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Updated 19m agoWhat's happening: FoodOp secures £4.4 million to scale AI‑powered kitchen SaaS
FoodOp, a SaaS platform for professional chefs, raised £4.4 million in a round led by MK Capital to accelerate its rollout in the UK and US. The service is used daily by over 2,000 chefs across more than 700 kitchens, automating procurement, menu planning and budgeting with AI‑driven tools.
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News•Jan 7, 2026
From Guesswork to Guardrails: Kubernetes Container Rightsizing
Container rightsizing adjusts Kubernetes CPU and memory requests to reflect real usage, eliminating the drift caused by static, early‑stage settings. Oversized requests waste capacity, inflate node counts, and can force larger instance types, while undersized settings risk performance issues. The article outlines native options like the Vertical Pod Autoscaler and DIY scripts, but emphasizes the need for scheduling guardrails to control when changes are applied. Managed tools such as nOps add off‑peak windows, rollback modes, and audit trails to make rightsizing safe at scale.
By The New Stack
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Weekly MRR Growth Is All You Need Until $5M
The only metrics that matter at each stage of SaaS: $0-500K ARR: Weekly MRR growth rate $1-5M ARR: Weekly MRR growth rate $5-10M ARR: Churn + Top of funnel growth Yes, it’s the same metric twice, but weekly MRR growth rate is the ONLY...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Automation Isn't AI: Clarify Value Before Overhyping
Lately, I’ve noticed many founders and operators confusing process automation with AI. And honestly, I get why. Boards are pushing executive teams to “integrate AI” into their products and operations. The hunt for efficiency begins. Some of those opportunities lead...
By Mark Roberge
News•Jan 7, 2026
Operations Shift: Assistants to Autonomous Multiagent Systems
Enterprise AI is moving from simple assistants that merely aid human tasks to autonomous agents that execute within guardrails, and finally to coordinated multi‑agent systems that own end‑to‑end outcomes. The article outlines a three‑phase roadmap over the next two years,...
By The New Stack
News•Jan 7, 2026
The 5 AI Features CIOs Should Demand of ITSMs in 2026
AI is becoming a core, embedded component of IT service management, not a peripheral add‑on. Freshworks research shows IT staff lose nearly seven hours weekly to fragmented tools, highlighting the productivity gains AI can deliver. CIOs are urged to evaluate...
By CIO.com
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Five Years of Growth Leads to Strategic Exit
After Sarah Rowell and Scott Mackenzie spent five years increasing Kantola Training Solutions' revenue, client retention, and learner engagement, they saw the market starting to consolidate and decided to make a strategic move to maximize value; either through acquisition or...
By Michael Lyon
News•Jan 7, 2026
The Capabilities CIOs Should Demand From IT Asset Management Software in 2026
Organizational complexity costs average firms 7% of revenue, with software waste accounting for $1 of every $5 spent. IT asset management (ITAM) solutions combat this waste by delivering unified visibility, lifecycle automation, and tight ITSM integration. CIOs should select platforms...
By CIO.com
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Lead by “Calling Up” To Unlock Team Potential
There's a difference between calling someone out and calling someone up. I think about this constantly as a leader. Calling out says "you're wrong." Calling up says "you're better than that." When someone on my team misses a step or...
By Lincoln Murphy
Social•Jan 7, 2026
AI Overviews Slash Organic Clicks by 60%
Nobody’s clicking anymore. And it's not because they're bouncing. They’re finishing their journey before they ever reach you. Pew analyzed browsing behavior from March 2025 and found: when an AI Overview appears, people click a traditional search result 8% of...
By Amanda Natividad
News•Jan 7, 2026
Microsoft Scraps Exchange Online Spam Clamp After Customers Cry Foul
Microsoft has abandoned its planned 2,000‑per‑day external recipient limit for Exchange Online after strong customer pushback. The original 2024 policy aimed to curb spam and compromised accounts by capping outbound emails for new tenants, with a phased rollout to existing...
By The Register
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Growth Starts With Human Insights, Not GTM Plans
Most companies build upside down... They start with: - product ideas - GTM plans - launch calendars …and hope the market catches up. But strong growth doesn’t start at the top. It starts here 👇 Human insights. Why? Bc value...
By Anna Furmanov
Social•Jan 7, 2026
B2B Buyers Are Non‑Linear—Adopt a Customer‑Centric Flywheel
B2B buyers don't move in a straight line. But your funnel assumes they do. That's the problem. The traditional marketing funnel says buyers move through: Awareness → Consideration → Decision → Purchase Clean. Linear. Predictable. Except that's not how anyone...
By devbasu
News•Jan 7, 2026
New Solution Gives Real-Time Insight Into Bot Traffic
Hydrolix has launched Bot Insights, a real‑time platform that detects, classifies, and alerts on every bot, crawler, and AI agent accessing a website. The solution ingests massive bot traffic data in seconds, offering full‑fidelity analytics without sampling and supporting long‑term...
By BetaNews
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Integration Tops Martech Vendors' Evaluation Criteria
My annual reminder to #martech vendors that integration is a top criterion when marketing ops professionals evaluate your product. 😀 Data from the latest State of the Marketing Operations Professional report, published in November 2025, produced by Mike Rizzo and...
By Scott Brinker
Blog•Jan 7, 2026
5 Interesting Learnings From Motive at $500,000,000 ARR. And The Match Up With Samsara.
Fleet‑management startup Motive filed its S‑1, revealing $500 million ARR and a growth rate of about 27%, while rival Samsara, now public, reached the same ARR milestone with 76% growth and recently achieved GAAP profitability. The two companies differ sharply in...
By SaaStr
News•Jan 7, 2026
5 IT Leaders Share New Year’s Resolutions for 2026
In 2025, IT leaders rushed to embed generative AI, yet only 15% saw earnings uplift, prompting a strategic reset for 2026. Executives now pledge to balance AI deployment with human intelligence, tightening technical debt and refining human‑AI operating models. Resolutions...
By CIO Dive
News•Jan 7, 2026
Elo – A Data Expression Language Which Compiles to JavaScript, Ruby, and SQL
Elo is a new data‑expression language that compiles to JavaScript, Ruby, and SQL while preserving identical semantics. It targets no‑code and low‑code tools, letting non‑technical users manipulate data safely through a pure‑data model and built‑in schema validation. Features include first‑class...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 7, 2026
Phishing-as-a-Service Kits Doubled in 2025 as Tactics Evolve
In 2025 phishing‑as‑a‑service (PhaaS) kits doubled, intensifying threats for security teams. New actors such as Whisper 2FA and GhostFrame introduced evasive tools, while incumbents like Mamba and Tycoon refined existing capabilities. Multifactor‑authentication bypass and URL obfuscation each featured in 48% of...
By BetaNews
News•Jan 7, 2026
Barracuda Report Finds Phishing Kits Doubled in 2025 as Attacks Grew More Evasive
Barracuda Networks’ 2025 Threat Spotlight reveals that phishing‑as‑a‑service kits doubled in number, fueling a surge in sophisticated attacks. Ninety percent of high‑volume campaigns relied on rented kits, many of which now embed AI‑generated content, MFA bypass, and malicious QR codes....
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 7, 2026
HSBC App Takes a Dim View of Sideloaded Bitwarden Installations
HSBC’s UK mobile banking app is refusing to run on devices where the open‑source password manager Bitwarden is installed via the F‑Droid sideloading catalog. Customers who installed Bitwarden outside Google Play reported being locked out of the HSBC app. HSBC...
By The Register
News•Jan 7, 2026
CI-Hush
The open‑source ci‑hush tool introduces lightweight scripts that let GitLab CI users collapse noisy command output into expandable sections. By wrapping commands with a start and end script, developers see a concise label instead of hundreds of lines, yet can...
By Hacker News
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News•Jan 7, 2026
How Attackers Are Weaponizing Open-Source Package Managers [Q&A]
A new wave of supply‑chain attacks targets JavaScript package managers like NPM by weaponizing install scripts rather than embedding malicious code directly. The scripts appear benign during static scans, fetch additional code at build time, and inject malicious script tags...
By BetaNews
News•Jan 7, 2026
If AI Can’t Hear You, It Can’t Help You: Why Clear Audio Drives Real Productivity
Organizations seeking to maximize AI‑powered productivity must prioritize audio quality. High‑fidelity microphones and intelligent processing ensure natural language and emotional nuance are captured, enabling tools like Microsoft Copilot to function effectively. Investing in certified, platform‑integrated audio solutions reduces meeting friction,...
By TechRadar
Podcast•Jan 7, 2026•23 min
How He Scaled a Niche SaaS to $14M/Year With No Funding
Scott Davis, President and Co‑Founder of Volie, explains how his bootstrapped BDC communication SaaS grew from four dealership clients in 2017 to $14 million in annual revenue, serving 2,000 rooftops across 300 store groups while keeping a 16% profit margin and...
By The Top Entrepreneurs Podcast
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Stop the Mistakes Killing Your SaaS Growth
💀 This is why your SaaS isn't growing... → You think you know better than your users → You're wasting time on meetings → You're not experimenting → You're not building automation → You're too feature-focused → You're not customer-focused → You don't spend time on marketing →...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Consistent Execution, Not Hype, Drives SaaS Growth
December 2025 was our biggest new ARR month ever at Univid. No launch. No viral moment. Just compounding finally showing up. What actually moved the needle in 2025 wasn't exciting: - Obsessively improve onboarding (<60s to first AHA) - Usage...
By Jonathan Rintala
News•Jan 7, 2026
Google Drive Gets Its Material 3 Expressive Redesign Back
Google has re‑introduced the Material 3 Expressive redesign to the Android version of Google Drive, restoring a visual tweak that was previously removed. The update adds side padding to the file list container, gives it rounded top corners while keeping the bottom...
By BetaNews
News•Jan 7, 2026
Capital Flows to Scale as 2025 Closed
December 2025 European tech funding slowed, closing with 250 deals, a 7.8% decline from November. The market raised €1.2 billion, driven by two €500 million rounds that underscored strong investor confidence. Software captured the largest share, accounting for 27.9% of total capital....
By Tech.eu
Social•Jan 7, 2026
I Grade My Own Predictions—Read & Challenge Me
Unlike every other prognosticator in your feed, I don't just make industry predictions, I **grade myself** on them. Otherwise, how the @#$% would you know if you could trust me?! Anywhoodle, I made 5 predictions (related to each of the...
By Rand Fishkin
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Build Trust with Prospects to Boost Acquisition Odds
Getting to know potential acquirers in your space does increase the odds they acquire you — if you do it for the right way. Why? Because it builds trust. And a big part of M&A is trust. Will the team we just...
By Jason Lemkin
News•Jan 7, 2026
Ring Embraces the End of the World, Starts Using Home Cameras to Track Wildfires
Ring announced Fire Watch, an AI‑driven feature that turns compatible outdoor cameras into wildfire detectors. The service partners with the nonprofit Watch Duty to push real‑time fire alerts to nearby users, with a nationwide rollout planned for spring 2026. Ring...
By The Register
Social•Jan 7, 2026
HEY Calendar Year View Aligns Weekends for Clearer Layout
Updated the HEY Calendar Year view so weekends line up. A bit clearer, more recognizable structure revealed. We also pushed a number of other fixes plus a better layout for wider/larger screens. Before and after attached below. https://t.co/Kta1nvyfKe
By Jason Fried
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Speed Replaces Moats: Gaps Define Today's Leaders
There are no moats anymore. Yesterday's product moats are today's Claude prompts. There are only current gaps, headstarts, and leaders and laggers. And there is speed. No one can rest on their laurels. Act accordingly.
By Des Traynor
News•Jan 7, 2026
HackerOne 'Ghosted' Me for Months over $8,500 Bug Bounty, Says Researcher
Researcher Jakub Ciolek disclosed two critical denial‑of‑service vulnerabilities in Argo CD through HackerOne's Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program, earning an $8,500 reward. Despite CVEs being issued and patches released, HackerOne failed to acknowledge the reports for months, only responding after media...
By The Register
Social•Jan 7, 2026
AI Platforms to Grow 10× by 2030, Inference Leads
AI Platforms market will surge more than 10x by 2030, driven by the enterprise adoption of model training, inference, and AI agents. It highlights the power shift from hyperscalers to emerging independents and the rise of inference as the dominant...
By Tiffani Bova
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Top Reps Handle the Heavy Lifting; Is Your Team?
A great sales rep does most of the work for the prospect: Does the scheduling Does the demos Solves the problem Helps sell other stakeholders Follows up Simplifies deployment AI can do some of this now. But how much of it does your team really do?
By Jason Lemkin
News•Jan 6, 2026
Laylo (YC S20) – Head of Growth (Organic and Partners and Loops and AI) – Remote US
Laylo, the Y Combinator‑backed Drop CRM for musicians and live events, is hiring a Head of Growth to lead its organic, influencer, partner and product‑loop initiatives. The remote, full‑time role offers a $150K‑$200K salary plus 0.01%‑0.03% equity and reports directly to...
By Hacker News
Social•Jan 7, 2026
37signals Treats Open Source Like a Teaching Hospital
37signals operates as a teaching hospital when it comes to open source. We're not just trying to cure our own problems, but to raise the bar for practitioners everywhere. https://t.co/gh3jJtozFJ
By David Heinemeier Hansson
Social•Jan 7, 2026
Consistent Compounding Beats Launches for Record ARR
December 2025 was our biggest new ARR month ever at Univid. No launch. No viral moment. Just compounding finally showing up. What actually moved the needle in 2025 wasn't exciting.. https://t.co/42K555TIMr
By Jonathan Rintala
News•Jan 6, 2026
How Ralph Wiggum Went From 'The Simpsons' To the Biggest Name in AI Right Now
Anthropic’s Claude Code has introduced the Ralph Wiggum plugin, turning the model into an autonomous coding agent that loops until predefined success criteria are met. The tool originated from Geoffrey Huntley’s Bash script that fed model output back as input,...
By VentureBeat
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Define Product-Market Fit with Real‑Time Metrics
Is product market fit… a feeling? I’d argue the opposite. PMF shouldn’t be based on intuition. It should be easily defined, and it’s something you can outline early in your sales process. In The Science of Scaling, I share a...
By Mark Roberge
News•Jan 6, 2026
SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap Jan 6, 2026
The SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind call tackled four critical SaaS growth levers. It recommended re‑positioning a struggling lead developer into an individual‑contributor or consulting role to retain institutional knowledge. It advised pricing hikes be paired with risk‑mitigating Net 90 terms and clear...
By SaasRise
News•Jan 6, 2026
High-Performance DBMSs with Io_uring: When and How to Use It
The paper investigates how Linux io_uring can be harnessed by modern database management systems to lower I/O overhead. It evaluates two scenarios: a storage‑bound buffer manager and a network‑bound analytical shuffling workload. Advanced io_uring features such as registered buffers and passthrough...
By Hacker News
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Roofle Acquired by SalesRabbit: A New Growth Chapter
Congrats to Travis Harvego , Joe Hoffman , and the ROOFLE team for their recent acquisition by SalesRabbit . Best of luck as you kick off the next stage in your journey. Glad we could help. Check out the press...
By Michael Lyon
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Stop Parenting Your Startup; Treat It as an Organization
Your business is not your baby, child, or another human you are in a relationship with. It is an organization. That distinction matters more than founders want to admit. Organizations exist to convert decisions into outcomes at scale. They rely on clear...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Jan 6, 2026
HEY Calendar Launches New Year View Today
Loved this idea so much we brought it to the HEY Calendar overnight. Live now in the new Year view (top left toggle in your HEY Calendar account). https://t.co/xUOZd3RqzZ
By Jason Fried
Social•Jan 6, 2026
SaaStr Scales GTM Dramatically with Minimal Staff
"SaaStr went from 10 humans in GTM to 1.2. And it does just as well. But we'd still love to hire 2 more humans." with @lennysan https://t.co/TKyWoJ0aau
By Jason Lemkin