‑transformation brand. The move expands PROLIM’s footprint across North America, Europe, India and APAC and adds deep Salesforce and Snowflake consulting expertise...
Basecamp Launches Full Agent-Access CLI and Expanded API
Basecamp is now fully agent accessible with a brand-new and comprehensive CLI, wrapped by a great skill, and backed by a revamped and much expanded API. It's a fantastic way to give your agents access to everything in Basecamp and...
Chinese Firms Boost AWS Compliance Demand 250% Abroad
Chinese companies' demand for Amazon Web Services compliance has increased by 250% as they expand overseas | Going Global · Technology _ https://t.co/YUHaLiFdIV https://t.co/w6d3n4u8bd
IC Manage Advances GDP-XL to GDP-AI – Boosting Designer Efficiency and Accelerating Workflows
IC Manage unveiled GDP‑AI, an AI‑enhanced upgrade to its GDP‑XL design data and IP management platform. The new suite embeds a natural‑language interface, AI‑driven workflow automation, real‑time structured data access, and semantic documentation search. Existing GDP‑XL customers receive these capabilities...
Top AI Infrastructure Tools I'm Loving Right Now
AI infra tools I've been using and loving recently: - @railway - @resend - @fastmcp
Show Up Directly, Customers Forgive Rough Products
No dashboard. No portal. Manual operations. Sarah Ahmad got on Zoom with every single early customer. She says people forgive a rough product when you show up and solve their problem directly. https://t.co/yYvLbzjEa1
PROPTECH-X : Propelos Brings Conversational AI Property Search to European Luxury Real Estate Agencies
Propelos has launched an embeddable conversational AI property‑search agent for European luxury real‑estate agencies, with the first live deployment at Costa Sunsets on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The tool plugs into an agency’s existing listings, supports over 95 languages and...
AI‑heavy Firms Double Revenue; Others Stay Flat
Since 2023, the top quartile of AI spenders on @tryramp have more than doubled their revenue. Bottom quartile? Flat A roofing company in Texas. A window installer in Utah. A construction firm in Florida that grew 65% The gap is accelerating and...
Apple Unifies Business Tools Into Free All‑in‑one Platform
Apple is replacing former Business Connect, Essentials and Manager tools into one single (free) Apple Business experience. https://t.co/iNGIjjsdwf
Dentons Deploys Lexis Everyfile Within Its UK Legal Delivery Centre
Global law firm Dentons has completed a phased rollout of LexisNexis’s web‑based matter management solution, Lexis Everyfile, across its UK Legal Delivery Centre. The platform centralises case files, documents, and workflow steps, giving teams greater visibility and reducing operational friction....
Nga Phan, Head of Product at Bolt - PIR Ep. 799
In this episode, Tony Canyas chats with Nah Phan, Head of Product at Bolt, about the company’s role as an insurance distribution exchange that connects carriers, agencies, and embedded partners with consumers. Phan explains Bolt’s AI‑driven matching engine that digitizes...
With €30M Series A, Subbyx Scales Its Subscription Model Across Europe
Italian‑based Subbyx has closed a €30 million (≈$33 million) Series A round, bringing its total financing to €50 million (≈$55 million). The round, led by Systemiq Capital with Azimut participation and venture debt from Flashpoint, will fund the rollout of its AI‑powered Subbyx Builder platform...