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Updated 1h agoWhat's happening: Ease Health lands $41M Series A to boost AI‑driven health‑tech platform
Ease Health, a New York‑based AI‑native CRM, EHR, and RCM platform, closed a $41 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The funding will expand product and engineering teams and accelerate AI automation across its suite, underscoring investor confidence in integrated health‑tech solutions.
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Blog•Nov 16, 2025
The Hard Truth About Fundability: What 2,000+ Pitch Decks on SaaStr AI VC Taught Us
Jason Lemkin analyzes over 2,000 SaaStr AI VC pitch decks and finds that only about 23% of companies meet top‑quartile growth benchmarks that make them fundable for elite VCs, with just 12% truly elite. The data reveals a massive gap between founder optimism and reality, showing that 61% of founders are operating below 30% of the metrics VCs demand. Lemkin advises founders to use the AI benchmarking tool, focus on hitting specific month‑over‑month growth and unit‑economics thresholds, and delay fundraising until they reach Elite or Strong status, while VCs benefit from a pre‑filtered pipeline of high‑quality deals.
By SaaStr
Social•Nov 16, 2025
More Demos Drive Learning, Iteration, and Sales
The more demos and sales calls you get on. The more successful you're going to be. Not just because you get more revenues (that's obvious). But because the more demos you do, the more time you are spending with your ideal customer. And...
By TK Kader
Social•Nov 16, 2025
Profitable B2B Marketing SaaS with Strong Moat
This is an incredible business. Live on @acquiredotcom: Top-ranked B2B marketing education SaaS serving global teams and pros. > $3.25M ARR > $1.65M TTM profit > globally recognized SaaS + education + brand trust = serious moat Full listing: https://t.co/qKWsmO2tpo https://t.co/97g300eS6r
By Andrew Gazdecki
Blog•Nov 16, 2025
How to Use AI Agents for Marketing
In this episode Kyle Poyar talks with Hamish Grant of SafetyCulture about how they built a suite of AI agents to super‑charge their marketing and sales operations. They detail four workflows—platform‑agnostic lead enrichment, an AI‑powered inbound BDR that drafts personalized...
By Kyle Poyar
Social•Nov 16, 2025
More Demos and Sales Calls Drive B2B Success
Here’s the one thing you need to know about B2B Marketing. The more demos and sales calls you get on. The more successful you’re going to be. Not just because you get more revenues (that's obvious). https://t.co/USYfFhPs1X
By TK Kader
Social•Nov 16, 2025
Markup AI Secures $27M for Full Reinvention
Markup AI just raised $27M to fuel a full reinvention—fresh PE equity, debt refi, and angel participation. Matt Blumberg breaks it down on Episode 218 of The SaaS CFO Podcast 👉 https://t.co/o4rtC8sd0B #SaaS https://t.co/bd1bOMuzJm
By Ben Murray
News•Nov 16, 2025
Why AI Pilots Fail - and How Manufacturers Can Break the Cycle
AI pilots in manufacturing stall—up to 90% fail—largely due to fragmented, low‑quality data and entrenched IT‑OT silos rather than algorithmic flaws. Experts argue that scaling AI requires a unified, trustworthy data infrastructure that can ingest and analyze industrial data at...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 16, 2025
What Legacy Business Intelligence Technology Can Learn From Video Games
Legacy business intelligence platforms rely on batch‑oriented architectures that cannot keep pace with today’s massive, real‑time data streams, resulting in latency and static dashboards. Marc Stevens contends that the video‑game industry’s transition to hardware‑accelerated, low‑latency rendering provides a blueprint for...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 15, 2025
VCs Vanish When Growth Is Steady, Not Hyper
I have a seed investment I made years back now at $130m ARR now growing 40% and cash flow positive. And all the VCs have checked out. They haven't been mean about it. Everyone is nice. It's...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 15, 2025
Depth, Not Just a GPT Wrapper, Drives Real Value
Grant Lee on Gamma (valued at over $2.1B) being "just a GPT wrapper": "When you think about literally only being a wraparound one model, yeah, maybe there's only a limited amount of utility or value add. But when you start going...
By Lenny Rachitsky
News•Nov 15, 2025
Sluggish Software Delivery Is an Executive-Level Risk
Sluggish software delivery has become a board‑room risk, according to CloudBees CEO Anuj Kapur, as missed timelines erode revenue, damage reputations and weaken competitiveness. Enterprises typically juggle more than seven DevOps tools, creating fragmented pipelines, security bottlenecks and loss of...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 15, 2025
Remote Work and the Big Breaches of 2025: Cause or Convenient Excuse?
Remote work amplified existing security gaps in 2025 but was rarely the sole cause of major breaches, which were driven by exposed credentials, misconfigured cloud services, weak third‑party controls and human error. Industry analyses show attackers often combined these weaknesses,...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 15, 2025
Minority Recap Keeps Control, Majority Sells Liquidity
The fundamental difference between a minority and majority recap: Control. If you sell a majority of your business, you'll receive a high level of liquidity, but all the key decisions will now be out of your control. With a minority recap, you'll retain...
By Michael Lyon
Social•Nov 15, 2025
Harry, Rory, and Jason Return Live at SaaStr London
We're back! Harry, Rory and Jason! And come see the team LIVE at SaaStrLondon.com 1-2 in ... London!!
By Jason Lemkin
News•Nov 14, 2025
Hacked Company CTO Refuses to Pay Ransom Demand, Donates Money to Funding Research Instead
Checkout.com’s CTO Mariano Albera confirmed that the payments firm was hit by a digital extortion attempt by the ShinyHunters group in early November 2025, when attackers accessed a legacy third‑party cloud storage containing internal documents and merchant onboarding files from...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 15, 2025
Content Guardian Agents Ensure AI Content Stays On‑Brand, Accurate
AI is powerful—but imperfect. Matt Blumberg (CEO @ Markup AI) explains how content guardian agents keep AI-generated content on-brand, compliant, and accurate. Episode 218 of The SaaS CFO Podcast 👉 https://t.co/o4rtC8sd0B #SaaS https://t.co/RklJVLlNeL
By Ben Murray
Social•Nov 14, 2025
AI Grows, Yet Search Share Holds; Gemini, ChatGPT Lead
If you somehow missed our joint report with Datos, A Semrush Company from 2 weeks ago: - AI tools continue to grow - But they're not taking market share from traditional search - Zero-click searches continue to rise (based on...
By Rand Fishkin
Blog•Nov 14, 2025
20VC X SaaStr This Week: Why Most VCs Need to Step Aside, What’s Really Defensible Today, and How to Actually...
In a candid 20VC × SaaStr episode, Jason Lemkin, Harry Stebbings and Rory O’Driscoll argue that the traditional VC playbook is obsolete, urging most VCs, executives and founders from the past decade to step aside for AI‑savvy talent. They outline three viable...
By SaaStr
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Top 10 SaaS Cloud Multiples This Week
This week in enterprise software: Top 10 #SaaS #Cloud multiples as of today's market close
By Jamin Ball
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Rapid Iterations Boost CompanyResearch.ai with GPT‑5.1
It's almost 3am, but I'm on a roll. UPDATE: It *was* 3am last night when I started writing this, but I (wisely) decided *not* to post this last night. Day 3 of the CompanyResearch .ai launch. Just released an update: 1) Now uses...
By Dharmesh Shah
News•Nov 14, 2025
AWS Is Launching a "Meeting Simulator" To Help Train Workers for Stressful Jobs
Amazon Web Services unveiled an AI‑driven Meeting Simulator on its Skill Builder platform, letting users role‑play realistic office meetings with AI personas via voice or text and receive instant feedback on communication, objection handling, and idea presentation. The tool joins...
By TechRadar
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Social•Nov 14, 2025
AI Growth Outpaces Bubble Narrative, Numbers Confirm
Everyone's talking about the 'AI bubble' but the numbers say otherwise. This chart makes it obvious. Here's what everyone's missing For months we've seen the headlines: "Tech valuations are inflated." "AI will crash like the dot-com era." But the numbers tell a different...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Junta Explores AI Transforming Financial Services
This is a great interview with Junta by Josue on AI usage in Financial Services! https://lnkd.in/gd7psQE2
By Ali Ghodsi
News•Nov 14, 2025
9 Reasons Why You Should Consider Onsite LLM Training and Inferencing
Enterprises are increasingly moving large language models (LLMs) from cloud‑based services to on‑premises or private‑cloud environments to gain full control over data, intellectual property, and compliance. On‑site training and inference keep sensitive inputs, model weights, and outputs within the organization’s...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Bootstrapped Success Beats VC: $1M Monthly Profit
Over the past 12 months, I spoke to more than 50 top-tier VC firms about investing in my $25M ARR SaaS company. After a full year of pitches, term sheets, and big promises... I walked away from every single one and decided...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Magic First 30 Seconds Drives True Product Virality
Gamma won Product Hunt's product of the Day, Week, and Month. Signups spiked. But then they flatlined. Despite this very hard-to-achieve trifecta, they realized they didn't actually have product-market fit. So they made a bet-the-company move: go all-in on making the first...
By Lenny Rachitsky
Blog•Nov 14, 2025
Stop Looking For Sales Magicians
Jason Lemkin argues that the idea of a "sales magician" is a myth—only a handful ever exist and even they falter when market conditions change. The real breakthrough comes from hiring a first sales rep who can quickly internalize and...
By SaaStr
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Spreadsheets Still Lead FP&A Software Survey
Any surprise here? No, not really. I listed some of the top contenders below. Survey results so far for the FP&A software category. Again, spreadsheets reign supreme, but there are many great players in this space. Some of the contenders so far... Workday/Adaptive...
By Ben Murray
Social•Nov 14, 2025
AI Factories Valuations Spike with Growth Rate
This week on Clouded Judgement: AI Factories - Median software multiple: 4.8x - High Growth software median: 14.8x - Mid Growth software median: 6.5x - Low Growth software median: 3.7x - 10Y: 4.1% https://lnkd.in/g_Ua83mn
By Jamin Ball
News•Nov 14, 2025
The UK’s Broken Energy System Could Burst Its AI Bubble
AI’s soaring electricity needs – projected to rise 165% by decade’s end – are exposing the UK’s antiquated wholesale power market, which already carries some of the world’s highest industrial electricity prices. Training a single GPT‑scale model consumes as much...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Strategic Narratives Fail Without Long‑Term Commitment
why do shiny new strategic narratives get launched and then forgotten so quickly? and how can we avoid this (yet again)? I'm warming up to Anthony Pierri he's actually pretty nice when you get to know him and has a pretty good take...
By Anna Furmanov
News•Nov 14, 2025
Akira Ransomware Is Now Targeting Nutanix VMs - and Scoring Big Rewards
Akira ransomware has expanded its campaign to encrypt Nutanix AHV virtual‑machine disk files, a move first observed in June 2025, according to a joint advisory from CISA, DC3 and other agencies. The attackers first exploit a critical 9.6‑score SonicWall SonicOS...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Microsoft Clarity: Free, Faster Alternative to Hotjar
If you're a B2B SaaS debating which user recording tool to use, just go for Microsoft Clarity. It does everything Hotjar does, but better - and it's completely free. That sounds too good to be true, but after working with hundreds of...
By Wes Bush
Social•Nov 14, 2025
In AI Era, GTM Becomes the Real Product
From zero to $4 billion ARR (!!) - one CRO, one epic run. He figured out something about building in an AI-native world a decade before AI existed - and if you don't understand it yet, you're already behind. I just...
By Amos Joseph
Podcast•Nov 14, 2025•35 min
E298 | Why LLM Agents Are Now Your VIP Visitors and How to Optimize for Them
In this episode, Kevin White of Scrunch AI explains how AI‑driven answer engines like ChatGPT are turning large language model agents into a primary audience, prompting marketers to optimize their sites for LLM discovery. He outlines Scrunch’s approach to making...
By CHURN.FM
Social•Nov 14, 2025
AI Maturity Hits Industry Scale, Reshapes Business and Geopolitics
"AI agents running $5B in ad spend & deepfakes triggering a UN emergency meeting? ️The Metrics Brothers just discussed this 313-page report from Air Street Capital - "The State of AI Report" on our most recent episode... ...this "State of...
By Ray Rike
News•Nov 14, 2025
Black Friday Deals Just Got Better! Adobe Has some Major Discounts Available Now on Creative Cloud Pro and Firefly Pro...
Adobe unveiled Black Friday promotions that slash the cost of its Creative Cloud Pro and Firefly Pro subscriptions. Individual and team plans drop from $69.99/$99.99 to $34.97/$49.97 per month (‑50% for the first year), while student/teacher plans fall to $19.98 per month (‑70%)....
By TechRadar
News•Nov 14, 2025
Web Services Giant Aruba Spoofed in Major Phishing Scam - Here's What to Look Out for to Stay Safe
Security firm Group‑IB uncovered a sophisticated, fully automated phishing framework that spoofs Aruba’s webmail login, using CAPTCHA filtering and Telegram bots to harvest credentials and payment data. The multi‑stage kit delivers phishing emails that mimic Aruba’s service‑expiry warnings, directing victims...
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Masterclass: Storytelling & Conflict Drive AI Category Creation
I didn't want my team to publish this talk. It was too good. Should have only been for the memory of the people that went to Drive this year. But I'm also a marketer and understand the power of social media...
By Dave Gerhardt
News•Nov 14, 2025
Software Makers Say Piracy Is Becoming a Bigger Problem than Ever Before - so What Can Be Done?
New Revenera research finds that 31% of software makers now view piracy as a major source of revenue leakage, with unlicensed usage especially prevalent in China, Russia, India and rising in Germany, where engineering simulation and CAD tools are targeted....
By TechRadar
News•Nov 14, 2025
WhatsApp Is Launching Third-Party Chat Integration in Europe
Meta is preparing to launch third‑party chat integration for WhatsApp across Europe to meet the EU Digital Markets Act, with rollout slated for the coming months. The first interoperable services, BirdyChat and Haiket, will allow users on iOS and Android...
By The Verge
News•Nov 14, 2025
The New Age of Layered Security: From Supply Chains to Endpoints
A 2025 global survey shows 72% of business leaders see rising cyber risks while the cybersecurity talent gap widens by 8% since 2024. Panasonic Connect’s Dominick Passanante argues that modern threats now target hardware and firmware, often originating in the...
By TechRadar
News•Nov 14, 2025
Why “Old” Data Is the New Gold in the Age of AI
We speak to Seagate's Melyssa Banda to find out more
By TechRadar
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Full Money-Back Guarantee Boosts Checkout Conversions Instantly
If you're on the FounderStack checkout page and about to leave - this pops up. After adding this, we saw an immediate increase in sales. A full money-back guarantee is an S-tier move. Let visitors know that committing is a two-way door...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Align Success, Support, and AI for Scalable Growth
SaasRise CEO & Founder Mastermind Recap — Week of Nov 9–13, 2025 This week on the SaasRise Masterminds, SaaS founders and leaders shared practical strategies for scaling efficiently, improving customer success and leveraging AI to streamline operations. The conversations focused on...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Nov 14, 2025
High‑growth Software Commands ~15× Multiples Vs
This week on Clouded Judgement: AI Factories - Median software multiple: 4.8x - High Growth software median: 14.8x - Mid Growth software median: 6.5x - Low Growth software median: 3.7x - 10Y: 4.1% Article in next post 👇 https://t.co/VtohqmpuhR
By Jamin Ball
Social•Nov 14, 2025
PE Should Look Beyond EBITDA to Sustain Growth
PE isn’t always about EBITDA—sometimes you need to break the paradigm to avoid starving the business. Great insights from Matt Blumberg (CEO, Markup AI) on Episode 218 of The SaaS CFO Podcast. Watch: https://t.co/o4rtC8sd0B #SaaS https://t.co/5JS8OOHdK2
By Ben Murray
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Add AI Agents to Any Product with Minimal Code
Arcten (@arcteninc) lets you add AI agents to your products and internal tools with just a few lines of code. Use their components or bring your own UI, data, and frameworks— Arcten handles the runtime, scaling, integration, observability, and managed RAG....
By YCombinator
Social•Nov 14, 2025
Deploy Scalable AI Agents Quickly without Big Budgets
Lua (https://t.co/cmg7JWp2xX) makes it easy to build, deploy, and scale AI agents across your entire business—without the big budget lines, consultants, or multi-year implementations. Roll out agents that are deeply integrated, measurable, and under your control. In days, not months. https://t.co/RBQPl1T0A4
By YCombinator
Social•Nov 13, 2025
Lancey Automates PRs by Learning From Customer Channels
Lancey (@trylancey) is the multiplayer coding agent that builds what your customers want. Lancey scans your customer channels, builds an understanding of your codebase, and one-shots PRs. All in the background, without human prompting. Congrats on the launch, @_adipatel_ & @itsmeabhipatel! https://t.co/IpxLow4PtA
By YCombinator