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
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SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap Mar 10, 2026
The SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind call highlighted four strategic challenges: centralizing internal meeting knowledge using vector‑database RAG, optimizing Facebook lookalike audience spend, selecting initial European markets for a B2B ad platform, and evaluating overseas acquisition targets. Participants recommended tools such as Gong, Momentum.AI, Google Notebook LM, Vertex AI, and LiveChat’s AI to build low‑cost, searchable knowledge bases. They emphasized cost‑per‑qualified‑lead metrics over raw CPL and advised a UK‑first approach with local phone numbers for EU expansion. For cross‑border M&A, realistic cost‑saving assumptions, 2–3× multiples, and earn‑out structures were advised.
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SaasRise Mastermind Recap - Mar 11, 2026
The SaasRise Mastermind on March 11, 2026 delivered a deep‑dive into practical growth levers for early‑stage SaaS firms. It emphasized installing Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and Bing pixels to retarget visitors, while pairing paid ads with cold‑email outreach to secure the...
Founders Prioritize SEO, LinkedIn Automation, AI Video Tools
I just pulled our AppSumo internal search data from March. 63,410 searches. Here's what founders are actually looking for right now: 1- SEO tools 2- LinkedIn automation 3- AI video 4- CRM 5- Email marketing 6- WordPress plugins If you're building an...
Sell the Buyer’s Personal ROI, Not Just Business Metrics
One of the biggest things B2B startups miss is underselling the "personal ROI" to the buyer or user of your technology. I spent time with a leadership team of a B2B startup yesterday and the topic of demonstrating ROI came up. We...
AI Updates for Microsoft Power Pages: Coding Sites and Better Embedded Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft announced a public preview of a new Power Pages plugin that integrates GitHub Copilot CLI and Anthropic's Claude Code to streamline single‑page application development. The AI‑driven tool can automatically configure table permissions, web roles, site settings, authentication, and Web...
One Billion Lost Packages
In September 2024 Hurricane Helene flooded Baxter International’s Marion, NC plant, halting 60% of U.S. IV‑fluid output and triggering nationwide shortages. The same month, 85 million U.S. packages arrived damaged—a 30% jump that cost roughly $4 billion. To address the chronic fragmentation...
PagerDuty Inc (PD) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
PagerDuty reported Q3 revenue of $125 million, a 5% year‑over‑year increase, and ARR of $497 million, up 3%. Non‑GAAP operating margin surged to 29% from 21% a year earlier, while GAAP net income reached $160 million aided by a one‑time tax benefit. The...
Best Equipment Lease Tracking Software: Top Platforms for Contracts, Assets, Visibility, and Control
The guide evaluates six leading equipment lease tracking platforms, highlighting SOFT4Leasing as the top all‑round solution for unifying contract, asset, and payment data. It explains how fragmented systems cause operational errors and outlines criteria for matching platforms to specific friction...
Met Office ‘Supercomputing as a Service’ One Year Old
The Met Office marked one year of its Microsoft‑powered "supercomputing as a service" platform, delivering roughly 1.8 million cores and 60 petaflops of compute in Azure. The cloud‑based system achieved 100 % uptime for critical workloads and 99.77 % availability for the supercomputing tier....
Now See Exactly How Audiences Use AI Tools
We make audience research software. It tells you lots of things about any group of people on the web. But... it couldn't tell you how they used AI tools (prompts, topics)... until today 👇
Digits Announces Expanded Connectivity Across 18 Payroll Providers
Digits, a San Francisco‑based Agentic General Ledger, announced expanded payroll connectivity to 18 additional providers, adding to its existing Gusto integration. The new connectors include major platforms such as ADP Run, Paychex Flex, QuickBooks Online Payroll, and UKG Pro, enabling direct, automated...
Deutsche Bank Says the SaaSpocalypse Is Over as Software Stocks Trade at a Massive Discount
Deutsche Bank says the so‑called SaaSpocalypse is ending as software stocks trade at deep discounts. The S&P 500 software index has risen 1.5 % this month and a Goldman Sachs SaaS basket trades at 22 × forward earnings, about half its ten‑year...
How To Sell $3,000/Mo A.I Systems To Medspas and GLP-1 Clinics in 2026.
The post outlines a $3,000‑per‑month AI automation suite targeting U.S. medspas and rapidly expanding GLP‑1 weight‑loss clinics. It highlights how these practices lose $50‑$100 k annually due to broken front‑desk workflows and missed follow‑ups, and shows that AI‑driven lead response, patient...
Beyond the Honeymoon: Why Map Communications Bets on Zoho for a Decluttered Tech Stack
Map Communications, an employee‑owned virtual receptionist firm, has adopted Zoho’s suite to manage its customer lifecycle while keeping its proprietary real‑time operations separate. The company embraced an 80/20 approach, using Zoho Contracts, CRM, Desk and Data Bridge to meet most...
ClickUp Launches Subfolders Beta, Users Can Test Now
Omg I just got an email from @clickup that Subfolders are in beta and I get to test them in my workspace
PCI Pal Integrates with Zoom
PCI Pal announced a partnership with Zoom to embed its secure payment technology into Zoom’s Virtual Agent (ZVA). The integration allows customers to complete transactions within AI‑driven virtual interactions while keeping payment data out of the organization’s environment. Building on...
UJET Launches Agentic Experience Orchestration
UJET unveiled Agentic Experience Orchestration (AXO), an architecture that embeds AI virtual agents directly into contact‑center workflows and links them to enterprise data sources. The platform captures front‑end interactions, automates low‑value tasks, and orchestrates back‑office processes across multiple applications. Human...
Birdzi Launches AskKea Generative BI Interface
Birdzi introduced AskKea, a generative business intelligence assistant that lets grocery retailers ask plain‑English questions and receive decision‑ready answers, visualizations, and exportable data within minutes. The tool integrates structured and unstructured retail data, offering cross‑system insights such as category penetration,...
Nemotron 3 Super Is Live in Kilo
NVIDIA has launched the 120‑billion‑parameter Nemotron 3 Super, a hybrid mixture‑of‑experts model optimized for Blackwell GPUs, and made it freely available on the Kilo platform. Early benchmarks show strong results – 86.01 on MMLU, 79.40 on HumanEval, and 60.5 on SWE‑Bench –...
WordPress Debuts a Private Workspace that Runs in Your Browser via a New Service, my.WordPress.net
WordPress introduced my.WordPress.net, a browser‑based version of its publishing platform that lets users create private sites without hosting or domain registration. The service stores site data locally in the browser, making it inaccessible from other devices but easily exportable to...
Manufact Raises $6.3M as MCP Becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ Powering ChatGPT and Claude Apps
Manufact, a YC‑backed startup, announced a $6.3 million seed round led by Peak XV to build infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging “USB‑C” standard for AI agents. The company’s open‑source mcp‑use SDK has already logged five million downloads and...
Finance Leaders Evaluate only Three Vendors Before Demos
The magic number is 3. We asked 100 CFOs and VPs of Finance how many vendors they closely evaluate when buying software. 50% said exactly 3. Median: 3. Mean: 4.1. 53% evaluate 3 or fewer. This is a brutally small window. Think about what this...
Keeping Your Salesforce Org Healthy with the Right Support Solution
Salesforce has announced a strategic pivot from annual order value (AOV) to net new annual order value (NNAOV), emphasizing revenue growth from existing customers rather than new bookings. The shift signals that support teams will be incentivized to prioritize customer...
SaaS Giants Trade at Sky‑high EV/Sales Multiples
15 Most expensive SaaS stocks by Forward EV/Sales $PLTR — Palantir — 51x $NET — Cloudflare — 26x $APP — AppLovin — 21x $CRWD — CrowdStrike — 18x $FICO — Fair Isaac — 15x $AXON — Axon Enterprise — 13x $SHOP — Shopify — 12x $DDOG —...
DynaFile Announces Paylocity Integration to Automate Secure Employee Document Management
DynaFile unveiled a new integration with Paylocity that automatically links employee data from the HRIS platform to its secure cloud‑based document management system. The connection routes onboarding forms, tax documents and other records directly into structured DynaFile folders, eliminating manual...
Jamdesk Launches First API Documentation Platform With Built-In AI Chat at No Extra Cost
Jamdesk, founded by former Ayrshare executives, launched a docs‑as‑code platform that embeds AI chat and natural‑language search in every plan. The service converts MDX files into live documentation sites, auto‑detects GitHub changes, and deploys to a global CDN in under...
Conga Unveils Platform-Wide Advancements to Power the Next Era of Connected Commerce
Conga announced a suite of platform‑wide innovations at its Conga Connect 2026 event, highlighted by the launch of AiMe, a unified AI layer that injects prescriptive intelligence into every workflow. The company also opened early‑access versions of its Advantage CPQ...
Replit Introduces Agent 4 to Treat Software Development as Creative Work
Replit unveiled Agent 4, the latest iteration of its AI‑powered development platform, positioning software creation as a creative activity. The new system is structured around four foundational pillars that aim to bridge imagination with concrete implementation. While some fear AI could...
Canva May Have Just Cracked One of the Biggest Issues With AI Images
Canva has launched Magic Layers, a new AI feature that deconstructs any AI‑generated image into editable layers within the Canva editor. Users can upload images from external generators, and the tool identifies backgrounds, text, characters and other elements in under...
Findem AI Hiring Platform Now Available in AWS Marketplace
Findem, an AI‑powered hiring platform, is now listed in AWS Marketplace, allowing enterprises to purchase and deploy the solution directly through their existing AWS accounts. The integration streamlines procurement, consolidates licensing and billing, and lets software spend count toward cloud...
7 Best Customer Self-Service Software I Recommend (2026)
The article reviews seven top customer self‑service platforms for 2026, ranging from enterprise‑grade Salesforce Service Cloud to budget‑friendly Zoho Desk. It evaluates each tool on knowledge‑base usability, AI chat capabilities, ticket‑deflection analytics, and integration depth. Pricing starts as low as...
Built 15‑Year Data Hub in 5 Hours, Beats Meltwater
I had a good friend tell me the apps I created were trash because I didn't have a formal database. I took that as a challenge. In 5 hours, I personally built, populated, and deployed a database containing all the content...
As Channel Complexity Grows, Saltbox Mgmt Expands Capabilities for Salesforce Partner Cloud
Saltbox Management announced the addition of Salesforce Partner Cloud to its service suite, extending its expertise across the Salesforce ecosystem. The new offering targets manufacturers and complex B2B firms that need tighter visibility into partner activity and streamlined indirect revenue...
I Evaluated the 6 Best CPaaS Platforms for 2026
The article reviews six leading CPaaS platforms for 2026—Dotdigital, Telnyx, Webex Connect, Wati, Vonage, and Sendbird—assessing them against omnichannel capability, developer experience, security, and pricing. It highlights Dotdigital’s marketing automation, Telnyx’s developer‑controlled voice and messaging, and Webex Connect’s low‑code enterprise...
When Agents Meet Contact Centers - Two Salesforce Agentforce Early Adopters Communicate the Benefits They're Seeing
Salesforce launched Agentforce Contact Center, a unified platform that blends voice, digital channels, CRM data, and generative AI. Early adopters Compass Working Capital and Savant Systems report streamlined omni‑channel workflows and AI‑driven assistance. Compass estimates saving 30 minutes per client...
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I was a guest in a podcast this week. What do you think we talked about? • IACrea.com, which helps real estate agents generate leads? • Refindie.com, which generates 20% of IACrea’s revenue through affiliate marketing? • Subclip.app, which turns podcasts into shorts? • Feedbask.com V2, which answers repetitive...
Startup of the Week: SourceReady
SourceReady is an AI‑powered platform that automates three core sourcing tasks—supplier discovery, supply‑chain optimization, and repetitive communication/negotiation. The startup was founded after its CEO realized that traditional directories miss fragmented manufacturer data and that buyers need risk‑aware, compliance‑focused insights. Early...
Re-Air: Data Tools, Templates, and the Trouble with “Easy” Solutions with the Cynical Data Guy
In this re‑aired episode, hosts Eric Dotz and John Wessel chat with regular guest Matt, the Cynical Data Guy, about the rise of low‑code data tools like Clay and the evolving role of the “GT‑M engineer.” They debate whether such...
What Is ChatGPT Pro—And Is It Worth It in 2026?
ChatGPT Pro is OpenAI’s $200‑per‑month tier targeting power users who exceed the limits of the $20‑per‑month Plus plan. It grants unlimited access to the newest models, a 128 K‑token context window, and expanded control over reasoning time with Light and Heavy modes....
Agent Budgets Turn Paywalled Data Into Cheap Micro‑resources
There are some pretty wild downstream effects in a world with trillions of agents using the internet and software. One very big one is what happens with agents with budgets and wallets. There are lots of business models that never...
Identity Matching Errors Undermine Healthcare Software Efficiency
Duplicate patients. Broken workflows. Support tickets piling up. Bad identity matching quietly destroys healthcare software. Learn the warning signs → Download the free eBook 🔗 https://t.co/SJg2gLlUzK @rhapsodyhealth #healthcareSaaS #HITSM https://t.co/fTTcYnGhHM
Lovable's Revenue Has Jumped 33 Percent in a Month Amid Vibe Coding Frenzy
Lovable, the Stockholm‑based vibe‑coding startup valued at $6.6 billion, reported a 33 percent jump in annual recurring revenue, climbing from $300 million to $400 million in a single month. The company now serves over 15 million daily active users and generates 200,000 new projects each...
AI Will Augment, Not Delete, SaaS for ROI
Stop looking for the "Delete" button on your SaaS contracts. The future isn't AI replacing SaaS—it’s AI augmenting it. Those who understand the difference will win the ROI game. 🏆 Get the full take: https://t.co/Se537FlJwE #CIO #Cloud #AI #EnSW
Usage‑Based Pricing Redefines SaaS Economics with AI
The New #AI Economics of #SaaS: Why Usage-Based Models Are Reshaping Software Pricing ... https://t.co/hQtMQ1lFSA @EM360Tech https://t.co/1A9gaEwpmE
Sprinklr Inc (CXM) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Sprinklr reported Q1 FY2026 revenue of $205.5 million, a 5% year‑over‑year increase, with subscription revenue growing 4% to $184.1 million. Non‑GAAP operating income reached $36.7 million, delivering an 18% margin, and free cash flow hit a record $81 million. The company announced a $150 million...
AI Session Replay Tool Detects Bugs for Top Teams
Lucent (@lucent_ai) is an AI that automatically watches your session replays and finds bugs and UX issues. They’re already used by top product teams including Reducto, Julius, Finta, and Happenstance. Congrats on the launch, @RaeAlisa_! https://t.co/iSOB8tJgQB https://t.co/Z0oLybMu5r
Blog Content Fuels $4M ARR Without Sales or Ads
Joel Griffith's first big customers didn't come from sales or ads. They came from blog posts. One user brought Browserless with them to their next company. Then the next one. At nearly $4M ARR, content still drives almost all their inbound. https://t.co/rqTYeCejSm
Oracle's Larry Ellison Downplays Software Apocalypse Fears: 'We Think the SaaSpocalypse Applies to Others, but Not to Us'
Oracle’s leadership used its earnings call to dismiss the so‑called SaaSpocalypse, arguing that AI‑driven disruption will spare the company. Larry Ellison said Oracle’s AI‑enabled coding tools let it build end‑to‑end, agent‑based solutions for sectors like healthcare and finance. CEO Mike...
Sponsor-Backed SaaS Leads Agent
Narrative violation: Sponsor-backed SaaS companies are becoming the leaders in agentic AI. Seems unlikely that the Zendesk 1L loan is worth $0. https://t.co/WTPW4ywh8V
Cognigy Shows Impressive Growth at Nexus 2026
NiCE Cognigy by the numbers. Impressive growth in the space and why Cognigy is experiences. #nexus2026 @NICELtd @cognigy https://t.co/RwTyAgt3kx