Today's SaaS Pulse
FINNY rolls out enterprise AI growth platform with Mercer Global Advisors
FINNY, a New York‑based AI prospecting startup, unveiled an enterprise growth platform aimed at centralized marketing and business‑development teams of large wealth‑management firms. Mercer Global Advisors, which oversees roughly $83 billion in assets, became the flagship user, expanding the tool from a regional pilot to outreach for tens of thousands of prospects.
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By the numbers: fonio.ai raises $17M for omnichannel AI platform
OpenAI Teams up with Infosys to Bring AI Tools to More Businesses
OpenAI has teamed up with Infosys to embed its AI suite, including the Codex coding assistant, into the Indian IT firm’s Topaz AI platform. The integration will help Infosys’ clients modernize software development, automate workflows and scale AI deployments, initially focusing on software engineering, legacy modernization and DevOps. The partnership gives OpenAI a distribution channel to large enterprises across more than 60 countries, while Infosys reported AI‑related services generated about $267 million in the December quarter, roughly 5.5% of its total revenue. The deal reflects a growing trend of AI firms aligning with global IT services providers to accelerate enterprise adoption.
Tuned Global Launches Streaming Manipulation Detection Tool Aimed at Rightsholders and DSPs
Tuned Global unveiled its Service Manipulation Detection (SMD) system, an integrated tool that spots bot‑driven streaming fraud within its existing data platform. The solution monitors abnormal activity at five granular levels—track, artist, user, network and payment—to flag suspicious plays. Flagged...
TDX Sneak Peek: Is Hybrid Visual Editing the Future of Custom User Interfaces?
Salesforce unveiled a Hybrid Visual Editing (HVE) concept at Trailblazer DX, blending drag‑and‑drop UI building with generative AI code generation. The MVP will let admins and developers describe interfaces in natural language, edit them visually, and sync changes back to...
X Makes It More Expensive to Post Links Through Its API
X has raised the cost of posting links through its API from $0.01 to $0.20 and increased the general post fee to $0.15 per tweet. The price hike is presented as a measure against spam and misuse. Publications such as...
An AI App Prepares Me for My Day Now - and I've Never Been More Organized
Former Google NotebookLM engineers launched Huxe, a free AI app that turns a user’s calendar, email, and news interests into a short, daily podcast. The setup takes under five minutes, and the AI hosts can be customized to skip or...
TopDawg’s Guide Accelerates Amazon and Walmart Dropshipping for U.S. Sellers
TopDawg released a detailed guide showing how sellers can use its platform to dropship on Amazon and Walmart without holding inventory. By linking 500,000+ products from 3,000+ U.S. suppliers, the solution promises 2‑5‑day domestic shipping, real‑time inventory sync and compliance...
How Norway's Welfare System Moved 400GB of Daily Logs to Managed OpenSearch without a Service Interruption
Norway’s welfare agency NAV replaced its legacy Elasticsearch logging stack with a managed OpenSearch service from Aiven, driven by a license change and a broader cloud migration. The migration used a dual‑write approach, sending logs to both systems simultaneously, which...
Lacoste Taps Mirakl Connect to Accelerate Premium Marketplace Expansion
Lacoste has selected Mirakl Connect, the AI‑powered SaaS marketplace platform, to speed its entry onto premium e‑commerce marketplaces. The partnership promises to shrink product‑catalog onboarding from months to weeks and leverage a marketplace segment that grows 34% annually, far outpacing...
Vercel Hit by OAuth Attack Exposing Customer Secrets, Echoing Past Platform Breaches
Vercel disclosed an OAuth‑based intrusion that allowed attackers to harvest environment variables and customer secrets from its platform. The incident mirrors earlier compromises at Codecov, CircleCI, Snowflake and Okta, underscoring a recurring vulnerability in cloud‑development and CI/CD services.
Founders Everywhere: Akash Magoon
Adonis, an AI‑powered revenue‑cycle platform for U.S. hospitals, announced a $40 million Series C round led by Quadrille Capital. The company aims to automate claim submission, denials and appeals, boosting net collection rates into the upper 90s and halving payment cycles. Founder...
Grafana Offers AI Assistant for Free, Warns Users Not to Go Mad
Grafana announced that its AI assistant, previously cloud‑only, is now free for open‑source and on‑premise users, though it requires a Grafana Cloud account for LLM connectivity. The company also unveiled Grafana 13, featuring dynamic dashboards, DORA‑aligned templates, a revamped query editor,...
Flip Reaches $12M ARR with AI Voice Support for 250 Brands
In this episode, Brian Schiff, co‑founder and CEO of Flip (formerly RedRoute), explains how the company pivoted from a Cornell‑based ride‑sharing app to a verticalized AI voice assistant that automates customer‑service calls for transportation, retail, and healthcare firms. Flip now...
SaaS Is In Even More Trouble Than The Hype Would Have You Believe
The SaaS sector is facing a multi‑front crisis as AI reshapes value creation and legacy vendors lose market share. Salesforce has slid more than 40% and Adobe 34%, reflecting investor anxiety about AI monetization. Research from Goldman Sachs predicts slower...
Commvault Brings Its Full Suite of Data Backup and Resilience Capabilities to Google Cloud
Commvault announced at Google Cloud Next 2026 that its full Commvault Cloud platform is now available on Google Cloud, including SaaS rapid‑recovery via its Clumio subsidiary. The integration spans Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, Cloud SQL and Google Workspace, adding...
CrowdStrike Brings Real-Time Cloud Detection and Response to Google Cloud
CrowdStrike announced that its Falcon Cloud Security platform now offers real‑time Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) on Google Cloud Platform, joining AWS and Azure. The new service replaces batch‑processed tools with an event‑streaming engine that can spot attacks in seconds...
Fintech Mambu, Knowit Partner with Eiendomskreditt to Enhance Core Banking Infrastructure
Norwegian mortgage lender Eiendomskreditt has appointed fintech Mambu and digital consultancy Knowit to replace its legacy core banking system with a cloud‑native, SaaS platform. Mambu will provide the composable core engine while Knowit will handle integration and regulatory customization. The...
Rubrik Rolls Out Cloud SQL Cyber Resilience and Gemini Agent Governance at Google Cloud Next
Rubrik announced two new integrations at Google Cloud Next, extending its Rubrik Security Cloud to protect managed PostgreSQL databases on Google Cloud SQL and adding a governance layer for AI agents on Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The Cloud SQL...
Oracle Expands Google Cloud Partnership with Natural Language Database Agent
Oracle announced the Oracle Artificial Intelligence Database Agent for Gemini Enterprise, a natural‑language interface that lets users query Oracle Autonomous Database on Google Cloud without writing SQL. The agent is offered through Google Cloud Marketplace and will be free for...
Cloud Next ‘26: Momentum and Innovation at Google Scale
Google Cloud announced record‑breaking AI throughput, processing 16 billion tokens per minute—up 60% from the previous quarter—and earmarked over half of its 2026 machine‑learning compute budget for cloud services. The company unveiled Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, reporting 40% quarter‑over‑quarter growth in...
Google Cloud Next ‘26
Google Cloud Next ‘26 showcased a sweeping AI‑centric roadmap, highlighting that 75% of its customers now run AI products and 330 firms processed over a trillion tokens in the last year. Token processing surged to 16 billion per minute, a 60% jump...
Google’s Gemini Can Now Run on a Single Air-Gapped Server — and Vanish when You Pull the Plug
Cirrascale Cloud Services has deepened its partnership with Google Cloud to ship the Gemini model on‑premises via Google Distributed Cloud. The solution bundles a Dell‑certified appliance equipped with eight Nvidia GPUs and confidential‑computing safeguards, allowing a fully private, air‑gapped deployment....
Duolingo Is Now Giving Free Users Access to Advanced Learning Content
Duolingo announced that its advanced B2‑level language courses are now free across nine major languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. The rollout adds features such as Advanced Stories for reading comprehension and DuoRadio podcasts...
CoreWeave, Google Cloud Link up for AI Training, Inference
CoreWeave announced three cross‑cloud AI capabilities—CoreWeave Interconnect, SUNK Anywhere, and LOTA Cross‑Cloud—designed to simplify AI training and inference across multiple cloud platforms. Interconnect will directly link CoreWeave’s AI cloud to Google Cloud in a private preview, while SUNK Anywhere lets...
11 Key Features to Look for in Medical Practice Management Software for Healthcare Providers
Administrative tasks still consume 15%‑25% of U.S. healthcare spending—about $1 trillion annually—largely due to manual processes. The article outlines 11 essential features of modern medical practice management software that can replace paper charts, spreadsheets, and fax‑based billing with integrated digital workflows....
Accept Payments Anywhere, Anytime with Tap to Pay on Zoho Books for Stripe Users
Zoho Books has introduced a Tap to Pay feature for Stripe‑enabled users, letting merchants accept contactless card payments directly from their smartphones without extra hardware. The capability, first launched in Singapore, is now available on Android and iOS in Malaysia...
Profound Review: Features, Pricing and Alternative
Surfer SEO and Profound are the two leading AI visibility platforms, each taking a different approach to answer‑engine optimization (AEO). Surfer blends AI tracking with its full‑stack SEO suite, offering keyword research, rank tracking, and CMS integrations, while Profound focuses...
GitLab Shares Drop Over 40% YTD as Analysts Flag Volatility for DevSecOps Platform
GitLab Inc.'s stock has slumped more than 40% year‑to‑date, prompting UBS and Guggenheim to issue neutral or downgraded ratings. Analysts cite lingering AI disruption narratives and a valuation that appears disconnected from the company's mid‑teens revenue growth and strong cash...
Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Pass Prices and Pulls Day‑One Call of Duty Access
Microsoft announced a price cut for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to $22.99 a month and PC Game Pass to $13.99, while removing day‑one access to new Call of Duty releases. The changes follow the appointment of Asha Sharma to lead...
Schematic Secures $6.5M Seed Round to Accelerate AI‑Era Pricing for SaaS Firms
Schematic, a Boulder‑based startup that builds entitlement and pricing infrastructure for SaaS and AI companies, announced a $6.5 million seed round led by S3 Ventures. The funding will fund a public launch of its Stripe‑integrated app, promising to cut pricing‑change cycles...
The Biggest Announcement of My Life
After five months of development, the founder announced Custard, a professional‑grade AI platform designed to transform managers into high‑impact leaders. The tool gathers anonymous weekly pulse surveys in under 30 seconds, then delivers personalized dashboards with actionable recommendations drawn from...
Provider of the Week: Prewave
Prewave provides an AI‑enabled platform that gives global brands real‑time visibility into supplier and supply‑chain risks, covering operational disruptions, ESG issues, and compliance. The solution monitors tens of thousands of suppliers for over 250 customers, extending insight beyond tier‑1 to...
Adobe Summit 2026 - NBCUniversal Outlines Its Approach to Rollout of AI Agents and Assistants as Adobe Rolls Out New...
At Adobe Summit 2026, Adobe unveiled GenStudio, Brand Intelligence and Firefly‑powered AI agents that can turn a marketing brief into a full campaign in under ten minutes, a task that previously took weeks. The demos showed instant asset retrieval, on‑the‑fly...
Embedded Finance in SaaS: How Payments, Lending, and Banking Are Becoming Native Product Features
Embedded finance is reshaping SaaS business models as platforms like Toast and Shopify embed payments, lending, and banking directly into their products. Bain forecasts U.S. embedded‑finance transaction value to exceed $7 trillion by 2026, while BCG and Adyen estimate a $185 billion...
Recfindr Has Rebranded to Rylo - and the Product Has Grown to Match the Name
Rylo, formerly Recfindr, launches as a dedicated digital deal‑room platform for recruitment agencies handling retained and executive searches. The solution consolidates candidate shortlists, proposals, and progress updates into a single, shareable client workspace, replacing disjointed email chains and calls. Integrated...
Hands-On with ChatGPT's Powerful New Image Engine
OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Images 2.0, introducing a new "thinking" mode that adds built‑in reasoning for paid subscribers while keeping a standard version free for all. The update supports a broader set of aspect ratios and can produce personalized cards,...
UserTesting Brings Real Customer Feedback Into Figma with AI-Powered Embedded Solution for Design Validation, Now Generally Available
UserTesting announced the general availability of its UserTesting for Figma plugin, letting designers launch AI‑generated usability tests directly from Figma prototypes. The integration creates test plans in seconds, captures real human reactions, and surfaces results on the canvas via a...
SaaS Capital Efficiency in 2026: The Metrics That Separate Winners From the Rest
2026 SaaS firms are shifting from growth‑at‑any‑cost to capital efficiency, with the median company spending $2 to acquire $1 of new ARR—a 14% rise since 2023. Leading players maintain >25% annual growth while keeping burn multiples below 1.0× and CAC...
PaleBlueDot AI Launches PBD TokenRouter, a Unified Platform for Accessing AI Models
PaleBlueDot AI unveiled PBD TokenRouter, a unified platform that centralizes access to multiple AI models through a single API. The service offers smart token routing, automatic multi‑channel failover, real‑time cost governance, and intelligent caching to reduce token consumption. Built on...
Crescendo Arrives in Europe with $100m Momentum to Establish New AI-Native CX Category
Crescendo, an AI‑native customer experience platform, announced its expansion into the UK and broader Europe, marking the launch of a new CX category in a market long dominated by fragmented tools. The San Francisco‑based firm has surpassed $100 million in annual...
Decision Logic Launches Embedded AI That Acts as an “Assistant Store Manager” For Multi-Unit Restaurant Brands
Decision Logic has launched Decision Logic AI, an embedded assistant for multi‑unit restaurant brands that continuously monitors over 25 operational metrics and provides proactive alerts. The AI surfaces issues 1–3 days earlier than traditional reporting, answers plain‑language queries instantly, and...
Prodoscore Launches ProdoAI Chat, Redefining How Companies Access Productivity Insights
Prodoscore unveiled ProdoAI Chat, a conversational AI embedded in its productivity platform that lets managers and executives query workforce data in plain English and receive instant, actionable answers. The tool covers performance metrics, burnout signals, technology adoption and industry benchmarks...
Vibe Retail and Mega Payments Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Modern Point-of-Sale Technology to Independent Retailers
Vibe Retail has teamed up with Mega Payments, a Michigan‑based payment processor, to expand its modern point‑of‑sale platform to independent retailers across the United States. Mega Payments will act as an authorized Independent Sales Organization, leveraging its extensive merchant network...
Groundcover Eyes Visibility Gap in Agentic AI Monitoring by Targeting Multi-Step Workflows
Groundcover announced an expansion of its AI Observability service, adding native support for Google Vertex AI and targeting multi‑step agentic workflows. The platform uses a patented eBPF sensor to automatically capture every LLM interaction, token usage, and tool call without...
People.ai Becomes Backstory, Redefining How Revenue Teams Get Answers About Their Deals
People.ai announced it is rebranding as Backstory, shifting its focus from raw data and analytics to an AI‑powered Revenue Answers Platform. The new platform stitches together signals from emails, calls, CRM records, intent data and news to generate real‑time answers...
Infor’s April Update Sharpens CloudSuite WFM for Frontline Reality
Infor released its April 2026 Cumulative Update for CloudSuite Workforce Management, delivering a suite of user‑experience upgrades across the multi‑view scheduler and time‑and‑attendance modules. New autosave and exception‑alert features protect rotation work and surface scheduling conflicts before publication, while configurable...
AirTrunk’s Lumina Deal Raises Stakes For APAC Cloud ERP
AirTrunk has acquired Lumina CloudInfra, securing a 600 MW pipeline valued at up to $5 billion and instantly gaining footholds in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. The deal lifts AirTrunk’s total capacity to more than 3 GW across roughly 20‑23 campuses in six APAC...
Can Europe Ever Compete with California?
At Salesforce’s TDX developer conference, the company showcased a new AI‑first strategy aimed at turning customers into "agentic companies" through tools like Slackbot agents, agentic scripting and integrated large‑language‑model services. The event featured deep collaborations with Anthropic and OpenAI, underscoring...
Top 7 Pipedrive Integrations to Boost Sales Productivity
Integrating Pipedrive with seven top tools—Getaccept, Slack, Mailchimp, Zoom, Google Workspace, Trello, and Zapier—turns the CRM into a full‑stack sales ecosystem. These integrations automate document handling, real‑time notifications, email marketing, virtual meetings, file management, post‑sale task tracking, and cross‑app workflows....
QBotica Acquires Automatiga to Boost Global Agentic AI Automation Platform
qBotica announced the acquisition of automation specialist Automatiga, creating a single platform that combines agentic AI, hybrid decisioning and RPA. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal expands qBotica’s global delivery footprint and deepens its AI‑first strategy for enterprise...
Wagepoint Names Alexander Gonçalves CCO to Drive Canadian Payroll Growth
Wagepoint announced the appointment of Alexander Gonçalves as Chief Commercial Officer. The veteran SaaS executive will oversee sales, marketing, revenue operations and customer support, aiming to accelerate the payroll platform’s expansion among Canadian small businesses. The hire follows a rebrand,...